1998 marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico.  It also marks the 50th anniversary of Julian Steward's (1948) landmark project The People of Puerto Rico, a University of Illinois Press publication.  The profound social, political, and economic transformations taking place on the island throughout the 20th century affected the production and dissemination of knowledge by Puerto Rican scholars and women, in particular.  Dominguez will explore the usefulness of feelings in scholarship, especially the usefulness of noting, acknowledging, and being up front about the feelings---of passion, anger, pride, love, even sadness---that drive one's scholarship.

Hosted by: Department of Anthropology

In conjunction with: College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Drobney Interdisciplinary Program for the Study of Jewish Culture and Society, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, International Studies Program, Latina and Latino Studies Program, University of Illinois Press, Women's Studies Program, La Casa Cultural Latina