Silvio Almeida (
@silviolual
),
@tinkerfdn
Visiting Professor 2022 at ILAS, was appointed future Minister of Human Rights of Brazil. A lawyer, philosopher and professor, Almeida currently presides the
@institutoluizgama
, and is a political columnist for Folha de São Paulo.
🗣📚: We would like to announce this upcoming year’s Tinker Visiting Professors!
¡Quisiéramos anunciar los Profesores Visitantes de la Fundación Tinker!
Gostaríamos de anunciar os professores visitantes pela Tinker Fundação neste ano!
✨Welcome. Bienvenidos. Bem vindos.
📣 TODAY! 🇨🇴 Join us for "The Colombian Peace Process and its Lessons" with
@JuanManSantos
,
@SeverineAR
,
@JoseA_Ocampo
. Moderated by
@VickyMurilloNYC
.
📅 March 31st @ 6pm EST
*Hybrid event: in-person option restricted to CU affiliates
🔗 Registration:
An open letter from
@ILASColumbia
director, Victoria Murillo, on the appointment of
@CIDE_MX
Director.
We support and stand for freedom, collegiality, and institutional transparency as crucial elements to support science.
Read the full statement below:
Join us in welcoming Edmundo O’Gorman Fellow Ph.D
@marome1
as he will be joining ILAS for a period of two months to advance his research and studies in Economics.
👏🏽Congratulations to
@Columbia
's Prof. Pablo Piccato
@ppiccato
who has been honored with an appointment to the role of international corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of History. We are honored to have you as part of the
@ILASColumbia
community.
Lithium deposits in Bolivia
How Bolivia will develop the reserves of lithium?
@JosephEStiglitz
“The industrialization needs to be in our country.”
@LuchoXBolivia
🗣️🗣️New
@fundarpoliticas
fellows announced for next year!!
We are pleased to announce that
@holasolprieto
will join us as an Argentine Studies Visiting Fellow in the Spring of 2024. Sol researches economic dev. and gender-centered policies.
Read more:
🔹 We are now in our last activity of the 1st day of the
#LemannDialogue2019
, listening to the Keynote Speaker Guga Chacra
@gugachacra
🗣
Thanks to everyone that join us today! 🙌🏽
You can watch the full conference through our Facebook page! 🎥
@CGCRioCenter
@fundacaolemann
The Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University congratulates ILAS-affiliated faculty Martin Guzman for his appointment as Finance Minister of Argentina.
🇦🇷 Yesterday,
#Argentina
reached a tentative agreement with private creditors over debt restructuring led by
@Martin_M_Guzman
. We had the pleasure of hosting him on that very topic. 👉 Watch more about the
#SovereignDebt
crisis here
#deuda
📌🇵🇪 Join us next week on Feb. 4th at 7pm for "Peru's Political Crisis & Presidential Election" with
@jomaburt
and
@N_Sobrevilla
Please email Rebecca Stout (rjs2233
@columbia
.edu) to RSVP for the event.
📍♀️
@ColumbiaSIPA
and
@ILASColumbia
are pleased to welcome
@ClaudiaLopez
(MPA '03), Mayor of Bogota, for a lecture on the political and economic participation of women in Latin America.
📅 Sept. 29th @ 6pm EDT
🔗 More info:
🔔📚 Lemann Visiting Public Policy Fellow Spotlight!
Joana Monteiro is professor of public policy at the Brazilian School of Public & Business Administration at Getulio Vargas Foundation & the head of the Center for Applied Research to Public Security.
Welcome
@joanacmmonteiro
!
🗣️📢 🧑🎓 ¡Oportunidad!
🔗
🗓️ Apply by Mar 13 2023
We are pleased to announce that applications for the annual Tinker Visiting Professorship for the academic year 2024-2025 are open!
Follow the thread for more details 👇👇
🎙 LISTEN NOW to the new episode of
#UnpackingLatinAmerica
hosted by
@VickyMurilloNYC
on research by Columbia scholars about LatAm.
