Bettina Barillas will discuss her initial exploratory research on migrants in contemporary Spain, focusing on employee/employer relations, entrepreneurship and popular attitudes and perceptions. Theresa Delgadillo will discuss the significance of the representation of Latin@ migrants in contemporary Spain, including Spanish documentary photography, film and Mexican telenovela, with particular emphasis on the portability of the identity "Latin@," previously thought to be limited to the U.S.
Bettina Barillas is a current dual master’s candidate in Public Administration and Development Economics and Interdisciplinary Specialization in Global Health at OSU. She is employed as Community Programs GAA and assists with student staff.
Theresa Delgadillo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies. Her work focuses on three areas: spirituality and religion, African Diaspora and Latinidad, and Latino/as in the Midwest. Her objects of study include novels, autobiographies, memoirs, photographic collections, feature and documentary films, poetry and music. Her research explores intersections among gender, sexuality, race and nation; and engages with comparative, transnational and migratory paradigms and movements. She is currently working on twentieth and twenty-first century comparative ethnic, multiethnic, postcolonial and women's texts in the Americas.
Sponsored by the Iberian Studies Working Group of the Humanities Institute.
