糖心传媒

Juan Luis Landaeta听(Caracas, Venezuela)听will be reading his poems in a bilingual format and will give a talk about the relationship between poetry and painting, as he himself is a practitioner of both genres.听听He is the author of several poetry books, among which the following stand out:听La听conocida听herencia听de las formas,听Litoral central, and听搁辞肠补听罢补谤辫别测补. He is also a multidisciplinary artist with a听Master鈥檚 degree in Creative Writing听from New York University. His solo exhibitions include听Jard铆n Desierto听(Brooklyn, 2017),听The identity of the line听(2019),听Unwritten听(Washington D.C., 2019),听New Works / New Paintings听(New York, 2024),听DOXA听(Washington D.C., 2025) and听Confinement is a vocabulary (Chicago, 2025). Landaeta has given talks and lectures on creativity and the intersection of literature and visual art at Emerson College and Georgetown University, as well as at universities in several Latin American countries. He currently lives and works in New York City.听

Organized by听Professor听Miguel-脕ngel Zapata, The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a programming jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听听

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet听Miguel-Angel Zapata, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both听canonical听and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community, and beyond. No reservation听needed.听

Organized by Miguel-Angel Zapata, this program鈥痠s part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and听jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Spanish Club, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听

The Trump Administration has openly declared the U.S.鈥檚 right to dominate the Western Hemisphere for 鈥渟ecurity鈥� and natural resources, openly听stating听it would 鈥渞un Venezuela鈥� to manage the country鈥檚 oil, while threatening similar, broader actions across Latin America to combat drug听trafficking and foreign influence. While obedient right-wing allies across the hemisphere welcome Washington鈥檚 renewed aggressive approach to the region, there is a growing movement throughout the Americas that is confronting U.S. militarism, contesting corporate domination, and rejecting interventionism. This international panel of experts will examine the many risks of the current context as they pertain to democracy, human rights, neo-colonialism听and national sovereignty.鈥�听

Moderated by Mario A. Murillo, Professor, Vice Dean, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, and Conrad Herold, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics听

Panelists:听

• Steve Ellner, Ph.D.,鈥痳etired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, Associate Managing Editor of鈥�Latin American Perspectives听(in person).听
• Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies 鈥� St. Augustine in Trinidad, from Cuba (via zoom).听
• Manuel Rozental, Colombian physician, veteran social justice activist,鈥�Pueblos听en听Camino, Cauca, Colombia, (via zoom).听
• Alejandro Velasco, Ph.D., Professor & Researcher, New York University, editor of NACLA鈥�Report on the Americas鈥�(in person).听

Join us for a public conversation with Professor Jos茅 del Valle, one of the leading voices in contemporary debates on language, ideology, and power. Guided by 糖心传媒 Professor Vicente Lled贸-Guillem.听The discussion acclaimed 2024 book The Politics of Language: A Journey Through Spanish and Its Discontents, an accessible and influential work that examines how language functions as a political and social force and invites us to reflect on whose voices are empowered鈥攁nd whose are silenced鈥攖hrough language

Organized by听Professor听Vicente Lled贸-Guillem and sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the European Studies Program and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听听听

In dialogue with Professor Miguel-脕ngel Zapata and Hofstra 糖心传媒 and faculty,听Efra铆n Bartolom茅, poet and professor was born in Chiapas, Mexico, will discuss the state of contemporary Mexican and Latin American poetry, and will offer a reading of his poetry in a bilingual format. His work, which now听comprises听more than twenty-five titles, has been published in four anthologies, two in Mexico and two in Spain: Agua Lustral.听Poes铆a 1982-1987 (M茅xico, 1994); Oficio Arder. Obra po茅tica 1982-1997 (M茅xico, 1999); El Ser que Somos (Seville,听Spain, 2006); and Cabalgar en las Alas de la Tormenta (Cartagena,听Spain, 2015).听He has received the following distinctions: Mexico City Prize 1982; Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize 1984; Carlos Pellicer National Poetry Prize for Published Work 1992; Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize 1993; Jaime Sabines International Poetry Prize 1996. His poems have been translated into English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Galician, Arabic, Japanese, Macedonian, Yucatec Maya, Nahuatl, and Esperanto.听

Organized by听professor听Miguel-脕ngel Zapata, The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a programming jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听听

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet听Miguel-Angel Zapata, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both听canonical听and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community, and beyond. No reservation听needed.听

Organized by Miguel-Angel Zapata, this program鈥痠s part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and听jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Spanish Club, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听

John Staudt: moderator听

Panelists:听

• Jennifer Anderson, Associate Professor of Atlantic History, Stonybrook University听
• Lynda Day, Professor, Africana Studies, Brooklyn College听
• Rashad Young, Project Director for the Language Project for MPTN (Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation)听
• Nakai Northup, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center Head of Education, Pequot Tribal Nation听听

Reception听immediately听following at the Museum with Native American musicians.听

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet听Miguel-Angel Zapata, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both听canonical听and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community, and beyond. No reservation听needed.听

