Join us for a panel discussion about “Careers In Legal Advocacy for Latin American Immigrants and Political Prisoners” with Julio Henríquez, international criminal and human rights lawyer and international coordinator at Foro Penal in Caracas; Annery Miranda, immigration attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, and Justin Dynia, MA candidate in Latin American Studies at BU’s […]
Join us for a talk by Dr. Carlos Ponce on Human Rights Backlash in Latin America: Venezuela, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Thursday, November 9 • 12:30 to 1:30 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided • RSVP using form below. Dr. Carlos Ponce is an educator, researcher, consultant, artist, and […]
Join us for a conversation with MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ, peasant and labor leader representing the Committee for the Integration of the Colombian Massif (CIMA), and FRANCISCO RAMIREZ CUELLAR, labor lawyer, about the human rights situation, the environmental effects of multinational interventions, and the impact of the armed conflict on the communities of the region. Tuesday, October […]
Join us for a talk by Ryan Centner, Associate Professor of Human Geography & Urban Studies at the London School of Economics: Gay Expats in Buenos Aires, Dubai, and London: The Intersection of Privileged Migration and Marginalized Sexualities across Socio-legal Contexts Wednesday, October 25, 2023 2:30 to 3:20 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 […]
Please join us for a panel discussion – Ecuador after The Elections: Its Politics and Society – with Ana María Trujillo Lemos, PhD candidate in Economics, Boston University, and Miguel Herrera, Professor of Political Science at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Flacso-Ecuador) and San Francisco University in Ecuador (USFQ). Tuesday, October 31, 2023 […]
Join the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for Latin American Studies for a special lecture by Leonel Fernández titled “Globalization & Geopolitics in the Digital Age.” The talk will take place on Thursday, October 26, 2023 from 4:00-5:30 pm ET on the 2nd floor of the BU Hillel […]
On Tuesday, September 26, the Center for Latin American Studies welcomed Wilfred Labiosa, PhD (CGS ’91, CAS ’93) back to campus for a discussion of his new book, The LGBT Cuban Revolution. The book offers a comprehensive chronology of the LGBT rights movement in Cuba, highlighting the significant milestones, setbacks, and triumphs of this long and arduous journey. […]
On Wednesday, September 27, the Center for Latin American Studies kicked off National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) with – in what has become an annual tradition for the Center – a concert of Latin American art songs curated by Prof. David Guzman. This year’s concert featured solo piano repertoire and accompaniment […]
Join us for a reading & conversation with Héctor Celis, author of Mar es la Tierra. Published by Alfaguara this summer, Mar es la Tierra approaches themes such as violence, social disintegration and environmental ruins in Latin America. Mar es la Tierra’s narrative, according to the awarded Chilean writer Diamela Eltit, “muestra una imaginación desbordante, […]
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