Panels > 1821-2021 : The Making of Latin American NationsThe year 2021 will mark the bicentenary of the independence of a number of Latin American countries: Peru, Greater Colombia, Mexico, Central American Federation (Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua). This commemoration is part of a longer sequence, initiated notably by the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 1807-1808, which caused the crisis and disintegration of the Portuguese and Spanish monarchies. The independences of 1821-1822 were not only later than those of the previous decade, but also partly a reaction to the liberal revolutions in Spain and Portugal. It is a moment that is also interesting from a trans-American perspective, especially the first formulation of what was called a posteriori the Monroe doctrine (1823).After the great historiographic revolutions of the 1990s, which made it possible to observe these phenomena outside the strictly national framework, the integration of Latin America into the narrative of the Atlantic revolutions is well under way, thanks in particular to the Caribbean pivot. The hemispheric, trans-American perspective is also very promising, as it is gradually emerging from the pitfalls of development models and teleology. The history of ideas, especially the history of republicanism and of the "Machiavellian moment", has led to a fruitful dialogue between North and South American historiographies, which read little of each other, and has also contributed to better linking the histories of Ibero-American independence, rejecting an overly binary approach to it, which pitted a multitude of Hispanic republics against a centralized empire on the Brazilian side. Today, there are many workcamps that make it possible to continue this dialogue: the history of the State, federalism, the imperial heritage of the new nations (especially in a post-colonial perspective), the role and mobilisation of indigenous populations, the servile question and that of abolition, the construction of national identities and the affirmation of autonomous cultures, in an Atlantic framework. This workshop therefore aims to take stock of where we are in understanding this moment, adopting not only a political perspective but also a cultural or legal one, among others.The workshop will also be part of the series of major scientific events that will be held on the occasion of these commemorations, in particular the symposium "2021-1821-1521. The Making of Mexico: Conflicts, Alterities, Communities" (April 2021 in Toulouse), or around the 200th anniversary of the independence of Brazil in 2022 (in progress).
Friday, September 24th, 9am-11am Centre de Colloques, room 1
Organizers : - Emmanuelle Perez-Tisserant (FRAMESPA – Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès) - Sébastien Rozeaux (FRAMESPA – Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès)
Interventions : |
| Online user: 1 | Privacy |
|
