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.

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PhD in Latin American Studies

The Centre has a strong community of PhD students working across a wide range of disciplines

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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

Updates to course for new MPhil students

29 July 2020

Click here to see the changes to our MPhil teaching for 2020-21.

The Centre of Latin American Studies remembers Dr Asdrúbal Baptista

21 July 2020

Asdrúbal Baptista, Simón Bolívar Chair 2001-2002 Asdrúbal Baptista was one of the most affable and energetic Simon Bolivar professors of recent years. He brought to Cambridge not only his expertise as an economist, but a much wider interest in Venezuelan and Latin American social science and history. With experience in...

The Centre of Latin American Studies remembers Dr Francisco Kerdel-Vegas

21 July 2020

The Centre of Latin American Studies remembers Dr Francisco Kerdel-Vegas, co-founder of the Simón Bolívar Chair and member of Trinity College who sadly passed away in Madrid on June 18, 2020. Dr Kerdel-Vegas played a pivotal role in the creation of the Centre’s most important academic appointment: the Simón Bolívar Chair,...

Celso Furtado Centenary Commemoration

2 June 2020

Celso Furtado Centenary Commemoration 26 July 2020 marked the centenary of Celso Furtado’s birth (July 26 1920 – November 20 2004). Undoubtedly Brazil’s greatest economist, Celso Furtado made seminal contributions to our understanding of development and underdevelopment, economics, structuralism, and dependency theory. A...

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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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