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AmLit, Latinx Studies: Tommy Conners (University of Florida): "Latinx Methods and the Politics of Praxis"

  • Friday, February 27, 2026 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm

FBH Graduate Student Lounge (room 330)

 


Latinx Methods and the Politics of Praxis suggests that the central concepts of Latinx studies are the result of what we do with them and to them—the result of our methods—even as the concepts might seem to dictate those actions instead. While previous volumes have focused on the important keywords of the field (namely the “who” and the “what”), this project assembles scholars, artists, and organizers from across disciplines to query the “how” of Latinx Studies. 

Tommy Conners is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Florida where he writes and teaches about race, sexuality, and literature. He is a member of the United Faculty of Florida and is affiliate faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. His first book, Colorblind Aesthetics in Latinx Literature and Law, will come out with NYU Press next year, and Latinx Methods and the Politics of Praxis, a volume he is co-editing, is forthcoming with Duke UP. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Latinx and AmLit Working Groups in the Department of English.