SLAS Postdoctoral Research Award: Support for Early-Career Researchers Up to 3 bursaries of £2,500 each for postdoctoral researchers to complete a specific research project on Latin America. 📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026 🧵(1/3)

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JOB OPPORTUNITY Language Assistant in Portuguese Studies at @ucddublin.bsky.social. More information: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSA080/l...

REMINDER: All four keynotes from #SLAS2026 are now available! Essential viewing for Latin American Studies scholars and anyone interested in memory, politics and social justice. Check them out in the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Organising a conference, seminar or workshop on Latin American Studies? SLAS Events Grants can support your event. Up to £1,000 for multi-day conferences, £500 for single-day workshops or seminar series. 📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026 🧵(1/3)

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Check out the SLAS blog for insights from scholars and researchers in the field. Recent posts cover archival work, community organising, and contemporary political change in Latin America. READ MORE: www.slasuk.org/blog

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The Bulletin of Latin American Research (BLAR) provides a platform for scholarly discussion on LatAm, the Caribbean, inter-American relations, and the Latin Diaspora. We publish original research articles from all Social Sciences and Humanities academic disciplines. 🧵(1/4)

Congratulations to Yuri Gómez Cervantes (@newcastleuni.bsky.social), awardee of the 2026 Harold Blakemore Prize! This annual prize recognises the best essay in Latin American Studies submitted by a postgraduate student at a UK institution. Learn more: www.slasuk.org/funding

Congratulations to Patricio Simonetto (@universityofleeds.bsky.social), awardee of the 2026 SLAS Research Development Award. Project: "Trans/Travesti Community Archiving and Material Culture in Argentina". Learn more about SLAS funding: www.slasuk.org/funding

EVENT: Thinking Latin American Cities brings together researchers to discuss urban scholarship in Latin America. Speakers: Prof Catalina Ortiz and Dr Fernando Gutiérrez 📅 10 June 26, 17:30 📍 @uclamericas.bsky.social, Free and open to all More info: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

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REMINDER: All four keynotes from #SLAS2026 are now available! Essential viewing for Latin American Studies scholars and anyone interested in memory, politics and social justice. Check them out in the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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EVENT: Ellen Moodie (University of Illinois) discusses "Indignant Liberalism: Political Protest and Generational Change in El Salvador" 📅 2 June 26, 6:15 PM CET 📍 Uni of Bayreuth (in-person and online) MORE INFO: www.ethnologie.uni-bayreuth.de/de/Anthropol...

We are continuing with the introduction of our committee members. Meet @pennymiles31.bsky.social, an elected member (2025-27) of the SLAS Committee. Check out LinkedIn and Instagram to learn more about the dedicated scholars who lead and support SLAS! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Bulletin of Latin American Research (BLAR) provides a platform for scholarly discussion on LatAm, the Caribbean, inter-American relations, and the Latin Diaspora. We publish original research articles from all Social Sciences and Humanities academic disciplines. 🧵(1/4)

All four keynote speeches from #SLAS2026 Conference "Memory Studies and Social Justice" are now on YouTube. Dealing with topics on far-right politics, memory activism, decolonial approaches, and public space in Latin America. More information ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We are continuing with the introduction of our committee members. Meet Júlio Cesar de Souza Dória, an elected member (2025-27) of the SLAS Committee. Check out LinkedIn and Instagram to learn more about the dedicated scholars who lead and support SLAS! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Associate in Latin American Studies at @bristoluni.bsky.social. DEADLINE: 7 June 2026 MORE INFO: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

NEW SLAS BLOG: "The Conference I Almost Didn't Go To" Mariana Hernández-Montilla reflects on self-funding attendance at #SLAS2026 in Leeds - from environmental justice panels to animated documentaries, and community connections. READ HERE: www.slasuk.org/post/the-con...

Continuing with the introduction of our committee member, meet Daniel Mandur Thomaz, elected member (2025-27) of the SLAS Committee. Check out LinkedIn and Instagram to learn more about the dedicated scholars who lead and support SLAS! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Congratulations to Stefano Palestini and Rodrigo M. Medel! Their article "The 'Withdrawn Citizen': Making Sense of the Failed Constitutional Process in Chile" has been selected as BLAR's Best Article of 2025. #OpenAccess READ MORE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Congratulations to the 2026–27 SLAS/BLAR and Eccles Institute Visiting Fellow! We're delighted to introduce Maria Corredor (Cornell University), who is exploring how maps shaped Spain's geographical conception of the Pacific Americas. Part of our partnership with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social.

