Asian Imprints on Latin American and Caribbean History and Culture

Asian Imprints in Latin American and Caribbean History and Culture (Public lecture by Kathleen López)

Asians have maintained a longstanding presence in Latin American and Caribbean history. Whether they came as sailors or settlers, contract laborers or transnational merchants, Asian migrants became a key component in the development of Latin American and Caribbean economies and societies and debates on their place in nation-building. With a focus on migrants from China, Japan, and India and their locally-born descendants, this lecture will address themes such as integration, discrimination, language, foodways, culture, and identity.

Free and open to the public. Vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) required for the in-person event. Masks optional but welcome. Read more about Middlebury College’s COVID-19 guidelines right here. 

Free and open to the public. Read more about Middlebury College COVID-19 guidelines here.

In-person event: Assisted Listening Devices will be available.
Online only: The Zoom talk will be auto-captioned.
Accessibility Questions? Contact Mikki Lane via email or 802.443.2309.

Dr. Kathleen López is an Associate Professor in the Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies and the Department of History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She specializes in the historical intersections between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

This talk is co-sponsored by the Luso-Hispanic Studies Department and the Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature. It is offered in conjunction with the exhibition No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & the Caribbean, 1945-Present, on view at the Middlebury College Museum of Art from September 15 - December 11, 2022.