SEMINAR PROFILE

H07 -
Latin America: The State, Violence and Collective Memory

Over the past thirty years, many nations of Central America as well as the countries of the Southern Cone have experienced not only the whip of military dictatorships, but also the weakening of civil society and national identity. One task facing newly democratic governments has the been the public acknowledgement of the/a "truth" of the past and affirmation of a collective future. In this seminar we will examine three important moments in Latin America's recent history through its literature and film: the emergence of young combative leftist movements, state responses that turned to military repression, and current debates on the nature of truth, forgiveness, and the possibility of justice. (In Spanish)

Scholar:

Mary Jane Treacy

Location:

Harvard Hillel

Dates:

5/5/2011, 5/12/2011

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H07 -	Latin America: The State, Violence and Collective Memory

	Over the past thirty years, many nations of Central America as well as the countries of the Southern Cone have experienced not only the whip of military dictatorships, but also the weakening of civil society and national identity. One task facing newly democratic governments has the been the public acknowledgement of the/a "truth" of the past and affirmation of a collective future. In this seminar we will examine three important moments in Latin America's recent history through its literature and film: the emergence of young combative leftist movements, state responses that turned to military repression, and current debates on the nature of truth, forgiveness, and the possibility of justice. (In Spanish)

		Scholar:	Mary Jane Treacy
		Location:	Harvard Hillel
		Dates:	5/5/2011, 5/12/2011