Visiting Scholars

O’GORMAN SCHOLARS 2007-2008

The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University is pleased to announce the appointment of our first visitors from Mexico under the auspices of the O’Gorman Program of Visiting Scholars, funded in part by a grant from CONACYT:

• ANTONIO AZUELA, “The Expropriation of Land for Urban Projects: Policy Choices and Legal Dilemmas” (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Visiting Columbia: June 2007
• MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ BLOCK, “Developing Collaboration to Address the Health Policy Issues of the Puebla-NYC Transnational Community” (Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health).  Visiting Columbia: October 2007
• ERIKA PANI, “El futuro pertenece a la America. Constructing the Body Politic in the New World” (Centro de Investigación y Docencias Economicas).  Visiting Columbia: October-November, 2007
• ALEJANDRO CASTELLANOS-VILLEGAS, “Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies – Climate Change” (Universidad de Sonora).  Visiting Columbia: January 2008
• JUAN PEDRO VIQUEIRA, “Language, Identity and History in Chiapas.” Visiting Columbia in March 2008.
• SERGIO QUEZADA AGUAYO, “Mexico’s Transition to Democracy” (El Colegio de Mexico). Visiting Columbia: April 2008.
• ROGER BARTRA, “Consciousness and Modernity” (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico).  Visiting Columbia: May 2008.
• MARCO ANTONIO LANDAVAZZO, “Violence and Conflict in the Mexican War of Independence” (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo).  Visiting Columbia: November 2008.
• ANATH ARIEL DE VIDAS, “Differentiated Inclusion of Indian Groups in Mexico” (Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos).  Visiting Columbia: September 2008.
• SERVANDO ORTOLL, “Frank Tannenbaum and Mexican History” (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California).  Visiting Columbia: June 2008.
• JUDITH MARISCAL, “Poverty and Telephone Access in Latin America” (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas).  Visiting Columbia: May 2008.
• ADAM T. SELLEN, “Nineteenth Century Archaeological Collections from Oaxaca” (Centro Peninsular en Humanidades Y Ciencias Sociales, UNAM).  Visiting Columbia: Summer 2008.
• ELISA SERVIN, “U.S.-Latin American Relations in the Cold War” (Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y historia).  Visiting Columbia: May 2008.
• ELENA AZAOLA, “Life History of Police Officers Convicted for Kidnapping in Mexico”, (Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Social Anthropology).  Visiting Columbia: July-August 2008.

To learn more about the O'Gorman Scholar program, including how to apply, click here (PDF).

2007-2008 Visiting Scholars

• Dorly Castañeda, Sciences Po, Paris
• Lilian Furquim, São Paulo School of Economics, Brazil
• Roberto Gargarella, Universidad Torcuata Di Tella & Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Liliana Gomez, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany 

To apply to come to ILAS as a Visiting Scholar, click here (PDF).

Brazil Center Visiting Scholars

SPRING-FALL 2008 CENTER FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES VISITING SCHOLARS

• GUSTAVO SÉNÉCHAL DE GOFFREDO JUNIOR
  Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations – First Secretary
• MARCELO BÖHLKE
  Diplomat, Brazilian Mission to the United Nations, in New York
• PAULO VIEIRA DA CUNHA
  Former Director of International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil
• RAFAEL  DUARTE VILLA
  Professor of Political and International Relations, University of Sao Paulo-Brazil
• RICARDO WAHRENDORFF CALDAS
  Consultant, The World Bank
• GUTEMBERG ARMANDO DINIZ GUERRA
  Professor at the Federal University of Pará in Belém, Altamira and Marabá
• MARIA DE NAZARÉ ANGELO MENEZES
  Professor at the Federal University of Pará in Belém, Altamira and Marabá
• LÉO DA ROCHA FERREIRA
  Professor of Economics, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
• MERVAL PEREIRA
  Journalist, O Globo newspaper, Globonews, CBN radio network
• JOSE ALEXADRE FERREIRA
  Professor, Catholic University of Pernambuco and Fiscal Auditor of the State of Pernambuco
• EDUARDO VIOTTI
  Professor, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

To apply to be a Brazil Center Visiting Scholar, click here (PDF).