NON-SOVEREIGN CITIZENS: RACE AND EMPIRE IN PUERTO RICO, USA Featuring Yarimar Bonilla, PhD, Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College
Presented by the Africana Studies Program Following Hurricane Maria in 2017, the Puerto Rican statehood movement gained increased attention and support as the territory struggled with an economic crisis, crumbling infrastructure, and a huge public debt. Some see annexation as a solution to the uncertain future of Puerto Rico. This presentation explores how the statehood movement has come to be imagined as a form of anti-colonial politics and reflects Puerto Rico's complex relationship with the United States. A leading voice on Caribbean and Latinx politics, Dr. Bonilla also teaches in the Department of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Hunter College and in the Anthropology PhD program at The CUNY Graduate Center. For more information visit yarimarbonilla.com.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023, 2:40-4:05 P.M. Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, First Floor, Axinn Library, South Campus More information: Call 516-463-5594 or email AfricanaStudies@hofstra.edu.
No advance registration required.
Special thanks to our event co-sponsors: Stuart & Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College; the Center for "Race," Culture and Social Justice; the Department of Anthropology; the Department of Global Studies and Geography; and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.