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Dissident Peace: Autonomous struggles and the State in Colombia

Speaker: Anthony Dest
Date: February 7, 2025
Time: 3:30pm
Address: Room 220, Carolina Hall

As part of the Institute for the Study of the America's Speaker Series on Latin America and the Caribbean, Anthony Dest will present his research on violence and peace struggles in Colombia. Anonthy Dest is a current Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the Lehman College of CUNY.

Anthony Dest is committed to supporting movements for social justice and liberation. His teaching, research, and writing explores the contours of violence and racism in Latin America. He earned his PhD in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and his bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also holds a graduate certificate in Armed Conflict & Peace from La Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. His dissertation, After the War: Violence and Resistance in Colombia, was recognized as the Best Dissertation of 2019 by the Peace and Justice Studies Association. His research has received support from the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Fulbright Program.

Campus Life Experience credit is available.