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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 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 […]
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Alexa Rodríguez, Education, University of Virginia, to present: Crafting Dominicanidad: Citizenship and Education During the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924 In 1919, a father in Santiago, Dominican Republic wrote to the regional superintendent declaring, “A […]
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 […]
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 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 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 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 […]