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1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on

DOMINICAN STUDIES DEDICATED TO DON PEDRO MIR
"Where We Are and Where We Want to Go: Charting a Course"

May 12 & 13, 2006

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Conference Program:

Thursday, May 11th:
 
8:00pm Pre-Conference Dinner* (Registration and Fee Required)
Register with America Trinidad (718) 518-6739 or Balbina Vásquez (718) 518-6520

 Friday, May 12th:
 
9:00am - 9:45am Registration
10:00am - 10:45am Opening Ceremony
C390
11:00am - 12:15pm Keynote
Doris Sommer (Harvard University)
The Bilingual Sublime
C390
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm - 3:15 Session 1 (Concurrent Sessions)
  1. Diaspora Studies: An Overview - C390
    (Daisy Cocco De Filippis, HCC)
  2. Engendering Dominican Studies - C391
    (Ginetta Candelaria, Smith College)
  3. Filming Room Open - C361
3:30pm - 4:45pm Session 2 (Concurrent Sessions)
  1. The Fatherland/La Madre Patria Abroad:
    Figuration of Belonging in Dominican Discourse - C390
    (Silvio Torres-Saillant, Syracuse/Harvard University)
  2. Pioneering Dominican Studies in the US - FDR
       (Ramona Hernández, The City College)
  3. The Dominican Republic and the Americas - C391
       (Anthony Stevens-Acevedo, The City College)
  4. Filming Room Open - C361
5:00pm - 6:00pm Featured Artist / Photographer
Consuelo Gotay and Eduardo Hoepelman
C Lobby
6:15pm - 7:30pm Session 3 (Concurrent Sessions)
  1. Emerging Voices in Dominican Studies - C390
  2. Escritoras Dominicanas: Tertulia de Escritoras
    Dominicanas en los Estados Unidos y las amigas
    (Sonia Rivera-Valdes, York College)
  3. Considering Dominican Literature: Dentro y Fuera
    (Franklin Gutierrez, The City College)
7:30pm Reception in the Hostos Art Gallery
Open mic for readings of Pedro Mir's works.

 Saturday, May 13th:
 
9:00am - 9:45am Registration
10:00am - 10:45am Keynote
Rhina Espaillat (Honored Author and Poet)
Language, Memory and Identity
C390
11:00am - 5:00pm Dominican Film Festival
(Student Government Association at Hostos)
11:00am - 12:15pm Session 4 (Concurrent Sessions)
  1. The State of Dominican Studies:
    Language, Literature, Cultural Studies and
    Social Sciences - C390
    (Luis Alvarez, John Jay College)
  2. Challenging Sexual Norms: Diverse Sexualities and
    Dominican Studies
  3. Dominican Republic Study Abroad Programs:
    A Status Report - FDR
    (Ana García Reyes, Hostos Community College)
  4. Filming Room Open - C361
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm - 3:15pm Session 5 (Concurrent Sessions)
  1. Race in the Dominican Republic: Identidad
    y Prejuicio – C390
    (Carlos Sanabria, Hostos Community College)
  2. Status of Dominican Studies in Public
    Schools–Panel A – FDR
    (Ana García Reyes, Hostos Community College)
  3. Politics and Immigration – C391
    (Ginetta Candelario, Smith College)
  4. Filming Room Open - C361
3:30pm - 4:45pm Session 6 (Concurrent Sessions)
  1. Legislation Impacting the Dominican Community –
    C390 (Ana García Reyes, Nestor Montilla, HCC)
  2. Status of Dominican Studies in Public Schools
    –Panel B – C391
    (Daniel Abreu, Gregorio Luperón High School)
  3. Dominican Republic and Haiti: One Island, Two
    Nations – FDR
    (Luis Alvarez, John Jay College)
  4. Filming Room Open - C361
7:30pm Performance
Victor Victor and Band
Hostos Center for Arts and Culture, Main Theater
Box Office and Information: 718–518–4455

This conference is being hosted by Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, City University of New York (CUNY), and is sponsored by the Asociación de Estudios Dominicanos/Dominican Studies Association, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, Comisionado Dominicano de Cultural en los Estados Unidos at City College , the Division of Academic Affairs at Hostos Community College, Dominican American Round Table, the Hostos Dominican Republic Study Abroad Program, the Latino/Latin American Studies Program at Syracuse University, and the Serrano Scholars Program at Hostos Community College.

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