'Venezuela: Change or Continuity?' Conference at UMass Amherst April 19

AMHERST, Mass. – Leading scholars on Venezuela and Hugo Chávez will gather at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Friday, April 19, for a conference titled “Venezuela: Change or Continuity? The Legacy of Hugo Chávez and the Future of the Bolivarian Revolution.”

 

The conference will be held in the Marriott Room of the UMass Amherst Campus Center from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public, but advanced registration is recommended.

 

The recent death of Chávez has raised important and pressing questions: What might a post-Chávez Venezuela look like? Can there be a Chavismo without Chávez? How could a post-Chávez Venezuela affect Latin American regional affairs and integration efforts? How might a post-Chávez era impact U.S.-Venezuelan relations?

 

This symposium will bring together experts on the subject from various disciplines to share their distinct perspectives on these issues with faculty, students and the general public. Speakers will gather from colleges and universities across America, including UMass Amherst, Amherst College, Penn State, New York University, Drexel, the University of Georgia and Pomona College, as well as academics from Universidad Central de Venezuela and Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) Caracas.

 

The event is co-sponsored by the UMass Amherst department of political science, the UMass Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Amherst College dean of the faculty, the Amherst College Lamont Fund, and the UMass Amherst Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies.