District 2 Supervisor Liz Archuleta — Coconino County Elected Officials Swearing-In Ceremony to be held Jan. 4

Coconino County will hold a virtual swearing-in ceremony for elected officials Today, January 4th at 5:30pm. Congratulations to elected officials taking a term in office: Supervisors Horstman, Archuleta, Ryan, Begay and Fowler; Sheriff Driscoll, County Attorney Ring, Recorder Hansen, Treasurer Benatar, Assessor Ruiz, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lewis.

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Oct. 7 — NAU Latin American Studies to present talk on ‘Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba’

NAU Latin American Studies will present Assistant Professor of History Elizabeth Schwall will talk about her recently published book, “Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 and LA 120 (and simultaneously via Zoom).

The NAU Bookstore will be at the event with copies of the book for sale, and I’m sure Elizateth would be delighted to sign a copy for you!

Jan. 18 — Coconino Board of Supervisors to hold a livestream virtual Special Session regarding the COVID Emergency

The Coconino County Board of Supervisors will hold a Special Session regarding the COVID Emergency at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan, 18, 2021.

The Board of Supervisors’ meeting will be held via webinar technology using Zoom. The live meeting can be viewed via our YouTube stream link at:

Jan. 22 — Virtual Women’s March (+Special Guest Speaker & Social Hour!)

Join us for a social hour & virtual celebration of the power of women coming together to fight for equity and why it is crucial to the climate movement from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22.

Dr. Frances Julia Riemer, educational anthropologist and former Director of Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Northern Arizona University, will be the keynote speaker of the Zoom event. The event will also feature highlighting the contributions of brave women, sharing stories, and an opportunity to empower one another and shape our dreams for a better future for the next generations.

Jan. 28 — NAU Latin American Studies to present ‘Mala Conflicion’ Zoom lecture

In its first event of the semester, NAU Latin American Studies will present ‘Mala Confición: Forced acculturation & spiritual surveillance in the Confesionario limense (1585)’ Zoom lecture at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28.

Molly Borowitz is assistant professor of Transatlantic Early Modern Literature and Cultural Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University. Her talk examins how a 16thcentury text taught religious leaders in colonial Peru to control indigenous people by treating actions that the Spanish Crown wished to discourage as religious crimes.   

Feb. 5 — U of A Latin American Studies to present virtual ‘The Emerging Forms of Bolivia’s Anti-Communal State’

The University of Arizona Latin American Studies will present the Spring 2021 Charlas Con Café: “The Emerging Forms of Bolivia’s Anti-Communal State” with Huáscar Salazar Loham, from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. 

(In Spanish with simultaneous English interpretation)

Charlas Con Café is a weekly space to hear lectures from a wide variety of experts and discuss topics relevant to the Latin American region.

Feb. 17 — City of Flagstaff to hold Climate Emergency open houses

The city of Flagstaff’s Sustainability Program will host an online Climate Emergency open house series. The series will discuss the pathway to carbon neutrality, updates to the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan and actions the program will take moving forward.

The open house series will take place in two parts. The first part will be on the Open House website, which will host videos from community experts and activists, resources about the Climate Emergency and the framework of the upcoming Carbon Neutrality Plan. This website will launch on Feb. 4, 2021. Community members can use this resource to view and learn at their own pace. Site visitors will be asked to create a free account using their name and email. The site will also include a survey via the Flagstaff Community Forum to collect feedback from residents.

Feb. 18 — NAU to present via Zoom ‘The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants’

Adam Goodman from University of Illinois, Chicago will present his recent book, “The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants,” via Zoom on Thursday Feb. 18 at 6 pm. In the words of Mae Ngai, the book is “a must-read for all those who care about the reach of state authority and its consequences for immigrants and citizens alike.”

The event is open to all (anyone, anywhere on the planet with an internet connection!) but you need to register ahead of time at: http://eepurl.com/hlfiZb

March 2 — NAU History Dept. to present ‘Medical Narratives, Popular Opinion, and Uncertainty: The Cholera Epidemics of 19th Century Argentina’

The Northern Arizona History Dept. will present a very timely Latin American event about cholera epidemics in Argentina in the 19thCentury —  “Medical Narratives, Popular Opinion, and Uncertainty: The Cholera Epidemics of 19th Century Argentina,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 2.

During the nineteenth century, cholera impacted Argentina in a wave of epidemics like many other parts of the globe at the time. Although we now know much about the disease, for significant portions of the 1800’s, doctors, government officials, and society were uncertain over the numerous aspects of the disease: origin,contagion, and treatment. As a result, an assortment of opinions, theories, and conjectures all coexisted that often contradicted each other, and demonstrates the limitations of the “medicalization of society”.

March 4 — NAU to present ‘Departed to Death — Asylum, drug violence and immigration enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border’

Jeremy Slack, professor of geography at the University of Texas, El Paso, will present the virtual lecture, “Deported to Death: Asylum, Drug Violence, and Immigration Enforcement on the US Mexico Border,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 4.

The Immigration Awareness Series event is co-sponsored by Latin American Studies and the student club NAU No More Deaths / No más muertes.

March 5 — The next Spring 2021 Charlas Con Café will present ‘The Power of Peru’s Bicentennial Generation’

Join us for our next Charla, “The Power of Peru’s Bicentennial Generation,” next Friday, March 5th from 1-2:30pm MST! We will have five panelists speaking about Peru’s recent democratic crisis, youth mobilized protest, and human rights abuses, moderated by Professor Jessica Retis from the University of Arizona School of Journalism.

March 17 — NAU Latin American Studies to present ‘Severo Sarduy: Fatigue and the Tempo of HIV/AIDS’

Johnathan Vankin, Assistant Professor, Latin American Cultural Studies and affiliated faculty at the UArizona Institute for LGBTQ+ Studies, UofA, will present “Severo Sarduy: Fatigue and the Tempo of HIV/AIDS.” The presentation is an examination of the relationship between illness and time in Sarduy’s final novel, Pájaros de la playa.