Organized by Miguel-Angel Zapata, this program鈥痠s part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and听jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Spanish Club, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听

Professor Adam Goodman (University of Illinois, Chicago)鈥�听

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet听Miguel-Angel Zapata, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both听canonical听and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community, and beyond. No reservation听needed.听

Organized by Miguel-Angel Zapata, this program鈥痠s part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and听jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Spanish Club, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听

• Millery听Polyn茅, Associate Professor, Caribbean & Latin American History, New York University听
• Yesenia Barragan, Associate Professor, History of the Americas and Atlantic and Pacific Worlds, Rutgers University听

Reception on April 15th鈥痠n the Museum at 4:30 pm with a Lecture/Demonstration by Caroline Copeland, 鈥淒ancing the American Revolution.鈥澨�

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet听Miguel-Angel Zapata, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both听canonical听and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community, and beyond. No reservation听needed.听

Organized by Miguel-Angel Zapata, this program鈥痠s part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and听jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Spanish Club, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听

Andrea Cabel is a Peruvian poet and essayist who will be giving a talk on contemporary Peruvian poetry (1980-2025) and reading her poetry in a bilingual format.听听She is currently an Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. She holds a Ph.D. and a听Master鈥檚听degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Pittsburgh, United States. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Antonio Cornejo Polar Center for Latin American Studies (CELACP). She has published articles on Peruvian Amazonian culture and Peruvian and Latin American poetry. Her published poetry collections include: 鈥淟as falsas听actitudes听del听agua鈥� (The False Attitudes of Water), 鈥淯no rojo鈥� (One Red), 鈥淟atitud听de Fuego鈥� (Latitude of Fire), and 鈥淎听d贸nde听volver.听Poemas听reunidos鈥� (Where to Return: Collected Poems).听

Organized by听professor听Miguel-脕ngel Zapata, The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a programming jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听听

Dr. Daniel听Valtue帽a, IE University

Queer听Spanishness: Neo-folkloric Music beyond Rosalia in Contemporary Spanish Culture听

Co-sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies, LGBT Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Women鈥檚 Studies.

Since the release of听El mal querer听(2018) by Spanish singer Rosal铆a, a significant number of musical artists across the Iberian Peninsula have turned to folklore to give rise to original and innovative proposals. This phenomenon is not only happening in Spain but in other Spanish-speaking countries, with artists attending folkloric music such as Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny, Colombian group Meridian Brothers or Chilean singer Mon Laferte. In this talk Daniel Valtue帽a aims to establish the corpus surrounding this creative trend known as 芦folktronica禄 and to link its emergence and popularity to the identity crisis resulting from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Maria Arnal i Marcel Bag茅s, Baiuca, Rodrigo Cuevas, Verde Prato, Dulzaro, Guitarricadelafuente, 脕ngeles Toledano or Lagartijas del Guadiana are some of other artists that propose alternative community projects based on traditional music in the form of 芦transnations禄, drawing on Jack Halberstam鈥檚 theories regarding the trans body. Their musical projects not only renew the communal identifications folklore is known for but aim to respond to some of the key challenges the world faces today in both sides of the Atlantic including environmental sustainability, social justice, or the rise of artificial intelligence.

Daniel Valtue帽a is an Adjunct Professor at the IE School of Humanities and the IE Arts & Culture Lab Director at IE University in Spain. He received his PhD in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2022. His dissertation received the Arts & Humanities Research Alumni Award from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His research focuses on contemporary Peninsular culture and queer theories and works and teaches at the intersection of academic research and arts management practice. In 2025 he published his first book听Espa帽a Rarita听(Lengua de Trapo & C铆rculo de Bellas Artes).

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet听Miguel-Angel Zapata, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both听canonical听and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community, and beyond. No reservation听needed.听

Organized by Miguel-Angel Zapata, this program鈥痠s part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and听jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Spanish Club, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.听

Lunes de Poes铆a | Coffee & Poetry Mondays
1:00 鈥� 2:00p.m.
September 22, October 13, October 27, November 10, November 24, December 8

Please join us in these biweekly sessions to read, discuss, and write poetry in Spanish at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department. Led by Professor and poet Natalia Chamorro, these gatherings will feature readings of compelling poems, in Spanish and in English translation, and discussions of both canonical and contemporary Hispanic poetry. Sessions are open to all Hofstra 糖心传媒, faculty, members of the campus community and beyond. No reservation needed.

Organized by Natalia Chamorro, this programming is part of the Great Hispanic Writers Series and jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Parlor Room, Hofstra Hall

Monday, September 29, 2:40-4:05 p.m.
Is 鈥楬ispanic/Latino鈥� a racial category?
with Mar铆a Abascal

Mar铆a Abascal: 鈥淚s 鈥楬ispanic/Latino鈥� a racial category?鈥�
Are Latinos in the United States seen (or destined to be seen) as a racial group? On the one hand, the U.S. Census is adopting a question format that treats the 鈥楬ispanic/Latino鈥� category as a race, a decision based, in part, on how self-identified Latinos define themselves. On the other hand, people who self-identify as 鈥楬ispanic/Latino鈥� are phenotypically diverse, and recent research uncovers substantial ambiguity around who is classified as 鈥楬ispanic/Latino鈥�, more so than around who is classified as White, Black, or Asian. This presentation explores the racialization of the 鈥楬ispanic/Latino鈥� category using an original survey that captures how people who self-identify as Latino are classified by a race-stratified sample of non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic/Latino Americans.

