CLAS Cambridge

Study Latin America at Cambridge. Applications are open for 2027 entry to CLAS’s MPhil and PhD programmes. 🤩 Take the next step: explore our programmes and apply. www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/depa...

📣 CLAS Seminar | 4 Nov, 5pm Whose Land, Whose Rules? Drug Trafficking and Territorial Governance in Rural Honduras Dr Emilia Ziosi (St Andrews/Oxford) Chair: Pedro Mendes Loureiro 📍 S2, Alison Richard Building All welcome! www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

📣 CLAS Open Seminar Art and Anti-Racism in Latin America With Peter Wade, Lúcia Sá and Ignacio Aguiló (University of Manchester). Chair: Mónica Moreno Figueroa 📅 Monday 2 November, 5:15 pm 📍 SG1, ARB All welcome. 🔗 www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/latest-news-... #CLAS60Years

🎓 Considering an MPhil or PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge? Join our Virtual Postgraduate Open Day! 📅 3 November | 14:00–14:45 (UK) 💻 Online + Q&A Register: postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/openday #StudyAtCambridge #PostgraduateStudy #mphil #phd #CLAS60Years

📚 Thu 29 Oct, 5pm | Thread Stories (Historias de hilo), a book presentation by Valentina Gajardo. “Where words fall short, the thread can become a voice, a symptom, and a narrative.” Room S1, ARB. Free and open to all. More info: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul... #CLAS60Years

📣 CLAS EVENTS | 28 Oct, 12:15 PM Dr Daniela Soto Hernandez (Sussex) explores the “right to avoid Development” and fossil fuels in Latin America. 📍 Room S2, Alison Richard Building More info: latin-american.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul... Open to all. Refreshments afterwards. #CLAS60Years

📢Applications are open for researchers seeking to be hosted by CLAS for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2027. Internal deadline: 12 noon, 23 October 2026. Eligibility and application details: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/leverhulme-t...

📣 CLAS EVENTS presents: Reinterpretation of Andean Music With Vivi Guerrero, Singer & Songwriter, and John Jairo Pantoja, Charango player. Selected live music will form part of the workshop. 📅 21 Oct · 6:30 PM 📍 S1, Alison Richard Building 🎟️ Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/clas/...

📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents: The Unmaking of an Indigenous Saint: The Lives and Afterlives of Nicolás Ayllón Speaker: Dr María Gracia Ríos Chair: Dr Stephanie Rohner 📅 Monday 19 October · 5:15 PM 📍 SG1, ARB Further information: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/clas-open-se...

CLAS Events are back for Michaelmas ✨ Roundtables, workshops, lunchtime seminars, book presentations and talks. Free and open to all, with refreshments afterwards. Explore the programme so far: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/latest-news-... #CLAS60Years

The new academic year is almost here. Earlier this summer, Evan Grandidge de Paz and Vedanitya Dharwar were each awarded two 2025–26 Simón Bolívar Prizes. 🎓🎉 Read the full story: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/news/celebra...

✨ CLAS Open Seminars | Michaelmas 2026 Our new term programme is now live. We look forward to welcoming our community and visitors to the Centre. Mondays · 5.15pm · Alison Richard Building Open to everyone. www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/clas-open-se... #CLAS60Years

On Tuesday 22 Sept #internationaldayofpeace we will open The Silent Vocal Language of Textiles exhibition at D Contemporary Art Gallery London. The textiles are currently being installed. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

📢 Call for Papers CLAS Director Pedro Mendes Loureiro is co-editing a special collection for Humanities & Social Sciences Communications on crisis and resilience in Latin American politics. Submit by 12 November 2026: www.nature.com/collections/...

🌎 Interested in pursuing an MPhil or PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge? Explore funding through Cambridge’s webinar series for international postgraduate applicants. Upcoming: USA, 28 August | Latin America, 15 September. Details: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/inter...

Recommended Article 📚 Fujimorismo popular: cinco propuestas desde abajo By Rafael Shimabukuro, CLAS Research Associate El 5 de abril de 1992, Alberto Fujimori anunció la disolución del Congreso y el Poder Judicial por televisión. […] 🔗 Read it here: tramacritica.pe/perspectivas...

Recommended article 📚 Growing in and from Crisis: Environment, Labor, and Capital in Brazil’s Exponential Prison Expansion Authors: Bruna Angotti, Graham Denyer Willis, Pedro Mendes Loureiro & Luiz Fernando Toledo (CLAS academics) Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Recommended article From the infrastructure of food to food as infrastructure in Brazil’s urban peripheries Authors: Mara Nogueira, Gareth A. Jones and Aiko Ikemura Amaral (CLAS Teaching Associate) Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

✨ Ideas, encounters and community at CLAS A look back at some of the conversations, collaborations and gatherings that brought Easter Term to life. From seminars and screenings to student achievements and time together as a community. Thank you to everyone who joined us! #CLAS60Years

Thinking about an MPhil or PhD in Latin American Studies at Cambridge? 🌎 Funding webinars for prospective postgraduates: Chevening Brazil: 2 Jul Chevening Mexico: 24 Jul USA/Marshall: 28 Aug Plus Africa, Europe, East Asia & South Asia. Register: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/inter...

Are you a prospective international student, thinking of joining one of our postgraduate programmes? Tomorrow (Friday 26 June) is the next Postgraduate International Q&A Webinar from 9am - 10am. Bring your questions and sign up now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/internationa...

📢 CLAS Events – Easter Term 2026 Join us for two seminars on capital controls, financial crises and industrial policy in emerging and developing economies. 📆 Wed 24 June | 4:00–5:30pm 📍 Room S2, ARB Chair: Pedro Mendes Loureiro More info: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

💠Moving Margins of the Human Sciences: Geopolitics, Gender and Disciplines A two-day symposium on how knowledge is produced recognised and contested across gender, geopolitics and disciplines. 📆 18–19 June 📍 Room S1, ARB Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/clas/... All welcome!

🎉 🎓Warmest congratulations to Dr Ange La Furcia, who completed her PhD at the CLAS and has been awarded the 2026 LASA/Oxfam America Martin Diskin Dissertation Award. A well-deserved recognition of her doctoral research.✨ 🔗 Read more: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/news/clas-ph...

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

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

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