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BOOK PRESENTATION: Memory in Question: How Do the Right Remember Argentina’s Recent Past?, coordinated by Valentina Salvi and Luciana Messina (Forthcoming: Siglo XXI Editores)

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The volume, written by a group of scholars, examines the current challenges faced by memory politics in the context of the rise of right-wing forces in Latin America and will be published in March 2026, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Argentina.
The presentation invites discussion of the book’s analysis of the transformations in social memories of state terrorism and political violence during the 1970s, with particular attention to the impact of new interpretations advanced by right-wing actors. These narratives have contributed to the reordering of the field of social memory of the recent past in various ways: by shifting the focus from the crimes of the dictatorship to the actions of armed organizations, constructing an alternative chronology, and questioning the consensuses established around the disappeared and the legitimacy of the human rights movement.
The book explores these disputes in all their complexity, attending not only to their inherently conflictive character but also to their capacity to generate persuasive narratives about past violence. In doing so, these emergent memories foster a wide range of social responses, from identification with their narratives and demands to rejection and backlash against the memory politics consolidated during the democratic transition.
The presentation will bring together the book’s coordinators and three invited discussants: Katherine Hite (Vassar College), Custodio Velasco Mesa (Universidad de Sevilla) and Juan Besse (Universidad de Buenos Aires). The aim is to foster dialogue among diverse academic perspectives and intellectuals from different countries and fields of social inquiry, in order to interrogate the meanings at stake and reflect
VALENTINA SALVI
Special Event Book presentation
29-07-2026 15:45 - 17:15(America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires)
Venue : SV304
20260729T1545 20260729T1715 America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires BOOK PRESENTATION: Memory in Question: How Do the Right Remember Argentina’s Recent Past?, coordinated by Valentina Salvi and Luciana Messina (Forthcoming: Siglo XXI Editores) SV304 MSA Buenos Aires 2026 buenosairesconference@memorystudiesassociation.org
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Silvana Mandolessi
Associate Professor
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KU Leuven
Nikolina Zidek
Adjunct Professor
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IE University Madrid
Valentina Isolda Salvi
Researcher
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CONICET/IDES
Luciana Messina
Researcher
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CIS-CONICET/IDES/UBA-IGEO
Valentina Isolda Salvi
Valentina Isolda Salvi
Researcher
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CONICET/IDES
Romina Verrua
Professor
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Facultad De Información Y Comunicación, Universidad De La República/ Facultad De Información Y Comunicación, Universidad De La República/ National Public University, Uruguay
Luis Felipe Piedrahita Ramirez
Profesor
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Perú
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