Colombia's 2016 peace accord was meant to bring an end to over a half-century of civil war. The accord's implementation has been both conceptually ambitious and politically troubled. This raises issues relevant to those hoping to learn from Colombia鈥檚 innovative approaches to peacebuilding, transitional justice, and accountability for histories of injustice.
Please join us for a Fall 2023 speaker series sponsored by the Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy and Latino/a and Latin American Studies that reflects on different aspects of Colombia鈥檚 peace process. Contact Professor Puerto, apuerto@oxy.edu, for the Zoom link and passcode.
September 20 at 5:40 P.M.: 鈥淗uman Rights: Are they relevant to peace in Colombia?鈥
-Pablo Abitbol, Technological University of Bol铆var (Cartagena Colombia). Professor Abitbol coordinates the , the Peace Lectures, and the Cultural Evolution Workshop. He is a member of the Regional Peace building Space of Montes de Mar铆a, Colombia.
September 20 at 5:40 P.M.: 鈥淗uman Rights: Are they relevant to peace in Colombia?鈥
-Pablo Abitbol, Technological University of Bol铆var (Cartagena Colombia). Professor Abitbol coordinates the, the Peace Lectures, and the Cultural Evolution Workshop. He is a member of the Regional Peacebuilding Space of Montes de Mar铆a, Colombia.
September 27 at 5:40 P.M: 鈥淩ecurrence: Why does violence keep erupting in Colombia?鈥
-Camilo S谩nchez, University of Virginia. Professor S谩nchez is director of UVA鈥檚 and former research director of Dejusticia (Bogot谩 Colombia) and associate professor of law at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
October 18 at 5:40 P.M: 鈥淔abrics of Memory: Grassroots cultural activism and civic engagement at Colombia鈥檚 Center for Memory, Peace, and Reconciliation鈥
-Ricardo Velasco Trujillo, Clemson University and. Professor Velasco is a social documentarian and Latin American cultural studies scholar who documents memorialization practices and micro-scale movements for reparation and historical redress among Afro-descendant and refugee communities in Colombia.
October 30 at 5:40 P.M: 鈥淢aking Rights Claims: High Risk Feminism in Colombia鈥
-Julia Zulver. Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Instituto de Investigaciones Jur铆dicas (UNAM, Mexico) and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (Oxford, UK).
November 15 at 5:40 P.M: 鈥淭ruth: Community-led truth processes in Mexico and Colombia鈥
-Ev Meade, head of Proceso Pac铆fico. Proceso Pac铆fico facilitates peacebuilding and transitional justice at the citizen level across Mexico, and is now initiating projects in Colombia and the United States.