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SUMMARY:Tertulia with Marisol Ramos\, "Cosmopolitanism and Feminism in Puerto Rico"
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations to Dr. Marisol Ramos (Library) for defending her PhD thesis “La nación del porvenir: La literatura fundacional cosmopolita de Alejandro Tapia (1823-1882)” at the University of Connecticut. Her dissertation will be the subject of our next tertulia on May 20th from 12-1:30 pm in Girvetz 2320.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-with-marisol-ramos-cosmopolitanism-and-feminism-in-puerto-rico/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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SUMMARY:Tertulia with Federico Finchelstein: The History and Politics of  Wannabe Fascism
DESCRIPTION:LAIS is pleased to invite the campus community to a tertulia with Professor Federico Finchelstein. In this talk\, Professor Finchelstein will discuss his latest book\,  The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy  (University of California Press\, 2024)\, where he maintains that Trumpism and similar movements across the world belong to a new political breed\, the “wannabe fascists”. This new type of populist politician is typically a legally elected leader who\, unlike previous populists who were eager to distance themselves from fascism\, turns to totalitarian lies\, racism\, and illegal means to destroy democracy from within. The author lays out what he calls the “four pillars of fascism”—xenophobia\, propaganda\, political violence\, and ultimately dictatorship. He explains how and why wannabe fascists like Trump\, Bolsonaro\, and Modi embrace the first three pillars but don’t quite succeed in dictatorship and a total suppression of the popular vote. \nFederico Finchelstein is an Argentinean historian and Professor of History at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College in New York City\, and Director of the Janey Program in Latin American Studies. A world-renowned scholar of fascism\, populism\, and dictatorship\, his most recent books include Fascist Mythologies. The History and Politics of Unreason in Borges\, Freud\, and Schmitt (Columbia University Press\, 2022)\, A Brief History of Fascist Lies (University of California Press\, 2020)\,  and  From Fascism to Populism in History (University of California Press\, 2017 & 2019 ).  His books have been translated into Spanish\, Italian\, Portuguese\, Chinese\, Hungarian\, Korean and Turkish. For more information\, check his website. \nThis event will  take place on May 10th from 12:00 to 1:30 pm in HSSB 1174.  After his lecture\, Professor Finschelstein will hold an informal conversation in HSSB 4020 from 1:45  to 2: 30 pm\, with students\, faculty\, and any other members of the campus community who may be interested in learning more about his work. Please fill out this form if you would like to join the conversation–  it will help us very much with the logistics! \nThis event is organized by The Program in Latin American & Iberian Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of History. ** Free and open to the public. \n 
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-with-federico-finchelstein-the-history-and-politics-of-wannabe-fascism/
LOCATION:HSSB 4020
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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SUMMARY:LAIS Welcome Back Lunch / Tertulia
DESCRIPTION:Khipu\, and Andean Instrument of Management\, Memory and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa\nIn our first tertulia of the year\, Peruvian researcher Lydia Fossa will discuss her most recent findings on khipus\, the famed bunches of colored cords dotted with knots used by the Inkas\, revealing them as instruments of\nmanagement\, memory and power. Was the khipu limited to representing a particular language or were its symbols comprehensible to all inhabitants of the Inka empire? If so\, asks Dr. Fossa\, can we say\nthat literacy did not exist in Ancient Peru?
