Mexico

2023 Feb 22

Relevance on Indigeneity

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, S-030

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Speakers: Selene Manga, Takemi Fellow in International Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Emil’ Keme, Humanities Fellow in Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University; Julie Fiveash, Librarian for American Indigenous Studies at Tozzer Library, Harvard University;...

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2023 Apr 13

Music Lecture-demonstration: Nuevas músicas Latinoamericanas by Low Frequency Trio

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Music Department (Room 6) 3 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Speakers: José Luis Hurtado, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of New Mexico; Antonio Rosales, Professor of Bass Clarinet, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Juan José García, Professor, Anáhuac University and ...

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2023 Apr 26

Forensics, DNA Testing and the Disappeared in Latin America

12:00pm to 1:15pm


This event will be virtual, to register click here.

Speakers: Vivette García Deister, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Eden Medina, Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderated by: Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico

In...

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2022 Nov 16

Book Talk: A veces despierto temblando / Sometimes I Wake Up Shaking

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Graduate School of Design, Room 510

Speaker: Ximena Santaolalla, Author of 'Sometimes I wake up shaking", lawyer, psychotherapist
Moderated by: Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, GSD; Co-Chair, DRCLAS Mexico Faculty Committee

A novel exploring themes of humanity, violence, and allegiance in the contexts of Guatemala, Mexico, and the US. Two Kaibil soldiers are sent to an elite military training facility in Texas. They are both trained to bring down communism, guerillas, and Guatemala’s indigenous peoples. Their lives no...

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2022 Nov 14

Food Security in the Americas: Avocados, Honey, and Oilseeds: Stories from Mexican Fields and Beyond

12:00pm to 1:30pm


This event is virtual, to register click here.

Speakers: Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Assistant Professor of History, University of Iowa; Angélica Márquez Osuna, PhD Candidate, History of Science, Harvard University; Jayson Porter, Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute at Brown for the Environment and Society, Brown University
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2022 Nov 02

Groundbreaking Discoveries in the Study of "The City of the Gods"

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Room S-216

“Recent excavations in the complex of the Citadel and the neighborhood of La Ventilla: New evidence on early occupations in Teotihuacan, Mexico” by Dr. Julie Gazzola

Join us to learn about one of the most groundbreaking discoveries in the study of "The City of the Gods," made by Dr. Julie Gazzola during her investigations of the early, "foundational" buildings she uncovered at thevery center of Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Traditional Mexican mole, rice and beans will be served (RSVP by Tuesday, Nov. 1) as we ponder the origins of the first empire of ancient...

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2022 Oct 20

Indigenous diplomacy: participation and the agenda of the Indigenous Peoples at the UN

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Belfer (S-020)

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Speaker: Diego Tituaña, Kichwa Otavalo diplomat from Ecuador who served at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations from 2014 to 2019 and was in charge of human rights, disarmament, and international security agendas
Commentators:...

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2022 Oct 29

Day of the Dead Family Fiesta

1:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge)

Learn more about this joyful holiday, a national symbol of Mexico shared with the world. The annual tradition of building ofrendas—altars with photos, favorite foods, and memorabilia of the departed—encourages annual visits by the souls, and is an occasion to honor and celebrate the lives of the departed. Enjoy three floors of activities for the young and young at heart including crafts, scent stations, traditional decorations, Nahuatl stories, decorating a sugar skull (extra fee), painting demonstrations, folk dances and two live music performances. Outside the museum, visitors can...

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2022 Oct 21

Abortion Rights and Reproductive Justice in Latin America: Recent Landmark Decisions from Mexico and Colombia

11:00am

Location: 

Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

This event is open for both in-person and virtual attendance. In-person attendance is open to the Harvard Community. Register now to ensure you receive event location and updates. To register for this event, click here.

NOTE: Access to Harvard buildings it restricted to Harvard ID holders. If you are unable to attend in-person,...

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