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"The Other September 11th: Chile, 1973 Memory, Resistance, and Democratization"

This conference, co-organized by UCI History Professor Heidi Tinsman, will foster an interdisciplinary reflection on the history and legacies of Chile’s military dictatorship and struggles for democracy, past and present. The conference aims to re-center the history of Latin American cold war violence within contemporary debates about radical inequality, state repression, terrorism, and democratic struggle. A total of eight planned panels and round-tables will generate discussion on topics such as: Chilean Cultural Politics and Social Movements in the 1960s-1973; State Violence and U.S. Foreign Policy; Neoliberalism and Civil Society; Memory, Representation, and Resistance; Pro-Democracy Struggles, 1980s-2010s; Education and Social Justice; Environment and Capitalism; Indigenous Rights and Nation; and International Media and Solidarity Movements. Additionally, the conference will screen two movies by Chilean filmmaker Sergio Castilla, Mijita (Chile, 1970) and Prisioneros desaparecidos (Cuba, 1979).

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