Registration – First Floor Atrium, Global Education Center
Roundtable 1 – Lithium Triangle: Clean Energy, Living Well, and Sovereignty
Room 2008-2010
Moderator: Erika Weinthal, Duke University
Presenters:
Kathryn Ledebur, Andean Information Network
Gary Alvarez, Duke University
Gabriella Czarniak, Duke University
Gordon Williams, Duke University
Commentator: Erika Weinthal, Duke University
Panel 1 – Anti-Catholicism in the Mexican Revolution
Room 3009
Moderator: Jurgen Buchenau, UNC Charlotte
Panelists:
Jurgen Buchenau, UNC Charlotte: “Plutarco Elías Calles: Patriarch of Revolutionary Anti-Catholicism”
David S. Dalton, UNC Charlotte: “Educating Anti-Catholicism: Manuel Gamio, Indigenismo, and Secular Redemption”
Héctor Jaimes, North Carolina State University: “Beyond Religion: The Dialectical Turn in the Mexican Muralist Project”
Roundtable 2 – Book Launch
Territorio encarnado: ejercicios de soberanía visual. Visualidades, textualidades y estéticas situadas en la producción artística indígena en Abya Yala.
Room 4003
Moderator: Miguel Rojas-Sotelo, Duke University
María Molano Parrado, Duke University
John Sabogal Venegas, Duke University
Panel 2 – Indigenous People, Political Change, and Brazilians in Recent Paraguayan History
Room 2008-2010
Moderator: René Harder Horst, Appalachian State University
Panelists:
Paola Canova, University of Texas at Austin: “Indigenous Women and Paths to Political Participation in Paraguay’s Chaco”
René Harder Horst, Appalachian State University: “Indigenous People Transition to Neoliberal Paraguay 1992-1998”
Bridget Chesterton, SUNY Buffalo State University: “The Hotel Guaraní: the Brazilianization of Paraguay with Stroessner”
Commentator: Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panel 3 – Latin American Jewish Writing Between the National and the Transnational
Room 3009
Moderator: Yitzhak Lewis, Duke Kunshan University
Panelists:
Débora Kantor, Universidad Nacional de San Martín/CONICET and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: “The Violinist under the Jacarandá: Film Score and International Projection in Juan José Jusid’s The Jewish Gauchos”
Rosa Perelmuter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “‘Who Erased my Shtetl from the Map?’: Cuban-Jewish Responses to the Holocaust”
Adam Cohn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “Yehuda Halevi in the Spanish Republican Exile in Latin America: Between Universalism and Particularism”
Yitzhak Lewis, Duke Kunshan University: “Borges, ‘lo Judio,’ and the Reading of Latin American Jewish Literature”
Panel 4 – Measuring and Means of Measurement: How to Assess Mental and Emotional Health for Latines and Latin Americans with Chronic Conditions
Room 4003
Moderator: Deshira Wallace, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panelists:
Quetzabel Benavides and Tatiana Aguilar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “Prevalence of Psychosocial Distress Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in the Dominican Republic”
Deshira Wallace, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “Using Community Engagement Methods to Develop the Prediabetes Distress Scale for US Latines”
Roundtable 3 – Indigenous Language Education and Community Collaboration
Room 2008-2010
Moderator: Emily Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenters:
Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Liliana Paredes, Duke University
Manuela Tahay Tzaj, University of Texas at Austin
Katelyn Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samuel Hunnicutt, Duke University
Emily Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panel 5 – Political Dynamics in Latin America
Room 3009
Organized by the Consortium Working Group on Latin American Politics
Moderator: Matias Tarillo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panelists:
Martín Opertti, Duke University: “Party Coalitions in Presidential Systems: How Defection Hurts Presidential Approval Ratings”
Jaime Lindh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “How do Informal Business Ties Shape Local Politics?: An Analysis of Chilean Municipalities”
Isabella Randle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “Reporting Violence Against Women Where the State is Weak: An Analysis of Colombia’s PDET Regions”
Commentator: Jonathan Hartlyn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panel 6 – Laying the Foundation: Formative Research for Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Sexual Minority Men in Guatemala
Room 4003
Moderator: Dirk Davis, Duke University
Panelists:
Dirk A. Davis, Duke University: “‘Doblemente tachada’: Exploring Intersectional Stigma and Other Social and Structural Determinants of Health for Indigenous Gay and Bisexual Men in Guatemala”
Catherine Purnell, Duke University: “‘¡Somos muchos!’: Estimating the Prevalence of Sexual Minority Stressors and Common Mental Disorders among Indigenous Gay and Bisexual Men in Guatemala”
Lucy Weyer Johnson, Duke University: “Considerations for Strengthening Mental Health and HIV Prevention Services Among Indigenous Gay and Bisexual Men in Guatemala”
Commentator: Dirk A. Davis, Duke University
Panel 7 – Representations of Marginalized Subjects in Colombian Film, Street Art, and Graffiti
Room 1005
Moderator: Javier Alvarez-Jaimes, North Carolina Central University
Panelists:
Sharrah Lane, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “Marginal Representation and (Un)Revolutionary Practice: Visualizing Marginality in Gamin (1977) and La vendedora de rosas (1998)”
Javier Alvarez-Jaimes, North Carolina Central University: “Graffiti and Street Art as Decolonial Interventions in Colombia’s Periphery”
Diana Torres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “¿Quién dio la orden? A Street Artifact as a Place of Memory for the Excluded”
Panel 8 – Malingering, Imaginary Diseases, and Interoception in Latin American Literature
Room 1009
Organized by the Consortium Study Group on Hypochondria, Imaginary Diseases, and Malingering in Latin American Culture
Moderator: Ana María Pozo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Panelists:
Brenda Quiñones, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeonghwan Kim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ana Ugarte, College of the Holy Cross
Ana María Pozo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reception
First Floor Atrium
Welcome: Beatriz Riefkohl Muñiz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dennis Clements, Duke University
With musical performance by
No Passport Band
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