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October 1994, the Latin American Studies program has sponsored the
"Conference on the Americas" every eighteen months. The
conference series offers a unique opportunity for scholars, students,
and citizens to meet and discuss ideas about Latin Americas throughout
the hemisphere - Latin America, the U.S., and Canada. It is West
Michigan's only Latino-Latin American conference.
The first conference commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the
Guatemalan Revolution of 1944 with the theme, "Capitalism,
Activism, and Democracy in the Americas." Conference 96 focused
on migration and immigration in the hemisphere. The third conference,
held in October 1997, emphasized the literature, culture and the
arts, with the theme "Imagining the Americas." The fourth
conference, held February 20, 1999, emphasized the African heritage
of Latin America and the Caribbean. In October 2000, the fifth conference
addressed the theme of "Fighting Invisibility" and featured
the award-winning poet Martín Espada as keynote speaker.
The sixth conference, held in February 2002 featured Mexico's Daring
Chef, Lourdes Hernández, who spoke on the theme of "Food
for Thought: The Culture, Politics, and Economics of Nutrition."
In October 2003, the last conference explored politics- Charting
the Future: Culture and Politics in Latin.
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