Maria Abascal is Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University.

Organized by Francisco Lara-Garc铆a and co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology, the Department of History, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

East Library Wing 246
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Second Floor, South Campus

Wednesday, October 8, 2:40 鈥� 4:05p.m.听
The Great Hispanic Writers Series presents Roxana Cris贸logo (Per煤)

The Great Hispanic Writers Series presents Roxana Cris贸logo for a bilingual poetry reading, and dialogue with Professor Miguel 脕ngel Zapata, about poetry, the translation process, and the Peruvian author鈥檚 Finnish experience.

Roxana Cris贸logo (poet, translator, and cultural worker; Peru/Finland) is the author of Esta canci贸n no termina de salir de mi boca (AUB, 2025). Among her other books are D贸nde dejar tanto ruido and Kauneus [Beauty], both now in their third editions. In 2013, she founded Sivuvalo in Helsinki, a platform dedicated to promoting Finnish literature abroad through translation, and to supporting immigrant writers in Finland. She has been a Kone Foundation Fellow for projects such as Is This Finnish Literature? and New Havens & Humanoids. She is currently attending the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a programming jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center. For information, please contact Miguel 脕ngel Zapata (miguel-angel.zapata@hofstra.edu).

Parlor Room, Hofstra Hall

糖心传媒 Cultural Center
and the听The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication
present the inaugural event of the
Thursday, October 9, 4-9 p.m.
The First New York Central American International Film Festival, CAFFEIN

Guatemalan, Honduran and Salvadoran Filmmakers will be presenting their original cinematic work, engaging our local communities about current and historical issues and events through their extraordinary range of filmmaking and storytelling. Programming on campus will include a panel about Central American film (with both live and zoomed-in guests), and the screening of several films, including Fly So Far(2021) directed by Celina Escher from El Salvador, Mar铆a in Nobody鈥檚 Land (2011) by Marcela Zamora from El Salvador, and the participation of Deborah Shaffer, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and Daniel Flores Ascencio, poet, filmmaker, and director of CAFFEIN Maya Aguachapaneco/Nonualka.

The First New York Central American International Film Festival, CAFFEIN will take place on October 9 to 11 in several venues in Uniondale and Hempstead, in Nassau County on Long Island. The inaugural day will be held at 糖心传媒. Organized by Mario Murillo and co-sponsored by the Department of Radio, Television and Film, the Center for Civic Engagement, the Center for 鈥淩ace,鈥� Culture and Social Justice, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Monday, October 20, 11:20 a.m.-12:40 p.m.

Professor Ege Selin Islekel (Texas A&M University) will present her new book Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of Disappearance (Northwestern University Press, 2024), a philosophical and interdisciplinary study of political disappearances.

Organized by Julie Byrne and co-sponsored by the Department of Religion, the Hofstra Cultural Center, the Rabinowitz Honors College, and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Thursday, November 6, 2:40-4:05 p.m.

鈥淐ervantine Blackness鈥�. A panel discussion and presentation with Nicholas R. Jones (Yale University) and V铆ctor Sierra Matute (Baruch College).

During the politically intense days of the Summer of 2020 a group of people protesting the killing of George Floyd tagged with graffiti a monument to Miguel de Cervantes in San Francisco鈥檚 Golden Gate Park. The event produced an enormous outrage in the international media and diplomatic circles. Nicholas R. Jones, a critic and professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, raised a fundamental question about this debate: Do Black Lives Matter less than a monument to the beloved author of Don Quixote? Great questions produce great answers, so, armed with a formidable encyclopedia of critical tools from literary, race, social justice, and cultural theory, Jones wrote a brilliant meditation 鈥揳nd 3 more鈥攚ondering about the subjects of monumentality, the problem of limiting literary studies to the search of agency, the idea of literary criticism as a form of extraction, and much more. The result of this meditative, intensely literary work is Cervantine Blackness (Penn State University Press, 2024),a brilliant book that renews how we can think about literary production in the convoluted multi-everything world of the early modern moment of the Spanish Empire.

Nicholas R. Jones is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University and the author of the prize-winning Staging Habla de Negros: Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain (Penn State University Press, 2019). With him, will be V铆ctor Sierra Matute, Assistant Professor in the Comparative Literature Program at CUNY鈥檚 Baruch College. He is the editor of Soundscapes of the Early Modern Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds (Routledge, 2015) and the author of the forthcoming book A Sense of Empire: Perceptual and Material Foundations of Early Modern Iberian Colonialism.

Organized by 脕lvaro Enrigue and co-sponsored by the Hofstra Rabinowitz Honors College, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

East Library Wing 246
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Second Floor, South Campus

For more information visit Hofstra Cultural Center Grants.

