Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington

06/17/2024

Compelling reading by and interview of novelist María Dueñas at the Ateneo de Madrid. Hosted by James Fernandez and NYU-Madrid.

04/23/2024

Join us for our last event of the year!
Our dissertation fellow, Monica Vega-González will be sharing part of her dissertation research!

02/27/2024

Don't miss out the film screening of "Al Son de Beno" o Friday!

"Beno’s Son” Film Screening with Filmmaker Ilán Lieberman
Friday, March 01; 3:30pm – 5:30pm
McCalla School Media Gallery (525 N. Indiana Ave)

Join us for a screening of Beno’s Son with the filmmaker, Ilán Lieberman! Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session.

Beno's Son, Ilán Lieberman's film debut, is an external voyage through the musical geography of Mexican sones ("son" is a genre of folk dance music), as well as an internal voyage through Ilán's father's tragedy, his feelings about it as a son, his relationships with his children, and the effect on his family. It is an homage to the beauty, intensity and variety of Mexico's musical legacy.

Beno's Son - Run time: 102 minutes
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
For more information visit: https://lamc.indiana.edu/news-events/_events/2024-03-01-film-showing.html &
http://www.ilanlieberman.com/en/works/2023/al-son-de-beno/

Co-sponsors: Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington and IU Folklore & Ethnomusicology Colloquium Series

02/26/2024

This week our undergraduate students will share their research projects during the 2024 Cesar Chavez Undergraduate Research Symposium. Don't miss out our keynote speaker on Thursday and their presentations on Friday!
Find the full program here: https://go.iu.edu/5vdz

02/06/2024

Meet with other graduate students to work on your projects while creating community!
(A virtual option is also available upon request)

02/05/2024

Join us for our first event of our Afrolatine Film and Performance Festival: Resonating Spirituality and Presence. Dr. Rebeca Hey-Colón will be giving a virtual lecture on her book "Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds" (University of Texas Press, 2023),which centers the multi-directional flows of water in contemporary Latinx and Caribbean cultural production as seen through the lens of Afro-diasporic religions. Through an interdisciplinary analysis that focuses on borders, gender, migration, and race, Hey-Colón’s study pushes at the boundaries of Latinidad by centering the generative role of Black epistemologies in the Americas.

Rebeca L. Hey-Colón is Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Temple University. She specializes in Afro-Latinx and Caribbean studies.

Join zoom: https://iu.zoom.us/j/6936249055

01/29/2024

Our Afrolatine Film and Performance Festival "Resonating Spirituality and Presence" continues this Spring semester!
We are beyond excited to have such wonderful scholars and artists taking part on our festival!

Thanks to our co-sponsors! Journal of Folklore Research; IU Folklore & Ethnomusicology; and Latin American Music Center - LAMC

11/01/2023

10/11/2023

Don't miss out this amazing event featuring a film made by our affiliate faculty Dr. Elena Guzman!