EVENT SUMMARY · It’s Not 30 Pesos, It’s 30 Years Protest Graphics in Chile
On March 5th, The Observatory on Latin America organized a panel with Terri Gordon, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at The New School and Eric Zolov, Associate Professor of Latin American history at Stony Brook University, to discuss the graphic protests...
It’s not $30.00 pesos, it’s 30 years
An analysis of protest graphics and graffiti in Santiago, Chile, as a way to understand the country’s current crisis. PUBLIC LECTURE In October 2019, a minor subway fare hike of 30 pesos triggered a social revolution, one marked by massive protests, organized...
Event Summary · BRAZIL 2020: Politics and Economics
This month, Nelson Barbosa (former Brazilian Minister of Finance under Dilma Rousseff and New School alumni, Economics Ph.D. in 2002) offered a series of lectures and conversations in the university. The Observatory on Latin America hosted him on December 11th, 2019,...
EVENT SUMMARY · Public Lecture by Patricia Martinez Coral and Casandra Castorena Sanchez, 2017-2018 PNK Fellows
March 8th, 2018 · The New School · New York The Spring Public Lecture of the President Nestor Kirchner (PNK) Fellowship 2017-2018 took place on March 8, 2018 in the Klein Conference Room at The New School in New York. The event was postponed to March 8th due to severe...
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