Fall 2011

G Cristina Mora

Hispanic Panethnicity, 1960 - 1990

G. Cristina Mora
September 19, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Bay Area Latin American Forum

The cover of The North American Idea, by Robert Pastor: a lightbulb with a map of North America in it. (Image courtesy of Oxford University Press.)

The North American Idea

Robert Pastor
September 19, 2011

Soulbound film poster

CineLatino: Soulbound

Directed by Caio Sóh (Brazil, 2011)
September 20, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Cine Latino Series

President Felipe Calderón speaks at a ceremony honoring heroes of the War of Independence. (Photo by Fernando Castillo/Latin Content/Getty Images.)

Mexico's Foreign Policy Under Calderón

Rafael Fernández de Castro
September 22, 2011

Fernando Botero “The Kiss of Judas” (El beso de Judas) 2011, oil on canvas, 55” x 63” From his series “Via Crucis:  The Passion of the Christ.” (Painting by and © Fernando Botero, image courtesy of The Marlborough Gallery, New York.)

The Art of Fernando Botero

Juan Carlos Botero
September 26, 2011

Portales, The Last Letter film's poster

CineLatino: Portales, The Last Letter

Directed by Paula Leonvendagar (Chile 2010)
September 28, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Cine Latino Series

After speaking on campus, Gil Cedillo shakes hands and chats with UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. (Photo by Jim Block.)

Living the Dream

Gil Cedillo
September 29, 2011

Raúl Zurita holding a microphone with one hand and the other hand over his heart

The Craft of Poetry: A Bilingual Reading

Raúl Zurita and Anna Deeny
October 3, 2011

Five students seating at a round table talking

Tinker Summer Field Research Symposium

Research Talks
October 4, 2011

Leaders of the Chilean student movement: Camila Vallejo, Giorgio Jackson and Camilo Ballesteros holding a banner together at a march, September 2011. (Photo by Mario Tellez Cardemil.)

Web Conference With Chilean Student Leader Giorgio Jackson

Giorgio Jackson
October 4, 2011

A uniformed officer patrols New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, 1998. (Photo by Mark Lennihan, Associated Press.)

What, if Anything, Can New York Teach Mexico About the Control of Border City Violence?

Frank Zimring
October 24, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Bay Area Latin American Forum

A Mexican federal policeman in tactical gear stands silhouetted before his nation’s flag. (Photo by Jesús Villaseca Pérez.)

Mexico at the Crossroads: The 2012 Election

Amalia García Medina
October 27, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 U.S.–Mexico Futures Forum

Horacio Salinas playing in a classroom at Berkeley

An Evening with Horacio Salinas

Horacio Salinas
November 1, 2011

César Rodríguez-Garavito black and white portrait

Ethnicity.gov: Global Governance, Indigenous Peoples, and the Right to Prior Consultation in Social Minefields

César Rodríguez-Garavito
November 2, 2011

Pamela Yates wearing a soldier's helmet in the field during the filming of “When the Mountains Tremble,” 1982. (Photo by Newton Thomas Sige.)

CineLatino: Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

Directed by Pamela Yates (Guatemala, 2011)
November 2, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Cine Latino Series

A line outside a food market in Venezuela

Tensions and Contradictions Within the Current Political Processes in Latin America: Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela

Edgardo Lander
November 7, 2011

Levitsky became famous during the second round of the election for saying, “We may have doubts about Humala, but we have proof about Keiko.” A student at an anti-Keiko Fujimori rally agrees. (Photo courtesy of Steven Levitsky.)

Peru's Surprising Left Turn

Steven Levitsky
November 7, 2011

The Supreme Court building in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Felipe Restrepo Acosta.)

Encuentros 2011: Connecting Chilean Minds Worldwide

Conference
November 10, 2011

Michelle Bachelet speaks at Berkeley, May 2010. (Photo by Jim Block.)

Engaging Global Possibilities

Michelle Bachelet
November 10, 2011

Daniel Alarcón standing up on a rooftop in Peru

An Unlikely Democracy: Inside Peru's Lurigancho Prison

Daniel Alarcón
November 14, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Bay Area Latin American Forum

Nostalgia for the Light film poster

CineLatino: Nostalgia for the Light

Directed by Patricio Guzmán (Chile, 2010)
November 14, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Cine Latino Series

Mapuche flag

Brodcasting Araucania

Mapuche Delegation Visits Berkeley
November 15, 2011

Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America book cover

The Book of Flight: Modernism, Pop Culture and Homosexuality

José Quiroga
November 17, 2011

Vertical steel posts extending from the beach into the Pacific Ocean form the border between Tijuana and San Diego. (Photo by Nathan Gibbs.)

Fatal Follies of Fortification: Conservation and Violence in the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands

Nathan Sayre
November 28, 2011 | Part of the Fall 2011 Bay Area Latin American Forum

Leaders of the Chilean student movement: Camila Vallejo, Giorgio Jackson and Camilo Ballesteros holding a banner together at a march, September 2011. (Photo by Mario Tellez Cardemil.)

New Trends in Social Movements and Politics: The 2011 Student Movement in Chile

Manuel Garreton
November 30, 2011

Giorgio Jackson speaks in a discussion at the Berkeley Law School moderated by Professor Beatriz Manz in 2011. (Photo by Megan Kang.)

Inside Chile's Student Movement

Giorgio Jackson
November 30, 2011

Diego Luna with a poster advertising the "Miss Bala" screening on the Berkeley campus, December 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.)

Screening: Miss Bala With Producer Diego Luna

Directed by Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico, 2011)
December 1, 2011 | Film Screening and Producer's talk