2018 Feb 03
2018 Latina Empowerment & Development (LEAD) Conference
8:00am to 9:30pm
Location: 
Northwest Labs
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to support Latinas Unidas de Harvard and the 2018 LEAD Conference. The Latina Empowerment & Development Conference also known as LEAD is an annual conference hosted at Harvard University by Latinas Unidas. LEAD is about empowering Latinas and other minorities who plan on fulfilling leadership and other professional career-oriented paths. Since its inception in 2007 LEAD has brought together hundreds of college Latinas and professionals from all over the country. The 11th annual LEAD Conference will be on Feb 2 - Feb 3...
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2018 Feb 02
2018 Latina Empowerment & Development (LEAD) Conference: Check in and Reception
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Northwest Labs
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to support Latinas Unidas de Harvard and the 2018 LEAD Conference. The Latina Empowerment & Development Conference also known as LEAD is an annual conference hosted at Harvard University by Latinas Unidas. LEAD is about empowering Latinas and other minorities who plan on fulfilling leadership and other professional career-oriented paths. Since its inception in 2007 LEAD has brought together hundreds of college Latinas and professionals from all over the country. The 11th annual LEAD Conference will be...
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2018 Feb 02
The Mexico Conference 2018: The Path(s) Forward
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Graduate School of Education (13 Appian Way) and Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government (79 JFK St)
This conference, organized by Harvard students, aims to promote debate around the path forward for Mexico over the coming 20 years for the country to become one of the 21st century's success stories.

The 2018 Conference will address the...
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2018 Feb 02
International Photo Contest Reception
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
The Forum Room Lamont Library
Join us for the International Photo Contest Reception! Take a tour around the world through the eyes of Harvard students who have studied worked interned or done research abroad. Hosted by the Office of International Education Learn more about the International Photo Contest. Everyone is welcome. Bring your friends!

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2018 Jan 30
From Sandinismo to Orteguismo: the new-look FSLN and authoritarian regression in Nicaragua
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street

Speaker: Mateo Jarquín, PhD Candidate, Department of History, Harvard University
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Today most historic Sandinista leaders oppose current president Daniel Ortega. This talk shows how a much-...
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2018 Jan 25
Student Info Session & Panel: Summer Opportunities
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S030, 1730 Cambridge Street
Interested in Latin America? Come to the DRCLAS Info Session to learn how you can get involved in the region this summer! Gain internship experience study or participate in experiential learning through immersive programs offered between June - August 2018. This info session will be a student panel of past participants from each country/program. Please come with questions in mind!
Programs Offered:
• Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico & Peru
• Health & Spanish Immersion Program in Chile
• HBS LARC...
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2018 Jan 25
¿Cómo construir una mejor ciudad después del sismo 19s?
(All day)
Location: 
Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo, Leandro Valle 20, 06020 Mexico City, Mexico
This symposium is an updated version of a collaboration between the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and Mejor Ciudad about housing and urban development in Mexico City. The event was initially planned for late September to be held at Harvard and fully sponsored by DRCLAS. Because of the earthquake, the event was canceled. In the aftermath of that traumatic event we collectively agreed that it would be more fitting to hold the event in Mexico City. Understandably, the structure of the conference has shifted toward...
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2018 Jan 19
MARCA X: Gallery Opening at La Galeria
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
La Galería, 85 W Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118

 
Note: Marca X is presented at two galleries, and there are exhibition opening receptions at both locations. In addition to this opening at La Galería at Villa Victoria Center...
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2018 Jan 18
15th Anniversary of Harvard in Chile
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Las Condes, Región Metropolitana, Chile

