Migration, Culture, and Memory

The Department of Central American Studies proudly presents: 

Migration, Culture, and Memory
An interdisciplinary symposium 

Monday, March 14
Oviatt Presentation Room 

9:15am

Welcoming remarks
Douglas Carranza, Chair, Central American Studies
Jackie Stallcup, Special Assistant to the Dean, College of Humanities

9:30-10:45am

Berta Cáceres and the Indigenous Struggle

Juana Mulul, Proyecto MIRIM & Agenda Global de Mujeres Indígenas
Edgar Esquit, Instituto de Estudios Interétnicos, USAC
Rubén Reyes, Nación Garífuna
José Artiga, SHARE Foundation
Tomás Gómez Membreño, COPINH

Moderator: Freya Rojo

11:00am-12:15pm

Salvadoran Postwar Memories & current Immigration Policy

José Torres, University of California, Irvine
Victoria Chávez, New York University
Miriam Joya, Amanecer Community Counseling Services

Moderator: Nancy Perez 

12:30-2:00pm

Break for lunch

2:00-3:15pm

Violence, Trauma, and Social Exclusion

Jimmy Guevara, California State University, Northridge
Heather Mitchell, Independent Scholar
Joseph Wiltberger, California State University, Northridge

Moderator: Joseph Wiltberger

3:15-3:50pm

Telarañas (Spiderwebs): Book Presentation

Regina José Galindo, Contemporary artist and poet

Moderator: Axel Montepeque 

Cypress Hall 158

4:00-6:00pm

Shelter

CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) & Duende CalArts proudly present the world premier of Shelter, a movement-based theatrical performance that shares stories of the massive human crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. border and passing through the deportation shelter system, unraveling the painful truths of immigration.

Writer/Concept:  Marissa Chibas
Choreography: Fernando Belo
Direction: Martin Acosta.

Tuesday, March 15

Lake View Terrace Room, USU 

9:15am

Opening

Douglas Carranza, Chair, Central American Studies 

9:30-10:45am

Displacement and Indigenous Diaspora

Luis Escala Rabadán, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
Santiago Bastos Amigo, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)
Karla Rivas, Red Jesuita con Migrantes (RJM), Honduras

Moderator: Elizabeth Pérez Márquez 

11:00am-12:15pm

Keynote Address

"Counterculture and Revolution: El Salvador 1960-1980"

Ricardo Roque Baldovinos, Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas", El Salvador

Moderator: Beatriz Cortez 

12:30-2:00pm

Break for lunch

2:00-3:00pm

Roundtable on Border Geographies: Migrants, Militarization and Humanitarian Aid in the U.S. Southwest

Gene Lefebvre, Co-Founder, No More Deaths
Juanita Molina, Executive Director, Border Action Network

Moderator: Linda Alvarez 

3:15-3:50pm

Artist Lecture

Ronald Morán, Contemporary artist, El Salvador

Moderator: Jenny Donaire

CalArts Artist-in-Residency Studio

6:30-9:00pm

Closing remarks

Beatriz Cortez, California State University, Northridge

Artist reception and exhibition opening:

Therapy for a Sweet Dream

by Ronald Morán

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