Conference: Catholicism and the Cold War in Latin America

Convener(s): Daniel McDonald, University of Oxford; Simon Unger, German Historical Institute in Rome; Jaime Pensado, University of Notre Dame 

Timetable: Catholicism and the Cold War in Latin America 

Please join us for the “Catholicism and the Cold War in Latin America” conference at St Antony’s College on Nov. 21-22, 2024. The conference features five panels with nearly twenty scholars examining how Catholicism shaped the Cold War and how the Cold War impacted Catholicism in Latin America. The assembled papers place Latin America at the center of transnational networks, conflicts, and discourses that structured the experience of a global faith tradition of an equally global conflict. To that end, we welcome participation from a broad audience interested in these themes. The conference is open to anyone who wishes to attend in-person and does not require registration.

All panels will be held in the Dahrendorf Room in the Founder’s Building at St Antony’s College. The conference organizers will also contribute a session of the Latin American History Seminar at the Latin American Center on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 5:00-6:30pm. Please see the attached program for the panel lineup and times. This conference is sponsored by the “Global Pontificate of Pius XII: Catholicism in a Divided World, 1945-1958” research network and the German Historical Institute in Rome as well as the Faculty of History and the Latin American Center at Oxford.