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The
Conflict, Memory and Transitions program brings together speakers
from Latin America, Europe, and the United States on the subjects
of violence, memory, fear, truth commissions, and postwar reconciliation.
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Angelina
Snodgrass Godoy
"Lynchings and the Democratization of Terror in Postwar Guatemala"
Wednesday, February 7, 4 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Angelina
Snodgrass Godoy is a Ph.D. Candidate in Berkeley's Department
of Sociology, working on a dissertation about vigilante justice
practices in Latin America. Her talk will focus on one chapter
of her dissertation, which deals with the phenomenon of lynchings
in contemporary Guatemala. From 1996-2001, 337 lynchings of
common criminals were documented in Guatemala, and many more
may have gone undetected. In her presentation, Snodgrass will
discuss the origins and implications of this trend.
Elizabeth
Lira
"The Trouble with the Truth: Human Rights and Political Reconciliation in Chile"
Tuesday, March 6, 3-5 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
  
Analysis
and commentary on this event.
See information on Elizabeth Lira's work below.
Rachel
Sieder: "Law, Citizenship and Multiculturalism: Guatemala After
the Peace Accords"
Tuesday, April 10, 3-5 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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Prof.
Beatriz Manz, Prof. Rachel Sieder, and CLAS Director
Prof. Harley Shaiken
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Rachel
Sieder is a lecturer and researcher in Politics at the Institute
of Latin American Studies in London. She is the editor of Guatemala
after the Peace Accords (1998), Central America: Fragile
Transition (1996), and Impunity in Latin America (1995).
All events will be moderated by Professor Beatriz Manz (Departments of Geography
and Ethnic Studies), who is also teaching the program's undergraduate course, "Conflict
and Transitions in Latin America" (LAS 198).
Concurrently, CLAS is organizing a working/study group that discusses ethnographic
studies on Conflict, Memory and Transitions with an area focus on Latin
America. The workshops are open to students, faculty, and community members.
Working
paper for this event
Analysis
and commentary on the class
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Top:
Dr. Sieder speaking during her visit to the Center;
Middle: Prof. Beatriz Manz and Dr. Sieder;
Bottom: Answering questions from the lecture
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Conflict,
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