DSA2022 Virtually@Hostos: X Biennial Dominican Studies Association Conference
Reencuentro: Dominican Diversity and Identities
Conference Program
Note: Conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Only the activities on Day 1: Thursday, December 1 will have an in-person and virtual component.
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Day 1: Thursday, December 1, 2022
I. 4:00-5:15 PM (Eastern Time) | 5:00-6:15 AM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Roundtable 1: La crisis de justicia social y el papel de la prensa Dominicana (Hybrid presentation)
Hostos Art Gallery – First Floor – 450 Grand Concourse Avenue & 149th Street, Bronx, New York 10451
Chair: Ana García Reyes
Moderators:
Fernando Aquino, Continuing and Professional Studies, Lehman College, CUNY
José García, Hostos Community College/Office of Communications/Public Relations
Presenters:
1. Zenaida Méndez, MNN’s El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center
2. Angela Howell, Women Talent System Organization
3. Julio C. Malone, Journalist and Author
4. Roberto Francis, Secretario General del Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas
5. Oscar Pérez, Despierta NY
6. William Jimenez, Periódico Hoy-El Diario-News Day
7. Adalberto Dominguez, Journalist
II. 5:30-7:00 PM (Eastern Time) | 6:30-8:00 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
DSA Welcome Reception (Hybrid presentation)
Hostos Art Gallery – 450 Grand Concourse Avenue, Bronx, New York 10451/ First Floor
Featured speakers: Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph. D. Hostos Community College President; Silvio Torres-Saillant, Ph. D. Syracuse University; Ramona Hernández, Ph.D. Director of the CUNY DSI; and more.
Day 2: Friday, December 2, 2022
I. 8:30-9:45 AM (Eastern Time) | 9:30-10:45 AM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Panel 2: Art, Performance, Public Scholarship
Moderator: Sofia Oviedo, Hostos Community College
Presenters:
1. Afshin Irani, Centro de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos, Universidad de Chile
Del desalojo al pensamiento, del pensamiento a la palabra: El contrapunteo entre diásporas y Estado según Silvio Torres-Saillant
2. Macarena Martín Martínez, University of Seville, Spain
Spoken Word, a Tool for Space in Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X”
3. John Bimbiras, University of Texas at Austin
Paul Austerlitz, Gettysburg College and CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Rethinking Latin Music in New York City: The Impact of Rafael Petitón Guzmán
Panel 3: Reimagined, Gendered Communities
Moderator: Samuel Byrd, Hostos Community College
Presenters:
1. Marianela Medrano, South Western College
Juntas or Convites: The Wisdom of Interbeing
2. Isabel Espinal, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kiskeya, Kanaka; Dominican, Hawaiian; Indigeneity, Diversity; English, Spanish: Decoloniality amidst Colonial Language Texts
3. Sobeira Latorre, Southern Connecticut State University
Of Mothers, Sexuality, and Religion in “The Poet X”
4. Maria Cristina Fumagalli, University of Essex, UK
Bridget Wooding, Observatorio Migrantes del Caribe (OBMICA), Santo Domingo, DR
“Not Only Here but Here”: Solidarity and Sorority
II. 10:00-11:15 AM (Eastern Time) | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Roundtable 2: Dominican Politics in the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change
Chair: Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco, Bronx Community College, CUNY
Presenters:
1. Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco, Bronx Community College, CUNY
2. Ernesto Sagás, Colorado State University
3. Eve Hayes de Kalaf, University of London
4. Ana Belén, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
5. Benito Sánchez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
6. Carlos Morel, Instituto de Investigación Social para el Desarrollo, Santo Domingo, DR
Panel 5: Atlantic and Pacific Routes of Dominican Lives
Moderator: Luis Álvarez, Dominican Studies Association
Presenters:
1. Adam Orman-Krinsky, Pomona College
“La hija del hebreo” and Dominicanidad: Interrogating Jewish Presence in Santo Domingo in the 19th Century
2. Nancy Kang, University of Manitoba
Invisible, Indivisible, Invincible? Defining the Chinese Dominican in Angie Cruz’s “Let It Rain Coffee”
3. Mariela Pichardo, Peking University
When Dragons, Tigers, and Tígueres Meet: Diplomatic and Tacit Relations Between Chinese and Dominicans
4. Margo Groenewoud, University of Curaçao
Dutch-Dominican Engagements in a Broader Atlantic Perspective
Panel 6: Documenting the Dominican Publishing Industry of the Twentieth Century
Chair: Megan Jeanette Myers, Iowa State University
Presenters:
1. Elizabeth Russ, Southern Methodist University
Aída Cartagena Portalatín’s Publishing Legacy, 1940s–1980s
2. Megan Jeanette Myers, Iowa State University
Editora Taller and Twentieth-Century Dominican Publishing: Pudimos haber hecho más
III. 11:30 AM-12:45 PM (Eastern Time) | 12:30-1:45 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Presidential Roundtable, Historia, Diversidad e Identidades Dominicanas con la Academia Dominicana de la Historia y la Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
Chair: Silvio Torres-Saillant, Syracuse University
Panelists:
Juan Daniel Balcácer, Presidente, Academia Dominicana de la Historia, Santo Domingo
Anne Eller, History Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Quisqueya Lora Hugi, historiadora, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
Pablo Mella Febles, vicerrector, Instituto Superior Pedro Francisco Bonó, Santo Domingo
Anthony Stevens-Acevedo, former Assistant Director, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Darío Tejeda, historiador, Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
Bernardo Vega, historiador, Academia Dominicana de la Historia, Santo Domingo
IV. 12:55-1:55 PM (Eastern Time) | 1:55-2:55 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Presidential Session
Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Associate Professor, Princeton University
V. 2:00-3:15 PM (Eastern Time) | 3:00-4:15 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Roundtable 3: New Works on the 1937 Massacre
Chair: Lauren Derby, University of California, Los Angeles
Presenters:
1. Amaurys Geordano Pérez Vargas, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
2. Watson Denis, Université de L’Etat d’Haïti
3. Sabine Cadeau, SOAS University of London/University of Cambridge
4. Edward Paulino, John Jay College of the City University of New York
5. Sophie Maríñez, Borough of Manhattan Community College & The Graduate Center, CUNY
Roundtable 4: The State of Dominican Students in Education from K-Higher Education
Chair: Ana I. Garcia Reyes, Dean, Hostos Community College, CUNY
Moderators:
Nelson Reynoso, Bronx Community College & New Jersey Board of Education
Ana I. Garcia Reyes, Dean, Hostos Community College of CUNY
Presenters:
1. U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat, District 13, New York, United States Congress
2. Assemblywoman Karines Reyes, District 87, New York State
3. Assemblywoman Amanda Séptimo, District 84, New York State
4. Assemblywoman Yudelka Tapia, District 86, New York State
5. Councilwoman Carmen De La Rosa, District 10, New York City Council
6. Councilman Oswald Feliz, District 15, New York City Council
7. Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez, District 14, New York City Council
Panel 9: Perspectivas Históricas de la Educación Dominicana
Chair: Alexa Rodríguez, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Commentator: Neici M. Zeller, William Paterson University of New Jersey
Presenters:
1. Alexa Rodríguez, University of Virginia
A Duty to Educate: Guardians and the 1916 US Occupation
2. Juan B. Alfonseca Giner de los Ríos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Transiciones del imperialismo al autoritarismo en la educación rural dominicana, 1918–1946
3. Diomelca Rivas, CUNY Graduate Center
“Amor al suelo patrio”: Dominican Rural Schools and the Spread of Anti-Blackness Nationalism, 1930-1945
