María Victoria Uribe

Colombian National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation
Event Speakers

María Victoria Uribe, an anthropologist from Colombia, currently works for the Historical Memory group of the Colombian National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation, and is a consultant for the International Center for Transitional Justice.  She was former director of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, part of the nation's Ministry of Culture.  Uribe's work focuses on symbolic and ritual aspects of violence, and she has published 7 books and over 20 academic articles in Colombian and international journals.