Venezuela and the Left: A Forum
I’ve written an introduction to a forum, up now at Dissent magazine. The left has had a tricky relationship with Venezuela over the last couple of decades. It has often […]
Category Archives: Latin America
Cold War Latin America (syllabus for graduate seminar)
History 730 Cold War Latin America Professor Patrick Iber This course will provide a forum for learning and discussing the history of Cold War Latin America. Central themes include […]
Historia de las exposiciones en México
I gave a talk at the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, part of UNAM. It was the closing speech for a conference on the “Historia de las exposiciones en México.” […]
The Metamorphosis: A Review of Mario Vargas Llosa in The Nation
A review of Sabers and Utopias, an essay collection by Mario Vargas Llosa, in The Nation. I must say I’m proud of this lede (and the conclusion to the piece […]
Syllabus Fall 2019: Modern Latin America
HIST 242 Modern Latin America Professor Patrick Iber This course will give a broad overview of Latin American history in the modern period, since independence but with a […]
US foreign policy and Venezuela
This is not an easy subject. Anti-imperialism may be a limited framework in this situation, and the Maduro government needs to be subject to pressure to leave. But I think, […]
After the Pink Tide
The special section in the Winter 2019 edition of Dissent magazine is derived substantially from the work we did at the conference held last October on the Future of the Left in […]
The Future of the Left in the Americas
In collaboration with Dissent magazine and the New School, I have organized a conference for October 5th & 6th, 2018. At this link, there are descriptions of the panels, panelist biographies, and […]
Syllabus Fall 2018: Latin American Revolutions
HISTORY 500 Latin American Revolutions Professor Patrick Iber Fall 2018 This course will examine the causes, consequences, and legacies of Latin America’s major revolutions of the twentieth century […]
Review of Aldo Marchesi, “Latin America’s Radical Left”
I have a review of Aldo Marchesi’s Latin America’s Radical Left up at h-net; it’s open access, like all h-net content, so just click over.
