Events

    2021 May 05

    Guest Lecture on Afro-Latin American Studies with Paulina Alberto (University of Michigan): Black Legend: The Extraordinary Raúl Grigera and New Stories of Afro-Argentina

    12:00pm to 2:00pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    Speaker: Paulina L. Alberto, Associate Professor in the Departments of History and of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
    Moderated by: Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies, Co-Director of the Harvard...

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    2021 May 04

    Why should you care about the Convention's regulation? / ¿Por qué debería importarle el reglamento de la Convención?

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    ET / Chile Time

    This event is part of the Academic Forum for the New Constitution in Chile. It will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. 

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

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    2021 May 04

    Arts and Humanities Workshop | Poeta Chileno: A Conversation with Alejandro Zambra

    5:30pm to 6:30pm


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

    Speaker: Alejandro Zambra, Poet and Novelist
    Moderated by: Nicole Inostroza, PhD Candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University and Mariano Siskind, Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

    ---Alejandro Zambra vuelve en grande a la novela con este magnífico libro sobre familias...

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    2021 Apr 27

    Reforming Chile’s Constitution: The Debate over Social and Ethnic Rights

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    This event is part of a virtual series. It will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation. To view the recording, click here

    Speakers: Veronica Figueroa Huencho, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Chile; Daniel Brinks, Professor of Government and of Law, UT Texas at Austin; Rossana Castiglioni, Professor of Political Science, Universidad...

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    2021 Apr 15

    Justicia Restaurativa en Colombia y las Humanidades / Restorative Justice in Colombia and the Humanities

    2:00pm


    This event is virtual and will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To view the Spanish recording, click here. To view the English recording, click here

    Speakers: Roberto Carlos Vidal López, Magistrado del Tribunal para la Paz y Profesor investigador-Pontificia...

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    2021 Apr 13

    Peru’s Presidential Election: A Path Out of Crisis, or More of the Same?

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    This event is part of a virtual series. It will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To view the recording, click here

    Speakers: Marisa Glave, Peruvian Sociologist and Politician, Member of Congress (2016-2019); Maria Antonieta Alva, Peruvian Former Minister of Economy and Finance (...

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    2021 Apr 08

    La segunda vuelta presidencial en Ecuador y el futuro de su democracia / The runoff election in Ecuador and the future of its democracy

    5:30pm


    This event is virtual and will be presented in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To view the recording, click here

    Speakers: Manuela Picq, Profesora en la Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; Diego Ordóñez, Doctor en Jurisprudencia, Legislador y Diputado Provincial por Pichincha; Franklin Ramirez, Investigador-Profesor en Flacso Ecuador

    Moderated by: ...

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    2021 Apr 08

    Colombian Conference 2021

    Thu Apr 8 (All day) to Sat Apr 10 (All day)


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    In a broader sense, disruption is an interruption to the current state of things. It can also mean creating solutions for problems that have been historically overlooked, ignored, or have affected neglected populations. By focusing on unattended or previously non-existing problems, disruption leads to questioning conventional thinking and practices. In Colombia, both the pre-pandemic...

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    2021 Mar 30

    Proyección y discusión del documental "La Paz" de Tomás Pinzón

    5:00pm to 6:30pm


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

    Speakers: Tomás Pinzón, Director documental La Paz; Andrés Moya, Profesor Asociado de la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad de los Andes, DRCLAS Visiting Scholar 2020-2021
    Moderated by: Robin Adèle Greeley, Profesora de Historia del Arte de la Universidad de...

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    2021 Mar 25

    Toward a Venezuelan Transition? Escaping a Complex Humanitarian Emergency (Panel 2)

    11:00am to 12:30pm


    To view the English recording of this event, click here. For Spanish, click here

    Speakers: Luis Almagro, General Secretary of the Organization of the American States (OAS); María Gabriela Ponce, Professor, and researcher of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Catholic University “Andrés Bello”,...

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    2021 Mar 23

    La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: nuevos retos para su investigación y conservación

    5:00pm


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    Speaker: Santiago Giraldo, PhD, Director Fundación ProSierra Nevada de Santa Marta y Global Heritage Fund Latinoamérica

    Moderated by: Dra. Sadie L. Weber, Arqueóloga ambiental, Laboratorio de Zooarqueología, Universidad de Harvard; Solsiré Cusicanqui, Arqueóloga, Alumna doctoral del Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Harvard, Estudiante Graduada Asociada, DRCLAS...

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    2021 Mar 19
    2021 Mar 18

    Toward a Venezuelan Transition? Escaping a Complex Humanitarian Emergency (Panel 1)

    11:00am to 12:30pm


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

    Speakers: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab; Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School;  Francisco Cox Vial, Lawyer and member of the Independent International Fact-Finding...

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    2021 Mar 17

    Why Architecture Belongs in the Museum: Ricardo Daza

    5:00pm to 6:00pm


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    Speaker: Ricardo Daza, Director, Leopoldo Rother Architecture Museum , Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    Moderated by: Cristina Lopez Uribe, Professor of Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Why Architecture Belongs in the Museum | Space Pedagogy. This conversation series is part of...

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    2021 Mar 09

    Challenges to Social Welfare Provision During and After COVID-19

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

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    Speakers:  Jennifer Pribble, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, University of Richmond; Merike Blofield, Director GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies & Professor of Political Science, University of Hamburg; Marcela Meléndez, UNDP Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean
    Moderated by: ...

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    2021 Mar 05

    Innovation in Emerging Markets Asia and Latam

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

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    Speakers: Lourdes Casanova Senior Lecturer and Emerging Markets Institute Gail and Rob Cañizares Director, S.C. Johnson School of Management, Cornell University and Editor of the book From Copycat to Leaders: Innovation from Emerging Markets; Veneta Andonova Dean of Universidad de los Andes School of Management; Moacir Oliveira, Full Professor and Head of the...

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    2021 Mar 02

    The Return of the Military?

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Wendy Hunter, Professor of Government, UT-Austin; Diego Vega, PhD Candidate in Government, UT-Austin; John Polga-Hecimovich, Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, U.S. Naval Academy; Kristina Mani, Associate Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory; David Pion-Berlin, Professor of Political Science, University...

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    2021 Feb 25

    Democratic Backsliding and International Relations in the Americas

    3:30pm to 4:45pm


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    Speakers: Celso Amorim, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense, Brazil; Susana Malcorra, Dean, IE School of Global and Public Affairs and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Argentina; Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School and Former U.S. Under Secretary of State
    Moderated by:...

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