Event Highlights: Memorias del Conflicto Colombiano | Latin American Studies

Event Highlights: Memorias del Conflicto Colombiano

On Monday, October 17, 2022, the Center for Latin American Studies hosted the Colombian photojournalist Jesús Abad Colorado and curator María Belén Sáez Ibarra for a presentation of their new book: El Testigo. Memorias del Conflicto Armado Colombiano, en el lente y la voz de Jesús Abad Colorado. Conversaciones con María Belén Sáez de Ibarra.

The book project is the culmination of a years long series of conversations between the authors. The four volumes, containing 700 photographs and multiple testimonies, document the voices of the conflict in Colombia over the last 30 years.

The authors were joined in conversation by Ana María Reyes (Boston University) & Doris Sommer (Harvard University). The event at Boston University followed the international launch on October 13 at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington DC.

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