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Guanajuato Mexico L Huntzinger

CLAS Open Seminar

Easter Term 2023 (other events here)

Mondays 5:15pm
SG1 Ground Floor, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

 

Wednesday 10 May - 5:15pm

American post-colonial states, between the “concert of civilized nations” and the impossibility of “black Haiti”

Federico Navarrete (Simón Bolívar Professor, CLAS, University of Cambridge)

*Room 204, Second Floor, CLAS, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

 

Monday 15 May - 5:15pm

Disappearances, Rule of Law, and the Dialectic of Impunity in Modern Mexico

Diane E. Davis (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design)

 

Monday 22 May - 5:15pm

Volkswagen, the Amazon and modern slavery in Brazil

Chaired by Grace Livingstone (CLAS)

Ricardo Rezende (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) – online

Rafael Garcia (Public Prosecutor, Brazilian Labour Ministry) – online

Antoine Acker (University of Geneva) – online

Matheus Faustino (SOAS, University of London) – in person

Brazil may sue VW amid claims firm used ‘slave labour’ under military rule | Global development | The Guardian – by Grace Livingstone and Matheus Faustino

Please note this is a hybrid event. To attend online please register here

 

Wednesday 24 May - 5:15pm

Mestizaje and racialized male power, family stories and national mythologies in the Americas

Federico Navarrete (Simón Bolívar Professor, CLAS, University of Cambridge)

*Room S1, First Floor, CLAS, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

 

Tuesday 30 May - 5:15pm

The Environmental Humanities Turn in Latin America 

Gisela Heffes (Rice University, Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Bristol) 

*Room 204, Second Floor, CLAS, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

In this seminar, we will discuss the environmental humanities turn in Latin America, with a special focus on the role Latin America has played in relation to extractivism, the commodification of nature, toxicity, and the shifting landscape. We will consider different and key historical moments and will offer some examples of how Latin American aesthetics and cultural productions have been implicated in the ways we think and perceive nature. We will conclude by discussing the relevance of art and literature, especially creative work, in enhancing our understanding of the climate crisis. A selection of readings will be pre-circulated to participants who register for the seminar.

Register here

 

Refreshments will be served after the seminar. All welcome.

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