Ethno-Nationalism Without Ethno-Racial Politics in the Dominican Republic (02.28.23) | Latin American Studies

Ethno-Nationalism Without Ethno-Racial Politics in the Dominican Republic (02.28.23)

This event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule it during the fall of 2023.

Please join us for the first in a series of lectures on “Mapping Social Science Debates in Latin American Studies.” Danilo Antonio Contreras, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College, will discuss his current book project: Ethno-Nationalism Without Ethno-Racial Politics in the Dominican Republic. The book develops an argument for why ethno-nationalism, not ethno-racial identity, tends to motivate electoral politics in the Dominican Republic. Contreras draws from an original field experiment, as well as qualitative and survey research, to support his argument.

Danilo Antonio Contreras teaches courses on comparative politics, Latin American politics and social policy, Latin American studies, and democracy consolidation. Broadly, he researches how racial stratification, group identity formation, and migration shape the extent to which Afro-descendants in Latin America place ethno-racial identity at the center of their electoral behavior and social policy preferences.

***Ethno-Nationalism Without Ethno-Racial Politics in the Dominican Republic—*A Lecture by Danilo Antonio Contreras**

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 • 2 to 3:30 PM

Pardee School of Global Studies • 121 Bay State Road

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