Haines Hall, Rm 279
During the country’s dictatorship from 1973 to 1985, Uruguayans suffered under crushing repression, which included the highest rate of political incarceration in the world. Debbie Sharnak will give a talk on her book, Of Light and Struggle, which explores how activists, transnational social movements, and international policymakers collaborated and clashed in response to this era and during the country’s transition back to democratic rule.
Presenter/Author:

Debbie Sharnak
Assistant Professor of History, Rowan University
Cost : Free and Open to the Public
Download file: Of-Light-and-Struggle-Social-Justice,-Human-Rights,-and-Accountability-in-Uruguay-lt-nlx.pdf
Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Department of History, Department of Sociology, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, Sociology - Political Sociology & Global South Working Group