(Coordinated by Prof. Walter Mignolo, Duke Institute for Global Studies in the Humanities, email wmignolo@duke.edu; Prof. Emilio del Valle Escalante, UNC-CH Department of Romance Languages, edelvall@email.unc.edu ; Joe Wiltberger, UNC-CH Department of Anthropology, email jwilt@email.unc.edu; Marcelo Fernandez-Osco, Duke Department of Romance Studies, mfo3@duke.edu).

During 2007-08 this working group will be devoted to advancing a dialogue between the Modernity/Coloniality project and its relationship to Latino/as in the United States . The group will hold regular meetings to discuss readings and will also host at least one guest speaker each semester.