VI. 3:30-4:45 PM (Eastern Time) | 4:30-5:45 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Roundtable 5: Transnational Dominican Activism: Documenting Grassroots Social Movements through ESENDOM
Chair: Nelson Santana, Bronx Community College of CUNY & ESENDOM
Presenters:
1. Emmanuel Espinal, ESENDOM
2. Emma Antobam-Ntekudzi, Bronx Community College of The City University of New York
3. John Carrero, The City College of The City University of New York
4. Nelson Santana, Bronx Community College of The City University of New York
Panel 11: Dominicans beyond Bachata: Defining Fundamental Components of the Modern Dominican Identity and their Contribution as a Spearhead to the Latinx Movement
Presenters:
1. Nicole Rodríguez Tavárez, independent scholar
2. Charif Mahmoudi, independent scholar
Panel 12: Gender, Feminism, and Race in Performance and Social Practices
Moderator: Norma Fuentes-Mayorga, Dominican Studies Association
Presenters:
1. Elena Valdez, Christopher Newport University
Canto a las madres, canto de las madres: maternidad en el rap dominicano
2. Ingrid Luciano, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) and Instituto Superior Bonó
Discursos nacionales y raciales en las representaciones de las “prostitutas” de la dramaturgia dominicana
3. Esther Hernández, Pomona College
The “Right to a Complete Life”: The Protracted Fight of the Dominican Feminist Movement
4. Kimberly Simmons, University of South Carolina
From Identidad de las Mujeres Afro to Miss Rizos and other Natural Hair Projects: Exploring Afro-Dominicanidad, Feminism, and Community in the Dominican Republic
Day 3: Saturday, December 3, 2022
I. 8:30-9:45 AM (Eastern Time) | 9:30-10:45 AM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Panel 13: El proceso migratorio chino y libanés a la República Dominicana
Chair: Luis Álvarez, Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
Presenters:
1. Luis Álvarez, Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
La migración china y su integración a la sociedad dominicana: siglos XIX y XX
2. Sonia Bu Larancuent, New York City Leadership Academy
La migración china y su integración a la sociedad dominicana: siglos XIX y XX
3. Wilson Genao Núñez, Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
La migración libanesa a la República Dominicana: siglo XIX
Panel 14: Environmental and Health Responses: An Interdisciplinary Panel
Moderator: Juan Tineo, Dominican Studies Association
Presenters:
1. Victor Gómez, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
The Incredible and Sad Story of Boca de Cachón
2. Magdalena Rathe, Fundación Plenitud
Exemplars in Covid-19 Response: the case of the Dominican Republic
Panel 15: Representations of Dominicanness in Discourse and Visual Cultures
Moderator: Mercedes Fernández, Dominican Studies Association
Presenters:
1. Keara Goin, University of Virginia
The Cinematic Dominicanidad of “In the Heights”
2. Wendyliz Martínez, Penn State University
(Under) Exposure: Black Portrait Photography in the Dominican Republic and United States
3. Sandy Jiménez, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
Hispanics and Latinos behind the Funny Pages: The Comic Book and Graphic Novel as Empowering Testimony
4. Stephen Ippolito, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
Underrepresentation of Dominican Afro-Latinx Identity and Voices in Media
II. 10:00-11:00 AM (Eastern Time) | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Presidential Session
Rodolfo R. Pou, Chairman, Diaspora & Development Foundation
The Role of the Diaspora, in the Development of its Country of Origin
III. 11:15 AM-12:30 PM (Eastern Time) | 12:15-1:30 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Panel 16: Locations of Afro-Dominican Experience
Moderator: Norma Fuentes-Mayorga, Dominican Studies Association
Presenters:
1. Fiordaliza Ippolito, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
Dominican Indio and Black Identities in the Diaspora and in the Dominican Island
2. Jorgen Yri, Oslo Metropolitan University and Østfold University College, Norway
