Activities

Oct. 2009 · Nov. 2010: 2nd International Call of Essays and Audiovisual presentations "Bicentennials in Action"

180 proposals have been received from 15 countries · Deadline for Final submissions: November 1st, 2010.

Call for Essays and Audiovisual Presentations to understand how the bicentennial commemorations are affected by the important current economic, political, and social processes, and how, at the same time, the Bicentennials affect these processes. Regional Initiative. +info


April 21, 2010: Results of the 2nd Regional Workshop

As part of the 2nd International Call "Bicentennial in Action," the 2nd Regional Workshop was held at the Institute of Historical Research of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IIH-UNAM) and was attended by important academics from Mexico and Argentina. Universidad Nacional Autónoma, México.+info

April 23, 2010: Ambassador of Venezuela to the US: "This is a process of change in our region"

Being emphatic on the importance of a Latin American unity and optimistic about creating connections between the U.S. and Venezuela through environmental policies, Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera presented a lecture at The New School to share his experience as an Ambassador of Venezuela to the U.S., a position which he has held since 2003. New York, United States. +info

April 7, 13 and 14, 2010

Regional Seminar "Bicentennials in Action"

This seminar proposed the presentation and discussion of themes related to the commemorations of centennials and bicentennials in Latin America. There were three encounters with local and Latin American specialists. Bs. As., Argentina.

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May 2010

Bicentennial
Calendar

Bicentennial Program, created in 2006 by the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU-UBA) offers a varied and extensive agenda of activities to be held in the region about the Bicentennial Commemorations.

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March 23, 2010

Bicentennial Session at the V World Urban Forum

At the V World Urban Forum organized by UN Habitat, the OLA panel "Bicentennials in Action: Challenges for Urban Governance" discussed the urban implications of the commemorations in Latin America. Río de Janeiro, Brazil.

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