On January 18th, Ambassador Carol Perez, the U.S. envoy to Chile, hosted the Regional Office’s 15th Anniversary Celebration at her official residence in Santiago. Nearly 200 people, including alumni, friends, supporters, and leaders from academia, business, and government,...
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2018 Jan 15
Congreso Futuro 2018 - Charlas de cinco Profesores de Harvard
Mon - Sat, Jan 15 to Jan 20, 9:30am - 5:35pm
Location: 
Teatro San Gines, Mallinkrodt 76, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
7 días, 10 regiones y más de 130 expositores de 27 países. Una semana con las mentes más brillantes de siglo XXI.
Desafió: Construir el futuro que queremos
Nunca antes el hombre tuvo que administrar tanta complejidad sobre el futuro. El avance de la exploración del universo, los nuevos hallazgos sobre el origen del hombre en la Tierra, la evidencia sobre la interdependencia entre las especies y los enormes retos que supone la pobreza y el cambio climático, plantean a la humanidad el desafío más difícil: Decidir qué futuro quiere y tomar las acciones...
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2018 Jan 12
IV Conferencia sobre la Mujer en Chile: Mujeres en la Academia
2:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Salón de Honor, Casa Central PUC, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago
Con el  objetivo de fomentar la inclusión de mujeres en el ámbito laboral y en la toma de decisiones en el mundo empresarial en nuestro país, se ha realizado una serie de avances muy concretos. Entre ellos cabe destacar la creación del Programa + Diversidad impulsado por Acción Empresas y apoyado por el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social en 2014; el  trabajo de investigación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en 2015 “Chile, Liderazgo Femenino en el sector Privado”; la Iniciativa de Paridad de Género Chile (IPG) 2016, plataforma público-privada -impulsada por el...
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2018 Jan 11
MARCA X: Gallery Opening at Crossings Gallery
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134

 
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2017 Dec 15
Energy and Conservation Possible, Eventual Points of Convergence?
8:30am to 11:30am
Location: 
DRCLAS Regional Office, Vitacura, Chile
Encuentro Energía y Conservación
El David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University en Santiago fue anfitrión del encuentro coordinado por la Asociación de Generadoras de Chile con el motivo de crear una conversación junto al grupo de estudiantes de posgrado y académicos del Kennedy School of Government (HKS) de Universidad de Harvard, encabezados por Rand Wentworth, profesor de HKS y ex director de la Land Trust Alliance, de visita en Chile para estudiar temas de conservación en el país.
El objetivo del encuentro fue compartir...
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2017 Dec 11
Cóctel de Fin de Año del Harvard Club de Chile
7:30pm to 10:00pm
Location: 
Ave. Presidente Riesco 5435, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

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2017 Dec 07
Presentación sobre Arte Colonial de Latinoamérica de Profesor Thomas B.F. Cummins
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Campus San Joaquín, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile
Como parte de la X Jornada de Investigaciones: Laboratorio de Mundos Coloniales y Modernos, Thomas B.F. Cummins, Profesor de Arte Pre-Colombino y Colonial del Departamento de Historia del Arte y Arquitectura de la Universidad de Harvard, ofrecerá una charla de clausura titulada "Las imágenes de Guaman Poma de Ayala y Martín de Murúa: textiles tocapus y códigos secretos en siglo XVII." 
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2017 Dec 06
Student Info Session: Summer Opportunities w/ DRCLAS
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street
Interested in Latin America? Come to the DRCLAS Info Session to learn how you can get involved in the region this summer! Gain internship experience study or participate in experiential learning through immersive programs offered between June - August 2018.
Programs Offered:
• Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico & Peru
• Health & Spanish Immersion Program in Chile
• HBS LARC Collaborative Internship Program in Brazil and Argentina
• Summer Study Abroad at the Colegio de México in Mexico
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2017 Dec 04
Harvard Association of Peruvian Students presents Electronic Money Microcredit and Ultra Microcredit in Latin America - What Works and What Doesn't?
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Weil Town Hall 1st Floor of Belfer Building of Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street , Cambridge
Speaker: Daniel Schydlowsky, Former Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS (2009-2010)
Daniel Schydlowsky will discuss financial inclusion initiatives being implemented around the world with a particular focus on Latin America. The conversation will focus on describing the products that have been launched and analyzing why the same products have done well in some countries and failed in others. Mr. Schydlowsky most recently served as Steering Committee Chair of Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) a network of 120+ policymaking and regulatory...
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2017 Dec 04
Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Latin America and the United States
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Law School
2017 Dec 01

Cuba Studies Program: Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis

12:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street

The Cuba Studies Program Seminar Series presents Ambassador Jeffrey Delaurentis, Former Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Cuba; Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School

2017 Nov 30
Arts and Sciences Workshop: "Media Laboratories: Late Modernism in South America"
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street

Speaker: Sarah Ann Wells, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator: Mariano Siskind, Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.
Series co-chaired and moderated by...
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