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UM-UPR Third Symposium: Citizenship and Identity in the Classroom

Live-stream available at: http://galileo.uprrp.edu/
Thursday, March 2, 2017
8:30 AM-3:00 PM
Off Campus Location
For abstract and speakers' bio, visit: http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/umich-upr/symposium-2017/
This event is funded in part by Title VI federal grants from the US Department of Education

Jueves 2 de marzo (Thursday, March 2)

9:30 am (8:30 am EST): Bienvenida/Welcome

10 am (9 am EST): Conferencia magistral/Keynote Speech
Why Palestinian Statelessness and the Lack of Citizenship is Central to the Mideast Conflict
Juan Cole, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan

11 am-12:30 pm (10-11:30 am EST)–Panel 1: Migración, ciudadanía y marginalidad/Migration, Citizenship, and Marginality

De papeles y viajes en yola: Una mirada a los procesos de regularización migratoria de los dominicanos en Puerto Rico
Glorimarie Peña Alicea, Departamento de Historia, University of Puerto Rico

‘All spirits are roused’: Citizenship and Migration Across the Mona Passage during the Haitian Unification of Hispaniola, 1822-1844
Andrew Walker, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan

Peripheral Citizens: Discussions of Domestic Migration in China and the US
William Thomson, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chines Studies, University of Michigan

12:30-1:30 pm: Almuerzo/Lunch

1:30 pm (12:30 pm EST)–Panel 2: Retos ciudadanos frente al estado/Citizenship Challenges and the State
Barrio Tras Talleres, del mangle al asfalto: un estudio sobre movilidad urbana, identidad cultural y autogestión como forma de resistencia en una comunidad puertorriqueña
Camila Dutra Fontoura, Departamento de Historia, University of Puerto Rico

From Citizen to Stateless
Samuel Farris, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan

La solidaridad como resistencia
Juan Miranda Ruiz, Departamento de Historia, University of Puerto Rico
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Viernes 3 de marzo (Friday, March 3)

9:30 am (8:30 am EST): Bienvenida/Welcome

10 am (9am EST): Conferencia magistral/Keynote Speech
Reflections about citizenships, and for citizenship
Héctor M. Martínez Ramírez, Departamento de Ciencias Políticas, University of Puerto Rico

11 am (10 am EST)–Panel 3: Representaciones y el cuerpo del ciudadano/Representations and Bodies of the Citizenry

The Photoshop State: Image Manipulation, Visual Culture and Electoral Politics in Digital India
Sriram Mohan, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan

El Eternauta, un lugar de la memoria
José E. Aponte García, Departamento de Historia, University of Puerto Rico

Biometric Belonging: Identification and Security in Urban Pakistan
Zehra Hashmi, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan

Cuerpos transgresores: representaciones de los cuerpos femeninos en la poesía revolucionaria puertorriqueña (1920-1930)
Shadey M. Mercado Pérez, Departamento de Historia, University of Puerto Rico

12:30-1:30 pm: Almuerzo/Lunch

1:30 pm (12:30 pm EST)–Panel 4: Ciudadanía, educación y cultura/Citizenship, Education, and Culture

La memoria familiar como puente entre la disciplina de la historia y la escuela
Silvia Maurer, Departamento de Historia, University of Puerto Rico

Promoting “Unity in Diversity”: Education Reform in Indonesia
Ellen Myers, Center for South East Asian Studies, University of Michigan

(La) educación intercultural como herramienta de integración e inclusión para la población estudiantil a nivel primario y secundario de los/as participantes del Programa de Limitaciones Lingüísticas en Español e Inmigrantes (LLE): El caso de los educandos/as dominicanos/as en Santurce- San Juan, Puerto Rico (2014- 2016)
Mara D. Rivera Cardec, Escuela Graduada de Planificación, University of Puerto Rico

La Política Cultural y Ciudadanía
Maricruz Rivera Clemente, Escuela Graduada de Trabajo Social Beatriz Lassalle, University of Puerto Rico
Building: Off Campus Location
Location: Sala Jorge Enjuto, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras
Event Type: Conference / Symposium
Tags: Education, Latin America, Middle East Studies, Social
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, International Institute, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Center for South Asian Studies
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, March 2, 2017 8:30 AM-3:00 PM