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LAGW Seminar: Contentious Secularism: The Politics of Religious Violence in 20th-Century Mexico

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

Voro’pi: Art And Education In Between Worlds 

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, The Portuguese Program, and LACLxS PresentVORO'PI: ART AND EDUCATION IN BETWEEN WORLDS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmGILMAN 479With NAINE TERENA, GUSTAVO CABOCO, AND JAMILLE PINHEIRO DIAS Voro’pi is an educational initiative that approaches the arts as a way to galvanize counter-histories, fight structural inequality, and learn about protagonists […]

Writing Between Personal and International History: Cuba: An American History

Gilman Hall 50

Gilman 50 The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History, is pleased to welcome Professor Ada Ferrer, Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean History at New York University, to present Writing Between Personal and International History: Cuba: An American History 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner in History […]

American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of Emancipation

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

Afro-atlantic Religions: Brazil/u.s. Connections 

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

LAGW Seminar: The Origins of State Authority: Evidence from Chile

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

Latin America in the Antebellum Black Press

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

LAGW Seminar: Digging the Nation: Archaeology, Anthropology, and History in Twentieth-Century Mexico

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

Betwixt and Between: Questions of the Liminal Conference

Gilman Hall

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 […]

LAGW Seminar: How the Weak Still Win: Middle Class Maneuvers for the Post-Colonial State

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

Lecture: Latina/os in Media: Continuities and Ruptures

Mergenthaler Hall 266

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, […]