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This zoom webinar showcase event celebrates the intergenerational collaboration of UCI alumni, students, and faculty who have contributed to the creation of the Department of Chicano-Latino Studies’ Interdisciplinary Legacies Project. It will feature presentations by participating UCI alumni, students, and faculty, as well as book presentations and discussions by Robb Hernandez and Lydia Otero.

 

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Session I: 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.

Introducing and Celebrating our Interdisciplinary Project Imaginaries

This session will feature project presentations by UC Irvine Undergraduate Student and Alumni Panelists: Natalie Aguilar,Yareli Cervantes, Ana L. Delgado, Keanu H. Gallardo, Melanie Mendoza, Alice G. Terriquez, and Jacqueline M. Torres

It will also showcase the comments of Faculty Emeriti from the Department of Chicano-Latino Studies, UC Irvine.

Session II: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Archiving an Epidemic: Art, AIDS, and the Queer Chicanx Avant-Garde
Robb Hernandez, Associate Professor, English, Fordham University

Session III: 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.

In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer
Lydia Otero, Associate Professor Emeritus, Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona