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SUMMARY:Book Launch · The Tao of K-drama: Wise Narratives for a Troubled World
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove will read from her new book\, The Tao of K-drama: Wise Narratives for a Troubled World. She will be joined in conversation by a panel of people who helped her refine her understanding of K-drama. Aaron Bierstein\, Leopolda Silvera\, and Audrey Jenkins were students in Dr. Fullilove’s situation analysis class which focused on K-drama. Class discussions and thoughtful papers helped the group analyze and name the situations presented in the K-dramas Crash Landing on You and Our Blues. In turn\, this helped Dr. Fullilove articulate the “Tao of K-drama\,” the wisdom that these TV shows offer our troubled world. \nThe panel will be facilitated by Adam Alghalith\, a psychiatric resident at Mt. Sinai\, who has done social psychiatry research electives with Dr. Fullilove. Dr. Algalith has a keen interest in K-drama and Korea and was able to visit the country last December. This is sure to be a lively and informative session\, of interest to people interested in narrative medicine and global studies\, as well as fans of K-drama. \n  \nREGISTER HERE \nThis event will be hybrid\, please register for zoom here: https://NewSchool.zoom.us/meeting/register/stR63GqSS6S0LRwMjC5ycw \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nPresented by The Observatory on Latin America at The New School for Social Research.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/book-launch-%c2%b7-the-tao-of-k-drama-wise-narratives-for-a-troubled-world/
LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room\, 6 East 16th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,Conversation,News
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SUMMARY:Resilience from the Ground Up: Care Systems as Climate Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:As climate impacts intensify\, local governments are recognizing that social resilience and ecological resilience are deeply intertwined. This session explores how municipal care systems\, ranging from community support networks and social safety nets to public health and caretaking services\, function as critical\, frontline climate infrastructure. By centering equity\, gender justice\, and local governance\, speakers will share experiences in how investing in care work and community well-being strengthens urban adaptability\, protects vulnerable populations during extreme climate events\, and builds long-term institutional resilience from the ground up. \nREGISTER HERE \nThursday\, September 24\, 2026\,\n6:00PM to 8:00PM\nKlein Conference Room\nAlvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall\, room A510\n66 West 12th Street \n\nSpeakers & Program\nOpening Remarks \n\nMichael A. Cohen\, The New School / Observatory on Latin America\n\nModerator \n\nMarina Barros\, Executive Director\, Instituto Alziras\n\nPanelists \n\nDomenica Damião\, Municipal Secretary of Housing\, Environment\, Climate and Energy – Francisco Morato\, Brazil\nAline Rocha Junqueira\, Municipal Secretary of Sustainability and Climate Change– Juiz de Fora\, Brazil\nFlavia Bellaguarda\, Special Advisor for COP30\, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change\nAlex Gordon\, Manager\, Policy and Development\, WEDO\nDiego de Leon\, Out for Sustainability\nJacqueline Leduc Estrada\, Programme Officer Global Alliance for Care\n\n*Additional speakers to be announced \nCo-Sponsoring Institutions: \n\nObservatory on Latin America (OLA) / The New School\nInstituto Alziras\nFrente Nacional de Prefeitas e Prefeitos (FNP / National Front of Mayors)\n\nWith the Support of: \n\nGlobal Alliance for Care\nWomen’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)\nOut 4 Sustainability\nFrench Development Agency (AFD)\nInstitute for Climate and Society (iCS)\n\nREGISTER HERE \nClimate week hub\nhttps://event.newschool.edu/climateweekhub2026 \nWhile this event is hybrid and we encourage in-person participation\, here is the zoom link \nPresented by The Observatory on Latin America at The New School for Social Research.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/resilience-from-the-ground-up-care-systems-as-climate-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Klein Conference Room | The New School\, 66 West 12th Street\, room 510\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Latin America on the Move,New Urban Practices,News
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260413
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SUMMARY:Uncertainty and Cities in 2026: Tariffs\, Climate Change\, and Politics
DESCRIPTION:The substantive focus of this conference is “Uncertainty and Cities in 2026: Tariffs\, Climate Change\, and Politics” and will include perspectives from different international\, national\, and local institutions on the global economy and cities\, and particularly the impact of the tariffs on urban economies and local governments in both the Global South and Industrialized Economies\, the challenges of climate change\, and the new politics of urban uncertainty and precarity. The economics and politics of 2025-2026 have forcefully demonstrated the dependence of cities on global and national macro-economic forces. \nBackground research on this subject has been developed by a team of faculty and doctoral students at The New School University in New York and has benefitted from discussions with members of URBS.TIC\, United Nations Habitat\, the Lincoln Institute on Land Policy\, The Japan International Cooperation Agency\, and scholars from around the world. \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nApril 13\, 2026\n66 W. 12th Street\, Room A404\, The New School\n10 am: Welcome\nJoel Towers\, President of The New School: The Context of Uncertainty\nAnaclaudia Rossbach\, Executive Director of UN Habitat\, and Undersecretary-General of the United Nations (Video Remarks)\nFernando Carrion Mena\, Director\, URBS.TIC\, Former Director of City Planning\, City of Quito\, Ecuador\, and Professor at FLACSO\nMichael Cohen\, Director of the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy and Co-Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, The New School \n10:40 am – 12:30 pm Session I: The New Economic Uncertainty: Tariffs and The Urban Economy\nModerator:\nAlexander Aleinikoff\, Executive Dean\, New School for Social Research\nLecture:\nAna Swanson\, The New York Times\nDiscussants:\nWilliam Milberg\, Professor of Economics\, The New School\nSakiko Fukuda-Parr\, Professor of International Affairs\, The New School \n12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch Break \n2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session II: Climate Change and the New Roles of Cities\nModerator:\nLara Penin\, Vice President for Urban Initiatives\, The New School\nLecture:\nLeonardo Helland Figueroa\, Associate Professor\, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management\, The New School\nDiscussant:\nBelén Pérez Pérez\, University of Granada \n3:15 pm – 3:45 pm: Coffee Break \n3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Session III: Understanding Local Impacts: Finance\, Land\, and Housing\nModerator:\nMario Sebastian Rodriguez\, URBS.TIC and FLACSO\, Ecuador\nPresenters:\nEunice Offei\, The New School\nCharli Goodlet\, The New School\nDiscussants:\nEnrique Silva\, Chief Program Officer\, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy\nMaría Mercedes di Virgilio\, Professor of Urban Studies\, University of Buenos Aires\, Argentina \n5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Session IV: The Politics of Precarity\nLecture:\nFernando Carrion Mena\, Director\, URBS.TIC\, Former Director of City Planning\, City of Quito\, Ecuador\, and Professor at FLACSO\nModerator:\nDavid Wallace-Wells\, Columnist\, New York Times \nApril 14\, 2026\n66 W. 12th\, Room A407\, The New School\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm Session V: Identifying A New Agenda for Urban Policy\nModerator:\nMargarita Gutman\, Co-Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, Professor Emerita\, The New School\nLecture:\nIan Klaus\, Director\, Carnegie Institution for International Peace\, Palo Alto\, California\, Former US Lead Negotiator\, UN Habitat III\, 2016\nDiscussants:\nPatricia Ramirez Kuri\, President\, Instituto de Planeacion Democratica y Prospectiva\, Mexico City\, and Professor of Sociology\, UNAM\nMarcelo Corti\, Director Café de Ciudades and Professor\, School of Architecture\, University of Cordoba\, Argentina \n12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Session VI: Identifying A New Agenda for Urban Research\nModerator:\nLuis Herrera-Favela\, Program Management Officer\, Human Settlements from the UN-Habitat Canada Office\nDiscussants:\nMariana Alegre\, Loeb Fellow\, Graduate School of Design\, Harvard University\, and Director\, Como Vamos\, Lima\, Peru\nJesús M. González-Pérez\, Professor of Geography\, Director of the Chair of Urban Studies\, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) \n1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Session VIII: Summary and Closing\nModerator:\nEmilia Nicole Silva Arias\, URBS.TIC and FLACSO Ecuador\nSpeakers:\nFernando Carrion Mena\, Director\, URBS.TIC\, Former Director of City Planning\, City of Quito\, Ecuador\, and Professor at FLACSO\nMichael Cohen\, Director of the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy and Co-Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, The New School \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas. Learn more HERE. \nPresented by The Observatory on Latin America and URBS.TIC at The New School for Social Research and the Office of University Initiatives at The New School.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/uncertainty-and-cities-in-2026-tariffs-climate-change-and-politics/
LOCATION:Room A404\, 66 West 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,News
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Mundializar la Igualdad. Política Exterior Feminista desde América Latina
DESCRIPTION:Faced with the multiplication of planetary crises\, the worsening of inequalities\, and the acceleration of what already seems like an arithmetic of disaster\, this collective book proposes feminist foreign policy (FFP) as a transformative strategy to globalize equality. FFP is presented here as an operative category and political praxis aimed at dismantling the historical tripod of oppressions—patriarchy\, colonialism\, and racism—that sustains inequalities in Latin America\, the most unequal and violent region for women. \nWith plural voices from diplomats\, academics\, and activists of the Global South\, the volume places the feminist agenda at the center of geopolitics and international relations\, articulating recognition\, redistribution\, and intersectionality. It proposes reconfiguring democracy\, strengthening the governance of common goods\, depatriarchalizing power\, and advancing toward a society of care and economic\, social\, and environmental justice. \nRegistration is required \nREGISTER\nThis is a free hybrid event in Spanish.