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Chad broughton, university of chicago, received the 2016 woladuke human rights book award on march 23 for his. Wola and duke university announce winner of their 2015 human. Oblivion receives woladuke book award the devils tale. The rust belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities, oxford university press, 2016 as the winner of the 2016 woladuke human rights book award.

Violence in society book list ohio university press. Kennedy center book award and the woladuke university award. Woladuke 2016 human right book award boom, bust, exodus. Domestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial africa edited by emily s. The washington office on latin america wola and duke university are proud to announce kathryn sikkinks new book the justice cascade. Hector abads book oblivion, a memoir farrar, straus and giroux, 2012 begins with the authors memories of his father, dr. Mendez book award for human rights in latin america. Nachman benyehuda, hebrew university, is the cowinner of the 2017 law and society association international award bowling green state university department of sociology, was recognized for its outstanding contributions to education with the faculty senate unit recognition award. The rust belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities oxford university press, 2016 as the winner of the 2016 wola duke human rights book award.

Today, wola staff are called upon regularly to provide information and analysis to the executive. Wola and duke university invite you to a reception for the 2016 wola duke human rights book award honoring chad broughton for boom, bust, exodus. Boom, bust, exodus woladuke 2016 human rights book award video of chad broughton. The woladuke book award was given annually by wola and duke university at an event in washington, dc from 2008 to 2016. This award began in 2008 as a collaboration between the washington office on latin america wola and duke, in recognition of wolas.

Sikkink is a regents professor and the mcknight presidential chair of political science at the university of minnesota. She conducts an indepth inquiry into the restructuring of the states coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal. Since 2008, duke university has celebrated stories and research about human rights in latin america by awarding, in conjunction with the washington office on latin america, the woladuke book award. This award began in 2008 as the woladuke book award, a collaboration between the washington office on latin america wola and duke, in recognition of wola s decision to deposit its institutional papers at duke s rubenstein rare books and manuscripts library. Fyvel book award and the woladuke human rights book award.

Nominations being accepted for woladuke book award for. Blood and capital the paramilitarization of colombia. We encourage proposals that demonstrate multidisciplinary approaches to latin american and caribbean research. The consortium in latin american and caribbean studies at. How human rights prosecutions are changing world politics norton, 2011 as the winner of the 2011 wola duke human rights book award judges for this years competition called the work compelling and eyeopening, recognizing it for making an. The archives of dictatorship in guatemala duke university press, 2014. Paper cadavers won the 2015 woladuke human rights book award and the 2016 best book award from the latin american studies associations recent history and memory section. Awards center for documentary studies at duke university. This award has evolved out of the woladuke human rights book award, which honored the best current fiction and nonfiction books published in english on human rights, democracy, and social justice. The justice cascade wins woladuke human rights book award.

Human rights book list ohio university press swallow press. T he washington office on latin america wola and duke university have named chad broughtons book, boom, bust, exodus. The final woladuke book award was awarded in 2016 to chad broughton for his book boom, bust, exodus. The award honors the best current, nonfiction book published in english on human rights, democracy and social justice in contemporary latin america. Over the last quarter century, the center for documentary studies has given awards to more than 350 emerging and established documentarians to recognize excellence and extend monetary support. This award has evolved out of the wola duke human rights book award, which honored the best current fiction and nonfiction books published in english on human rights, democracy, and social justice. In 1987, his father was murdered by colombian paramilitaries, an event he reflected on 20 years later in oblivion. Human rights in african prisons looks at the challenges african governments face in dealing with these issues. This was the subject of her 2007 book, silencing civil society. Martinez won the woladuke book award for the beast in 2014.

The justice cascade examines how, over the last three decades, a series of highlypublicized human rights trials have started holding state leaders criminally responsible for. Woladuke 2016 human rights book award latin american. Wola and duke university have named kirsten welds book, paper. The award will be given in the fall of 20 by wola and duke university at an event in washington, dc. She conducts an indepth inquiry into the restructuring of the states coercive apparatus and the phenomenon of paramilitarism by looking at its military, political, and legal dimensions. Wola, a human rights research duke university libraries. A memoir by hector abad wins woladuke human rights book award. Wola and duke university have named chad broughtons book.

