CLACS EVENTS SERIES

2008/2009

Program Seminar Series --

WiPLASH - Works in Progress in Latin American Society and History -- All events will be held at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the King Juan Carlos Center, Room 324E, Mondays 6-8pm. 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 at naomi.schiller@nyu.edu.

Democratic Governance and Sustainable Development -- All events will be held from 12:00pm - 1:30pm in the Rudin Family Forum in the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette St., 2nd Floor. For more information please email amunoz@nyu.edu. Please RSVP at http://wagner.nyu.edu/events

• October 24 - The Conceptions of Social Policy: Universalism vs. Targeting

Speaker: Jose Antonio Ocampo, PhD, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

• November 20 - The Tension Between Representative and Participatory Democracy in Latin America

Speaker: Patricio Navia, PhD, Master Teacher, General Studies Program, NYU

• December 11 - Does Transparency Lead to Accountability? Lessons from Mexican Civil Society Experiences

Speaker: Jonathan Fox, PhD, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz

• January 20 - Violence, Citizenship and Public Security in Contemporary Latin America

Speaker: Deborah Yashar, PhD, Professor and Director, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University

• March 12 - The Rise and Performance of Leftist Governments in Latin America

Speaker: Robert Kaufman, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

• April 6 - Culture and Politics in Latin America

Speaker: Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon

• April 16 - Local Notions of Development and Indigenous Participation

Speaker: Carmen Medeiros, PhD, Assistant Professor, CLACS, NYU