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The Latinoamericanist

David Lehmann / Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge 2 Episodes Aug 5, 2026

Conversations across languages, cultures and borders. Hosted by David Lehmann from the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge.

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Jean Khalfa: Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist and revolutionary Aug 5, 2026 2928 Jean Khalfa is an unusual figure: a French intellectual who was joint editor of Les Temps Modernes, the famous journal founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, yet who has spent most of his academic career at Trinity College Cambridge, and a cultural entrepreneur who has organized exhibitions about the Caribbean avant-garde poet and politician Aimé Césaire and the Cuban-born surrealist

Dawn Ades: Surrealism in Latin America Jul 8, 2026 2293 Dawn Ades is a world-renowned curator and authority on surrealism. She curated the landmark London exhibition Dada and Surrealism In 1978 and the Art in Latin America show in 1989 and was an advisor to the recent major exhibition Surrealism beyond Borders which was shown in New York (2021) and London (2022). In this conversation she begins by providing an outline of surrealism as a set of ideas an

Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos: The judicialization of politics Jun 9, 2026 2385 Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos is Professor of Comparative & Judicial Politics and a Fellow of Nuffield College. He first came to prominence with his book entitled The Politics of Transitional Justice in Latin America: Power, Norms and Capability Building (2020) in which he showed how judges in Mexico, Peru Chile and Argentina came to be influenced both by civil society expertise in the field of hu

Mara Viveros Vigoya: Raza y género en la vorágine colombiana May 18, 2026 2400 Welcome to The Latinoamericanist, the podcast from the Centre of Latin American Studies at the University of Cambridge. I am David Lehmann, and today we have the honour and pleasure of welcoming Mara Viveros Vigoya, a distinguished figure in Colombian public life, writer, professor, and pioneer in the study of gender, race, and the relationship between the two.Mara has served as President of LASA,

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