Events Calendar
Politics of Memory: Guatemala's National Police Archive
- Date:
- December 2, 2011
- Start:
- 9:30am
- End:
- 6:30pm
- Save to your calendar:
- iCalendar (.ics)
- Location:
- CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
- Event type:
- Conference
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, and University of Texas Libraries are pleased to host a conference on December 2nd entitled "Politics of Memory: Guatemala's National Police Archive." This interdisciplinary conference will celebrate the unveiling of a UT-hosted digital archive that will serve as an on-line digital repository for millions of documents from the Historic Archive of the National Police of Guatemala. The conference will consider how use of the Archive has helped to deepen understanding of Guatemala's history, and to advance human rights, both crucial to the strengthening of Guatemala's embattled democracy.
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Prospective students
- Texas Law alumni
- Faculty
- Staff
- General public
- Sponsored by:
- Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.