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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Critical Disability Studies Minor presents Mini Zine Workshop with Jen White Johnson

Join us to create your own disability justice zine!

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 317

Date & Time

October 21, 2026, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

What is a zine? Zines (ZEEN) are non-commerical, small-circulation magazines which their creators produce, publish and distributethemselves. What can zines do? Mini zines that explore and...

CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now with Brian Van Wyck (HIST)

Advanced Registration Required for Lunch

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

October 21, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The Dresher Center’s CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now lunchtime series showcases exciting new work in the humanities in a dynamic and inter-disciplinary setting. Advanced registration for lunch is...
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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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The Department of Africana Studies presents their 48th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture with Takiyah Harper-Shipman

A Dresher Center Partner Event

Location

University Center : Ballroom

Date & Time

November 9, 2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Description

The Department of Africana Studies presents the 48th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture "On Deviance and Defiance: Commandeering Futures Through Poor Black Women’s Social Reproduction” As poor...

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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