Recent Events: Book Launch
Latin American Centre, Friday 10th June 2011.
Book Launch: The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Click here to download a Podcast recording of the event.
Speakers
- Chair: Dr Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
- Book overview and the case of Uruguay: Dr Francesca Lessa (editor), Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
- The case of Chile: Alejandra Serpente, Doctoral Candidate, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London.
- Concluding thoughts and the case of Argentina: Dr Vincent Druliolle (editor), Independent Researcher
- Discussant: Professor Leigh A. Payne, Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
Synopsis
Through various lenses and theoretical approaches, this book explores the contested experiences, meanings, realms, goals, and challenges associated with the construction, preservation, and transmission of the memories of state repression in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. The book both illuminates and questions the politics of memory that have been unfolding in these countries over the past three decades. It is one of few volumes written in English to be dedicated specifically to the study of the memory of state terrorism in the Southern Cone. Its contributors, both recognized and emerging scholars, come from Europe, the United States, and Latin America.
The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Edited by Francesca Lessa and Vincent Druliolle
Palgrave MacMillan USA, 2011. Click here for further information.
