News and Information
 Alcántara Receives Chilean O’Higgins Award
Former Visiting Fellow Manuel Alcántara has received the Bernardo O’Higgins Order of Merit, Chile’s highest honor for foreigners. (more...)
 Guevara Mann on Electoral Trends in Latin America
Visiting Fellow Carlos Guevara Mann discussed electoral trends in Latin America in a Christian Science Monitor article on focusing on Costa Rica. (more...)
 Richman on Cultural Impact of Haitian Mass Graves
In an interview in USA Today, Faculty Fellow Karen Richman discussed the spiritual and psychological impact of mass graves in Haiti, where respect for the dead is particularly valued. (more...)
 Cassel Files Amicus Brief in US Supreme Court
Faculty Fellow Doug Cassel has submitted a “friend of the court” brief to the US Supreme Court, arguing that former foreign officials sued for torture and extrajudicial executions in US courts are not entitled to sovereign immunity from suit. (more)
 New International Development Studies Minor
The Institute’s Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity has announced the launch of an undergraduate minor in International Development Studies (IDS). (more)
 Kellogg Series Book Wins Choice Outstanding Title Award
Choice magazine has selected The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile by Pablo Policzer as a 2009 Outstanding Academic Title. (more...)
 New Book from Mainwaring and Scully
In a new book from Stanford University Press, Faculty Fellows Scott Mainwaring and Rev. Timothy R. Scully, CSC, examine the challenge of effective democratic governance in Latin America. (more...)
 Academically Speaking: Michael Coppedge
Faculty Fellow Michael Coppedge talks about his research, teaching, and the Kellogg Institute in a video interview. (More...)
 Lopez Testifies in House on Iran Sanctions
Faculty Fellow George Lopez argued against severe economic sanctions on Iran in testimony on Dec. 15 before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. (more...)
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday, February 9
Dan Brinks
Associate Professor of Political Science; Concurrent Associate Professor of Law
University of Notre Dame
“New Courts for New Democracies: Judicial Changes in Latin America from 1975 to 2009”
12:30pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
Thursday, February 11
Benjamin Junge
Department of Anthropology
State University of New York, New Paltz
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow
"The Neoliberalization of Participatory Democracy: Grassroots Community Leaders' Perceptions of Change and Continuity in Porto Alegre, Brazil"
4:15pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
John McArthur
CEO Millennium Promise
"MDGs: Getting on track to end extreme poverty"
6:30-7:45 PM, Andrews Auditorium in Geddes Hall
Reception to follow, Geddes Hall Coffee House
(cosponsored by the Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity and the Center for Social Concerns)
Friday, February 12
Africa Working Group
John McArthur
CEO of Millennium Promise
12:00 pm - C102 Hesburgh Center
12th Annual Celebration of Brazilian Carnaval
8:00pm - South Dining Hall
Kellogg Institute Newsletter
Spring 2010 (#53)
Fall 2009 (#52)
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