Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion presents
PART I: LATINX AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Join us for receptions celebrating Hofstra’s Cultural Heritage Months. Refreshments will be served.
Featured Speaker: Sulma Arzu-Brown
Author of Bad Hair Does Not Exist /¡Pelo Malo No Existé!
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:15 a.m.-12:40 p.m. (Common Hour) Multipurpose Room, Mack Student Center, North Campus For more information, please visit hofstra.edu/iei.
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, African Studies Program and the Hofstra Cultural Center present
PART II: WHAT IS LATINX QUEER HISTORY? How do you translate queer into Spanish? How do you create culturally sensitive, bilingual, age-appropriate materials about Latinx gender and sexuality or LGBT experience? Dr. Larry La Fountain-Stokes discusses his recent toy theater Enciclopedia Deiknumena publication titled A Brief and Transformative Account of Queer History/Un Breve y Transformador Relato de la Historia Queer, illustrated by Dave Buchen and published in Puerto Rico, in the context of other books on lesbian, gay and transgender topics for young readers. Dr. La Fountain-Stokes was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and teaches at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora, and of the short story collections Abolición del pato and Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails. Dr. La Fountain-Stokes’ creative work also includes performances and a series of You Tube videos as Lola von Miramar, a Puerto Rican drag queen with a PhD who loves poetry and cooking.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 11:15 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information, please visit hofstra.edu/lacs or call 516-463-5669. 68419:9/16