🌎 Lawyer and philosopher
@silviolual
discusses structural racism in Brazil in comparison with the US.
🎧 To listen:
📆Save the date! Oct 24
Argentina🇦🇷 will vote on its next president on Sunday, Oct 22. The country is in a state of crisis, meaning that this year's decision will be hotly contested. Join
@VickyMurilloNYC
@levitsky2
@egocantos
@ecalvo68
for an assessment of the results!
🗓️ Next Monday, 12-1:30pm!
📍IAB 802
📺️
After a heated second round,
@LulaOficial
was elected president of Brazil 🇧🇷. Join us next week for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary debate on the country's political future under this new presidency.
📝 New article on ILAS' website about "COVID-19: Political Impact in Latin America"🌎
--> By
@VickyMurilloNYC
(ILAS Director,
@Columbia
) with research by Andrea Quijano (
@ColumbiaGS
2020, Economics & Political Science)
Read it now!
📍🇦🇷 Argentine Studies Visiting Fellow Spotlight!
Juan O'Farrell is an economist and political scientist working on the comparative political economy of development in Latin America.
🔗 To learn more about Juan and his work, click here:
📚 Welcome Juan!
📍🇦🇷 Argentina Studies Visiting Fellowship
This fellowship is open to scholars in Argentina working on research that contributes to policy conversations in Argentina & the region, specific to this year’s topics.
@Fundesarg
Call for applications:
📣🇵🇪 TOMORROW at 3pm EST an emergency webinar about the Coup in Peru.
A conversation about the political crisis and congressional coup in Peru with
@jomaburt
,
@MarkRiceHistory
and
@carolineyezer
!
Register here:
Yesterday, students got the opportunity to hear from Pedro X. Molina, 2019 Cabot Prize Winner. Mr. Molina spoke about his work as a cartoonist in the context of the on-going Nicaraguan socio-political crisis. 🗣✍️
🗓️ This Friday, Feb 3!
📍 IAB 1501
🔗
Join us for a conversation with the
#Yanomami
leader, shaman, and writer Davi Kopenawa, about his advocacy and the historic Yanomami fight for sovereignty within Brazil and the Amazon.
🗣️🗣️ New
@fundarpoliticas
fellows announced for next year!!
We are pleased to announce that Martina Lassalle will join us as an Argentine Studies Visiting Fellow in the Spring of 2024. Martina researches the Argentine Judiciary.
Read more about it here:
📚 Join us in welcoming Ph.D.
@thiamparo
. Souza will be joining our Institute as a Lemann Visiting Public Policy Fellow this coming academic year (2022-2023).
🌎 JOIN US on Wednesday Sept. 23rd at 4:30PM EDT for our webinar ”
#LatinAmerica
: Social Policy and Political Regimes in the Wake of
#COVID19
”!
Register here 👉
👉 Are you looking for more information & resources on COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean?
📍Go to ILAS' website and check out ILAS’ Latest Podcasts, Webinars, and News on the COVID-19 Pandemic!
@VickyMurilloNYC
@Columbia
🗓️ Next Tuesday, Feb 14!
🔗
The director of El Salvador's
@_elfaro_
,
@CarlosDada
, will talk with
@EduardoMoncad
and
@ZocaloHarlem
about the erosion of democracy in his home country 🇸🇻, Guatemala 🇬🇹, and Honduras🇭🇳
Come for lunch, there'll be food!
ILAS feature 🌎️🧐
"No Están Solas” is a website developed out of a partnership between
@Columbia
and
@Stanford
that offers pedagogical tools to support the collective response to disappearances in Mexico and the work of collectives engaged in the search for their loved ones.
📌🇲🇽 Join us to hear from our speaker Gustavo A. Flores-Macías (
@Gustavo_F_M
) who will present a project titled "The Consequences of Militarized Policing for Human Rights: Evidence from Mexico" on Nov. 18th at 12:30pm EST!
Watch here: w/ passcode iab707.
Join us this semester for our workshop series "The Erosion of Political Responsiveness & the Stretching of Populism: Latin America in Comparative Perspective"!
