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<div>Hampshire's Law and Latina/o Latina American Studies Programs
present a lecture by Harvard anthropologist Kimberley Theidon on
political violence and transitional justice in Peru, the site of the
currently ongoing human rights trial of ex-president Alberto Fujimori,
whose death squads wreaked terror and murder on the nation in the
1990s. Please plan to attend!</div>
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Legal Studies invite you to a lecture and
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Histories of Innocence:<br>
Post-War Stories in Peru<br>
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by Dr. Kimberly Theidon<br>
(Anthropology, Harvard)<br>
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<b>Thurs. March 27, 2008<br>
5:30<br>
Franklin Patterson Hall<br>
West Lecture Hall</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><b>Dr.
Kimberly Theidon</b> is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin
America. Her research interests include critical theory applied to
medicine, psychology and anthropology; gender studies; domestic,
structural and political violence; theories and forms of subjectivity;
human rights and international humanitarian law; truth commissions,
transitional justice and reconciliation; the politics of post-war
reparations; comparative peace processes; disarmament, demobilization
and reintegration programs for ex-combatants; anthropology of
development; and US counter-narcotics policy. <br>
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Dr. Theidon's first book,<i> Entre Prójimos: El conflicto armado
interno y la política de la reconciliación en el Perú</i>, draws
upon extensive qualitative research on political violence, trauma,
religious movements and transitional justice in post-war Peru. Her
comparative community-based study of the micropolitics of
reconciliation practiced at the communal and intercommunal levels
identifies various factors that facilitate -- or hinder -- the
reconstruction of social relationships and coexistence in the
aftermath of fratricidal violence.<i> Entre Prójimos</i> was awarded
the 2006 Premio Iberoamericano Book Award Honorable Mention for
outstanding book in the social sciences by the Latin American Studies
Association.<br>
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She is currently conducting research in Colombia and Ecuador on two
interrelated themes: the causes and consequences of populations in
displacement, refuge and return, with a particular interest in the
role of humanitarian organizations in zones of armed conflict; and the
paramilitary demobilization process in Colombia. Her research on the
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program involves
working not only with the ex-combatants but the communities to which
they return. In this multi-sited research, Dr. Theidon has emphasized
the reintegration phase, convinced that the unit of analysis and
intervention must move beyond the demobilized combatants themselves to
understand the complex dynamics of social relationships and local
peace-building efforts. <br>
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Dr. Theidon is the executive director of Praxis: An Institute for
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www.praxisweb.org</b></font></blockquote>
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