Lecture Series
CLACS Lecture Series
SPRING 2010
PLACE: 101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St. Champaign
TIME: All sessions begin at NOON or as announced
To print SPRING 2010 Lecture Series, please click here.
TH January 28
Somnath Baidya Roy, Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
Climate Change and Deforestation in the Amazonia
TH February 4
Michelle Shumate, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Nuestra Voz: Enabling Collaboration among Sustainable Development NGOs in Costa Rica Using Social Networking Technology
Tu February 9, 3pm
Daniel Munari, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA) and Coordenacao de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Manaus, Brazil. Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon.
Dforestation and the Future of the Amazon
TH February 11
Claudia Quintero, Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Communications Research
Watching Melodrama with Foucault: Bio-political Performances in Cinderella-like Telenovelas
TH February 18
Daniel Party, Assistant Professor, Music Department, Saint Mary's College
Popular Music and Dictatorship in Chile and Spain
TH February 24, 3pm. Library and Information Science Auditorium
Carlos Roberto Osorio, Secretary General. Olympic Committee of Brazil
2016 Rio Olympics
TH February 25
Nuria Gonzalez and Gustavo Morales, LL.M. Candidates
From Integration to Disintegration: How the MERCOSUR Worked for Argentina and Brazil During the 2008 Crisis
TH February 25, 5:30pm, Place TBA
Cécile Fromont, Assistant Professor, Art History, University of Chicago
Kongo Christian Arts from Central Africa to Brazil, 1500-1800
TH March 4
Janice Jayes, Ph.D., Independent Scholar
Trading Progress for Paradise: American Tourism in Porfirian Mexico
TH March 11
Enrique Mayer, Professor of Anthropology. Yale University
Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform
TH March 18
David Fleischer, Ph.D., Program Coordinator Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
Sea turtles and Tourists: Combining environmental conservation and ecotourism development in Brazil and Mexico.
TH April 1st, 7:30pm Levis Faculty Center MillerComm Lecture
Juan Mendez, Professor of Law. American University.
Human Rights Trials and Truth Commissions: What the U.S. Can Learn from Latin America
TH April 8
Anita Say Chan, Assistant Professor Institute of Communications Research
Market Manners: Credibility, Craft, and Export
TH April 15
Andiara Schwingel Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
Promoting Healthy Aging Among older Latinos
TU April 20, 2pm in 101 ISB
Karsten Pærregaard, Professor of Anthropology. University of Copenhagen.
Band of Brothers. Cofradias, Saints and Sponsorship in Peruvian Migration
TH April, 22
Izabel Szary, M.A. Student Latin American Studies
The Politics of Looting in the Early 20th Century
TH April 22-23
International Conference: A Comparative Analysis of Growth and Development: Argentina and Brazil
TH April, 29
Ryan Jones, Ph.D. Candidate, History
Perverts in Paradise: Crime, Tourism, and the Homosexual Menace in Mexico, 1940-1975
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University of Chicago Latin American Briefing Series, Center for Latin American Studies
The University of Chicago Latin American Briefing Series brings prominent journalists, public intellectuals, politicians, and business leaders together with University of Chicago faculty and graduate students for discussions on current affairs. Video and audio of the Latin American Briefing Series are available by podcast on iTunes, and via the Center for Latin American Studies website (http://clas.uchicago.edu/outreach/multimedia.shtml). New video and audio are added regularly.
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The Latin American Briefing Series Genre: Higher Education |
Recently podcast Latin American Briefings include:
· “US Policy and the Honduras Coup, A Conversation with Rodolfo Pastor” - November 16th 2009.
· “Carlos Fernando Chamorro talks to Alma Guillermoprieto about Democracy in Nicaragua” - October 21st 2009.
·“Rafael Hernandez - The Cuban Transition: Imagined and Actual” - October 7th 2009.
·“Mexican Oil and Gas Policies” – Adrian Lajous, former CEO of Pemex, March 4 2009
·“The Challenges in Latin America under the Obama Administration” – Ambassador Charles Shapiro, February 4 2009
· "Hugo Chavez y la Realidad Venezolana de Hoy" – Teodoro Petkoff, October 21 2008
· "Poverty and Income Inequality in Brazil" – Ricardo Paes de Barros, January 28 2008
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CLACS Lecture Series
FALL 2009
PLACE: 101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St. Champaign
TIME: All sessions begin at NOON or as announced
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TH September 3
Irene Small, Assistant Professor, Art History
The Cell and the Plan
TH September 10
Shane Green, Assistant Professor, Anthropology. Indiana University, Bloomington
Spearing the State: Political Violence and Indigenous Politics in Peru
FRI September 11
CLACS Annual Reception
TH September 17
Dain Borges, Director, CLAS, Assoc. Prof. History. University of Chicago
Religions and Political Legitimacy in Transforming Brazil, 1880-1920
TH September 24
Bret Gustafson, Assistant Professor, Anthropology. Washington Univ. St. Louis
Corruption, Populism,or Revolution? Natural Gas and Redistributive Politics in Bolivia
TH October 1
Karen-Chapman-Novakotski, Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Comparison of metabolic and nutritional profiles among Mexican children living in México, Mexican children living in the US, and non-Hispanic white children in the US
MON October 5, 5:30pm
Amy Buono, Assistant Professor, Art History. Southern Methodist University
Feathered Identities and Plumed Performances
TH October 8
Ellen Tillman, Ph.D. Candidate, History
Threads of Power, Fraying Ends: U.S. military occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1918)
TH October 15
Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies Inauguration
BRAZIL’S RISING STATU IN THE 21st CENTURY, Roundtable Discussion
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: Auditorium, Room 1122 National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
1205 W. Clark Street, Urbana
Participants:
Senator Tasso Jereissati
Governor Yeda Crusius
Federal Deputy Mauricio Rands
Alexandre Tombini, Central Bank of Brazil
Edmund Amann, University of Manchester
Carlos Azzoni, University of São PauloINAUGURATION CEREMONY AND RECEPTION
Time: 5pm
Place: NCSA Auditorium
TH October 22
Terry McCoy, Latin American Studies, UIUC
The 2009 Latin American Business Environment: Waiting for the Recovery
TH October 29-30
100 Years of Latin American History at the UI, 1909-2009: In Memory of William Spence Robertson
Thursday, 10/29, 7:30 pm, place TBA.
Keynote address: Prof. Eric Van Young, Dept. of History, University of California at San Diego:
"Latin America 1810-1825: Revolutions or Wars of Independence in Historical Memory",
Friday, 10/30, 10-12 am, place TBA.
Roundtable Discussion:
From 'Making the World Safe for Democracy' to 'Decentering Europe'? Changing Historical Perspectives on Latin America and Other 'Non-Western' World Regions Over the Past Century"
FRI-SAT October 30-31
Tinker Workshop. 8:30am-5:00pm. 101 International Studies Building
TH November 5
Richard Potter, Ph.D. Candidate, Communications
Venezuelan Communications Policy in the Fifth Republic: Notes from the Ground
TH November 12
Edna Viruell-Fuentes, Assistant Professor, Latino/a Studies
Social Ties, Migration and Health: The Case of Mexican Immigrants to the Midwest.
TH November 19
Irene Coromina, Assistant Professor, Spanish. Eastern Illinois University
No Honor, no Shame: Picaresque Traces in the Tango
TH December 3
Paul Gootenberg, Professor, History. Stony Brook, New York
The Pre-Colombian Epoch of Drug Trafficking in the Americas: the Birth of Illicit Cocaine, 1945-1973