Past Events
Friday, March 1, 12:30-1:30 p.m
Mandel Humanities Center Reading Room (3rd Floor)
“They Always Knew Her to be Free:” Emancipation and Re-Enslavement in French Santo Domingo, 1804-1809," by Graham Nessler, candidate for a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Caribbean Age of Revolution.
Graham Nessler received his PhD in Latin American History from the University of Michigan and currently teaches at the Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has published articles in Slavery & Abolition andEstudios Sociales, and his book An Invisible Emancipation? The Struggle for Freedom in Hispaniola during the HaitianRevolution, 1789-1809 will be published by the University of North Carolina Press.
Meet the Majors and Minors
Friday March 1st
2-3 PM, Olin-Sang 207
Free Food!!!
Open to students of all majors, faculty, staff, and Brandeis community members
Come learn about LALS and the great work we do!
March 13th a 4:30 PM
Our America/Nuestra América: The Future of Area Studies
Featuring Distinguished Brandeis Alumni
Shapiro Admissions Center/ Conference Room
Thursday March 14th, 7 PM
Special Screening of Documentary Filmmaker Jeff Arak '07
"Life on Death Beach"
Wasserman Cinematheque
Jane's Contest for Best Photography
Submit your favorite photos of your travels or study abroad in Latin America
1st Place: $150, 2nd Place $200
Submission Deadline April 2nd
Email gamwell@brandeis.edu for submission information
For more information on these and other events, visit www.brandeis.edu/programs/lals, or contact Adam Gamwell, Gamwell@brandeis.edu
Wednesday, December 5, 3:30 pm
The Sword, the Pen, and the Uterus: The Role of Jewish Latin American Women in Creating Inclusive Public Spheres
From 1976 until 1983, Argentina lived under a repressive military dictatorship. Join HBI Scholar-in-Resi
dence Dalia Wassner to learn about the creative
activism of Jewish women in Argentina as they fought to bring transparency and accountability to the period of terror. This talk will be held in Fernando Rosenberg’s class, “Culture and Social Change in Latin America.”
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute,
Epstein Building, Brandeis University
515 South Street, Waltham MA 02454
Free and open to the public
Parking available in Epstein lot
October ¡AHORA! Hispanic Heritage Month Celebartion
Oct 9 - Tuesday 12:00 to 1:50 p.m.
WITNESS FOR PEACE NEW ENGLAND presents LIGNA PULIDO
Indigenous leader from Colombia
Mrs. Pulido will address U.S. policies toward Colombia (particularly the Col
ombian Consolidation Plan), and the effects these policies have on indigenous communities and, most especially, on women. The discussion will illuminate theconnections between militarization, trade agreements, indigenous rights, women's rights, land rights, and environmental protection. The Heller School for Social Policy- Room G4
Oct 11 - Thursday 3:30
Michael Nava, Chicano novelist, public reading from his forthcoming novel The City of Palaces at 5pm in Shiffman 219.
Oct 17 - Wednesday 12 PM, Alumni Lounge
Latin America and Spain Study Abroad Panel
Thinking about, planning on, or returning from studying abroad in Spain or Latin America? Come by the Alumni Lounge on Wednesday, October 17 from noon to 1 p.m. to hear student returnees share their experiences, tell stories, answer questions, and discuss their programs. Refreshments will be served!
Sponsored by the Office of Study Abroad, the Hispanic Studies Department, and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program. Facebook link
Oct 20 - Saturday
Pablo Ziegler and his Classical Tango Quarted concert, part of the Tango Residency through Music Unites Us (http://www.musicunitesus.info/schedule-fall2012.html)
Oct 23 - Tuesday 11 AM
Visit and tasting from Kallari indigenous chocolate cooperative – part of Elizabeth Ferry’s ANTH20A Feast and Famine: Food and Social Relations class (http://www.kallari.com/chocolate.html)
November 5 - Monday 2-3:30
Professor Marjorie Salvodon of the French Department at Suffolk University has just translated into English the 2003 novel Rosalie L’Infâme by Haitian novelist Evelyn Trouillot. On Monday, October 9 (at 2-3:30, or 3:30-5) Professor Salvodon will join “Imagining Freedom in the Caribbean” ENG 267 to discuss translation for English-speaking audiences, as well as contemporary fiction set during the period of slavery. Professor Salvodon’s visit will be open to the Brandeis community.
Wed September 21st, 5pm in Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Nicaraguan activist and doctor Rosa Elena Bello, keynote address “Village by Village, Barrio by Barrio: Integrated Development in Nicaragua” on Wed 9/21 at 5 p.m. Complete details of the week’s events at http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/events/Bello.html. All events will be in Spanish with English translation.
Thursday, September 22nd at 5pm in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Fall Distinguished Faculty lecture, featuring Professor Silvia Arrom, Professor of History and
Jane’s Professor of Latin American Studies in LALS, “Hiding in Plain Sight, but Lost to History: Charitable Ladies in 19th Century Mexico”. Poster for event is attached with this email.
Wed October 5 12:00-1:00 PM, Brown 224
Jane’s Grant Presentations: Ieva Jusionyte “In Search of Taboo Stories: Treading the Boundary Between the Legal and the Illegal” (Argentina).
Wed, October 12th, 2011, 12:00-1:00pm, Brown 224.
Jane’s Grant Presentations: Katie Lukach "Uni-Cansahcab Regional Irrigation Project" (Mexico) & Samantha Pietruszewski "Caves and Excavations: Gaining Archaeological Field Experience with the Central Yucatan Archaeological Cave Project" (Mexico).