February 24 through May 5, 2025听
Lunes de poes铆a. Coffee & Poetry Mondays
1:30-2:00p.m. | Room 300, Calkins Hall
The Great Hispanic Writers Series presents Lunes de poes铆a. Coffee & Poetry Mondays, a biweekly programming designed as a space where 糖心传媒 and faculty can read and discuss their own poetry, as well as compelling poems from canonical and contemporary Hispanic authors. Sessions are scheduled for Monday, February 24, March 10, March 24, April 7, April 21, and May 5.

Organized by Hofstra professors and poets Miguel 脕ngel Zapata and Natalia Chamorro, as part of the campus programming of The Great Hispanic Writers Series, and with the support of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Wednesday, February 26, 2025
2:40-4:05p.m. | Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library
Book presentation: Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility (Russell Sage Foundation, 2024) by Robert Courtney Smith (CUNY Graduate Center). For over twenty years, the author followed the lives and mobility patters of nearly one hundred children of Mexican immigrants in New York City. His presentation will examine the laws, politics, and individual and family practices that promoted (and inhibited) their social mobility.

Organized by Francisco Lara Garc铆a and co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of Sociology, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Thursday, March 6, 2025
9:40-10:35a.m. | Room 142, Monroe Hall
Public lecture: Jewish Women Fighting for Social Justice on both Sides of the Mediterranean, by Raanan Rein, Elias Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and former Vice President of Tel Aviv University. This presentation explores the trajectories of women from the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine听who participated in the Spanish Civil War. We will focus on their听life histories and political commitments; their trajectories illustrate not only international women鈥檚 participation in the Spanish War, but also the diverse motives for volunteering in the Iberian conflict.

Organized by Santiago Slabodsky and Brenda Elsey, and co-sponsored by the Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz听Honors College, the Department of Religion, the Department of History, the Jewish Studies Program, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Monday, March 10, 2025
6:00-9:00p.m. | Room 114, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication听
Live From Studio A: EscuchARTE: Latin America, through Words and Song. From the Rio Grande to Patagonia, music is the mirror into which Latin Americans look in search of their spirit and soul. We propose a special evening of exploration through the musical landscapes of the all too different regions of this diverse and vibrant constellation of cultures. Featuring Hofstra music professor Hector Martignon, world renowned pianist, arranger, and composer.

Organized by Mario Murillo and Randal K. Hillebrand and co-sponsored by the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, the Department of Music, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
2:40-4:05p.m. | Location TBD
Roundtable: 隆Basta ya! Why the Blockade Against Cuba Must End听
In this roundtable discussion, we will hear back from the Hofstra 糖心传媒 and faculty members who participated in the Hofstra Study Abroad Program to Havana in January 2025. We will explore the long history of the U.S. strategy of regime change in Cuba, since the triumph of the revolution in 1959, and provide a systematic overview of the economic, political, and information stranglehold that both Republican and Democratic administrations have applied to Cuba, resulting in an ever-expanding crisis for the people on the island. With the participation of 糖心传媒 professors听Mario A. Murillo听and听Conrad Herold

Organized by the Center for Civic Engagement, as part of Global Justice Day, with the collaboration of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
2:40-4:05p.m. | 246 East Library Wing, Axinn Library, Second Floor
Talk (in Spanish): La novela hispanoamericana hoy: retos, transformaciones y horizontes futuros by Luis Mora-Ballesteros (U.S. Naval Academy).
This lecture will address the evolution of contemporary Latin American novels, analyzing the impact of dystopias and urban representations in current literature. Luis Mora-Ballesteros is a Venezuelan-American novelist, and professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the author of the book monographs Ciudades y mundos posibles. Distop铆as y estados de control en la novela hispanoamericana contempor谩nea (2025), and Pr谩cticas cr铆ticas: Apuntes sobre literaturas urbanas del Caribe hisp谩nico (2022). In the creative field, he is the author of the border trilogy which includes the novels D铆ptico de la frontera (2020) and La sombra del comandante (2022). The first novel in the trilogy, D铆ptico de la frontera, was a finalist in the I Certamen de Novela Mart铆n Fierro (Spain, 2019) and was recently translated into English as Border Diptych (2024).

Organized by Alfonso Garc铆a-Osuna and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, with the collaboration of the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Maryse Cond茅, the Journey of a Caribbean Writer
4:20-5:45p.m. | 246 East Library Wing, Axinn Library, Second Floor
Maryse Cond茅, the Journey of a Caribbean Writer
Maryse Cond茅 (1934-2024) was a novelist, critic, and playwright from Guadeloupe, and an academic whose career took her to West Africa, Europe, and the United States: she taught at universities in Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Senegal, France, and the United States. Her last faculty appointment was as Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Columbia University in New York. Her work explores issues of race, gender, colonialism, displacement, and the African diaspora. She is the author of many books, including, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (1992),The Journey of a Caribbean Writer (2014), and The Gospel According to the New World (2021).

