Americas International news
News, events, vacancies and more from the international community of North Americanist, Latin Americanist, Canadianist and Caribbeanist scholars.
School of Modern Languages: Latin American Studies Forum
Tuesday 15. of May 2012Thursday 17th May
Dr Carlos Yáñez Canal (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Representaciones sociales de las identidades culturales en Colombia
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The Eccles Centre for American Studies: American Presidential Elections: Model of Democracy or Flawed System?
Thursday 10. of May 2012Monday 11 June, 09.30 - 17.00, Conference Centre, British Library
£10 (no concessions)
This day-long event brings together top-flight political consultants, scholars and others who follow American presidential elections...
LSE IDEAS Panel Discussion: UK-Argentina, Is there a Way Forward?
Thursday 10. of May 2012Thursday 17 May 2012, 6.30pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Although thirty years have passed since the South Atlantic conflict, disagreements over the Falkland/Malvinas islands continue to cast a shadow over...
South American Archaeology Seminar
Friday 04. of May 201219 May 2012
The Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Co. Sponsored by:The Institute for the Study of the Americas, SAS, University of London
Event Programme
'They're killing us': world's most endangered tribe cries for help
Friday 27. of April 2012This week Survival International will launch a new campaign to highlight the plight of the Awá, backed by Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth. In a video to be launched on Wednesday, Firth will ask the Brazilian government to take...
Event Monday 30 April: Adolfo Perez Esquivel on Argentina's resistance
Monday 23. of April 2012After dictatorship, war and debt: what Argentina's resistance has achieved and where next
Monday 30th April, 7pm, Room 2B ULU, Malet Street, WC1
Speakers:Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and anti-junta...
The Brazilian Economy Today: Towards a New Socio-Economic Model?
Friday 20. of April 2012Organised by Professor Lauro Mattei (Visiting Fellow, King’s Brazil Institute) and Professor Anthony Pereira (Director, King’s Brazil Institute), the main objective of this seminar is to open a debate about the Brazilian economic...
The representation of Brazil in the 1920s cinema: World Fair and scientific expeditions
Friday 20. of April 2012Thursday, 26 April 2012, 6.00 pm, Room B06, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX (Entrance via Torrington Place)
The representation of the Brazilian nation in the cinema of the 1920s will be examined through three films:...
Shaping the Durban Platform: Latin America and the Caribbean in a future High Ambition Deal
Thursday 19. of April 2012After the longest session on record, governments at the COP17 in Durban in December 2011 agreed to negotiate by 2015 a climate deal to enter into force in 2020. The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action defied predictions that the...
10th Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies: Building the future of Mexico from abroad
Wednesday 18. of April 2012The Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies in the UK is an annual meeting that aims at providing a forum for Mexican students to present their work, exchange knowledge and ideas. Furthermore, the symposium is an excellent...
