Roundtable Discussion with Lilia Fernández, Sujey Vega, and Theresa Delgadillo

At the conclusion of the Imagining Latinidades “Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest” Symposium in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with the three invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. Questions included:

What’s your Latina/o/x Studies origin story?What does Latina/o/x Studies offer your scholarship that disciplinary perspectives/methods might not?What’s the value of Latina/o/x Studies to students and higher ed institutions?What’s the value of Latina/o/x Studies to communities outside of academia?What’s your message to a Latina/o/x listener at a PWI?

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support through its Sawyer Seminar program allowed “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” to launch at the University of Iowa. This podcast was born from the Sawyer Seminar and we hope it will continue on afterward.The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, at Iowa, was the birthplace of our Seminar theme, which gave rise to this podcast.

Show notes:

The full description and list of speakers (and, eventually, links to video recordings of their talks) for the Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest Symposium that took place January 31, 2020, can be found at: Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest – Imagining LatinidadesBios for all of the presenters can be found on our website at:  Presenters – Imagining LatinidadesFor the project mentioned by Dr. Fernández, see: The Latino New Jersey History Project

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Our cover art, a photo of an installation titled “El Hielo / I.C.E,” is provided courtesy of the artist, Fidencio Fifield-Perez.Music by Juan Ruiz.Our hosting is provided by Transistor.fm, which we really love.Our podcasting app of choice is Overcast.fm, which also makes a handy app that streamlines the process of making the chapter markers in this podcast.