50 years after his execution, this seminar, chaired by Dr. Paulo Drinot (Senior Lecturer in Latin American History, UCL Institute of the Americas and editor of Che's Travels: The Making of a Revolutionary in 1950s Latin America) explores some of the many facets of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's extraordinary life and legacy.
Speakers:
- Professor Dirk Kruijt, Utrecht University, author of Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America: An Oral History
- Professor Elizabeth Dore, University of Southampton, author of Cuban Lives: What Difference Did a Revolution Make?
- Richard Gott, Journalist and Historian, author of Cuba: A New History
- Dr Helen Yaffe, LSE, author of Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution
- Dr James Scorer, University of Manchester, on 'Man, myth and sacrifice: graphic biographies of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara'
Nikolaos Souslous, UCL, on 'Che and violence'.
This event is convened by Dr. Emily Morris, UCL Institute of the Americas Honorary Research Fellow.
