MALAS 2025

Session 1A: Political Parties, Ideology, and the Rise of Authoritarianism in Latin America

Adriana Piatti-Crocker (Chair), University of Illinois Springfield
Tomás Cifuentes Urzúa (English), Universidad de Chile
Diego Correa (Spanish), Universidad de Chile

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/84736632542?pwd=alhmVy66ZBfah7I0Bep6hlEtbqWd2h.1

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Session 2A: Politics & Gender

Adriana Piatti-Crocker (Chair/English), University of Illinois Springfield
Thais Duarte Zappelini (English), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/85046560000?pwd=eooUSKdMKcTOmykf8OFJD8Zi5d1nIS.1

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 3A: Justice, Inequity, and Discrimination in Latin America

Roberto Rincón (Chair), The State University of New York
Fernando Ojesto Martínez Manzur (English), Kellog Institute-University of Notre Dame
Francisco Javier Ramirez Trevino (Spanish), Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco
Patrick Buchanan (English), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yennesit Palacios Valencia (Spanish), Universidad de Valladolid, España

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/82417450898?pwd=tUYXaJhI7kMpucvtQq5G9KMbkO0Tie.1

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Keynote Speaker Presentation: Latin American Migrants in the US Imagination and Its Economy: A Historical Perspective

Dr. Lilian Fernández, Professor of History, University of Illinois Chicago

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/81717937188?pwd=O0mvkiSRmt8mW8njDuwu8Us2NbUKMr.1

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Honoring Richard Leroy Millett

Betty Smith, President of MALAS, Eastern Illinois University
Francisco Mayorga, Alberto Magnus Institute, Nicaragua
Francisco Javier Ramírez Treviño, (Fulbright-García Robles grantee), Mexico Studies Chair, 2025, at the University of Illinois (Springfield)
Vanesa Carbonetti Landrus, Eastern Illinois University
Denice Millett, wife of Richard Leroy Millett

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/81717937188?pwd=O0mvkiSRmt8mW8njDuwu8Us2NbUKMr.1

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Session 4A Panel: The Political Economy of Cultural Research: Forgotten Informants, Racial Imaginaries, & Labor Contexts in 20th Century Nation Building

Roberto Rincón (Chair), The State University of New York
Thomaz Amancio (English), University of Chicago
Micah Oelze (English), Adelphi University
Isabela Fraga (English), Tufts University
Rodrigo Viqueira (English), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/88468724052?pwd=fI2tYYfUsHsy2bm5aJBWhCjKi2MirW.1

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Session 5: Book Presentation - Las fronteras del conocimiento. El ímpetu de la inteligencia artificial

Francisco Mayorga, RIAL Red de Inteligencia Artificial Latinoamericana

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/7934378758?pwd=eWx6RnhkdU4zOTF6YUVnOEs4aXlLQT09&omn=82596905774

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Session 6A: The Culture of Sports in Latin America

Pedro Acuña (Chair/English), University of Houston, Downtown
Hernán Adasme (English), George Mason University

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/85415572884?pwd=UMjvEI7TfaxHvVjpPfmM7Qs2qdVVKI.1

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Session 7A: Indigenism and Activism

Allen Zegarra (Chair), Dickinson College
Alexandra Ofner (Spanish), University of Vienna
KayLeigh Nycole Fitzgerald (English), Kennesaw State University
Caroline Ampiaw (English), Texas A&M University
Jesica Rodriguez Beyer (English), Grinnell College

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/84324834850?pwd=RLgIxBXtB6ZVwBCg2x9XifIuOWovyD.1

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 8A: Social Activism and Social Struggle

Pedro Acuña (Chair), University of Houston, Downtown
Brenda Borges Aguiar (Spanish), Tulane University
Joseph Wager (English), Southern Illinois University
Cindy Torres Artos (English), Ohio University
Aura Jirau Arroyo (Spanish), Eastern Illinois University

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/89226816029?pwd=Lhb8MbnLMhU7AhdDnAOu4AgJRt4raC.1

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

2025 MALAS Annual Members' Meeting

Closing Remarks

https://eiu.zoom.us/j/84867800131?pwd=aeCnHB0wClDd7vilZoZMpOTSupQ2i0.1

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM