Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series provides timely research and analysis for an informed audience from leading violence experts.
Guest speakers, drawn from the Foundation’s network of scholars and practitioners, seek to illuminate the causes, manifestations, and responses to violence in areas such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism.
The one-hour events are open to the public.
Rising Violent Crime in Mexico | September 22, 2022
This panel featured three HFG Distinguished Scholars who examined the rapid rise in gang- and drug-related violence across the country. It is estimated that in 2021 some 45,000 people were displaced, as Mexicans fled their homes to escape the violence. Just in the last month, drug cartels and gangs attacked police, businesses and civilian property in four states. From crippled intelligence and investigative units to failing security policies, this discussion delved into what’s behind the rise in violence, what research questions can help us better understand it, and ultimately what should be done about it. Speakers included:
- Angélica Durán-Martínez | University of Massachusettes Lowell
- Guillermo Trejo | University of Notre Dame
- Javier Osorio | University of Arizona
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Past Speakers
“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman
Dr. Chris Blattman is the author of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and Paths to Peace and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in Harris Public Policy and The Pearson Institute.
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“Old Hatreds Die Hard: ‘New’ Developments in Far Right Extremism”: Dr. Pete Simi
Pete Simi is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of the book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University.
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“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz
Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz is a Research Associate with the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut.
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“Soldiers in Exile”: Dr. Godfrey Maringira
Godfrey Maringira is author of Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa.
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“The Long History of Anti-Asian Violence in the US”: Dr. Beth Lew-Williams
Beth Lew-Williams is a historian of race and migration in the U.S., specializing in Asian American history and Associate Professor of History at Princeton University.
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“Violence and the Law at War”: Dr. Craig Jones
Craig Jones is author of The War Lawyers and a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, and Politics at Newcastle University.
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