Bacardi Family Lecture Series
The 2009 Bacardi Family Lecture Series consists of five scholarly presentations on “Health and Policy in Latin American and the Caribbean.” The series addresses priority diseases, public policy, and strategies for meeting health challenges in the region. The invited speakers will also participate in a graduate seminar on the same topic. The series is sponsored by the UF Center for Latin American Studies’ Bacardi Family Endowment in collaboration with the UF Health Science Center.
September 14, 7:30 p.m., Keene Faculty Center
“Responding to Public Health Priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Academic Research to Policy Setting to Clinical Practice”
Arachu Castro,Harvard Medical School
September 28, 7:30 p.m., Smathers Library, Room 1A
“Human Influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu) in Yucatan, Mexico”
Alvaro Quijano, Yucatan Department of Health
October 12, 7:30 p.m., Keene Faculty Center
“Misión Barrio Adentro (Inside the Neighborhood): The Concept of Health as a Human Right – Venezuela”
Carlos Muntaner, University of Toronto
October 26, 7:30 p.m., Keene Faculty Center
“Mosquito-Borne Diseases and Public Health Challenges in Guatemala”
Maria Eugenia Morales, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
November 9, 7:30 p.m., Keene Faculty Center
“Road to Better Health? Economic Development and Infectious Diseases in Ecuador”
James Trostle, Trinity College
All presentations are free and open to the public. For further information, please visit: www.ufglobalhealth.org.
Spring 2009 Bacardi Family Eminent Scholar
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Christopher Birkbeck, a distinguished researcher in the field of comparative criminology, was the Center for Latin American Studies Bacardi Family Eminent Scholar for Spring 2009. He is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford in Manchester, England and Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the University of the Andes in Merida, Venezuela. Dr. Birkbeck has spent over 20 years carrying out research on crime in Latin America. He has published widely both in Spanish and in leading criminology journals in the US. He has considerable experience advising governments as well as the United Nations. His current research focuses on police use of force and alternatives to imprisonment. |
While Bacardi Scholar, Dr. Birkbeck taught a graduate seminar on comparative crime issues in Latin America and the US. In addition, he delivered a public lecture on his research and collaborated with UF faculty members from the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Criminology to institutionalize an interdisciplinary research and graduate training program on Crime, Law and Governance in the Americas.
2009 Bacardi Family Eminent Lecture
"The Matter of Crime as an Expression of Identity: Observations from Latin America and the U.S."
Review Dr. Birkbeck's talking points and slides from the March 25th presentation in PDF format.