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Welcome to the official account of the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Cambridge. MPhil & PhD degrees.

Find us at https://www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/
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📣 Applications are now open for postgraduate study at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge 2026–27

🎓 Programmes available:
• MPhil in Latin American Studies
• MPhil (Thesis only)
• PhD in Latin American Studies

🔗Check the deadlines!
🔔 Film Screening / Q&A: A Place in the City (English subtitles)

Gabriel Silvestre (Newcastle University)

📆 Wednesday 25 February | 5:15pm
📍 Room S1, First Floor, ARB

This film examines hope, resistance, and collective action in Latin American cities.

Open to all!
February 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
📣 Applications are now open for postgraduate study at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge 2026–27

🎓 Programmes available:
• MPhil in Latin American Studies
• MPhil (Thesis only)
• PhD in Latin American Studies

🔗Check the deadlines!
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents:

Yiddishkayt on the Barricades: Forging a Jewish Working Class in Buenos Aires, 1890-1930

Walter L. Koppmann (Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET)

📆 Monday 23 February | 5:15pm
📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB

Come join us! 🤩
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
🔔 CLAS Event:

A Chilean New Song

Francisco Carrasco (@lumacreationsorg)

📆 Wednesday 18 February | 5:15pm
📍 Room S1, ARB

This talk takes you on a journey into the history of the powerful Chilean New Song movement, incorporating live songs and visuals.

Open to all!
February 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
📣 CLAS OPEN SEMINARS presents:

The contradictions of science in Machado de Assis

Viviane Carvalho (University of Cambridge)

"This talk explores the role of science in the short stories of Machado de Assis, focusing on works such as ‘O Alienista’ (1882) (...)"

Open to all.🤩
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
🔔 CLAS Event

Talk: Indigenous Peoples’ Letters to Brazil

Rafael Xucuru-Kariri (King's College London)
Suzane Lima Costa (University of London)

📆 Wednesday 11 February | 5:15pm
📍 Room S1, First Floor, Alison Richard Building

The event is free and open to all. Come join us!
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
💠 Salvador Allende Lecture 2026

'On Impunity: From East West Street to 38 Londres Street'

by Philippe Sands KC (University College London)

📆 Monday 9 February | 5:15pm
📍 Lecture Hall at Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, CB3 9BL

Registration required.
February 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
📣 Applications are now open for postgraduate study at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge 2026–27

🎓 Programmes available:
• MPhil in Latin American Studies
• MPhil (Thesis only)
• PhD in Latin American Studies

🗓 Deadline: 26 February 2026
January 29, 2026 at 2:49 PM
🔔 CLAS Event:

Film Screening & Book Dialogue:
From Una voz estéril to Pájaros de medianoche: Testimony and the Struggle for Justice in Peru

Ines Ruiz (Universidad Científica del Sur)

📆 Tuesday 03 February | 5:15pm
📍 Room S2 - Second Floor, ARB

Come join us!

#CLAS60Years
January 27, 2026 at 6:43 PM
CLAS OPEN SEMINARS:

"In 1822, after declaring Peru’s independence, the South American patriot José de San Martín sent an “Inca mummy” to King George IV, hoping his gift would reach the British Museum. (...)"

The seminar is free and open to all.

Come join us! 🤩
January 26, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by CLAS Cambridge
Extending the vote to children | Guest talk from David Runciman

Thursday 29 January, 6pm
Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall

David Runciman returns to Cambridge to discuss his research on giving children the vote.

Free and open to all. No registration required. Refreshments served before the talk.
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Thursday, 29th January

🗣️ “The never-ending crisis: is there an end to Peru’s political and social upheaval?”

🕔 17:00 (UK) | 🕛 12:00 (Peru)
📍 Room 7, Lecture Block, Sidgwick Site
💻 Also available ONLINE

Join us for a timely discussion on Peru’s ongoing political and social challenges!
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Save the Mondays! 🎉🎉🎉

Book Launch: Plebeian Consumers. Global Connections, Local Trade, and Foreign Goods in Nineteenth-Century Colombia"

Ana María Otero-Cleves (University of York)

📆 Monday 26 January | 5:15pm
📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB

Free and open to all!

#cambridgeuniversity #CLAS60Years
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
🔔 First CLAS Event of Lent Term!

Book Launch 'Mexico: A History'

Paul Gillingham (Northwestern University)

📆 Wednesday 21 January | 5:00pm
📍 Room S2 - Second Floor, Alison Richard Building

The event is free and open to all!

#CLAS60Years #CambridgeUniversity
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
✨ Lent Term 2026 ✨

Join us for our Open Seminars & CLAS events, including talks, film screenings, concerts and more.

🎟️ Free & open to all

🔗 Full programme: latin-american.cam.ac.uk/clas-open-se...

#CLAS60Years #LatinAmericanStudies
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Entering the New Year at CLAS ✨

As the year begins, we share moments from recent CLAS events — seminars, films, conversations and our end-of-term lunch — reflecting the care, curiosity and engagement that shape our work.

Thank you to our speakers and community.

#CLAS60Years #CambridgeUniversity
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by CLAS Cambridge
I've written an explainer on Venezuela:

Why did Chavez revolution go wrong?
Who are the factions in Venezuela today?
History of US involvement in Venezuela
Why Trump did not go for regime change
lab.org.uk/venezuela-th...

@latinamericabureau.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social
Understanding Venezuela -- an explainer | Latin America Bureau
Grace Livingstone, author of America’s Backyard, analyses the Chavista revolution, what went wrong,  the different factions in Venezuela today and the long history of US intervention in the country.  ...
lab.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Reposted by CLAS Cambridge
I'll be talking about Venezuela and Trump's plans for Latin America

Just turn up in person, or for online book below

For more on my book America's Backyard see: grace-livingstone.com/2018/09/14/a...
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by CLAS Cambridge
✨ Closing a wonderful 2025 at CLAS! ✨

Thank you to all students, scholars, speakers, and attendees of our Open Seminars—your curiosity and engagement made every session inspiring. 🌎💬

Here’s to reflection, celebration, and recharging for the year ahead! 🥂📚

#CLAS60Years #CambridgeUniversity
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
From Brazil to Cambridge 🇧🇷📚

In the 1970s, CLAS hosted Brazilian economists like Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Celso Furtado & Pedro Malan, who debated development, dependence & the state's role in Latin America. 📝🌎

Research: @rshimabukuro

#Brazil #Economists #CLAS60years #LatinAmerica
December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reposted by CLAS Cambridge
🎥 Indexed Beings, a film by artist Helen Knowles with members of Indigenous communities in the Putumayo, Colombia

Join @clascam.bsky.social and the Decolonising Plant Knowledge Network for this special screening and Q&A

1 December from 3-5pm, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
https://bit.ly/48yZUZI
Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🔔 CLAS EVENTS presents:

Film Screening / Q&A: Malês (2024)

This film was developed with the historical consultancy of Professor João José Reis, and was inspired by his chapter ‘Slave Rebellion in Brazil’ (2010).

📆 Tuesday 02 December - 5:00pm
📍 Room S2, Second Floor, ARB

Come join us! 🤩
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌱 Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles (Filmmaker) and Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo (Indigenous leader in Colombia)

📆 Monday, 1 Dec 2025 15:00 - 17:00
📍Room SG1, ARB, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📣 The last CLAS OPEN SEMINARS of term:

What can anthropology say about inflation? Lived Experience, Politics of Prices, and forms of living in Contemporary Argentina

Mariano Perelman (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

📆 Monday 01 December | 5:15pm
📍 Room SG1 Ground Floor, ARB

Come join us! 🤩
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM