Summer School - Current Crisis and Perspectives of Democracy in Brazil and Mexico 17.06. - 21.06.2019
In 2018, two thirds of the nearly 645 million Latin Americans were called upon to set the course for the development of their countries by casting their votes. Elections were held in Brazil and Mexico. While the election of Jair Bolsonaro as the new President of Brazil is interpreted by many as a sign of a severe crisis of democracy, Mexico’s new president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is seen as an important sign of hope. The summer school will discuss current trends in these countries in a comparative fashion. Numerous experts from both countries will support our summer school. Students from Brazil, Mexico and Germany will discuss questions about democracy and its relationship with new and old nationalisms, violence, inequality, poverty, disappointments but also hopes and new political projects for the future.
The program is conducted in English. Participants will receive 5 ECTS by regularly attending the Summer School.
Application
To register for the Summer School, please fill in our application form and send it by email to
summerschool[at]uni-vechta[dot]de.
Programme
The Programme is available here.
Academic Coordinators
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Marcos Alan Ferreira Prof. Dr. Sérgio Costa Prof. Dr. Bruno Gandlgruber
University Federal de Paraíba, Brazil Freie Universität, Berlin University UAM Cuajimalpa, Mexico
Prof. Dr. Wil Pansters Lars Döpking Prof. Dr. Fernando Castañeda
University Utrecht, Netherlands Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung University Nacional Autónoma de México
Bernd Lobgesang
Comenius-Kolleg, Mettingen