In honor of José Quiroga’s intellectual legacy and the recent donation of his papers, the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries presents the colloquium, “Unpacking Quiroga’s Files.”
This event brings together a distinguished group of scholars and presenters from various universities to discuss Quiroga’s profound impact on Cuban studies and beyond. The discussions will explore themes ranging from “Caribbeanness”and Afro-Cuban diasporic identities to queer kinship and the role of literature as a space for discourse. This collaborative effort, organized by multiple departments and institutes at the University of Miami, celebrates Quiroga’s work while highlighting the new opportunities for research his donated papers will provide to scholars for years to come.
FEATURING PRESENTATIONS BY:
Jossianna Arroyo-Martínez, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
Daniel Balderston, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
María M. Carrión, Ph.D.
Emory University
Natalie Catasús
Central Connecticut State University
Aisha Cort Hamilton
Bucknell University
Norge Espinosa
Teatro El Público
Licia Fiol-Matta, Ph.D.
New York University
Omar Granados, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Christina A. León, Ph.D.
Duke University
Vicky Unruh, Ph.D.
The University of Kansas
Anastasia Valecce, Ph.D.
Spelman College
Organized by the University of Miami’s Cuban Heritage Collection, Marta S. Weeks Chair in Latin American Studies, Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, and Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas.
Co-sponsored by the University of Miami’s Wilbur L. and Jean L. Morrison Endowment for Cuban Studies, Michelle Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Department of History, Center for the Humanities, Center for Global Black Studies, and Department of English.
