The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

Students and faculty are invited to a dialogue about the preparations for the Bicentennial celebration of independence from Spain in various Latin American countries. The bicentennial commemorations of independence in Latin America, especially Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela in 2010, and other countries during the next years, offer an excellent opportunity for comparative and multidisciplinary action and research on how governments and civil society in these countries are constructing their bicentennial commemorations and how they will use this historical moment to address urgent issues of social inclusion and institutional reform. This historical convergence offers the opportunity to hold broader region-wide discussions about democracy and social justice.

Presenters will be academics coming from six universities in Latin America who were invited by the Observatory on Latin American and The New School. This event will be in Spanish, without translation.