This is part of the Native American House, Dinner on Us series
Dinner on Us (DOU) is administered by the Native American House (NAH) and is part of the Lunch on Us Series within Student Success, Inclusion & Belonging. This DOU program features Dr. Angelica Waner, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Associate, American Indian Studies.
Dr. Waner's DOU presentation discusses what we can learn from Zapotec literary magazines published in Mexico and Oaxaca in the 20th century. Dr. Waner will share about the personal connections to her research, her journey as a researcher, and her current book project, highlighting the relationship between Zapotec knowledge, language, and literature.
Angelica Waner (she/ella) was born and raised in Los Angeles (Tovaangar). She completed her PhD in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA in 2024. She holds graduate certificates in Writing Pedagogy, American Indian Studies, and Experimental Critical Theory. Her current project centers Zapotec literary magazines published in Mexico from the 1930s-1990s and explores questions of Indigenous identity, language revitalization, politics, and movements of autonomy. She utilizes interdisciplinary methods such as close reading, archival research, and Indigenous theory to examine literary and cultural products and highlight Indigenous ways of thinking and being.
To review the Spring 2025 DOU schedule and for more information about this series, please visit the link: https://nah.illinois.edu/programs/dinner-us.