Monday, September 8 – Tuesday, September 9, 2025
The University of Texas at Austin
This conference is free and open to the public; no registration necessary
Day 1
Monday, Sept. 8 | 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
Batts Hall, 5.108
9:00 – 11:30 AM
Panel I: Long-Term Trends in Violence in Latin America
“Trends in Popular Insurrections in Latin America” – Paola Galano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Discussant: Kurt Weyland, UT Austin
“The Decline of Elite Insurrections in Latin America” – Raúl Madrid, UT Austin
Discussant: Wendy Hunter, UT Austin
10:30–10:45 AM | Coffee Break
“Coups in Latin America: A Long-Term Perspective” – Luis Schenoni, University College London
Discussant: Fabrice Lehoucq, UNC Greensboro
12–1:15 PM | Keynote Address
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote – Adela Pineda Franco
Director, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies / Lozano Long Endowed Professor in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies
“On the Causes of Violent Political Conflict” – Stathis Kalyvas
Gladstone Professor of Government / Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford
1:15–1:30 PM | Coffee Break
1:30–3:00 PM
Panel II: Recent Trends in Violence in Latin America
“Human Rights Abuses in Latin America: From Political Repression to Social Oppression” – James C. Franklin, Ohio Wesleyan University
Discussant: Daniel Brinks, UT Austin
“The Rise of Criminal Violence in Latin America” – Camilo Nieto-Matiz, University of Texas at San Antonio
Discussant: Isabel Laterzo-Tingley, University of Texas at Austin
Day 2
Tuesday, Sept. 9 | 9 AM–1:00 PM
Batts Hall, 5.108
Panel III: The History of Violence in Latin America
9:30–11:30 AM
“Indigenous Rebellions in Colonial Latin America” – Edgar Franco-Vivanco, University of Michigan
Discussant: Paola Galano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
“The History of Political Violence in 19th-Century Latin America” – Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, University of Kent
Discussant: Luis Schenoni, University College London
10:45 AM | Coffee Break
“Caudillos versus Cowboys: Political Projects and Private Ambitions After Independence in the Americas” – Sebastián Mazzuca, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Raúl Madrid, University of Texas at Austin
11:45 AM–1:00 PM | Roundtable
“Evaluating the Latin American Revolts Database”