Events

Past Event

Christopher Loperena - The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras

April 15, 2026
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Schermerhorn Extension (Room 457), Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York

Event Description 

Join the Land Research Group to explore theories of sovereignty, extractivism, race, and colonialism to expand our understandings and perspectives of land. This meeting will discuss The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras with the book's author. 

Event Speaker

Christopher Loperena, Associate Professor in Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Event Information

Open to graduate students at New York City universities; registration required. Contact Farah Saqer at [email protected] and Zarino Lanni at [email protected] with any questions. 

This event is supported by a Center for Science and Society Graduate Student Interest Group Grant.