Nave Visiting Scholar, Agustin Lao-Montes, a Puerto Rican born afrodescendent intellectual-activist, is a Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is one of the founding figures of the “decolonial turn”. He has published several books and articles on a variety of fields including: critical theory, decolonial critique, critical race theory, insersectional analysis, political theory, historical sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, africana studies, latin american-caribbean studies, and intercultural education. He is a member of the leadership of the Articulacion Regional Afrodescendiente en Amefica y el Caribe (ARAAC) and General Coordinator of Malunga: Network for Global Justice and against Antiblackness. His next book (co-authored with Juliana Goes and Jorge Daniel Vasquez) will be titled: “Du Bois on Latin America and the Caribbean: Trans-American Pan-Africanism and Global Sociology”.

Co-organized by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and LACIS with funding from the Anonymous Fund. Co-sponsored by the Puerto Rican Studies Hub.

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