LAESER – THE LAB FOR ETHNIC AND RACE EQUITY – INVITES YOU TO
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. ‐ 5:15 p.m. Workshop
Benson Latin American Collection
2nd floor conference room
Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Paloma Diaz
Please join for the conference which launches the Laboratory for Ethnic and Race Equity (LAESER)
to the UT academic community. Internationally recognized scholars discuss the future of ethnic-racial inequality, Afro-Latino resistance, and ethnic-race identification in Latin America’s countries.
to the UT academic community. Internationally recognized scholars discuss the future of ethnic-racial inequality, Afro-Latino resistance, and ethnic-race identification in Latin America’s countries.
LAESER is a project of Associate Professor Marcelo Paixão (LLILAS / African and African Diaspora Studies).
WELCOME
» 9:00 am
» 9:00 am
Virginia Garrard
Director, LLILAS Benson
Marcelo Paixão
UT Austin
NATION-BUILDING AND STRUGGLE FOR GENDER AND ETHNIC-RACIAL EQUITY IN LATIN AMERICA
» 9:15 – 10:45 am
» 9:15 – 10:45 am
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
George Reid Andrews
University of Pittsburgh
Christen A. Smith
UT Austin
COMPARATIVE RACIAL POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA » 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Charles Hale
University of California –Santa Barbara
Tianna Paschel
University of California – Berkeley
Edwin Dorn
UT Austin
WELCOME » 1:45 pm
Cherise Smith
Chair, Dept. of African and African Diaspora Studies
Marcelo Paixão
UT Austin
THE CHALLENGES OF AFRO-LATINO RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA: NEW HORIZONS » 2 – 3:30 pm
Ollie Johnson
Wayne State University
Tanya Hernandez
Fordham University Law School
Edmund T. Gordon
UT Austin
ETHNICITY AND RACE IN THE 2020 ROUND OF CENSUSES IN LATIN AMERICA: LIMITS AND POTENTIALITIES » 3:45 – 5:15 pm
Edward Telles
University of California – Santa Barbara
Mara Loveman
University of California – Berkeley
Marcelo Paixão
UT Austin
SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO OUR SUPPORTERS