Defiant Desire: Love, Freedom, and Disorderly Women in the Work of Maryse Cond茅 by Kaiama L. Glover

Organized by Sabine Loucif and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

For more detail, please contact Professor Sabine Loucif at sabine.loucif@hofstra.edu.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
11:30-12:45p.m. | Parlor Room, Hofstra Hall

Bilingual Poetry Reading and Dialogue with Hugo Mujica

Hugo Mujica was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied Fine Arts, Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology and Theology. His poetry has been published in Argentina, Spain, Italy, France, Mexico, United States, Chile, Slovenia, and Bulgaria. In 2005, Seix Barral published his Complete Poetry, 1983-2004. In 2011 he published the poetry collection Y siempre despu茅s el viento. Both in his poetry and his prose, he draws inspiration from his experiences, which include living in Greenwich Village in the 1960s as a visual artist, and seven years of silent monastic life as part of the Trappist Order.

Organized by Miguel 脕ngel Zapata, the Great Hispanic Writers Series is a program jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
2:40-4:05p.m. | Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library
Film screening: Norita (2024), directed by Jayson McNamara and Andrea Carbonatto Tortonese. Norita Corti帽a鈥檚 search for her son accelerates the defeat of the dictatorship in Argentina and inspires a new global generation of women fighting for their freedoms.

4:20-5:45p.m. | 246 East Library Wing, Axinn Library, Second Floor
Film discussion: facilitated by the producer of the film, Sarah A. Schoellkopf. Her work includes Norita (2024), and Ferguson Rising (2021).
Organized by Vicente Lled贸-Guillem and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Women鈥檚 Studies Program, the Kalikow School for Public Policy and Public Service Program, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
11:20 am-12:45 pm. | Parlor Room, Hofstra Hall
The Great Hispanic Writers Series presents: Roger Santiv谩帽ez and Juan Arabia
Bilingual Poetry Reading and Dialogue about the New Directions of Latin American Poetry

Roger Santiv谩帽ez听was born in Piura, Peru. He studied literature at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and earned a doctorate in Latin American poetry from Temple University. Comuni贸n de los santos (Communion of Saints) is the title of his most recent collection of poetry, published by Libros de la Resistencia (Madrid, 2023). His book Virgen de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe) has just been published in Mexico. He has worked at Princeton University, among other institutions in the United States.

Juan Arabia听is an Argentinian poet, translator, and literary critic.听His recent books include, Encrapuler (Buenos Aires Poetry, 2025), Desalojo de la naturaleza (Buenos Aires Poetry, 2018), Hacia Carcassonne (Pre-Textos, 2021), and Verso Carcassonne (Raffaelli Editore, 2022).听He has also translated works by Ezra Pound, Arthur Rimbaud, Dylan Thomas, and Dan Fante.听He is the founder and director of the cultural and literary project听.

The Great Hispanic Writers Series听is a program jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, The Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors听College, the European Studies Program, The Women鈥檚 Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center. For information, please contact Professor Miguel 脕ngel Zapata.

2:40-4:05p.m. | Parlor Room, Hofstra Hall听
The Great Hispanic Writers Series presents: Against the Breaking of Balance and Harmony in Contemporary Hispanic Poetry.
Much of current Hispanic poetry is heading towards exaggerated dislocation and nonsense. In this colloquium we will establish a dialogue on how a poem should be written without losing its balance and harmony. We will engage with some of the masters of contemporary poetry who have served as a model in the practice of clarity and depth in the poem. Harmony and balance, in the end, are the core of the structure of a poem. Even when there is a kind of play with the form, deep down the poem must have meaning and move us beyond the ethics of language. Participants include Juan Arabia, Roxana Cris贸logo, Rodolfo H盲sler, and Mar铆a 脕ngeles P茅rez L贸pez.

Organized by Miguel 脕ngel Zapata, the Great Hispanic Writers Series is a program jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Monday, May 5, 2025
2:40-4:05p.m. & 4:20-5:45p.m. | Room 212, Roosevelt Hall
Public talk: Rethinking Race, Gender, and Urban Planning in Cinematic Imaginaries. The Case of West Side Story by Alberzo Berzosa听(Universidad Aut贸noma of Madrid). This lecture will address the process of rethinking sociocultural imaginaries in dialogue with some tenets of American mythology embedded in Hollywood cinema, focusing on Steven Spielberg鈥檚 version of West Side Story (2021). In this film, the director recomposes and re-equalizes the classic 1961 film, enhancing the presence of racialized agents, opening up spaces for non-normative gender identities, and adding contemporary themes about the processes of economic and urban development in New York City, such as the gentrification of the West Side.

Alberto Berzosa is a professor of Art History and Theory of Art and works at the intersection of the history of art, Spanish cinema, political archives, and curatorship. He is the author of two book monographs:听Materiales para una utop铆a ecologista. Cartograf铆a de archivos del movimiento ecologista en Espa帽a听(2023), and听Cine y sexopol铆tica听(2020). He is also the codirector of the documentary film听Memorias de ultramar听(2021) and has curated several exhibitions for La Casa Encendida (Madrid), the Museu d鈥橝rt Contemporani de Barcelona, and the Institut Valenci谩 d鈥橝rt Modern in Spain.

