Gilman Hall 308 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship are pleased to welcome Professor Roberto Saba (History, Wesleyan University) for a conversation about his recent book, American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Emancipation Following a brief presentation, Prof. Saba […]
PORTUGUESE PROGRAM AND PROGRAM IN LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN, AND LATINX STUDIES PresentXAVIER VATIN (Professor of Anthropology, Center for Arts, Humanities, and Languages. Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia) AFRO-ATLANTIC RELIGIONS: BRAZIL/U.S. CONNECTIONS Wednesday, March 15th - 12:00- 1:15PM Hodson 305 or https://zoom.us/j/99984675782 - Meeting ID: 999 8467 5782
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Maximiliano Vejares, Political Science (JHU), to present: The Origins of State Authority: Evidence from Chile This paper examines the conditions under which national states successfully centralize political authority. Contrary to “bellicist” theories where centralization occurs in response to […]
Gilman Hall 308 The History Department Seminar is pleased to welcome Professor Yesenia Barragan, History, Rutgers University, to present Latin America in the Antebellum Black Press This paper reveals how Latin America figured prominently in the antebellum African American press. Through an exploration of twenty-four antebellum Black newspapers, it focuses on three core themes circulating […]
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Karin Rosemblatt, History, University of Maryland, to present: Digging the Nation: Archaeology, Anthropology, and History in Twentieth-Century Mexico Professor Rosemblatt will discuss her book project which examines three controversies in mid-twentieth century Mexican anthropology and archaeology to […]
For venues and panels information visit the Full Schedule in this link: https://tinyurl.com/2p8dbs8n Graduate Conference of the Spanish Program, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Johns Hopkins University Betwixt and Between: Questions of the Liminal How does the liminal manifest in the Spanish-speaking world? To what does it respond in various contexts, spaces, and artistic […]
Hodson Hall 203 THE LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN, AND LATINX STUDIES PROGRAM AND THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES Present Professor PABLO JOSÉ LOPEZ ORO (Sociology, Hunter College) GARIFUNA NEW YORKERS IN DIASPORA: HEMISPHERIC ENTANGLEMENTS OF INDIGENOUS BLACKNESS AND AFROLATINIDAD
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Zophia Edwards, Sociology, JHU, to present: How the Weak Still Win: Middle Class Maneuvers for the Post-Colonial State Scholars seeking to explain post-colonial state-building across the formerly colonized world typically turn to Antonio Gramsci’s concept of the […]
Gilman Hall 400 The Program in Latin America, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Professor Angharad Valdivia, Media and Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, to present: Latina/os in Media: Continuities and Ruptures This presentation focuses on Latinx/e in contemporary mainstream media. Drawing on historically enduring tropes dating back to the post WWII period, […]
Political Science Department Conference, Johns Hopkins University Rethinking Political Development in the Americas Co-sponsored by the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Thursday May 18 11am:TransnationalPerspectives Danielle Clealand, UT-Austin Francisco Gonzalez, JHU Sebastian Mazzuca, JHULisa Miller, RutgersAdam Sheingate, JHU Christy Thornton, JHU 2 pm: Indigenous Politics Tulia Falleti, UPenn Paul Frymer, Princeton Casey […]
Research workshop organized by Dr. Casey Lurtz, Department of History A works-in-progress conference bringing together scholars working from the late colonial to contemporary period who address questions of what development (desarrollo, fomento, modernización, mejoramiento, etc) meant in particular moments over the last few hundred years and how Latin America helps us understand the practices and […]
A roundtable discussion of the ideas, ideologies, and practices of development as seen from Latin America. Featuring Sophie Brockmann - Oriol Regue Sendros. - Yovanna Pineda - Jairo Campuzano-Hoyos - Diana Montaño - Casey Lurtz - Lise Sedrez - Molly Ball - Stefan Pohl Valero - Christy Thornton - Josh Frens-String - Amy Offner - […]