Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

11/09/2024

11/09/2024

Join us next Tuesday, 17 September 2024, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (UK time) for the online talk Subjunctive Aesthetics and the Poetics of Extinction by Professor Carolyn Fornoff (Cornell University). Professor Fornoff will explore how contemporary Mexican poetry engages with endangered and extinct species through a 'subjunctive turn' in cultural production. CLACS director Dr Jamille Pinheiro Dias (ILCS) and Dr Gianfranco Selgas (UCL) are co-charing. This event is part of Critical Conversations in the Environmental Humanities, a series presented by the Environmental Humanities Research Hub at the University of London's School of Advanced Study. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/subjunctive-aesthetics-and-poetics-extinction

11/09/2024

Found by Words: Presentation & Fundraising for the London Spanish Book & Zine Fair

The London Spanish Book & Zine Fair (LSBZF) kicks off with a special event on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Instituto Cervantes London (WC2R 3JJ). This event will mark the beginning of the fair and serve as a fundraiser to support this year's edition.

The special event is free to attend, but the LSBZF encourages attendees to register in advance and consider making a donation to support the fair. Any amount contributed will help cover the costs of the event, including venue hire and other expenses. Those who are unable to donate are still invited to attend.

The LSBZF 2024 is organised by La Tundra Magazine, with support from Instituto Cervantes London, the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and the Mexican Cultural Centre. The main fair will take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Conway Hall, London (WC1R 4RL) from 10 AM to 4 PM . Advance registration is required for the activities.

Celebrate the beginning of the Sixth edition of the London Spanish Book & Zine Fair with our organisers, supporters and par...

11/09/2024

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is supporting this year's London Spanish Book & Zine Fair! Join us on October 5th, 2024, from 10:00am to 4:00pm for a celebration of Spanish-speaking literature and zines. This year’s fair features over 50 publishers, workshops, and talks. Register now to ensure your spot. 📚✨ https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/london-spanish-book-zine-fair/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFOl4VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHX2QOj-49Oo4wmKOzItXHODC_LXwkrrvwMlcR4f577C27tUXTIEr0lQ-6Q_aem_ymmA70lOSrrp_2KhC3muwA

The sixth edition of the London Spanish Book & Zine Fair is returning this October with the participation of established writers and publishers, new voices, translations, bilingual, children’s books, fanzine creators, illustrators, picture book makers and more. Explore Spanish-speaking literature ...

10/09/2024

Check out the latest CLACS blog post, "Reflecting on Feminist Translation in Practice: Readings, Dialogues, and Collaboration," written by Sophie Stevens, Fran Olivares, and Marisol Spensieri, highlights a one-day symposium on feminist translation hosted by CLACS in May 2024. The event featured workshops, roundtables, and readings from Uruguayan playwright Josefina Trías’ work. It brought together translation researchers and practitioners to explore feminist translation strategies and collaborations in theatre.

In May 2024, at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, we organised a one-day symposium on Feminist Translation in Practice. This included a workshop, a roundtable and a rehearsed reading of an extract in the original Spanish and English translation of a play by Uruguayan playwright Jo...

08/02/2024

The Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London, invite you to attend:

Colombia in the Global Call for Reparations

Date: 9th February 2024
Time: 12:30 to 14:00

Venue:
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House,
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Register here:
https://hrc.sas.ac.uk/events/colombia-global-call-reparations

Speaker:
Dr. Esther Ojulari
Co-Director, Baobab Centre for Racial, Gender and Environmental Justice, Cali, Colombia
Advisor, Secretariat to Colombia’s National Reparations Commission

About the Event:

Join us for this seminar featuring Dr. Esther Ojulari, Co-Director of the Baobab Centre for Racial, Gender and Environmental Justice in Cali, Colombia. Dr. Ojulari also serves as an advisor to the Colombian Vice-Presidency on matters concerning reparations and racial justice and is a member of the secretariat to Colombia’s new National Reparations Commission.

