Chile & Argentina

Academic Content

Lectures
IFDS lectures are given at a mix of academic environments and field locations. Please note the following lecture listings are tentative and subject to change:

• Chilean Historic Perspectives: Allende’s Government, Breakdown of Democracy, and Human Rights Processes and Legacies
• Chilean Politics and Society: From Transition to Democracy to the New Party Coalitions
• Chile’s Economic Model and Development Policies in the Last 20 Years
• Chile’s International Relations: the Country and its Neighbours
• Chile’s Cultural Legacies and Tendencies: Poetry and the Arts
• Introduction to Contemporary Argentina
• Human Rights in Argentina: Justice and Impunity
• MERCOSUR: Reality and Perspectives
• Argentine Political Culture and the Phenomenon of Peronism
• Human Rights, Legislation, and Gender Equality in Argentina
• Soccer and Masculinity in Argentina

Co-curricular Site Visits & Field Trips
Please note the following trips are tentative and subject to change:

• Palacio de La Moneda in downtown Santiago
• Valparaíso and Isla Negra Neruda`s Houses
• Vineyards visits
• Visit to Memory Sites (Important Points for Human Rights Issues in Greater Santiago)
• Sightseeing Orientation of Buenos Aires, Including a Historical and Cultural Background of the City
• Visit to a Factory Recovered and Managed by Workers
• Visit to a Buenos Aires Shantytown to Meet with Community Leaders
• Meeting with Abuelas, Madres de Plaza de Mayo and H.I.J.O.S.
• ESMA (Clandestine Detention Center during the Junta Dictatorship)