The Latinoamericanist

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• Leonardo Avritzer: Understanding the Brazilian election – Second-round update

  October 20, 2026 · 26 min

  Following the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, Leonardo Avritzer returns to discuss the results and the political context ahead of the second round. This short update was recorded on 12 October 2026 and is intended to be…

• Leonardo Avritzer: Understanding the Brazilian election

  October 4, 2026 · 51 min

  Leonardo Avritzer, of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, is a leading Brazilian political scientist and the author of numerous books and articles in Portuguese and in English, especially on participatory politics. He is also a…

• Jean Khalfa: Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist and revolutionary

  August 5, 2026 · 49 min

  Jean Khalfa is an unusual figure: a French intellectual who was joint editor of Les Temps Modernes, the famous journal founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, yet who has spent most of his academic career at Trinity College…

• Dawn Ades: Surrealism in Latin America

  July 8, 2026 · 38 min

  Dawn Ades is a world-renowned curator and authority on surrealism. She curated the landmark London exhibition Dada and Surrealism In 1978 and the Art in Latin America show in 1989 and was an advisor to the recent major exhibition…

• Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos: The judicialization of politics

  June 9, 2026 · 40 min

  Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos is Professor of Comparative & Judicial Politics and a Fellow of Nuffield College. He first came to prominence with his book entitled The Politics of Transitional Justice in Latin America: Power, Norms and…

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