Spring 2015 Events

Governor José Calzada Rovirosa wearing a suit, standing up and talking

A Model for Development

José Calzada Rovirosa
January 23, 2015

March in Xalapa, Veracruz, people wearing masks protesting the disappearance of the students in Ayotzinapa

Security and Political Authority in Guerrero, Mexico

Alberto Díaz-Cayeros
February 4, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 Bay Area Latin America Forum

Image from Cantinflas

CineLatino: Cantinflas

Directed by Sebastian Vega Del Amo (Mexico, 2014)
February 11, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 CineLatino Series

Seen from behind clad in his white robes, Pope Francis presides at a general audience. (Photo courtesy of the Catholic Church of England and Wales.)

The Conversion of Pope Francis and the Women He Needs

Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Jennifer Scheper Hughes
February 19, 2015 |Part of the Spring 2015 Bay Area Latin America Forum

Anina, a cartoon girl with red hair

CineLatino: Anina

Directed by Alfredo Soderguit (Uruguay, 2013)
February 25, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 CineLatino Series

A Day of the Dead demonstration in San Francisco

From the Mexican Moment to the Mexican Morass

Denise Dresser
February 26, 2015

A display of photos and posters highlighting the missing Ayotzinapa students. (Photo by Jorge Mejia Peralta.)

Breaking Through the Mexican Government’s Cover-Up of the Iguala Attack

Lowell Bergman, Anabel Hernández and Steve Fisher
March 3, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 Bay Area Latin America Forum

Erin Murphy-Graham

Gooooollllll? Examining the Effectiveness of the A Ganar Program Primary tabs

Erin Murphy-Graham
March 4, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 Bay Area Latin America Forum

Ejidatarios walk down railroad tracks returning from a communal project. (Photo by Eneas De Troya.)

Mexico’s Second Land Reform: Economic, Social, and Political Implications

Alain de Janvry
March 11, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 Bay Area Latin America Forum

Curly guy pretending to fly

CineLatino: Mateo

Directed by María Gamboa (Colombia, 2014)
March 18, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 CineLatino Series

Black and white photo, still from Reportero

Screening: Reportero

Directed by Bernardo Ruiz (Mexico, 2012)
March 30, 2015 | Film screening and Director's talk

A woman from India holding a sign that reads "I don't want to die for fashion"

The Bangladesh Accord: Lessons for Central American Garment Workers

Garrett Brown 
March 31, 2015

Soccer player

CineLatino: Black and White Democracy

Directed by Pedro Asbeg (Brazil, 2014)
April 1, 2015 | Part of the Spring 2015 CineLatino Series

Massive pipes wait by a road to be installed in the Cutzamala System, supplying water to Mexico City. (Photo by sondemar007.)

Screening: H20MX

Directed by José Cohen (Mexico, 2013)
April 2, 2015 | Film screening and Discussion 

Roberto Hernández wearing a black suit, standing up talking about his documentary

Screening: Presumed Guilty

Directed by Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith (Mexico, 2009)
April 7, 2015 | Film screening and Director's Talk 

Roberto Hernández wearing a black suit, standing up talking about his documentary

Mexico's New Criminal Courts According to the Convicted

Roberto Hernández
April 8, 2015 

An aerial view of the structures on the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán. (Photo by Oscar Palma.)

Teotihuacan: An Exceptional Multiethnic City in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico

Linda R. Manzanilla
April 15, 2015

Dr. Korstanje wearing a colorful blouse answering questions after her talk

Connecting the Past and Present of Argentina’s Indigenous People in Communitarian Museums

María Alejandra Korstanje
April 20, 2015

Black and white image of an empty street with two parked cars

On the Path to Architectural Preservation in Buenos Aires

Jerry Coe, Salvador Napoli, and Fabian Rossi
April 28, 2015

Evo Morales waves to supporters during his third inauguration in January 2015, La Paz, Bolivia. (Photo by David G Silvers / Cancillería del Ecuador.)

Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change

Linda Farthing
April 30, 2015

Eduardo Galeano wearing a black turtleneck sweater

Hablemos de Eduardo Galeano

Francine Masiello, Ivonne del Valle, and Estelle Tarica
May 1, 2015