Please join us on January 25th for a lecture by Dr. Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes (University of Michigan) titled “PROMESA, Anti-Colonial Drag, and Diasporic Puerto Rican Trans Revolution” organized by Cole Rizki (Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese) and Penny Von Eschen (chair, Department of American Studies).
This talk forms part of the “Page-Barbour Trans Care Lecture Series” organized by the Department of American Studies, the Department of English, and the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
Dr. La Fountain-Stokes will also discuss his most recent monograph Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (2021) with interested graduate students over lunch on January 26th. RSVP required for lunch event.
Please see information below and attached flyer.
Public lecture
“PROMESA, Anti-Colonial Drag, and Diasporic Puerto Rican Trans Revolution”
Thursday, January 25th
5:30-7pm, Rouss Robertson 123
Reception 7-8 pm, Wilson Hall Lobby
*If you are unable or do not wish to attend the evening talk in person, we will also be transmitting this in-person event via Zoom webinar, and you can register here.
Graduate Student Lunch (RSVP required)
Friday, January 26th
12:00-1:30 pm
Rouss Robertson 116
Lunch provided, RSVP required (up to 25 students)
Discussion of Dr. La Fountain-Stokes’ most recent monograph: Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance (2021)
The above events have been generously funded by the Department of American Studies, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Department of English, Graduate Student Council of the School of Arts and Sciences (GSASC), The University of Virginia’s Queer Alumni Network (QVA), the Department of Drama, the Americas Center/Centro de las Américas, and the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and the “Page-Barbour Trans Care Lecture Series” at the University of Virginia.
