Programs : Ethics, Culture, Development : The Left in Latin America : Schedule
Seminars/Conferences : The Left in Latin America : Schedule
A conference of the Witherspoon Institute
Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Policy at Princeton University
Bowl 16, Robertson Hall, Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey • December 6-8, 2007
Conference Map
N.B.: The Thursday 4:30pm session will take place in Friend Center Room 101; all other sessions will be in Bowl 16 of Robertson Hall. Please see Conference Map for locations.
Seminars/Conferences : The Left in Latin America : Schedule
Globalization and the Rise of the Left in Latin America
Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Policy at Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey • December 6-8, 2007
N.B.: The Thursday 4:30pm session will take place in Friend Center Room 101; all other sessions will be in Bowl 16 of Robertson Hall. Please see Conference Map for locations.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6
4:30 pm – Opening Plenary Session: “Are There Two Lefts in Latin America?” (To take place in Friend Center Room 101)
Carlos Alberto Montaner, syndicated columnist, author, and political analyst
Ignacio Walker, President of CIEPLAN (Institute for Latin America Studies, Santiago, Chile); Visiting Senior Research Scholar (PIIRS, Princeton University), 2007-2008; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, 2004-2006
John Londregan, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Ignacio Walker, President of CIEPLAN (Institute for Latin America Studies, Santiago, Chile); Visiting Senior Research Scholar (PIIRS, Princeton University), 2007-2008; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, 2004-2006
John Londregan, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
6:00 – Reception
7:00 – Dinner, welcoming remarks by Professor John Londregan
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
9:00 am – Paper session I: “Are There Two Lefts in Latin America?”
Patricio Navia (paper), Master Teacher, General Studies Program and Adjunct Professor of Latin American Studies, New York University; Professor of Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Teodoro Petkoff (paper), former Minister of Economic Planning, Venezuela; editor, Tal Cual
Ricardo López Murphy (paper), former Minister of Defense and Economy, Argentina; economist
Paul Sigmund (respondent), Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University
Teodoro Petkoff (paper), former Minister of Economic Planning, Venezuela; editor, Tal Cual
Ricardo López Murphy (paper), former Minister of Defense and Economy, Argentina; economist
Paul Sigmund (respondent), Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University
11:00 – Paper session II: “Public Opinion”
Scott Desposato (paper), Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Barry Ames (paper), Andrew W. Mellow Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Pittsburgh
Barry Ames (paper), Andrew W. Mellow Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Pittsburgh
1:00 pm – Lunch
2:30 – Paper session III: “Political Parties”
Scott Morgenstern (paper), Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Cristián Castaño Contreras (respondent), Federal Delegate, Mexico (Partido de la Acción Nacional); former director of the PAN National Youth Institute
Arturo Cruz (respondent), Nicaraguan Ambassador to Washington, D.C.; historian
Cristián Castaño Contreras (respondent), Federal Delegate, Mexico (Partido de la Acción Nacional); former director of the PAN National Youth Institute
Arturo Cruz (respondent), Nicaraguan Ambassador to Washington, D.C.; historian
4:00 – Paper session IV: “Legislative Politics”
Margarita López Maya (paper), Professor, CENDES Universidad Central de Venezuela
Sebastián Saiegh (paper), Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Facundo Guardado (respondent), member of Salvadoran Congress
Sebastián Saiegh (paper), Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Facundo Guardado (respondent), member of Salvadoran Congress
7:00 – Cocktails
7:45 – Dinner
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8
9:00 am – Paper session V: “Distributive Politics”
Beatriz Magaloni (paper), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Francisco Rodríguez (paper), Professor of Economics and Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University
Susan Stokes (paper), John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and Director of the Yale Program on Democracy, Yale University
Deborah Yashar (respondent), Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Francisco Rodríguez (paper), Professor of Economics and Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University
Susan Stokes (paper), John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and Director of the Yale Program on Democracy, Yale University
Deborah Yashar (respondent), Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
11:00 – Closing Plenary Session: “Are There Two Lefts in Latin America?”
Paulo Paiva, former Minister of Labor, Brazil; former Vice President, Inter-American Developing Bank
Teodoro Petkoff, former Minister of Economic Planning, Venezuela; editor, Tal Cual
Ricardo López Murphy, former Minister of Defense and Economy, Argentina; economist
Teodoro Petkoff, former Minister of Economic Planning, Venezuela; editor, Tal Cual
Ricardo López Murphy, former Minister of Defense and Economy, Argentina; economist
Updated December 4, 2007