🌼 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! 🤩

🌱 Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles (Filmmaker) and Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo (Indigenous leader in Colombia) 📆 Monday, 1 Dec 2025 15:00 - 17:00 📍Room SG1, ARB, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP

📣 The last CLAS OPEN SEMINARS of term: What can anthropology say about inflation? Lived Experience, Politics of Prices, and forms of living in Contemporary Argentina Mariano Perelman (Universidad de Buenos Aires) 📆 Monday 01 December | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB Come join us! 🤩

Did you know…? For almost 60 years, CLAS has welcomed distinguished Latin American scholars as visiting fellows. Among them are two authors who would later receive the #NobelPrize in #Literature: Octavio Paz (1990) and Mario Vargas Llosa (2010). Research by: Rafael Shimabukuro #CLAS60years

🔔 CLAS EVENTS presents: Book Launch in Spanish: 'Nieves de los Andes' Veronica Alvarez-Cordova (Author) 📆 Wednesday 26 November | 12:30pm 📍 Room S2, Second Floor, ARB The event is free and open to all. Come join us! 🤩

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: Writing Between Languages: Translingual Dynamics in 21st-Century Latin American Narrative Ilse Logie (Ghent University) 📆 Monday 24 November | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, Alison Richard Building Come join us! 🤩

🔔 CLAS EVENTS presents: Engendering the Archaeological Imaginary of Peru Carito Tavera Medina (University of Barcelona) 📆 Wednesday 19 November | 12:30pm 📍 Room S2, Second Floor, ARB The event is free and open to all. Come join us! 🤩

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: Decolonizing Reproductive Rights in Latin America. The Cases of Forced Sterilization in Peru Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago (University of Amsterdam) 📆 Monday 17 November | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, Alison Richard Building Come join us! 🤩

📢 Virtual Open Day – Centre of Latin American Studies: MPhil & PhD Missed the live session? No problem! Get practical advice, tips, FAQs, and all the insights from our info session. 🗣️ Don’t miss out on discovering your next academic adventure! 🔗Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNc...

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS: Los retos de una investigación acción colaborativa: ¿cómo y con qué objetivos estudiar el fenómeno cultural de la champeta (Caribe colombiano) desde el Norte global? Lise Segas (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne) 📆 Monday 10 November | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS: Intimacies of Violence: Memory and Affect in Postconflict Peru Jelke Boesten (King's College London) 📆 Monday 03 November | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB More info 🔗 in: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/files/furthe... The seminar is free and open to all! 🤩

Join us for the inaugural POLIS Lecture. Our speaker, Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at @ox.ac.uk, will discuss political violence and the American nation. 🕓Thurs, Nov 6, 4 - 6pm 📍Alison Richard Building Register now: polislecture.eventbrite.co.uk

Join us on to discuss the strategic partnership between Spain and the UK in a challenging global landscape with the Ambassador of Spain to the UK and N Ireland, José Pascual Marco Martínez. 🗓️Mon, 27 Oct 2025 🕑14:00 - 15:00 📍SG1/2 ARB Register now: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk

🔔 CLAS EVENTS Poesía expandida en Chile durante la Guerra Fría (1952–1989) - Talk in Spanish - Alejandro Arturo Martínez (Universidad Diego Portales) 📆 Tuesday 28 October | 5:00pm 📍 Room S1, First Floor, ARB The event is free and open to all. Come join us! 🤩

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS: The Caribbean Routes of William Carlos Williams Peter Hulme (University of Essex) 📆 Monday 27 October | 5:15pm 📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB More info 🔗 in: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/files/furthe... The seminar is free and open to all. Come join us! 🤩

Virtual Open Day 2025 - Postgraduate 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Join us here to find out more about our subjects. Get practical advice, tips, FAQs and more in this information session. 🔍 📆 Tuesday 04 November | 14:00 to 14:45 🔗 You must register in advance: postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday