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    2022 Oct 12

    Brazilian Democracy Under Attack: 1964 and 2022

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    Speakers: James Green, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Professor of Modern Latin American History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies; Director of the Brazil Initiative, Brown University; Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta, Full Professor of Brazilian History, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG); Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto...

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    2022 Jul 13

    How does the proposal of Chile´s new Constitution look? / ¿Cómo se ve la propuesta de la nueva Constitución en Chile?

    9:30am

    9:30 Hora de Chile

    This event is part of the Academic Forum for the New Constitution in Chile. It will be held in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation. To register, click here.

    Introduction: Steven Levitsky, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Professor of...

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    2022 Jun 09

    Historias compartidas en el norte del Perú: tres espacios vistos a través de tres disciplinas

    9:00am to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Tozzer Building, Room 203, Harvard University

    This event is hybrid, to join click here. (Password: 758456)

    La historia precolombina del Perú se (re)construye día a día gracias al trabajo de investigadores peruanos y extranjeros apelando a varias disciplinas científicas. Cada año, descubrimientos singulares permiten concebir con más claridad la complejidad y la riqueza de los desarrollos culturales de un pasado a veces no tan remoto...

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    2022 May 10

    Arts and Humanities Workshop Series: "Desplazamiento, viaje y literatura: estructuras de significación y dislocación" (Parte 2)

    5:00pm to 7:00pm


    This event is virtual and will be held in Spanish. To register, click here.

    Speakers: Leila Gómez, Director of the Latin American Center and Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, CU Boulder; Martín Bergel, Professor of Latin American Contemporary History, Universidad de San Martín (Buenos Aires); Irene Depetris Chauvin...

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    2022 May 03

    Insuring Against Democracy: The Political Economy of Premodern Elites’ Asset Portfolio Diversification

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speaker: Victoria Paniagua, Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, London School of Economics
    Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

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    2022 Apr 26

    Colombian Elections

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


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    Speaker: Silvia Otero, Assistant professor of International, Political, and Urban Studies, Universidad del Rosario;  Monica Pachón, Associate Professor in the Design Department, Universidad de los Andes;  Juan Pablo Milanese, Chair of the Political Science Department, ICESI
    Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government...

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    2022 Apr 25

    Messenger on a White Horse: The Life and Work of Robert J. Cox

    4:00pm to 5:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Robert J. Cox, British journalist and editor and publisher of the Buenos Aires Herald 1959–1979; Maud Daviero de Cox, Argentine writer and columnist; Jayson McNamara, Director of Messenger on a White Horse
    Moderated by: June Carolyn Erlick, Editor-in-Chief of ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America; Kirsten...

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    2022 Apr 20

    Mexican Red: The Perfect Color that Changed the World

    6:00pm to 7:00pm


    This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation. To register, click here.

    Speaker: Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico, Harvard University

    Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a small insect that produces a brilliant red pigment. Found in textiles,...

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    2022 Apr 19

    Governing Latin American Cities in the 21st Century: Rio de Janeiro

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Cities often are seen as polluted, dangerous, and unequal. How can cities become more sustainable, safe, and inclusive? What are the political challenges to their transformation? The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, will speak about the city’s environmental and public security initiatives.

    Speaker: Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
    Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of...

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    2022 Apr 18

    Crisis política en Perú: en la búsqueda del consenso

    9:00pm to 10:15pm


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    Oradora principal: Mirtha Vásquez, Abogada y ex Primera Ministra y Presidenta del Congreso
    Panelistas: Carlos Anderson, Economista y Congresista de la República; Salvador del Solar, Abogado, director cinematográfico y ex Primer Ministro y Ministro de Cultura; Martín Tanaka, Doctor en Ciencias Políticas por la Facultad...

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    2022 Apr 14

    Gender Nonconforming Activism in Brazil Today

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    This event is virtual and will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation to Portuguese. To register click here.

    Speakers: Alvaro Jarrín, Lisa Goldberg Fellow, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross; Moises Lino e Silva, Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Federal University of Bahia
    Moderated by:...

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    2022 Apr 13

    Violence and Death in Contemporary Mexico: Meanings, Mobilizations and Justice from Below

    12:00pm to 1:15pm


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    Speaker: Wil Pansters, Professor of Social Science, Utrecht University
    Discussant: Claudio Lomnitz, Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
    Moderated by: Diane Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

    This presentation will first chart the diverse forms of violence...

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    2022 Apr 13

    The Battle Against Fake News in Brazil’s 2022 Elections

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


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    Speakers: Claire Wardle, Co-founder and US Director, First Draft; David Nemer, Faculty Associate, Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center; Pablo Ortellado, Professor of Public Policy, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
    Moderated by: Sidney Chalhoub, Professor of History and African and African-American Studies, Harvard University; Natalia Viana...

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    2022 Apr 12

    States of Extraction: The Emergence of Indigenous Rights in Latin America

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


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    Speaker: Chris Carter, Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
    Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

    Christopher Carter is an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and Research Associate at the Center on...

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