🔥Now booking! 📅 03 June | 17:00 - 19.00 | LG26, Bentham House 🎟️ tinyurl.com/5n7kjs4f Dr Ursula Hackett delivers the UCL Institute of the Americas Annual Lecture

🌐NEW BLOG 👉From 26 to 30 May, the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) will hold its annual congress in Paris. UCL Institute of the Americas will have extensive representation. The theme of this year’s meeting is ‘Republic & Revolution’. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ynhdjpa4 By @paulodrinot.bsky.social

Fighting for Control: Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the U.S-Mexico Talk by Prof Lina-Maria Murillo @drlmmurillo.bsky.social 📅 26 May | 16:30 | Room 103, Institute of the Americas UCL 🎟️ Free event | All welcome! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mr4b5bua

🚨 TONIGHT! 6pm 🚨 'The Radical Spanish Empire. How Paperwork Politics Remade the New World' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

🌐NEW BLOG "Today’s modern Andean nations were never part of the British Empire. How, then, did their dead come to be here?" 👉Britain’s Andean Dead: Museums, Memory, and the Afterlives of Independence by Christopher Heaney: tinyurl.com/ycx48xrv

🥳 Congratulations to Sandra Wiñay Rodríguez Castañeda (PhD student, UCL Institute of the Americas) on being published in the Latin American Research Review! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2db623jb

Book Launch: The Radical Spanish Empire 13 May 6pm Unrelenting lawfare by non-elite Spaniards, Indigenous people, women & the enslaved, led to weakened theocracy, curtailed native lordship, reshaped law and forged an order in 1570s under viceroys, bishops & inquisitors www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

NEW BLOG tinyurl.com/mu8un5wy Why does inequality remain so persistently high in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite decades of notable social, political, and economic changes? 👉This is the first of a new series presenting the key findings of the Latin America and Caribbean Inequality Review.

📅 Mark your calendars! Here are all upcoming events in term 3. Full details and registrations are available via the QR code or at the following link: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Join us! 🌐Lecture: Corruption, Economic Cycles, and Political Accountability in Latin America Carlos Scartascini is Leader of the Research Department Behavioral Economics Group and Principal Leader at the Inter-American Development Bank 📅 06 May | 14:00 - 16.00 | Room 103, 51 Gordon Square

🌐NEW BLOG POST🌐 👉In this post, Lea Happ discusses some aspects of her doctoral research on abortion, feminist movements, and the politics of knowledge in Argentina. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ysru6px2

For a decade, our Internship Programme has partnered with organisations across sectors to deliver real-world impact. Join us to celebrate this milestone and discover how you can collaborate with top-tier talent from one of the world’s leading universities. 🔗 Book your spot: tinyurl.com/soda10y

🌐NEW BLOG POST🌐 👉In this post, Malu A. C. Gatto reflects on her experience organising the Writing Academy, a training and mentorship programme to support Brazilian doctoral students in political science to publish in international journals. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2p5adnu9

I'll be delivering the UCL Institute of the Americas Annual Lecture on June 3 (5–7pm), marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence @uclamericas.bsky.social. Join us for 'The Declaration of Independence and the Politics of Inaction' - tickets here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

🌐NEW BLOG POST🌐 How can higher education institutions play a stronger role in supporting their local communities? By Emily Morris, Honorary Senior Research Associate at the UCL Institute of the Americas. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc5hpd2f

🌐NEW BLOG POST🌐 What Insights Can Latin America Offer on Global Politics in the Trump Era? By Dr Pablo Uchoa, a former PhD student at the UCL Institute of the Americas. 🔗 tinyurl.com/j4mbvvnr

🗓️Mark your calendars! 🔗Full list of events with registration details available on our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

My review of Carlos Aguirre’s and William Fisher’s terrific book on the Lima prison printworks.

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🥳UCL Americas staff nominated for 2026 Student Choice Awards🥳 We are delighted to announce that several of our colleagues have been nominated for Student Choice Awards at the UCL Student Union! 👉 tinyurl.com/aue94yy9

🌐NEW BLOG POST🌐 Argentina 50 years on from start of dictatorship – is it forgetting the disappeared? By Prof Francesca Lessa and Prof Lorena Balardini. 🔗 tinyurl.com/27vfd2cy

A review of Modern Peru: A New History revista.drclas.harvard.edu/a-review-of-...

Emma Day at @uclamericas.bsky.social looks at how, in the late 20th c., the American prison system expanded in ways that denied women—esp. working-class & women of color—adequate medical care for HIV-AIDS and reproductive, chronic, and other illnesses. Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢Are you a doctoral student in/around London looking for teaching experience? We are looking to hire postgraduate teaching assistants (PGTAs) for our BA History and Politics of the Americas programme, starting Sept 2026. Apply: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline: 8 April 2026

Argentina 50 years on from start of dictatorship – is it forgetting the disappeared? Prof Francesca Lessa and Prof Lorena Balardini discuss the future of memory, truth and justice in Argentina. tinyurl.com/yeyeztjw

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NEW BLOG POST How does the Chilean state justify lithium extraction as ‘green’ while Indigenous communities document water depletion, ecosystem damage, and the erosion of their territorial rights? 🔗 tinyurl.com/3ebpts9v

UPCOMING EVENT: U.S. Disaster History and the Roots of Environmental Crisis Prof Gareth Davies 📅 25 March | 14:30 - 16.00 | Room 103 🎟️ Free tickets → tinyurl.com/msc847sd Why do efforts to protect Americans from disaster often leave them more vulnerable to catastrophic loss?

Event tomorrow! Take-up, Resistance & Transformation of Corporate Governance Codes in Peru Speaker: John Lawrence ⏲️ 13.00 - 14.30 📍 Room 103, 51 Gordon Sq 🔗 tinyurl.com/uvfkdhn2

BLOG POST: Caribbean Politics and the British Monarchy: Decolonisation, Republics and Reparations In this post, Grace Carrington, Honorary Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of the Americas, discusses the research she conducted as part of the Visible Crown project. tinyurl.com/5n6bm2bd

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BLOG POST: The Anti-Monumentas and the Politics of Public Space in Mexico City Fernando Gutiérrez discusses findings from his PhD thesis, part of which was published in the research article ‘Feminists versus monuments? From protests to anti-monuments in Mexico City’ blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

🔎What is the state of Argentina’s democracy today? Amid political tension, economic volatility, and social pressures, our panel will unpack what this anniversary means. Speakers: ✨ Claudia Bacci (University of Buenos Aires) ✨ Jordana Blejmar (University of Liverpool) ✨ Francesca Lessa (UCL)

BLOG POST: In this post, the second of two, Par Engstrom, Associate Professor of Human Rights, continues his reflection on human rights trends in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of his work advising the European Parliament. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

We were excited to sign this Memorandum of Understanding with Universidad Católica de Santa María (UCSM) earlier this week. Many thanks to all those involved in putting this together and looking forward to the resulting collaborations.

✨Join us for a talk that explores how a Caribbean insurgency not only revealed the vulnerability of Britain’s imperial system when confronted by revolutionary ideology but also comprised an unprecedented and disorientating situation for those sent to repress it.

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BLOG POST In this post, the first of two, Par Engstrom, Associate Professor of Human Rights, reflects on human rights trends in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of his work advising the European Parliament. Read the post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

Less than 1 week left to apply! Might be of interest to @raioxford.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @historians.org

Discover how two major events reshaped corporate life in Peru in completely different ways: 🔍 The Lava Jato (“Car Wash”) scandal, and 📘 The launch of voluntary governance codes. What happens when crisis meets reform? 🗓️18 Mar 2026 13.00 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

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BLOG POST: Megaprojects and State Transformation in Mexico: Understanding the 4T through the Lens of Regional Inequality Jack Phillips, former MSc International Development in the Americas student, provides an account of his dissertation Read the post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

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🇨🇺 On Wednesday’s #F24Spotlight, @uclamericas.bsky.social's Emily Morris highlights how #Cuba’s fuel crisis threatens the US

📣Call for Abstracts: Sex, Reproduction, and the Politics of Knowledge Workshop 🔗 HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/366FXSCX

Want to know more about sugar cane plantations, dominoes, bodegas, electricity blackouts, salsa, reggaeton, and the history and politics of América and its peoples, from Chile to Canadá? Apply to our MA in Latin American Studies: History, Politics & Society #BadBunny www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

EVENT: Gonzalo Maza, Chilean screenwriter & director, will present Ensayos y Errores, the 1st feature film by Chilean director Ignacio Rojas Vallejo 📅18/2 17.30 📍51 Gordon Sq Organised by LARC: Latin American Research Community of PhDs Register: forms.gle/QiJVJQ4dSHeb...

📢 Call for abstracts We’re happy to be organising this one-day workshop on sex, reproduction, and the politics of knowledge at @uclamericas.bsky.social on May 26, 2026. We invite 200-word abstract submissions by March 6. 🔗 Full details here: tinyurl.com/366fxscx

BLOG POST: In this post, first published in @uk.theconversation.com, Enrique Castañón Ballivián, Lecturer in International Development, discusses the natural resources policies of the newly elected administration of Rodrigo Paz Pereira in Bolivia. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...

50 Years from the Coup d'État in Argentina, 1976-2026 This roundtable brings together academics from different disciplines to reflect on the 50th anniversary of the most recent civic-military takeover in Argentina. 📅 11 March 2026 🕐 13.00 HYBRID EVENT 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...