Nelson Rockefeller and the diplomacy of art
In this talk, the author will tell us about her latest book (edited by EUDEBA) that explores the relations established by Nelson Rockefeller with Latin America in the years of World War II. How Rockefeller´s creation of the Inter American Office of Cooperation and his strategies sought to win “hearts and souls” of Latin Americans through the subsidy of the arts. In what manner the countries of the region were encouraged to have closer relations, through art, in a period which was heading towards a world conflict and in which strategic alignments were key.
Sociologist and Master in Social Research (UBA) and Ph.D. in History (UTDT). She teaches at the Department of Historical and social Studies of the Torcuato Di Tella University and the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center (UBA). She is author of El Tango entre Dos Américas (The Tango between two Americas), Delicias y sabores desde Doña Petrona hasta nuestros días (Delights and flavors from Doña Petrona to the present day), Jaime Yankelevich: la oportunidad y la audacia (Jaime Yankelevich: opportunity and audacity), Locos por la radio. Una historia social de la radiofonía en la Argentina (Crazy about radio. A social history of radio in Argentina). She has also published numerous articles and chapters in books and national and international journals, among which the following publications stand out: Entrepasados, Des-Cartes, Journal of Social History and of the Mentalities and Ars et Sapientia.
Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Di Tella, Master of Arts por la University of Chicago, Master en Economía y Administración de Empresas por el ESEADE y Profesor de Historia por la Universidad de Belgrano. Es Profesor Titular de Historia Económica del CEMA y ha dado clases y conferencia en Latinoamérica, Estados Unidos y España. Ha sido becario Fulbright en dos oportunidades para estudiar y dar clases en USA. Así como autor de varios libros y artículos, entre ellos sobre la figura de JB Alberdi.