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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.
Wednesday 24 March, 17:00 - 19:30
US, Venezuela, Argentina: A Triangular Relationship?
John Hughes, ISA Robin Humphreys Fellow
Venue: Room G16 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
Friday 26 March, 09:00 - 17:00
Contemporary Argentina - Reading of the last decade
A JISLAC event at the University of Edinburgh
Friday 26 March, 12:30 - 14:30
Research Student Seminars:
The possible role of climate change in conflict resolution in the Bolivian 'Oriente'
Adolfo Suarez, ISA PhD Student
Finding Voice: Institutional Change and Indigenous Politics in Peru
Sarah Fearn, ISA PhD Student
Venue: Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor)
Thursday 8 April, 09:00 - 17:00
Old rebellions to serve the present: Construction of collective memories on slave rebellions in the Caribbean
A JISLAC event at the University of Bordeaux
Wednesday 14 April, 12:30 - 14:30
Kinship and Abandonment in the Andes
Jessaca Leinaweaver,
Brown University
Venue: Room G34 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
Wednesday 28 April, 10:00 - 19:00
Our National Character, Our National Purpose: American presidents, democracy promotion and global order
Venue: The Chancellor's Hall (Senate House, First Floor)
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Wednesday 28 April, 17:30 - 19:30
Human Rights in Latin America (title TBC)
Pilar Domingo, Overseas Development Institute
Venue: Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor)
Wednesday 5 May, 17:00
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University
Venue:
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Dates for your diary:
- Thursday 6 and Friday 7 May, The Traditions of Liberty in the Transatlantic World conference
- Friday 21 May, Women and US Foreign Policy conference programme now available online
- Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 June, From Duvalier to Préval: Haiti Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow conference
- Thursday 24 and Friday 25 June, The Historical Roots of Social Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean conference
More ISA events | 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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