This event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule it during the fall of 2023. Please join us for the first in a series of lectures on “Mapping Social Science Debates in Latin American Studies.” Danilo Antonio Contreras, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College, will discuss his current book project: Ethno-Nationalism Without Ethno-Racial […]
Our faculty lunch talks have returned! Please join us on Tuesday, February 14 at noon for a talk by our colleague Taylor Boas, Associate Professor of Political Science. Prof. Boas will be discussing his new book, Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America: A Kingdom of This World. Event is open to BU community (faculty, staff, students) […]
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 […]
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.
The Colombian photographer Jesús Abad Colorado looks back into his photographic work portraying the Colombian armed conflict and visits territories affected by it, including San José de Apartadó, Ganada and Bojayá to show the photographs he took to those who appeared in them. He reflects on the horrors of war and the future of peace […]