Spring 2026 Lunchtime Lecture Series

Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

We will be offering lectures both live (206 Ingraham Hall) and virtual (via Zoom) this spring. If you miss a lecture, you will be able to view many of them later on our YouTube Channel.

Please see the details for each event, and if a lecture is scheduled to be given by Zoom, please pre-register for the link.

George McReddie
George McReddie

JANUARY 27:  “Argentina and the U.S: The dynamics of a new economic relationship”  | Presented by George McReddie, retired Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, UW alum (Political Science and Ibero-American Studies) | 206 Ingraham Hall and via Zoom | ZOOM REGISTRATION

Diana Rodriguez-Gomez
Diana Rodriguez-Gomez

FEBRUARY 3: | “State Governance Under Rebel Rule: Extraction, Subtraction and Immobilization” | Presented by Dr. Diana Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison |  206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

FEBRUARY 10:  | Reconfiguring Precarity: Race and Work in Brazil” | Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar, Dr. Ruy Braga, Sociology Department, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

FEBRUARY 17: | Presented by Dr. Marcella Hayes | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

Angel Adames-Corraliza
Angel Adames-Corraliza

FEBRUARY 24: | “Introducción al Tiempo y Clima del Trópico” | Presented by Ángel F. Adames Corraliza, MacArthur Fellow, UW-Madison | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

MARCH 3: | “Polarization helps mobilize Latin American voters, but does it provide an ideological or a winner advantage?” | Presented by Dr. Hernando Rojas, Diego Mazorra, Elohim Monard, Maria Pettit, UW-Madison, and Sandro Macassi,  Pontificia Universidad Catolica (Peru) | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

MARCH 10: | Presented by Elsa Cardenas | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

 

MARCH 17: Presented Sarli Mercado | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

 

APRIL 7: | “Good for the Poor, Good for the Forest? Formalizing smallholder land rights in the Peruvian Amazon” | Presented by Dr. Lisa Naughton, Nelson Institute, UW-Madison | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

APRIL 14: | TBA | Presented by Will Baynard, History PhD Candidate, UW-Madison | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

APRIL 21: Presented by Carolyn Kallenborn and Alejandro Jiminez Molina | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION

APRIL 28: Presented by Dr. Monica Szurmuk, Tinker Visiting Professor, Stanford University | 206 Ingraham & Virtual | ZOOM REGISTRATION