Events

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

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    2022 Latin GSD Symposium "LESSONS FROM LATIN AMERICA"

    Repeats every weekday until Wed Apr 13 2022 .
    6:30pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    On behalf of Latin GSD, We would like to invite you to this year’s symposium on LESSONS FROM LATIN AMERICA

    In contexts of rapid, inequitable urbanization and socio-spatial innovations, what can global scholars and practitioners of urban planning, design, landscape, and architecture learn from Latin America?

    This year's Latin GSD Symposium...

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    ALARI Seminar Series with Laura Correa Ochoa: Black and Indigeous Mobilization in Colombia, 1930-2022

    12:00pm to 2:00pm


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    Speaker: Laura Correa Ochoa, PhD Candidate in Latin American and Caribbean History in the History Department at Harvard University

    Laura Correa Ochoa is a postdoctoral fellow at the Rice Academy of Fellows. She received her PhD in Latin American and Caribbean History from Harvard University...

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    DRCLAS Film Series | Dance of the Forty One by David Pablos

    5:00pm to 6:00pm


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    Speaker: David Pablos, Filmmaker
    Moderated by: Laura Pérez Muñoz & Adri Rodríguez Ríos, PhD Candidates in Romance Languages and Literatures (Latinx & Spanish Track), Harvard University

    A conversation with filmmaker David Pablos on the film Dance of the Forty One (2020). This event is part of the DRCLAS Film Series Are we there yet? A Film Series...

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    Militia Republic: A Discussion on Brazil's Paramilitary “Death Squads”

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


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    Speaker: Bruno Paes Manso, Researcher, Center for the Study of Violence at the University of São Paulo (USP)
    Discussant: José Cláudio Souza Alves, Full Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
    Moderated by: Yanilda María González, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

    Bruno Paes Manso, PhD in Political Science...

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    Latin America’s Changing Left: Red versus Green?

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


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    Speakers: Thea Riofrancos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College; Andrew Carnegie Fellow (2020-2022); Manuela Picq, Professor of International Relations at Universidad San Francisco de Quito & Senior Lecturer of Political Science at Amherst College; Marco Fernandez, Professor of Government, Tec de Monterrey
    Moderated by: Steven Levitsky...

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    Brazil Speaks! Architecture Culture at Risk

    9:00am to 12:00pm


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    Speakers: Josemeire Alves Pereira, Professor, FLACSO- Brasil; Maria Cristina Cabral, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Sol Camacho, Architect and former Director of Instituto Bardi (2017-2021) ; Sabrina Fontenele, Cultural Director, Brazilian Institute of Architects; José Lira, Professor of...

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    Mapping the Megacity: Understanding Urban Change in São Paulo through Historical GIS

    12:00pm to 1:00pm


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    Speaker: Dan McDonald, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Humanities Center at the University of Rochester
    Respondent: Alyssa Huberts, PhD candidate in the Government at Harvard University

    HMUI Urban Conversations aim to pair visiting scholars with Harvard faculty or graduate students as...

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    What Bitcoin Means for El Salvador

    5:30pm to 7:00pm


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    Speakers: Christian Catalini, Founder of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, Research Scientist at MIT; Nelson Rauda Zablah, Salvadoran journalist at El Faro
    Moderated by: Laura Alfaro, Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration

    Christian Catalini is a co-creator of Diem (formerly Libra), and the Chief Economist of the Diem...

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    The New Right in Latin America

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


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    Speakers: Lindsay Mayka, Associate Professor of Government, Colby College; Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, Assistant Professor of International Development, University of Bath; Cristobal Rovira, Professor of Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales
    Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, David Rockefeller...

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