Events
Visiting Scholars
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Campus Visits
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Dr. Catherine S. Ramírez
November 17-18, 2025
Public Lecture: The future of labor and undocumentedness: lessons from Latinxfuturism – Monday, November 17, 2025, 5-6 p.m., Hollings Library Program Room (enter through Thomas Cooper Library)
Abstract: Populist politicians often warn that migrants will steal native workers' jobs. Even though machines have long threatened to replace workers (and have done so in some industries), few, if any, populist politicians claim to be anti-automation. This talk explores this discrepancy by looking at labor and extraction in Latinx speculative fiction. Inspired by Afrofuturist visions of a more inclusive future, I examine the slow violence and permanent temporariness of undocumentedness and invite you to join me in imagining a future not without migrants, but without undocumentedness.
Monday, November 17, 2025
Class visit:
SPAN 304: Cultural Readings and Advanced Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Janzen
Public Lecture:
5-6pm in the Hollings Program Room (enter through Thomas Cooper Library)
“The future of labor and undocumentedness: lessons from Latinxfuturism”
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Class visit:
SCHC 421: Honors Latinx History with Dr. Alexandra Herrera
Our Sponsors
The Alpha Chapter of South Carolina chapter of Phi Beta Kappa gratefully acknowledges the support of our sponsoring partners for this event:
Department of History and the History Center
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures: Spanish Program
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
School of Visual Art and Design
Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar Program