LAHW 2016 Winter Quarter Schedule
Multicultural Inclusion through Afro-Creole Indigeneity: State Ritual and Afro-Creole Performative Culture in Post-Colonial Guyana, 1964–1970s Ramaesh J. Bhagirat
Fellow and Visiting Instructor, History, Kenyon College January 14, 2016, 4:30-6PM
Kelly Hall, Room 114
Illegal Enslavement and International Relations on the Southern Border of the Brazilian Empire
Keila Grinberg
Tinker Visiting Professor, CLAS/Associate Professor, History, UNIRIO
January 28, 2016, 4:30-6PM
Kelly Hall, Room 114
Territory, Indianidad, and the State in the Papaloapan, Mexico Diana Schwartz
PhD candidate, History
February 11, 2016 4:30-6PM
Kelly Hall, Room 114
ABACC and the Evolution of Nuclear Verification between Argentina and Brazil, 1978–1992
Chris Dunlap
PhD candidate, History
February 25, 2016, 4:30-6PM
Kelly Hall, Room 114
Theaters and the Creation of an Urban Public in São Paulo, Brazil
Aiala Levy
PhD candidate, History
March 3, 2016, 4:30-6PM
Rosenwald, Room 405
U.S. Imperialism and Mexican Drug Policy, 1912–1927: A Reassessment
Isaac Campos
Associate Professor, History, University of Cincinnati/ Visiting Scholar, Harvard University March 10, 2016, 4:30-6PM
Kelly Hall, Room 114
Next Week, October 22: Emilio de Antuñano, PhD Candidate, History
The Latin American History Workshop is pleased to present,
Emilio de Antuñano, PhD Candidate, History
“Urbanization through Colonias Proletarias in Mid-Century Mexico City: Colonia Gabriel Ramos Millán”
Thrusday, October 22, 2015, 4:30-6PM, Kelly Hall, Room 114
(Discussant Chris Gatto, PhD Candidate, Department of History)
Attached here, Introduction to LAHW Readers, Colonia Proletaria Ramos Millan you will find Emilio de Antuñano’s dissertation chapter and a brief note/introduction to the LAHW participants. Any questions or concerns, please email the workshop coordinator, Marcel Anduiza, at msa@uchicago.edu
Best,
LAHW Fall 2015
The University of Chicago
Latin American History Workshop, Fall 2015
(All Meetings in Kelly 114, Thursdays 4:30-6:00, Unless Otherwise Noted)
Oct. 1: Joint Reception: Sponsored by the Latin American History Workshop and the Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean
Oct. 8: Chris Gatto, “From Cochineal to Coffee: The Making of a New Rural Society in Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, 1780-1880.”
Oct 22: Emilio de Antuñano, “Urbanization through colonias proletarias in Mid-century Mexico City: Colonia Gabriel Ramos Millán.”
Nov. 5: Paul Gillingham, “Journalism, Satire and Censorship in Mexico, c.1945-c.1965.”
Nov. 19: Pablo Palomino, “Global History of Modern Latin America from the Perspective of Musical Practices and Networks.”
Dec. 3: Brian Delay, “Revolution Retail: U.S. Arms Markets and the Independence of Haiti and Spanish America.”
LAHW Spring 2015
The University of Chicago
Latin American History Workshop, Spring 2015
(All Sessions in Kelly 114, 4:30-6:00, Unless Otherwise Noted)
April 9: José Juan Pérez Meléndez, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “Launching Colonization Companies in Imperial Brazil: The Regency Years, 1831-1840”
April 23: Ramaesh J. Bhagirat-Rivera, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “Celebrating ‘All Kinds of Folk’: Racial Divisions, Multicultural Inclusion, and the Institutionalization of National Culture in the Southern Caribbean, c. 1950s-1970s”
May 7: Kevin Terraciano, Professor of History, UCLA
Paper: TBD
May 18 (Monday): John French, Professor of History, Duke University
Paper: “‘Rebels’ and ‘Good Boys’ in the 1960s: The Story of Two Brothers”
May 21: Sabine Cadeau, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “The End of the Old Border: Ethnic Profiling, Discrimination and Arrests in the Dominican Border Provinces, 1920-1936”
May 29 (Friday): MA Student Presentations
Paper(s): TBD
**Special Time** 12:00-1:30
June 4: Mikael Wolfe, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Paper: “Knowing Nature (especially Water) by Engineering it: A Brief History of Mexican técnicos.”
