Please join on Thursday, February 29, from 5 to 6 PM at the Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road for a lecture by Dina Castro: The Education of Indigenous Children in Latin America: Progress, Challenges and the Historical Outstanding Debt Dr. Dina C. Castro is director of the Institute for Early Childhood […]
Monday, February 12, 2024 • 3:30 to 5 PM The Geopolitics of Climate Shaming: Evidence from Latin America Matias Spektor • Professor of Politics and International Relations at the School of International Relations, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in Brazil Monday, March 4, 2024 • 3:30 to 5 PM Hello Lenin: Students and Socialism in Venezuela David […]
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 • 3:30 to 5 PM Creative and Academic Writing in Spanish María Datel • Master Lecturer in Spanish, Boston University María Datel studied Literature with a focus on Argentine and Latin American literature. She is is interested in pedagogy and works to create a more inclusive curriculum for her classes (incorporating […]
What does Javier Milei’s presidential victory mean for Argentina and its struggling economy? Join us for a conversation with Ivan F. Julio, Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences at Boston University and Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study […]
Join us on Thursday, January 25, at 5 PM, at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Life Sciences & Engineering, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, for a private screening of El Funeral, a short film by Sofía Blanco about two Venezuelan-born siblings residing in New York who are unable to physically attend their grandfather’s funeral due to the collapse […]
The Seeing and Not Seeing Seminar presents a lecture by Julie Klinger, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware. Monday, November 20, 2023 4 to 5:30 PM Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering 610 Commonwealth Avenue Julie Klinger’s talk examines the material relations through which contemporary human engagements […]
Join us for a panel discussion about “Careers In Legal Advocacy for Latin American Immigrants and Political Prisoners” with Julio Henríquez, international criminal and human rights lawyer and international coordinator at Foro Penal in Caracas; Annery Miranda, immigration attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, and Justin Dynia, MA candidate in Latin American Studies at BU’s […]
Join us for a talk by Dr. Carlos Ponce on Human Rights Backlash in Latin America: Venezuela, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Thursday, November 9 • 12:30 to 1:30 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided • RSVP using form below. Dr. Carlos Ponce is an educator, researcher, consultant, artist, and […]
Join us for a conversation with MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ, peasant and labor leader representing the Committee for the Integration of the Colombian Massif (CIMA), and FRANCISCO RAMIREZ CUELLAR, labor lawyer, about the human rights situation, the environmental effects of multinational interventions, and the impact of the armed conflict on the communities of the region. Tuesday, October […]
Join us for a talk by Ryan Centner, Associate Professor of Human Geography & Urban Studies at the London School of Economics: Gay Expats in Buenos Aires, Dubai, and London: The Intersection of Privileged Migration and Marginalized Sexualities across Socio-legal Contexts Wednesday, October 25, 2023 2:30 to 3:20 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 […]