March 30, 2006
SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) – Eduardo Bonilla Silva, a research professor of sociology at Duke University, will deliver the lecture “The Latin Americanization of Race in the United States” at Susquehanna University on Thursday, April 6. Free and open to the public, the lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Isaacs Auditorium of Seibert Hall.
Bonilla Silva is a graduate from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, and University of Wisconsin, Madison. His academic work addresses race relations and the changing dynamic of race in contemporary America. He has published several books and articles on these subjects, and appeared on various national media outlets, including a PBS documentary on race.
Bonilla Silva is currently working on two books, Anything but Racism: How Social Analysts Limit the Significance of Race with Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Hayward Horton, and White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology with Tukufu Zuberi. He is also working on a project titled, “We are All Americans! The Latin Americanization of Race Relations in the USA,” from which his lecture at Susquehanna is derived.
The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Department of Modern Languages, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Dean of School of Natural and Social Sciences, and the Office of the Provost. It is presented as part of Susquehanna’s 2005-2006 university theme, “Latin American Mosaic: Nations and
Cultures/Mosaico Latinoamericano: Naciones y Culturas.” The concept of a year-long university theme presents opportunity for the Susquehanna community to develop a community dialogue around a central idea or question. With both curricular and co-curricular applications, a university theme supports Susquehanna’s goals of developing a common experience among students, fostering a culture of intellectual engagement, creating a diverse community, and supporting communication, collaboration and creativity across campus.
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