Organized by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, with the support of the Hofstra Cultural Center and the research project 鈥淚nstitutional Documentary & Amateur Cinema in the Colonial Era: Analysis and Uses鈥� (PID2021-123567NB-I00) financed by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation/State Research Agency of the Spanish Government and the European Regional Development Fund.

Wednesday, September 11, 4:20-5:45 p.m.
Great Hispanic Writers Series
Renowned Spanish poet, Juan Carlos Abril, will present a bilingual poetry reading and lead a dialogue about contemporary Hispanic poetry with Hofstra professor Miguel 脕ngel Zapata.
Abril is a professor of Spanish literature at the University of Granada, Spain. His poetry books include Poes铆a reunida (1997-2023) (Pre-Textos, 2024), En busca de una pausa (Pre-Textos, 2018), Crisis (Pre-Textos, 2007), and the book of essays, La tercera v铆a. La poes铆a espa帽ola: entre la tradici贸n y la vanguardia (Pre-Textos, 2024). He has also edited anthologies of poetry by authors such as Francisco Brines, Jos茅 Caballero Bonald, Luis Garc铆a Montero, and Mar铆a Auxiliadora 脕lvarez.听

Presented by the dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a program jointly sponsored by the dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

246 East Library Wing
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Second Floor, South Campus

For information, email Miguel 脕ngel Zapata at miguel-angel.zapata@hofstra.edu.

Wednesday, September 18, 4:20-5:45 p.m. 听
The Whites Must Go: Anti-Colonial Sentiments in Equatorial听Africa
By Enrique Okenve (VIRTUAL)

Just when the colonial masters decided their African subjects would be recognized as Spaniards, Africans in Equatorial Guinea realized this was not enough and they had to expel the colonizers听to听be听free.

Enrique Okenve teaches African history and research methods in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (Jamaica). A child of the Nzomo clan and Africa鈥檚 post-independence exile, he was born in Spain. There, he grew up aware of his belonging to Equatorial Guinea, while learning about his family鈥檚 opposition to colonialism and the successive dictators that have plagued the country since its independence from Spain. His cross-disciplinary research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century West Central Africa and relies heavily on oral history. His publications include articles and book chapters in English and in Spanish. He has recently completed a book manuscript that explores the development of tradition as an ideological tool to resist the Spanish colonial state in Equatorial Guinea and is currently working on a new book project that examines transcontinental ties and the human factor behind the involvement of colonized Africans in the anti-colonial nationalist movement. His work also includes media outreach, having recently hosted a weekly history radio show on one of Jamaica鈥檚 radio stations.

This programming is made possible thanks to a collaboration with New York University鈥檚 King Juan Carlos I Center and the Center鈥檚 director, Jordana Mendelson. Enrique Okenve will deliver the following lecture at NYU on Thursday, September 19 at 6 p.m.: 鈥淏ehind the Gaze: Spanish Power and Fang Humiliation in Equatorial Guinea.鈥� First their culture and bodies were vilified, then came the conquest and subjugation of Fang men and women who never accepted the many forms of Spanish colonial power.

Organized by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Center for 鈥淩ace,鈥� Culture and Social Justice, the Africana Studies Program, and the 糖心传媒 Cultural Center.

Wednesday, September 18, 7-10 p.m.

Directed by Hofstra Film Alumnus Adrian Saba (2023)
Toribio Bardelli is an older man, who together with his three children, now adults, form a dysfunctional and failed family. 糖心传媒 to turn 70, Toribio will pursue his only goal in life: to have an erection again.

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Monday, September 23, 2:40-4:05 p.m.
Panel discussion: Global Perspectives on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Many pundits have argued that the 2024 presidential election may be one of the most consequential for the United States. Not only will the election have implications for domestic policies in the U.S., but the results will have significant reverberations around the globe. This panel will address how the U.S. election results may impact regional and global politics and policies in different parts of the world, including in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and how these regions view each of the candidates. This interdisciplinary panel will bring together Hofstra faculty members from across schools and departments, placing area studies programs at the center of the conversation on presidential elections. The panel is intended to provide a more global perspective on the presidential election, and the possible impact the outcome of the election will have across various world regions. Issues that will be raised include immigration from Latin America, the war in Ukraine, global trade, cybersecurity and the environment/climate change. Each panelist will provide an overview of the most pressing issues coming out of the specific region they will be covering, and each will assess how the presidential election outcome may impact those issues, regarding migratory policy, regional relations, bilateral agreements, war, and environmental protections. The moderator of the panel will pose questions to each participant to open the conversation of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election to the global scene.

Moderated by Simon Doubleday, Department of History and European Studies Program

Participants:听
Carolyn Dudek, (Europe) Department of Political Science and European Studies Program
Takashi Kanastu, (Asia) Department of Political Science and Asian Studies Program
Benita Sampedro Vizcaya, (Latin America and the Caribbean) Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Conrad Herold, (Latin America and the Caribbean) Department of Economics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
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Organized by Carolyn Dudek.听
Co-sponsored by the Hofstra Cultural Center, the European Studies Program, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Asian Studies Program.

