SPRING
2007 CALENDAR
OF EVENTS |
Elizabeth Dore
“Gendered
Memories: Life in the Cuban Revolution”
In 1959 leaders of the Cuban Revolution pledged that the
new government would emancipate women from their traditional
roles. As one would expect given the time and place, they
made no parallel promise to liberate men from machismo. Drawing
from her recent work directing the oral history project,
Memories of the Cuban Revolution, Elizabeth Dore will explore
diverse ways that Cubans portrayed feminine and masculine
norms.
Elizabeth Dore is Professor of Latin American Studies at
the University of Southampton, UK. Myths of Modernity:
Peonage and Patriarchy in Nicaragua (Duke
University Press) is her most recent book.
Thursday,
January 18, 4:00 pm
554
Barrows Hall
Soledad Falabella
“New Technologies and the Crisis
of Education and Culture”
Traditional
educational and cultural systems in developing countries
are in crisis. ESE:O, an organization based in Santiago,
Chile, was created to address this problem by improving
students’ academic writing and leadership
skills. The director of ESE:O, Soledad Falabella, will
discuss her experience using local technology to work with
people without extensive technological experience in order
to introduce and nurture local and global collaboration.
Soledad
Falabella is the director ofESE:O and an editor of Hilando
en la memoria. Siete mujeres mapuche/poesía, an anthology of Mapuche poetry.
She received her Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures
from UC Berkeley in 2001.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Wednesday, January 24, 12:00 pm
Spanish and Portuguese Library,
5125 Dwinelle
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Abu
Ghraib 72 |
"A
Conversation With The Artist"
Fernando
Botero
Robert
Hass, Professor of English, UC Berkeley
Poet Laureate of the United States (1995-1997)
Tickets
This event is free and open to the public. Tickets will be distributed at 3:00
pm. First come, first served. The doors will open
at 3:30 pm. We ask that patrons are in their seats by 3:50 pm.
A webcast is
available.
Monday,
January 29, 4:00 pm
Chevron Auditorium, International House (map)
Photos
of the event
Article about the event from the Berkeley Review of
Latin American Studies
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Abu
Ghraib 67 |
Fernando
Botero, the most famous living
Latin American artist, will display
his Abu Ghraib paintings at the University
of California, Berkeley.
These
47 paintings and drawings belong to a
long tradition of artistic statements
against war and violence that include
Goya's Caprichos and Picasso's Guernica.
Organized
by the Center for Latin American Studies,
these paintings have never been displayed
in a public institution in the United
States. The exhibit was "proposed
to many museums in the U.S," according
to the artist, but all declined to show
it.
More
information-->
Opening
with Mr. Botero:
Monday, January 29,
at 6:00 pm
Photos
of the opening
Exhibition
Hours and Location
Room 190, Doe Library (map)
January 29 – March 23, 2007
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed on Sundays
Works
from the exhibit from the Berkeley
Review of Latin American Studies
Article about bringing the exhibit
to Berkeley
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Abu
Ghraib 66 |
"Art
and Violence"
T.J.
Clark is the George
C. and Helen N. Pardee Chair, and
a Professor of Art History at UC
Berkeley.
Thomas
W. Laqueur is the Helen Fawcett Professor
of History at UC Berkeley.
Francine
Masiello is the Sidney and Margaret Ancker
Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and a member
of the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative
Literature at UC Berkeley.
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Webcast of the event
Wednesday,
January 31, 4:00 pm
Morrison Library, Doe Library (map)
Analysis
and photos of the event
Article from the Berkeley Review of Latin
American Studies
Charles
Briggs and Clara Mantini-Briggs
“Social Movements, Cuban Doctors and New Definitions of ‘the Political’ in
Venezuela”
In 2003, Venezuelan barrio residents turned spare rooms into clinics
for Cuban doctors, thereby inaugurating both an innovative social movement
and one of the most innovative and successful experiments in confronting health
disparities. This lecture examines how Latin American radical health scholars,
revolutionary politics and a president-cum-health educator — Hugo Chávez — transformed
health into a key political arena.
