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PANEL | Princeton University | April 12
LASA Panel: Latin America in Focus
Listen to past, current, and future presidents of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), the largest professional association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of the region. They will discuss important issues such as Latin American politics and the return of the left, democracy, migration, Indigenous epistemologies, climate change, and the current public health crisis, as well as the many opportunities and challenges involved in leading LASA.
Hour: 4:30 PM ET
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BOOK TALK | Columbia University | April 12
Abortion and Democracy
While restrictions on abortion are on the rise in the U.S., several countries in Latin America have decriminalized, legalized, or eased restrictions on abortion. The book Abortion and Democracy. Contentious Body Politics in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (Routledge, 2021) offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America’s Southern Cone, with lessons and insights of wider significance. Drawing on the region’s recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, this edited volume explores how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas. In this event, Yasmine Ergas engages in conversation with editors Barbara Sutton and Nayla Luz Vacarezza to discuss the movement’s history, strategies and challenges.
Hour: 5:00 PM ET
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PANEL | NYU | April 13
Chavismo Revisited: Venezuela 20 Years After the 2002 Coup
This event revisits the significance of April 2002 for Venezuela, the Americas, and the larger Left. Building on the conversations in the latest issue of the NACLA Report, “Chavismo Revisited,” this event brings together Venezuelan scholars and activists to discuss the promises and contradictions of the Bolivarian Revolution over the past two decades and how the country and Chavismo got to where they are today.
Hour: 6:30 PM ET
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FILM SCREENING + Q&A | NYU | April 14
Seeds: Black Women in Power
This film shows the aftermath of the tragic assassination of Marielle Franco, the only Black councilwoman from the city of Rio de Janeiro, and how it inspired Black women across Brazil to run for office. The film follows several women in various stages throughout their 2018 electoral campaigns, demonstrating the possibility of doing politics in a new way, and transforming mourning into struggle. The Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee (DDB- NY) and the New York University’s Urban Democracy Lab are partnering with The People’s Forum to bring Éthel Oliveira to New York for the discussion of the original documentary that she co-directed with Júlia Mariano: Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder (Seeds: Black Women in Power, 2020).
Hour: 6:30 PM ET
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CONVERSATION | Columbia University | April 4
The Current State of LGBTQI+ Rights in Costa Rica, Barbados, Haiti & Guatemala
A conversation with participants in the Human Rights Advocates Program, moderated by Jean Freedberg, Director of Global Partnerships at Human Rights Campaign.
Hour: 12:00 PM ET
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CALL FOR PAPERS | Universidad Internacional, Mex | July 28-29
Eighth Annual International Conference
Latin America: Tradition and Globalization in the 21st Century
Due date: June 21, 2022
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PRESENTATION | University of Florida | April 5
Bodies, Art, and Protest: Puerto Rican Feminists' Disruptive Performances
Noralis Rodríguez Coss, Puerto Rican feminist scholar, activist, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, will explore the power of several feminist street performances denouncing gender-based violence and other social injustices during the 21st century in Puerto Rico.
Hour: 12:00 PM ET
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BOOK PRESENTATION | Yale University | April 6
Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol
Jennifer Eaglin, assistant professor of environmental history/sustainabilityat Ohia State University, will talk about her first book, Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol (Oxford University Press). Her book traces the growth of the Brazilian sugar-ethanol industry from the 1930s to the creation of the National Ethanol Program in 1975 to the launch of the flex-fuel engine in the 2000s and the labor and water pollution issues that came along with it.
Hour: 4:00 PM ET
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PANEL | Columbia University | April 7
Academic Freedom Under Attack
Faculty from four countries (El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the U.S.) discuss the range of repressive threats and silencing attempts that individual scholars and academic communities are confronting. This event seeks to raise awareness and build solidarity across academic communities.
Hour: 1:00 PM ET
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CONVERSATION | NYU | April 7
Thinking and journaling about race and identity in the U.S while being a cholo from Perú
Sharing personal memories and observations on not being white on both sides of the border, in this talk Marco Avilés, a Quechua-Peruvian writer and journalist, will discuss how writing about this dual experience feeds his literary and academic work.
Hour: 6:00 PM ET
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DISCUSSION | Yale University | April 8
Achieving Equality through Law and Advocacy
This discussion will feature the work of three graduate students who explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving equality through law and civil society organizing. Juridical approaches, public policies, and programs directed towards adolescent pregnancy have focused mostly on sexual and reproductive rights, leaving other questions about health, housing, and safety at the margins of policy and law.
Hour: 2:00 PM ET
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CALL FOR PAPERS | Universidad Internacional, Mex | July 28-29
Eighth Annual International Conference
Latin America: Tradition and Globalization in the 21st Century
Due date: June 21, 2022
More information: here
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PANEL | Columbia University | March 21
Structural Racism in Brazil and the US
What can a comparative look at these countries teach us about the consequences of structural racism and about potential solutions to eradicate racism from our societies?
Hour: 12:30 PM ET
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PRESENTATION | UPenn | March 22
Redefining Genocide: Political Purposes of a Polysemic Term
This presentation will show how the term “genocide” was appropriated by the political language of black and indigenous social movements in Brazil during the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.
Hour: 12:00 PM ET
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PANEL | Columbia University | March 22
Presidential Elections in Colombia 2022
Discusión sobre las perspectivas de las diferentes coaliciones políticas en la elección presidencial de mayo, la futura gobernabilidad dados los resultados legislativos de marzo, y la capacidad del sistema político de responder al descontento ciudadano.
*Simultaneous Spanish-English translation available.
Hour: 4:00 PM ET
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PRESENTATION | NYU | March 24
Media Representation of African people and Afro-Descendants
As a part of the Conciencia-Afro: Conversations about the Realities of Afro-descendents in Spain series, this session by Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio focuses on several aspects: from the dehumanization of black bodies in the media, to the perception of black people as eternal newcomers. We will also talk about the hypersexualization of black people, especially women, and the asymmetry in the media treatment of childhood.
Hour: 12:30 PM ET
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LECTURE | NYU | March 23
What the Devil is Happening in Peru? Neoliberalism and the Plebeian Republic of Pedro Castillo
Nicanor Domínguez Faura presents a talk that addresses the latest political crisis in Peru, a country marked by profound regional and social divisions as well as the current political confrontation between its center-left government and the rightwing opposition.
Hour: 12:30 PM ET
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PANEL | CUNY | March 24
Mexican Democracy in Regional Context
Conversation with professors Rafael Fernández de Castro (UC San Diego), Sandra Ley (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, Mex), and Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer (El Colegio de México).
Hour: 3:00 PM ET
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CALL FOR PAPERS | Universidad Internacional, Mex | July 28-29
Eighth Annual International Conference
Latin America: Tradition and Globalization in the 21st Century
Due date: June 21, 2022
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