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Inequality and Residential Segregation during the Expansionary Phase in Argentina (2002-2007)
When: April 23, 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: CILAS Seminar Room 4, Gildred Latin American Studies Bldg, IOA Complex, UCSD Campus
Professor Fernando Groisman is a Researcher at the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and at University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in Argentina. His research focuses on labor market dynamics, inequality, social exclusion and residential segregation. He has published numerous papers on these issues. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and a Master's Degree in Labor Studies from University of Buenos Aires (UBA). For more information, click here.
Place for All or No Man's Land? The Experiential Approach in the Quality of Downtown Rio de Janeiro
When: April 30, 2009 from 3:30-5:00pm
Where: Deutz Room, Institute of the Americas , UCSD Campus
Denise de Alcantara is an Architect-Urbanist with Masters and PhD degrees in Architecture (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), born and raised in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . She has been a lecturer at the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and also at Bennett Institute. Alcantara has authored several architectural projects in various segments, from residential to institutional, including Favela-Bairro Projects. She has published various articles related to her research on quality of places and urban revitalization and her most recent works include a chapter co-authored with Vicente del Rio in the recently published Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil: beyond Brasilia, and as a co-author in Observing the Quality of Place: Post Occupancy Evaluation procedures, in edition.
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Analysis of productive efficiency and technical change in Latin America: Incorporation of Environmental Factors
When: May 7, 2009 from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: CILAS Seminar Room 4, Gildred Latin American Studies Bldg., IOA Complex, UCSD Campus
Talk will be held in Spanish
Daniel Sotelsek Salem is the Director of Latin American Studies Institute and professor of Economic Analysis at the University of Alcala. He is the author of the recent publication, Valuing nature: From environmental impacts to natural capital Ecological Economics and Technical efficiency and second hand machinery and equipment: An empirical analysis using firm-level data in the South African manufacturing industry. He is also the current Director of the Master in Social Sciences Management at the University of Alcala.
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Book Presentation: La Democracia en América Latina
When: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
When: Deutz Room, Copley International Conference Center, Institute of the Americas Complex, UCSD campus
Professor Peter Smith is a Political Science Professor and the Simón Bolívar Professor of Latin American Studies. Smith specializes in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and U.S.-Latin American relations. His major publications include Politics and Beef in Argentina: Patterns of Conflict and Change (1969), Argentina and the Failure of Democracy: Conflict among Political Elites, 1904-1955 (1974), Labyrinths of Power: Political Recruitment in Twentieth-Century Mexico (1979), and Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations (1996; 2nd edition, 2000). He is co-author of Modern Latin America (1984), now in its sixth edition (2004) and a selection of the History Book Club. Smith has served as president of the Latin American Studies Association and has been a consultant to the Ford Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and other institutions. At UCSD, Smith served as director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (1989-2001) and director of Latin American Studies (1994-2001). He is also the moderator of "HemiScope," a UCSD-TV news program about current events in Latin America that is broadcast via cable and satellite throughout the United States.
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The Diaspora Strikes Back: Cultural Challenges of Transnational Communities
When: May 14, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Dolores Huerta Room, Student Center
Dr. Juan Flores (Ph.D., German Studies, Yale University) is Professor of Latino Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Dr. Flores’ teaching, research, and publications center on Puerto Rican Studies, social and cultural theory, popular music, theory of Diaspora and transnational communities, and Afro-Latino culture. His many publications include Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity (1993), Cortijo’s Wake (2004), and From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity (2000). His current projects include: Companion to Latino Studies (co-edited with Renato Rosaldo). He was recently awarded the Casa de las Americas Extraordinary Prize for studies on Latinos in the United States for his book Bugalu y otros guisos: ensayos sobre culturas latinas en Estados Unidos.
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