U.S. at 250: Enduring American Colonialism in Puerto Rico
A Public Conversation with: Rocío Zambrana & Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
How do debt and colonialism impact the experience of Puerto Ricans? This panel features two leading scholars of Puerto Rico: Jorell Meléndez-Badillo (University of Wisconsin, Madison), author of Puerto Rico: A National History (Princeton University Press, 2024), and Rocío Zambrana (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras), author of Colonial Debts: The Case of Puerto Rico (Duke University Press, 2021). Event organized by Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes. Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Department of American Culture, Department of History, the Latina/o Studies Program, and the U.S. at 250 Committee.
Sponsored by the Department of American Culture, Department of History, the Latina/o Studies Program, and the U.S. at 250 Committee.
| Building: | Tisch Hall |
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| Event Type: | Conference / Symposium |
| Tags: | American, american culture, Capitalism, Civic Engagement, ethnic studies, Imperialism, Latin America, Latina/o Studies, latino/a studies, Latinx |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Latina/o Studies, Department of American Culture, Department of History |
