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Gathering Ancestors: Spirit Possession, Theory, and Queer Feminist Futures with Carlos Decena & Solimar Otero

  • Carlos Ulises Decena and Solimar Otero
  • Event Start Date: November 9, 2023
  • Event End Date: November 9, 2023
  • Event Start Time: 4:30 PM
  • Event End Time: 5:00 PM
  • Event Type: Distinguished Lecture Series
  • Event Location: Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building 162 Ryders Lane, Rutgers University–New Brunswick

 Carlos Ulises Decena
Latino and Caribbean Studies,
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, &
Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice
Rutgers–New Brunswick

Solimar Otero
Folklore and Ethnomusicology & Gender Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington

Please join IRW for “Gathering Ancestors: Spirit Possession, Theory, and Queer Feminist Futures,” the third event in its 2023-2024 Distinguished Lecture Series on the theme of "Possession." Professors Carlos Decena (Rutgers University-New Brunswick) and Solimar Otero (Indiana University-Bloomington) will discuss their work on Afro-Caribbean spirit possession through a queer, feminist lens at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 9th, at 162 Ryders Lane on the Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public.
This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice.