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Russian (Russia) I am pleased to inform you that 1th-3th October 2019 the Saint Petersburg State University, in coordination with Institute of Latin America of Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Bering- Bellingshausen for Americas, the Foundation of Egor Gaidar, CRIES (The Regional Coordinator of Economic and Social Research), CLACSO (Latin American Council for Social Sciences), AMECIP (Mexican Association of Political Sciences) convene the Fourth International Forum “Russia and Latin America in the Globalizing World: History and Contemporaneity”, to be held from 1 to 3 October 2019. The agenda of the forum covers a wide range of topics on the economic and political development of the Ibero-American countries and Russia, on the history of relations between Latin America and Russia (as also between Latin American countries and the world), as well as on the dialogue of cultures and civilizations.
The Forum will address the issues of the analysis of the evolution of Latin American political systems, as well as the phenomena of "left and right turns", both in individual countries and throughout the region. Another issue is important for the analysis of integrationist vectors towards the Pacific and Atlantic, as well as the growing role of Asian countries in relationship between Latin America and the world, the role played by the US, the EU, Russia and other hemispheric and extra-hemispheric actors in the development of economic and political from Latin America. The Organizing Committee plans to pay special attention to the affairs of the Comintern (in the first place, of its impact on Latin American and Ibero-American processes), as well as to the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Antarctic (focused on the aspects of Russian and Latin American role in Antarctic explorations and to the cooperation in the South Atlantic).
Furthermore, it is planned to organize the Ibero-American Day in the St. Petersburg State University (various keynote lectures and round tables in different schools of the University), a meeting with some Latin American and Spanish mayors, a round table of Latin American diplomats accredited to the Russian government and a meeting of Russian and Latin American journalists.
Programme
The events of Forum:
Conferences of:
The conference of the Chair of Russian Council for Internationa Affairs, Igor S. Ivanov "Latin America and New Global Order"
Round Tables:
Antarctica - the gateway to South America. To the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica by the expedition of Bellingshausen and Lazarev. Organized with the support of: The Bering-Bellingshausen Institute for the Study of Both Americas.
Traditions of the Comintern and modern political processes in Latin America. To the 100th anniversary of the Comintern.
Simposium "Russia - Spain": potential and problems of development of bilateral relations.
"Saint Petersburg - a window to Latin America", Round Table of Mayors of Latin American Cities (with support of Government of Saint Petersburg)
Round table of ambassadors of Iberoamerica countries accredited in Russia
Presentations of books and magazines:
1) Presentation of the books "Soviet Russia, Comintern and Latin America" (Moscow, Nauka, 2018), VL Jeifets, LS Jeifets "Comintern and Latin America: People, Structures, Decisions" (Rosspen, 2018) and other publications dedicated to the history of the Latin American left movement.
Organizers: Center for Latin American Studies (St. Petersburg State University), Autonomous University of Morelos (Mexico).
2) The presentation of the special issue of the magazine "Vestnik of the University of St. Petersburg". Serie: International Relations. Number: "Latin America and the new world order".
Panels confirmed:
1) International Relations
The crisis of neoliberal globalization: ways out and models for further development
Latin American regionalism in the 21st century: from post-hegemony to the right turn
Hemispheric actors and Latin America
Geopolitical trends in Latin America: the role of the BRICS countries and new emerging players
2) Economics
Intellectual property in the innovation economy
Latin America and Asia: the imperatives of economic development and cooperation
Iberoamerica countries in the system of international economic relations
USSR-Russia and China: trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and sustainable development
3) Political processes and institutions
Political and social polarization and possible means of overcoming it
Soft and sharp power in the Ibero-American world: Public diplomacy and digital communication
Political communication and social movements
Information and psychological confrontation in the modern world and Latin America
4) Anthropology, ethnography and archeology of the countries of Iberoamerica
Yuri Knórozov: a window to ancient and current Latin America
The indigenous people of South America: history and modernity
5) History and Historiography
The history of Latin American populism: Vargas, Perón, Chávez
Comintern and Latin America: a historical retrospective and political perspectives.
The new historical sources: revision and revaluation of the military history of Spain
Dictatorships, states of exception and state terrorism, in Ibero-America during the 20th century
To the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939
6) Intercultural dialogue
The globalized world and new paradigm of linguistic policy
The countries of Ibero-America in the current cultural and humanitarian exchange
Iberoamerican culture in today's world
Problems of national identity in the culture and education of Latin America, Spain and Russia.
Languages, Culture and Literature Iberoamerica
7) Studies of countries and regions
Paraguay: three decades of democratic development. Economic-political and socio-cultural dimensions
Space connections in Brazil: infrastructural networks in a large Latin American country
Disputes in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Basin
Uruguay and Russia: scenarios, links and convergences
Revolution and National Interest: Cuba's foreign policy sixty years after 1959.
Three years of peace: post-conflict Colombia. Visions, challenges, ambitions
Spain and Russia: Diplomacy and Diplomats
8) Ecology, environmental policy and environment
Ecopolitics: An alternative for ecological justice in America and Europe
9) Journalism, media and Latin America in a multipolar world
Journalism and the Ibero-American Media: Problems and Challenges in the 21st Century
10) Problems of legislation and law in the countries of Iberoamerica
11) Social processes, institutions and movements
Latin America and the globalizaed world; social movements - spaples and thoughts
Political communication and social movements
12) Migrations and problems of demography of Iberoamerica
Demographic development and migration processes in Latin America in the era of turbulence
Panels to be confirmed
The system of international relations in the Western Hemisphere: The current challenges
The Ibero-American economies: pre-crisis and post-crisis strategy
The education, art and linguistics of Iberoamerica
Latin America: achievements and challenges of integration
Extrahemispheric actors and Latin America
Russian emigration in Ibero-American countries
Left Movement in Russia and Iberoamerica: historical destiny
Russian relations with the countries of Latin America: History and Modernity
Latin America: the main trends of political development
Spain and Portugal: challenges of the 21st century
Panorama of the party and politics in the countries of Ibero-America and Russia
Ibero-American mosaic: the historical destiny of Ibero-American countries in the XIX-XXI centuries.
