Recent Central American History focus of forum at GVSU 11/3

The Latin American Studies department at GVSU is hosting a day-long event this Thursday entitled Power, Justice and Public Memory in Central America.

The one-day colloquium bringing to GVSU two historians and archivists: Prof. Dario Euraque, former Director of the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia y Lic. Anna Carla Ericastilla, the current Director of theArchivo General de Centroamérica.

Dr. Darío Euraque, a former Director of the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia and currently Professor of History at Trinity College in Connecticut, is going to talk about his recent work on the “Military Coup 2009”, and “El patrimonio cultural e identidad nacional de Honduras.”

Lic. Anna Carla Ericastilla will talk about the work of the Archivo General de Centroamérica in uncovering and reconstructing the account of US-led medical experiments in Guatemala in 1946-1948.

The schedule for the Thursday, November 3 event is:

9:30 am-10:00 am     Welcome  (Refreshments served)

10:00 am-11:15 am   Session 1: Darío Euraque, a presentation on his recent work on the cultural patrimony and national identity in Honduras in light of the 2009 military coup (http://www.trincoll.edu/~euraque/).

11:15 am – 12:45 pm  Break and Lunch

1:00-2:15pm                Session 2: Anna Carla Ericastilla,  a presentation on how the Guatemalan national archives responded to the revelations of US-conducted medical experiments in Guatemala in 1946-1948.

2:30-3:45 pm               Session 3: José Lara, Heidi Fegel, Andrew Schlewitz, Outside Looking In: US researchers reflect on recent experiences in Central America

4:00-5:15 pm               Session 4: Anna Carla Ericastilla, Darío Euraque. Inside Looking Out: Central American archivists reflect on how international researchers have used their countries’ public memories.

5:15-5:45 pm               Informal Q & A

Location: Kirkhof Center, Room 2215/2216 – Allendale Campus
This event is free and open to the public.