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-welcome-back-lunch-tertulia/
LOCATION:McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020
CATEGORIES:LAIS,Public Lecture,Talk,Tertulia
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SUMMARY:Social Mobilization and State Violence in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER: bit.ly/laiscolombia\nSince April 28\, 2021\, thousands of people have been protesting in Colombia to demand immediate changes and structural transformations that meet historically neglected social needs. The government has mainly responded through force and the criminalization of the protests. Dozens of people have been murdered\, hundreds are missing\, and more than 3\,405 cases of police brutality have been recorded in one month. From different points of view and places\, we will talk about this very critical situation\, and the present and past of social mobilizations\, the role of youth and students\, and state violence in Colombia. \nPANELISTS\n\nMauricio Archila N.\, Ph.D. in History\, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. Professor and Researcher at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and CINEP. He has done extensive research on social movements and the armed conflict in Colombia. \nYuly P. Campiño\, Master’s in Human Rights\, CU Boulder. As a lawyer\, her work has mainly focused on human rights among Afrodescendant peoples in Colombia. \nAlejandra Sánchez Z.\, student at the Universidad Pontificia Javeriana (Col.). Student activist and former delegate to the negotiations on higher education with the National Government. \nManuel F. Vallecilla F.\, doctoral student in History at the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico). His research focuses on State violence in Colombia in recent history. \nModerator: Pilar Ramírez Restrepo\, Ph.D student in the History Department\, UCSB \n\n  \nPREVIO REGISTRO: bit.ly/laiscolombia\nDesde el 28 de abril de 2021\, miles de personas han salido a las calles en Colombia para exigir cambios coyunturales y transformaciones estructurales que satisfagan necesidades sociales históricamente descuidadas. El gobierno ha respondido principalmente por medio de la fuerza y la criminalización de las protestas. Docenas de personas han sido asesinadas\, las desaparecidas se cuentan por cientos y hay registros de más de 3.405 casos de violencia policial en un mes. Desde diferentes puntos de vista y lugares\, hablaremos de esta crítica situación\, y del presente y pasado de estas movilizaciones sociales\, el rol de las juventudes y las estudiantes\, y las violencias estatales. \nPANELISTAS\nMauricio Archila N\, Ph.D. en Historia\, State University of New York (SUNY) en Stony Brook. Profesor e investigador de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y el CINEP. Ha investigado ampliamente los movimientos sociales y el conflicto armado en Colombia. \nYuly P. Campiño\, Magíster en DDHH\, CU Boulder. Es abogada y su trabajo se centra en derechos humanos en población afrodescendiente en Colombia. \nAlejandra Sánchez Z.\, estudiante de la Universidad Pontificia Javeriana (Col.). Líder estudiantil y ex-delegada a la mesa de diálogo por la educación superior con el Gobierno Nacional. \nManuel F. Vallecilla F.\, estudiante de doctorado en Historia de la Universidad Iberoamericana (México). Su investigación se centra en las violencias del Estado colombiano en la historia reciente. \n\n\nModera: Pilar Ramírez Restrepo\, estudiante de doctorado en Historia\, UCSB.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/social-mobilization-and-state-violence-in-colombia/
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210202T120000
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SUMMARY:Tertulia | Race and Caste in Latin America\, India\, and the USA: A Global Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID\, 2020-2021!\n\nIn her widely acclaimed book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents\, Isabel Wilkerson complicates the category of race\, as it is commonly understood in the US\, by bringing caste to the fore. She discusses the “caste” historical experience of the US in light of those in Nazi Germany and India. Insofar as the term “caste” was first introduced in India by the Portuguese at a time when the Spanish and Portuguese empires had a global colonial reach\, Wilkerson’s book provides a perfect pretext for the Program in Latin American and Iberian Studies (LAIS) to launch a global conversation. In this roundtable\, UCSB faculty from Black Studies\, History\, and LAIS specialized in the US\, India\, and Latin America discuss their take on caste\, race\, and Isabel Wilkerson.