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.

Seeley Historical Library, bookshelf detail

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

FlipSIde Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk Oct 6-8, 2017

25 August 2017

A festival of words and music with a strong Latin American slant and sister festival of Flip which takes place in Brazil www.flipsideuk.org www.facebook.com/flipsidefestivaluk

Eugenio Polgovsky

21 August 2017

Many of you will have been deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of the Mexican documentary filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky who was Fellow in the Creative Arts at Trinity College and a great friend to so many of us at the Centre of Latin American Studies. Staff at the Centre of Latin American Studies would like to...

Global Politics of Knowledge Conference

3 May 2017

Lessons from the Global South - 19 May 2017

Race in Contemporary Brazil seminar series

27 April 2017

A series of 4 seminars in May 2017 with Professor Antônio Sérgio Guimarães

2 Mayors, 2 Cities: Urban Transformation in Cali and Medellín

27 February 2017

15 March 2017, 2 - 6pm. Keynes Hall, King's College.

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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.

Pulsamérica