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Islandwide Literary Expeditions In Haiti And The Dominican Republic By Sophie Maríñez, Ph.D.4:00pm
Islandwide Literary Expeditions In Haiti And The Dominican Republic By Sophie Maríñez, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Storrs Campus Konover Auditorium
Title: Islandwide Literary Expeditions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sophie Maríñez, Ph.D.
Date & Location: Tuesday October 19, 2021 4PM - 5:30PM Konover Auditorium
Virtual Option: Email elinstituto@uconn.edu
Bio of talk:
This talk is an excerpt from Professor Maríñez’s book project Spirals in the Caribbean: Representing Violence in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, a monograph that examines literature, politics, and cultural productions from both nations at pivotal moments over the span of three centuries.
About Speaker:
Sophie Maríñez is a 2021 Mellon/ACLS Fellow and a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Borough of Manhattan Community College, where she is a professor of Modern Languages and Literatures. She is also an NEH awardee, a CUNY William P. Kelly Research Fellow, and a former Faculty Fellow at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics of the Graduate Center, CUNY. At BMCC, she has served as a Faculty Leadership Fellow and as the advisor of the major in Modern Languages. She currently serves in the Committee on Community Colleges of the MLA’s Executive Council (2020-2023).
