Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Politics

2024 Apr 02

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Understanding Mexico's 2024 Election"

Speakers:

Joy Langston, Professor and Researcher of Political Science, Center of International Studies-CEI, Colegio de México.

Kenneth F. Greene, Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin.

Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Assistant Professor, Center for International Studies, Colegio de México (Colmex).

Shannon K. O'Neil, Vice President of Studies and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.

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2024 Apr 16

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Journalism in Latin America: Reporting in Minefields"

Speaker:

Javier Lafuente, Journalist; Nieman Fellow of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; Deputy Managing Editor, El Pais.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Mar 26

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Raised to Obey: The Origins of Latin America's Failing Education Systems"

Speaker:

Agustina Paglayan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Apr 09

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Government Crackdowns and the Transformation of Mexican Drug Cartels"

Speaker:

Marco AlcocerAcademy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. PhD, Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Mar 19

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil"

Speaker:

Kathryn BaragwanathAcademy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Mar 05

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Venezuela 2024: Negotiations, Elections, and the Prospects for a Way Out"

Speakers:

Javier Corrales, Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science, Amherst College.

Maryhen Jiménez, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, University of Oxford.

Sam Handlin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College.

Francisco J. Monaldi, Director, Latin America Energy Program; Fellow, Center for Energy Studies, Rice University.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Feb 27

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Mano Dura: An Experimental Evaluation of Military Policing in Cali, Colombia"

Speaker:

Michael Weintraub, Associate Professor of Government, Universidad de los Andes.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Feb 20

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Easier Said than Done: Citizens' Stated and Revealed Democratic Commitment in Latin America"

Speaker:

Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Feb 13

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Online Only

"Javier Milei’s Disruptive Presidency: How Far Can He Go?"

Speakers:

Carla Yumatle, Professor of Political Theory, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Federico Sturzenegger, Full Professor of Economics and Business, Universidad de San Andrés.

Sebastián Etchemendy, Associate Professor and Researcher, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Roberto Gargarella, Senior Researcher, CONICET Argentina; Visiting Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2024 Feb 06

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Why Chile’s Constitutional Reform Failed – Twice"

Speakers:

Claudia Heiss, Professor in the Faculty of Government; Head of the Undergraduate Program in Political Science, Universidad de Chile.

Patricio Navia, Clinical (Full) Professor of Liberal Studies and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University.

Marcela Ríos Tobar, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, IDEA-International; Former Minister of Justice and Human Rights in Chile.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

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2023 Nov 28

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"AMLO versus the Institutions: How Has the Lopez Obrador Presidency Affected Mexico’s Democracy?"

Speakers:

Viridiana Rios, Journalist and Author.

Gustavo Flores Macías, Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs and Professor of Government and Public Policy, Cornell University.

Beatriz Magaloni, Professor, Department of Political Science; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.... Read more about Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

2023 Nov 14

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Resisting Backsliding"

Speaker:

Laura Gamboa, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Utah; Santo Domingo Visiting Fellow, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Moderator:

Manuel Meléndez-SánchezPhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

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2023 Nov 07

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050)

"The Origins of Democracy in South America"

Speaker:

Raul L. Madrid, Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin.

Moderator:

Manuel Meléndez-SánchezPhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

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2023 Oct 31

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Crime, Elections, and Democracy in Latin America"

Speakers:

Sandra Ley, Coordinator, Security Research Program at México Evalúa.

Eduardo Moncada, Associate Professor of Political Science, Barnard College.

José Miguel Cruz, Director of Research, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University.

Moderator:

Manuel Meléndez-SánchezPhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

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2023 Oct 24

Tuesday Seminar on Latin American Studies (Hybrid)

12:00pm to 1:20pm

Location: 

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S216

"Assessing Argentina’s Presidential Election"

Speakers:

Maria Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Columbia University.

Ernesto Calvo, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland.

Ezequiel Gonzales Ocantos, Associate Professor in the Qualitative Study of Comparative Political Institutions, University of Oxford.

Moderator:

Steve LevitskyFaculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government; Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

Registration:

This event is hybrid. Please register to attend this event over Zoom.

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