Official and Other Truths: Memories of Dictatorship in the Wake of Brazil’s National Truth Commission

February 23, 2015
5:00 pmto6:00 pm

Gerlinger Hall
Alumni Lounge
1468 University St.

AtencioRRebecca Atencio, assistant professor of Spanish & Portuguese in the Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies at Tulane University, will give a public lecture titled “Official and Other Truths: Memories of Dictatorship in the Wake of Brazil’s National Truth Commission.” Professor Atencio is the author of Memory’s Turn: Reckoning with Dictatorship in Brazil.

Professor Atencio will also offer a faculty workshop titled “Researching Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges, Resources, and Strategies” on February 24, 2015, from 12pm to 1:30 pm. in the EMU Metolius Room.