CLAS Events
Lent Term 2026
Wednesday 21 January - 5:00pm | Book Launch
Mexico: A History
Paul Gillingham (Northwestern University)
Chair: Benjamin Smith (University of Warwick)
Room S2, Second Floor, Alison Richard Building
Thrusday 29 January - 5:00pm | Round-table / Discussion
The never-ending crisis: is there an end to Peru’s political and social upheaval?
Omar Coronel (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Alberto Vergara (Universidad del Pacífico)
Sayuri Andrade (University of Manchester)
Chair: Rafael Shimabukuro (University of Cambridge)
Room 7, Lecture Block, Sidgwick Site / CLAS YouTube channel.
Tuesday 03 February - 5:15pm | Film Screening & Book Dialogue
From Una voz estéril to Pájaros de medianoche: Testimony and the Struggle for Justice in Peru
Inés Ruiz Alvarado (UNESCO Chair)
Chair: Cristine E. Blas Blas (University of Cambridge)
Room S2, Second Floor, Alison Richard Building
Wednesday 11 February - 5:15pm | Talk
Indigenous Peoples’ Letters to Brazil
Rafael Xucuru-Kariri (King’s College London)
Suzane Lima Costa (University of London)
Room S1, First Floor, Alison Richard Building
Tuesday 17 February - 4:00pm | International Relations Seminar Series
War and the State in Historical Latin America: A Discussion of "Bringing War Back In"
Luis L. Schenoni (University College London)
Room 138, First Floor, Alison Richard Building
Wednesday 18 February - 5:15pm | Talk / Singing
A Chilean New Song
Francisco Carrasco (Musician - Luma Creations)
Chair: Grace Livingstone (University of Cambridge)
Room S1, First Floor, Alison Richard Building
Wednesday 25 February - 5:15pm | Film Screening / Q&A
A Place in the City
Gabriel Silvestre (Newcastle University)
Room S1, First Floor, Alison Richard Building
Tuesday 10 March - 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Discussion
Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Colombian Peace Agreement
Beyond Prohibition: Rethinking Illicit Drug Policy. Academic Evidence, Territorial Knowledge and Alternative Narratives
Frankopan Hall, West Court, Jesus Lane, Jesus College, Cambridge, CB5 8BL
Please register here for free to secure your place at this event.
Wednesday 18 March - 5:00pm | Seminar
Colombia’s Armed Conflict in Regional and Global Context: Peace Prospects, Venezuela Spillover, and Geopolitics Ahead of Elections
Annette Idler (University of Oxford)
Chair: Cole Penz (University of Cambridge)
Room S1, First Floor, Alison Richard Building
Please register here for free to secure your place at this event.