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Arlene Davila, an award-winning author and professor of anthropology, social and cultural analysis at New York University, will speak at William Paterson University in Wayne on Monday, October 10 at 2 p.m. in the Cheng Library Auditorium on campus. Her lecture will focus on the current debates and controversies concerning the building of a national museum for Latinos. Admission is free.
The lecture, “Exhibiting Latinos: On the Politics of Museum Display,” is part of the William Paterson University-Tinker Foundation Latin American Lecture Series, funded by a grant from the Tinker Foundation, which promotes the development of an equitable, sustainable and productive society in Latin America and seeks to enhance understanding in the U.S. of Latin America and how U.S. policies may impact the region.
Davila is the author of five books, including “Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race,” which received the 2010 Latin American Studies Association prize for the best book in Latino studies. A specialist in issues of race and ethnicity, nationalism, the politics of museum and visual representation, urban studies, and Latinos in the U.S., she is a graduate of Tufts University and holds master’s and doctoral degrees from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
The program is presented by the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at William Paterson University. For additional information, contact Professor Franco Rodriguez, director of the program, at rodriguezf1@wpunj.edu or Professor Rosa Soto at sotor@wpunj.edu.
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