Two presentations by GUMELAB at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) in Bogotá, 12 to 15 June 2014

GUMELAB was represented at this year's international LASA congress with two presentations. Mónika Contreras spoke on the panel “Recognising, confronting and combating regressive tendencies in Iberoamerica through television fiction", which was organised by our cooperation partner Lorena Antezana Barrios from the Universidad de Chile, on the Colombian armed conflict in series and telenovelas and their different narratives about the past. Hannah Müssemann presented on the panel "Narratives of contemporary history in Latin America: Colombia, Mexico and Brazil", which was organised by Tamy I. Cenamo of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, presented her research on the different ways in which Siege of the Palace of Justice and the violent military counterattack on 6 and 7 November 1985 are portrayed in telenovelas and series and their impact on the formation of collective memories.

The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the world's largest professional organisation for individuals and institutions conducting research on Latin America.