Charles
L. Briggs, Professor of Anthropology
at UC Berkeley, is writing a book on
urban violence in Venezuela and conducting
research on news media in Cuba , Mexico
, the United States and Venezuela . Clara
Mantini-Briggs, a Venezuelan public health
physician and Associate Researcher in
the Department of Demography at UC Berkeley,
is researching health and empowerment
in Misión Barrio Adentro. Their
joint publication, Stories in the
Time of Cholera: Racial Profiling during
a Medical Nightmare, won the 2004
Bryce Wood Book Award from the Latin
American Studies Association.
Monday,
February 5, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Article
about and photos
of the event
Torcuato S. Di Tella
"The Argentine Political System:
The Evolution of Peronism"
By
comparing Argentina, Chile and Brazil
it is possible to detect some evolutionary
tendencies in the region. Chile’s
"classical" dichotomy between left and
right contrasts with Argentina where
the right posts lackluster election results
and Peronism rose up in lieu of social
democracy. In Brazil the demise of Varguismo
is in contrast to the permanence, though
transformed, of Peronism in Argentina.
The social structures of these three countries
will be analyzed as explanatory factors.
The Argentine sociologist Torcuato S.
Di Tella is Professor Emeritus of the University
of Buenos Aires, specializing in the comparative
study of Latin American political systems.
Some of his books include Latin American
Politics (2nd ed.), 2001; National
Popular Politics in Early Independent Mexico, 1996;
and History of Political Parties in
Twentieth Century Latin America, 2004
Monday, February 5, 4:00 pm
Lounge,
Women’s
Faculty Club
Article
about and photos of the event
Article from the Berkeley Review of
Latin American Studies
Adrian Hearn
“China’s Engagement
with Latin America: Economic and Political
Implications”
The
strengthening of economic and political
relations with China poses both opportunities
and challenges for Latin America. China’s
emergence as the world’s second largest
consumer of natural resources has favored
resource rich countries such as Brazil,
Chile, Cuba, Peru and Venezuela. However,
exporters of manufactured goods, such as
Mexico and Central America, have fared
considerably less well. Latin American
political reactions to engagement with
China have been similarly diverse, from
recognition of the latter as a valued protagonist
of "South-South" cooperation
to public concern about an emerging "China
Threat" to the region.
Adrian Hearn is a postdoctoral research
fellow in the Institute for International
Studies at the University of Technology,
Sydney.
Co-sponsored with the Center for Chinese
Studies.
Wednesday, February 7, 12:00 pm
3401 Dwinelle
Hall
Article
and photo
of the event
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Series:
Cine
Latino |
Maquilapolis, by
Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre (2006)
Directors Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre gave Tijuana
factory workers a six-week video workshop, lent them cameras
and gave them free rein in presenting their lives. The resulting
film dispenses with the pitying formula of many labor-centered
documentaries, instead presenting intelligent women awakening
to their rights and doing something about it. 68 minutes.
Spanish with English subtitles.
Director Vicky
Funari and Co-producer (and UCB alumnus)
Annelise Wunderlich will introduce the movie and answer
questions after the showing.
Wednesday, February 7, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
Article
about and photos
of the event
Kjeld Jakobsen
“Challenges
for the Brazilian Trade Union Movement”
Lula’s government has pushed through several new initiatives
addressing economic, labor and social issues. In this talk,
Kjeld Jakobsen will analyze the effects these initiatives
have had on the unions’ base.
Kjeld
Jakobsen was a member of the Central Unica dos Trabalhadores
(CUT) Executive for 12 years, nine of them as Secretary
for International Relations. Currently, he is the International
Consultant and Chair of the Social Observatory Institute
and the municipality of São Paulo’s
International Secretary.
Thursday, February 8, 4:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334
Bowditch Street
Article
about and photos of the event
Article from the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies
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Series:
Cine
Latino |
Rosario
Tijeras, by Emilio Maillé (2005)
Set
amid the drug violence of 1980s Medellín, the
Colombian box office smash “Rosario Tijeras” tells
the story of a violent, violated woman from the city’s
slums and the two upper-class youths who are seduced by her
mystery and tragedy. 126 minutes. Spanish with English
subtitles.
