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LASA2009 /  Rethinking inequalities

XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association

LASA President

Eric Hershberg
Simon Fraser University

Program Co-Chairs

Evelyne Huber
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Cynthia Steele
University of Washington - Seattle

Congress Theme

Latin America has long been known as the world region with the highest levels of inequality, yet the degree and nature of inequalities vary across the domains of economics, politics and culture. The struggle to overcome inequalities has engendered social movements for centuries, and today as in various moments in the past has motivated interventions by policymakers. Many of these efforts have not been without impact, and their achievements may be underestimated by scholars and citizens alike. Yet by all accounts the distribution of assets and power remains fundamentally unequal even as the region undergoes profound changes in its social and economic structures, political institutions and cultural norms. Neither theory nor practice has grasped adequately the complexities of Latin America's inequalities or the factors that sustain or undermine them over time. Understanding of inequalities requires insights from disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, and demands attention to the circumstances and strategies of the rich as well as the poor, of the privileged as well as the subaltern.

PROGRAM TRACKS
(Deadline for proposal submission is March 28, 2008)

Names of Program Committee members are provided for information only. Direct your correspondence to the LASA Secretariat ONLY.

ALI / Afro-Latin and Indigenous Peoples
Jean Mutabe Rahier, Florida International University

AGR / Agrarian and Rural Issues
Martha Rees, University of Cincinnati

BIO / Biodiversity, Natural Resources and Environmental Policies
Silvel Elias Gramajo, Geography, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala

CYC / Children, Youth and Youth Cultures
Ana Yolanda Ramos Zayas, Rutgers University

CIT / Cities, Planning and Social Services
Bryan Roberts, University of Texas at Austin

CSH / Citizenship, Rights and Social Justice
Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College

CIV / Civil Society and Social Movements
Zander Navarro, IDS-Sussex (UK)

CSM / Crossborder Studies and Migration
Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University

CUL / Culture, Power and Political Subjectivities
Benjamin Arditi, UNAM (Mexico City)
Marc Zimmerman, University of Houston

DEV / Development and Regional Alternatives
Kirk Bowman, Georgia Institute of Technology

ECO / Economics and Development
Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo

EDU / Education, Pedagogy and Scholarly Resources
Hector Lindo, Fordham University
David Block, Cornell University Library

FST / Feminist Studies
Margaret Power, Illinois Institute of Technology

FDS / Film and Documentary Studies
Rolando Romero, University of Illinois
Emily Hind, University of Wyoming

GEN / Gender, Sexualities and LGBT Studies
Carlos Decena, Rutgers University
Ben Sifuentes, Rutgers University

HMB / Health, Medicine and Body Politics
Gabriela Sotolaveaga, University of California/Santa Barbara

HIS / Histories and Historiographies
Kenneth Mills, University of Toronto
Paul Gootenberg, SUNY/Stonybrook
Dain Borges, University of Chicago

HRM / Human Rights and Memory
Ludmila da Silva Catela, Univ. de Cordoba (Argentina)
Patrick Dove, Indiana University

INT / International Relations
Arlene Tickner, Univ. Nacional de Colombia (Bogota)

LAB / Labor Studies and Class Relations
Nadya Guimaraes, Univ. de Sao Paulo

LAD / Latin American Diasporas
David Kyle, University of Arizona

LAT / Latino/as in North America
Aldo Lauria Santiago, Rutgers, the State University

LAW / Law, Jurisprudence and Society
Elisabeth Hilbink, University of Minnesota

LIN / Linguistic Pluralism and Language Policies
Laura Graham, University of Iowa
Pilar Valenzuela, Chapman University

LCN / Literary Studies: Colonial and 19th Century
Santa Arias, Florida State University
Juan Poblete, University of California at Santa Cruz

LCO / Literary Studies: Contemporary
Javier Sanjines, University of Michigan
Rodrigo Canovas, Universidad Católica, Chile

LIA / Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Stephen Hart, University of London

MAS / Mass Media and Popular Culture
Eva Bueno, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas

PAR / Parties and Elections
Juan Pablo Luna, Universidad de Chile

PER / Performance, Art and Architecture: Critical and Historical Perspectives
Christopher Dunn, Tulane University

PIP / Political Institutions and Processes
Catalina Smulovitz, Universidad di Tella (Buenos Aires)

PPP / Politics and Public Policy
Fernando Filgueira, CIESU (Montevideo)

RES / Religion and Spirituality
Virginia Burnett, University of Texas at Austin

TRA / Transnationalism and Globalization
Leslie Armijo, Portland State University

VIO / Violence and (in)security
Francisco Gutierrez IEPRI, Univ. Nacional de Colombia (Bogota)

Deadline for proposal submission is March 28, 2008 .