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May 2019
Café Latinoamericano: Prof. Diego Galeano (PUC-Rio)
GWZ, 2. Floor, Room: 4.216 Language: English This presentation analyzes the connected history of transnational crime and policing networks in the South American Atlantic region between the 1890’s and 1940’s, with a focus on currency counterfeiting. I follow the trajectories of two cross-border counterfeiters: a French photographer who emigrated to Argentina in the late nineteenth century and a Portuguese photographer who emigrated to Brazil at the beginning of the twentieth century. Their trajectories are only a fragment of a wider…
Find out more »October 2019
STUDY GROUP LATIN AMERICA
Time: Wed. 5-7 pm. Place: Centre for Area Studies – Nikolaistr. 6-10. Strohsackpassage Room 5.27. Beginn: 16.10.2019 What is Latin America? And what are the social, historical, economic and political contexts that have constructed over time localities, countries, sub-regions and the region itself? What are the historical roots and developmental effects of socio-political processes in the region such as populism? These are some of the questions that the Colloquium for Latin American Studies at Leipzig University, or CEL-LE (its Spanish…
Find out more »2. Conference “Latin American Transitions. Processes of reconfiguration”
The image of instability and violence commonly associated with Latin America disregards the socio-cultural longevity and geopolitical continuity that has characterized the region over the last two centuries. In this context, crises have alternated with periods of cultural, political and economic reconfiguration. Processes of recomposition have been, however, polyvalent, i.e. they have had different functions, forms, facets, and outcomes. This year’s conference proposes to explore diverse, past and present processes of reconfiguration in Latin America. How have local, regional, national,…
Find out more »Forum: Migration and Transformation in Latin America
050430-C-0279E-001Windward Pass (April 30, 2005) - Haitian migrants wait to be evacuated from a 50- foot sailboat by U.S. Coast Guardsmen in the Windward Pass. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable (WMEC 626) intercepted the vessel, removed 132 migrants, and repatriated them back to Haiti. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class John Edwards (RELEASED) In addition to four discussion panels, this year’s conference will feature an open keynote roundtable entitled „Forum: Migration and Transformations in Latin…
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Digital Study Group Latin America: Markets of violence
During the Winter Semester, the Colloquium for Latin American Studies at Leipzig University (CeL-Le) will take as a starting point G. Elwert's concept "markets of violence" for exploring the following questions: Under which conditions does the use of force generate profit? How does violence change the benefits and, thus, the behavior of political and economic actors over time? Building on case studies, we will look at the interconnections between diverse actors and how these are articulated through violence, for instance,…
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