‘RENEWING RADICAL SCHOLARSHIP’ CONFERENCE
MAY 27-29, 2011
Conferences
Conference on Private Military Contractors in Latin America
The A.E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change
The Privatization of Security and Human Rights in The Americas: Perspectives from the Global South
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, Wisconsin
January 31-February 2, 2008
Listen to audio recordings here
Co-Sponsored by: Politics and Society, the NAVE fund, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Global Studies, the Global Legal Studies Center, Wisconsin International Law Society (WILS), the Wisconsin Human Rights Initiative, and Community Action on Latin America (CALA).
Papers
Madison Group Research Network on PMSCs Statement of Purpose
Red Investigativa Madison sobre EPMs Declaración de Objetivos
Gualdemar Jiménez (powerpoint)
Registration
The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is requested (though not required), which can be done by sending an email to pmc2008@havenscenter.org with your name and affiliation (optional) or call Kate McCoy at 608-262-1420.
Contents
Sept 28-Oct 1 2006: Local Democracy Conference
The US President says he’s the decider. Congress and the Federal courts seem generally to agree. US military forces occupy Iraq and Afghanistan, among other countries. A national police state keeps watch on tens of millions of Americans.