| Visiting
Scholars Fall 2012 |
Each
year CLAS sponsors an outstanding group of visiting scholars.
The group ranges from area specialists to public
intellectuals and practitioners. Visiting scholars give public
talks and participate fully in the intellectual life at CLAS.
Applying for affiliation with CLAS
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Ricardo Lagos, Chile
Ricardo Lagos was president of Chile from 2000-2006. Since that time he has served as UN Special Envoy for Climate Change and is currently president of the Fundación Democracia y Desarrollo. In 2006 Chancellor Birgeneau awarded him Berkeley’s highest honor, the Berkeley Medal.
In residence August - September, 2012 |
Senior
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Daniel Alarcón
Daniel Alarcón is Associate Editor of Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning magazine published in his native Lima, Peru, and a visiting scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley. He is the author of two works of fiction, War by Candlelight (2006 PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist) and Lost City Radio, a novel published in more than a dozen countries. He has won numerous prizes, including a Whiting Award (2004), Guggenheim and Lannan Fellowships (2007) and a National Magazine Award (2008). |
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Maria Echaveste
Maria
Echaveste is a Lecturer in Residence at Berkeley’s
Boalt Hall School of Law and the co-founder of the Nueva
Vista Group, a consulting firm that works with nonprofit
organizations, associations and corporations on such issues
as immigration, health care, telecommunications, labor
and finances. From 1998 to 2001, Echaveste served as assistant
to the president and deputy chief of staff to President
Bill Clinton. She also specialized in international issues
related to Latin America. From 1997 to 1998, Echaveste
was director of the Office of Public Liaison at the White
House and the administrator of the Labor Department’s
Wage and Hour Division from 1993 to 1997. |
Visiting Scholar
Constantino Cronemberger Mendes, Brazil
Constantino Cronemberger Mendes has been a staff researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in Brasília since 1996. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Brasília (UnB), in 2005. He researches the economy of public sector and regional development planning and his current research project is “Cooperation and Coordination in the Brazilian Federalism for Regional Development”. Cronemberger Mendes has managed several major research projects for the Brazilian government, and is the first visiting scholar from IPEA taking advantage of the Technical Cooperation Agreement signed between IPEA and the Center for Latin American Studies.
In residence September - December, 2012 |

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