Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America

Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.

Segato is a prolific Argentine-Brazilian anthropologist and feminist scholar known for her groundbreaking research on gender, violence, and patriarchy in Latin America. She is an emeritus professor of anthropology and of the graduate programs in bioethics and human rights at the University of Brasília. Her work has been instrumental in illuminating the structural roots of gender-based violence and the intersections of colonialism, race, and gender.

The Juana Gamero de Coca Memorial Symposium is funded by the David Fleming Family Foundation. 

Additional co-sponsors include the Academic Speaker Supplement Fund, the Axinn Center for Humanities, the Hirschfield Film Endowment, and the TC Hsu Fund.