📣We are now welcoming applications for the UCL Institute of the Americas PhD Programme, starting September 2026! 🎓Join an inspiring community specialising in the study of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

We're thrilled to share our annual report for 2024-25! Whether you're an alumni, partner, funder, student or researcher, this report has something for you. Read the report for an overview of our event series, research, programmes of study & more. www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

News from Plancondor.org, involving Dr Francesca Lessa! #OperationCondor

📢Join us for the first seminar of the 2025-26 Caribbean Seminar Series! "Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Slavery, Movement, Place, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Cuba" by Dr Camillia Cowling 🗓️22 Oct 2025 | ⏰17:30–19:00 | 🌐Online More info🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Calling all PhD students! Join the Latin America Research Community (LARC), hosted at @uclamericas.bsky.social, for their first event of the 2025-26 calendar, with a keynote talk from @paulodrinot.bsky.social 18 Sept, 5.30-7.30pm 103, 51 Gordon Square Register here: forms.gle/4koNCqEVPnso...

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📣Calling Early Career Researchers! We're inviting EOIs for fellowships offering: 🔸funding 🔸mentorship 🔸a unique opportunity to join a vibrant research community 🔸a platform to launch your independent career Submit your EOI to us by 5 September, just 3 weeks to go! 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/res...

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL Institute of the Americas. 💜 Got questions about Results Day? Visit the UCL Results Day page: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

✨Welcome to our new Lecturer in US Politics✨ Dr Proctor is a political scientist specialising in US politics and elections and joins us from 1 Sept 2025. Andrew will be facilitating modules on US elections and behaviour, research methods, and LGBTQ and identity politics.

📢 New article “Grabbing Back: Capital Segments and Mechanisms in the Reversal of Land Redistribution” by @enriquedcb.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/fjp...

Read this comment piece in @uk.theconversation.com from our Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Dr Emily Morris, on Cuba's economic crisis.

Happy to share our new article in the Journal of Peasant Studies. We define a future research agenda investigating the capital segments and grabbing mechanisms involved in grabbing back redistributed and restituted lands. @uclamericas.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Did you know 2025 marks the anniversary of the founding of Operation Condor in 1975? In this video, we tell you about that sinister plan which persecuted political activists in exile in South America & beyond. To learn more, visit plancondor.org/en

Honorary Researcher, @amayoap.bsky.social, with others from UCL & Essex, have undertaken a community mural project with refugees. Led by a renowned Colombian artist, a community of Venezuelan refugees & Colombian citizens created a large ‘climate displacement’ mural. youtu.be/Y5TimF34Xjc

From Brown v. Board of Education to the Stonewall Riots to the PATRIOT ACT, our US Studies: History and Politics MA offers you a way to understand how civil liberties have evolved throughout the twentieth century in the USA. Come join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...

On 19 June, Dr Lessa was interviewed for radio programme, "El invitado de @rfi.fr". This followed her invitation to speak at a conference in Paris on the 50th anniversary of Operation Condor. Follow the link below for more, inc. how to watch/listen to the interview: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/new...

🚨 **Reminder** 🚨 The deadline to apply for fellowship opportunities is **this Friday**! Don't miss out on this chance to advance your career and make a difference. 📅 Deadline: Friday 27 June 2025 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/new...

What is it like to be a student on our MA in US Studies? Oli tells us why they chose to pursue a Master’s in United States Studies: History & Politics, and the benefits the programme offers. #USPolitics #GradSchool #MakeYourMastersMatter

⭐Confirmed Presenters⭐ Fabio Senne, Centro Regional de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información, (Brazil) María de Lourdes Martínez Villaseñor, Sociedad Mexicana de Inteligencia Artificial (Mexico) Rodrigo Durán, CENIA (Chile) Marcelo Mendoza (Universidad Catolica de Chile)

Thank you @brianjphillips.bsky.social for sharing our paper and for your generous support over the years. Grateful to the brilliant @universityofessex.bsky.social community of scholars, and to @peacerep.bsky.social, @uoelawschool.bsky.social, @uclamericas.bsky.social, and @flacsoecuador.bsky.social

Those interested in the underlying thinking & policies regarding community climate adaptation should take a look at this workshop. Workshop partners will bring case studies from Venezuela and Uzbekistan.

✨Don’t miss out on an opportunity to hear from leading scholars and representatives from area studies institutions across Europe providing fresh insights on how to foster collaboration in an era of shifting global priorities. Only a few seats left ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...

💭What does decolonising praxis look like in public administration and public value? Join us for two workshops by IIPP and UCL STEaPP to brainstorm, dialogue, & reflect on this and more. 🔗Learn more: buff.ly/HiAmXIT ✍️Register here: buff.ly/NG9SXZP ❗️Apply by 10 June 2025, 17:00 BST

✨Binging together leading policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from Latin America to discuss emerging frameworks for the governance of AI across the region. Spaces are limited. Find out more ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...

