Guatemala – Page 12 – Globalization & Capitalism

In November 20, 2011 TEDx organizers across the globe will host events for (and by) young people. These TEDxYouthDay events will vary widely in size, format and theme, but they will share a common vision: inspiring curiosity, igniting new ideas, empowering young leaders. A group of my friends is organizing the TEDxYouthGTCity that will emphasize on the theme of Heroes (who they are, what are they made of, and what do they do).

If you are in Guatemala and are interested in participating please register in this form. They have limited seats for this conferences that promise to be fantastic!!! For other locations around the globe check here which event is closer to you: where’s going to be the closest TEDxYouth to your location

I invite you to meet the speakers of the 2011 TEDxYouthGTCity:

Envio Web Maestria Historia.jpg I am very happy to learn that Universidad Francisco Marroquín has a new MA in History (official website in Spanish).

It seems that the program will be leaded by the Sociologist Carlos Sabino and the Institute of Political Studies and International Relations – link in Spanish (from where I got my BA). The focus of the MA is in the teaching of methodological methods to research history topics and current historiography.

Some of the courses they will offer are:

Methodology and Research Skills
History of Political Thought
History of Guatemala I, II
History of Latin America
Economic History I
History of the 20th Century

Some of its faculty are:

Cox, Glenn David: M. A. Pedagogy and Human Development; University of California. B. A. History; University of California.
Sabino, Carlos: PhD in Social Sciences; Universidad Central de Venezuela. BA Sociology; Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.

The MA seems to be focused on the methodological research skills in History. I am certainly not a huge fan of Methodologies in Research and would have many things to question in regard to the focus of this M.A. Also, the Euro-centric structure of the Program is something I really do not like.

This is a great step for UFM and Guatemala. I am certain that in the following years we’ll see a change of how the M.A. programs of Social Sciences and History will evolve from such Methodology centered and Eurocentric studies into new fields of Global History, Migration Studies, Transnational Politics, International Commerce & Globalization.

I celebrate this new M.A. program in a country that needs the knowledge of Researchers and Postgraduate students urgently.