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Welcome to the Centre of Latin American Studies
The Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) was founded in 1966 to promote research and teaching on Latin America in the University. In addition to offering a taught MPhil (Masters) course in Latin American Studies, the Centre provides supervision for PhD (doctoral) students, sponsors research projects, organizes conferences and invites scholars from Latin America and universities around the world to speak at weekly open seminars. It hosts the prestigious Simón Bolívar Chair of Latin American Studies, a visiting professorship for distinguished Latin American intellectuals. CLAS also maintains a library containing over 12,000 volumes, together with an important archive of more than 500 Latin American films.
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November 2011
News of the death on November 29th of Guillermo O’Donnell, Simón Bolívar Professor at the University of Cambridge in 2002-2003, has been received with deep regret by Charles Jones, the Director of the Centre of Latin American Studies, and by his colleagues, staff, and the many friends Guillermo made in Cambridge, who join him in sending their condolences to Gabriela and the family.
October 2011
Colheita em Tempos de Seca/Harvest in Times of Drought, (cultivating living schools in sustainable communities) Dan Baron’s latest book, available from CLAS, more information here.
October 2011
CLAS welcomes Professor Adrián Gorelik, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, to the Simón Bolívar Chair, 2011-12.
October 4 2011
Podcast of Professor David Brading’s lecture on Mexican Nationalism which inaugurated the joint IHR-ISA seminars in Latin American History
October 2011
Congratulations to Gabriela Ramos on the award of the Howard F. Cline Memorial Prize by the Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) for her book, 'Death and Conversion in the Andes. Lima and Cuzco, 1532-1670' (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010). This is a very considerable honour, as CLAH is the largest association of Latin American Historians in the United States, and is affiliated to the American Historical Association.
Pulsamérica is an impartial online news link for Latin America. Independently set-up by CLAS MPhil students (2010-2011), it synthesises the Spanish and Portuguese language media south of the Rio Grande, bringing you an expansive weekly digest of current affairs from across the continent.
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