BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Population Pressures: Migration, Repression, and Agrarian Reform in Latin America PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1287549_0 SUMMARY:Population Pressures: Migration, Repression, and Agrarian Reform in Latin America DESCRIPTION:

Speaker: Emily Sellars, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS

[[{"fid":"1033354","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"215","width":"195","style":"float: left;","alt":"headshot of Emily Sellars","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Does emigration undermine pressure for agrarian change? I examine how the presence of exit options can alter patterns of political mobilization, with ambiguous consequences for agrarian reform. I present evidence on this question using historical data from 20th-century Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Emily A. Sellars is an assistant professor of political science at Yale University. Her research focuses on historical political economy of Latin America and the political economy of migration. She received her PhD in Political Science and Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Fernando Bizzarro is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard and a Graduate Student Associate to the DRCLAS. A political scientist from Brazil, he researches the nature, causes, and consequences of democracy and political parties in Latin America.

The Tuesday Seminar Series is a bring your own brown bag lunch series. Please feel free to enjoy your lunch at the lecture, drinks will be provided.

LOCATION:CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20191008T160000Z DTEND:20191008T160000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR