[Peace] Springtime of Democracy/Winter of Cold War: April 11

[C. G. Estabrook]

	Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

>From a Springtime of Democracy to a Winter of Cold War: The 1954
Guatemalan Coup and its Lasting Impact on U.S./Latin American Relations

(Program listed below -- please distribute to interested parties,
including faculty and students who may attend)

	Monday, April 11, 2005
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Illini Union, Room 210 and Pine Lounge
	9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

	Victor Montejo
	(Guatemalan Secretary of Peace; University of California at Davis)
	Keynote Address
	Illini Union, Pine Lounge
	4:30 p.m.

	FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

In 1954, a CIA-sponsored coup ended Guatemala's "Ten Years of Spring," the
1944-1954 decade of democracy and progressive legislation inspired in part
by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. This was the CIA's first covert
action in Latin America, and its second overthrow of another government,
after the August 1953 overthrow of Iran's Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad
Mossadegh. Recent research and the U.S. Government's release of
de-classified documents in 1997 and 2003 have underscored that Guatemala's
society and current history must be read through the lens of 1954-1955, as
must the relationships between U.S. and Guatemalan social science.  In
this symposium, nine anthropologists, one historian, and one political
scientist untangle the ongoing consequences of 1954 and the lessons
learned, particularly for today's era of foreign policy based on renewed
pre-emptive strikes. This symposium is held in conjunction with the visit
of Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, June Nash, who will be
giving a MillerComm presentation on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30pm in the
Levis Faculty Center

	1ST SESSION: SPRINGTIME OF DEMOCRACY AND TRANSITION
	Illini Union, Room 210 (9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.)

	9:30-9:45 a.m.
	Opening Remarks

	9:45-10:00 a.m.
	Introduction
	Timothy J. Smith (University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign)

	10:00-10:20 a.m.
	Antonio Goubaud Carrera and Guatemala's Instituto Indigenista
	Nacional:  Caught among the Contradictions of the Generacion del
	1920, Six Years of Spring, and U.S. Anthropology
	Abigail Adams (Central Connecticut State University)

	10:25-10:45 a.m.
	A Democracy Born in Violence:
	Mayan Reflections on the 1944 Patzicia Massacre and the State
	David Carey, Jr. (University of Southern Maine)

	10:50-11:10 a.m.
	The 1954 Guatemalan Coup and its Aftermath
	June Nash (City University of New York, Graduate Center)

	11:15-11:35 a.m.
	The Path Back to Literacy:
	Maya Education through War and Beyond
	Judith M. Maxwell (Tulane University)

	11:35 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
	Public Discussion

	12:00-1:30 p.m.
	Lunch Break

	2ND SESSION: TRANSITION, THE COLD WAR, AND BEYOND
	Illini Union, Room 210 (1:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.)

	1:30-1:50 p.m.
	The Politics of Land, Identity, and Silencing Acts:
	A Case Study from El Oriente of Guatemala, 1944-1960
	Christa Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic)

	1:55-2:15 p.m.
	Life during Wartime:
	1954 and the War against Malaria
	Diane Nelson (Duke University)

	2:20-2:40 p.m.
	Democracy Delayed:
	Aspects of the Evolution of Ethnicity in Guatemala Society,
	1944-1996
	Richard N. Adams (University of Texas at Austin)

	2:40-3:00 p.m.
	Public Discussion

	DISCUSSION
	Illini Union, Pine Lounge (3:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.)

	3:00-3:20 p.m.
	Discussion
	John M. Watanabe (Dartmouth College)

	3:25-3:45 p.m.
	Discussion
	Zachary Elkins (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

	3:45-4:30 p.m.
	Public Discussion

	KEYNOTE ADDRESS (PUBLIC RECEPTION TO FOLLOW)
	Illini Union, Pine Lounge (4:30 until 5:30 p.m.)

	4:30-5:30 p.m.
	Keynote Address
	Victor Montejo (Guatemalan Secretary of Peace; University of
	California at Davis)

	5:30-6:30 p.m.
	Reception

	For more information, please contact Timothy Smith at
	smithtim at uiuc.edu or 217-333-8419

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