Spring 2017 Schedule

We are delighted to announce the Latin American History Workshop’s Spring 2017 schedule. Our discussions will take place in Kelly Hall, Room 114, unless otherwise noted. Please direct your questions to Keegan Boyer (kboyar@uchicago.edu) or Christian Rocha (christianrocha@uchicago.edu)

 

The World in the Library

Valeria López Fadul

Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar, History, University of Chicago

April 6th, 4:30-6:00

 

Community and Property in Pre-Revolutionary Mexico

Emilio Kourí

Professor, History, University of Chicago

April 20th, 4:30-6:00

 

The Bird’s Song: Religion, Refuge, and the Meanings of ‘Zumbi’”

Marc Adam Hertzman

Associate Professor, History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Friday May 5th, TBD

 

‘Desde siglos pasados’: Popular Understandings of an African Past in Veracruz, Mexico

Karma Frierson

PhD. Candidate, Anthropology, University of Chicago

May 18th, 4:30-6:00

 

Commerce, Credit, and Coercion: The Real Ordenanza de Intendentes of 1786 and its Aftermath

Chris Gatto

PhD. Candidate, History, University of Chicago

June 1st, 4:30-6:00

 

 

Winter 2017 Schedule

We are delighted to announce the Latin American History Workshop’s Winter 2017 schedule. Our discussions will take place in Kelly Hall, Room 114, unless otherwise noted. Please direct your questions to Keegan Boyer (kboyar@uchicago.edu) or Christian Rocha (christianrocha@uchicago.edu)

Institutional Bodies: Dance Companies, Competition, and Choreography after 1959.

Elizabeth Schwall

Andrew Mellow Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance Studies, Northwestern University

January 12th, 4:30-6:00

 

Biographies of ‘Marginal Men’

Perry Wong

PhD Student, Anthropology, University of Chicago

January 26th, 4:30-6:00

 

Crisis on Both Sides of the Border: Mexico and the United States in 1848

Erika Pani

Tinker Visting Professor, CLAS/ Profesora Investigadora, Centro de Estudios Históricos, Colegio de México

February 9th, 4:30-6:00

 

Colonial Economic Improvement: Creating New Consulados in Spanish America during the Bourbon Reforms, 1778-1795

Fidel Tavárez

Provost Postdoctoral Scholar, History, University of Chicago

February 23rd, 4:30-6:00

 

History Day Special

Marcel Anduiza

PhD Candidate, History, University of Chicago

March 2nd, 4:30-6:00

Location to be announced

 

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