History Talk: Raanan Rein, History Department, University of Tel Aviv “From Juan Per√≥n to Hugo Ch√°vez and Back: Populism Reconsidered” (Poster) Professor Raanan Rein is the Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and director of the Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University. He has authored or edited more [...]

Professor Samuel Farber, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Brooklyn College, presented his newest book “Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment” . Talk abstract: A critical historical assessment of the Cuban Revolution’s impact and legacy informed by the comparative sociology of Communist regimes. Special attention will be paid to current economic changes [...]

The Janey Program in Latin American Studies and the Sociology Department at the New School organized a talk with Javier Auyero, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Sociology, Sociology Department. University of Texas, Austin The title of his talk was Violence and the State at the Urban Margins,   Wednesday, March [...]

The Lang College History Club, and the Committee on Historical Studies at the New School for Social Research* present: Murder in the Archives: Post-Conflict Justice and Historical Accountability in Guatemala, About the discovery of Guatemala’s secret police archive, and the creation of an archive of genocide A talk with Kirsten Weld, Florence Levy Kay Fellow [...]