B Ê T E S N O I R E S: A Conversation with Professor Robin Derby

Light refreshments will be provided
Sunday, May 17, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time)El Bacano
13009 1/2 Victory Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91606



Join the Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies for a special book talk with UCLA History Professor Dr. Lauren ‘Robin’ Derby. Celebrate her newly published work Bêtes Noires: Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands at El Bacano, a LA Times 101 Best Restaurant.
Dr. Derby will be joined by special guests Martha M. Arguello, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Pitzer College, and Génesis Lara, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Special Instructions
RSVP by 5/16