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February 2018 News Update, Center for American and World Cultures

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Spring 2018 Calendar of events

February

Devotion in Motion

Photography exhibition and lecture

Guest Speakers:

Edward Wright Rios, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University

Mike Dubose, Staff Photographer, United Methodist Communications

February 8 - March 8

Devotion in motion: A collaborative historical and visual study of pilgrimage in Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography Exhibition
Business hours | MacMillan Hall, Lobby Gallery

Thursday, February 8
Opening of the exhibition and gallery tour
4:30 pm | MacMillan Hall, Lobby Gallery

Keynote presentation
6:00 pm | MacMillan Hall, Great Room (212 MMH)

For detailed information about the exhibition and the guest speakers visit: CAWC website and/or Facebook site.

Sponsored by the Center for American and World Cultures; the Center for Latin American Studies (Vanderbilt University); the Department of History; the Department of Media, Journalism, and Film; and the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program

For co-curricular connections contact: Lance Ingwersen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History & Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, Miami University.

Purgatorio: A Journey into the Heart of the Border

Guest Speaker:

Edward Wright Rodrigo Reyes, Film director

Monday, February 26

6:00pm, McGuffey Hall, Room 322

Reyes is a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and awardwinning filmmaker. His presentation will focus on the immigrant experience and challenge preconceived notions of the US-Mexico border. He is the grandson of migrant farmworkers from Michoacán, and was raised between Mexico and the United States. His visceral and beautiful films explore the fractures separating these two worlds. Reception following talk.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese; the Center for American and World Cultures; and the Latin American Studies and Global Intercultural Studies

For co-curricular connections contact: Nohelia Rojas-Miesse, Senior Lecturer, Department of Spanish & Portuguese. For detailed information about this event, the film director and other resources visit CAWC Facebook site.

Bi-Okoto, Drum and Dance Theater presents Rhythms of Our Land

Wednesday, February 28

6:30 pm, Oxford Arts Community Center

Free and open to the public

In celebration of Black History Month Bi-Okoto, Drum and Dance Theatre will take us on an interactive journey to West Africa. Part of OCAC's Family Performance Series.

Co-sponsored by Oxford Community Arts Center; Miami University Center for American and World Cultures, and Miami University Performing Arts Series

The New Golden Age of Latin Music

Featuring Orkesta Mendoza and Las Cafeteras

Thursday, February 15

7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium | 101 S. Campus Ave., Oxford, OH 45056

Buy your tickets now! Top producer of global music, globalFEST, has paired two of today's most exciting bands, forging inspired new paths for the fabled Latin sound. The infectious indie mambo band Orkesta Mendoza mixes a multitude of Latin styles like cumbia, merengue and ranchera through a psychedelic mambo and post-punk prism, creating a truly one-of-a-kind sound.

Las Cafeteras fuses Afro-Mexican, hip hop, folk, and native American styles into a vibrant, socially conscious vibe all their own.

Sponsored by Miami University Performing Arts Series.

Spring 2018 Courses

Don’t miss these opportunities! There's still time to register for IDS 154 Pre-Study Abroad or IDS 156 Re-entry Study Abroad. Learn more about these classes.

Register for IDS 154 (Introduction to Study Abroad) or IDS 156 (Study Abroad Re-Entry) this semester.

Contact Us

For more information about CAWC sponsored or co-sponsored events, courses, and/or opportunities to collaborate, contact us at cawcnews@MiamiOH.edu.

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