Research Seminars @ Illinois

Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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History as a Terrain of Struggle: Against the Politics of Forgetting in PR

Apr 9, 2026   4:30 - 6:00 pm  
Levis Faculty Center (919 W Illinois St., Urbana, IL), Room 422
Lecture
Sponsor
Department of Latina/Latino Studies
Contact
Department of Latina/Latino Studies
E-Mail
lls-studies@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Join us for a lecture by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His lecture will explore the ways that history teaching and writing gave way to racialized tropes of Puerto Rican docility and laziness; how the state has moved to silence or erase the past through Puerto Rico’s “politics of forgetting"; and the ways these ideas are being challenged by artists and cultural producers. 

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