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TTA Workshop | Abby Young: "The Bananarchive: French Antillean Cultural Production about the Chlordecone Scandal"

Sponsor: Theorizing the Americas Workshop. Co-sponsors: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, Laney Graduate School, Oxford College Humanities Division, and Department of History. RSVP (to be included closer to the event) via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information. In-person and on Zoom. Abstract Since 1972, the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique have been poisoned from use of the pesticide chlordecone on banana plantations. However, for three decades, this contamination was largely ignored by the French government, scientists, and media. This dissertation chapter proposes that an anarchive, in other words, a literary response to traditional archives’s silence, is forming around chlordecone toxicity in the French Antilles. Many critics of the French state’s handling of the pesticide poisoning argue that scientific and legal approaches to this health crisis prove insufficient… University Event Topic: Academics. Humanities. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Abby Young, Emory University. Series: Theorizing the Americas Workshops | Fox Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.cloud.microsoft%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DnPsE4KSwT0K80DImBtXfOGbZMjIJBHdOkgcW9QVGMVxUMktWUEhHNUZaU1hNNVlGWlNFWlBESktWWS4u&data=05%7C02%7Ckbwilso%40emory.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C360cfc57ca554484947a08df1014987b%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C639247352970563073%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NS9jrAXf5ZdPSwLAjvd%2… Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu. Friday, September 25, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. 1635 N. Decatur Rd | Fox Center.

MESA's Independencia Fest

Sponsors: Mexicanos at Emory Student Association (MESA), Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies Program, and Department of History. Come enjoy cultural music and free food! Come celebrate Mexican culture and history! University Event Topic: Community. Diversity. Department / Organization: History Department. Contact Name: Clarissa Delgado. Contact Email: clari.delgado@emory.edu. Friday, September 25, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. McDonough Plaza.

TTA Workshop | Joslyn Gardner: "Thé Kòd of the Body: Intimacy in Évelyne Trouillot's Rosalie I'infâme"

Sponsor: Theorizing the Americas Workshop. Co-sponsors: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, Laney Graduate School, Oxford College Humanities Division, and Department of History. RSVP (to be included closer to the event) via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information. In-person and on Zoom. University Event Topic: Academics. Humanities. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Joslyn Gardner, Emory University. Series: Theorizing the Americas Workshops | Fox Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu. Friday, October 9, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. Bowden Hall, Room 323/Major Room.

TTA Workshop | Dr. Fernando Esquivel-Suárez: "We Don't Talk About Pablo: Colombian Narco Magical Realism and Feudal Magical Realism in U.S. Streaming Media"

Sponsor: Theorizing the Americas Workshop. Co-sponsors: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, Laney Graduate School, Oxford College Humanities Division, and Department of History. RSVP (to be included closer to the event) via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information. In-person and on Zoom. University Event Topic: Academics. Humanities. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: Dr. Fernando Esquivel-Suárez, Spelman College. Series: Theorizing the Americas Workshops | Fox Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu. Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. TBA.

TTA Workshop | José Londoño: "Memory as Justice Praxis in Carolina Caycedo's Yuma/Magdalenda River"

Sponsor: Theorizing the Americas Workshop. Co-sponsors: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, Laney Graduate School, Oxford College Humanities Division, and Department of History. RSVP (to be included closer to the event) via the link below. Email Rebecca Rubenstein for more information. In-person and on Zoom. University Event Topic: Academics. Humanities. Department / Organization: History Department. Speaker/Presenter: José Londoño, Emory University. Series: Theorizing the Americas Workshops | Fox Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar. Contact Name: Rebecca Rubenstein. Contact Email: rebecca.rubenstein@emory.edu. Friday, December 4, 2026, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. TBA.