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
News
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.
ILAS Visiting Stipendiary Fellow wins prize for outstanding thesis
Thursday 18 December 2014
Dr Asa Cusack , ILAS Visiting Stipendiary Fellow, has been awarded the Andrew Gamble Prize for an Outstanding Thesis during 2013-14 from the University of Sheffield's Politics Department . His thesis has now been nominated for the Political Science Association's Lord Bryce Prize for International Relations/Comparative Studies .