Call for Papers: III Colloquium Central America in Debate. Violence, Past and Present
September 16 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm CMT
📅 From August 6 to September 26
El Colloquium "Central America under debate" was born in 2020 in the Seminar on Central American Studies of the Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CIALC) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, with the purpose of strengthening and disseminating research on the isthmus, a region still scarcely addressed by the social sciences. This space for exchange among Central Americanists yielded excellent results: it allowed for the updating, on equal terms, of academic research agendas and political and social intervention; the weaving and consolidation of networks among study groups—especially between Mexico and Argentina; the sharing of materials and resources; and support for the training of undergraduate and graduate students interested in the region.
This third edition adds to the organization the groups from Mexico, Costa Rica and Argentina articulated around the CLACSO Working Group on Violence in Central AmericaThe proposal is to broaden the call to academics, researchers, teachers and students from the region and dedicated to it, and also to encourage the participation of colleagues from the Southern Cone and other latitudes, regarding the problem of Central American violence.
Recipients
Students, researchers and interested public
Organized by
- CLACSO Working Group on Violence in Central America
- Seminar on Central American Studies
- Central American Studies Group (GECA)
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
- University of Buenos Aires (UBA))
- Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (IEALC)
- Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CIALC)
Themes
- State and institutional violence
- Paramilitary violence and organized crime
- Structural and systemic violence
- Violence against specific subjects and identities
- Revolutionary political violence
- Emerging forms of violence / new scenarios
Speaker registration process
- Submit your paper proposal (abstract) to the link between August 6 and September 26, 2026.
Abstracts must include the author's full name, abstract title, and thematic focus.
Institutional affiliation and email address. These will have a length of between 200 and 250
words. - Notification of acceptance or rejection of proposals will be sent between October 16 and October 31, 2026
and the guidelines for submitting papers will be sent. - Full papers will be accepted from November 1 to December 1, 2026.
- The colloquium will take place between April 20 and 23, 2027 in a virtual format.
Participation is free and a certificate of participation will be awarded to the speakers.
Queries:
Contact
Website: https://violenciascentroamerica.wordpress.com/ii-coloquio-centroamerica-a-debate-violencias/
E-mail: [email protected]
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