Conversation: Memory, Resistance, and Central American Migration

Join us for an interdisciplinary conversation on the importance of memory and resistance in Salvadoran migration to the United States, in celebration of the launch of "Living Together Across Borders: Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families," a new book by Professor Lynette Arnold, Department of Anthropology at UMass Amherst. Professor Arnold will explore how Salvadoran families living stretched across borders use communicative memory practices to stay connected when they must remain apart for years at a time. Professor Diana Sierra Becerra, Department of History at UMass Amherst, will discuss how U.S. imperialism and state repression against revolutionary movements are at the heart of understanding the historical roots of migration. 

This event is sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Interdisciplinary Migration Working Group, and is being held in tandem with the 2024 UMass Naturalization Ceremony on May 7th.