Presented By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LACS Indigenous Studies Lecture Series with Gladys Tzul Tzul (Maya K’iché)
March 12 (Lecture); March 13 (Workshop)
LECTURE
March 12, 4–5:30 PM
Design and Transformation in Communal Politics
WORKSHOP
March 13, 11:30 AM–1 PM
The Design of a Celebratory World (conversation in Spanish)
RSVP is required to attend. Reading materials will be emailed before the workshop. Register: https://myumi.ch/Pk4Jq
Gladys Tzul Tzul is a writer and essayist from the Paquí community of Totonicapán, Guatemala. With a PhD in Sociology, she is currently a visiting professor at FLACSO Ecuador. She is the author of two books, Gobierno comunal indígena y estado guatemalteco: Algunas claves para comprender su tensa relación and Sistemas de gobierno comunal indígena: Mujeres y tramas de parentesco en Chuimeq'ena, as well as several articles translated into English, French, and German. In recognition of her work, she received the 2018 Voltaire Prize from the University of Potsdam, Germany. The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) also awarded her first place in 2017 for social science research in Central America. Her advocacy work includes serving as an expert witness in the investigation of Berta Cáceres's assassination in Honduras and coordinating the inquiry into the October 4 Massacre, when the Guatemalan army violently suppressed an uprising of the 48 Indigenous communities of Totonicapán.
Co-Sponsors for this event include the Program in Native American Studies, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the International Institute.
March 12, 4–5:30 PM
Design and Transformation in Communal Politics
WORKSHOP
March 13, 11:30 AM–1 PM
The Design of a Celebratory World (conversation in Spanish)
RSVP is required to attend. Reading materials will be emailed before the workshop. Register: https://myumi.ch/Pk4Jq
Gladys Tzul Tzul is a writer and essayist from the Paquí community of Totonicapán, Guatemala. With a PhD in Sociology, she is currently a visiting professor at FLACSO Ecuador. She is the author of two books, Gobierno comunal indígena y estado guatemalteco: Algunas claves para comprender su tensa relación and Sistemas de gobierno comunal indígena: Mujeres y tramas de parentesco en Chuimeq'ena, as well as several articles translated into English, French, and German. In recognition of her work, she received the 2018 Voltaire Prize from the University of Potsdam, Germany. The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) also awarded her first place in 2017 for social science research in Central America. Her advocacy work includes serving as an expert witness in the investigation of Berta Cáceres's assassination in Honduras and coordinating the inquiry into the October 4 Massacre, when the Guatemalan army violently suppressed an uprising of the 48 Indigenous communities of Totonicapán.
Co-Sponsors for this event include the Program in Native American Studies, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the International Institute.
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