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Fossil Fuels and Toxic Landscapes - Issue Launch and Panel
Monday, February 26 at 7:00pm
Verso Books
20 Jay St., Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY
Join us for a discussion that brings together contributors from NACLA's latest issue, Fossil Fuels and Toxic Landscapes, with internationally recognized activists and organizers for a discussion on the fight for environmental justice, sustainable energy, and a livable future across border—from New York, to Houston, Oaxaca, and Puerto Rico.
For a preview of the event, don’t miss our latest episode of NACLA Radio featuring moderator and guest editor Bret Gustafson. Listen and subscribe here!
Featuring: Elizabeth Yeampierre, UPROSE; Bryan Parras, Beyond Dirty Fuels and Sierra Club; Todd Miller, Independent Journalist; Alexander Dunlap, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; and moderated by Nicole Fabricant, Towson University, and Bret Gustafson, Washington University.
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Fran Antmann — Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams
Tuesday, Feb 20 at 7:00 PM
The Half King
505 West 23 Street near 10th Avenue, New York, NY
Book party and talk led by Kate Doyle, Latin America analyst and human rights investigator, National Security Archive.
Fran will screen images from, and talk about, her first book, Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams. Signed copies will be available for sale along with a free copy of her catalog Arctic/Andes ( NY Foundation for the Arts).
Maya Healers, recently published by Nirala Press, explores the power and mystery of indigenous healing practices among the Maya people of Guatemala.
Over ten years’ time, Antmann photographed the indigenous healers, bone setters, and shamans struggling to keep traditional practices alive in the aftermath of Guatemala's devastating civil war. Drawing on dreams, intuition and ancient traditions, they heal the sick surrounded by family and friends. Thirty years ago, such ceremonies would have triggered a brutal repression. Now they are part of a proud resurgent Maya identity.
Hosted by the Half King Photography Series—More Information Here
The Latin East: New Perspectives on Latin America-Middle East Ties
April 27 - 28, 2018
NYU Gallatin
1 Washington Place, New York, NY
This April, NACLA, MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project), and Jadaliyya will convene scholars, artists, and activists for a two-day international conference at New York University to explore new and longstanding links between Latin America and the Middle East. Contributors will consider social movements, cultural exchanges, political and economic institutions, and transnational solidarity and diaspora politics in light of the Arab spring and winter, and against the backdrop of nearly two decades of left wing governance in Latin America.
Featuring: Paul Amar (UC Santa Barbara), Sinan Antoon (NYU, Jadaliyya), Sara Awartani (George Washington University), Cecilia Baeza (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo), Nadim Bawalsa (NYU), Hiba Bou Akar (Columbia University), Roosbelinda Cardenas (Hampshire College), Omar Dahi (Hampshire College, MERIP), Tariq Dana (Doha Institute), Kaveh Ehsani (DePaul University), Paulo Daniel Elias Farah (Universidade de São Paulo), Amal Eqeiq (Williams College), Ismail Hamalaw (Kurdish Culture Project), Kevan Harris (UCLA), Rania Jawad (Birzeit University), Marwan Kraidy (University of Pennsylvania), Houzan Mahmoud (Kurdish Culture Project), Lena Meari (Birzeit University), Eman Morsi (Dartmouth University), Fernando Camacho Padilla (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Paulo Pinto (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Omar Tesdell (Birzeit University), and Alejandro Velasco (NYU, NACLA).
Sponsored by NACLA, MERIP, Jadaliyya, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, NYU Center for the Humanities, and the Urban Democracy Lab.
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Hope to see you there! - NACLA
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