----------------------------------------------------------------- Latin American Challenges to the Neo-Liberal Order in the Americas ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Teachers may attend these lectures for clock hours if they desire.)
This lecture series will take a hard look at the so-called "Leftist" turn in Latin American politics. Speakers will address two sets of questions: What is the role of organized labor and working people generally in these regimes? What are the challenges these regimes pose to international capitalism and U.S. foreign policy? These lectures, offered as part of Professor Charles Bergquist's advanced undergraduate course HIST 449 "Issues in Comparative Labor History," will be open to the public. All lectures will take place on Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00, locations TBA. April 19: Polar Cases in the Neo-Liberal Order: Colombia and Bolivia Speaker: Forrest Hylton, an independent scholar based in New York. He will begin this lecture series by comparing the histories and current governments of Colombia and Bolivia. April 26: Lula?s Brazil Speaker: John French, Dept. of History, Duke University May 3: Chavez? Venezuela Speaker: Margarita L?pez, a social scientist at Venezuela?s Universidad Central. She will analyze the government of Hugo Chavez. May 10: Evo Morales in Historical Context Speaker: Brooke Larson, Dept. of History, State University of New York at Stony Brook. He will place current events in Bolivia in historical context. May 17: Chile?s Socialists Today Speaker: Paul Drake, Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. He will analyze the trajectory of the Chilean Socialist party. Teachers may attend these lectures for clock hours if they desire. For more information, contact Sarah Laslett at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington. Email: pcls at u.washington.edu _______________________________________________ The WSCSS ListServ's purpose is to let Social Studies teachers in Washington better keep abreast of conferences and events that will benefit us and our students. All announcements sent to this list are moderated to ensure that they benefit the teaching of social studies. Our web site is http://www.wscss.org. To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://wscss.org/mailman/options/wscss_wscss.org. View the WSCSS archives at http://wscss.org/pipermail/wscss_wscss.org/ [ Note: This message contains email list management information ]