*The first 3 can only be seen through FB Live. Only the 02/26 one will be open, register here:
🔔 Did you miss our book presentation for "The
#Politics
of Institutional Weakness in
#LatinAmerica
"?
Well, you're in luck! Here is the fully recorded event:
📍🇧🇷 Professor Sidney N. Nakahodo presents a lecture series in the Political, Social, & Economic Development in Brazil discipline offered at
@ColumbiaSIPA
@marcelo_meds
will discuss "Inclusion and Inequality in Brazil"
📅 Feb. 9th @ 6:10pm ET
🔗 Watch @
📍📚 The
@TeachersCollege
at
@Columbia
invites you to the “100 Years of Paulo Freire: Annual Conference” which will spearhead a series of events & projects to celebrate Freire's work!
📆 December 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9
Learn more here:
📍🇧🇷 Prof.
@snnaka
presents a lecture series in the Political, Social, & Economic Development in Brazil discipline offered at
@ColumbiaSIPA
@camposmello
will discuss "Freedom of Speech & Democracy in Times of Fake News"
📅 TODAY @ 6:10pm ET
🔗 Watch @
Pedro X. Molina, cartoonist and journalist and 2019 Cabot Prize Winner, shares about the his career as a cartoonist in Nicaragua. He talks about the importance of the right to freedom of speech. 🗣
📆Oct 24
🔗
Argentina🇦🇷 will vote on its next president on Sunday, Oct 22. The country is in a state of crisis, meaning that this year's decision will be hotly contested.
@VickyMurilloNYC
@levitsky2
@egocantos
@ecalvo68
📍🇧🇷 Join us for "The State of Disinformation, Freedom of Speech and the Public Sphere" with
@camposmello
,
@jpcuenca
,
@lemos_ronaldo
, and Roberto Martini (
@flagcx
).
📅 April 1st @ 1pm EST
🔗 Hybrid: In-Person at SIPA 802
Online-Register Here:
🗣️📢 🧑🎓 ¡Oportunidad!
🔗
🗓️ Apply by Apr 10 2023
We are pleased to announce that applications for the annual Argentine Studies Visiting Fellowship for the academic year 2024-2025 are open!
Read the thread for more details 👇👇
📣 Únanse a el Lanzamiento de Libro de “La Ley y la Trampa en América Latina” con
@CGCSantiago
!
Moderado por
@DMatamala
de
@CNNChile
.
📆 6 de mayo @ 2pm EST
🔗 Más información e inscripción:
This semester was the first one in a while in which we were able to host in-person events. We had a great time, and here are some highlights to celebrate some of what happened 👇👇
🗣️🗣️ Welcome, Julio!
We are honored to announce our other
@TinkerFdn
professor for the semester,
@juliovezub
. Prof. Vezub teaches history at
@unpsjb_oficial
, focusing on the study of Native people and Patagonia 🇦🇷🇨🇱. He has also done research on
#environmentalhistory
.
Starting now! Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami shaman and leader, speaks on the historical campaign for the defense of Yanomami sovereignty and the current situation in Brazil, on the occasion of The Yanomami Struggle exhibition at
@TheShedNY
. Highlights will be tweeted in this thread 🧵
🔔📚📌 We’re excited to announce the Lemann Visiting Public Policy Fellows for this upcoming year 2021-2022 in collaboration with
@LemannFdn
.
📍Welcome
@joanacmmonteiro
, Marcelo Furtado, and
@camposmello
to our community at ILAS. (1/2)
It is with great sadness that we share about the passing of Karen Poniachik, director of the
@CGCSantiago
. She led the center since its foundation in 2011, working hard to bring
@Columbia
to Chile and the greater region. A close friend of ILAS, she will be greatly missed.
📍🇦🇷 No se pierdan “Tendiendo Puentes: La elección legislativa argentina”
Conversación entre
@cecilianicolini
y
@Juliapomares
.
Moderado por
@VickyMurilloNYC
.
