This talk by Waldemar Dalenogare Neto, a visiting researcher at the Center for Latin American Studies, took place on Thursday, November 17, 2022. It was moderated by Taylor Boas, Associate Professor of Political Science. Dr. Neto received his PhD from the Department of History at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in […]
Join BU Graduate Students for a Night of Culture, Artmaking, and Art-sharing. Friday, November 18, 2022 4:30 to 6:30 PM Earl Center for Learning & Innovation 55 Pilgrim Road, Boston, MA RSVP
Join us for a roundtable discussion, moderated by Michael Birenbaum Quintero, featuring three short presentations of 10-15 min each by Wayne Marshall (Berklee College of Music), Petra Rivera-Rideau (Wellesley College) and Marina Arias Salvado (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Sponsored by the BU Musicology & Ethnomusicology Department with support form the Center for Latin American Studies […]
This presentation by CLAS Visiting Researcher Carlos Blanco took place at BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies on Thursday, November 3, 2022. Carlos Blanco holds a PhD from Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. He has taught several courses on Latin American politics at Boston University. His present research has been […]
On October 27, 2022, in the lead up to the midterm elections in the US, the Center for Latin American Studies hosted a faculty roundtable to explore Latinx electoral politics. The speakers included Taylor Boas (Political Science), Susan Eckstein (Pardee School), Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy (Pardee School), Jorge Heine (Pardee School), and Rachel Meade (Political Science). The […]
Join us for the MAFAPO World Tour in Boston. A speaking event – Mothers of False Positives from Soacha and Bogotá: Truth, Justice, Integrity, No Repetition, Memory – will be held at Boston University. Speakers will be Jacqueline Castillo, sister of a victim; Carlos Mora, ex-military and human rights leader; and Lilian Calvache. Simultaneous interpretation […]
Please join the Political Science Graduate Students for a presentation by Orçun Selçuk: Opposition to Polarizing Populism in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Wednesday, November 2, 2022 1 to 2:30 PM via Zoom Orçun Selçuk is Assistant Professor at Luther College, Iowa.
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 […]
Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese and a core faculty member of the Center for Latin American Studies, has published a new book: Distortion and Subversion: Punk Rock Music and the Protests for Free Public Transportation in Brazil (1996-2011) (Liverpool University Press). In this book, he uses the method of cyber-archaeology of […]