Join us for the Addison Gayle Seminar in conversation with Dr. Roderick A. Ferguson (Yale University). A PDF of his essay, “Queer and Trans Liberation and the Critique of Fascism, or When S.T.A.R. Met Césaire and the Frankfurt School” is available here, if you’d like to read it in advance. April 18, 2024 6-8PM NVC 14-285 Continue reading Queer and Trans Liberation! April 18, 6-8PM
BLACK AND LATINO STUDIES ELECTIVES FALL 2024 BLS 3015 Black Economic Development Arthur Lewin Th 6:05pm-9:00pm BLS 3024 Women of Color Keisha Allan TR 10:45am-12:00pm BLS 3038 Caribbean Literature Rebecca Salois TR 2:30pm-3:45pm BLS 3050 Race and Global Inequity Karanja Carroll TR 4:10pm-5:25pm BLS 3085 Mixed Race Literature Rafael Walker TR 2:30pm-3:45pm BLS 4900 Seminar Black and Latino Studies Shelly Eversley F 11:10am-2:05pm LTS 3007 Puerto Rican Culture Rojo Robles Mejias W 6:05pm-9:00pm LTS 3021 U.S Mexican Border Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana MW 10:45am-12:00pm LTS 3050 Race and Global Inequality Karanja Carroll TR 4:10pm-5:25pm LTS 3059 Latin American Fiction in the U.S. Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana MW 12:50pm-2:05pm LTS 3100 Latino Communities in the U.S. Gustavo … Continue reading Fall 24 Electives!
BLS 3013: Mass Media & Black Americans Dr.Arthur Lewin TH 6:05pm-9:00pm BLS 3019 Afro-Latinidades Dr.Rojo Robles Mejias MW 10:45am-12:00pm BLS 3200 Climate Justice* Dr. Shelly Eversley F 11:10am-2:05pm BLS 3835 Black Women Writers Dr. Keisha Allan TR 10:45am-12:00pm BLS 4900 Seminar Black and Latino Studies Dr. Keisha Allan TR 4:10pm-5:25pm BLS 4902 Latin America and the Caribbean Prof. Joseph Caceres TR 10:45am-12:00pm BLS 4902 Latin America and the Caribbean Dr. Gustavo Quintero Vera W 6:05pm-9:00pm (online) BLS 5100 Fieldwork in Racial and Social Justice* Dr. Karanja Carroll T 6:05pm-9:00p (hybrid) LTS 3012 Latinas: Soc & Cult Survey Dr. Rebecca … Continue reading Spring 24 Electives are here!
With support from the Mellon Foundation, the department of Black and Latino Studies will launch a two-year initiative, Black and Latinx Publics! Black and Latinx Publics will showcase the connections between our commitment to academic excellence and racial and social … Continue reading Introducing Black and Latinx Publics!
LTS 3007 – Puerto Rican Culture Online Synchronous Tuesday/Thursday 5:50pm – 7:05pm Professor Gustavo Quintero Vera This interdisciplinary course will examine the life of Puerto Ricans in the island, as well as that of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York and beyond. In it we will explore the ever-changing history, culture, and beliefs of its people through poetry, novels, historical and critical essays, documentaries, videos, songs and podcasts. Some of the topics covered will be the nature of US-PR relations and its effect on the production of subjectivities, the current exploitation of the of the archipelago and its people … Continue reading BLS/LTS Courses for Fall 2023!
Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College is hosting, AFROLATINIDADES, a series of events exploring the intersections of hemispheric Blackness and Latin American cultures, heritages, and histories. It is funded by the Mellon foundation through CUNY Black, Race,and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Everyone is welcome. March 30. 12:30PM-1:45PM, NVC 11-155 Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue “Queer Afro-Latina History Through Comics: A Conversation with Sharon Lee De La Cruz” Host: Jennifer Carrocio Maldonado 4/20/23 1 PM- 2 PM (Remote) Antiblackness and its context in Urban Brazil A conversation with Jaime Alves, author of The Anti-Black City: Police Terror and Black Urban Life … Continue reading Afrolatinidades+ events this spring!
LTS 3007 Puerto Rican Culture Professor Gustavo Quintera Vera Tuesdays, Thursdays 5:50PM-7:05PM (synchronous online) This interdisciplinary course will examine the life of Puerto Ricans in the island, as well as that of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York and beyond. It explores the ever-changing history, culture, and beliefs of its people through poetry, novels, historical and critical essays, documentaries, videos, songs and podcasts. Some of the topics considered will be the nature of US-PR relations and its effect on the production of subjectivities, the current exploitation of the of the archipelago and its people through disaster capitalism and the … Continue reading Spring 2023 COURSES
Our Fall 2022 course catalogue is here! And registration is open. Continue reading Black and Latinx Studies Courses for Fall 22
We can’t wait! You can register here for this fun conversation on May 6 at 6PM. You can also read Dr. Musser’s essay, “Surface-becoming: Lyle Ashton Harris and brown jouissance” from Women and Performance 28: 1 (2018). Continue reading Amber Musser, May 6 @6PM!
There’s no question that Black people in the United States face historical and institutional barriers to financial health, wellness, and empowerment on par with white Americans. In its records, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been tracking inequalities between Black and … Continue reading Black Economic Empowerment