The University of Arizona Press
When: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 6 p.m., Central European Time
Where: Casa de la Cultura El Salvador Facebook live and in person at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Hall O, Room 10.35, Gaußstraße 20, Wuppertal, Germany
Editors Mauricio Espinoza, Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez, and Ignacio Sarmiento will present their book, Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century at Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Germany, with link to the event on Facebook live. The Spanish language event starts at 6 p.m., Central European Time (10 a.m. PST, 11 a.m. MST, 12:00 p.m. CST, 1 p.m. EST) and is free and open to the public. The moderator for the event is Leda Carolina Lozier. Miroslava Arely Rosales Vásquez is a PhD student in literature at Bergische Universität Wuppertal; Ignacio Sarmiento is an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American history at the State University of New York–Fredonia; Mauricio Espinoza is an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American cultural studies at the University of Cincinnati. The event is sponsored by NAPALU, the German-Salvadoran Association for bilateral promotion of cultural exchange between El Salvador and Germany.
About the book:
Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century tackles head-on the way Central America has been portrayed as a region profoundly marked by the migration of its people. Through an intersectional approach, this volume demonstrates how the migration experience is complex and affected by gender, age, language, ethnicity, social class, migratory status, and other variables. Contributors carefully examine a broad range of topics, including forced migration, deportation and outsourcing, intraregional displacements, the role of social media, and the representations of human mobility in performance, film, and literature. The volume establishes a productive dialogue between humanities and social sciences scholars, and it paves the way for fruitful future discussions on the region’s complex migratory processes.
