Events archive

‘The rise and fall of narco-populism: Politics, radicalism, and drugs in Sinaloa, 1940-1980’.

Dr Ben Smith, Warwick University
1 March 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room

‘Soldiers in the Streets: Mexico’s Debate on Militarization and Democratization in Historical Perpective’.

Dr Thom Rath, UCL
22 February 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room

Democratic Brazil Ascendant

21 February 2013 - 2:00pm to 22 February 2013 - 6:00pm
St Antony's College, Oxford (Thursday), King's College London (Friday)
A two-day conference organised jointly by the Brazilian Studies Programme , University of Oxford, the Brazil Institute , King’s College London, and the International Development Institute , King's... Read more

Holding Power to Account: People and Government in Twenty-First Century Latin America

H.E. Ambassador Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera, Professor Joe Foweraker, Dr Timothy J. Power
19 February 2013 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
St Antony's Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship Seminar Holding Power to Account: People and Government in Twenty-First Century Latin America

‘Social Mobilization in Latin America: Theories and Trends (with special reference to the Chilean student movement)’.

Dr Manuel Antonio Garretón, Universidad de Chile
15 February 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Center Seminar Room

Film Screening: The Other Mexico

13 February 2013 - 5:30pm
Latin American Centre Seminar Room
Film Series: Legendary Figures of Latin America The Other Mexico By Francesca Nava This documentary details the influential arch of the Zapatista Movement as it mobilized the sociopolitical unrest of... Read more

'Chile under the Concertación: An Analysis of Latin America's Most Successful Development Paradigm'

Kirsten Sehnbruch (University of Chile)
12 February 2013 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Latin American Centre Seminar Room

‘The Political Economy of the Venezuelan Elections of 2012’.

Prof. José Manuel Puente, IESA, Caracas
8 February 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room

‘Explaining Latin America’s Fourth Wave of Regionalism’.

Prof. Olivier Dabène, Sciences Po., Paris
1 February 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Cenre Seminar Room

‘The Military in Twenty-First Century Brazil’.

Dr João Roberto Martins Filho, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
25 January 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room

'Brazil's Strategic Partnerships: The Role of the European Union'

Professor Miriam Gomes Saraiva
22 January 2013 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Dahrendorf Room, St Antony's College
Event to include a presentation from the inaugural Rio Branco Visiting Fellow in International Relations , Professor Miriam Gomes Saraiva, as well as comments from Professors Andrew Hurrell and... Read more

‘Was Brazil’s Independence from Portugal Inevitable? A New Interpretation of the History of the Luso-Atlantic World, 1770-1850’.

Dr Gabriel Paquette, Johns Hopkins University
18 January 2013 - 5:00pm
The Latin American Centre, Seminar Room.

Film Screening: Frida

9 January 2013 - 5:30pm
Latin American Centre Seminar Room
Film Series: Legendary Figures of Latin America Frida By Julie Taymor This long-gestating biography of one of Mexico's most prominent, iconoclastic painters reaches the screen under the guiding hand... Read more

Film Screening: Ché

12 December 2012 - 5:30pm
Latin American Centre Seminar Room
Film Series: Legendary Figures of Latin America Ché (Hernesto Guevara) By Steven Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh's Ché Guevara stars Benicio Del Toro as the legendary Argentine revolutionary. The film... Read more

Coffee's commodification: from the spice trade to European colonialism to Latin American export crop

Professor Steve Topik, University of California, Irvine
30 November 2012 - 2:15pm
Latin American Centre Seminar Room

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