Abya Yala Project

In Fall 2024, the Abya Yala Project was awarded funds through the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences’ Big Ideas Grant.

The Dresher Center for the Humanities joined the project as administrator.

Faculty Facilitators: Thania Muñoz (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication); Tania Lizarazo (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication and Global Studies); Yolanda Valencia (Geography and Environmental Systems); and María Célleri (Gender, Women’s + Sexuality Studies)

Project Statement: Abya Yala is one of the Indigenous names for the Americas. As decolonial Latin Americanists, we are committed to community-building scholarship that does not center on one single language, nationality, or field of study. As a first step in what we hope becomes an established community space, we propose publishing an open-source edited volume about Latinx presence in the DMV area. The volume will be elaborated in a series of events, including a workshop, a writing retreat, and a local conference to build momentum about the ongoing collaboration between Latinx faculty, students, and community members. In the process, we envision creating/strengthening support networks among our growing Latinx campus community.

 

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Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession

Humanities Forum with Jodi Byrd

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

October 6, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

Part of our Fall 2026 Humanities Forum Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession Settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies are often assumed to be...
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Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity

Humanities Forum with Nishant Upadhyay, Univ. of Colorado

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

November 5, 2026, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Description

Part of our Fall 2026 Humanities Forum Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity Nishant Upadhyay unravels Indian diasporic complicity in its ongoing colonial...
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Puerto Rico, Historical Thinking, and the Politics of Forgetting in the Caribbean

Humanities Forum with Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

November 19, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

Part of our Fall 2026 Humanities Forum Puerto Rico, Historical Thinking, and the Politics of Forgetting in the Caribbean Puerto Rican history has been a contested space ever since its early...
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