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Tuesday, Sept. 20 Lecture: "POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERU: FROM APRA TO SHINING PATH" |
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16 Sep 2005
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"POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERU: FROM APRA TO SHINING PATH"
CARLOS AGUIRRE
Associate Professor of History,
Director of the Latin American Studies Program
University of Oregon.
Tuesday, Sept 20, 10 am, 430 Armory |
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Presents:
CARLOS AGUIRRE
Associate Professor of History,
Director of the Latin American Studies Program
University of Oregon.
"POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERU: FROM APRA TO SHINING PATH"
Tuesday, Sept 20, 10 am, 430 Armory
This presentation will discuss the ways in which the Peruvian state dealt
with political subversion at two critical periods of its recent history,
namely the 1930s and the 1980s. In both cases, political imprisonment was
widely used to confront the challenges posed by radical opposition
movements. Although arguably APRA and Shining Path constituted very
different parties in terms of their goals and methods, a comparison between
the ways in which political prisoners of both parties were treated, and the
political, legal, and cultural factors shaping that treatment, will shed
light on the changing nature of the Peruvian state and its relationship with
civil society. The lecture will also explore the multiple ways in which both
movements used the prison to strengthen their organizations and foster their
own political agendas, attempting to transform the experience of the prison
into a source of moral and political strength.
Professor Aguirre is the author of three important monographs on the history of slavery and on the prison system in nineteenth century Peru, as well as co-editor of two volumes on the history of the criminal justice system in Latin America.
For further information please contact the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at clacs (at) uiuc.edu or 217-333-3182. |
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