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OHIO hosts ĢƵ Latin Americanist Conference Feb. 25-26 in Athens
The 18th annual ĢƵ Latin Americanist Conference (OLAC) will be held Feb. 25-26 at ĢƵ University in Athens.
delivers the keynote on "NUESTRO QUILOMBO: A Glimpse of the Chaotic World of Immigration Law” at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26. He is a founding partner of Zamora & Tisdale, a bilingual law firm in Columbus, ĢƵ.
All conference events are free and open to the public.
Conceived 17 years ago at ĢƵ State University as a gateway through which to promote the rich complexity of Latin America, the OLAC annually brings together a diverse group of specialists on the region.
As envisioned from the onset, the conference is hosted every three years by a different ĢƵ institution. This assures that all regions of the state have access to the wealth of topics discussed at every meeting. In recent years, Bowling Green, Case Western, ĢƵ State, and Wittenberg universities have kept alive the conference’s mission of gathering varied scholarly work pertaining to that continent. Dissemination of multiple findings by scholars, educators and students is at the core of the enterprise.
This year's hosts are the Modern Languages Department in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Latin American Studies program in the Center for International Studies at ĢƵ University, as well as the Center for Latin American Studies at ĢƵ State University.
For more information about OLAC and its events, please contact Betsy Partyka, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish in the College of Arts and Sciences at ĢƵ University.
Friday, Feb. 25
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Registration, Tupper Hall 106
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Panels on Latin American Topics, Tupper Hall
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. — Entertainment, Glidden Hall 101
- Banda: Son del Caribe, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- Capoeira: Julio Beltrán, 6:15 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 26
8:15 to 10:30 a.m. — Registration, ĢƵ University Inn
9 a.m. — Breakfast, ĢƵ University Inn, pre-paid only
9:30 a.m. — Keynote: “NUESTRO QUILOMBO: A Glimpse of the Chaotic World of Immigration Law“ by Kevin Zamora
10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Panels on Latin American Topics
1 to 5 p.m. — Kennedy Museum of Art (Linn Hall, Saturday hours)
Published
February 16, 2022