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The Institute for the Study of the Americas promotes, coordinates and provides a focus for research and postgraduate teaching on the Americas - Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States - in the University of London.
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Forthcoming events:
All are welcome to attend Institute events, and the majority are free of charge. Most events are held in Senate House or Stewart House - a location map is available here. If you wish to receive reminders about our events, please sign up to our email mailing list.
Monday 8 February, 17:00 - 19:00
Capitalising on Women's Social Capital? Gender and Microfinance in Bolivia
Kate Maclean, King's College
Venue: Room 275 (Stewart House)
Wednesday 17 February, 17:00 - 19:30
Nations unbound: the 'uncomfortable' tobacco history of Puerto Rico, Connecticut and Cuba, 1898-2008
Jean Stubbs, Associate Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Abstract and Bio
Venue: Room G32 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
Thursday 18 February, 17:30 - 19:30
Youthquake: The Politics of Youth in the Post-War United States
Ross Nicolson, Oxford
Venue: The Pollard Room (IHR)
Friday 19 February, 09:00 - 17:00
Latin American Bicentennials: Gender, Ethnic Communities and the Nation
A JISLAC event at the University of Swansea
Monday 22 February, 12:30 - 14:30
Thinking Travel Narratives: Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Picturesque Imaginary in the Aesthetic of Augustus Earle
Ricardo Cicerchia, Instituto Ravignani, University of Buenos Aires
Abstract and Bio
Venue: Room G32 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
Thursday 25 February, 17:30 - 20:00
The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama
Speakers: Iwan Morgan (Professor of US Studies, ISA), Nigel Bowles (Director of the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University) and Larry Elliott (Economics editor of The Guardian)
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square
Symposium and book launch of Iwan Morgan, The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush (University Press of Kansas, 2009)
All School of Advanced Study events in February and March 2010
See also the full programme of JISLAC seminars held around the UK
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