Plenary Speakers
Nicolás Alberto Dip
Nicolás Alberto Dip specializes in Latin American history, particularly social movements, leftists, universities, and student activism. Author of Libros y alpargatas (2018) and Movimientos estudiantiles en América Latina (2023); editor of La nueva izquierda en debate (2024). He coordinates seminars on Latin American lefts (INAH, CIDE, UNAM, Colmex) and youth movements (Cornell, CLACSO, RECUME); directs Prohistoria's "Izquierdas de América Latina" series and leads RECUME/GEMALM.
Carlos-Miguel Herrera
Carlos-Miguel Herrera is a professor of public law and philosophy of law at CY Cergy Paris Université. He directs the Centre de philosophie juridique et politique (CPJP) and was formerly a member of the Institut universitaire de France. His research explores legal theory, constitutionalism, social rights, and Latin American democracy. Key publications include Les droits sociaux (PUF, 2009) and Le constitutionnalisme. He has served as a visiting professor in Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and Russia.
Rosabetty Muñoz
Rosabetty Muñoz, born in Ancud, Chiloé in 1960, is a distinguished Chilean poet and educator. A Professor of Spanish, she has taught in Chiloé institutions and contributed to southern Chile's cultural growth. Her over ten poetry collections include Canto de una oveja del Rebaño (1981), Polvo de huesos (2012, Premio Altazor), Técnicas para cegar a los peces (2019, Premio Municipal de Santiago), and Poesía Reunida (2024). Her recent honors include Premio Nacional de Poesía Jorge Teillier (2022) and Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda (2024).
Dr. Saumya Dey
Dr. Saumya Dey is Head of Research at the Foundation for Indian Historical and Cultural Research (FIHCR). He is a historian and author whose work focuses on intellectual and cultural history, colonial India, and Indian political thought. He holds a PhD in History from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has authored several books, including Becoming Hindus and Muslims, The Seedbed of Pakistan, The Cultural Landscape of Hindutva, Narrativizing Bhāratvarṣa, and Being Hindu: A Political History from Aditya Chola to Narendra Modi. He formerly served as Professor of History at Rishihood University, Sonipat.
Prof. Sadhana Naithani
Prof. Sadhana Naithani is an ethnographer, folklorist, and post-colonial theorist at the Centre of German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, where she also coordinates the Folklore Unit. She completed her doctorate in German folkloristics in 1994 and later established the School of Languages at Doon University. She served as President of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research until 2024 and holds an honorary fellowship of the American Folklore Society. Her books include In Quest of Indian Folktales: Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke, Folklore in Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence, and The Inhuman Empire: Wildlife, Colonialism, Culture, alongside a novella, Elephantine.