At the conclusion of the Imagining Latinidades “Cultural Citizenships and Popular Belonging” Symposium held virtually as Episode 19 of this podcast, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with the three invited guests to discuss their paths in the field. Questions included: What’s your Latina/o/x Studies orig…

Today, we have a very special program planned for you. A year ago, we were supposed to host my guests for a one-day Symposium in Iowa City on the topic of LATINA/O/X CULTURAL CITIZENSHIPS & POPULAR BELONGING. After having addressed issues surrounding formal citizenship and national belonging in the Fall 2019 semester, this one-day symposium was sup…

Co-hosts Darrel Wanzer-Serrano and Ariana Ruiz meet up on Zoom to talk about where we've been and what the plan is going forward since coronavirus has kind of limited our ability to have in-person conferences and symposia. We lay out the plan for the remaining events and associated podcasts. ★ Thanks to our sponsors ★ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundatio…

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo to talk about her research, her connections to Latina/o/x Studies, and more. Check the chapter markers (will be uploaded later) to see all of the topics that are discussed. ★ Thanks to our sponsors ★ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support through its Sawyer Seminar program allo…

Co-hosts Darrel Wanzer-Serrano and Rene Rocha sit down with two Iowa Latina/o Studies undergraduate students to talk about how they found the field and why they think it’s important. Bianca Robles-Muñoz is junior majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences and minoring in American Sign Language and Latina/o Studies. Naomi Marroquin is a senior majoring…

At the conclusion of the Imagining Latinidades “Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest” Symposium in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with the three invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. Questions included: What’s your Latina/o/x Studies origin story? What does Latina/o/x Stu…

Darrel, Ariana, and Rene sit down to catch up at the start of the semester and discuss themes related to the upcoming Latina/o/x Midwest Symposium. After Rene leaves, Darrel and Ariana talk about archival research and the willingness to discuss your “finds” before you publish about them. ★ Thanks to our sponsors ★ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s …

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with the legendary Iris Morales to talk about the emergence of Puerto Rican studies, student organization and activism from the 1960s to today, and more. Recorded in December 2019 while Morales was at Iowa for a screening of her film and discussions with students and faculty. ★ Thanks to our sponsors ★ The Andrew W. …

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano and Ariana Ruiz meet up for a bit of a retrospective on 2019. They have a little podcast discussion about the podcast and the first semester of programming for Imagining Latinidades. They then ponder some of their favorite readings of the year so far and talk about how to productively (and unproductively) deal with end of term…

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Ariana Ruiz, and Rene Rocha get together again! In this live recorded event at the 2019 Latinx Excellence in the Midwest Conference at the University of Iowa, the three co-hosts discuss the history of Latina/o Studies at Iowa, the demographics of Latina/o/x folks in the state, and their own practices of teaching Latina/o/x St…

At the conclusion of the Imagining Latinidades Latina/o/x Citizenship and National Belonging Symposium in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Ariana Ruiz sits down with the three invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. Questions included: What’s your Latina/o/x Studies origin story? What does Latina/o/x St…

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Ariana Ruiz, and Rene Rocha get together again! We engage in some more groaning about how the semester is beating us up, we get to work talking about the recent Latina/o/x Migration symposium, the upcoming Palante, Siempre Palante screening (with filmmaker and former Young Lord, Iris Morales!), and the upcoming Latina/o/x Cit…

At the conclusion of the Imagining Latinidades Latina/o/x Migration Symposium in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with the three invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. Questions included: What’s your Latina/o/x Studies origin story? What does Latina/o/x Studies offer you…

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Ariana Ruiz, and Rene Rocha are recording an episode together for the first time since Episode 2. After some groaning about how the semester is beating us up, we get to work talking about the recent La Bamba film screening, the upcoming Palante, Siempre Palante screening (with filmmaker and former Young Lord, Iris Morales!), …

Darrel and Rene are feeling exhausted (and in the best of ways) from the opening Imagining Latinidades conference. Today, they talk about what they learned, discussed histories and presents of Latina/o/x Studies and Ethnic Studies, and waded into the debate over the term/concept of Latinidad. (No bullet points because that about covers it.) ★ Thank…

At the conclusion of the final day of the Imagining Latinidades opening conference in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Rene Rocha sits down with three of the invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. This was recorded in front of a live audience! Questions included: What’s your Latina/o/x Studies origin s…

At the conclusion of the first full day of the Imagining Latinidades opening conference in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with three of the invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. This was recorded in front of a live audience! Questions included: What’s your Latina/o/x …

Rene is gone(again),so Darrel and Ariana go wild talking about all of the speakers for the upcoming Imagaining Latinidades opening conference. What does "ImaginingLatinidades" mean? Breaking down"imaginary"more The idea of"scale" "Global" perspective: Introducing the opening conference Anna Sampaio Borders in Iowa, Mississippi, etc., and the extens…

In this second episode of the Imagining Latinidades podcast, two of the three co-hosts (Rene is absent) talk with two of the three Mellon fellows who are involved with the Sawyer Seminar. Topics discussed, which form chapter markers in your podcast listening app, include: Pronouncing “Latinx” and “LatinX” Rachel Torres’s (Latinx superhero) “origin …

Darrel, Ariana, and Rene record their first full episode in a real honest-to-goodness studio that doesn’t have terrible acoustics. The episode also has chapters; so you’ll see topics change depending on your podcast app (Overcast shows these well). Topics in this episode include: Rene’s backstory Darrel’s backstory Rene and all having a discussion …

Darrel, Ariana, and Rene give you the quick rundown for what you can expect in the coming episodes. Who we are What Imagining Latinidades is When you can expect to hear more from us ★ Thanks to our sponsors ★ The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support through its Sawyer Seminar program allowed “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of Nation…