Beyond Multiculturalism

Tuesday, April 19

Writing Workshop                    2:00-3:30 p.m.                      Fletcher Administration Building                                                                                                                                   President’s Office Large Conference Room

Introduction:  Carol Coffee Reposa, San Antonio College

            Chuck Taylor, Texas A & M University, College Station

            “Writing Out of Your Heart: A Workshop for Poets and Prose Writers”

Reception:                               6:00-6:45 p.m.                      Loftin Student Center, Room 156

            Live Music by Daniel Montserrat

Opening Ceremonies:                 7:00-9:00 p.m.                      Loftin Student Center, Room 156

Introduction:  Laurie López Coleman, San Antonio College

Tango Performance

 Narrator : Pablo Uresti, Puro Tango 

1.       Libertango  by Astor Piazzolla

Josué Vázquez-García and Loreen Álvarez,  Puro Tango,  Latin & Argentine Tango Club of San Antonio

2.       Recuerdo by Osvaldo Pugliese

José García and Maggie Richie, Puro Tango

3.       Milonga de Mis Amores by Juan D’Arienzo

    Josué Vázquez-García and Loreen Álvarez

                                                José García and Maggie Richie

 

4.       El Choclo  by Juan Carlos Maramio Catán

                                                Josué Vázquez-García and Loreen Álvarez

                                                José García and Maggie Richie

Chorus:

                        Cory Davila, San Antonio Tangueros and Puro Tango

                        José and Janis De Lara, Puro Tango

                        Dora and Arturo Díaz, Puro Tango

                        Steve Manion, San Antonio Tangueros and Puro Tango

                        Anita Molina, San Antonio Tangueros and Puro Tango                                        

                        Roy Montejano, San Antonio Tangueros

                        Sonia Pérez, San Antonio Tangueros

                        Rogelio Trejo, San Antonio Tangueros

Welcome:

            Bill Richardson, Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences, San Antonio College

Introductory Remarks:

            Alexander V. Bernal, Chair, English Department, San Antonio College

Introduction of Conference Topic and Featured Speaker:

            Moumin M. Quazi, Wayland Baptist University

                        "Fundamentally Free or Freely Fundamentalist?; An Introduction of the Theme, Beyond Multiculturalism"

Keynote Speaker:

            Amritjit Singh, Rhode Island College

                        "The End of Multiculturalism and Other Predictions"

Closing Remarks:                                                                                                    

            Mike Burton, San Antonio College

Milonga (Argentine Tango Party)                           9:00 p.m.- 2:00 a.m.             CIRCA 1900, Restaurant and Bar

                                                                                                            1900 San Pedro Ave, 731-9933

Live Music by Daniel Monserrat        
Wednesday, April 20

Continental Breakfast:                                                                                   8:00-10:00 a.m. Gonzales Hall 100

John Igo Faculty Lounge

 

Writing as Reflection                                                                                8:00-8:50 a.m.                      VATC 120

                                                                                                            (Visual Arts and Technology Center)

Introductions:  Patricia Portales, San Antonio College

 

            Lennie Irvin, San Antonio College

                        "The Reflective Stance and Multiculturalism"

           

Nora Olivares, San Antonio College

                        Selections from Burials, Bridges, and Blessings

                                                                       

Shared Borders                                                                                                9:00-9:50 a.m.                      VATC 120

Introductions:  Janice Clayton, San Antonio College

            Edward Simmen Tolex, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico

                        “The Making of Multicultural Societies: Mexico and the United States”

 

Commodifying Ethnicity; Capitalizing Multiculturalism                   10:00-10:50 a.m.             VATC 120

Introductions:  Jeanne Redmond, San Antonio College

            Deborah Madsen, Université de Genève

            "From Boutique to Mall: Multiculturalism and the Consumption of Ethnicity"           

Juan Bruce-Novoa, University of California, Irvine

"Real Capital; Merchandizing Ethnicity."