Please note: This movie contains mature subject matter,
and may not be suitable for all viewers.
Wednesday,
February 21, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
Conference
"Beyond Visibility: Rethinking the African Diaspora
in Latin America"
Organized by the AfroLatino Working Group at CLAS, this
conference will bring together new scholarship and thinking
on race, ethnicity, culture, society, economy, politics and
nation in the context of the African diaspora in Latin America.
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March
1-2
Heller Room, ASUC Building / Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
Alberto
Blanco
"On the Labor of Poets"
Alberto
Blanco will discuss the poem “Madrigal” by
Octavio Paz and read his poem “Más transparente.
Poet
and musician Alberto Blanco was born in Mexico City in
1951. He is the author of over 20 books including works
of poetry, short stories and children’s
books.
Friday, March 2, 12:00-1:30 pm
370 Dwinelle Hall
Myrna
Santiago
“The Ecology of Oil: Labor, Environment and the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1938”
Veracruz,
Mexico’s first oil-producing state, set the pattern
for oil exploitation in the rest of the country. Professor
Santiago will discuss the social and environmental effects
of oil production in northern Veracruz during the early
20th century when the industry was owned by American
and European companies.
Myrna
Santiago earned her Ph.D. in History at UC Berkeley in
1997. She has lectured at UC Berkeley and at Mills College
and is now Associate Professor of History at St. Mary’s
College and Director of the Women’s Studies Program.
Monday,
March 5, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Article
about and photos of the event
Article from the Berkeley Review of Latin American
Studies
Gustavo
Esteva and Sergio Beltrán
"Oaxaca, the APPO and the Alternative Media"
The
Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO in Spanish)
coalesced in response to police repression against a
strike by the Oaxacan teachers’ union and occupied
the city of Oaxaca from July to November 2006. Gustavo
Esteva and Sergio Beltrán will discuss the conflict
as well as the strategic use of the alternative media by
this grassroots social movement and the Mexican government.
Gustavo
Esteva is a Mexican political analyst and the founder
of Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico. Sergio
Beltrán is a researcher at the Universidad
de la Tierra and has worked extensively in alternative
radio production. Both participated in last year’s
debates of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca.
Co-sponsored by the Townsend Center and the Department
of Spanish and Portuguese.
Monday, March 5, 4:00 pm
Spanish & Portuguese Library,
5125 Dwinelle Hall
Photos
of the event
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Abu
Ghraib 74 |
"Torture,
Human Rights and Terrorism"
Aryeh
Neier is the President of the Open Society
Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York
University.
José Zalaquett is
the president of the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights and a Professor of Law and co-director
of the Human Rights Center at the University of
Chile’s Law School.
Jenny
S. Martinez argued the 2004 case Rumsfeld
v. Padilla before the U.S. Supreme Court
and is an Associate Professor of Law at Stanford University.
Philip Zimbardo is
the former President of the American Psychological Association,
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University,
and the author of The Lucifer Effect: Why Good People
Turn Evil.
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Webcast of this event
Wednesday,
March 7, 4:00 pm
Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall School of Law (map)
Article
about and photos
of the event
Article
from the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies
|
Series:
Cine
Latino |
Madeinusa,
by Claudia Llosa (2005)
Andean
beauty Madeinusa falls in love with a man from Lima stranded
in her village on the cusp of Holy Days: the time from
Good Friday until Easter Sunday when, according to village
tradition, God is dead and sin does not exist. 103 minutes.
Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles.
Wednesday,
March 7, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
Alfred
Arteaga
"On the Labor of Poets"
Alfred
Arteaga will discuss “San Pedro Nolasco” a villancio by
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and read his poem “Inspiración.”
Alfred Arteaga is a poet and an associate professor of
Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley.
Thursday,
March 8, 9:30 – 11:00 am
79 Dwinelle Hall
Maria
Echaveste
“Hispanics, Immigration and Politics”
Nationwide,
69 percent of Hispanics supported Democratic candidates
in the 2006 election, an increase of more than 10 percent
from 2004. Did the Republican strategy of focusing on
illegal immigration result in a loss of Hispanic support?
