David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard

06/02/2026

The State of Democracy in the World and Its Implications for the Global Economy | El Estado de la Democracia en el Mundo y las Implicaciones para la Economía Global

Join us for the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) keynote lecture featuring Steven Levitsky, Director of DRCLAS and Professor of Government at Harvard University.

The lecture will examine the resilience of contemporary democracies in the face of rising populism, institutional weakening, and growing public discontent, as well as the challenges of governance, institutional strength, and public trust in Latin America. Juan Ariel Jiménez of Harvard Kennedy School will also participate, offering a perspective on the regional implications of these debates.

📅 TODAY @ 6 pm EDT
💻 This event will be livestreamed
🗣️ In Spanish

Learn more: https://loom.ly/k4SxHwg

La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) presentará la conferencia magistral “El Estado de la Democracia en el Mundo y las Implicaciones para la Economía Global”, a cargo del reconocido politólogo de Harvard University Steven Levitsky. La actividad se realizará el próximo...

06/01/2026

The State of Democracy in the World and Its Implications for the Global Economy | El Estado de la Democracia en el Mundo y las Implicaciones para la Economía Global

Join us for the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) keynote lecture featuring Steven Levitsky, Director of DRCLAS and Professor of Government at Harvard University.

The lecture will examine the resilience of contemporary democracies in the face of rising populism, institutional weakening, and growing public discontent, as well as the challenges of governance, institutional strength, and public trust in Latin America. Juan Ariel Jiménez of Harvard Kennedy School will also participate, offering a perspective on the regional implications of these debates.

📅 Tuesday, June 2 @ 6 pm EDT
💻 This event will be livestreamed
🗣️ In Spanish

Learn more: https://loom.ly/k4SxHwg

La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) presentará la conferencia magistral “El Estado de la Democracia en el Mundo y las Implicaciones para la Economía Global”, a cargo del reconocido politólogo de Harvard University Steven Levitsky. La actividad se realizará el próximo...

05/28/2026

DRCLAS to Welcome Two Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Scholars for Fall 2026 Research Stays

DRCLAS is pleased to welcome Laura Fahrenkrog and Sebastian Gallegos, both Associate Professors at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, for research stays in Fall 2026. Their visits are supported through the Harvard-UAI Collaborative Research Grant, a partnership that has fostered academic exchange and collaborative research between Harvard and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez since 2016.

At Harvard, Fahrenkrog and Gallegos will pursue research in the libraries and archives, participate in workshops and academic activities across campus, and engage with faculty, students, and the broader DRCLAS community.

Read more: https://loom.ly/OQjL21k

05/04/2026

✨ On view at DRCLAS: Three Variations of a Diasporic Landscape

In how many ways can you be from the same place? What is a “place” after all?

This exhibition brings together Sandra Gamarra (Madrid), Naomi Gamarra (Geneva), and Sarah Zapata (New York), three female artists of Peruvian descent. Through landscapes of nostalgia and belonging, their works ask why the liminal identities of the diaspora are barely considered when thinking about the Latin American region.

📍 Visit the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

🔗 Learn more: https://loom.ly/zY9ostI

04/17/2026

Vanda Witoto, a climate activist, educator, Indigenous leader from the Amazon, and participant in the 2026 Lemann Dialogue, visited the Office of the University Marshal and signed the University Guest Book.

04/03/2026

How is national identity forged in the aftermath of conquest?

In this talk, Christopher Carter presents current research on how conquest continues to shape national identity over time, drawing on his broader work on extraction, domination, and Indigenous politics across the Americas.

With Christopher Carter, DRCLAS Central America Visiting Scholar, Spring 2026; Assistant Professor of Politics and John L. Nau III Assistant Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy, University of Virginia.

🗓️ Wednesday, April 8, 2026
🕛 12:00–1:20 PM EDT
📍 CGIS South, Room S-216

https://loom.ly/nYMKHLQ

03/31/2026

How did Brazil achieve one of the most successful cases of decarbonization ever recorded — and how were those gains later undone?

With Livio Silva-Muller, Harvard Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy.

🗓️ Tuesday, April 7, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM EDT
📍 Hybrid
🔗 Register here: https://loom.ly/HaJruuc

03/31/2026

How do Latin Americans see the United States?

The new issue of ReVista, The United States and Latin America: Views from the South, gathers essays by academics, writers, and activists reflecting on how the United States has taken shape across the region through memory, migration, culture, intervention, admiration, and disillusion.

At a moment of renewed scrutiny around U.S. power and hemispheric relations, the issue offers a timely and deeply human set of perspectives on the contradictions that have long shaped Latin America’s relationship with the United States.

Read the new issue: https://loom.ly/A-rcAaU

03/24/2026

Tuesday Seminar Series: Politics of Discontent

In the last decade, public discontent has surged across Latin America. Drawing on their own research, Santiago Anria, Gabriel Kessler, Maria Victoria Murillo, and Kenneth M. Roberts will unpack the deepening divides between citizens and institutions, the roots of political frustration, and the implications for democracy in the region.

📅 Tuesday, March 31
⏰ 12 PM EDT
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/_P7PZRc

03/24/2026

Rethinking the Global Order

As global alliances shift and geopolitical competition intensifies, Latin America is navigating a rapidly evolving international landscape.

Join leading scholars and practitioners for a conversation on how changes in U.S. policy, China’s growing presence in the region, and emerging geopolitical alignments are reshaping hemispheric relations.

The discussion will explore evolving U.S.-Latin America relations, China’s role in the region, and what these shifts mean for countries including Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, and Venezuela.

📅 This Friday! (March 27)
⏰ 10:15AM EDT
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/hpEpvDE

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs