Events

Weds, 31 Jan 2007, 12:00-1:45 pm

ANA MARIA BEJARANO is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. She previously was professor of Political Science at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, where she also served as Director of its Center for Social and Legal Research (CIJUS). She recently co-edited (with Scott Mainwaring) The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes (Stanford University Press, 2006). She also co-authored the chapter on Colombia in Frances Hagopian and Scott Mainwaring (eds.), Advances and Setbacks in the Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Recent publications include articles in Constellations and the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She finished a book manuscript on the historical origins and divergent trajectories of democracy in Colombia and Venezuela, and is now in the process of widening the scope of her research to include Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Her current research project explores constitution-making in the Andes, focusing on the politics behind constitutional choices and the prospects for democracy in the wake of constitutional change.

A light lunch will be provided to those who register online by January 29, 2007. Click here to register: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=2827