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*REPOST* Book talk with Jacqueline Fernandes

Co-founder of The Latinidades Festival

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

September 22, 2022, 4:30 pm5:30 pm

Description

This event is hosted by the Language, Literacy, & Culture Program. The original event post is here.

Jaqueline Fernandes, Brazilian cultural activist, will discuss her book, The Latinidades Festival - Memories and Utopias of Black Women. Hear about the history of the festival from the vantage point of a co-founder and learn about the festival's political and cultural impact on Latin America.


Hosted by the Language, Literacy & Culture Program with support from the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and the Latinx/Hispanic Faculty Association at UMBC.

For more information, please contact Tanya Saunders, Associate Professor in Language, Literacy, and Culture - tanyasau@umbc.edu.