Or were there other reasons that explain the gains made
by Democrats among Hispanics? Can Democrats count on
the Hispanic vote in the upcoming elections?
Maria
Echaveste is Lecturer in Residence at Berkeley’s
Boalt Hall School of Law and the cofounder of the Nueva
Vista Group, a consulting firm. She served as Deputy
Chief of Staff in the Clinton White House from 1998–2001.
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Webcast of this event
Monday,
March 12, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lounge, Women's Faculty Club
Article
about and photos
of the event
Article from the Berkeley Review of Latin American
Studies
Tinker
Summer Field Research Symposium
This two-day symposium
is a unique opportunity to learn about the current research
done by UC Berkeley graduate students who spent last
summer in Latin America. Field research grants were provided
by CLAS with the generous support of the Tinker Foundation.
Wednesday,
March 14, 1:00 – 4:00 pm and
Thursday, March 15, 1:00 – 3:45 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Photos
and schedule of presentations
Cynthia Feliciano
"Unequal Origins: Immigrant Selectivity and Educational
Mobility Among Second-Generation Latinos"
Cynthia Feliciano is Assistant Professor of Sociology
and Chicano/Latino Studies at UC Irvine. Her research interests
include race and ethnicity, minority relations, migration
and immigration and education. She recently published Unequal
Origins: Immigrant Selection and the Education of the Second
Generation. Her current research focuses on Mexican
immigration and the determinants of ethnic differences
in educational achievement.
Co-sponsored with the Center for Latino Policy Research.
Friday, March 16, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Center for Latino Policy Research, 2547 Channing Way (at
Bowditch)
Irene
Bloemraad
“Learning the Political Ropes: Civic and Political Learning in Mixed Status
Mexican Origin Families”
Professor Bloemraad will discuss preliminary findings from the ongoing Mexican
American Political Socialization Project which asks U.S.-born adolescents and
their Mexican-origin parents about civic and political engagement. Key questions
include the degree to which children help their parents become involved and
informed about American political and civic life and whether children’s
own activities differ based on their parents’ legal status.
Irene
Bloemraad is Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
She is the author of Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating
Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada and
specializes in comparative immigration and citizenship.
Monday,
March 19, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Article
about and photos
of the event
Pablo
Salazar Mendiguchía
"Chiapas:
A New Beginning"
In
2000, Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía was elected
governor of Chiapas after uniting a surprising coalition
of parties from across the political spectrum to defeat
the perennial incumbent — the Institutional Revolutionary
Party (PRI). The first protestant to be elected governor
of a Mexican state in modern times, he ran on a platform
that advocated change for the region based on tolerance,
education and rule of law. On leaving office in 2006, Salazar
pointed to the fact that Chiapas was no longer in the news
as evidence of the success of his term in office.
This event will held in Spanish with English translation.
Wednesday, March 21, 4:00 pm
Homeroom, International House
Photos
of the event
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Series:
Cine
Latino |
Inti-Illimani
Esencial: La fuerza de la música,
by Ricardo Larraín (2006)
Filmed
during a four-day period in July 2006, this documentary
captures Inti-Illimani Histórico at work recording
their recently released CD “Esencial.”
120
minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
Wednesday, March 21, 7:00pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
Manda
Bala
Directed by Jason Kohn (2006)
Brazil
is known for its beautiful beaches, lush rain forests and
vibrant culture. However, in recent years, the country
has also developed a reputation for corrupt politicians,
kidnapping and plastic surgery. “Manda Bala” (“Send
a Bullet”) artfully connects these seemingly disparate
elements and conducts a dazzling, yet harrowing, examination
of the tragic domino effect that has reshaped the face of
the country and created an entire industry built on corruption.
First-time director Jason Kohn will introduce and take questions about his
film, which won the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize as a stylish and hard-hitting
documentary. English
and Portuguese with English subtitles. 85 minutes.