⭐️1 more week to book⭐️ 🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks? 🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis? 🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?

✨FILM SCREENING exploring representations and realities of extractivism in Latin American fiction and documentary cinema, focusing on how films portray workers’ and communities’ daily lives and struggles. ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhausted-...

Be exposed to prominent development theories & the most influential frameworks used by development practitioners today. Join the core module of our MSc International Development programme. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu... #Development #Theory #Policy #Practice #postgrad

Alongside the Journal of Latin American Studies (JLAS), we are proud to host a high-level panel that brings together the directors of major Latin American Studies centres in Europe to reflect on the future of the field. Book your place: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...

Explore how the end of the Cold War, China’s rise, international terrorism, & the Russian invasion of Ukraine have shaped US foreign policy since 1989. Dive into the strategies of 6 Presidents in a historical & political science context. Discover all our MAs and MScs: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...

Soon I’ll be speaking about the intersections of reproduction and extractivism at this panel on colonialism, capitalism & the environment, alongside Maan Barua, Luis Andueza, and Jack Jenkins Hill, with Megan Vaughan as discussant. June 4, 16:00 at UCL!

ONLINE SEMINAR: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...

📣Join us for the first seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series! Georgina Born and Andrew Barry will speak about AI, Environment and Art on 20 May from 5-6pm in the IAS Common Ground. Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/fSi6c

✨ Please join Sandra Rodríguez Castañeda, PhD student at the Institute of the Americas, and other speakers for this round table on Colonialism, Capitalism and the Environment ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/new... @paulodrinot.bsky.social

Meet the Director of UCL’s MSc International Relations of the Americas course. 🔈Listen to Dr Francesca Lessa talk about her award-winning research on human rights, justice, and Operation Condor in South America and underscore this degree’s unique features. 👇 mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Player/af74F...

(1/6) Ahead of our event next week, we're posing some questions that we may touch on. What are your thoughts on these issues? Share here or bring your questions to the event! If you haven't already signed up, why not?! Book your place now 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...

Images as History Seminar: A Letter to Laos: Allan Sekula’s Postscript 🗓️15 May 2025 🕰️6pm www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/eve...

“It’s fuelled by Trump’s silly comments about Canada becoming the 51st state but has more to do with the administration’s unprecedented attacks on academic freedom,” said Professor Iwan Morgan (@uclamericas.bsky.social) on the decline in Canadian academics visiting the US. Full story👇

The Institute of the Americas invites Expressions of Interest to support fellowship applications. Information on the available schemes and how to apply ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/res...

Did you know that Prof Molyneux is the founder of the Institute of the Americas? Come learn more about how it all started! 📅 Wednesday 14 May, 5pm 📍 In person & online Reconnect with classmates & make new connections at the networking reception! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-instit...

📢 Are you a doctoral student in/around London looking for paid teaching experience? We are looking to hire teaching assistants for our BA History and Politics of the Americas programme, starting Sept 2025. Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline: 7 May, 5pm

Dive into Latin American politics!🌎 From Cold War legacies to hot topics like regionalism & human rights, explore how #LatinAmerica shapes global debates. No prior knowledge needed! Join our module & see IR in a whole new light. #InternationalPolitics #StudentLife #AMER0018

Can't join us in person for this celebratory lecture? This will be a hybrid event, so book an online ticket to receive a link to join via Zoom!

Interested in US history & politics? Our MA, taught by some of the world’s best scholars of the United States at the UK’s top Area Studies department, includes: - foreign policy - warfare - the South - sexuality - American political development Apply: ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...

Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of the Americas with our MSc in International Relations of the Americas! Explore issues like: - climate change - drug trafficking - migration - shifting diplomatic ties Unlock endless opportunities and make a global impact. 🌎📚 ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...

Interested in Latin America’s history, politics & society? Our MA, taught by world leading scholars at the UK’s top Area Studies department, covers a broad range of perspectives on the region. 🔗https://ucl.ac.uk/americas/study/graduate-taught/latin-american-studies-history-politics-and-society-ma

Join this new reading group, organised by our @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellow, Emma Day. Find out more about Emma's research here: profiles.ucl.ac.uk/101766-emma-...

UCL's Undergraduate Virtual Open Days have started!! It's not too late to join us so book your place now! 📅Monday 7 April, 4-5pm OR 📅Tuesday 8 April, 9-10am #UCLOpenDays www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Become an agent of change. Join our International Development MSc to acquire the theoretical & practical skills to build economically prosperous, socially just, & environmentally sustainable societies. 🔗https://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/study/graduate-taught/international-development-americas-msc

Trying to make sense of the impact of the #Trump administration on world politics? Our MSc International Relations of the Americas will give you the tools you need to understand the evolving geopolitical dynamics and landscape. 🌎 Find out more: ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...