Overview

The past few years have seen important and significant advances in the call for reparations for the crimes and lasting legacies of colonialism, slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Legal cases are being brought in local courts and discussed at international bodies, academic research is exploring the issue from new and innovative perspectives, and universities, museums, businesses and even private families with historic responsibilities in the transatlantic slave trade are beginning to enter into the global conversation on reparations. Afro-descendant organizations and movements that historically lead struggles for reparations, often facing huge push back and criticism from governments and wider society alike, are beginning to see the consolidation of a global movement for reparations.

The call for reparations for Afro-descendant peoples in the region of Latin America has been part of local Afro-descendant rights agendas for many decades, although often invisibilised. However, with the issue of reparations being incorporated into the current Colombian government’s agenda under the leadership of Vice President, Francia Marquez Mina, who recently launched the region’s first National Reparations Commission conversations on the issue have been brought to the forefront. This seminar will look at some of the opportunities and challenges for a reparations agenda in Colombia in this new global context.

This event is co-hosted by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

We look forward to seeing you there!

This seminar will feature Dr Esther Ojulari, Co-Director of the Baobab Centre for Racial, Gender and Environmental Justice in Cali, Colombia. She is also advisor to the Colombian Vice-Presidency on issues of reparations and racial justice and a member of the secretariat to Colombia’s new National ...

14/01/2024

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12/01/2024

OPEN CALL for 2024
Deadline for applications 15 April

Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation for the advancement of study and research on the history of Latin America

Professor Dr. B. H. Slicher van Bath, who died in 2004 and in life was a member of KNAW – The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and emeritus professor of the universities of Groningen, Leiden, Wageningen and Nijmegen, has bequeathed a legacy by testament to CEDLA in his name and that of his wife J.P. de Jong, who died 2009. The aim of the Fund is to advance the study and research on the history of Latin American from 1500 to 1930 by providing financial support for the historical research of scholars (preferably younger than 35 years of age). Those students eligible for this scholarship are studying history and are preparing for their PhD or have recently obtained an equivalent degree, and are verifiably working on further research. It is further required that they are linked to a university in either Europe or in Latin America.

Also for more information contact [email protected] or call +31 20 525 3498

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08/01/2024

The project ‘Building a Transnational Community of Practice: Writing and Researcher Development in Latin America and the Caribbean’ funded by The British Academy has now a dedicated webpage. Learn more about this programme of training that seeks to reflect on the structural barriers to inclusion in Anglo-European journals and networks of the research produced by scholars in Latin America and the Caribbean. The project is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London in collaboration with universities in Jamaica, El Salvador, Peru, and Colombia. Stay tuned!

The project 'Building a Transnational Community of Practice: Writing and Researcher Development in Latin America and the Caribbean' brings together Latin American and Caribbean early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences with mid-career and senior scholars and journal editors. Thr...

12/09/2023

Come and join us in London tomorrow!
https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/search-events

📢 Mixtec Codices and the Living Heritage of the Ñuu Savi
🎙️ Omar Aguilar Sánchez (Colectivo Nchivi Ñuu Savi), Izaira López Sánchez (Tu’un Vii)
📍 Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
🗓️ 13 September 12-2pm
Video Art in Latin America: Experiences from Ecuador
🎙️ Maria Belén Moncayo (AANME Archive), Jamille Pinheiro Dias (ILCS/CLACS)
📍 Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
🗓️13 September 2023, 2:30pm-5:00 pm

15 Oct 2023 Fifth Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN): Performing Without Limits Call for Papers

17/08/2023

The University of Manchester is recruiting a full-time, teaching-focused lecturer in Latin America Studies for 2023-24. The contract is for 10 months, from September to June. More information can be found here https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=25936

16/08/2023

Aug 15 2023csaadmin0Job Opportunities Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Global Black and African Diaspora Studies Yale University – New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Position Description The Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration is looking to hire a full-time scholar at the rank of tenu...