Ghost Nation: On The Origins of Forced Disappearance in Mexico (05.02.24)
Join us for a talk by award-winning journalist and writer Oscar Lopez. Moderated by Ana Villarreal, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University.
Thursday, May 2, 2024 • 1 to 2 PM
Pardee School of Global Studies, 152 Bay State Road
Refreshments provided. Please register using form below.
Oscar Lopez will be discussing his work investigating forced disappearance in Mexico, where more than 100,000 people are considered disappeared. Encompassing both in-depth archival research as well as hundreds of hours of interviews, Oscar has spent several years researching the origins of this crisis in Mexico during the 1960s and 70s, when forced disappearance became state practice. Oscar will be discussing his career trajectory as well as his current project which seeks to link Mexico’s contemporary crisis of violence to the atrocities committed by the state decades ago.
Oscar Lopez is a Mexican writer and freelance journalist normally based in Mexico City, where he covers violence, politics, and human rights. Currently a fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Oscar is working on his first book investigating the origins of forced disappearance in Mexico. A graduate from Melbourne University and the University of Oxford, Oscar writing has appeared in numerous international outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek and many more.
Ghost Nation: On The Origins of Forced Disappearance in Mexico
A Talk by Oscar Lopez • Thursday, May 2, 2024 • 1 to 2 PM • Pardee School of Global Studies, 152 Bay State Road, Conference Room
