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- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: September 13, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Peru's Surprising Left Turn: Understanding the 2011 Presidential Election"
Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation.
- Speakers
- Levitsky, Steven
- Executive Committee;
Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. Professor of Government,
Department of Government, Harvard University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: September 20, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"The Impact of the UN Women's Rights Treaty in Chile"
Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation.
- Speakers
- Baldez, Lisa
Associate Professor of Government and Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: September 27, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Construction of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture"
Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation.
- Speakers
- Acuña, Juan Ossio
Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies, Harvard University. Professor of Social Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: October 4, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Democratic Consolidation in the Americas in Hard Times: A 26-Nation View from the Americas Barometer 2010"
Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation.
- Speakers
- Seligson, Mitch
Professor of Political Science and of Sociology, Vanderbilt University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: October 18, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"The Cold Wars as a Great Zoo: Hawks, Doves, Owls, Bears, Dragons and Pitirres"
Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation.
- Speakers
- Hernandez, Rafael
Wilbur Marvin Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University; editor, Temas.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: October 25, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization"
Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
- Speakers
- Gallagher, Kevin
Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: November 1, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"The Bog and the Beast: Museums, the Nation, and the World"
- Speakers
- Levitt, Peggy
- Associate. Professor of
Sociology, Wellesley College; Co-Director, Transnational Studies
Initiative, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard Kennedy
School.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: November 8, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Including Outsiders: Social Policy Expansion in Latin America"
- Speakers
- Garay, Candelaria
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: November 15, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Big Business, Democracy and the Politics of Competition in Mexico"
- Speakers
- Thacker, Strom
Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: November 29, 2011
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Understanding Argentina's 2011 Presidential Election"
- Speakers
- Murillo, Victoria
Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.; Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: January 31, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Why Did Mexican Drug Traffickers Become So Violent? Trends and Explanations to a Drug War"
- Speakers
- Rios, Viridiana
PhD candidate, Department of Government; Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: February 7, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
- This is open to the public.
“Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes”
Co-sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University. Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation.
- Speakers
- de la O, Ana
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: February 21, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"The Paradox of Adversity: New Left Party Success and Failure in Latin America"
- Speakers
- Van Dyck, Brandon P.
- Graduate Student Affiliate. PhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: February 28, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Cuba's Post-Revolutionary Regime and Market-Socialism"
- Speakers
- Domínguez, Jorge I.
- Chairman, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Senior Adviser; Faculty Associate. Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico, Department of Government; Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: March 6, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"The Long Shadow of Juan Domingo Perón"
- Speakers
- Navarro, Marysa
Professor, Department of History, Dartmouth College; Resident Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.; Professor, Department of History, Dartmouth College; Resident Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: March 20, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Subnational Undemocratic Regime Continuity after National Democratization: Evidence from Argentina and Mexico"
- Speakers
- Giraudy, Agustina
- Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.
PhD, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: March 27, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Student Protests in Chile: Wider Significance and Political Impacts"
- Speakers
- Siavelis, Peter
Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Wake Forest University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: April 3, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Democratic Consolidation in Latin America"
- Speakers
- Madrid, Raul
Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin; Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: April 10, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Jobs for the Boys: Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective"
- Speakers
- Grindle, Merilee
- Faculty Associate. Edward S. Mason Professor of International
Development, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, David Rockefeller Center
for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: April 17, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"The Olympics, the State and (Dis)organized Crime in Rio de Janeiro"
- Speakers
- Gay, Robert
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology; Director, Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and Liberal Arts (CISLA), Connecticut College.; Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology; Director, Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and Liberal Arts (CISLA), Connecticut College.
- Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics
- Date: April 24, 2012
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Porte Room (S250)
- This is open to the public.
"Vote Buying, Healthcare and Sterilization in Brazil"
- Speakers
- Nichter, Simeon
- Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of
California at San Diego.
