March 26 2026 6PM | Room C201/202 | GRADUATE CENTER CUNY 365 FIFTH AVE
Book talk and Q&A with editors Debora Thome, Joao Nemi Neto, Luciana Namorato, and contributors. Commentary by Enrique E. Cortez.
RSVP: The Political Economy of Welfare
10:30 AM–12 PM: Opening
Other Fridas in Latin American Studies
Book presentation by Enrique E. Cortez (Portland State University)
Followed by remarks from the editors:
Debora Thome (IDP–Brazil)
João Nemi Neto (Columbia University)
Luciana Namorato (Indiana University Bloomington)
Lunch Break: 12–2 PM
2–3:15 PM: Roundtable I
Why Other Fridas Matter: New Readings of Latin American Women’s Art
Mila Burns (City University of New York), “A Musical Constellation:
Sorority and Authorship in the Work of Dona Ivone Lara”
Ann Marie Leimer (Midwestern State U), “Out from the Shadows:
Vida, Trabajo y Legado de Lola Álvarez Bravo”
Ben De Witte (Columbia U), “Astrid Roemer’s Diasporic Modernism”
3:30–5:15 PM: Roundtable II
After The Other Fridas: Imagining New Futures for Latin American Women in the Arts
Lorna Dillon (Hong Kong Baptist U),“Towards a Decolonial, Feminist Visual Syntax”
Elvira Aballi Morell (Princeton U), “Counter-Archiving Abakuá:
Sara Gómez and Afro-Cuban Feminist Film”
Rosita Scerbo (Georgia State U), “The Afro-Descendant Woman in Latin American Diasporic Visual Art”
Luciana Namorato (Indiana U Bloomington), “Writing Transgender Womanhood in Brazil Today”
