June Nash is an internationally recognized scholar of social movements in Latin America.  Her publications focus on identity, women's rights, popular movements, and community organizations.  After fifty years of studying indigenous communities in Mexico and Guatemala, she is a leading authority on Mayan activists and leaders in Chiapas, one of the poorest and most indigenous states in Mexico.

Hosted by: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

In conjunction with: Center for Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Department of Geography, Department of History, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, International Programs and Studies, International Council, Latina/Latino Studies Program, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Amnesty International, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Chicago