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Expert Voices and Events at El Cortao’


Decolonising History Project: Dr Richard Drayton (2/2)

King’s College LatAm’s Emily Arama Sánchez interviews Dr Richard Drayton on how decolonisation affects current politics and how historical teaching should be approached.

This interview is Part Three of a three-part collaboration with Decolonise KCL Society and the King’s College London History Department.

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Decolonising History Project: Dr Richard Drayton (1/2)

King’s College LatAm’s Emily Arama Sánchez interviews Dr Richard Drayton on how decolonisation affects current politics and how historical teaching should be approached.

This interview is Part Two of a three-part collaboration with Decolonise KCL Society and the King’s College London History Department.

Click here to read the full conversation.

Decolonising History Project Part One: Dr Francisco Bethencourt

King’s College LatAm’s Emily Arama Sánchez interviews Dr Francisco Bethencourt on how decolonisation affects current politics and how historical teaching should be approached.

This interview is Part One of a three-part collaboration with Decolonise KCL Society and the King’s College London History Department.

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July 19 Panel Event: Recording Now Available!

El Cortao’, in collaboration with the independent student platform Res Publica Politics, hosted its expert panel event on the 19th of July 2021.

This event was designed to make its panellists’ expertise as accessible as possible. To listen to our audio recording of this event, please click here.

Four-Expert Article Collaboration:

As part of El Cortao’s collaboration with Res Publica Politics, we proudly present our four expert panellists in a combined written project on the panel theme of “Redefining Terrorism? Organised Crime in Today’s Latin America.”

In their contribution, each panellist has provided an evaluation of Latin America’s security issues, with each of these analyses targeting different facets of this subject.

Click here to read the full collaborative piece.


Collaborative Interview Series Part Two: Dr Anthony Pereira

El Cortao’s Maximilian Frederik van Oordt interviews Dr Anthony Pereira on inequality and governance during Brazil’s COVID-19 pandemic.

This interview is Part Two of El Cortao’s collaboration with the King’s College 2021 MA Conflict, Security and Development Conference.

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Collaborative Interview Series Part One: Dr Ivette Hernández Santibáñez

El Cortao’s Maximilian Frederik van Oordt interviews Dr Ivette Hernández Santibáñez on social movements and democratic transformations in Latin America from a grassroots feminist lens.

This interview is Part One of El Cortao’s collaboration with the King’s College 2021 MA Conflict, Security and Development Conference.

Click here to read the full conversation.