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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. See also videos of past events.
Autumn 2010 Programme of Events:
Thursday 7 October, 17:30 - 19:30
Staging Strikes: Labor, Race and Gender in Depression Era Theatre
Kate Dossett
Venue: The Pollard Room (IHR)
Wednesday 13 October, 17:00 - 19:00
Madness, Meaning and Kinship in the Andes: Mental illness among Quechua-speaking peasants in rural Peru
David Orr, University College London
Venue: Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
Friday 15 October, 17:00 - 19:30
Intersecting Inequalities. Women and Social Policy in Peru, 1990-2000
Jelke Boesten, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
Venue: Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
See also the Book flyer
Wednesday 20 October, 17.00 - 19.00
Policing the Caribbean: Transnational Security Co-operation in Practice Panel and Book Launch
Venue: to be confirmed
Thursday 21 October, 09:30 - 18:00
Late Justice in South America (Human Rights Trials)
Venue: The Beveridge Hall (Senate House, Ground Floor)
Co-organised by the Human Rights Consortium, the Transitional Justice Institute, and the Institute for the Study of the Americas
Other expected forthcoming events:
- Responding to the Economic Crisis of Stagflation, November 2010
- Challenging narratives of memory in Latin America, November 2010
- In Conversation with Earl Lovelace, November 2010
- Rising Brazil – Trends, Directions, and Challenges, November - December 2010
- The Americas in the Cold War, December 2010
- Is US Government Broken? December 2010
- Workshop on the Guianas, January 2011
- Two Nations United in Debt: A Comparison of US and UK Deficit Problems, February 2011
- Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean: Migrations, Diaspora and Contemporary Relations (JISLAC conference), February 2011
- The Dominican Republic: Issues and prospects, Spring 2011
All ISA events | All School of Advanced Study events from April to August 2010
See also the full programme of JISLAC seminars held around the UK
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