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2003 EventsLegacies of Authoritarianism: The Case of Chile in Comparative Perspective Panelists:
On the thirtieth anniversary of the coup that began the regime of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile (1973-1990), this session will examine the legacies of military rule for Chile and other countries, with a view towards understanding the contemporary role of Latin American militaries and how memory affects public policies and political behavior. Chile, September 1973: Two Days of Infamy by Peter Winn will be an observer's personal memoir of 9/11/73 in Santiago, Chile. Peter Winn is a professor of history and director of Latin American Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of "Weavers of Revolution," an oral history of Allende's Chile and "Americas: The Changing Face of Latin America and the Caribbean," the companion volume to the PBS television series, for which he served as Academic Director. Politicking Among Painful Memories: The Governing Chilean Left through Victory, Defeat, and Return by Katherine Hite will focus on the meaning of September 11, 1973, for Chilean political elites today. Katherine Hite is an assistant professor of political science at Vassar College. She received her B.A. from Duke University and her Masters in International Affairs and Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, where she also served as the associate director of the Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies. Hite is the author of When the Romance Ended: Leaders of the Chilean Left, 1968-1998 (Columbia University Press, 2000) and co-editor of Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe (University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming). Operation Condor: The Still - Festering Legacy of U.S. Alliances during the First War on Terrorism. John Dinges lived in Chile for six years, arriving in the last year of the Allende government and remaining through the coup and for the first five years of the Pinochet dictatorship. He was one of the few American journalist to remain in Chile. He was special correspondent (stringer) for Time, Washington Post, and ABC Radio; co-founder of the Chilean magazine APSI, with group of Chilean journalists. After returning to Washington DC in 1978, he worked on the foreign desk of The Washington Post, traveling as a reporter to cover the civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. From 1985 to 1996 he worked at National Public Radio, as foreign editor, managing editor, and editorial director. Since 1996 he has been on the faculty of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he is director of radio. John Dinges's latest book is The Condor Years: How Pinochet and his Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents (The New Press 2003). Previous publications include: Assassination on Embassy Row (Pantheon 1980), with Saul Landau; Our Man in Panama (Random House 1990); Sound Reporting: NPR Guide to Radio Reporting and Production (editor). When: Wednesday, September 10 4:30pm To reserve, send e-mail to bildner@gc.cuny.edu or leave message at (212) 817-2096 Click here for the complete schedule of Latin America Challenged: Legacies of the Past and Implications for the Future.
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