Audio Podcasts of LLILAS Events
Faculty Book Series: "Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow"
Monday, April 11, 2011
Frank Guridy, Department of History
Frank Guridy, Department of History, shows that the cross-national relationships nurtured by Afro-Cubans and black Americans helped to shape the political strategies of both groups as they attempted to overcome a shared history of oppression and enslavement. Presented as part of the LLILAS Faculty Book Series.
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Faculty Book Series: "The Elusive Promise of Indigenous Development: Rights, Culture, Strategy"
Monday, March 7, 2011
Karen Engle, UT School of Law
Karen Engle, UT School of Law, traces the history of indigenous peoples' uses of international law to make claims for heritage, territory, and economic development. Presented as part of the LLILAS Faculty Book Series.
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Forum: "Foro Urgente—La Democracia en Juicio: Derechos Mapuche y Gobernabilidad Democrática en Chile y Argentina"
Thursday, February 2, 2011
Claudia Briones, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro
Luis E. Carcamo-Huechante, University of Texas at Austin
Pablo Mariman, Centro de Estudious y Documentacion Mapuche Liwen
Jennifer Pribble, University of Richmond
Patricia Richards, University of Georgia
This event examined a crucial question for theorists of democracy in Latin America: How to reconcile the glowing evaluations of Chilean democracy in general with the bitter conflicts and critiques brought to the fore with a focus on indigenous rights? Are indigenous activists extremists, or is democratic process in Chile seriously flawed in the area of cultural rights?
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1. Opening remarks, Charles R. Hale, and "La construcción de la (nueva) democracia chilena: Logros y desafíos de la Concertación", Jennifer Pribble:
2. "Aún en busca de reconocimiento: Las demandas mapuches, violencia estatal y discriminación en el Chile democrático", Patricia Richards:
3. Introduction, Luis E. Cárcamo-Huechante, and "Gobernabilidad y gubernamentalidad de las politicas indigenistas en Argentina: El caso Mapuche", Claudia Briones:
ILASSA31 Conference: Opening Remarks and Keynote Address
Thursday, February 2, 2011
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1. Opening Remarks: Mayra Marquez, ILASSA; Charles R. Hale, LLILAS; Luis E. Cárcamo-Huechante, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
2. Keynote Address: "El derecho a la autodeterminación del pueblo mapuche: Aspectos históricos, socio-culturales y consecuencias actuales", Pablo Marimán, Mapuche Historian, Centro de Estudios y Documentación Mapuche Liwen
Faculty Book Series: "Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit: Guatemala under General Efrain Rios Montt, 1982–1983"
Monday, November 22, 2010
Virginia Garrard-Burnett, Associate Professor
Disscussant: Raul Madrid, Associate Professor
Drawing on newly-available primary sources such as guerrilla documents, evangelical pamphlets, speech transcripts, and declassified US government records, Dr. Virginia Garrard Burnett is able to provide a fine-grained picture of what happened during General Efrain Rio Montt's rule in Guatemala.
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Discussion: "Identidades Mayas Contemporaneas: Una Conversacion con Irma Alicia Velasquez Nimatuj y Manuel Felipe Perez Lopez"
October 22, 2010
Irma Alicia Velaszuez Nimatuj, Executive Director, Mecanismo de Apoyo a los Pueblos Indigenas
Manuel Felipe Perez Lopez, Programmer and Producer, Contacto Ancestral, KPFK Radio
Moderated by Dr. Luis Carcamo-Huechante, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and graduate student Giovanni Batts
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