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Natalia Molina, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Dean's Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, will visit our campus and Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) chapter on Oct. 23-24, 2023 as part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. Since 1956, the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program has offered undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars.

Join us on Oct. 23 for Professor Molina's public lecture on A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community, her most recent book. The winner of the Popular Culture Association book award, a finalist for a James Beard Award, and the recipient of honorable mentions from several other organizations, A Place at the Nayarit chronicles the lives of immigrant workers, including Molina’s grandmother, who became placemakers, nurturing and feeding their communities at restaurants that served as urban anchors.

The lecture is 4-5 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow from 5-6 p.m.

Register by Oct. 13

This event is sponsored by the Humanities Institutue, the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, and Phi Beta Kappa at UC Santa Cruz.

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