\nRoom UL 102\, University Center\, The New School\n63 5th Ave\, New York\, NY 10003 \nAgenda \n6:30 Institutional Opening \n\nMichael Cohen\, Director\, Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy; Professor of International Affairs; Director\, Observatory on Latin America (OLA)\nMargarita Gutman\, Emeritus Professor and Director\, Observatory of Latin America (OLA)\n\n6:35 Introductory Remarks \n\nPablo Vommaro\, Executive Secretary of Latin American Council of Social Sciences ( (CLACSO) – Virtual\nLyric Thompson\, CEO and President of Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (FFPC) – Virtual\n\n6:45 Presentation of the book “Mundializar la igualdad” \n\nMarita Perceval\, Senior Fellow of Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (FFPC)\, President of Feministas sin Fronteras (FSF)\n\n6:50 Panel of Co-authors: \n\n6:50 Ana Güezmes\, Director of the Gender Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC – UN)\n6:55 María Noel Leoni\, Executive Director of GQual\n7:00 Alejandra Mora Mora\, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States (CIM – OAS)\n7:05 Ana Falú\, President of the Centro de Intercambio y Servicios para el Cono Sur Argentina (CISCSA)\n7:10 Gladys Acosta Vargas\, former President of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)\n\n7:15 Final Reflections and Action Proposals \n\nNora Goren\, Coordinator of Strengthening and Articulation of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)\n\n7:20 Q&A – Moderation \n\nMargarita Gutman\n\n7:45 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgments \n\nMichael Cohen\n\n  \nLink to the CLACSO library to download the book:\nhttps://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/bitstream/CLACSO/272993/1/Mundializar-la-igualdad.pdf \nQR code to download the book
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/book-launch-mundializar-la-igualdad-politica-exterior-feminista-desde-america-latina/
LOCATION:Room UL 102\, University Center\, The New School\, 63 5th Avenue\, New York\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,Latin America on the Move,News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20251109T090000
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SUMMARY:TEDx talk on the Future by Margarita Gutman
DESCRIPTION:Margarita Gutman\, director of the OLA\, will speak at TEDxRíodelaPlata\, which will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a major festival of ideas focused on the theme of “Time.” The event will explore how people feel\, measure\, and share this essential dimension of human experience. It will take place on Sunday\, November 9th\, at the Buenos Aires Convention Center (CEC\, Figueroa Alcorta 2099) and will bring together scientists\, artists\, creators\, and thinkers in a space where science\, music\, creativity\, and conversation will intertwine throughout the day. \nHuman time\, our time\, and other times. Time as an idea. An idea that lives in our minds or is felt in our bodies. Speed\, rhythm\, music. Time flies\, and some things have only one possible time. We are made of time. As humans we are our lifespan. We try to capture it\, to record it in photographs\, both paper and digital. Some we will never look at again because we won’t have the time. It is history\, it is past\, present\, and future. The future is made up of our desires\, possibilities\, and probabilities. And when we want to stop time\, we pray\, meditate\, or perhaps throw a party.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/tedx-talk-on-the-future-by-margarita-gutman/
LOCATION:Centro de Convenciones de Buenos Aires\, Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 2099\, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires\, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires\, 1112\, Argentina
CATEGORIES:2084,Conference,News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T100000
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SUMMARY:Michael Cohen speaker at Urban Economy Forum 7
DESCRIPTION:Michael Cohen will take part as speaker at the 7th Urban Economy Forum UEF7\, in Toronto\, Canada. \nHe will present on the global and urban impacts of U.S. trade tariffs during the Trump era\, highlighting how macroeconomic shocks cascade through global value chains to local economies\, deepening inequality and urban precarity. \nWednesday 15\, October\, 2025
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/michael-cohen-speaker-at-urban-economy-forum-7/
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CATEGORIES:Latin America on the Move,News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20251002T160000
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SUMMARY:Zonas de Compensação 11 | 2084 Program Presentation
DESCRIPTION:The 2084 Imagined Futures from the South program has been invited to take part of the International Art & Technology Festival Zonas de Compensação 11 Vetores de Imersão e atalhos para mundos imaginários. \nThe presenting team will be Juan Manuel González Scobie\, Amanda Jorri and Martin Gromez. \nView the event program
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/zonas-de-compensacao-11-2084-program-presentation/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2084,News
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SUMMARY:University Commencement Address · María Fernanda Espinosa
DESCRIPTION:The New School in New York is proud to announce that Maria Fernanda Espinosa\, former President of the UN General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs\, Defense\, and Environment of Ecuador\, will be giving the University Commencement Address on the afternoon of May 16\, 2025 at the Barclays Center in New York. Ms. Espinosa will also be awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa for her dedicated global work for peace and social justice. Ms Espinosa is also currently the Executive Director of Global Women’s Voices\, an NGO of women international leaders\, and Chair of the Board of the Cities Alliance. \n  \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/university-commencement-address-%c2%b7-maria-fernanda-espinosa/
LOCATION:Barclays Center in New York\, 620 Atlantic Ave.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:News
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