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Events - Spring 2009
Hauntings: Memory, Patrimony and the Contested Past Linked to the NYU Humanities Initiative-funded graduate course "Hauntings: Memory, Patrimony and the Contested Past in Post-Violent Spaces in contemporary Spain and Spanish America," and open to the public, this speaker series aims to work through the conceptualizations and practices of memory work, developing ways of exploring the historical and the political that take into account issues of sovereignty, inheritance, subjectivity, embodiment and materiality. This colloquium takes place at: Please note: March 25th event takes place on a Wednesday February 2, 2009Elizabeth Ferry (Brandeis University) March 2, 2009Marita Sturken (NYU) March 9, 2009Elizabeth Jelin (University of Buenos Aires) March 23, 2009Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer (Columbia University) March 25, 2009Álvaro Fernández Bravo (NYU in Buenos Aires) March 30, 2009Diana Taylor (NYU) April 20, 2009Claudio Lomnitz (Columbia University) April 27, 2009Andreas Huyssen (Columbia University)
Works in Progress in Latin American Society and History A graduate student run series, WiPLASH provides an interdisciplinary space for NYC Consortium students and faculty, as well as visiting scholars to present and discuss their ongoing research on different topics concerning Latin America. Papers are pre-circulated, and both presenters and discussants keep their comments brief to allow time for in-depth discussion in a critical but collegially supportive environment. To receive a copy of the paper (in email attachment), to volunteer to present a paper, or to join the WiPLASH email announcement list, please write to Naomi Schiller (Workshop convener) at naomi.schiller@nyu.edu All discussions take place at: January 29, 2009Hector Vera Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology,
New School for Social Research February 5, 2009Igor Rodriguez Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology, CUNY February 19, 2009Emily Cohen Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, NYU March 12, 2009Lucas Bessire Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, NYU April 9, 2009Matthew Vitz Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, NYU April 23, 2009TBA
The pursuit of the public good requires collective action and leadership. The pressing and complex social, economic and political problems facing Latin American countries exceed the capacity of each of the public, private and social sectors working alone. This series aims to raise awareness and foster discussion about current problems and challenges affecting democratic governance and sustainable development in Latin America. The events will explore the nature of the relationship between the State and civil society and its impact on various developmental outcomes. For more information, please email amunoz@nyu.edu. All events will take place at: January 20, 2009Violence, Citizenship and Public Security in Contemporary
Latin America March 12, 2009The Rise and Performance of Leftist Governments in Latin America April 6, 2009Culture and Politics in Latin America April 16, 2009Local Notions of Development and Indigenous Political Participation Events - Fall 2008
¡Modernity is from Iberia and Latin America! Our title is intended as a provocation and challenge to intellectual and political genealogies (the 'Rise of the West' stories) that placed Iberia and its Indies entirely on the periphery as a tradition-bound, corporatist, papist, inquisition-ridden, despotic, feudal and baroque domain in need of modernization. It is not a call to chart a single alternative genealogy of modernity centered on Iberia and Latin America (though that could be - and has been - done). Instead, we aim to complicate received wisdom; to rethink the major strands of modernity (the subject/object split, the 'disenchantment of world,' the modern surveilling and archiving state, the modern subject, capitalism and commodification, individualism and private property, etc); and to reinsert the Iberian-Atlantic and Latin American world into reworked and more complex genealogies of modernity.
Works in Progress in Latin American Society and History A graduate student run series, WiPLASH provides an interdisciplinary space for NYC Consortium students and faculty, as well as visiting scholars to present and discuss their ongoing research on different topics concerning Latin America. Papers are pre-circulated, and both presenters and discussants keep their comments brief to allow time for in-depth discussion in a critical but collegially supportive environment.
The pursuit of the public good requires collective action and leadership. The pressing and complex social, economic and political problems facing Latin American countries exceed the capacity of each of the public, private and social sectors working alone. This series aims to raise awareness and foster discussion about current problems and challenges affecting democratic governance and sustainable development in Latin America. The events will explore the nature of the relationship between the State and civil society and its impact on various developmental outcomes. |
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