Centre of Latin American Studies

Favela, Rio de Janeiro (photo by Joey Whitfield)

MPhil in Latin American Studies

Students from Britain, Latin America, the United States and across the world take our MPhil each year, attracted by the reputation of Cambridge as a world-class university, and by the rigour and breadth of the course.

Trinity College Great Court (photo: Matt Bilton)

PhD in Latin American Studies

The Centre has a strong community of PhD students working across a wide range of disciplines with leading scholars in their fields. We are also committed to helping you develop your future career.

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Research Facilities

Postgraduate students and visitors at the Centre of Latin American Studies, recently relocated to the University's newest building, have access to excellent facilities across the university. The world-famous University Library is home to 6 million volumes while the Centre also has its own library and an extensive film collection.

Latest News & Upcoming Events

50th Anniversary: Centre of Latin American Studies 1966-2016

5 September 2016

The Centre of Latin American Studies celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2016

22 September 2016

Latin American Studies quizzes and memory games, 22 October, 2 - 4pm

Simón Bolívar Professor Antônio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães gives the first open seminar in our 2016-17 series

21 September 2016

17 October 2016: Seminar followed by our traditional welcome party

Call for Papers: The Limits of the Human in Latin American Visual Culture

8 June 2016

University of Cambridge, 11 - 12 January 2017 Deadline for abstracts: 16 September 2016

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Science in Text and Culture in Latin America

An AHRC-funded international research network which aims to establish a dialogue between the growing number of academic researchers working on the relationship between science and culture in Latin America.

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