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater,
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Monday, September 30, 6-9 p.m.

Directed by Catherine Tambine and Carlos Sandoval (2004)
Join us for a screening and discussion of the documentary Farmingville about immigration and its effects 20 years after its premiere. The documentary tells the story of a community in suburban Long Island in the late 1990s with an expanding population of 鈥渦ndocumented鈥� immigrants and the attempted hate-based killing of two Mexican day laborers that catapulted this quiet suburb into national headlines. Discussion to follow screening moderated by Lauren Burigat-Kozol, Rabinowitz Honors College.

Panelists: Hofstra Professors Carlos Sandoval, Catherine Tambini, Mario Murillo, Alan Singer

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

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Tuesday, October 1, 2:40-4:05 p.m. 听
Memoria, tradici贸n oral y pandereta. Folklore popular y sociedad rural en Galicia, Espa帽a con perspectiva de g茅nero (Memory, Oral Tradition, and Pandereta: Popular Folklore and Rural Society in Galicia, Spain, with a Gender Perpective)
(Memory, Oral Tradition, and Pandereta: Popular Folklore and Rural Society in Galicia (Spain) with a Gender Perspective).

A talk (in Spanish) by Ana Cabana Iglesias, professor of contemporary Spanish and gender history at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Historical research utilizes various sources, including the oral memory of recent generations. This talk examines the role of women in Galician oral traditions, characterized by rural life and the use of the Galician language. The focus is on analyzing songs sung by women during work, celebrations, as forms of social critique, and as political resistance during times of dictatorship. These songs, documented since the 1980s in the Galician Popular Songbook, will be explored from a historical and gender perspective. Additionally, the talk will investigate contemporary efforts to highlight and honor these melodies and recognize women as central figures in their preservation, supported by prominent folk music institutions and groups.

Organized by Pepa Anastasio.听
Co-sponsored by the European Studies Program and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, with the support of the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Monday, October 14, 1-2:15 p.m.
Book presentation and Poetry Reading of Reflejo escaparate
(Sudaquia Editores, 2023) by Hofstra Professor Natalia Chamorro
The book approaches the migrant鈥檚 daily epic with two great tools: intimate and intense contemplation as a form of rebellion against an alien reality, and the fear that the known world will disappear with the language. In this fear between what is perceived as foreign and the inability to name it in one鈥檚 own language, a glimpse of light appears, a voice capable of naming everything again, emotionally bilingual, fluid in a literature without genre, whose findings are offered in a showcase of which we know from the reflections that these poems emit.

Natalia Chamorro, originally from Peru, lives in New York City, and she identifies herself as a poet, immigrant, and academic passionate about the intersections of art and activism. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Literatures and Languages from Stony Brook University and teaches Spanish at 糖心传媒. Before this book, her work was published in several poetry collections, and she is currently working on a book of essays tentatively titled 鈥淓scaleras de incendio.鈥�

Organized and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, with the support of the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Hofstra Hall Parlor, Hofstra Hall, South Campus

Tuesday, October 15, 7-10 p.m.

Directed by David and Francisco Salazar
When a young Colombian couple is faced with a major change in their lives, each one will go on a personal journey to right the wrongs of the past in order to build a stronger future. COLIBR脥 made its world premiere this summer at the Festival Cine de las Monta帽as in Salento, Colombia, followed by a screening at the Long Island International Film Expo in July. The film opened in Colombian theaters nationally in August.

Room 211 Breslin Hall, South Campus

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
1:00-2:25p.m. | Berliner Hall 117 (in English)
2:40-4:05p.m. | Breslin Hall 202 (in Spanish)
Queer/Tango/Theory: Gendered Semiosis, Dancing the Binary, and Dancing on Out, an informal talk by Luna Beller-Tadia

Luna Beller-Tadiar (she/they) is a multi-media artist, and a doctoral student interested in kinesthetic cultures, semiotic processes, and queer and decolonial communal practices. She has recently done work on queer Argentine tango semiosis and on the circulation of gesture on TikTok and is also interested in Filipino postcolonial bodily mimetic labor. Luna makes and performs choreographic work, draws comics, and (sometimes) translates. She holds a BA in Literature from Yale University (2018) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU Steinhardt.听

Luna鈥檚 work combines听their practice as a dancer and their interest in thinking through movement. They will be talking to and with 糖心传媒 about their more recent work, based on their experience dancing tango in different international contexts. This work conceives tango as a body-to-body communicative practice that can be analyzed politically. They point to a normative (gendered, colonial) 鈥渂inary鈥� model of tango that trains relational gender roles, and claim that queer tango, at its best, intervenes in these formations not necessarily by 鈥渞emoving鈥� gender but rather by reconfiguring and repurposing forms of gendered bodily address through a less more dialogic mode of communication. They interpret queer tango as a collaborative 鈥済ender laboratory鈥� that opens possible ways of being and moving together.

