About the topic
This session will take a comparative approach to the study and teaching of Spanish and Portuguese American history since Independence. Topics addressed will include abolition, international and regional political challenges, social and cultural expression. We will pay particular attention to the role of women in state-building through the 21stcentury, and to the problems and promise of Brazil.
Our host
The session will be hosted by Suzanne M. Litrel, historian, author, and educator born in New York and raised in Rome, Singapore, and São Paulo.
In the wider context
This webinar will be the fourth of a series of four monthly sessions on the history of Latin America, held in the fall of 2023. Other sessions in the series will cover:
- 19 September 2023: Pre-colonial civilisations and people of Latin America – the recording will be made available to EuroClio Members soon!
- October 2023: Colonial Empires in Latin America – the recording will be made available to EuroClio Members soon!
- 22 November 2023: Independence and Decolonisation in Latin America: The case of Paraguay, 1800-1870. The recording will be made available to EuroClio Members soon!
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