Theresa Delgadillo, assistant professor in Comparative Studies/Latino Studies, to speak on "Latin Migrations in Contemporary U.S. and Spanish Cultures."Her work focuses on three areas: spirituality and religion, African Diaspora and Latinidad, and Latino/as in the Midwest. Her objects of study include novels, autobiographies, memoirs, photographic collections, feature and documentary films, poetry and music. Her research explores intersections among gender, sexuality, race and nation; and engages with comparative, transnational and migratory paradigms and movements. She is currently working on twentieth and twenty-first century comparative ethnic, multiethnic, postcolonial and women's texts in the Americas.
Sponsored by the Iberian Studies Working Group.