Organized by Pepa Anastasio and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Thursday, October 24, 2024
2:40-4:05p.m. |Monroe Hall 216
Musical performance and conversation with salsa pianist N贸riko M茅ndez

We are happy to welcome N贸riko M茅ndez, a talented Japanese salsa pianist whose journey has taken her throughout the world. Born and raised in Japan, N贸riko discovered her passion for Latin music early in life. Determined to deepen her understanding of the genre, she moved to Cuba, where she studied under renowned musicians and absorbed the rich musical traditions of the island. Now based in New York, the global hub of salsa, N贸riko M茅ndez dazzles audiences with her vibrant performances, blending the technical precision of her classical training with the soulful energy of Cuban music. Her unique fusion of cultures and sounds makes her a rising star in the salsa scene.

Organized by Alfonso Garc铆a-Osuna and co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Monday, November 4, 2024
4:20p.m. 鈥� 5:45p.m. | Hofstra Parlor Room, Hofstra Hall
Great Hispanic Writers Series

Poetry reading by Silvia Guerra, an award-winning Uruguayan poet and editor. She has published notable books of poetry, including A Sea at Down听(Pittsburgh, 2023), Un mar en madrugada听(Buenos Aires, 2017),听Pulso听(Madrid, 2011), Estampas de un tapiz听(New York, 2006), Nada de nadie听(Buenos Aires, 2001), and La sombra de la azucena听(New York, 2000), among others. She is co-author, with Ver贸nica Zondek, of the epistolary books听El ojo atravesado I.听Correspondence between Gabriela Mistral and Uruguayan Writers (Santiago de Chile, 2005). She is a board member of both the Mario Benedetti Foundation and the Nancy听Bacelo听Foundation. In 2012, she was awarded the听Morosoli听Prize in Poetry for her career.听

The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a program jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the 糖心传媒 Cultural Center. For information, please contact Miguel 脕ngel Zapata at miguel-angel.zapata@hofstra.edu

Monday, November 11, 2024
2:40p.m. 鈥� 4:05p.m. | Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library
Great Hispanic Writers Series

Poetry reading by Giannina Braschi, a Puerto Rican fundamental poet, writer, dramatist and scholar. She has published numerous works in Spanish, Spanglish, and English, including听Putinoika听(Brown Ink, 2024);听United States of Banana听(Amazon Crossing, 2011), Yo-Yo Boing!听(Latin American Literary Review Press, 1998),听and听El imperio de los sue帽os听(Anthropos, 1988). Her scholarly publications include a book on Gustavo Adolfo B茅cquer, and essays on Miguel de Cervantes, Garcilaso de la Vega, Antonio Machado, and Federico Garc铆a Lorca. Her collected poems were translated into English by Tess O鈥橠wyer in a volume entitled Empire of Dreams听(Yale University Press, 1994).听The Library of Congress describes Giannina Braschi as 鈥渃utting-edge, influential, and even revolutionary鈥�.听

The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a program jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the 糖心传媒 Cultural Center. For information, please contact Miguel 脕ngel Zapata at miguel-angel.zapata@hofstra.edu

Tuesday, November 19
BOOK PRESENTATION CELEBRATING DANCE AS A FORM OF EMBODIED ACTIVISM

Mi culo es m铆o. Mujeres que bailan como se les canta, Mercedes Liska, U. of Buenos Aires, Gourmet Musical, 2024 (鈥淢y Butt is Mine: Women Who Dance as They Please鈥�).

The buttocks, a focal point in popular dance, have become a contested cultural and political symbol. Erotized dance styles like perreo and twerking, and genres like cumbia or reggaeton, are often seen as sexist and degrading. However, artists and audiences reclaim these practices as expressions of bodily autonomy, and feminist discourses have embraced dance as a tool for asserting sexual sovereignty. Mi culo es m铆o explores Pan-Latin music鈥檚 rise and its connection to the #NiUnaMenos movement and the fight against gender violence and in support of gender rights.

Dr. Mercedes Liska is an ethnomusicologist, professor, and researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) in the field of sociology of music and culture at University of Buenos Aires.

1-2:25 p.m. Scholarly Panel: Dance as a Form of Embodied Activism
Dr. Mercedes Liska, University of Buenos Aires
Dr. Cloe Gentile Reyes, New York University
Dr. Pepa Anastasio, 糖心传媒

2:40-4:05 p.m. La m煤sica y el baile como forma de activismo feminista: taller de investigaci贸n In this talk/workshop (in Spanish), Dr. Liska will talk about her scholarly work around popular music and dance and will introduce 糖心传媒 to research methods in the field of ethnomusicology and cultural studies.

7-8 p.m. -BEGINNERS FEMME/HEELS MASTERCLASS with HOFSTRA ALUMNA ALICIA GAVZY
This is a space free from judgment or external expectations, encouraging everyone to find confidence, sensuality, and freedom through movement! Open to all, but space is limited, please sign up below if interested. Heels are optional and everything can be done barefoot or in sneakers if preferred).

Calkins 139 Dance Studio

Co-sponsored by Women鈥檚 Studies Program and Rabinowitz Honors College