A Liu Scholar-led Initiative based at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC

FALL 2011 SERIES

The UBC and SFU Latin American Studies Programs, UBC Department of History, UBC French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, the Belkin Art Gallery, and the Liu Research Group on Gender and Sexuality in Latin America invite you to

Latin American Studies Research Workshop

Featuring graduate student work by:

Gabriela Aceves (History, UBC), Paulo Amaral (History, SFU), Oralia Gómez-Ramírez (Anthropology, UBC), Maritza Montaño González (French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, UBC), Naayeli Ramírez Espinosa (Law, UBC), Tucker Sharon (History, UBC), Manuela Valle (Women’s and Gender Studies, UBC), Ana Vivaldi (Anthropology, UBC), and Rafael Wainer (Anthropology, UBC).

With commentary by:

Onur Bakiner (International Studies, SFU), Jon Beasley-Murray (French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, UBC), Max Cameron (Political Science, UBC), Alexander Dawson (History, SFU), Rita De Grandis (French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, UBC), Gastón Gordillo (Anthropology, UBC), Shaylih Muehlmann (Anthropology, UBC), Pilar Riaño-Alcalá (Social Work, UBC), and Jennifer Spear (History, SFU).

Friday, December 2, 2011

11:30am – 12:30pm: “Challenges and Conundrums of Latin American Studies.” An informal conversation led by Manuel Piña (Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, UBC), Multipurpose room

12:30 – 5pm: Graduate Student Workshop at Liu Institute for Global Issues, 3rd floor boardroom

  • 12:30-1:30pm: Manuela Valle, “Performing Utopia as a Critique of the Chilean Post-Dictatorship”; Comment: Onur Bakiner
  • 1:30-2:30pm: Naayeli Ramírez Espinosa, “Three Judicial Cases for Indigenous Nations: Delgamuukw in Canada, Nibutani in Japan and Zirahuén in Mexico”; Comment: Alexander Dawson

coffee break

  • 3:00-4:00pm: Ana Vivaldi, “Argentina’s Bicentenary Anniversary and a Planned Irruption of the ‘Indian'”; Comment: Shaylih Muehlmann
  • 4:00-5:00pm: Gabriela Aceves, “Visualizing Feminism: The Archive of Ana Victoria Jiménez, Mexico City, 1968-1989”; Comment: Jon Beasley-Murray

5 – 7pm: Reception at the Belkin Art Gallery hosted by Shelly Rosenblum and tour of Luis Camnitzer’s Exhibit by Antonio Fernandez (Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, UBC)

Saturday, December 3, 2011

11am – 5pm: Graduate Student Workshop at Liu Institute for Global Issues, seminar room 121

  • 11:00am-12:00pm: Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, “Passion, Anger, and Rivalry: Conflicting Emotions in the Collective Organizing Efforts of Trans Women in Mexico City”; Comment: Jennifer Spear

lunch

  • 12:30-1:30pm: Paulo Amaral, “¡Los padres son los culpables!”; Comment: Rita De Grandis
  • 1:30-2:30pm: Rafael Wainer, “’You Have Something Strange in Your Blood.’ How Everything Starts for Children with Hematological Conditions in a Children’s Hospital in Argentina”; Comment: Pilar Riaño

coffee break

  • 3:00-4:00pm: Tucker Sharon, “Taming Mountains: The Inca Meet the Asphalt in the Peruvian Jungle”; Comment: Max Cameron
  • 4:00-5:00pm: Maritza Montaño González, “Revivificación del discurso moderno sobre la conquista de América en las novelas históricas de William Ospina”; Comment: Gaston Gordillo

5– 6pm: Wrap up: a discussion on where to go from here at Liu Institute for Global Issues, seminar room 121

Workshop papers available online here.

Lunch and coffee breaks will be served.

Limited seats, please register here by November 25.

Download poster here.

Venues: Workshop and informal conversation will take place at the Liu Institute for Global Issues (6476 NW Marine Drive). Reception will be at the Belkin Art Gallery (1825 Main Mall).

Convenors of this event: Professor Alejandra Bronfman (History, UBC), and Liu Scholars Tucker Sharon, Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, Rafael Wainer, Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan, Ana Vivaldi, and Manuela Valle.

THIS EVENT IS KINDLY SPONSORED BY THE LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES, THE UBC AND SFU LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAMS, THE UBC HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENTS, AND THE BELKIN ART GALLERY.