Americas Forum
The Americas Forum event series at Georgetown University aims to bring innovative perspectives to understanding the United States and the diversity within its borders, to engaging the diverse peoples, nations, and communities across the Americas, and to exploring the accelerating movement of peoples and visions across borders—and across the hemisphere. In this spirit, the Americas Forum, coordinated by John Tutino, Professor of History, appointed in the College of Arts & Sciences and in the School of Foreign Service, is pleased to collaborate with the Georgetown Americas Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies to host the following events.
Some of these events will be streamed to the GAI YouTube channel.
Spring 2026 Program
April 10, 2:30 - 6:15 p.m., Healy 104 and GAI YouTube Channel
Energy and the Environment in the Greater Caribbean: 1900 to 2025
Petroleum energized the modern world in changing ways. The greater Caribbean has been a key region of production and refining, leading to geopolitical and ecological challenges and changing social relations of gendered production. Leading scholars will address and discuss these enduring questions in Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. The Americas Forum and the Georgetown Americas Institute are pleased to present two panels to discuss the energy and environment in the greater Caribbean.
The first panel, Early Challenges: Mexico, Venezuela, and the Islands, 1900-1975, will feature Myrna Santiago, Saint Mary' College, CA; Marcus Golding, University of Texas at Austin; Chelsea Schields, University of California, Irvine; and Eric Gettig, U.S. Foreign Service Institute. The second panel, The Greater Caribbean in a Globalizing World, 1960-2025, will feature David Painter, Georgetown University; Jason Theriot, Independent History; Sarah Stanford-McIntyre, University of Colorado; and Martin Melosi, University of Houston. Introductory remarks will be delivered by John Tutino of the Americas Forum and John McNeill, distinguished professor in global environmental history at Georgetown University. A reception will follow the symposium.