BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:“We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny: A History of Mexico’s Clandes tine Prisons and the Use of Torture Since 1970.” Gladys McCormick\, Associ ate Professor\, History and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Chair in Mexico-US Relations at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syrac use University. \;This presentation tracks the evolution of government -sanctioned clandestine prisons and the use of repressive techniques insid e them as part of counterinsurgency efforts against guerrilla groups in Me xico. It studies detention centers inside military bases\, government buil dings\, and civilian neighborhoods in places such as Mexico City\, Guadala jara\, and Acapulco. In analyzing these spaces\, the presentation focuses on how they were designed to facilitate both hard and soft forms of coerci ve interrogation techniques. From inside the holding cells to the torture chamber itself\, the paper follows the choreography of what is referred to as “depth” interrogation to discuss how the torturer broke down the victi m through the manipulation of psychological techniques facilitated by such spaces. It concludes that the design of clandestine prisons and the techn iques employed inside of them against so-called subversives marked the sta rt of a diametrically different form of political repression than what was used before\, one that continues to be widely observed in today's Drug Wa r. \;Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for students\, faculty\, and the community. The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty\, national and international scholars and activists\, and PhD students. Pizza is ser ved. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxwell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict.If you require accommodations\, please contact Deborah Toole by email at datoole@ syr.edu or by phone at 315.443.2367. \; DTEND:20180411T174500Z DTSTAMP:20260512T232253Z DTSTART:20180411T164500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies with Gladys McCormick UID:RFCALITEM639142105732608846 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny: A History of Mexico’s Clandestine Prisons and the Use of Torture Since 1970 .”

Gladys McCormick\, Associate Professor\, H istory and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Chair in Mexico-US Relations at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.&n bsp\;This presentation tracks the evolution of government-sanctioned cland estine prisons and the use of repressive techniques inside them as part of counterinsurgency efforts against guerrilla groups in Mexico. It studies detention centers inside military bases\, government buildings\, and civil ian neighborhoods in places such as Mexico City\, Guadalajara\, and Acapul co. In analyzing these spaces\, the presentation focuses on how they were designed to facilitate both hard and soft forms of coercive interrogation techniques. From inside the holding cells to the torture chamber itself\, the paper follows the choreography of what is referred to as “depth” inter rogation to discuss how the torturer broke down the victim through the man ipulation of psychological techniques facilitated by such spaces. It concl udes that the design of clandestine prisons and the techniques employed in side of them against so-called subversives marked the start of a diametric ally different form of political repression than what was used before\, on e that continues to be widely observed in today's Drug War. \;

Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series f or students\, faculty\, and the community. The series\, sponsored by PARCC \, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty\, national and inte rnational scholars and activists\, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Foll ow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxwell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict.

If y ou require accommodations\, please contact Deborah Toole by email at datoo le@syr.edu or by phone at 315.443.2367. \;

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