Charles
Briggs and Clara Mantini-Briggs
“Social Movements, Cuban Doctors and New Definitions of ‘the Political’ in
Venezuela”
In 2003, Venezuelan barrio residents turned spare rooms into clinics
for Cuban doctors, thereby inaugurating both an innovative social movement and
one of the most innovative and successful experiments in confronting health disparities.
This lecture examines how Latin American radical health scholars, revolutionary
politics and a president-cum-health educator — Hugo Chávez — transformed
health into a key political arena.
Charles
L. Briggs, Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, is writing
a book on urban violence in Venezuela and conducting research
on news media in Cuba , Mexico , the United States and Venezuela
. Clara Mantini-Briggs, a Venezuelan public health physician
and Associate Researcher in the Department of Demography
at UC Berkeley, is researching health and empowerment in
Misión Barrio Adentro. Their joint publication, Stories
in the Time of Cholera: Racial Profiling during a Medical
Nightmare, won the 2004 Bryce Wood Book Award from the
Latin American Studies Association.
Monday,
February 5, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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Myrna
Santiago
“The Ecology of Oil: Labor, Environment and the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1938”
Veracruz,
Mexico’s first oil-producing state, set the pattern
for oil exploitation in the rest of the country. Professor
Santiago will discuss the social and environmental effects
of oil production in northern Veracruz during the early
20th century when the industry was owned by American and
European companies.
Myrna
Santiago earned her Ph.D. in History at UC Berkeley in
1997. She has lectured at UC Berkeley and at Mills College
and is now Associate Professor of History at St. Mary’s
College and Director of the Women’s Studies Program.
Monday,
March 5, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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Maria
Echaveste
“Hispanics, Immigration and Politics”
Nationwide,
69 percent of Hispanics supported Democratic candidates in
the 2006 election, an increase of more than 10 percent from
2004. Did the Republican strategy of focusing on illegal
immigration result in a loss of Hispanic support? Or were
there other reasons that explain the gains made by Democrats
among Hispanics? Can Democrats count on the Hispanic vote
in the upcoming elections?
Maria
Echaveste is Lecturer in Residence at Berkeley’s Boalt
Hall School of Law and the cofounder of the Nueva Vista Group,
a consulting firm. She served as Deputy Chief of Staff in
the Clinton White House from 1998–2001.
Monday,
March 12, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lounge, Women's Faculty Club
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Irene
Bloemraad
“Learning the Political Ropes: Civic and Political Learning in Mixed Status
Mexican Origin Families”
Professor Bloemraad will discuss preliminary findings from the ongoing Mexican
American Political Socialization Project which asks U.S.-born adolescents and
their Mexican-origin parents about civic and political engagement. Key questions
include the degree to which children help their parents become involved and
informed about American political and civic life and whether children’s
own activities differ based on their parents’ legal status.
Irene
Bloemraad is Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
She is the author of Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating
Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada and
specializes in comparative immigration and citizenship.
Monday,
March 19, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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Daniel
Alarcón
“Lost City Radio”
Set
in a nameless, timeless South American country slowly emerging
from a long civil war, Daniel Alarcón’s first
novel, Lost City Radio probes the deepest questions
of war: from its devastating impact on society to the emotional
scarring each participant, observer and survivor carries
with them for years. Mr. Alarcón will give a short
reading from his novel and talk about the genesis of the
project.
Daniel
Alarcón’s story collection War by Candlelight was
a finalist for the 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award. He is Associate
Editor of Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning arts and culture
magazine published in his native Lima, Peru. His first novel, Lost
City Radio, will be published by HarperCollins in February
2007.
Monday
April 16, 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lounge, Women's Faculty Club
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