Digging for Hope: book launch by Professor R. Aída Hernández Castillo
Schedule
Tue Jun 09 2026 at 04:30 pm to 06:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Bush House - North East Wing | London, EN
About this Event
This event is being co-sponsored by the Gender Studies Network and the Department of International Development's Interrogating Development seminar series.
Join us for an exciting talk with Professor Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, a leading anthropologist from the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS). In this session, Professor Castillo will launch her new book, Digging for Hope: A Feminist Ethnography in the Land of Mass Grave
In the shadow of Mexico’s ongoing human rights crisis, Digging for Hope offers a profound look at resistance, care, and collective memory. Based on ten years of activist research alongside women-led search collectives, the author documents the courageous journey of mothers, sisters, and wives searching for their disappeared loved ones.
To debate this book, Luis Orlando Pérez Jiménez (UCL) and Dr. Melissa Chacón (University of York) will act as discussants. The event will be chaired by Professor Jelke Boesten (KCL)
About the speaker
Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo is a professor and senior researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) in Mexico City. Since her undergraduate days, Hernández Castillo has combined her academic work with feminist activism and with projects in radio, video, and journalism. Her academic work has promoted indigenous and women’s rights in Latin America. Her research interest covers indigenous studies, legal and political anthropology, decolonial feminisms, and activist research. Hernández Castillo is the author of Multiple InJustices: Indigenous Women, Law, and Political Struggle in Latin America (University of Arizona Press, 2018) and the coeditor of Transcontinental Dialogues: Activist Alliances with Indigenous Peoples of Canada, Mexico, and Australia (University of Arizona Press, 2019), among other books.
About the Interrogating Development Seminar Series
The 'Interrogating Development' seminar series is organised by the Department of International Development at King's College London. The series examines some of the most pressing issues of development facing global society today, with the authors of new books presenting cutting-edge research on a variety of topics related to development.
The talk will be followed by a wine reception. The event is open to everyone.
Where is it happening?
Bush House - North East Wing, 57 Aldwych, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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