Castro"s departure offers timely focus for Cuban scholar"s appearance at OU confab
February 28, 2008
The recent stepping down of Cuban President Fidel Castro and renewed interest in the future of this island nation makes a visit to Ohio University by Cuban scholar Eliana Rivero both timely and pertinent, according to a press release. Rivero will deliver the keynote address for the Ohio Latin Americanist Conference this Saturday in Gordy Hall.
Hosted by OU’s Latin American Studies Program, the conference will coincide with the 12th annual Spanish Colloquium by the OU Department of Modern Languages. Previously organized by Ohio State University, the gathering provides an opportunity for students and faculty in Ohio and surrounding areas to share research on Latin America. The conference will be held at OU again next year.
Born in Cuba in 1961, keynote speaker Eliana Rivero is professor of Spanish and adjunct professor of women’s studies and Latin American studies at the University of Arizona. She has published on the experience of Chicanos and U.S. Latinos.
Her keynote lecture, “Cosa Nostra, Mare Nostrum: Mafia Motifs in Transnational Caribbean Culture,” will take place at 1 p.m. in the ballroom at the Ohio University Inn.
A Latin dance with music by Latin Jazz, whose music combines rhythms of Latin America with contemporary jazz, will conclude the conference at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Walter Hall Rotunda. The dance is being organized by OU’s Organización Latino Americana (OLA) with support from the Student Activities Commission (SAC) and the International Student Union (ISU).
Full conference schedule and registration information can be found on the Latin American studies Web site at http://www.ohiou.edu/latinamerican/.
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