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, […]

Rethinking Political Development in the Americas

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 […]

Conference – Genealogies of Development: Approaches from Latin America

Gilman Hall 308

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 […]

Defining Development: A Roundtable Discussion

Gilman Hall 300 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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 - […]

Panel discussion: The 50th Anniversary of Chile’s Military Coup

Hackerman Hall B17 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

MEMORY, JUSTICE, AND THE DECLASSIFIED U.S. ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA featuring Juan Gabriel Valdés Ambassador of Chile to the U.S. Peter Kornbluh Senior Analyst, National Security Archive Katherine Hite Professor of Political Science on the Frederick Ferris Thompson Chair, Vassar College Consuelo Amat SNF Agora Institute & Assistant Professor of Political Science, JHU Hackerman Hall B17 Event co-sponsored […]

Lecture: The Current State of Black Citizenship in Andean Countries

Gilman 308

The Program in Latin America, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Professor Mariela Noles Cotito, Social and Political Sciences, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, to present: The current state of Black citizenship in Andean countries The formulation of legislation aimed at promoting and protecting the rights of racial and ethnic minorities in Andean countries […]