All papers will be pre-circulated through our email list. Any questions or concerns, please email the workshop coordinator, Chris Gatto, at gatto@uchicago.edu.
LAHW Winter Schedule 2015
The University of Chicago
Latin American History Workshop, Winter 2015
(All Meetings in Kelly 114, Thursdays 4:30-6:00)
Jan. 15: Rogério de Souza Farias, CLAS Associate Member, University of Chicago
Paper: “Do You Wish to Marry Her? The Admission of Women in Brazilian Professional Diplomacy, 1918-1954”
Jan. 29 (Tentative—May Be Rescheduled): Diana Schwartz, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “Transforming the Tropics: Development, Displacement, and Anthropology in the Papaloapan, Mexico, 1940s-1970s”
Feb. 12: Matthew Nestler, MA, University of Chicago
Paper: “Rereading Freedom Letters: Slave Manumission in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1832-1888”
Feb. 26: Karen Caplan, Associate Professor, Rutgers-Newark
Paper: “The Latin American Trade, the United States, and the Origins of Development, 1808-1830”
Mar. 12: Ian Read, Associate Professor, Soka University
Paper: “Brazil’s Era of Epidemics: How Disease Shaped a Nation”
All papers will be pre-circulated through our email list. Any questions or concerns, please email the workshop coordinator, Chris Gatto, at gatto@uchicago.edu.
LAHW Fall Schedule 2014
The University of Chicago
Latin American History Workshop, Fall 2014
(All Meetings in Kelly 114, Thursdays 4:30-6:00)
Oct. 2: Joint Reception: LAHW and WLAC
Oct. 9: María Balandrán, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “Conflicting Notions of Settlement: Plyler v. Doe and Mexico’s Encuesta Nacional de Emigración, 1977-1982”
Nov. 6: Marcel Anduiza, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “From Pacific Gateway to Tourist City: A History of Urban Politics and Built Landscapes in Acapulco and its Hinterland, Mexico, c. 1776-1976”
Nov. 20: Emilio de Antuñano, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
Paper: “On Search of an Elusive Master Plan: Urban Planning over 1940s Mexico City”
Dec. 4: Aiala Levy, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
Paper Topic: Theatres in Nineteenth-Century São Paulo
Any questions or concerns, please email the workshop coordinator, Chris Gatto, at gatto@uchicago.edu.
Latin American History Workshop Autumn Schedule 2013
All meetings will be held at 4:30pm in Kelly 114 unless otherwise specified
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October 3rd: Opening Reception with the
Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean
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October 10th: Ramón Gutiérrez, Professor of History
“Doña Teresa de Aguilera y Roche before the Inquisition:
The Travails of a 17th Century Aristocratic Woman in New Mexico”
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October 17th: Tessa Murphy, Ph.D. Candidate, History
“The Treaty of Paris and the Transformation of the Lesser Antilles, 1763-1773”
(Note Time Change – 5:00pm)
Co-sponsored with Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean
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October 24th: María E. Balandrán-Castillo, Ph.D. Candidate, History
“‘Estafabraceros’, Border Diplomacy and Migrant Protection, 1964-1974”
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November 7th: Jesse H. Garskof, Professor of History, University of Michigan
“The Doctrina de Martí: Migration, Diaspora, and Antillean
Racial Politics in 19th Century New York”
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November 21st: Dan Webb, Ph.D. Candidate, History
“The Causes and Consequences of the Abrogation of Article XI
of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo”
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To be added to the listhost and receive a copy of the papers
please email María E. Balandrán-Castillo: balandran@uchicago.edu
Amanda Hartzmark, “Businessmen and Lobbying in São Paulo…”
Amanda Hartzmark,
History Dept., The University of Chicago,
Businessmen and Lobbying in São Paulo’s Sugar Industry, 1930-1959
Thursday, May 30, 4:30 p.m., Kelly 114
Commented by Soraia Sales Dornelles
History Dept.,Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Ramaesh Bhagirat, “elebrating Diversity, Exacerbating Divisions: Race and Guyanese Nation-Building…”
Ramaesh Bhagirat,
History Dept., The University of Chicago,
Celebrating Diversity, Exacerbating Divisions: Race and Guyanese Nation-Building through the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, 1972
Thursday, May 23, 4:30 p.m., Kelly 114
[Commented by María E. Balandrán Castillo]