Join the Center for Latin American Studies for the Forging Freedom: Afro-Latin American Independence Movements symposium. This event focuses on Black leaders and freedom fighters, and emphasizes the Black Latin American population that has been part of the history of the continent for centuries—not only as enslaved people, but as agents who fought for their countries’ independence.
The FREE Center, along with the Mershon Center, the Department of History, the Center for African Studies, the Department of African American and African Studies, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, are co-sponsors of this event.
The symposium is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
Schedule
9:30 a.m. Welcome remarks
9:45 a.m. Black Latin American leaders in Mexico and Argentina, with Dr. Alan Malfavon and Dr. Erika Edwards, moderated by Dr. María Hammack
11:30 a.m. Afro-Brazilian Freedom Fighters in Capoeira Music, with Julio Beltrán
12:00 p.m. Lunch (registration required)
1:00 p.m. Freedom Fighters in Brazil and the Caribbean, with Dr. Zachary Morgan and Dr. Shavagne Scott, moderated by Dr. María Hammack
2:45 p.m. Roundtable: How to do Archival Research on Black Freedom in Latin America with Dr. Alan Malfavon, Dr. Erika Edwards, and Dr. Zachary Morgan, moderated by Dr. Shavagne Scott
Image credit: “Gaspar Yanga, El Primer Gran Libertador de las Américas (Yanga)”; 2022; Herbert De Paz
This event was supported in part by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI NRC funding. The content of this event does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
