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2002 Events

Argentine Series: Reform Amidst Crisis


Schedule of Events

Fall 2002

October 25: Roots of the Crisis
4:30-6:30 pm—Room C201

  • Juan Corradi, New York University, The Roots of the Argentine Crisis
  • Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Is Civil Society the Way Out?
  • Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Crime, Violence and Police Reform

November 6: Crime, Violence, Police and Judicial Reform
4:30-6:30 pm—Skylight Conference Room

  • Paul Chevigny, New York University School of Law, Police Reform: An Overview
  • Alejandro Garro, Columbia University School of Law, Judicial Reform: Argentina
  • Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Police Reform: Argentina

November 13: Can the Economic Crisis be Transcended
4:30-6:30 pm—Room 9204-9205

  • Joaquin Cottani, Lehman Brothers
  • Paul Cooney, Queens College, CUNY
  • Albert Fishlow, Columbia University
  • Vincent J. Truglia, Moody's Investment Service
  • Uki Goñi, Author and Journalist
  • Martin Weinstein, William Paterson University

November 13: The Real Odessa: Smuggling the Nazis to Perón's Argentina
7-8:30 pm—Room 9204-9205

  • Uki Goñi, Author of The Real Odessa.

Spring 2003

February 7: The Costs of Crisis
4:30-6:30 pm—Room 9206-9207

  • Javier Auyero, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Violent Times in the Argentine Bronx
  • Monica Pinto, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Buenos Aires & Columbia University Law School, Commentator
  • Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Moderator

February 14: A New Diaspora: Crisis Induced Emigration
4:30-6:30 pm—Room 9204-9205

  • Lia L. Friedman, Universidad de Rancagua, New Argentinean Diaspora
  • Javier Neiman, HIAS Latin America Visa Program
  • Anahi Viladrich, Columbia University, Argentines in New York City: Uncertain Paths in Troubled Times
  • Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Moderator

February 28: Political and Educational Reform in the Midst of Crisis
4:30-6:30 pm—9206-9207

Screening of "Not a Single One", Documentary by Pablo Hadis

  • Jorge Balan, Ford Foundation, Commentator
  • Marta Bermudez, Hunter College, Commentator
  • Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Moderator

March 7: What Role Can Civil Society in Argentina Play in Resolving the Crisis?
4:30-6:30 pm—Skylight Conference Room

  • Ariel Armony, Colby College & Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
  • Valeria Procupez, Johns Hopkins University
  • Peter Ranis, York College & The Graduate Center, CUNY
  • Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Moderator

March 14: Impediments to Resolving the Crisis POSTPONED
4:30-6:30 pm—Skylight Conference Room

  • Luis Moreno Ocampo, Transparency International
  • Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Moderator

April 4: Election Analysis: What's Next for Argentina?
4:30-6:30 pm—Room 9206-9207

  • Hector Schamis, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center
  • Victoria Murillo, Columbia University
  • Roberto Butinof, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Moderator

April 11: Lest We Forget: The Legacies of El Proceso, 1976-83
4:30-6:30 pm—9204-9205

  • Judith Filc, New York University
  • Patrice McSherry, Long Island University
  • Javier Corrales, Amherst College
  • Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Moderator
  • Photo Exhibt by Mauro Baiocco (www.baioccomccartney.com)

This schedule is subject to change.

 

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