The Independence(s) Lecture Series, sponsored by Lehigh University’s Latin American Studies Program, showcases leading scholars whose investigatory pursuits exemplify the diversity of contemporary debates on Latin American culture. The speakers in this series are recognized academics whose research demonstrates the complexity of the study of Latin America from a variety of different disciplines. The Independence(s) Lecture Series thus provides the Lehigh community with a multiple points of entry to better appreciate the region defined as Latin America.
Past Speakers
- Fall 2020 - Dr. Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Associate Professor, Sociology, American University
- Fall 2019 - Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, Professor, Bishop Walter Sullivan Chair of Catholic Studies, Viriginia Commonwealth University, and Dr. Kate Kingsbury, Professor, University of Alberta
- Fall 2018 - Dr. Sallie Hughes, Associate Professor, Journalism and Media Management, University of Miami
- Spring 2017 - Dr. Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, Professor, Black and Latino Studies, Baruch College
- Fall 2017 - Dr. Juan Pablo Dabove, Professor, Latin American Cultural History, University of Clorado, Boulder
- Spring 2016 - Dr. Paul Gootenberg, Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology, Stony Brook University
- Spring 2014 - Dr. John R. McNeill, Georgetown University's History Department and School of Foreign Service
- Fall 2014 - Dr. Alejandro Anreus, Professor of Art History and Latin American/Latino Studies, William Paterson University
- Spring 2013 - Dr. Sara Castro-Klarén, Johns Hopkins University, Latin American Culture and Literature