Yuyanapaq: Para Recordar (To Remember) Photo Exhibit at Yale Documents Political Violence in Peru
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Contact: Marilyn Wilkes (203) 432-3413
Yuyanapaq: Para Recordar (To Remember) Photo Exhibit at Yale Documents Political Violence in Peru
October 1, 2008. New Haven, CT � The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies atYale University will host a photo exhibit called “Yuyanapaq: Para Recordar” (To Remember,in Quechua and Spanish, respectively) from October 15 to November 16, 2008 at the John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven. A compelling look at political violence in Peru between 1980 and 2000, this selection of 40 photographs was culled from the original photograph exhibition organized by the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2003. During this period, an estimated 70,000 people were killed or disappeared, and many more were raped, injured, or forced to abandon their homes.
Sponsored by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, The John Slade Ely House, The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights, and The Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence, the exhibit is free and open to the public.
The following events will take place at the John Slade Ely House:
Thursday, October 16, 4:00 pm
Inaugural Lecture: “Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, The Report and Aftermath” by Narda Henriquez, Faculty of Social Sciences, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú
Reception to follow at the John Slade Ely House
Thursday, October 30, 4:00 pm
“Memories of Violence in Peru: Truth-seeking, Denial and Victims’ Collective Remembering” by Félix Reátegui Carrillo, Coordinator of Research, Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Reception to follow at the John Slade Ely House
Sunday, November 16, 2:00 -5:00 pm
Closing Reception
Gallery hours at the John Slade Ely House are Saturday & Sunday, 2-5 pm, and Wednesday - Friday, 11am-4 pm. The John Slade Ely House is a non-profit contemporary visual arts center that has served the Greater New Haven area for more than 40 years.
Contact Information:
Marilyn Wilkes
The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
(203) 432-3413