Friday, March 23, 7:00 pm
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
Article
about and photos
of the event
Article
from the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies
|
Series:
Cine
Latino |
The
Private Archives of Pablo Escobar, by Marc de Beaufort
(2002)
Viewed
as a modern-day Robin Hood by some and a ruthless criminal
by others, Pablo Escobar and his narco-empire changed the
face of Colombia. This film — told from the view
point of those closest to him, using intimate family footage — offers
a rare glimpse into the daily life of the drug kingpin.
70
minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
Award-winning Colombian journalist Daniel Coronell will
introduce the movie and answer questions after the showing.
Wednesday, April 4, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
Photo
of the event
Nancy
Scheper-Hughes
"The
Ghosts of Montes de Oca: Naked Life, Torture and the Medically
Disappeared"
Between
1976 and 1991, 1400 patients at Montes de Oca, Argentina’s
national mental asylum for the profoundly “mentally
deficient,” disappeared. Another 1350 died, many
inexplicably. Cecilia Giubileo, a young psychiatrist who
planned to expose the institutional abuses related to the
disappearances and deaths, was among the disappeared. Nancy
Scheper-Hughes will discuss the asylum’s recent history
and address the question of how medical personnel entrusted
with the care of the most vulnerable patients could justify
a regime of malignant abuse in one of the most psychiatrically
sophisticated countries in the world.
Nancy
Scheper-Hughes is Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley.
She is best known for her award-winning books Saints,
Scholars and Schizophrenics: Mental Illness in Rural Ireland and Death
without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil.
She was given the Berkeley
William Sloane Coffin Jr. Award for moral leadership on April 4, 2007.
Wednesday,
April 11, 4:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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Webcast
of this event
Article
about and photos
of the event
Daniel
Alarcón
“Lost City Radio”
Set
in a nameless, timeless South American country slowly emerging
from a long civil war, Daniel Alarcón’s first
novel, Lost City Radio probes the deepest questions
of war: from its devastating impact on society to the emotional
scarring each participant, observer and survivor carries
with them for years. Mr. Alarcón will give a short
reading from his novel and talk about the genesis of the
project.
Daniel
Alarcón was named a Guggenheim Fellow for Fiction
on April 6, 2007, and his story collection War
by Candlelight was
a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award. He is Associate
Editor of Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning arts and culture
magazine published in his native Lima, Peru. His first
novel, Lost City Radio, was published
in February 2007.
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Streaming audio archive of this event
- Download
a podcast (.mp3) of this event (right click to
download)
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First chapter of Lost
City Radio (from the New York Times)
Monday
April 16, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lounge, Women's Faculty Club
Article
about and photos
of the event
Article
from the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies
Film Screening
"No
End in Sight"
Directed by Charles Ferguson (2006)
On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared that major combat
operations in Iraq had ended. Almost four years
later, 3,000 American soldiers and tens of thousands
of Iraqi civilians are dead, and Iraq still burns. What
happened? Drawing on surprisingly frank interviews with
an impressive array of high-level government officials,
military personnel and journalists, Charles Ferguson
zeroes in on the months immediately before and after
the toppling of Saddam in this riveting film. English.
102 minutes.
Charles
Ferguson is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,
a director of the French-American Foundation and CEO of
Representational Pictures. A senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution, Ferguson is also cofounder of Vermeer Technologies,
the developers of FrontPage. "No End
in Sight" is his first film.
The director will introduce the film and answer questions
after the showing.
Reactions
to the film from Latin America-->
Monday, April 16, 7:00 pm
Pacific Film Archive Theater, 2575
Bancroft Way
Photos from the screening
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Series:
Cine Latino |
Antonia, by Tata Amaral (2006)
“Antonia” chronicles
the ups and downs of a group of female rappers from the
outskirts of São
Paulo. Their love of performing and creating music together — despite
the many obstacles presented by being poor, black and female
in the male-dominated rap world — is inspiring.
90
minutes. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
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Series:
Cine Latino |
The
Private Archives of Pablo Escobar, by Marc de
Beaufort (2002)
Pablo
Escobar and his narco-empire changed the face of Colombia.
This film — told from the view
point of those closest to him, using intimate family footage — offers
a rare glimpse into the daily life of the drug kingpin.
