Events & Calendars "Blood in the Water: Diasporic Renditions of the Massacre River": Talk by Rebeca Hey-Colón

The Amherst College Department of Spanish is pleased to present a lecture by Rebeca Hey-Colón titled "Blood in the Water: Diasporic Renditions of the Massacre River."

In this talk, Professor Hey-Colón discusses the cultural and literary history of the Massacre River, a body of water that serves as a border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Focusing on women's writing from Hispaniola's diaspora, Hey-Colón discusses how reading and writing the Massacre River transforms it into an alternative site of archival knowledge. As a result, its waters become a crucial site of symbolic and historical power for the island of Hispaniola.

This lecture is free and open to the public.