Events
The 2016 Conference on the Americas
Date and Time
Friday, October 21, 2016 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Description
LIB 100/201 APPROVED!
A joint conference of the Great Lakes History Conference and
Conference on the Americas! To address this history and
its legacy, our keynote speaker will be Héctor Tobar
, author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times
bestseller Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried
in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle that Set Them Free. Mr.
Tobar’s work examines the evolving and interdependent relationship
between Latin America and the United States. The son of Guatemalan
immigrants, Mr. Tobar writes for the Los Angeles Times and holds an
MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Irvine.
View the event flyer HERE !
Recurring
This event also occurs on 10/22/16