"Is Colombia’s Peace Over? Challenges and Progress in Implementing the Peace Accords"

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Speakers:

Juanita Goebertus, Colombian Congresswoman; Former Member, Government Peace Delegation with the FARC.

Juana Garcia Duque, Associate Professor, School of Management, Universidad de los Andes.

Sandra Botero, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Government, and International Relations, Universidad del Rosario.

Mauricio Velásquez, Professor of Government, Universidad de los Andes.

Moderator:

Alisha Holland, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"Right-Wing Populism in Latin America"

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Speakers: 

Kenneth Roberts, Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, Department of Government; Binenkorb Director of the Latin American Studies Program, Cornell University.

Cristobal Rovira, Professor of Political Science, School of Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales in Chile.

Amy Erica Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science; Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professor, Iowa State University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
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"Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America"

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Speaker: 

Yanilda María González, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Discussant: 

Eduardo Moncada, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"Federalism and COVID Responses"

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Speaker: 

Agustina Giraudy, Associate Professor of Political Science, School of International Service, American University.

Discussant: 

Kent Eaton, Professor of Politics, Politics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Moderator:

Alisha Holland, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"The Uneven Racial and Ethnic Impacts of COVID in Latin America"

Speakers: 

Veronica Figueroa, Profesora Asociada del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos, Universidad de Chile.

Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Senior Fellow at the Center for Democracy Development and Rule of Law, Stanford University.

Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University.

Edward Telles, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.

Moderator:

Alisha Holland, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

Presented in collaboration with Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Afro-Latin American Research Institute.

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"Police Legitimacy in Chile"

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Speaker: 

Lucia Dammert, Executive Director, Global Consortium on Security Transformation, Universidad de Chile.

Discussants: 

Jessie Bullock, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University.

Kaitlyn Chriswell, PhD Candidate in Comparative Politics, Harvard University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Professor of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"Democratic Backsliding in Contemporary Latin America"

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Speakers: 

Manuel Melendez-Sanchez, PhD candidate in Political Science, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Santiago Anria, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies, Dickinson College.

Calla Hummel, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Miami.

Carmen Aída Lazo, Dean of the School of Economics and Business, Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios de El Salvador.

Discussant: 

Robert Kaufman, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar.
Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: Causes and Consequences of Lava Jato"

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Speakers: 

Ezequiel González Ocantos, Associate Professor in the Qualitative Study of Comparative Political Institutions, Department of Politics& International Relations, University of Oxford.

Paula Muñoz, Professor, Departamento Académico de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad del Pacifico en Perú.

Discussant: 

Alisha Holland, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Moderator:

Frances Hagopian, Faculty Associate. Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"Democracy on the Line in Brazil"

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Speakers: 

Fernando Limongi, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Sao Paulo.

Nara Pavao, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Political Science Department, Federal University of Pernambuco.

Marta Arretche, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Sao Paulo.

Moderator:

Fernando Bizzarro, PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"How COVID has Changed Latin American Economics"

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Speakers: 

Andres Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science. Former Finance Minister of Chile.

Ana Maria Ibanez, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Universidad de los Andes. Economics Principal Advisor, Interamerican Development Bank.

Daniela Campello, Adjunct Professor, Brazilian Public and Business Administration School, Getulio Vargas Foundation.

Gustavo Flores Macias, Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs; Associate Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University.

Moderator:

Frances Hagopian, Faculty Associate. Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"Populist Coalitions in Latin America"

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Speaker: 

Rodrigo Barrenechea, Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020), Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Discussants:

Thea Riofrancos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Providence College.

Aaron Watanabe, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Paola Ibarra
pibarra@fas.harvard.edu

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"Democracy on the Line in Chile"

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Speakers: 

Claudia Heiss, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Affairs, Universidad de Chile.

Juan Pablo Luna, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Peter Siavelis, Professor; Chair, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Wake Forest University.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jillian Scales
jscales@fas.harvard.edu

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"How COVID has Changed Latin American Politics"

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Speakers: 

John Polga-Hecimovich, Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, Political Science Department, U.S. Naval Academy.

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

Kurt Weyland, Professor of Government, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin.

Moderator:

Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Challenges to Democracy; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jillian Scales
jscales@fas.harvard.edu

Presented in collaboration with Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.

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"Urban Securitization in the Name of Human Rights"

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed.

Speaker: 

Lindsay Mayka, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Colby College.

Moderator:

Frances Hagopian, Faculty Associate (on leave fall 2019). Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jillian Scales
jscales@fas.harvard.edu

The Tuesday Seminar Series is a bring your own brown bag lunch series. Please feel free to enjoy your lunch at the lecture, drinks will be provided.      

"On the Origins of Polarization in Venezuela"

Speaker: 

Alejandro Velasco, Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University.

Moderator:

Frances Hagopian, Faculty Associate (on leave fall 2019). Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jillian Scales
jscales@fas.harvard.edu

The Tuesday Seminar Series is a bring your own brown bag lunch series. Please feel free to enjoy your lunch at the lecture, drinks will be provided.