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:Join the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean and SU Abro ad for a panel discussion on Latin America.What causes democracies to brea k down—and how can they recover? Join us for a panel that explores the ris e and fall of democracy in Latin America\, examining the political polariz ation\, social tensions and authoritarian regimes that challenged democrat ic governance. We will also discuss the region’s democratic recovery over the past four decades and consider what lessons these experiences hold for the United States\, as concerns about political polarization and threats to democratic institutions grow.Join faculty experts for an engaging conve rsation about history\, democracy and the choices that shape our political future.Panelists: Mauricio ParedesMauricio Paredes is director of the SU Santiago Center in Chile\, since 2008. Paredes currently teaches two SU pr ogram courses: "Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America" and "Dicta torships\, Human Rights and Historical Memory in Chile and the Southern Co ne." His interest in historical memory and Latin American dictatorships is closely related to his personal experience as a former political prisoner of the Pinochet regime. His current research on the history of human righ ts in the region encompasses archival evidence of Japanese internment camp s in Chile during WWII and the concept of guilt in atrocity studies. \ ;Matt ClearyMatt Cleary is an associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School. He focuses on democratization\, electoral institutions and indigenous politics in Latin America.Denisa JashariDenisa Jashari is an assistant professor of history. Her work focuses on 20th-century Chilea n social and urban history.  \;Moderator: Tom PerreaultTom Perreault i s \;professor geography and the environment \;in the Maxwell Schoo l. His work focuses on political ecology\, environmental justice\, water g overnance\, critical resource geography\, mining and extractivism\, rural livelihoods\, agrarian political economy\, indigeneity and indigenous poli tics\, and Latin America. DTEND:20251028T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T090706Z DTSTART:20251028T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Lessons from the South: Dictatorships and Resilience in Latin Ameri ca UID:RFCALITEM639220216266921524 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Program on Latin America and the C aribbean and SU Abroad for a panel discussion on Latin America.

What causes democracies to break down—and how can they recover? Join us for a panel that explores the rise and fall of democracy in Latin America\, exam ining the political polarization\, social tensions and authoritarian regim es that challenged democratic governance. We will also discuss the region’ s democratic recovery over the past four decades and consider what lessons these experiences hold for the United States\, as concerns about politica l polarization and threats to democratic institutions grow.

Join fac ulty experts for an engaging conversation about history\, democracy and th e choices that shape our political future.

Panelists:

Mauricio Paredes
Mauricio Paredes is director of the SU Santiago Center in Chile\, since 2008. Paredes currentl y teaches two SU program courses: "Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America" and "Dictatorships\, Human Rights and Historical Memory in Chile and the Southern Cone." His interest in historical memory and Latin Americ an dictatorships is closely related to his personal experience as a former political prisoner of the Pinochet regime. His current research on the hi story of human rights in the region encompasses archival evidence of Japan ese internment camps in Chile during WWII and the concept of guilt in atro city studies. \;

Matt Cleary
Mat t Cleary is an associate professor of political science in the Maxwell Sch ool. He focuses on democratization\, electoral institutions and indigenous politics in Latin America.

Denisa Jashari
Denisa Jashari is an assistant professor of history. Her work focuse s on 20th-century Chilean social and urban history.  \;

Moderat or:

Tom Perreault
Tom Perreau lt is \;professor geography and the environment \;in the Maxwell S chool. His work focuses on political ecology\, environmental justice\, wat er governance\, critical resource geography\, mining and extractivism\, ru ral livelihoods\, agrarian political economy\, indigeneity and indigenous politics\, and Latin America.

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