Fifty Years of Human Rights in Chile: Essays in Honour of Alan Angell
The seminar will present a book in honour of LAC-St Antony’s Emeritus Fellow Alan Angell. Alan joined the Latin American Centre in 1966 after spending a year in Colombia with UNESCO and previously lecturing at the University of Keele. He retired in 2006. His work primarily focused on Chile. Following the 1973 coup in that country, Alan managed a programme for academic refugees from Chile. He also wrote extensively on various aspects of Chilean democracy and the left in Latin America.
The volume is a tribute to Alan’s commitment to human rights during the 50 years since the coup. It begins with an essay by Alan, a personal and historical account of life under the dictatorship, highlighting the pervasive atmosphere of fear and repression. The essays that follow include: an account by Gloria Miqueles of her experience as a Chilean political exile in the UK and the role that Alan and others played in building a transnational solidarity network and providing support for hundreds of students and academics in the UK fleeing political persecution in Chile; a study by Richard D. Wilkinson situating Alan’s academic and advocacy contributions within the broader framework of UK solidarity campaigns and human rights advocacy; Valentina Infante-Batiste’s chapter on the Pinochet’s legacy in Chile today; an analysis of the coup’s 50th anniversary events in 2023 by Marcela Ríos Tobar; an overview of transitional justice and human rights struggles in Chile within the broader South American framework by Antonia Urrejola and Alexandro Álvarez; an assessment of the human rights judicial processes in Chile by Cath Collins and Francisco Bustos; a study of the emergence of ‘a right against rights’ in Chile by Simón Escoffier, René González, Leigh A. Payne, and Julia Zulver; an understanding of the 2019 social uprising and State responses by Hugo Rojas Corral; and an epilogue by Carlos Huneeus reflecting on Angell’s lifelong dedication to Chilean studies and his profound impact on the academic and human rights community.
This book is part of the St Antony’s Palgrave Macmillan series founded in 1977. It is the first volume in the series’ new ‘Fresh Riff’ initiative, a tribute to Centre fellows who have made a significant contribution to academic life in the College, the University, and in the world. These volumes will form part of the College’s 75th anniversary, and the 50th anniversary of St Antony’s Palgrave Macmillan series.
Date:
21 January 2025, 17:00
Venue:
Latin American Centre Library, 1 Church Walk OX2 6LY
Venue Details:
Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk, Oxford and Zoom
Speakers:
Richard D. Wilkinson (Royal Holloway, University of London),
Valentina Infante-Batiste (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile),
Francisco Bustos (University of Chile),
Susan Mcrae (University of Oxford),
Leigh Payne (St Antony's College, University of Oxford),
Marcela Ríos (IDEA International),
Cath Collins (Ulster University),
Ximena Fuentes (Chilean Ambassador to the UK)
Organising department:
Latin American Centre
Organiser:
Leigh Payne (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
leigh.payne@lac.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
LAC Main Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Eliza Flindall
