EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Bi-Weekly Lecture Series CLAS’ Friday lecture series creates a space for the general public to learn about the various cultural, educational, artistic, and scientific developments in Latin America. This year, our lecture series was held virtually and bi-weekly. Cristina Rivera Garza
January 15, 2021 Autobiografía del Algodón
Nancy Postero
April 2, 2021 Evaluating Bolivia’s Plurinational Project
Elizabeth Zechmeister
September 18, 2020 Declining Support for Democracy in the Americas: Causes, Symptoms, and (Possible) Remedies
Gretchen Daily Yovanna Pineda
Maria Victoria (Vicky) Murillo
October 9, 2020 The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America (Book Talk)
January 29, 2021 Caudillo Machine Culture: The Rise of Machine Culture in Rural Argentine, 19th century
April 16, 2021 Valuing Nature in Decisions: From Demonstration to Transformation
Mara Loveman
April 23, 2021 The End of Official Color-blindness and the Rise of Anti-anti-racism in Latin America
Claudia Escobar
February 12, 2021 Judiciary, The Last Stand Against Corruption
Ana Lorena De La O
Elisabeth Jean Wood
October 23, 2020 Crafting Policies to End Poverty: Lessons from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America
April 30, 2021 Civil War in El Salvador: Mobilizing from Below, Forging Democracy
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil Sandra Ley
November 6, 2020 Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico
February 26, 2021 Indígena ¿Categoría Identitaria, Cultural o Política?
Sayak Valencia
May 7, 2021 Sayak Valencia on Gore Capitalism
Verónica Figueroa Huencho
March 12, 2021 Indigenous Peoples and the Constitutional Process in Chile
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