Event Details
(L-R): Curator Roberta Bacic, Dra. Sonia Barnetche Frías (Vicerrectora académica), Dra. Adriana Molina (Director, Faculty of Arts), Mtro. Carlos Camacho Gaos (Director, Faculty of Global Studies), Mtro. Ricardo Zamora (Director, Library) |
Exhibition and associated activities: | Justicia Transicional y Arte-Textil / Transitional Justice and Art-Textile |
Description: | The A.G. Leventis-Anáhuac Chair on Cyprus Studies at the Faculty of Global Studies, Anáhuac University are hosting a two-day international conference on transitional justice. Transitional justice will be examined as both concept and praxis by international and national scholars from various disciplinary perspectives: Political Science, Literature, Human Rights, Education and Arts. Transitional justice in Cyprus, Chile, Mexico and other Latin American countries will be analyzed. Activities include an academic panel, an exhibition by Conflict Textiles and a faculty seminar. The exhibition includes arpilleras and textiles from Chile, Cataluña / Catalonia, Colombia, Argentina, Basque Country, Peru, and one textile depicting the Holocaust.
Partners of the Faculty of Global Studies include: the International Program, the Center for Human Rights and the Main Library at Anáhuac University - Nenemi Paxia-Sinergias Educativas A.C.
Web links:
A.G. Leventis-Anáhuac Chair
Nenemi Paxia-Sinergias Educativas A.C.
Programme of events
September 24th, 2018:
11.30am –Academic panel “Transitional Justice: Cyprus in a Global Context”
Location: Auditorio de Posgrado, Universidad Anáhuac, Campus Norte
Speakers:
Dr. Iosif Kovras (City, University of London)
Dr. Marjorie Agosín (Wellesley college, MA)
Roberta Bacic, curator (Conflict Textiles, CAIN/Ulster University, Northern Ireland)
Dr. Juan Espíndola (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE)
Dr. Gerardo Rodríguez Sánchez Lara, Universidad de las Américas Puebla
4pm – Inauguration of Exhibition “Justicia Transicional y Arte Textil” (Transitional Justice and Textile Art)
Location: Vestíbulo Biblioteca Central
Speakers:
Cyprus: Textiles and Identity - Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus in Mexico, Mr. Homer Mavrommatis
Arpilleras/textiles - Roberta Bacic, curator (Conflict Textiles, CAIN/Ulster University, Northern Ireland)
Poetry - Dr. Marjorie Agosín (Wellesley college, MA)
Exile and Arts - Sr. Álvaro Covacevich (Medalla Águila Azteca)
September 25th, 2018:
11.30am - Faculty Seminar on Transitional Justice
Location: Salón Parquet, Universidad Anáhuac, Campus Norte
Speakers:
Dr. Iosif Kovras (City, University of London)
Roberta Bacic, curator (Conflict Textiles, CAIN/Ulster University, Northern Ireland)
Dr. Marjorie Agosín (Wellesley college, MA)
*Faculty seminar requires registration: yael.siman@anahuac.mx
Media coverage:
Article in El Economista "Arpilleras: arte textil como un lenguaje contra el olvido", 25th September 2018, (See "Article in El Economista" in documents section below). |
Commissioned by: | Anáhuac University, Cátedra A.G. Leventis-Anáhuac, Facultad Estudios Globales, Mexico |
Date(s): | 24th September 2018 - 18th October 2018 |
Venue: | Vestíbulo Biblioteca Central, Campus Norte, Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico Av. Universidad Anáhuac núm. 46 Col. Lomas Anáhuac C.P. 52786 HUIXQUILUCAN, Mexico |
Curator: | Roberta Bacic |
Facilitator: | Prof. Dr. Yael Siman |
Outcome: | The three events: International Conference, Textile Exhibition and Faculty Seminar for students and lecturers introduced a highly relevent topic in Anáhuac University, (a private Catholic institution with a humanistic educational philosophy). It brought together international and national experts and offered the possibility to explore the meaning, significance and scope of transitional justice in the national and global arenas. In the International Conference, four experts participated; from England, Northern Ireland, United States and Mexico. Political Science, Poetry and Textile language were part of the multidisciplinary discussion. Up to 100 students attended the conference while close to 70 students, professors and authorities of Anáhuac University participated in the inauguration of the exhibition and the faculty seminar. The textile exhibition was open to the public for one month and attracted approximately 1,000 visitors. |
Documents: |
Storage of textiles pre exhibit - Mexico 0718 - view list of textiles: Mexico, Sept - Oct 2018 - view Invitation: International seminar/launch - view Poster: International seminar/launch, Sept 18 - view Exhibition catalogue: Conflict Textiles, 0918 - view NOTIMEX, Comunicación Global, 24th Sept - view Article in El Economista - 25th Sept 2018 - view Photo gallery: 24th/25th Sept 2018 - view Conference/Seminar report: 24/25 Sept 2018 - view |
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