A TALK BY DR. SALVADOR VIDAL-ORTIZ, 2023-24 DISTINGUISHED VISITING SCHOLAR
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 5:30pm-7:00pm
BALDY HALL 101
Hosted by the UB Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program and the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging (College of Arts and Sciences)
Every year, Universities and communities across the country are eager to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month: often, they do so under a culturalist lens, sharing what is perceived as typical “Latinx” food, speaking Spanish, or wearing what might amount questionable Halloween costumes. Moving beyond oversimplified celebrations of “heritage” and cultural traits, this presentation argues that heritage month commemorations offer an opportunity to learn about the histories, structural challenges and struggles of US-born Latinas and Latinos that helped solidify the field of U.S. Latina/o Studies (now evolving into Latinx Studies) within an ethnic studies framework (which is different from Latin American area studies).
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz is at UB this year as one of ten Distinguished Visiting Scholars in the College of Arts and Sciences to write a book on racialized sexual minorities in Santeria. He is Associate Professor of Sociology at American University.
Traditional Caribbean Food will be provided, plus refreshments!
For more information, contact Donte McFadden, Director of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program at dontemcf@buffalo.edu.
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DIVERSITY MONTH 2023 LECTURE: DISABILITY JUSTICE, IDENTITY, AND LANGUAGE WITH DR. SARA M. ACEVEDO
Wednesday, October 4, 12:05-1:30 PM
University of California, San Francisco (Office of Diversity and Outreach (ODO) Disability Resource Center (DRC) and Office of Diversity and Outreach (ODO) Multicultural Resource Center (MRC))
Virtual | Zoom
RSVP is kindly requested: Registration link
Accessibility: UCSF welcomes people with disabilities to all our events and programs. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Cecile.Puretz@ucsf.edu as soon as possible.
About Dr. Sara María Acevedo
Dr. Sara María Acevedo is an Autistic Colombian-born scholar-activist and critical educator. Her research is committed to anti-colonial, anti-racist, and anti-ableist praxis, and is informed by transnational feminism, the study of subjugated knowledges, and posthumanism, among others. She is an Assistant Professor of disability studies at Miami University, where she advances Disability Justice in the classroom and across campus. Her work as an educator blends critical pedagogy, research, and activism, building on the knowledge of historically marginalized communities. Sara has received numerous recognitions for her community-based work and transnational contributions to the Neurodiversity Movement. She is currently leading a research project on neurodivergent culture, activism, and autonomous forms of governance funded by the Ford Foundation’s Disability Rights Program.
Sara is currently a Distinguished Visiting Scholar position at the University of Buffalo, where she will share her critical disability studies expertise with the UB community along a cohort of talented scholars, artists, and community practitioners working to create more sustainable, fair, and socially just futures for all. Sara served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society for Disability Studies; her leadership was instrumental in developing the organization’s fifteen guiding principles. She serves on the Editorial Boards of Disability and the Global South and Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture.
Sara is currently a Distinguished Visiting Scholar position at the University of Buffalo, where she will share her critical disability studies expertise with the UB community along a cohort of talented scholars, artists, and community practitioners working to create more sustainable, fair, and socially just futures for all. Sara served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society for Disability Studies; her leadership was instrumental in developing the organization’s fifteen guiding principles. She serves on the Editorial Boards of Disability and the Global South and Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture.
