At the conclusion of the Imagining Latinidades “Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest” Symposium in Iowa City, Iowa, co-host and co-director of the Sawyer Seminar, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano sits down with the three invited lecturers to discuss their paths in the field. Questions included:

• What’s your Latina/o/x Studies origin story?
• What does Latina/o/x Studies offer your scholarship that disciplinary perspectives/methods might not?
• What’s the value of Latina/o/x Studies to students and higher ed institutions?
• What’s the value of Latina/o/x Studies to communities outside of academia?
• What’s your message to a Latina/o/x listener at a PWI?

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★ Thanks to our sponsors ★

• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support through its Sawyer Seminar program allowed “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” to launch at the University of Iowa. This podcast was born from the Sawyer Seminar and we hope it will continue on afterward.
• The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, at Iowa, was the birthplace of our Seminar theme, which gave rise to this podcast.

Show notes:

• The full description and list of speakers (and, eventually, links to video recordings of their talks) for the Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest Symposium that took place January 31, 2020, can be found at: Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest – Imagining Latinidades
• Bios for all of the presenters can be found on our website at:  Presenters – Imagining Latinidades
• For the project mentioned by Dr. Fernández, see: The Latino New Jersey History Project

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Credits

• Our cover art, a photo of an installation titled “El Hielo / I.C.E,” is provided courtesy of the artist, Fidencio Fifield-Perez.
• Music by Juan Ruiz.
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