Lectures, Teaching & Events

As well as running three Masters programmes, the Latin American Centre organises a programme of seminars, workshops, conferences and lectures.

LAC Special Seminars and Film Screenings
Trinity Term 2012

Venue: 5 pm in the Seminar Room, Latin American Centre
All films will have English subtitles

Week 1

Monday 23 April
Dr Juliana Martínez Franzoni, University of Costa Rica
'The challenges of social policy and equity in contemporary Latin America'

Week 2

Monday 30 April:
Professor Mark Aspinwall, University of Edinburgh
'Side effects: Mexican governance under NAFTA's labour and environmental agreements'*

Wednesday 2 May
Film: 'Favela Rising' by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary (United States)

Week 3

Wednesday 5 May
Film: 'La Historia Oficial' (Official Version/Story) by Luis Puenzo (Argentina)

Friday 11 May
Pablo Sanguinetti & Daniel Ortega, CAF Development Bank of Latin America
'Improving access to financial services in Latin America'

Week 4

Wednesday 16 May
Film: 'Voces Inocentes' (Innocent Voices) by Luis Mandoki (Mexico)

Friday 18 May
Professor Enrique Cárdenas Sánchez, Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias
'Myths and realities of Mexico’s bank privatization, crisis and financial rescue, 1991-2004'

Week 5

Wednesday 23 May
Film: 'Un Muro de Silencio' (Wall of Silence) by Lita Stantic (Argentina)

Week 6

Friday 1 June
Professor Carlos Benedito de Campos Martins, Universidade de Brasília
'Reconfiguring higher education in Brazil: the participation of private institutions'

A glass of wine will be served following the discussions.

*Seminar organised by St Antony's North American Studies Programme