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Professor
Charles Bergquist
Department of Latin
American and Labor Studies
University of Washington
"The Left and the Paradoxes of Modern Colombian
History"
Charles Bergquist is a professor
of history, specializing in labor and Latin America, at the University
of Washington. He has directed the University of Washington Latin
American Studies Program and held the Harry Bridges Chair in
Labor Studies. He is former Director of International Studies
at Duke University and has on several occasions taught at the
National University of Colombia in Bogota. He is author of Coffee
and Conflict in Colombia and Labor in Latin America,
and co-editor of Violence in Colombia, 1900-2000.
Moderated by Professor Margaret
Chowning, Department of History, UC Berkeley
Thursday,
February 14, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Analysis
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Art
Opening
Eros
Hoagland
"Colombia's Silent War" |
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Photographs by Eros Hoagland
February 4 - May 31, 2002
For gallery hours, please call us at (510) 642-2088
Join
us for the opening reception:
Thursday, February 28,
6:00-8:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Artist's
Statement and Gallery
Photo
of the event
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Alfredo Molano
"Conversación Abierta sobre el Conflicto Colombiano"
Alfredo Molano is a Colombian
writer and journalist. He has dedicated much of his work to issues
of displacement, peasant social movements, and the colonization
of frontier lands. Mr. Molano has served as an advisor to the
World Bank in its Peace and Justice Project and is currently
a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
(Presentation in
Spanish)
Thursday, March 7, 4:00
p.m.
CLAS Conference
Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Analysis
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Professor Mary Roldan
"La
Violencia in Historical Perspective: Implications for an Analysis
of the Contemporary Conflict in Colombia"
Mary Roldan is a professor
of Latin American history at Cornell University. An important
figure in the new generation of Colombian historians, Professor
Roldan has written on issues of violence, identity, historical
socio-cultural aspects of the drug trade, and political movement
in Colombia.
Thursday, March 14, 4:00
p.m.
CLAS Conference
Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Analysis
and photo of the event
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Enrique Peñalosa
Former Mayor of Bogotá
"Towards a More Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Third World City"
Hailed as one of the most
progressive mayors in Latin America, Mr. Penalosa served as Mayor
of Bogotá from 1998-2001. During his administration he
spearheaded large improvements to the city's infrastructure.
He is currently working on a book that proposes a new model for
the Third World city.
• Mr.
Penalosa's Biography
• Background Paper and Photos: Urban
Transport and Urban Development
• Photographs
of improvements to the infrastructure
of Bogotá
April 8, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Morrison Room, 101 Doe Library
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Professor Marco Palacios
"Knowledge
Is Power: The Case of Colombian Economists"
Marco Palacios is a professor
in the Latin American history department at the Colegio de
Mexico and the former Chancellor of the Universidad Nacional.
He has published extensively on issues of violence, economic
history, and populist movement. Professor Palacio is author of
the classic account of Colombian history, Coffee in Colombia.
Thursday, April 25, 4:00
p.m.
CLAS Conference
Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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