'Manifest Destinies': Indigenous Nations, Settler Colonialism, and Comparative Borderlands in the Americas

VEZUB, JULIO E.

New York

Mesa redonda; ILAS-CSER Columbia University Event; 2023

Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University

Manifest Destiny as an ideology has a long tradition among elites in the Americas. The US, Argentina, and Chile all developed settler colonial policies against Indigenous Peoples after their revolutions for Independence. This joint ILAS-CSER event will focus on the comparative discussion of borderlands—their 19th-century visions and their enduring consequences for the Mapuche peoples of southern Argentina and Chile and the Apache peoples of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. The meeting will be animated by Professor Karl Jacoby (CSER/Columbia University) and Professor Julio Vezub (IPCSH-/CONICET, UNPSJB - ILAS/Columbia University Visiting Professor).