LASA2012 / Toward a Third Century of Independence in Latin America

Program Tracks

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

AFR / Afro-Latin/Indigenous Peoples
Darién Davis, Middlebury College
Edward Fischer, Vanderbilt University

AGR / Agrarian and Rural Life
Warwick Murray, Victoria University, Wellington
Roxana Barrantes, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos

BIO / Biodiversity, Natural Resources and Environment
Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo
Barbara Hogenboom, CEDLA, Amsterdam

CHI / Children, Youth and Youth Cultures
Gareth Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dennis Rodgers, University of Manchester

CIT / Cities, Planning and Social Services
Brian Godfrey, Vassar College
Michelle Dion, McMaster University

CRJ / Citizenship, Rights and Justice
Lisa Hilbink, University of Minnesota
Daniel Brinks, University of Notre Dame

CSS / Civil Society and Social Movements
Gabriela Ippolito-O'Donnell, Universidad Nacional de San Martín
Eduardo Canel, York University

CUL / Culture, Power and Political Subjectivities
Bruno Bosteels, Cornell University
Gareth Williams, University of Michigan

DEF / Defense, Violence and (In)security
Julia Buxton, University of Bradford
Lucia Dammert, FLACSO Chile

DEM / Democratization
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh
Detlef Nolte, German Institute of Global and Area Studies

ECO / Economics and Political Economy
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, University of Oxford
Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, CEPAL

EDU / Education, Pedagogy and Educational Policies
Inés Dussel, FLACSO Argentina
Gustavo Fischman, Arizona State University

FIL / Film Studies
Jens Andermann, Birbeck College, University of London
Andrea Noble, Durham University

GEN / Gender Studies
Nora Domínguez, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Rita Segato, Universidade de Brasília

HEA / Health, Medicine and Body Politics
Diego Armus, Swarthmore College
Donna Goldstein, University of Colorado at Boulder

HIS / Histories and Historiographies/Historical Processes
Robin Derby, University of California, Los Angeles
Jocelyn Olcott, Duke University

HUM / Human Rights and Memories
Aldo Marchesi, Universidad de la República
Sonia Cardenas, Trinity College

INT / International Relations
Sean Burges, Australian National University
Andrés Malamud, Universidade de Lisboa

LAB / Labor Studies and Class Relations
Ilán Bizberg, El Colegio de México
Andrew Schrank, University of New Mexico

LAT / Latino(as) in the United States and Canada
Arlene Davila, New York University
José David Saldívar, Stanford University

LAW / Law, Jurisprudence and Society
Elena Martínez Barahona, Universidad de Salamanca
Julio Ríos-Figueroa, CIDE

LIN / Linguistics and Linguistic Pluralism
John Haviland, University of California, San Diego
José Antonio Flores , CIESAS

LSN / Literary Studies: Colonial and 19th Century
Nicolás Wey-Gómez, California Institute of Technology
Juan Pablo Dabove, University of Colorado at Boulder

LST / Literary Studies: Contemporary
Florencia Garramuño, Universidad de San Andrés
Esther Gabara, Duke University

LTC / Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Graciela Montaldo, Columbia University
Luis Duno-Gottberg, Rice University

MAS / Mass Media and Popular Culture
George Yúdice, University of Miami
Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia, University of Maryland

MLD / Migration and Latin American Diasporas
Jonathan Xavier Inda, University of Illinois
Corina Courtis, Universidad de Buenos Aires

PER / Performance, Art and Architecture: Critical and Historical Perspectives
Andrea Giunta, University of Texas at Austin
Alexander Alberro, Barnard College, Columbia University

PIP / Political Institutions and Processes
Mónica Pachón, Universidad de los Andes
Kirk Hawkins, Brigham Young University

PPP / Politics and Public Policy
Wendy Hunter, University of Texas at Austin
Moisés Arce, University of Missouri

REL / Religion and Spirituality
R. Andrew Chesnut, Virginia Commonwealth University
Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens, California State University, Northridge

SLS / Sexualities and LGBT Studies
Licia Fiol-Matta, City University of New York
Carlos Figari, Universidad de Buenos Aires

TEC / Technology and Learning
Pamela Graham, Columbia University
Rafael Tarragó, University of Minnesota

TRA / Transnationalism and Globalization
Sarah Radcliffe, University of Cambridge
Gioconda Herrera, FLACSO Ecuador