9th Latin American Studies Undergraduate Research Day

The Latin American Studies program in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese is pleased to partner with the Organization of Latin American Students at the St. George campus (OLAS St. George) for the ninth edition of this event.

Join us for this friendly conference and listen to the future scholars who are researching and writing on Latin America at the University of Toronto.

Schedule

12:00 PM in VC 208 - Opening Remarks

• Professor Luis van Isschot, Associate Chair of Latin American Studies

12:30 PM - Forced Sterilizations in Peru: Reactions from Human Rights Groups to their Omission from the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación’s Final Report

• Presented by Fabiola Cruz Li, Major in Latin American Studies + Minors in History and Political Science
• Comments by Prof. Anne-Emanuelle Birn, DLSPH + Global Development Studies

1:00 PM - Artistic Expression and Social Movement Internal Unification: Insights from the Chilean Arpillera Movement

• Presented by Nicole Velev, Majors in Sociology and Psychology
• Comments by Prof. María Méndez, Political Science

1:30 PM - Lina’s Stories: Observations of Cultural Memory and Collective Art Processes

• Presented by Sebastián Mena, Majors in Latin American Studies and Political Science
• Comments by Prof. Juan Carlos Mezo, History

2:00 PM - Brutal Symbolism: The Political Murder of Padre Henrique in 1969 Recife

• Presented by Arnold Machado, Specialist in History + Minors in Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Education Studies
• Comments by Prof. Carolina Sá Carvalho, Portuguese

2:30 PM - Old Ideas in New Packaging: Analysis of President Nayib Bukele’s Gang Crackdown in El Salvador

• Presented by Yasamin Jameh, Majors in International Relations and PCJ + Minor in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
• Comments by Prof. Donald Kingsbury, Political Science