10th Latin American Studies Undergraduate Research Day
When and Where
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We are pleased to invite you to our 10th Undergraduate Research Day, sponsored by the Latin American Studies program, as we continue to celebrate the budding scholars in the field.
9:30 AM - Welcome Breakfast and Opening Remarks (VC208)
Professor Sanda Munjic, Interim Program Director of Latin American Studies
10:00 AM - Carrying Galeano's Fire into the 21st Century: Rescuing the Memory of Abya Yala and its Peoples
Presented by Samuel Ahn, Viviane Behrendt, Mell Campbell, Ella Olsha, Xavier Sánchez Monin, Isabel Thompson and Jesse Upton
Comments by Prof. Carolina Sá Carvalho, Spanish & Portuguese
10:30 AM - Disparity in Paradise: Unveiling the Neoliberal Legacy of Cancun's Economic Development
Presented by Vanessa Jara Tello, Major in Economics + Minors in Latin American Studies and Women & Gender Studies
Comments by Prof. Sergio Montero, Geography
11:00 AM - The "Desplazado" Category: A Depoliticizing and Politicizing Label
Presented by Manuela Mora Castillo, Majors in History and Political Science + Minor in Latin American Studies
Comments by Prof. Kevin Coleman, History
11:30 AM - Tupac Amaru and the Deterritorialized Body: Extractive Political Economies and the Body Politic of Violence in Colonial Peru
Presented by Natalia Peña, Specialist in Political Science + Minor in Latin American Studies
Comments by Prof. Alexandre Pelegrino, History