The 2012 Foro Latinoamericano will focus on the writing of Latin American History. We have invited distinguished Latin American historian Greg Grandin to address the methodological and political challenges faced by historians of the region. The political responsibility that marks the historian’s work in a region with a long and vexed relationship with the United States has been a distinct mark of Professor Grandin’s writing. This year’s Foro format includes a keynote address, as well as an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion on his book Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City, which was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 2010.

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Foro Latinoamericano 2011 Video and Media:

"Habitar, Construir, Pensar". 'Bajo aué circunstancieas políticas culturales se crea arte "dentro de la Revolución"'

Foro Latinoamericano 2010 Video and Media:

      Roundtable Discussion - The Neoliberal Agenda Reconsidered

      Moises Arce - Inequality and Extra-parliamentary Politics in an Era of Democracy

       James McGuire - Politics, Policy and Mortality Decline in Chile: The Pinochet Paradox

       Janice Perlman - Four Decades of Living on the Edge: The Favelas in Rio de Janeiro