Crime, Law and Governance in the Americas Colloquium Series
Guest Speaker: Rachel Sieder (CIESAS, Chr. Michelsen Institute)
“Between Participation and Violence: Gender Justice and Neoliberal Government in Chichicastenango, Guatemala”
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
4:00 pm – 5:00 PM
Grinter Hall Room 404
Rachel Sieder has held the post of Senior Research Professor at the Center for Research and Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in Mexico City since 2007. She is associate senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway, and associate fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London. She has an MA in Latin American Studies and a PhD in Politics from the University of London. Her research interests include: human rights, indigenous rights, social movements, indigenous law, legal anthropology, the state and violence.