Anouar Majid gives keynote and talk at University of New Mexico conference

On February 25, 2010, Anouar Majid gave a keynote address titled "Pure Selves/Impure Bodies" to a conference organized by the University of New Mexico's Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and co-sponosred by a number of organizations, on the theme of "Moros, Moriscos, Marranos y Mestizos:  Alterity, Hybridity and Identity in Diaspora."  Two days later, he gave a "Resolana," or talk designed to engage the community, titled "Moros, Morsicos, Marranos y Mestizos" and signed copies of his two latest books at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, one of the premier cultural institutions of Hispanic life in the United States.

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