The Doctoral Program in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York (CUNY), hosts an annual graduate student conference at its facilities in New York City, NY. This event is designed to provide graduate students with the opportunity to present their research, receive feedback from peers, colleagues, and faculty members, and foster theoretical and critical debate through the exchange of ideas. We are students who also teach in the public education institutions of New York City, whose motto is

“We believe that knowledge is a public good.”

The motto of the Graduate Center, The City University of New York

For nearly three decades, the Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures program has cultivated this space, inviting graduate students from various institutions in Latin America and the United States to present the current state, developments, and progress of their research within the framework of contemporary theoretical discussions in literary studies. Topics ranging from feminism to the Anthropocene, from the representational crisis in the humanities to speculative futures, have been central to the reflections called for in this forum.

A keynote speaker is invited each year—a distinguished scholar whose research has significantly influenced recent critical and theoretical debates and who engages with the issues addressed by the conference’s theme. Over the years, many of the most renowned voices in Latin American cultural and literary studies, linguistics, history, anthropology, art history, and intellectual history have taken center stage at this event.

As a conference by and for graduate students, our primary mission is to create new networks of intellectual exchange where colleagues from across the hemisphere can mutually contribute to each other’s research through comments, critiques, and suggestions. Being part of the City University of New York (CUNY), one of the most diverse institutions in the world, we understand that juxtaposing our ideas with other perspectives, belief systems, and worldviews is a way to enrich our arguments, enhance our research, and broaden our understanding of the world.

 

For more information about the Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures program, please visit: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/latin-american-iberian-and-latino-cultures.