\n\nSpeakers (UC Santa Barbara)\nUtathya Chattopadhyaya is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. He specializes in the history of modern South Asia\, British imperialism\, and agrarian commodities in global markets. His essays have appeared in A Cultural History of Western Empires\, the South African Historical Journal\, Historical Reflections\, English Language Notes\, and the edited volume Animalia: An Anti-Imperial Bestiary for our Times. He is currently working on a monograph on cannabis and empire in British India.\n\nCecilia Méndez  is a Peruvian historian specialized in the social and political history of the Andean region.She is the director of the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara and an Associated Professor in History. Her work calls the attention on the importance of late eighteenth-century\, and nineteenth-century political developments in shaping modern conceptions nationhood\, citizenship\, and  “race.”\n\nTerrance Wooten is an Assistant Professor in Black Studies. He is currently working on his first book manuscript\, “Lurking in the Shadows of Home: Homelessness\, Carcerality\, and the Figure of the Sex Offender\,” which examines how those who have been designated “sex offenders” and are homeless in the Maryland/DC area are managed and regulated through social policies\, sex offender registries\, and urban and architectural design. His scholarly interests are located at the intersections of Black studies\, gender and sexuality studies\, studies of poverty and homelessness\, and carceral studies. \n\nJoin us: bit.ly/LAISTertulia \n(Zoom ID: 840 6161 2112)
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-race-and-caste-in-latin-america-india-and-the-usa-a-global-conversation/
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SUMMARY:Tertulia: Social Movements\, Identity\, and Resistance in Contemporary Nicaragua
DESCRIPTION:You can watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/zXXfEU7ThzQ\n\nJoin us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID\, 2020-2021!\n\nThe people of Nicaragua have faced a series of compounding crises over the past decade: the growing authoritarianism of the Ortega-Murillo government\, assaults on women’s and LGBT rights\, colonization of indigenous and Afro-descendant communities’ territory\, and\, in 2018\, mass protests that were harshly repressed by pro-government forces. In the face of these crises and threats\, social movements\, activists\, artists\, opposition politicians\, and communities have mobilized to resist government policies and assert their rights. As Nicaragua confronts the COVID-19 crisis with a denialist and obstructive government response and with elections looming in 2021\, this roundtable discussion explores the ideas and actions of different sectors of Nicaraguan society and what visions and lessons they might have for the country’s future.\n\n\nSpeakers: Cristina Awadalla (Sociology\, UC Santa Barbara)\, Jennifer Goett (Comparative Cultures & Politics\, Michigan State University)\, Mateo Jarquín (History\, Chapman University) and Emilia Yang (Media Arts + Practice\, University of Southern California).\n\nModerated by Kai Thaler (Global Studies\, UC Santa Barbara) and with comments by Charles Hale (Dean of Social Sciences\, UC Santa Barbara).\n\n\nJoin us: http://bit.ly/LAISTertuliaDec2020 \n(Zoom ID: 889 8816 2941)
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-social-movements-identity-and-resistance-in-contemporary-nicaragua/
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SUMMARY:Tertulia | Bolivia and Chile Today: Democracy Vindicated?
DESCRIPTION:Watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/28L30480tY0 \nJoin us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID\, 2020-2021! \nAfter a tumultuous year of contested elections\, street protests\, and state repression\, Bolivia and Chile have evidently reached important turning points in their democratic struggles. Is democracy back to stay? In this roundtable tertulia\, one public intellectual and activist\, and two scholars will join us via Zoom from Bolivia\, Chile and Colombia\, to offer their assessment and perspective on the recent events.  \n  \nSpeakers \nJaviera Barandiarán is Associate Professor in Global Studies and is currently serving as Faculty Director of UC Study Abroad programs in Chile and Argentina. She has written extensively about Chilean democracy (joining us from Chile).\n\nMaría Galindo is a founding member of the anarcho-feminist collective Mujeres Creando. She is a militant lesbian Bolivian activist\, radio host\, graffiti artist\, audiovisual producer and writer\, and a unique critical voice in Bolivia today (joining us from Bolivia). \n\nTathagatan Ravindran is an anthropologist and Professor in the Department of Social Studies at Universidad ICESI\, Colombia. He works on indigenous identities\, social movements\, and race/ethnicity in Latin America\, with a special focus on Bolivia (joining us from Colombia). \n\nModerators: Jaime Alves (LAIS and Black Studies\, UCSB) and Cecilia Méndez (LAIS and History\, UCSB).