Oscar martinez, the winner of the 2014 woladuke book award, gave a talk and read excerpts from the beast. This award began in 2008 as the woladuke book award, a collaboration between the washington office on latin america wola and duke, in recognition of. How human rights prosecutions are changing world politics w. The paramilitarization of colombia, jasmin hristov examines the complexities, dynamics, and contradictions of presentday armed conflict in colombia. In 2017, guatemalas association for the advancement of the social sciences published the book in spanish translation. Duke university will take the book award to its next stage of evolution, renaming it the juan e. Riding the rails and dodging narcos on the migrant trail. Wola the washington office on latin america congratulates duke university for announcing its juan e. The rust belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities. The economist drew parallels with joan didions book salvador while also appreciating the translation work. In the same year, he was also awarded the maria moors cabot prize, which honors journalists for their outstanding coverage of the americas. Financial times lauded the precise, empathetic and often poetic language of the writer which summons rage and pity but also admiration in the reader. Washington, dcthe washington office on latin america.

The washington office on latin america wola and duke university have named chad broughtons book, boom, bust, exodus. This award began in 2008 as a collaboration between the washington office on latin america wola and duke, in recognition of wolas decision to deposit its institutional papers at dukes rubenstein rare books and manuscripts library. The rust belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities please join us for a reading from the book and discussion with the author. The washington office on latin america wola and duke university have named hector abads book oblivion, a memoir farrar, straus and giroux, 2012 as the winner of the 2012 wola duke human rights book award. Woladuke 2016 human rights book award john hope franklin humanities institute. This year the conference will celebrate two and a half decades of collaborative work in latin american and caribbean studies, as exemplified by the research, scholarship, and practice of former and current scholars working at the unc and duke consortium. Washington office on latin america wola since 1975, when wola worked behind the scenes to write the first major legislation conditioning u. Riding the rails and dodging narcos on the migrant trail, for which he won the woladuke human rights book award in 20, among many others. The award honors the best current, nonfiction book published in english on human rights, democracy, and social justice in contemporary latin america. The award honors the best current, nonfiction book published in english on human rights, democracy, and social justice in contemporary latin. He or she will also be invited to give a reading at duke university in durham, north carolina. Kirsten weld harvard university latin american history. Kathryn sikkink with the 4th annual woladuke human rights book award for the justice cascade. This award began in 2008 as the woladuke book award, a collaboration between the washington office on latin america wola and duke, in recognition of wolas decision to deposit its institutional papers at dukes rubenstein rare books and manuscripts library.

The rust belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities oxford university press, 2016 as the winner of the 2016 woladuke human rights book award. Leonor blum, wola duke human rights book award committee chair and emerita professor of history and political science at notre dame. Kennedy book award and the woladuke book award for human rights in latin america, explores individual criminal accountability of state officials for past human rights violations. Broughton will be at duke university on march 23, 2017 to accept the award. Domestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in african contexts that extend the boundaries of family obligation, kinship, and dependency. Riding the rails and dodging narcos on the migrant trail for which he was awarded the woladuke book award in 2014 and a history of violence. Started in 2008, the woladuke human rights book award is a joint venture of duke university and wola, a leading advocacy organization based in washington, dc. The award honored the best current fiction and nonfiction books published in english on human rights, democracy, and social justice in contemporary latin america.

Written by some of the most eminent researchers from and on africa. Jomarie burt schar school of policy and government. Cds documentary essay prizefor the best in shortform documentary photography or writing cds filmmaker awardfor artists in competition at the full frame documentary film festival. October 2012 the washington office on latin america wola and duke university have named hector abads book oblivion, a memoir farrar, straus and giroux, 2012 as the winner of the 2012 woladuke human rights book award oblivion begins with the authors memories of his father, dr. How human rights prosecutions are changing world politics awarded the robert f. Reception for the 2016 woladuke human rights book award.