Lecture: “Argentina’s Stolen Children in Post-Dictatorship Narrative”

ZILAS and the Chair of Romance Literary Studies II invite you to a guest lecture by Dr. Gesine Brede on memory politics, forensic aesthetics, and family narratives in post-dictatorship Argentina.

The Center for Latin American Studies (ZILAS) and the Chair of Romance Literary Studies II warmly invite you to a guest lecture by Dr. Gesine Brede from Goethe University Frankfurt.

Under the title “Argentina’s Stolen Children in Post-Dictatorship Narrative: Fragile Families, Forensic Aesthetics, and the Politics of Memory,” the lecture addresses literary and cultural engagements with the stolen children of Argentina’s military dictatorship. It focuses on fragile family constellations, forensic forms of evidence, and the politics of memory in post-dictatorship Argentina.

Event details

Date: Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Time: 12:00–13:30
Venue: Room UA-135
Format: Guest lecture
Speaker: Dr. Gesine Brede, Goethe University Frankfurt
Organised by: Chair of Romance Literary Studies II and Zentralinstitut für Lateinamerikastudien (ZILAS)