Events

February

• Feb6

  Black History Month | Removing Symbols of Oppression and Facilitating Healing

  Professor Cequyna Moore, Program Director of the World Heritage Monuments Toolkit Project, will discuss efforts in the United States and the world at large to bridge monuments and discussions and actions to facilitate racial, social, and economic justice. Light food and refreshments will be served.
• Feb6

  First Lecture of Spring 2023 Social Sciences Speaker Series

• Feb7

  Celebrating Distinguished Dominican Leaders and Student Scholars

• Feb9

  All-College Meeting

• Feb14

  Panel: A Legacy of Advocacy: Dominican Women and the Struggle for Representation

• Feb15

  Food Studies Seminar Series | First Lecture

  Food as an Intercultural Bridge and Communicator
  "Gastronativism: Food, Power, Identity"
  Dr. Fabio Parasecoli 
   
  Dr. Fabio Parasecoli is Professor of Food Studies at New York University, Steinhardt and a fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research explores the cultural politics of food, particularly in media, design, and heritage. He studied East Asian cultures and political science in Rome, Naples and Beijing, and earned his doctorate in Agricultural Sciences at Hohenheim University, Germany. Recent books include Al Dente: A History of Food in Italy (2014), Feasting Our Eyes: Food, Film, and Cultural Citizenship in the US (2016, co-authored with Laura Lindenfeld), Knowing Where It Comes From: Labeling Traditional Foods to Compete in a Global Market (2017), Food (2019), Global Brooklyn: Designing Food Experiences in World Citie (2021, coedited with Mateusz Halawa) and Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics (2022).
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  Moderator: Professor Elyse Zucker
   

   
• Feb16

  Black History Month | A Conversation with Black Studies Alumni

  Black Studies Alumni will present on how Black Studies courses at Hostos informed their present academic trajectories and careers.

• Feb22

  Winter Wellness at Hostos Community College

• Feb23

  Black History Month | The Hostos Community College African American Read-In

  Hostos Community College will join a nationwide community of readers to celebrate the richness and depth of Black literary tradition.
• Feb27

  Black History Month | West African Dance Workshop

  Led by Maguette Camara, Manekadang Dance and Drum Artistic Director/Alvin Ailey School and Extension Dance Faculty, this dance workshop will celebrate the dance forms of West Africa and get you moving!