CLAS Events > Winter Quarter 2003-04 Calendar

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Causes and Consequences of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Region

PROFESSOR LUIZ MARTINELLI, Tinker Visiting Professor

Dr. Martinelli is an associate professor at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. His research into the ecology and geochemistry of the Amazon Basin has earned him recognition as one of Brazil's leading scientists in his field. In addition to publishing numerous papers in scientific journals, Dr. Martinelli has worked with both the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program and the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.

Special Film Screening Event

Pre-Screening The Pablo Neruda Centennial Project Documentary Film

Introduced by MARK EISNER, CLAS Alumnus and Visiting Scholar

Please join CLAS in screening a 17-minute clip of a documentary film created in conjunction with The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (edited by Mark Eisner, with a preface by Lawrence Ferlinghetti). Both the book of Neruda translations and the film were created as part of the Pablo Neruda Centennial Project.

Bolívar House Lecture Series Special Event

Report of the Peruvian Truth Commission

DR. SALOMON LERNER, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and Chair of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Dr. Lerner chaired the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated political violence occurring in Peru from 1980 to 2000. He will speak about the commission's findings, which were released in August, 2003, after two years of inquiry.

This lecture will be given in Spanish.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Art and the Ethnic Minority in Latin America

KRISTINA STEVENS, CLAS Alumnus

Ms. Stevens is the former Communications and Editorial Assistant at CLAS and received her M.A. at the Center. She is a fine artist whose work reflects a strong Latin American influence. Ms. Stevens's art will be on display at CLAS during Stanford's Winter Quarter

Film Screening

The Road to Hope

This documentary details the training and informational exchange between Nicaraguan potters and the organization Potters for Peace, which produced the film. Potters for Peace has assisted in the development of international markets for pottery and for ceramic water filters.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Democratic Consolidation or Hegemonic Retrenchment

PROFESSOR BEATRIZ MAGALONI, Stanford Department of Political Science

Professor Magaloni will discuss her recent project, a book about Mexican politics.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Language and the Settlement of the Americas

PROFESSOR JAMES A. FOX, Stanford Department of Anthropological Scicnces and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies

Dr. Fox is a linguistic anthropologist who studies the indigenous languages of the Americas, doing most of his recent research in Mexico. He has been Director of CLAS for the past two years.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Cine y delito: Narcotrafico y marginalidad en Medellin a traves del cine de Victor Gaviria

PROFESSOR JORGE RUFFINELLI, Stanford Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Professor Ruffinelli is a noted scholar of Latin American cinema whose projects include a comprehensive encyclopedia of Latin American film.

This lecture will be given in Spanish.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Anglo-American Philosophy and Latin American Inequality

DR. MARCELO ALEGRE, CLAS Visiting Scholar

Dr. Alegre is an attorney with a J.D. from the Universidad de Buenos Aires School of Law and a Master's in Law from New York University's School of Law. He is currently a visiting scholar at Bolívar House, researching the challenges to an egalitarian institutional agenda in his native Argentina.

Film Screening

On the Other Side of the Sea

This documentary details the lives of Japanese immigrants living in Mexico. CLAS visiting scholar Roshni Rustomji-Kerns, a scholar of Asians living in Latin America, will introduce the film.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Casas de Cuidado Diario: Microempresas para mujeres y la realidad Juarense

PROFESSOR GUADALUPE VALDES, Stanford Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Stanford School of Education

Professor Valdés conducted research in Juarez, Mexico last summer. She will speak about her examination of women's issues in Juarez.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Justice and the Generals: Establishing Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Central America

PROFESSOR TERRY KARL, Stanford Department of Spanish and Portuguese and former Director of CLAS

In July of 2002, a Florida jury found two Salvadoran generals guilty of torture against three plaintiffs during El Salvador's civil war. Dr. Karl's testimony as chief expert against the two convicted generals resulted in the first jury verdict in U.S. history finding generals responsible under the doctrine of command responsibility.

Film Screening

Quia Chronicles - CANCELED

This documentary, filmed from November, 2002 to February, 2003 in Chiapas, Mexico, addresses the impact resulting from contact between outsiders (international visitors and non-local Mexicans) and Chiapanecans.

Bolívar House Lecture Series - Special Event!

THE CONDOR YEARS: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents

JOHN DINGES, CLAS alumnus, author, and former foreign correspondent

After receiving his M.A. at CLAS in 1977, John Dinges served as a special correspondent in Chile and Central America for The Washington Post, where he also worked as a foreign desk editor. He also served as deputy foreign editor and managing editor of Natinal Public Radio News. He is currently on the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of three books involving the U.S. and Latin America, and will be speaking at CLAS about his most recent book, THE CONDOR YEARS: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents.