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IAS Film Screening: Divine Winds in South America
21 October 2024, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm
Join us for the screening of the short film 'Divine Winds in South America: the Paths of Law in Chile and Argentina, 1762-1866' (2024) directed by Víctor Manuel Cázares Lira about Latin America's legal tempest.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Institute of Advanced Studies
Location
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IAS Common GroundG11, ground floor, South WingUCL, Gower St, LondonWC1E 6BT
Divine Winds in South America: the Paths of Law in Chile and Argentina, 1762-1866 follows the spectre of Walter Benjamin through a tempest of forms and reforms. We see Latin America's constitutional history unfolding into a spectacular landscape: the winds of Modernism clash with Baroque waves, streaks of colonial laws erode firm beds of local customs, floral legal systems entangle with vertical structures of sovereignty: the divine winds have reshaped the countenance of the continent, into which we now stare darkly.
After its debut in Switzerland, the film is now coming to the Institute of Advanced Studies.
After the screening, the director will share insights into how he crafted his visual narrative and will be in discussion with Stephen Hart, Professor of Latin American Film, Literature and Culture, UCL SELCS.
About the Speaker
Víctor Manuel Cázares Lira
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Film Director at Newcastle University
Víctor Manuel Cázares Lira is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University. A native of Mexico, he earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, followed by a master's degree in History from Uppsala University and a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on U.S. and Latin American constitutional history, particularly the interplay between war-making and constitution-making. He is currently developing a book comparing the earliest constitutional histories of Chile and Argentina.
More about Víctor Manuel Cázares Lira