📅 Nov. 4 @ 3pm EST
Tendremos traducción simultánea del español al inglés.
🔗 Inscripción:
🗓️ Next Thursday, Nov 9
📍Schermerhorn
🔗
Next week, Mexico's and the world's foremost specialists on the Disappearance Crisis are coming to Columbia to talk about their research and ways to understand this tragedy. Co-hosted with
@ishrcolumbia
.
🔔📚📌 Estamos felizes de anunciar os Lemann Visiting Public Policy Fellows para o ano acadêmico de 2021-2022 em colaboração com a
@fundacaolemann
.
📍Nós da comunidade do ILAS damos as boas vindas a
@joanacmmonteiro
, Marcelo Furtado e
@camposmello
. (2/2)
@luisabinader
@Columbia
@VickyMurilloNYC
Abinader says he has nothing against the Haitian government. His problem is with Haitian gangs that can affect the DR’s internal security. He doesn’t want to have such measures, but claims the threat leaves him no other choice.
Congrats to
@ILASColumbia
's Jalileh García, who spoke last week at the 1st annual Youth & Democracy in the Americas Summit in Washington, D.C.
@jalilehg
addressed the socio-political & human rights crisis in Honduras & participated in youth panels at the US Senate &
@OAS_official
📍🇧🇷 Prof.
@snnaka
presents a lecture series in the Political, Social, & Economic Development in Brazil discipline offered at
@ColumbiaSIPA
@camposmello
will discuss "Freedom of Speech & Democracy in Times of Fake News"
📅 3/9 @ 6:10pm ET
🔗 Watch @
@HelderBarbalho
: “In order for Brazil to meet its sustainability goals, it is necessary to promote preservation, stopping logging, but also recuperate areas that have been anthropized through environmental illegalities”
📍Join us for "Chile's Constitutional Convention: Election Takeaways & Political Implications" with
@CGCSantiago
!
With Katya Araujo, Loreto Cox, and Juan Pablo Luna, moderated by
@VickyMurilloNYC
!
📅 May 17th @ 4pm EDT
🔗 Register here:
📍🇧🇷 Join us for "Measuring Organized Criminal Groups in Rio de Janeiro" with
@joanacmmonteiro
and
@EduardoMoncad
📅 Dec. 10th @ 12pm EST
Hybrid event - 802 IAB
🔗 Zoom registration:
In-person CUID only:
📣 Join us TOMORROW for “The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: Prosecutors and Voters During Lava Jato” with
@egocantos
📆 Dec. 1st @ 12:30pm
🔗 Zoom in here:
📍🇧🇷 Join us for "The State of Disinformation, Freedom of Speech and the Public Sphere" with
@camposmello
,
@jpcuenca
,
@lemos_ronaldo
, and Roberto Martini (
@flagcx
).
📅 TODAY @ 1pm EST
🔗 Hybrid: In-Person at SIPA 802
Online-Register Here:
@luisabinader
@Columbia
@VickyMurilloNYC
When asked about institutional racism and homophobia in the DR. President Abinader says that race is not an issue in the DR, as the country is majority mixed. Students question his answer as an ignorant remark. President Abinader states that’s his opinion.
🗓️Save the date: April 24
📍IAB 1512
🔗
Join us in 2 weeks for a roundtable discussion on geopolitics, energy policy, and social challenges in Latin America. Panelists include two former ministers, along with two specialists in Latin American policy.
🗣️🗣️ New
@TinkerFdn
visiting professors announced for next year!
@VernicaZubilla1
will be joining us and
@ColumbiaSIPA
in the spring of 2024! She's a Venezuelan sociologist, currently teaching
@campusb
, with extensive research on urban & youth gang violence in Caracas & gender.
📍Le invitamos a la presentación del libro "La ley y la trampa en América Latina.” Participan los autores:
@VickyMurilloNYC
,
@levitsky2
, y Daniel Brinks
Comentaristas:
@mecasullo
y
@andresmalamud
📆 29 de abril - 5pm Arg/4pm NYC
🔗 Ver en YouTube Live: