ESRC Future Research Leaders grant awarded to ILAS staff member

Wednesday 21 December 2016

We are delighted to announce that Dr Ainhoa Montoya, Lecturer at the Institute of Latin American Studies, has been awarded a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders grant to develop a research project entitled The Legal Cultures of the Subsoil: The Judicialization of Environmental Politics in Central America.

Call for Papers: Gender and Materiality in Latin American History

Wednesday 24 August 2016

Venue: Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, London, 11 November 2016 Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2016

Crossing the Borders of Knowledge

Friday 10 June 2016

A new international research network is employing pioneering research on Latin America to ensure that our understanding and teaching of history of knowledge is truly global. Supported by the Leverhulme Trust with a £124,000 grant, ‘Border Crossings: Latin America and the Global History of Knowledge (LAGLOBAL)’ is led by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Prestigious Latin American geography award for Director of ILAS

Friday 27 May 2016

Professor Linda Newson , director of the School of Advanced Study’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), has won the Preston E James Eminent Latin Americanist Career Award. It’s the highest accolade available from the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG).

CALL FOR PAPERS: Resource Entanglements: Disparate Narratives on Natural Resource Extraction in Latin America

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Thursday 07 January 2016 International Conference Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), University of London 20th May 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS: Creative Spaces: Urban Culture and Marginality in Latin America

Friday 22 January 2016

Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), University of London 19th May 2016

Director of Institute of Latin American Studies Linda Newson recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours list

Thursday 2 July 2015

Professor Linda Newson, Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, has received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Latin American Studies.

ILAS Alumnus re-elected Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

Thursday 2 July 2015

ILAS alumnus José Graziano da Silva, the incumbent Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation , has recently been elected to a second four-year term. Nominated by Brazil, he received a total of 177 out of 182 votes cast. His term will run until July 2019. Graziano da Silva has been recognised for his commitment to sustainable agricultural solutions and ending hunger and malnutrition.

ILAS Grant Schemes for 2015-16 announced

Tuesday 31 March 2015

The Institute Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce its funding schemes for the academic year 2015-16. ILAS Visiting Stipendiary Fellowship scheme 2015-16

ILAS alumnus Diego Aulestia appointed Minister of Foreign Trade for Ecuador

Tuesday 24 March 2015

Mr Aulestio replaced Francisco Rivadeneira as Minister of Foreign Trade for Ecuador . Mr Aulestio obtained his MA in Latin American Studies with ILAS.

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