The Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies at the Graduate Center CUNY presents a conversation about Spirals in the Caribbean, by Sophie Maríñez. The book has been described as “a journey into the representations of imperial and national-era violence on Haiti and Dominican Republic.”
Professor Maríñez will be in conversation with Anne Eller (Yale University), Carlos Decena (Rutgers University), and Samuel Martínez (University of Connecticu). The event will be moderated by Diomelca Rivas, Ph.D. Candidate in History at the GC. This event takes place on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 6:00 to 9:00pm, at the Skylight Room, Graduate Center CUNY. RSVP here.
Description: Examining island-wide and diasporic literary and cultural productions from 1791 to 2002, Sophie Maríñez challenges the “fatal conflict” paradigm dominating views of the relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the framework of the Spiral, a concept at the core of Spiralism, a Haitian literary aesthetic developed in the 1960s.
Sophie Maríñez is a Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at the Borough of Manhattan Community College and an affiliated Professor of French and Francophone Studies in the PhD Program in French at The Graduate Center.
For more information, see https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/book-talk-spirals-caribbean and https://clacls.gc.cuny.edu/2024/09/12/spirals-in-the-caribbean-representing-violence-and-connection-in-haiti-and-the-dominican-republic/
The Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies at the Graduate Center CUNY presents a conversation about Spirals in the Caribbean, by Sophie Maríñez. The book has been described as “a journey into the representations of imperial and national-era violence on Haiti and Dominican Republic.” Professor Maríñez will be in conversation with Anne Eller