Latinxs & Comedy

A Speaker Series by the Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies Program
Founded in 1997, the Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies (LLACS) program at Northeastern was relaunched in fall 2023 with a Latinxs and Comedy Speaker Series featuring comedians, performers, and scholars.
The series centered conversations about Latinx comedy and addressed their underrepresentation in the industry and in US Comedy Studies.
An Evening With Selenis Leyva:
The LLACS program hosted a talk and conversation with actor Selenis Leyva (Orange Is The New Black) on September 21st at Blackman Auditorium. A recording of this event can be viewed below.