Instituto Figuerola, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Programme for Comparative Latin American Studies
May 7-8, 20091010
Organizers:
The Mini-Conference will gather a group of leading scholars in the field of inequality and development. The main focus of the Mini-Conference is to promote a comparative analysis of inequality in Latin America and Europe, in order to help assess whether inequality really has been a distinctive aspect of Latin American development for centuries, what form that inequality has taken, and whether and how it has been an important factor explaining its relative backwardness. Comparisons between European and Latin American experience since pre-industrial times will enrich our understanding of both. Nevertheless, the Mini-Conference will also give place to papers containing comparative studies of Europe and/or Latin America with other regions.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words must be sent to lebertola@gmail.com no later than January 7. The organizers will communicate the acceptance of the paper proposal by January 21. Complete papers must be delivered no later than April 1.
Participants are encouraged to fund their own trips to Madrid. Accommodation in Madrid will be covered by the organization. A number of airfare tickets will also be financed by the organization.
The Mini-conference is sponsored by the Fundación Areces and GlobalEuroNet.