State of Fear -- A nation wages a war on terror and loses its democracy Film screening with free pizza...
Monday, October 24, 6PM Heller G2
State of Fear is an account of Peru’s 20-year “war on terror.” Based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the film poses a central question of our times: How can an open society balance demands for security with democracy? The film documents the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a “war” against terror, potentially without end, all too easily exploited by leaders seeking personal gain. Introduction by Professor Cristina Espinosa, SID Program, Heller.
This event is part of a film series leading to “Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence,” a symposium exploring the performative dimensions of justice-seeking in the aftermath of violence, with a focus on Cambodia, Peru and the United States (see December 1-2, below).
Pizza will be served! All are welcome! For more information, contact ethics@brandeis.edu.
Thu, October 27, 2-3:30PM Mandel Humanities Reading Room, 303
LALS Fall Speaker Series Presents:
Dartmouth College’s Professor Silvia Spitta: “Jefferson’s Big Bones: Scientific Knowledge and Colonial Triangulations Between the Americas and Europe”
Cosponsored by LALS, Hispanic Studies, American Studies and The Mandel Center
Brandeis Calendar link: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=541627
Thursday, October 27th, 3:30-5:00 Pearlman Lounge
Professor Michele Lamont
"Responses to Discrimination and Social Resilience under Neo-Liberalism: The Case of Brazil, Israel, And the United States"
Michèle Lamont is Professor of Sociology and African American Studies an d Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard University
Monday November 14 at 7:00pm
The Hispanic Studies and LALS Departments along with the Office of Study Abroad will be hosting a panel discussion with students who have returned from time abroad in Spanish-speaking countries. If you have already been accepted to a program, or are looking to apply in the next year or two, this is a great way to get more information.
Panelists have returned from programs throughout Spain, Argentina, and Chile, and will be more than happy to answer your questions. The event will be in the Village TV Room, and we will be bringing in food from Taqueria Mexico. If you are interested in attending, RSVP on our facebook event page so we know how much food to bring. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213323512072525
Celebrate Haiti Family Event! Sat Nov 19
An Afternoon of Haitian Culture
at Brandeis University
Saturday, November 19
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Mandel Center for the Humanities
Art~Food~Stories~Music~Children's Books~Fun for the whole family!
Co-sponsored by:
African & Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Brandeis Haiti Initiative, Community Service, Comparative Literature, Education, ExCEL | Experiential and Community-Engaged Learning, Famni Ki Li Ansamn, French & Francophone Studies, International and Global Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies
for information contact Professor Jane Hale 781-336-7964 / jhale@brandeis.edu
Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence
December 1-2, 2011
Brandeis University
This two-day symposium will explore the performative dimensions of justice-seeking in the aftermath of violence, with a focus on Cambodia, Peru and the United States. What do public ritual, theater, truth commissions and criminal trials each offer as justice-seeking strategies? How does performance satisfy the human need to understand violence and reconstruct dignity in its wake?
Symposium sessions will run all day Thursday and end at 2pm on Friday.
Highlights include:
Thursday, December 1, 2011
5:30 pm, Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium
Reception and booking signing of
Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict
6:30 pm, Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium
Keynote by Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres, President of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2001-2003).
Friday, December 2, 2011
12:30 pm, Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Performance of "Biro" by Charles Mulekwa, Ugandan playwright
Lead-up film series exploring the themes of the symposium
All screenings are Mondays at 6pm in Heller G2 at Brandeis. Pizza and drinks provided. More info about the films here.
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October 3: The Reckoning – Seeking justice for crimes against humanity
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October 24: State of Fear – A nation wages a war on terror and loses its democracy....
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October 31: Fires in the Mirror – What happens when ethnic tensions in an American neighborhood explode into violence?
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November 7: War Don Don and Fambul Tok – Trials and healing in Sierra Leone
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November 14: My Neighbor My Killer – Local justice after the Rwandan genocide
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November 21: Two Rivers – Native American reconciliation in northern Washington State
Spring Lecture Series Presents:
Professor Arlene Davila
New York University, Department of Anthropology
Entitled: Latin@s and the Politics of Museum Display
Thursday, March 1, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Goldfarb Library-Rappaport Treasure Hall
Professor Davila is is the author of numerous publications, including the following books: Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race. (NYU Press, 2008), Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal City (University of California Press, 2004) and Latinos Inc.: Marketing and the Making of a People (University of California Press, 2001).
Coffee, tea, fruit and dessert platters served!
LALS and IBS Present:
A faculty & student led panel discussion of
Business in Latin America: Promises and Challenges
Spotlight: Cuba
Date: March 22nd
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Place: Sherman Function Hall
Refreshments served!
Come hear faculty and student experiences of research in Cuba this past winter, the present and prospective regional business climate, and how business affects and is affected by contemporary social issues such as poverty, government, infrastructure, traditional economies, legal issues, powerful elites.
This promises to be a fascinating talk!
Participants:
Dr. Alfonso Canella
Gerson Morales Cutzal
Abigail Katznelson
Marcos Sandler
Nuo Chen
Jane's Travel Grant Talk by Hermann Hudde with special musical performances
“Pan Americanism in Action: Latin American Music and Composers at Tanglewood from 1941 to 1965"
Friday April 27th, 12PM
Slosberg
Economic Anthropology in Practice Group: Sarah Hill
"Making a Living, Making a Killing in Cuidad Juarez: How the World's Most Violent City is also Where Your TV is Made"
Friday April 27th
12:30 PM
Shiffman, 219
