4 June 2013, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Human Rights Consortium Keynote speaker: Dr Kimberly Theidon, Harvard University

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The Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce its Visiting Stipendiary Fellowship scheme for the academic year 2013-14.

The Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Study, University of London, is pleased to announce its regional seminar series grant scheme for the academic year 2013-14. This new scheme provides funding for a series of regional seminars held over two or three terms at two or more UK higher education institutions. The scheme will promote the study of the Americas and foster inter-institutional collaboration, particularly where institutional support structures are limited or where scholars are dispersed across discipline-based departments. Further particulars