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Lectures and Discussion with Northwestern Professor Geraldo Cadava

Posted by Sara Dillon for College of Arts and Sciences

Geraldo Cadava is Professor of History and Latina and Latino Studies at Northwestern University. Professor Cadava is also a Contributing Writer for The New Yorker, and is the author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of An American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump (Ecco, 2020), and Standing On Common Ground: The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland (Harvard, 2013). At present, he’s writing a history of Latinos over the past 500 years, tentatively titled A Thousand Bridges, to be published by Crown in 2026. Professor Cadava hosts the podcast Writing Latinos, and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine Public Books.

  • MEET & GREET
    Come and meet Dr. Cadava
    Monday, Jan. 27, 10:30 a.m.
    Friedmann Hall 2302, International Conference Room
    Coffee, tea and cookies available
     
  • PUBLIC LECTURE (free and open to the public)
    “Immigration and the ‘crisis’ at the border”
    Monday, Jan. 27, 4 p.m. 
    Fetzer Center, Putney Lecture Hall
    Reception to follow in Fetzer’s lobby 
     
  • ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION (free and open to the public)
    “Immigration and the Latina/Latino presence in the U.S.”
    Tuesday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.
    Lee Honors College Student Lounge
    Cookies and lemonade after the event

 

For more information, please contact: 

Dr. Pablo Pastrana-Perez
Chair, Department of Spanish
269.387.3105
@email

Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 — 4 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 — 10 to 11 a.m.