Events

    2024 May 10

    13th Annual Meeting of AL CAPONE America Latina Crime and Policy Network

    (All day)

    The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University and the America Latina Crime and Policy Network (AL CAPONE) –a network of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)—are pleased to announce the 13th Annual Meeting of AL CAPONE, to be held at Harvard University on May 10 and 11, 2024.

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    2024 May 05

    Transformative Leadership Development Program

    9:00am to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Kennedy School

    Beyond connecting Brazilians from different schools to strengthen the Brazilian community, the course will be very valuable to enhance leadership competencies and inspire people to increase their impact through their work, especially to contribute to make Brazil a more just and prosperous country. The program is made of two modules - each of them in one weekend. The first one is focused on self-leadership. The second is focused on leading groups, including facilitation skills and team management. Between the two modules, participants will have access to asynchronous materials.

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    2024 May 04

    Transformative Leadership Development Program

    9:00am to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Kennedy School

    Beyond connecting Brazilians from different schools to strengthen the Brazilian community, the course will be very valuable to enhance leadership competencies and inspire people to increase their impact through their work, especially to contribute to make Brazil a more just and prosperous country. The program is made of two modules - each of them in one weekend. The first one is focused on self-leadership. The second is focused on leading groups, including facilitation skills and team management. Between the two modules, participants will have access to asynchronous materials.

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    2024 Apr 25

    Panel Series on Violence and Disappearance in Mexico: The AMLO Sexenio: Reflections on Violence, Organized Crime, and the Road to Peace

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South S216, virtual

    This event will be in English with Spanish interpretation. This event will be hybrid, register to attend online here.

    Join us for a two-day panel series on Violence and Disappearance in Mexico.

    April 24, 2024 from 3-5 pm: Dialogues of Knowledge on Disappearance in Mexico 

    In Mexico, we are confronting one of the world's worst human rights crises: The disappearance of more than 112,000 people. Decades of violence and government...

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    2024 Apr 24

    Panel Series on Violence and Disappearance in Mexico: Dialogues of Knowledge on Disappearance in Mexico

    3:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South S216, virtual

    This event will be in English with Spanish interpretation. This event will be hybrid, to register online click here. 

    Join us for a two-day panel series on Violence and Disappearance in Mexico.

    April 24, 2024 from 3-5 pm: Dialogues of Knowledge on Disappearance in Mexico 

    In Mexico, we are confronting one of the world's worst human rights crises: The disappearance of more than 112,000 people. Decades of violence and...

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    2024 Apr 19

    Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Afrodescendant Citizenship in Latin America: Mobilization, Contestation, and Change

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    The yearlong Sawyer Seminar seeks to understand contemporary contestation over citizenship and belonging by Afrodescendants in Latin America, situating these struggles within long-term, historical patterns of nation building, racial stratification, and political mobilization. It will explore the struggles and experiences of citizenship of this vastly heterogeneous group, which have been starkly uneven across time and across (and within) countries. The Seminar will also ask what these differences can teach us, including how these Afro-Latin American perspectives can help inform our...

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    2024 Apr 16

    Journalism in Latin America: Reporting in Minefields

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South S216, Hybrid

    The profession of journalism is surrounded by multiple threats in Latin America: those from criminal organizations that operate freely; political threats, regardless of ideology; and those from power structures that try to subdue or limit a profession which, despite everything, resists being submissive.

    Speaker: Javier Lafuente, Journalist, Nieman Fellow of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Deputy Managing Editor of El Pais. 

    Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director of...

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    2024 Apr 12

    Predatory Extractivism Panel Series- The Long Road to (In)Justice and Reparations

    3:00pm to 4:45pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South- Tsai Auditorium

    The journey towards justice and reparations in the wake of the tailings dam failures in Brumadinho and Mariana has been arduous and protracted, marked by legal battles, environmental concerns, and demands for accountability. The legal process has been complex and international, with lawsuits filed against the companies for negligence, environmental violations, and human rights abuses in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Efforts to secure reparations for victims, including compensation for loss of life, livelihoods, and environmental remediation, have been met with challenges,...

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    2024 Apr 12

    Predatory Extractivism Panel Series- Contested Spaces: Controlling Narratives and Territories

    1:30pm to 2:45pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South- Tsai Auditorium

    Since the Fundão and Córrego do Feijão dams collapsed in 2015 and 2019, respectively, local communities and the mining companies responsible for the catastrophes have battled over the causes of the failures as well as the control of impacted territories. Brazilian journalism professor André Luís Carvalho will share his experiences working with citizen journalists in affected communities to co-create and maintain media platforms to preserve memory and denounce violations. 

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    2024 Apr 12

    Predatory Extractivism Panel Series- Measuring the Unmeasurable: Health-Related Quality of Life Losses

    11:15am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South- Tsai Auditorium

    In 2015, the Samarco-operated Fundão dam collapsed in the municipality of Mariana, Brazil, unleashing a tsunami of nearly two billion cubic feet of mineral waste onto downstream communities. Over the course of 20 days, the waste traveled over 370 miles downriver, contaminating waterways and destroying almost 1,600 acres of vegetation. Nineteen people died and more than 600 families lost their homes. Brazilian economist Mônica Viegas will share the results of her 2021 study to estimate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) losses among affected communities. 

