Seminars

Latin America

Year Founded 1971

Seminar # 515

StatusActive

This seminar is devoted to developing a better understanding of the region, presenting current research and thinking in disciplines that range from anthropology to economics, history, human rights, political science, religion, literature, and the arts. In addition to scholars affiliated with the academic community, speakers are invited from the private sector, international organizations, and governments. The seminar, whose membership also reflects a broad range of disciplines, offers the framework for a lively exchange of ideas on Latin America, its past, present, and future.

Chair/s

Peter Winn

pwinn2@gmail.com

Rapporteur/s

Sara Pan Algarra

smp2253@tc.columbia.edu

Meeting Schedule

Scheduled

03

Apr

April 3, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

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Past Meetings

Scheduled

06

Mar

March 6, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

The Immigrant Revolution: Latin Americans and the Transformation of the Americas

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Speaker/s

Susan Eckstein, Boston University, Emerita

Scheduled

06

Feb

February 6, 20257:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Class and Race in Brazil: Black Labor Leaders and “Racial Democracy” (1940s-1960s)

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Speaker/s

Paulo Fontes, History Institute of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Scheduled

07

Nov

November 7, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Afterlives of the Spanish Civil War in Latin America

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Speaker/s

Kirsten Weld, Harvard University

Scheduled

01

Oct

October 1, 20246:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Faculty House

Cuba: Legacies of Slavery

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Discussant/s

Franklin W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University

Lillian Guerra, University of Florida

Scheduled

12

Sep

September 12, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Transitional Justice and Education in Colombia: The Perspectives of Youth

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Speaker/s

Garnett Russell, Teachers College, Columbia University

Paula Mantilla-Blanco, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University

Daniela Romero-Amaya, Teachers College, Columbia University

Respondent/s

Joan Camilo Lopez, Columbia University

Scheduled

04

Apr

April 4, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

The Landscape of Violence in Venezuela: A Focus on Policing and Women’s Responses

Speaker/s

Maria Veronica Zubillaga Gabaldon, Universidad Simón Bolívar

Respondent/s

Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida

Scheduled

07

Mar

March 7, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Technology, Design, and Memory in Chile: The History of Project CYBERSYN

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Speaker/s

Eden Medina,

Respondent/s

Hugo Palmarola,

Pedro Ignacio Alonso,

Scheduled

15

Feb

February 15, 20247:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

China and Latin America’s Political Economy: Obstacles and Opportunities

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Speaker/s

Barbara Stallings, Brown University

Scheduled

30

Nov

November 30, 20237:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

Argentina: Elections and Politics

Speaker/s

Victoria Basualdo, Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO)

Jordana Timerman, Open Society

Scheduled

21

Sep

September 21, 20237:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Faculty House

An Illegible Relation?: Black/Indigenous Being and a Study of Hemispheric Racializations

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Speaker/s

Ashley Ngozi Agbasoga, Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University

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