Events

    2023 Apr 07

    Cora Montgomery, the filibuster: Between Cuban Annexationism and U.S Expansionism

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Virtual event

    For a recording of this event in English, click here. For a recording of this event in Spanish, click here.

    Speaker: Daylet Domínguez, Wilbur Martin Visiting Scholar at Harvard University; Associate Professor at the Spanish and Portuguese Department of UC Berkeley
    Discussant: Marial Iglesias Utset, Visiting Research Scholar at the Afro-Latin American Research...

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    2023 Apr 04

    Who Gives Us Our Names?

    6:00pm to 7:30pm


    This event is virtual, to join click here. COATL and Fuerza will organize a viewing party in CGIS S030 for those interested in joining in-person.

    Speakers: Kuitlahuak A. Martinez, Speak Nahuatl Language Teacher (Nahua); Odilia Romero, Co-founder and Executive Director of Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) (Zapotec); Dr. Marcelo...

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    2023 Mar 31

    Religion and Civil Society in Contemporary Cuba

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers; Margaret E. Crahan, Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Cuba Program at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University; Maha Marouan, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University; Associate Professor, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African Studies Program, The Pennsylvania State University; Mabel Cuesta...

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    2023 Mar 29

    Soy and Society in Paraguay and Argentina

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Kregg Hetherington, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University; Pablo Lapegna, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Georgia; Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS, Harvard University
    Moderated by: Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico

    Soybeans are one of the fastest growing...

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    2023 Mar 21

    What Countries Are Most At Risk? Inequality, Presidentialism, and Democratic Erosion

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    This event is hybrid. To register for the in-person session, click here. To register for the virtual session, click here.

    Speaker: Susan Stokes, Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science; Director, Chicago Center on Democracy, University of...

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    2023 Mar 07

    Migration on the Rise: The Roles of Work, Violence, and Climate Change

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Abby Córdova, Associate Professor of Global Affairs, Faculty Fellow of the Keough School’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame; Sarah Bermeo, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, co-director of the Duke Program on Climate-Related Migration, Duke University; David Scott FitzGerald, Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican...

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    2023 Mar 01

    ReVista Launch: Animals!

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Animals in Latin America and the Caribbean are everywhere, from stray dogs to endangered wildlife to innovative conservation projects. come to the launch of the Winter 2023 issue of ReVista, which takes a panoramic view of animals in the region. The panel will be followed by a celebratory reception.

    Panelists: Macarena Montes Franceschini, Harvard Law School; Erika Lucero Robles Cortés,...

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    2023 Feb 28

    Intentional Polarization: Why do populist presidents in Latin America often turn to extremist public policies?

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    This event is hybrid. To register for the in-person session, click here. To register for the virtual session, click here.

    Speaker: Javier Corrales, Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science, Amherst College
    Moderated by: Steve Levitsky,...

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    2023 Feb 09

    La crisis social vista por los retos del cuidado y envejecimiento en Cuba

    1:00pm to 2:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Esta será la primera sesión del Seminario de Estudios de Cuba Harvard-Sorbonne Nouvelle. Este será un seminario transnacional sobre Cuba que fomentará intercambios productivos y rigurosos entre diferentes enfoques de los mismos temas.

    Panelistas: Blandine Destremau, Socióloga y Directora de Investigación, Centro Nacional de Investigación Científica de Francia (CNRS); Juan Carlos Albizu-...

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