70 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
Repeat
Screening
Thursday,
April 19, 7:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Symposium
Andean Modernities: Trade, Tourism, Technology
This symposium brings together four Andeanist scholars offering
diverse perspectives on the character and development of
modernity in the Andes.
Marcia Stephenson,
Associate Professor of Spanish and Women’s Studies at Purdue University, “ The
Trans-Atlantic Trade of Andean Bezoar Stones”
Joy Logan,
Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Hawaii,
Manoa, “Adventure,
Mountaineering and Modernity in the Central Andes of Argentina”
Jorge Coronado,
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern
University, “Snapshots
of Andean Modernities: Martín Chambi and the Limits
of Lettered Indigenismo”
Guillermo Delgado,
Lecturer of Latin American and Latino Studies at UC Santa
Cruz, “Andean
Indigeneity as Epistemic Dis/juncture of Global Modernity”
Co-sponsored
by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Townsend
Center for the Humanities.
Friday,
April 20, 2:00 – 6:00 pm
5125 Dwinelle Hall
Emilio
Tojín
"Justice
for Genocide in Guatemala"
The
Association for Truth and Justice continues to lead efforts
to bring former military leaders, including former dictator
Gen. Ríos Montt, to justice. Simultaneous
legal proceedings in Guatemala and Spain are seeking to hold
former military leaders accountable for genocide and other
gross human rights abuses in the 1980s.
Emilio
Tojín, a leader from the Association for
Justice and Reconciliation, is a K'iche' Maya from Guatemala.
Co-sponsored
by the Departments of Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies,
Chicano/Latino Studies and Anthropology.
Tuesday,
April 24, 4:00 pm
Department
of Ethnic Studies, 554 Barrows Hall
Article
about and photos of the event
Rafael
Sánchez
"Seized by the Spirit: The Mystical Foundation of Squatting
Among Pentecostals in Caracas Today"
Rafael Sánchez was a Research Fellow at the University
of Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 2003-06. He has carried out
extensive field and archival research in Venezuela and published
on media, mass politics, populism, and spirit mediumship.
Currently, he is a Fellow at New York University's Center
for Religion and Media where he is completing his book Dancing Jacobins:
Governmental Monumentality and the Genealogy of Latin American Populism (Venezuela
1810-2007), under contract with Stanford University Press. His
current project "The Fate of Sovereignty in the Landscape of the City" focuses on popular
imagination and territorializing projects in contemporary urban Venezuela within
the context of the Chávez regime.
Co-sponsored with the
Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
POSTPONED
Juan
Guzmán
"Human Rights in Chile: Then and Now"
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A
memorial to campesinos killed in Lonquén.
(photo by Rodolfo Palominos) |
Despite
the death of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and the
work of the National Commission on Political Imprisonment
and Torture, Chilean efforts to end impunity remain mixed.
Although some of the dictator's former henchmen have
been indicted, more than 20 military officers complicit
in Chile's Dirty War remain unpunished. Judge Juan Guzmán
will discuss the state of human rights 17 years after
Pinochet's dictatorship.
Judge Juan Guzmán spent seven years overseeing
the Chilean case against Pinochet and is Dean
and Professor of Procedural Law and Professional Ethics
at the Universidad Central de Chile School of Law.
Monday, May 7, 7:00 pm
Women's Faculty Club Lounge
Article
about and photos
of the event
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Bernardo
Alvarez Herrera speaking at Berkeley in October
2003. |
Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
"Venezuela-U.S. Relations & the Bolivarian
Revolution"
Although
recent rhetoric from the Bush and Chávez
administrations suggests that the relationship between
the U.S. and Venezuela is tense, Venezuela remains one
of the top exporters of petroleum and crude oil to the
United States. Ambassador Alvarez Herrera will discuss
how close trade relations and the Bolivarian Revolution
influence the U.S.-Venezuela relationship.
Bernardo
Alvarez Herrera is Venezuela's Ambassador to the
United States and the former head of the Venezuelan delegation
to OPEC.
Tuesday,
May 8, 4:00 pm
Room Changed to Ethnic Studies Conference Room, 554
Barrows Hall
Photos
of the event
