In this fascinating analysis of political discourse in Cuban culture, María de los Angeles Torres focuses on how the concept of time has been employed by different political projects. Torres closely examines the use of time and its political implications in Fidel Castro's "History Will Absolve Me" speech, the writings of Jose Martí and Che Guevara, the poetry of Eliseo Diego and the Orígenes group, and paintings and performance art by...
This paper examines the impact of women’s political representation on deforestation rates in Brazil. Using close election regression discontinuity design, we show that women, when elected to office, are more likely to drive improved environmental outcomes due to factors such as reduced access to corrupt networks that influence the enforcement of environmental laws at the local level. Altogether, our findings demonstrate...
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Speaker: Laura Gamboa, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Utah; Santo Domingo Visiting Fellow at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
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Speaker: Fernando Limongi, Professor of Political Science, São Paulo University; Fundação Getulio Vargas Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies...
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Speakers: Andres Mejia Acosta, Associate Dean of Policy and Practice and Professor of Political Economy of Development, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; Gretchen Helmke, University of Rochester; Mariana Llanos, Lead Research Fellow / Co-Leader of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies (ad interim). Moderated by: ...
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Speaker: Noam Lupu, Associate Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University; Associate Director of LAPOP Lab Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
How does participating in democracy shape the attitudes...
Join internationally acclaimed Harvard professors Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky in conversation with WBUR journalist Tiziana Dearing (MPP ‘2000) in a discussion about the perilous crisis in democratic politics in the US and around the world. Based on their new book—a sequel to the global bestseller How Democracies Die—this is an essential event for everyone interested in understanding why and how democracy has come under assault and what should be done about it.
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Speaker: Angela Alonso, Professor of Sociology, University of São Paulo, Visiting Fellow at ALARI Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
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Speakers: Rachel A. Schwartz, Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma; Carlos Mendoza, Academic Coordinator of Diálogos; Claudia Méndez Arriaza, Journalist Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David...
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In an attempt to move our discipline beyond Eurocentric perspectives, this conference explores connections that artworks express from within the American territories: from California to Aracuaní (North/South), from Acapulco to Río de Janiero (West/East), and from Potosí to Buenos Aires (High/Low). We propose the concept of “crossing” as the analytical framework, aiming to demonstrate not only intra-American hybridity, but also the...
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Speaker: Rodrigo Barrenechea Carpio, Santo Domingo Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University; Assistant Professor at the Departamento de Ciencias...
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Speakers: Vivette García Deister, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Eden Medina, Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Moderated by: Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico
Speakers: Joaze Bernardino-Costa, Professor of Sociology, Universidade de Brasília; Creuza Maria de Oliveira, President, Sindoméstico, the domestic workers' union of Bahia, Former Coordinator, FENATRAD; Luiza Batista Pereira, Coordinator, Federação Nacional das Trabalhadoras Domésticas (FENATRAD); Meg Weeks, PhD candidate in History, Harvard Moderated by:...
Speakers: Alison Post, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Metropolitan Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Alice Xu, Postdoctoral Associate in Political Economy, Yale University; Alyssa Huberts, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government Department, Harvard University...
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Panelistas: Mayra Espina, Doctora en Ciencias Sociológicas, Profesora e Investigador del Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas (CIPS), La Habana; Carmelo Mesa Lago, Catedrático de Servicio Distinguido Emérito en Economía y Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Universidad de Pittsburgh...