history and literary arts
Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, a Facebook live event
NHCC Facebook1 pm Facebook Live Event Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, a Facebook live event hosted by Bookworks in partnership with the University of New Mexico Press and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Join us for a conversation with editors of a new anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, forthcoming from the University of New Mexico Press (June 2020). Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez (ASU), Spencer R. Herrera (NMSU), and Levi Romero (UNM and New Mexico Poet Laureate) will read from the anthology and talk with moderator Valerie Martínez of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Hosted by Bookworks. This collection (more...)
NHCC Book Club
5:30 pm - Online via Zoom The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for July: The Ladies of Managua, Eleni N. Gage. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
NHCC Book Club
5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for August: A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
Premiere: K-12 Social Studies and Language Arts Educational Curriculum for “Mundos de Mestizaje”
5 pm Link Available HERE The History and Literary Arts program presents the premiere of a K-12 social studies and language arts educational curriculum inspired by "Mundos de Mestizaje," the buon fresco masterpiece on the NHCC campus by artist Frederico Vigil. By engaging with images and video of the fresco online, children and young adults, anywhere, are able to explore history, geography, civics, government, literature, and economics through lesson plans and activities. Free
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Revolts and Revolutions
Live via Zoom or in-person2 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting HERE. Rob Martínez, New Mexico State Historian Since colonial times, revolts and resistance have been a regular part of New Mexico history. Puebloan people had revolutions against Spanish political, economic and religious institutions. Spanish colonists resisted Spanish governors who thought themselves superior. Mexican New Mexicans resisted Mexican governors they did not like, and Pueblo and Genizaro natives joined in. New Mexicans revolted against American governors and economic institutions when things were not to their liking. (more...)
NHCC Book Club
5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for September: Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, Jacquira Diaz. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
Podcast: Globalquerque 2020: World Music
Listen to La Hilacha Podcast Here In episode 11 of History and Literary Arts’ popular new podcast, La Hilacha, ¡Globalquerque!'s Tom Frouge joins Valerie Martinez, Director of History & Literary Arts ¡Escuchar! “La Hilacha: Words and Memories” is the title of the NHCC podcast because we understand history and literature as an unraveling thread, from the richness of our individual and collective stories into the writing that tells these stories to the world. New episodes of the podcast appear every three weeks. Free
Virtual Reading and Discussion: Ray Gonzalez, Feel Puma: Poems
Live via Zoom or in-personWednesday, October 14, 2020 6 pm (MDT) Virtual Reading and Discussion: Ray Gonzalez, Feel Puma: Poems (University of New Mexico Press, 2020) RSVP for the online event HERE. Presented by Bookworks, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the University of New Mexico Press. In Feel Puma, Ray Gonzalez traces his love of reading, philosophy, and learning with poems constantly in conversation—with each other, with texts by other writers and the writers themselves, with world history and his personal history and people he has encountered. Ray Gonzalez is (more...)
National Latinx Writers Gathering: A Virtual Event for Latinx Writers in All Genres
Live via Zoom or in-personFriday-Sunday, October 16-18, 2020 www.uslatinxlit.org The first National Latinx Writers Gathering, “Sembrando y Soñando,” will take place October 16-18, 2020. It is open to any Latinx writer working in any genre. As a result of the new coronavirus, all weekend events will be virtual. The first year of this unprecedented convening of Latinx writers emphasizes community-building, connection, and experiential collaboration--determined by a national survey of Latinx writers who expressed what they want from a first conference of this kind. The first event will also determine the shape (more...)
NHCC Book Club
5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for October: Into the Beautiful North, Luis Alberto Urrea. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.