With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.

About this talk:
The Sandinista National Liberation Front, which once led a Marxist-inspired popular revolution in Nicaragua (1979-1990), returned to power sixteen years later, now in alliance with former foes in the business sector and the Catholic Church. Based on ethnographic research with contemporary Sandinistas, this talk examines what appears to be the uncanny transformation of Nicaragua’s revolutionary left tradition during times of neoliberal hegemony and the contradictions that have arisen for grassroots organizers committed to creating lasting structural change.

Luciana Chamorro is a 2025-26 Hunting Family Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Assisstant Professor of Anthropology.