
LASA 2026
Thursday, May 28

Bolivia Section
Business Meeting
| CONTACT PERSON | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Maria Ximena Postigo G., St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 19:00-20:30 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Studio B |
Papers on Bolivia
| SESSIONS WITH A PAPER ON BOLIVIA | TIME AND LOCATION |
| Panel: Bureaucratic and Judicial Politics Session Organizer: Scott J. Morgenstern, University ofPittsburgh Chair: Scott J. Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 2: La elección judicial de los magistrados del Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional mediante voto popular en Bolivia en los procesos electorales 2011, 2017 y 2024: Tania Jatzen J. Hernandez Silva, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero | 08:30-10:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Loft C |
| Panel: Women, War, and Revolution Session Organizer: Randal Sheppard, Leiden University Chair: Maria Elvira Alvarez Gimenez, CY Cergy Paris Université Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 1: Mujeres y Nación en Bolivia del final de la Guerra del Chaco a la Revolución Nacional (1935–1952): Maria Elvira Alvarez Gimenez, CY Cergy Paris Université | 08:30-10:00 FIAP Auditorium |
| Panel: Movement-Parties, Institutional Activism and New Forms of Political Intermediation in Latin America Session Organizer: Debora Rezende de Almeida, Universidade de Brasília Chair: Debora Rezende de Almeida, Universidade de Brasília Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 5: Two-Stage Institutionalization? The Multi-Organizational Field of the Bolivian MAS: Alina S. Ribeiro, University of São Paulo (USP) | 10:15-11:45 FIAP Madrid |
| Panel: Emociones y poder en el cuidado: Casos del trabajo remunerado del hogar en Sudamérica Session Organizer: Erynn Masi de Casanova, University of Cincinnati Chair: Erynn Masi de Casanova, University of Cincinnati Number of presentations: 5 Presentation 3: Cuerpos que cuidan, emociones que pesan: trayectorias y vínculos de trabajadoras del cuidado de personas mayores con dependencia: Carolina Garces-Estrada, Universidad Católica Boliviana | 15:30-17:00 Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Studio 1 |
| Panel: Indigenous Literacies and Popular Education in Latin America from the Colonial Period to the Cold War Session Organizer: Polly Lauer, Cornell University Chair: Mary Roldán, Hunter College/CUNY Graduate Center Number of presentations: 3 Presentation 1: Communal Literacy Practices, Print Matters, and Political Organizing on the Bolivian Altiplano, 1920-1952: Brooke Larson, Stony Brook University | 17:15-18:45 FIAP Boston |
