Join us for a conversation with three distinguished experts in history, ethnomusicology, and anthropology, who will contextualize the music of Las Cafeteras within the long history of Mexican resistance as well as music’s potential to shape Latinx futures in the United States. The conversation will be facilitated by Nicole von Germeten, Professor of Latin American History and Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University.

Guest Speakers:

Theodore Cohen
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History
School of Africana and Multicultural Studies
Southern Illinois University

Cathy Ragland 
Associate Professor 
Area Coordinator 
Ethnomusicology in the College of Music
University of North Texas 
 
Alex E. Chávez
Nancy O'Neill Associate Professor of Anthropology
Fellow of the Institute for Latino Studies
Fellow of the Initiative on Race and Resilience 
University of Notre Dame