📢 CLAS Events – Easter Term 2026 Join us for Digging for Hope, a book presentation & panel with Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, on feminist ethnography, women-led search collectives in Mexico, care and collective memory. 📆 Thu 11 June, 12:30pm 📍 Room S1, ARB Open to all!

📣🎙️ The Latinoamericanist Podcast is now live! Conversations across languages, cultures and borders from the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. Hosted by David Lehmann.

📢 CLAS Event Feeling Activism: Emotions, Abortion Rights, and Feminist Politics in Argentina Barbara Sutton (University at Albany, SUNY) Discussant: Nayla Luz Vacarezza (CONICET) 📆 Thu 04 June | 5pm 📍 Room S1, ARB Free & open to all. #FeministPolitics #Argentina @cambridgegender.bsky.social

📢 CLAS Events Policrisis: Cómo enfrentar el vaciamiento de las izquierdas y la expansión de las derechas autoritarias Maristella Svampa (Simón Bolívar Professor 2022) 📆 Mon 01 June | 5:00pm 📍 Room S1, ARB Free & open to all. #LatinAmericanStudies #LatinAmericanPolitics

🌱 Talk | Garden politics: comparing experiences from Ecuador, Trinidad and Colombia What is a garden? 📅 Monday 18 May 🕞 3:30pm–5:00pm 📍 Room 204, Second Floor, ARB ✨ Free & open to all

📢 CLAS Events 🎬 Yo Soy El Bosque / I Am the Forest Film screening (Spanish/English subtitles) Inés Ruiz Alvarado (UNESCO Chair) Chair: Françoise Barbira F. 📆 Wed 20 May | 5:30pm 📍 McDonald Institute, Cambridge Free & open to all. #CLAS60Years #LatinAmericanStudies

Looking forward to hearing from Victoria Cogorno: A Cultural Genealogy of the Patagonian Giants from Magellan to Darwin, 12.30pm, 7 May @newnhamcollege.bsky.social - info: newn.cam.ac.uk/event/cultur... @crasshlive.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

📢 CLAS Events – Easter Term Book presentation: The Gendered Front: Latin American Women’s Cultural Agency during WWII Vanessa Miseres (University of Notre Dame) Chair: Stephanie Rohner (Cambridge) 📆 14 May, 12:30pm 📍 Alison Richard Building Free & open to all #LatinAmericanStudies #CLAS60Years

Recently, we were pleased to show a group of visitors items from our Argentine collections. This was part of an event organised by @clascam.bsky.social, marking the 50th anniversary earlier this year of the coup that overthrew Argentine president Isabel Perón.

#SeeYouAtCLAS🍀 As we get ready for Easter Term, we’re looking back at conversations that shaped Lent. From book launches and screenings to seminars and performances, it was a term of rich exchanges on Latin America. Many thanks to our speakers, collaborators and all who joined us. #CLAS60Years

Sue Iamamoto presenting her book at @clascam.bsky.social 🇧🇴

🔔The Argentine Golpe - 50 Years Later 📅 21 April 2026 🕐 13:00–18:30 📍 ARB On 24 March 1976, a military coup against Argentine president Isabel Perón initiated a dictatorship (1976-1983) that disappeared or killed over 30,000 people. Open to all – Registration required

Not sure where to start with our collections, services, or workspaces? Join one of our free 45-minute taster tours and get a guided introduction from our friendly library team. 📅 Upcoming dates: 15 April, 18 April, 9 May, 13 May, 10 June, 13 June. 🔗 Book now: https://loom.ly/COaO_cY

🌿 #TBT | Lent Term at #CLAS60Years 8 seminars, 8 powerful conversations on histories, inequalities & political imaginaries across Latin America and beyond. Thank you to all who joined us! 🌼 Easter Term programme now live. #LatinAmericanStudies #CambridgeEvents

📢 CLAS Events Book presentation: Memories and Social Struggles in Contemporary Bolivia Sue Iamamoto (UFBA) | Chair: Sian Lazar 📆 15 April, 2pm 📍 Room S1, ARB Free & open to all + refreshments 🔗 + info: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul... #LatinAmericanStudies #Bolivia #CLAS60Years

🌼 Easter Term at CLAS We’re hosting a series of talks, book presentations and discussions on Latin America in Cambridge. 📅 April–June | 📍 Cambridge Free & open to all + refreshments 🔗 www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/latest-news-... #LatinAmericanStudies #CambridgeEvents #CLAS60Years

“Viva Zapata! Viva Sandino! Viva Zumbi!” @clascam.bsky.social

What's on this week at Cambridge University Library? 📚Visit our new exhibition, Living Water. 📚Take a break and read some poetry in new Reading Nook in the North corridor. 📚We are closed for Easter, 3 April to 6 April inclusive. 🔎Exhibition opening times: https://loom.ly/FSLQWrg

Conference Announcement: Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 2026: A World in Common Dates: Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th July 2026 Location: St Catherine's College, Oxford To register, email: [email protected]

Nísia Floresta, subject of our next episode, is often called "the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft." We sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to find out how accurate that label is with Maria Lúcia Pallares-Burke from @clascam.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyE9... #PhilSky #WomensHistoryMonth

Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫 Have you got an idea that may: - Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures? - Forge new collaborations ? - Bring academic research to wider publics? - Explore research and artistic practice? Apply by 17 May 2026 https://bit.ly/3CaV97M

🔔 CLAS & @camgeopolitics.bsky.social presents: Colombia’s Armed Conflict in Regional and Global Context: Peace Prospects, Venezuela Spillover, and Geopolitics Ahead of Elections Dr @annetteidler.bsky.social (University of Oxford) 📆 Wednesday 18 March | 5:00pm 📍 Room S1, ARB 🔗 bit.ly/4qVgSY2

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS: Book Launch: Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet's Chile Katia Chornik (University of Cambridge) 📆 Monday 16 March | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB Refreshments will be served after the seminars. All welcome!

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS: Book Launch: The Joyful Passions of Feminism: How to Shake Up Contemporary Political Imagination Nayla Luz Vacarezza (Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET) 📆 Monday 09 March | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB All welcome!

🎓Quer se candidatar a um mestrado na Universidade de Cambridge? Neste vídeo explicamos o processo geral de candidatura a programas de mestrado, direcionado a estudantes e pesquisadores na América Latina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZl...

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: Book Presentation: Inside Criminalized Governance. How and Why Gangs Rule the Streets of Rio de Janeiro Nicholas Barnes (University of St Andrews) 📆 Monday 02 March | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB The seminar is free and open to all 🤩

🎓Guía Cambrigia ¿Quieres aplicar a un máster en la Universidad de Cambridge? En este video explicamos el proceso general de postulación a programas de máster, dirigido a estudiantes e investigadores en América Latina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Girp...

🔔 Film Screening / Q&A: A Place in the City (English subtitles) Gabriel Silvestre (Newcastle University) 📆 Wednesday 25 February | 5:15pm 📍 Room S1, First Floor, ARB This film examines hope, resistance, and collective action in Latin American cities. Open to all!

📣 Applications are now open for postgraduate study at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge 2026–27 🎓 Programmes available: • MPhil in Latin American Studies • MPhil (Thesis only) • PhD in Latin American Studies 🔗Check the deadlines!

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: Yiddishkayt on the Barricades: Forging a Jewish Working Class in Buenos Aires, 1890-1930 Walter L. Koppmann (Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET) 📆 Monday 23 February | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB Come join us! 🤩

🔔 CLAS Event: A Chilean New Song Francisco Carrasco (@lumacreationsorg) 📆 Wednesday 18 February | 5:15pm 📍 Room S1, ARB This talk takes you on a journey into the history of the powerful Chilean New Song movement, incorporating live songs and visuals. Open to all!

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: The contradictions of science in Machado de Assis Viviane Carvalho (University of Cambridge) "This talk explores the role of science in the short stories of Machado de Assis, focusing on works such as ‘O Alienista’ (1882) (...)" Open to all.🤩

🔔 CLAS Event Talk: Indigenous Peoples’ Letters to Brazil Rafael Xucuru-Kariri (King's College London) Suzane Lima Costa (University of London) 📆 Wednesday 11 February | 5:15pm 📍 Room S1, First Floor, Alison Richard Building The event is free and open to all. Come join us!

💠 Salvador Allende Lecture 2026 'On Impunity: From East West Street to 38 Londres Street' by Philippe Sands KC (University College London) 📆 Monday 9 February | 5:15pm 📍 Lecture Hall at Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, CB3 9BL Registration required.

