Since 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.
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The
first conference commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the
Guatemalan Revolution of 1944 with the theme, "Capitalism,
Activism, and Democracy in the Americas."
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Conference
96 focused on migration and immigration in the hemisphere.
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The
third conference, held in October 1997, emphasized the literature,
culture and the arts, with the theme "Imagining the Americas."
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The
fourth conference, held February 20, 1999, emphasized the African
heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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In
October 2000, the fifth conference addressed the theme of "Fighting
Invisibility" and featured the award-winning poet Martín
Espada as keynote speaker.
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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."
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In
October 2003, the last conference explored politics- Charting
the Future: Culture and Politics in Latin.
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