Gilman Hall 308 Welcome to the Spring 2023 iteration of the Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar. We are excited to feature presenters from Johns Hopkins and other nearby institutions to workshop papers that range from nineteenth-century Argentina to contemporary Baltimore. This term, our meetings take place on Thursdays […]

Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Jessica Marie Johnson, History (JHU), to present: Catherine's Value: Freedom, Excess, and Slavery on the Spanish Littoral This essay excerpt explores the ways African women and women of African descent, living in slaveholding societies and in the […]

Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Consuelo Amat, Political Science (JHU), to present: The Power of Protectors: Accounting for High-Risk Mobilization in Pinochet's Chile How can activists overcome the collective action problem under extreme repression? I argue that protest in these conditions is […]

Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Gema Kloppe-Santamaria, History, George Washington University, to present: Contentious Secularism: The Politics of Religious Violence in 20th-Century Mexico The aim of this paper is to examine the multifaceted drivers behind Catholics’ recourse to violence against Protestants in […]

Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Lucas Azambuja, Sociology, JHU, to present: Can Latin American capitalist classes take part in progressive projects against neoliberal austerity? Through the case of the Brazilian local bourgeoisie, this paper builds on dependency theory to develop an understanding of […]