Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of Globalization
International Conference - February 26 - 27, 2009
February 26, 2009
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Opening Remarks and Welcome
9:30 - 9:45am: Opening Remarks and Welcome:
- Michael Cohen, Director, OLA
- Linda Dunne, Dean, The New School for General Studies
Session I: Regional Perspectives on the Eve of the Bicentennials
Chair: Patricio Gross, Director, Centro de Patrimonio, Universidad Central de Chile
9:45 - 10:05am: Global threats to Latin American progress, Michael Cohen
10:05 - 10:25am: Plans and Expectations for the Bicentennial Era, Margarita Gutman, Director, Building Latin American Bicentennials Program, OLA
10:25 - 10:45am: Bicentennials in Transformative Moments: the Case of Ecuador, Fernando Carrión, Coordinator, Programa de Estudios de la Ciudad, Flacso Ecuador
10:50 - 11:00am: Break
Session II: Presentation of Award Winning Video
Chair: Brian McGrath, Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for Design
11:00-11:05am: Overview of the Visual Presentations submitted, Video 3', Martin Gromez, Media Coordinator, Programa Bicentenarios, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA)
11:05 - 11:25am: Presentation of Award Winning Video- Presentation by authors of Awarded Video, "Plaza de Mayo 200 Years", Alberto Boselli and Graciela Raponi, Centro Audiovisual CEAUVI - FADU - UBA, Argentina.
- Screening Awarded Video "Plaza de Mayo 200 Years"(15')
11:25 - 11:45am: Commentators:
- Brian McGrath, Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for Design
- Peter Lucas, Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School
11:45 - 12:00am: Discussion
12:00 - 1:00pm: Lunch
Session III: Presentations of Award Winning Essays (1)
Chair: Adriana Abdenur, Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School
1:00-1:10pm: Overview of the Essays, Ileana Versace, Coordinator, Programa Bicentenarios, FADU-UBA
1:10-2:10pm:
- "To Represent the Nation in the Urban Space: Bogotá and the Celebration of the Centenary of the Independence", Luis Carlos Colón Llamas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- "Building the Nation. The Argentine Fiction Cinema of the First Centennial", Andrea Cuarterolo, Centro de Investigación y Nuevos Estudios sobre Cine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2:10 - 2:40pm: Commentators:
- Louise Noelle Gras, Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Mexico
- Carol McMichael Reese, Professor of Urban Affairs, Tulane University
2:40 - 3:00pm: Discussion
3:00 - 3:10pm: Break
Session IV: Presentations of Award Winning Essays (2)
Chair: Rita Molinos, Co Director, Programa Bicentenarios, FADU - UBA
3:10 - 4:10pm:
- "The Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Republic in the End of the World. Works-Projects- Concepts", Luis Inostroza Pino, Chile.
- "The Visual Imaginary of a National Project", Alejandra Niedermaier, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina
4:10 - 4:40pm: Commentators:
- Patricio Gross, Director, Centro de Patrimonio, Universidad Central de Chile
- Fernando Carrión, Coordinator, Programa de Estudios de la Ciudad, Flacso Ecuador
4:40 - 5:00pm: Discussion
February 27, 2009
Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street, Fifth Floor.
Session V: Bicentennial Preparations for 2010
Chair: Louise Noelle Gras, Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
9:30 - 10:00am: Presentation on Mexico, Virginia Guedea, Professor and former Director of the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM, Mexico
10:00 - 10:30am: Presentation on Argentina, Rita Molinos, Co-Director Programa Bicentenarios FADU-UBA
10:30 - 10:45am: Commentator: Thomas Reese, Director, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University
10:45 - 11:15pm: Discussion
11:15 - 11:30am: Break
11:30 - 12:00am: Presentation on Chile, Patricio Gross, Director, Centro de Patrimonio, Universidad Central de Chile
12:00 - 12:15pm: Commentator: Virginia Guedea, Professor and former Director of the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM, Mexico
12:15 - 12:30: Discussion
12:30 - 2:00pm: Lunch
Session VI: The Way Forward: Opportunities for Bicentennial Research
Chair: Virginia Guedea, Professor and former Director of the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM, Mexico
2:00 - 3:45pm: A collective discussion about possible themes and modes of collaboration within the hemisphere
3:45 - 4:00pm: Break
Session VII: New York Perspectives
Chair: Alberto Minujin, Fellow of the Observatory of Latin America, and Adjunct Faculty Graduate Program in International Affairs.
4:00 - 4:40pm: New York Historical Relationship with Latin America, 1624-2009, Mike Wallace, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center, CUNY; Pulitzer Prize winning author.
4:40 - 5:00pm: Discussion
5:00 - 5:15pm: Break
Session VIII: Global and National Meanings of the Bicentennial Commemorations
Chair: Margarita Gutman, Director, Building Latin American Bicentennials Program, OLA
5:15 - 6:00pm: Panel of Ambassadors
- Pablo Solón Romero, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations
- María Fernanda Espinosa, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations
- Claude Heller Rouassant, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
6:00 - 6:15pm: Commentator: Bernardo Kliksberg, Chief Advisor, Latin America Bureau, UNDP
6:15 - 6:45pm: Discussion
6:45 - 7:00pm: Closing remarks: Michael Cohen
7:00 - 8:00pm: Reception
RSVP: ola@newschool.edu
Simultaneous translation will be available