Rayano Consciousness: Traces of a Forgotten Dominican-Haitian Discourse
3. Elizabeth Álvarez, Columbia University
Mayorazgo de Koka and Contradictions of Nation-Making in 19th Century Hispaniola
Panel 17: Ser o no ser dominicano. Legalización del racismo y contrapuntos desde la población afrodescendiente en República Dominicana
Chair: Catherine Bourgeois, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Presenters:
1. Elissa L. Líster, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Medellín
Patentización y legalización del racismo de Estado en República Dominicana
2. Ana María Belique, activista, Movimiento Reconoci.do
Defender la Dominicanidad. Los dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana ante las detenciones y redadas migratorias (2013–2022)
3. Catherine Bourgeois, Université Libre de Bruxelles
El amor en los tiempos del racismo. Las parejas mixtas dominico-haitianas frente a su comunidad y al Estado
CANCELED Roundtable 6: Bringing Your Dominican Identity to Work CANCELED
Chair: Sabrina Méndez-Escobar, Truman College, Chicago
Presenters:
1. Luisiana Melendez, Erikson Institute, Chicago
2. Amanda Alcántara, Writer and Podcaster
IV. 12:45-1:45 PM (Eastern Time) | 1:45-2:45 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Presidential Session
Lorgia García Peña, Mellon Professor & Dept. Chair, Tufts University
Community as Rebellion
V. 2:00-3:15 PM (Eastern Time) | 3:00-4:15 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Roundtable 7: Black Haven, Heritage, and Home: Workshop on African American Emigration and Legacy in Hispaniola
Chair: Christina C. Davidson, University of Southern California
Presenters:
1. Brandon R. Byrd, Vanderbilt University
2. Dennis R. Hidalgo, Universidad Adventista de las Antillas
3. Sophia Monegro, University of Texas at Austin
4. Ryan Mann-Hamilton, The City University of New York
5. Christina C. Davidson, University of Southern California
6. April J. Mayes, Pomona College
Panel 20: Defying Silence: Dominican Women, the State, and Centering Narratives of Possibility
Chair: Elizabeth Manley, Xavier University of Louisiana
Presenters:
1. Génesis Lara, Boston University
Mobilizing Grief: Dominican Feminisms and the Caribbean Human Rights Struggle
2. Sharina Maillo-Pozo, University of Georgia
Women filmmakers of the Dominican Diaspora in New York City
3. Anyeline Mejía-McDonald, Skidmore College
The Foretold Death of Anibel González Ureña
4. John Ribó, Florida State University
Contemporary Black Feminist Dominican American Cultural Production
Panel 21: Art, Performance, Public Scholarship
Moderator: María Cano, Hostos Community College
Presenters:
1. Jimmy Lam, Writer
Presents his novel “Sexilio”
2. Gina Goico, Cornell University
Performs “Sou-Venir”
VI. 3:30-4:45 PM (Eastern Time) | 4:30-5:45 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Roundtable 8: Aquí y allá: Transnational Mutual Aid during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Chair: Amarilys Estrella, Rice University/We Are All Dominican
Presenters:
1. Franklin Dinol, Reconoci.do
2. Juan Alberto Antuan Vil, Reconoci.do
3. Yanilda Maria Gonzalez, Harvard Kennedy School/We Are All Dominican
4. Kleaver Cruz, We Are All Dominican
5. Stephanie Holguin, We Are All Dominican
Panel 23: Writing, Teaching, Learning, and Youth Activism
Moderator: Luana Ferreira, Dominican Studies Association
Presenters:
1. Sabrina Méndez Escobar, Truman College
How Do You Teach Dominican? The Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices of Six Dominican Mothers
2. Evelyn Fernández-Ketcham, Yeshiva University - Wurzweiler School of Social Work
What do 18- to 29-year-old Dominicans in an Urban Community College Say Makes Them Feel like an Adult?
3. Daniela Robles, City College of the City of New York (CUNY)
Dominican Youth in Radical U.S. Social Movements
4. Julie Sellers, Benedictine College
Using Active Discussion and Alternative Assessments to Explore Dominican Identities through Literature
VII. 4:45-6:00 PM (Eastern Time) | 5:45-7:00 PM (Hora Rep. Dom.)
Closing / Farewell / Open to All