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Events from September 26, 2024 – March 27 – SOMOS New Jersey Poetry & Culture Festival Events from September 26, 2024 – March 27 – SOMOS New Jersey Poetry & Culture Festival

A Feeling of Itself: A Lives In Translation Exhibition

110 Warren St. Newark, NJ, 07102 110 Warren St., Newark, United States

Join LIVES IN TRANSLATION (LiT) and the DESIGN CONSORTIUM (DC) on Thursday, September 26th at 2:30PM for the debut of A FEELING OF ITSELF, our inaugural on-campus exhibition celebrating the art of translation. Coinciding with International Translation Day, this event pays tribute to translators and interpreters who bridge languages and cultures. Explore the profound theme of cultural belonging through captivating audio-visual … Read More

Learning Beyond the Classroom: Academic Opportunities and Community-Engaged Learning in Spanish & Portuguese Studies at Rutgers University-Newark

SPS Faculty Presentation on “Learning Beyond the Classroom: Academic Opportunities and Community-Engaged Learning in Spanish & Portuguese Studies at Rutgers University-Newark” at the AATPS Virtual Program Fair. Date: Saturday, October 5, 10 a.m.-4 pm over zoom. Join us at the inaugural AATSP Virtual Programs Fair, a unique opportunity designed to inform high school and post-secondary … Read More

Latino Poetry Roundtable Discussion

Zoom

As we kick off our celebration of Hispanic and Latinx heritage and culture this month, we write to invite you to join us on Thursday, October 24, 4-5pm (on Zoom) for a roundtable discussion of selections from the Latino Poetry Reader with anthology editor Rigoberto González, poet Urayoán Noel, and SOMOS directors Elena Lahr-Vivaz and … Read More

Cubas’s Racial Paradox: Challenges & Resistance with Amilcar Ortiz

Conklin 352 Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ

Please join us for a film screening and discussion with Cuban filmmaker Amilcar Ortiz! Ortiz will examine the complexities of racism and racial discrimination in Cuba, exploring the historical and ongoing struggles of Afro-Cubans. He will analyze institutional barriers, cultural representations, and social movements working for change; and will consider Cuba's socialist ideology, national identity, … Read More

Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series

45th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series Saturday, February 15th, 2025 (Rutgers–Newark) Save the date! For more info: https://sasn.rutgers.edu/price-institute-marion-thompson-wright-lecture-series-0 .  

SOMOS NJ Poetry & Culture Festival

Save the date for our third annual SOMOS NJ Poetry & Culture Festival! SOMOS 2025 will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., on the Rutgers–Newark campus. Registration for SOMOS 2025 will open in November. This event is free and open to the public. The SOMOS NJ Poetry & Culture Festival is … Read More