 

Past as Prologue                                                                                       11:00-11:50 a.m.                VATC 120

Introduction:  Judy Lampert, San Antonio College

Amritjit Singh, Rhode Island College

“Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance: Lessons for Tomorrow”

 

Literary Readings                                                                                  12:00-12:50 p.m.              VATC 120

Introductions: Lennie Irvin, San Antonio College

 

            Moumin Quazi, Wayland Baptist University

 

            Jane Focht-Hansen, San Antonio College

                                                           

Imagined Multiculturalism                                                                           1:00-1:50 p.m.                      VATC 120

 

Introductions: Ernie Tscalis, San Antonio College

 

            Rachel Jennings, The University of Texas at San Antonio

                        “Educación and the Politics of Caring in Mexican American Literature”

            Philip Lampe, University of the Incarnate Word

                        “Multiculturalism: Preparation for the Future”

 

Fiction vs. Reality                                                                         2:00-2:50 p.m.                      VATC 120

Introductions: John Browning, San Antonio College

Maia Adamina, San Antonio College

                        “Native and American Identity in Julie Campbell’s Trixie Belden and the Mystery in Arizona”

Juanita Luna Lawhn, San Antonio College

                        “Emma Tenayuca: Fact or Fiction”

 

An Evening of Literary Selections                                                        7:00-9:00 p.m.

Borders Alamo Quarry Market

255 E. Basse Road, Suite 350

(210) 828-9496

Introductions: Mike Burton

      Juan Bruce-Novoa, University of California, Irvine

            Ned Bailey, San Antonio College

            Dorothy Reyes, Mooresville, Indiana

Beatriz Rivera, Penn State Worthington Scranton

Amritjit Singh, Rhode Island College

            Moumin M. Quazi, Wayland Baptist University

           

Thursday, April 21           

Incorporating Diverse Values                                                             8:00-9:15 a.m.                         VATC 120

Introductions:  Irma Luna, San Antonio College

            José R. Reyna, California State University, Bakersfield

                        "The Ghost of 7th Standard Road"

            Manuel Medrano, University of Texas at Brownsville

                        “Celebrando Nuestra Gente Los del Valle”

Claudia A. Suárez, University of Houston--Downtown

“The Theater as a Tool to Promote Social Change: Osvaldo Dragún & Luis Valdez”

 

Synthesizing Culture                                                                                    9:25-10:40 a.m.                VATC 120

Introductions:  Stephen Dingman, San Antonio College

            Rolando Romero, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

                        “Third Wave Latinas”

            Marcus Embry, University of Northern Colorado

                        “Multiculturalism and the Dilemma of Sameness”

             John Waldron, University of Vermont

                        “Transcultural Voices Speaking a New US Latino Canon”

 

Strains and Strains                                                                         10:50-12:05 p.m.              VATC 120

Introductions:              Nora E. McMillan, San Antonio College

            Paul McQuien, San Antonio College

                        “William Faulkner and the ‘Curse of the South’”

            Mesut Erdal, University of Dicle, Turkey

 

“Kur’anic Pluralism and Political Islam in Seyyid Kutub’s Fi Zilla’l- Kur’an”

Beatriz Rivera, Penn State, Worthington Scranton

                        "Questioning the Call for Diversity"

 

Luncheon                                                                                            12:15-1:45 pm           

The Bright Shawl                                                                           Reservation Required

819 Augusta St.                               

733-2491

Introduction:  Stephen Dingman, San Antonio College

 

Luncheon Speaker:           

            Tino Villanueva, Boston University 

                        “Speaking Her Mind:  Penelope Speaks Five Poems”

 

 

Evening Literary Reading             5:00-6:00 p.m.             Trinity University, Chapman Center, Gold Room

 Introduction:              Arturo Madrid, Trinity University

            Tino Villanueva, Boston University

                        “Poetry Reading:  New and Selected Poems”