\n\n\nJoin us at: bit.ly/LAISTertuliaNov20 (Zoom ID: 889 8816 2941) or on Facebook Live www.facebook.com/LAISUCSB\n\n**********************************\n\nBolivia y Chile hoy: ¿democracia reivindicada?\n\nMesa redonda con: Javiera Barandiarán\, María Galindo y Tathagatan Ravindran.\n\nDespués de un año tumultuoso de elecciones\, protestas callejeras y represión estatal\, Bolivia y Chile parecen haber logrado un hito en sus luchas democráticas. ¿Permanecerá la democracia? En esta tertulia\, una intelectual y activista feminista y dos profesores universitarios nos acompañarán vía Zoom desde Bolivia\, Chile y Colombia para ofrecer un balance y sus perspectivas de los recientes acontecimientos.\n\n¡Acompáñanos!  bit.ly/LAISTertuliaNov20 (Zoom ID: 889 8816 2941) o en Facebook Live www.facebook.com/LAISUCSB\n\nJaviera Barandiarán es profesora asociada en el Departamento de Estudios Globales de UCSB y directora del programa de Educación en el Extranjero en Chile y Argentina. Ha escrito extensamente sobre la democracia en Chile (nos acompaña desde Chile).\n\nMaría Galindo es fundadora del colectivo anarco-feminista Mujeres Creando\, activista boliviana\, militante lesbiana\, locutora de radio\, grafitera\, productora audiovisual y escritora. Es una voz crítica única en Bolivia hoy día (nos acompaña desde Bolivia). \n\nTathagatan Ravindran es antropólogo y profesor en el Departamento de Estudios Sociales en la Universidad ICESI\, Colombia. Escribe sobre identidades indígenas\, movimientos sociales\, y etnia/raza en América Latina\, especialmente en Bolivia (nos acompaña desde Colombia).\n\nModeradores: Jaime Alves (LAIS y Black Studies\, UCSB) y Cecilia Méndez (LAIS e Historia\, UCSB).
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-bolivia-and-chile-today-democracy-vindicated/
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus and Historical Patterns of Epidemics in Latin America
DESCRIPTION:A Zoom Talk by Dr. Marcos Cueto\n\nWednesday\, May 13\, at 12 pm – 1:30 pm (PST)\, via Zoom\n\nAbstract. Historical studies on epidemics in Latin America have magnified fragilities in public health structures\, revealed the vulnerability of the poor and discovered cases of heroism under adversity. They have also identified an historical trend –revived in the contemporary crisis caused by Covid-19– characterized by a reductionism in the explanation of the social factors that sustain epidemics\, insufficient and contradictory official responses and stigma against marginal groups. This presentation will discuss the main historical patterns of response to epidemics in Latin America\, especially in Brazil\, during the late 20th and early 21st centuries and relate them to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nMarcos Cueto is Professor of History of Health at the Casa Oswaldo Cruz\, FIOCRUZ\, in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil\, and a Researcher in the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos in Lima. He holds a PhD from Columbia University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Science\, Technology and Society Program at the MIT. His major books include A History of the World Health Organization (2019); Medicine and Public Health in Latin America (2016) (co-authored with S. Palmer)\, which won the 2017 George Rosen Award of the American Association for the History of Medicine; Cold War and Deadly Fevers: Malaria Eradication in Mexico\, 1955-1970 (2007)\, among many others. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard\, the University of Shanghai\, the University College London\, L’Institut de hautes études internationales et du dévelopement in Geneva\, Stanford\, Princeton\, Columbia\, and New York University and was fellow of the Guggenheim\, Mellon\, Tinker\, Ford\, and Rockefeller foundations.  He publishes regularly in English\, Spanish and Portuguese. For more on his work see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcos_Cueto7\n\n* Professor Cueto will be joining us from Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil. This event is organized by the Program in Latin American and Iberian Studies with generous cosponsorship from the Department of History.\n\nPlease sign up here to attend: https://bit.ly/LAISTertuliaMay2020 or email lisamcallister@ucsb.edu
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/coronavirus-and-historical-patterns-of-epidemics-in-latin-america/
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