- Listening to Sicarios: Narcoviolence in Cuidad Ju谩rez, 2008-2012 ()
- WHAT: Hemispheric Institute on the Americas Book Talk
- WITH: One of the two co-authors, Robert McKee Irwin, professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and deputy director, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Global Migration Center
- WHEN: noon-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, in person (lunch offered for participants)
- WHERE: 3201 (Risling Room)
Irwin and Arturo Chac贸n Casta帽贸n present direct testimonial evidence on the experiences of paid assassins (鈥渟icarios鈥) of Mexico鈥檚 drug cartels. Says the publisher: 鈥淏ased on an extraordinary series of ethnographic interviews carried out in the wake of the record levels of narcoviolence experienced in Ciudad Ju谩rez between 2008 and 2012, this study analyzes the ways in which these young men interpret their actions across four key thematic axes: border infrastructures, youth and responsibility, masculinity and sentiment, and ethics: good vs. evil.鈥
鈥Listening to Sicarios鈥 is an illuminating work that incorporates the voices of young sicarios, a must-read to understand the banality of evil, the structural violences, and treacherous death and impunity that run through our cities.鈥 Jos茅 Manuel Valenzuela Arce, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
- Tahrir鈥檚 Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution
- WHAT: Book talk (including signing and reception) sponsored by the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies, Community Development Graduate Group, Georgraphy Graduate group and Middle East/South Asia Studies
- WITH: The author, Rusha Latif, a 2013 graduate of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Community Development Graduate Group
- WHEN: 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in person and remote (, Passcode 250619)
- WHERE: 3001
Latif, a first-generation Egyptian American, traveled to Cairo in 2011 to conduct ethnographic research on the uprising that brought about the spectacular collapse of the Mubarak regime. She follows the trajectory of the movement from the perspective of the Revolutionary Youth Coalition, a key front forged in Tahrir Square during the early days of the revolt. Drawing on firsthand testimonies and her own direct experience, she offers insight into the motives, hopes, strategies, successes, failures and disillusionments of the movement's leaders.
Using primary sources, including in-depth interviews with the youth leaders of the January 25 Revolution, Latif鈥檚 work offers indispensable insights into the mobilization strategies and trajectories of the youth groups that resisted three successive regimes between 2011 and 2013. Her book powerfully explains how youth activism has forever changed Egyptian politics. 鈥 Amr Hamzawy, Stanford University, editor of Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World
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