Forthcoming Events
An active programme of seminars, lectures, workshops and conferences creates an opportunity for informed dialogue on matters of contemporary and historical relevance.
Established seminar series include those on US politics, history and culture; Latin American studies, including cultural studies; Caribbean studies, and Canadian studies, ensuring a full diary of evening activities during term-time.
Focused workshops will continue to explore leading-edge issues with respected researchers in the field, while public conferences and lectures aim to attract significant names for the London audience. Many events aim for a publications outcome to enhance dissemination of recent, high-quality research.
May
The Global Century (Postgraduate Reading Group)
Speakers:
Chair: William Booth, ISA; Rosy Rickett (University of
Manchester)
Date:
Thursday 17 May
Time:
15:00 - 18:00
Venue: Room 261 (Senate House, second floor)
South American Archaeology Seminar
Date:
Saturday 19 May
Time:
10:00 - 17:30
Venue: Institute of Archaeology
Latin American Music Seminar
Date:
Saturday 26 May
Time:
10:15 - 15:45
Venue: The Chancellor's Hall (Senate House, First Floor)
The Global Century (Postgraduate Reading Group)
Speakers:
Chair: William Booth, ISA; Rosy Rickett (University of
Manchester)
Date:
Thursday 31 May
Time:
15:00 - 18:00
Venue: Room 104 (Senate House, 1st Floor)
June
Assessing Mexico’s 2012 General Elections
Speakers:
Alan Knight, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
Arturo Sánchez, El Colegio de México
Joaquín Villalobos (security adviser to Mexican and Colombian
governments)
Enrique Berruga Filloy, Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos
Internacionales
Kevin J. Middlebrook (Institute for the Study of the Americas)
Laurence Whitehead (Nuffield College, University of Oxford)
Date:
Friday 1 June
Time:
13:30 - 17:30
Venue: The Court Room (Senate House, First Floor)
Economic Liberalism in the Americas
Speakers:
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS: Dr Helga Baitenmann (Associate Fellow, ISA),
Dr William Pettigrew (Kent), Dr Alejandra Irigoin (LSE), Prof. Colin
Lewis (LSE), Mr Tom Cutterham (St Hugh's College, Oxford), Prof.
Rosemary Thorp (Latin American Centre, Oxford), Prof. Paul Gootenberg
(SUNY), Prof. Alan Knight (St Anthony's College, Oxford).
Date:
Wednesday 6 June
Time:
13:00 - 17:00
Venue: STB9 (Stewart House, basement)
Freedom to Trade, Free Trade and Laissez-Faire: Latin American Approaches to Economic Liberalism in the 19th Century
Speakers:
Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas (Visiting Professorial Fellow,
ISA)
Date:
Wednesday 6 June
Time:
17:00 - 19:00
Venue: The Chancellor's Hall (Senate House, First Floor)
Cocaine's March North, 1910-2010: 'Blowback' and the Origins of the Mexican Drug War
Speakers:
Professor Paul Gootenberg (Stony Brook University)
Date:
Thursday 7 June
Time:
17:30 - 19:30
Venue: Room 104 (Senate House, 1st Floor)
Jorge Amado Conference
Date:
Friday 8 June
Time:
09:30 - 17:30
Venue: Other
Racial Identity and Nationalism in the Americas
Speakers:
Roberto DaMatta
Kenneth Maxwell
Date:
Friday 8 June
Time:
18:30 - 19:45
Venue: Other
American Presidential Elections: Model of Democracy or Flawed System?
Date:
Monday 11 June
Time:
10:00 - 17:00
Venue: British Library
The Global Century (Postgraduate Reading Group)
Speakers:
Chair: William Booth, ISA; Rosy Rickett (University of
Manchester)
Date:
Thursday 14 June
Time:
15:00 - 18:00
Venue: Room 103 (Senate House, 1st Floor)
Canada, China and the Asia Pacific
Date:
Monday 25 June
Time:
10:30 - 17:00
Venue: Venue to be confirmed
The Global Century (Postgraduate Reading Group)
Speakers:
Chair: William Booth, ISA; Rosy Rickett (University of
Manchester)
Date:
Thursday 28 June
Time:
15:00 - 18:00
Venue: Room 261 (Senate House, second floor)
July
'The War of 1812: Memory and Myth, History and Historiography'
Date:
Thursday 12 July - Saturday 14 July
Time:
13:00 - 17:30
Venue: The Chancellor's Hall (Senate House, First Floor)