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    2024 Apr 12

    Predatory Extractivism Panel Series- Trauma, (In)Justice, and Action: A Conversation with Community Leaders

    9:30am to 11:00am

    Location: 

    CGIS South- Tsai Auditorium

    Data, infographics, and technical reports cannot communicate the trauma suffered by communities impacted by tailings dam collapses. Though the failures of the Samarco-operated Fundão dam in 2015 and Vale´s Córrego do Feijão dam in 2019 are years in the past, local communities in Brazil are still reeling. Many continue to suffer from post-traumatic stress, the loss of loved ones, contaminated drinking water, and the impunity of those responsible for the dam failures. Join us to learn what justice, reconciliation, and reparations looks like for impacted communities.  

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    2024 Apr 10

    Latin American Policy Association: Dialogues and Networking Event

    5:00pm

    Location: 

    Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School

    This event is in English.

    Join us for the LAPA Dialogues event on Wednesday, April 10th, at 5 p.m. in the Malkin Penthouse. This flagship event, organized by the Latin America Policy Association (LAPA), aims to unite the HKS Latin American community to discuss the region's most pressing challenges and foster connections among students interested in these issues. Featuring esteemed speakers, the event promises insightful discussions on Latin America's productive, economic, and political challenges towards 2030. 

    Speaker Ricardo Hausmann,...

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    2024 Apr 09

    Book Launch | Breaking the Bronze Ceiling: Women, Memory , and Public Space

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South S216

    Breaking the Bronze Ceiling uncovers a glaring omission in our global memorial landscape—the conspicuous absence of women. Exploring this neglected narrative, the book emerges as the foremost guide to women's memorialization across diverse cultures and ages. As global memorials come under intense examination, with metropolises vying for a more inclusive recognition of female contributions, this book stands at the forefront of contemporary discussion. More than a mere compilation, Breaking the Bronze Ceiling epitomizes a movement. The book comprehensively assesses the portrayal of women...

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    2024 Apr 09

    Government Crackdowns and the Transformation of Mexican Drug Cartels

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South S216, Hybrid

    This event is hybrid, to attend remotely register here.

    This research project explores how the Mexican War on Drugs prompted drug cartels to diversify their activities and expand their geographic presence beyond their historical strongholds. Focusing on oil theft, it then explores the intrusion of cartels into new territories and analyzes its impacts on politics, crime, and violence.

    Speaker: Marco Alcocer, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy...

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    2024 Apr 07

    Brazil Conference Harvard & MIT

    (All day)

    Location: 

    MIT, Samberg Convention Center

    Register to attend here

    The largest conference about Brazil organized by Brazilian Students, researchers, and professors. The mission is to create a diverse space for debate, the development of ideas about the future of Brazil, and the promotion of transformative actions.

    Presented in collaboration with the Harvard Undergraduate Brazilian Association.

    2024 Apr 06

    Harvard Film Archive Screening: Silvia Prieto by Martin Rejtman

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street

    This event is in Spanish with English translation.

    Martín Rejtman and Carlos Gutiérrez in Conversation

    Recently Restored. $15 Special Event Tickets.

    Silvia Prieto. Directed by Martín Rejtman. With Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Vicentico. Argentina, 1999, DCP, color, 92 min. Spanish with English subtitles.

    Rejtman’s effervescent masterpiece is a glittering screwball-inspired comedy of shifting identities that centers around the ardent efforts of its strong eponymous heroine to suddenly lead her life in a...

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    2024 Apr 06

    Brazil Conference Harvard & MIT

    (All day)

    Location: 

    Harvard University, Science Center

    Register to attend here

    The largest conference about Brazil organized by Brazilian Students, researchers, and professors. The mission is to create a diverse space for debate, the development of ideas about the future of Brazil, and the promotion of transformative actions.

    Presented in collaboration with the Harvard Undergraduate Brazilian Association.

    2024 Apr 05

    Harvard Film Archive Series: The Practice (La práctica) by Martín Rejtman

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street

    Introduction by Martín Rejtman and Producer Victoria Marotta. Director in Person. $15 Special Event Tickets.

    The Practice (La Práctica) Directed by Martín Rejtman. With Catalina Saavedra, Esteban Bigliardi, Mirta Busnelli. US/Argentina/Chile/Portugal, 2023, DCP, color, 93 min. Spanish with English subtitles. DCP source: Visit Films

    With an understated spiritual questioning, The Practice...

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    2024 Apr 05

    Home- and Community-Based Pedagogies of Indigenous Kichwa Communities in the U.S

    5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Education, Longfellow Hall, Eliot Lyman Room

    This roundtable focuses on illuminating the experiences of diasporic Indigenous Latine communities in the United States - such as the Indigenous Kichwa people of Ecuador - whose representation is often overlooked in discussions about Latine communities in education. Through discussions with Kichwa community members from the Kichwa Otavalo and Kichwa Saraguro people residing across the U.S., this event will highlight the importance of home- and community-based pedagogies as they foster intergenerational transmission of languages and cultures across youth and families in order to navigate...

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