The Latinx Project is excited to host a brown-bag luncheon series to continue building the Latinx Studies community here at NYU. Join us November 12 at noon at 20 Cooper Square Room 101 for “Entre Nosotras Mismas: Interventions in Archival Practice from Archivo de la Memoria Trans” by Melissa Aslo de la Torre (Librarian for Latin American, Caribbean, Spanish, and Portuguese Studies at Bobst Library).
This event is open only to NYU faculty, students, and staff. Please use your NYU ID to enter the building.
About
Melissa Aslo de la Torre is the Librarian for Latin American, Caribbean, and Spanish & Portuguese studies at New York University. She is a queer Midwestern Mexican memory worker and scholar whose research focuses on archival praxis among queer, lesbian, and trans communities in Latin America and in diaspora, exploring intersections of collective memory, visual culture, performance, and the digital. Melissa is a member of Malflora Collective, a community project dedicated to preserving the lives and legacies of Latina/e lesbians.