Cornell’s Department of , alongside Trópico Absoluto magazine and the Universidad Complutense Madrid, are delighted to welcome the return of “(Re)pensando a Venezuela: Conversatorio Interdisciplinario Online,” a global gathering of scholars and artists dedicated to “(re)thinking” Venezuela’s current sociopolitical context as the country experiences ongoing health, economic and political crises.
Initially conceived as a symposium that was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “(Re)pensando a Venezuela” has expanded into a discussion series – an ongoing, online interdisciplinary conversation – focused on Venezuela as seen, discussed, and analyzed from several disciplinary perspectives. The third season will examine some of the latest books, fiction and nonfiction, published on the country, including-a special issue on contemporary Venezuelan art, the work of two Venezuelan artists living in the United States, and recent research by graduate students from various institutions.
“This would serve as an opportunity to have a less formal, less structured, and more dynamic way of talking about the latest works published – or in the making – about Venezuela from many different fields,” said Irina Troconis, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, and one of the series’ organizers.
The discussions will be conducted in Spanish, with an option of switching to English for the Q&As at the end of each session.
“The objective is to create a space that will serve as a point of contact and discussion for constructive exchange, one that permits the fine-tuning of proposals and perspectives as well as discovering and debating new strategies and methods to (re)think the country from both inside and outside its geographical borders," Troconis said.
Troconis organized the discussion series with Manuel Silva-Ferrer, the editor and director of Trópico Absoluto, and Miguel Vásquez, a professor in the Departamento de Filosofía y Sociedad at the Universidad Complutense Madrid. Trópico Absoluto will be uploading the discussions and vignettes to its platform.
The digital format of the series will allow it to move forward in a unique way, as both the original symposium and ongoing discussion series were always intended to reach across time zones and continents.
“With the support of new digital platforms, we aspire to incorporate innovative forms of conducting and sharing discussion, expanding our networks so that we may launch new projects and opportunities for exchange and collaboration,” Troconis said.
The schedule of discussion panels is below. For copies of the materials that will be discussed in each section, please email Irina Troconis (Irt23@cornell.edu). The materials for the individual panels will be available one week before each session.
To contact the organizers:
Manuel Silva-Ferrer: msilvaferrer@gmail.com
Miguel Vásquez: miguelev@ucm.es
Irina R. Troconis: irt23@cornell.edu
(Re)pensando a Venezuela: Tercera Temporada
Presentación Fecha y horaDancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American Populism
Una conversación con Rafael Sánchez (The Graduate Institute Geneva)
Feb. 18
12 p.m. EST/1 p.m. Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 996 1829 9655
Passcode: 705051
Proyecto poesía venezolana joven en la diáspora
Una conversación con Miguel Vásquez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) y Katie Brown (University of Exeter)
Feb. 2512 p.m. EST/1 p.m. Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 912 7770 3675
Passcode: 278969
Welserland
Una conversación con Víctor Manuel Pinto (Universidad de Carabobo)
March 4
12 p.m. EST/1 p.m. Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 973 3523 0774
Passcode: 253810
Arte, memoria e identidad en la diáspora venezolana
Una conversación con Violette Bule (University of Houston) y Elena Cardona (University of California, Riverside)
March 11
12 p.m. EST/1 p.m. Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 984 1720 2579
Passcode: 314949
José Antonio Anzoátegui. Accionar y forja de un héroe binacional
Una conversación con Háncer González (Universidad de los Andes)
March 1812 p.m. DST/Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 983 5327 8795
Passcode: 624729
País Portátil: Contemporary Venezuelan Literature and Arts
Una conversación con Javier Guerrero (Princeton University)
March 2512 p.m. DST/Venezuela
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Passcode: 624729
Cartografías de la violencia en el cine y la literatura
Una conversación con Sonia Quintero (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) y Lorena Velásquez (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello)
April 1
12 p.m. DST/Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 995 9392 4746
Passcode: 790075
Sonorous Worlds. Musical Enchantment in Venezuela
Una conversación con Yana Stainova (McMaster University)
April 8
12 p.m. DST/Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 985 0478 6317
Passcode: 188026
Adriático
Una conversación con Gina Saraceni (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
April 29
12 p.m. DST/Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 991 2415 6140
Passcode: 081913
The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela: Revolution, Crime, and Policing during Chavismo
Una conversación con David Smilde (Tulane University), Verónica Zubillaga (Universidad Simón Bolívar), y Rebecca Hanson (University of Florida).
May 2712 p.m. DST/Venezuela
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Meeting ID: 986 9489 6186
Passcode: 711299
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