Advanced Diploma in Marxism and Nation

• Class 1: What is Latin American Marxism?
  Teacher: Marco Álvarez
  
  The introductory session will explore the conceptual, political, and methodological problems inherent in the notion of “Latin American Marxism,” drawing on discussions from the 1970s and 80s, as well as contemporary debates that have focused their critical analysis on the specificities of Western Marxism. This session is relevant because it establishes the boundaries and their permeability, as well as its analytical utility.
  
  
• Class 2: Analytical Perspectives
  Teachers: Fabián Cabaluz and Tomás Torres López 
  
  Latin American Marxism has developed within specific political coordinates. Therefore, this session aims to situate Latin American Marxism within the trajectory of political action, the conflicts and contradictions of capitalist society, and its scope of action in a context of capitalism subordinated to the global market.
  
  
• Class 3: Methodological Problems
  Teacher: Jaime Ortega Reyna
  
  As we reach the end of this first module, it is pertinent to consider the methodological challenges of using the notion of Latin American Marxism in relation to the contradictions and politics, the struggle and tension between political forces, collective subjects, and their concrete development in Latin American history and praxis. Therefore, this session will address the most frequently explored paths in research and their limitations, as well as the avenues opened by other perspectives that seek to place political action at their center.
  
  
  

• Class 4: Marx and the problem of the nation
  Teacher: Alejandro Fernando González
  
  This class will analyze the nature of Marx's work: does it encompass everything he produced under his own name? Are we referring to the critique of alienation by what was called "the young" Marx, or to what is understood as the critique of political economy? What distinguishes Marx's work in terms of thinking about the nation, and what allows a certain branch of Marxism to revisit this issue and develop it further?
  
  
• Class 5: The “other Marx”: Politics in the face of colonial expansion
  Teacher: Perla Valero
  
  How did Marx think about the set of problems related to the very weight of the Eurocentric tradition? What role did a series of immediate examples play that mobilized progressive sectors sensitive to the colonial question? This session will address the problem of the place of Russia and Ireland in relation to Marx's work, and the problem of the development of capitalism and the political hardships that arise from a vision different from the dominant one in the centers of capital.
  
  
• Class 6: Nation and capital in the periphery: Marx's "Bolívar" and Martí's "Marx"
  Teacher: Martín Cortés
  
  Latin American Marxism has had two key figures who encapsulate the development of capitalism and political action: on the one hand, Marx's "Bolívar," and on the other, Martí's "Marx." Both interpretations raise problems and dilemmas regarding the development of capitalism, the formation of the state, and the role of political subjects who reinterpret reality in relation to Marxism. They also call for an examination of the contradictions and their place in the structuring of the capitalist world.
  
  
  

• Class 7: Mariátegui and the heterodoxy of Marxism
  Teacher: Claudio Berrios Cavieres
  
  Among the icons of Latin American Marxist thought, José Carlos Mariátegui occupies a special place for addressing the national question broadly and with a political vision characteristic of socialist thought. In contrast to Haya de la Torre's perspective, Mariátegui constructs the notion of nation based on class dynamics, an anti-imperialist stance, and a commitment to both a national perspective and a cosmopolitan one. His work expresses a significant connection between the universal principles of Marxism and its necessary realization in specific political forms.
  
  
• Class 8: The revolutionary cycle from Mexico to Nicaragua
  Teacher: Jaime Ortega Reyna
  
  Were the revolutions of the 20th century defined by socialism, or did their horizon forge a specific relationship between national-revolutionary and national-popular forms and that European ideology? This session reflects on the political possibilities that the encounter between diverse traditions generated in a turbulent context, as well as the contradictions and limitations in both spheres, within the framework of three highly significant experiences of the 20th century.
  
  
• Class 9: Dependency Theory
  Teacher: Paula Vidal Molina
  
  Marxist categories played a fundamental role in shaping dependency theory, a set of formulations and perspectives that contributed to the analysis of Latin American societies as dependent within the framework of the uneven development of capitalism. Given that dependency theory has had different expressions and phases, this class proposes a panoramic approach that allows us to grasp its full complexity, especially emphasizing the role of the nation.
  
  

• Class 10: Afro-Marxisms
  Teacher: Mauricio Sandoval Cordero
  
  In recent years, Afro-Marxism has gained ground as a specific development that encompasses the history of European expansion, the forging of large productive networks like the sugar mills, and also the affirmative response from the "Afro" perspective, which transcends the Caribbean and includes other geo-cultural modalities. It thus takes shape as a way of thinking about the "national" question within a dynamic that is not anchored to a single territory.
  
  
• Class 11: Peronism, nation and working class
  Teacher: Andrés Tzeiman
  
  In the heat of the global revolutionary wave of the 1960s, the Argentine intellectual left developed a process of reinterpreting Peronism. Moving away from the framework of Argentine communism, which had characterized it as a form of fascism, various Marxist intellectuals devoted themselves to an interpretation of Peronism centered on the political constitution of the Argentine working class. This lecture will allow us to delve deeper into the theoretical frameworks from which this reinterpretation emerged.
  
  
• Class 12: Indigenous people and nation in Bolivia
  Teacher: Sofía Lanchimba
  
  The so-called “Indian question” transcended all borders and established itself as one of the main motivators for Marxist reflection in the region. While problematic in some experiences, it has become the most studied field, both from the perspective of classical theoretical formulations and forms of political action. This session will seek to delve deeper into these topics, drawing on accumulated experience.
  
  

• Class 13: Progressive, Popular and Anti-Neoliberal Governments
  Teachers: Martín Cortés and Andrés Tzeiman
  
  The progressive cycle brought with it the return of a series of theoretical problems that Latin American Marxism had addressed with relative consistency throughout its history: the national question, the problem of the state, and, specifically, the relationship between the state and the mobilization of subaltern sectors. This class will delve into these problems, attempting to account for the novel aspects that progressive political processes entailed.
  
  
• Class 14: The new right and the disputes surrounding the national question
  Teacher: Danilo Martuscelli
  
  Following the cycle of progressive, populist, or anti-neoliberal governments and state administrations, an expansive conservative backlash ensued. Under the auspices of “new right-wing movements” that simultaneously innovate their methods and reinvent their national legacies, it is crucial to question the place of the nation, the state, and capital in this new scenario, in which imperialism also emerges as a dominant power.
  
  
• Class 15: The nation, the crisis, and the Marxist position
  Teachers: Natalia Romé and Elvira Concheiro
  
  Among the many contemporary experiences, two stand out at opposite ends of the continent: Mexico and Argentina. What is happening to the notion of nation in the face of an acute crisis of the neoliberal form of capitalist management? Why have these antagonistic political responses emerged in the same geopolitical space, and what elements characterize them?
  
  

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Classes will begin in August and will conclude in December 2026.

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The Advanced Diploma program integrates a dynamic of asynchronous and synchronous classes. Classes are primarily asynchronous. The schedule for synchronous sessions will be communicated by the Diploma coordinator at the beginning of the program, and participation in these sessions is not a prerequisite for passing the program.