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SLAS BLOG: "Literary Festivals in Argentina:" by @elisabethgoemans.bsky.social. This insightful research explores how regional book fairs shape cultural identity and global exchange. Supported by the SLAS 2026 Postdoctoral Award. Read more here: www.slasuk.org/post/literar...

Congratulations to the 2026–27 SLAS/BLAR and Eccles Institute Visiting Fellow! We're delighted to introduce Maria Corredor (Cornell University), who is exploring how maps shaped Spain's geographical conception of the Pacific Americas. Part of our partnership with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social.

EVENT: Join the 7th Colloquium on Latin America at the University of Bayreuth! Online sessions start next week, Wednesdays 18:00-20:00 CET (except 2 June - Tuesday). Free to attend via Zoom. Full programme: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/CoLatinAmeri...

Great effort by Anna and Markus. Lots of very interesting panels

Thanks to everyone who made #SLAS2026 such a success! Huge thanks to Anna Grimaldi and Markus Fraundorfer at @universityofleeds.bsky.social for their outstanding work, and to all attendees for two days of brilliant presentations and discussions. See you in Newcastle for #SLAS2027

Feminist Perspectives members @phoebesmartin.bsky.social, Andrea Espinoza Carvajal and @leahapp.bsky.social reflected on “Building the Collective: Celebrating and Reflecting on Five Years of Feminist Perspectives” at @slaslatam.bsky.social in Leeds today. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

We finish the #SLAS2026 conference with the keynote speech by Professor Guilherme Wisnik from the University of São Paulo. His lecture is titled “Public Space and the Dispute over Memory in Brazil”.

Fernández visits the Darién Gap, bringing her into contact with refuge seekers, people smugglers, and many more whose stories bring life to a place overwhelmingly linked to death. Browse our #SLAS2026 exhibit here: buff.ly/gRDpw1F @rutgersupress.bsky.social @slaslatam.bsky.social

We continue with the last session of panels and the performance by Sertões Contemporâneos.

Analysis on the contemporary production, transit, and consumption of cocaine throughout the Americas and the illicit economy's entanglement with local communities Browse more Duke titles in our #SLAS2026 exhibit ⬇️ buff.ly/HEuHen8 @dukepress.bsky.social @desarias.bsky.social @slaslatam.bsky.social

We continue DAY 2 at #SLAS2026 with the counter-keynote by Katucha Bento (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) titled "Amefricaladina as Counter-Keynote: Cuír QuilomboMaking and Reimagining of What Is Yet to Come".

For those attending the conference, we have the SLAS Committee AGM ( 12.15-13.00, Room 1.08). We look forward to seeing you to share some important updates about the society's activities. #SLAS2026

Welcome event for #slas2026 at Left Bank, catered for by Bliss Bites Cafe with entertainment provided by Pitanga.

A new history of Brazil told through the lens of the often-overlooked interior regions. Browse more University of Texas titles in our #SLAS2026 exhibit here: buff.ly/SbGmM6j @utexaspress.bsky.social @slaslatam.bsky.social

Welcome to the second day of #SLAS2026. Five panels and a PhD student session to start an exciting day. Check the programme here: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/slas2026/info/

The second keynote of #SLAS2026 is in honour of Cara Levey, whose work has inspired the conference’s theme. Her friend and colleague at the University College Cork, Professor Nuala Finnegan, shares a lecture on the impact of Cara’s in our field.

Rural Maya Yucatecans recast infrastructural projects as new possibilities for inclusion, agency, and resistance as participants in formal state and economic structures. Browse our MNGUP #SLAS2026 exhibit here: buff.ly/TY11mwK @uncpress.bsky.social @slaslatam.bsky.social

The first keynote speaker of the conference, Professor Leslie Wehner (@University of Bath), presenting the lecture titled “Far-Right Leadership, Foreign Policy and Global Governance: A Latin American Perspective”.

We're at #SLAS2026 in Leeds, UK this week. @slaslatam.bsky.social Stop by our stand to browse our latest books or to chat with Editor Megan Milan about your research. buff.ly/V30YQPU

Please note that lunch will be served at The Refectory, Lifton Place, located just a few minutes away from the Esther Simpson Building. #SLAS2026

#SLAS2026 After the coffee break, session B will have 6 panels and one film screening. Check the programme for your panel details: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/slas2026/info/