The right movement in Ibero-American countries and in Russia
Keynote Speakers
The keynote speakers of Forum 2017 are:
Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
On 5 June 2018, the United Nations General Assembly elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, as President of its 73rd session; only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first since 2006. The President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, has more than 20 years of multilateral experience in international negotiations, peace, security, defence, disarmament, human rights, indigenous peoples, gender equality, sustainable development, environment, biodiversity, climate change and multilateral cooperation. She has served Ecuador as Minister of Foreign Affairs (twice), Minister of National Defence, and Coordinating Minister of Natural and Cultural Heritage. In those capacities she coordinated the Sectorial Council on Foreign Policy and Promotion, which includes the Ministries of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Foreign Trade, and the Environment. Ms. Espinosa Garcés was Chair of the Group of 77 and China until January 2018, and also served as Chair of the Andean Community.
Before beginning her political and diplomatic career, Ms. Espinosa Garcés was Associate Professor and Researcher at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Ecuador. Ms. Espinosa Garcés has written over 30 academic articles about the Amazon region, culture, heritage, sustainable development, climate change, intellectual property, foreign policy, regional integration, defence and security.
Dr. Manuel Alcantara Saez
Spanish political scientist, professor at the University of Salamanca. He studies the political parties, political systems and the parliamentary elites of Latin America.
Dr. Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
Chilean Economist. He is Professor of the Department of Economics and the Instituto de Estudios Internacionales at the University of Chile
Dr. Manuel Antonio Garretón
Chilean sociologist, political scientist and essayist. He received the National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences in 2007 for his lifetime contribution to the field. Advisor and Consultant to numerous government and private institutions, Chilean and international, Garretón has belonged to the board of Chilean and foreign journals and has been a jury member for the award of research scholarships and fellowships in Chile and abroad.
Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, a visiting professor, researcher and lecturer in 40 countries, and the author of 92 books and 300 articles published in 7 languages in 34 countries. Past President of the Latin American Studies Association, member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and of editorial boards of six academic journals. International Labor Organization Prize on Decent Work shared with Nelson Mandela
Beatriz de Jesús Sánchez Muñoz
Chilean journalist and politician.She has worked in radio and television since the 1990s. She was the Broad Front's nominee for the 2017 presidential election, after winning the left-wing coalition's primaries on 2 July 2017. Sánchez represents a new Chilean political left, which has been represented since the return to democracy by the Concertación and Nueva Mayoría.
Dr. Pablo Yankelevich
Doctor in Latin American Studies by the UNAM. Member of the National System of Researchers Level 3, and regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He has specialized in political and social history in Latin America in the 20th century. He has particularly investigated Mexico's political and intellectual ties with Latin America, the history of exiles and political refugees in Latin America; And the history of migration, discrimination and racism in postrevolutionary Mexico
Dr. Isidro Morales Moreno
nonresident scholar at the Baker Institute Mexico Center. He is also a senior professor and researcher at the School of Government and Public Transformation at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Santa Fe campus, and editor-in-chief of Latin American Policy, a biannual journal distributed worldwide by Wiley-Blackwell. From 2011 to 2013, Morales was the director of ITESM’s School of Government and Public Administration (EGAP) at the state of Mexico campus.
Dr. Jussi Pakkasvirta
Professor of Area and Cultural Studies Department of World Cultures, President of European Council of Social Investigations of Latin America
Dr. Vladimir Davydov
Ph.D. in Economics, professor, head of Institute of Latin America of RAS, the member-correspondent of RAS, president of Russian Association of Researchers of Iberoamerican world.
Dr. Igor Sergeevich Ivanov
President of the Russian Council of International Affairs, professor of MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. From 1998 to 2004, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2004-2007 He served as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Dr. Serguei Brilev
Member of Presidium of Council for foreign and defence policy, deputy-head of “Russia” TV-channel on special information projects, president of Institute of Bering-Bellingshausen for the Americas
Dr. Liudmila Okuneva
Ph.D. in History, professor of Department of history and politics of European and American countries of MGIMO University, head of BRICS Center, MGIMO..
Dr. Andrés Serbin
Director of Center for global and regional researches (Argentina), head of the Regional Coordination Center of economic and social researches of Latin America and the Caribbean, professor of Central University of Venezuela, invited professor of Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, universities of Europe and Latin America, ex-adviser of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.
Dr. Hernán Camarero
Professor of University of Buenos Aires and University Torcuato di Tella, Palermo University. Author and co-author of articles about history of labor movement in Argentina, Soviet-Argentina relations, history of Komintern in Argentina. Member of editorial council of the magazine "Herramienta y de Taller, revista de Sociedad, Cultura y Política". Editor-in-chief of “Archivos” magazine.
Dr. Pablo Gentili
He holds a PhD in Education from the University of Buenos Aires. Since 1992 he has been living in Brazil, where he teaches at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Currently, he is Deputy Executive Secretary of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Brazil. He has published more than twenty books on educational reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean, some of which are reference works to study privatization processes and analyze the dynamics of exclusion that affect contemporary Latin American education
Dr. Lazar S. Jeifets
Doctor in history, professor at the Faculty of International Relations of the University of St. Petersburg. He is the specialist in the history of the left movement and the Comintern in Latin America. The author of the biographical dictionary "Latin America and the Comintern".