Memories of War and Resistance 1985-2010 : Women’s Voices from the Colombian Caribbean Coast

Professor María Emma Wills-Obregón of the Historical Memory Commission and the Universidad de los Andes (Political Science) is presenting on the work of the Commission in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. A public presentation focused on the war, women and resistance in the Colombian Caribbean coast, it was developed between 2009-2010 by the Colombian Historical Memory Commission. Dr. Wills will discuss the study’s conceptual framework for documenting violence and resistance for the purpose of historical clarification and truth seeking in a Latin American context and will present two emblematic cases of massacres and sexual violence in the region (Magdalena and Guajira).

When ?
October 3rd, 2012
5:00 ― 7:00 pm

Where ?
Stewart Biology Building
1205, av. Docteur-Penfield
Room S 3/3

Co-sponsored by the Canada Research
Chair in Latin American history at the Université de Montréal and the réseau d’études sur amérique latine (Réal) and the department of History, Mcgill

For information, contact ISID :
by email at info.isid mcgill.ca or call 514-398-3507