📣 Applications are now open for postgraduate study at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge 2026–27 🎓 Programmes available: • MPhil in Latin American Studies • MPhil (Thesis only) • PhD in Latin American Studies 🗓 Deadline: 26 February 2026

🔔 CLAS Event: Film Screening & Book Dialogue: From Una voz estéril to Pájaros de medianoche: Testimony and the Struggle for Justice in Peru Ines Ruiz (Universidad Científica del Sur) 📆 Tuesday 03 February | 5:15pm 📍 Room S2 - Second Floor, ARB Come join us! #CLAS60Years

CLAS OPEN SEMINARS: "In 1822, after declaring Peru’s independence, the South American patriot José de San Martín sent an “Inca mummy” to King George IV, hoping his gift would reach the British Museum. (...)" The seminar is free and open to all. Come join us! 🤩

Extending the vote to children | Guest talk from David Runciman Thursday 29 January, 6pm Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall David Runciman returns to Cambridge to discuss his research on giving children the vote. Free and open to all. No registration required. Refreshments served before the talk.

Thursday, 29th January 🗣️ “The never-ending crisis: is there an end to Peru’s political and social upheaval?” 🕔 17:00 (UK) | 🕛 12:00 (Peru) 📍 Room 7, Lecture Block, Sidgwick Site 💻 Also available ONLINE Join us for a timely discussion on Peru’s ongoing political and social challenges!

Save the Mondays! 🎉🎉🎉 Book Launch: Plebeian Consumers. Global Connections, Local Trade, and Foreign Goods in Nineteenth-Century Colombia" Ana María Otero-Cleves (University of York) 📆 Monday 26 January | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB Free and open to all! #cambridgeuniversity #CLAS60Years

🔔 First CLAS Event of Lent Term! Book Launch 'Mexico: A History' Paul Gillingham (Northwestern University) 📆 Wednesday 21 January | 5:00pm 📍 Room S2 - Second Floor, Alison Richard Building The event is free and open to all! #CLAS60Years #CambridgeUniversity

✨ Lent Term 2026 ✨ Join us for our Open Seminars & CLAS events, including talks, film screenings, concerts and more. 🎟️ Free & open to all 🔗 Full programme: latin-american.cam.ac.uk/clas-open-se... #CLAS60Years #LatinAmericanStudies

Entering the New Year at CLAS ✨ As the year begins, we share moments from recent CLAS events — seminars, films, conversations and our end-of-term lunch — reflecting the care, curiosity and engagement that shape our work. Thank you to our speakers and community. #CLAS60Years #CambridgeUniversity

I've written an explainer on Venezuela: Why did Chavez revolution go wrong? Who are the factions in Venezuela today? History of US involvement in Venezuela Why Trump did not go for regime change lab.org.uk/venezuela-th... @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social

I'll be talking about Venezuela and Trump's plans for Latin America Just turn up in person, or for online book below For more on my book America's Backyard see: grace-livingstone.com/2018/09/14/a...

Rio Tinto’s plan to mine lithium in Chile could threaten water sources say indigenous communities - my story www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @clascam.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @criordor.bsky.social @gcabana.bsky.social

✨ Closing a wonderful 2025 at CLAS! ✨ Thank you to all students, scholars, speakers, and attendees of our Open Seminars—your curiosity and engagement made every session inspiring. 🌎💬 Here’s to reflection, celebration, and recharging for the year ahead! 🥂📚 #CLAS60Years #CambridgeUniversity

From Brazil to Cambridge 🇧🇷📚 In the 1970s, CLAS hosted Brazilian economists like Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Celso Furtado & Pedro Malan, who debated development, dependence & the state's role in Latin America. 📝🌎 Research: @rshimabukuro #Brazil #Economists #CLAS60years #LatinAmerica

🎥 Indexed Beings, a film by artist Helen Knowles with members of Indigenous communities in the Putumayo, Colombia Join @clascam.bsky.social and the Decolonising Plant Knowledge Network for this special screening and Q&A 1 December from 3-5pm, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP https://bit.ly/48yZUZI

🔔 CLAS EVENTS presents: Film Screening / Q&A: Malês (2024) This film was developed with the historical consultancy of Professor João José Reis, and was inspired by his chapter ‘Slave Rebellion in Brazil’ (2010). 📆 Tuesday 02 December - 5:00pm 📍 Room S2, Second Floor, ARB Come join us! 🤩