Over the past few decades, criminal and state violence have become a defining feature of everyday life and politics in Latin America. Why do some citizens pursue civic engagement after exposure to violence and not others? How is the left approaching insecurity, policing, and crime in Latin America? How is urban violence shaping urban governance […]
Join us for Cortazar Here and There with the Claudio Ragazzi Jazz Trio, featuring Zahili Zamora on piano and Edmar Colón on tenor sax, as well as readings by Alicia Borinsky and others. Thursday, October 24, 2024 • 5 PM Boston University Castle, 225 Bay State Road Free and open to the public • Reception […]
Please join us for a panel discussion on the crisis in Haiti with Pierre Noel, Executive Director of the Haiti Development Institute in Boston; Amb. Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies; and Wollenczy Gentillon, Major in US Army and MA candidate, Pardee School of Global Studies. Moderated by Amb. Paul Hare, Master […]
On October 9 – 10, the Seeing & Not Seeing Faculty Seminar will host Professors Loren Landau (Professor of Migration and Development, University of Oxford) and Anne McNevin (Associate Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research), who will discuss their collaborative research, together with Associate Professor Noora Lori on “Time, Mobility, and Political Possibilities.” They will discuss […]
Join us for a talk by Rodrigo Canales, Kelli Questrom Associate Professor in Management & Organizations at BU’s Questrom School of Business and faculty director of Questrom’s Social Impact Program. Tuesday, October 15, 2024 • 12:30 to 1:45 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided. Prof. Canales’s work explores how […]
Join us for screenings of four films on sexual diversity from Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain: Retablo (Álvaro Delgado Aparicio, Perú, 2017) This Peruvian pioneering film depicts male homosexuality within an Andean community, narrated in Quechua and Spanish, and featuring actors from peasant communities in the Ayacucho region. In conversation with: Prof. Kimberly Theidon Associate […]
Join us for a conversation with Sierra Held, Economic Mobility Specialist at La Colaborativa in Boston. For over 35 years, La Colaborativa has supported Latinx immigrants in Greater Boston. La Colaborativa partners with the community to provide resources to vulnerable community members, including newly arrived immigrants, undocumented families, non-English speakers, as well as low-income tenants […]
BU School of Music welcomes you to an evening of musical exploration that transports you to the vibrant heart of South America, where the rich traditions of Argentine Tango and Colombian Andean Music intertwine. This special program, co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, invites you to experience the cultural tapestry of these two […]
Through their new nonprofit organization, LiberArte Inc., Yura Sapi (CFA ‘16) is establishing an artistic support network aimed at advancing racial, social, and climate justice on a global scale. LiberArte facilitates connections within the global community, fostering such projects as Protectores de la Tierra, an artist-led initiative promoting AfroIndigenous farming and food sovereignty; Balistikal, a […]