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The Americas Award: Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas

April 21, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Join us as we celebrate The Americas Award, coordinated by the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) for its first 18 years.

Contributing authors of the recent publication highlighting The Americas Award will discuss the history of the award, the award-winning and honored books and their use in the classroom, library and theater.

Introduction to the Americas Award:
Julie Kline, UWM Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Moderator:
Laretta Henderson, UWM School of Information Studies

Panel Members:
– Candance Doerr-Stevens, UWM School of Education
– Leanne Evans, UWM School of Education
– Wooseob Jeong, UWM School of Information Studies
– Erin Winkler, UWM College of Letters & Science (Africology)

WHERE:
UW-Milwaukee, Digital Humanities Lab
UWM Libraries 2nd Floor
2311 E Hartford Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211

REGISTER:
http://sois.uwm.edu/americas

Details

Date:
April 21, 2016
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Event Category:
Website:
http://sois.uwm.edu/americas

Venue

UWM Golda Meir Library
2311 E. Hartford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211 United States
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Phone:
414-229-6202
Website:
http://uwm.edu/libraries/