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The Society for Latin American Studies was founded in 1964 and is one of the leading Latin American Studies organisations in Europe.

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🚨New BLAR ISSUE (44:4) is OUT NOW 🚨

The issue has a Special Section titled “Navigating Criminalisation: Visible and Hidden Resistances in Dangerous Contexts”, plus original articles and book reviews.

Check the table of contents and read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14709856...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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All are invited to check the SLAS Blog and discover insightful posts on Latin American studies, research highlights, member perspectives, and updates from our community.

Read the latest here: www.slasuk.org/blog

#SLAS #LatinAmericanStudies
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
All are invited to check the SLAS Blog and discover insightful posts on Latin American studies, research highlights, member perspectives, and updates from our community.

Read the latest here: www.slasuk.org/blog

#SLAS #LatinAmericanStudies
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Follow SLAS across all platforms for the latest in Latin American studies!

Twitter/X: @slaslatam
LinkedIn: Society for Latin American Studies
Instagram: @slaslatam

Stay connected with research highlights, events, opportunities & community news.

#LatinAmericanStudies
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
EVENT

VI COIMI - Abya Yala: Histórias, Territorialidades e Saberes Indígenas

📍UNEB - Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil
🗓️February 25-28, 2026
👥Coordinators: Guillaume Candela (@cardiffuni) & Carlos Paz (FCH-UNCPBA)
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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📎 REMINDER about SLAS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 📎

SLAS has increased the budgets and remits for its funding schemes to offer better support to its members.

The following SLAS Grants have deadlines in November

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November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Follow SLAS across all platforms for the latest in Latin American studies!

Twitter/X: @slaslatam
LinkedIn: Society for Latin American Studies
Instagram: @slaslatam

Stay connected with research highlights, events, opportunities & community news.

#LatinAmericanStudies
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📎 REMINDER about SLAS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 📎

SLAS has increased the budgets and remits for its funding schemes to offer better support to its members.

The following SLAS Grants have deadlines in November

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November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📢 Have an event, job opportunity, call for papers, or publication relevant to Latin American Studies scholars?

Send us the details at slascomms@gmail.com and we'll help promote it across our social media channels!

Let's amplify important opportunities for our community 🌎

#SLAS
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Stay up to date with the latest publications in Latin American Studies!

Subscribe to the BLAR newsletter and receive new articles straight to your inbox.

Join our community today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...

#BLAR #LatinAmericanStudies #AcademicPublishing
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📚BLAR’S (44:4) BOOK REVIEWS📚

1⃣ Alex Latta (Wilfrid Laurier University) reviews Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State (University of Arizona Press 2004) by Andrew Canessa and Manuela L. Picq.

READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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📢 CfP! PILAS Conference 2026 — Future Archives: Forging the Next Generation of Latin American Studies
🗓️ 8 April | 📍 Leeds

Open to postgraduates & ECRs researching Latin America 🌎
Deadline for abstracts: 8 Dec 25

🔗 Details & submissions: www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...

@slaslatam.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (@pilas-latam.bsky.social) Network invites proposals for its 2026 Annual Conference, “Future Archives: Forging the Next Generation of Latin American Studies.”

Deadline for abstracts: 8 Dec 25
Notification of acceptance: 16 Jan 26
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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LINK HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Did you know that SLAS has a postgraduate branch?

Take a moment to explore the wonderful work by @PILAS_LatAm below, and be sure to follow them to stay updated on their exciting projects for this new academic year!
🌿 What is PILAS?

PILAS (Postgraduates in Latin American Studies) is the postgraduate network of @slaslatam.bsky.social — run by and for postgraduates based in the UK whose work focuses on Latin America 🌎
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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📎 REMINDER about SLAS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES📎

SLAS has increased the budgets and remits for its funding schemes to offer better support to its members.

The following SLAS Grants have deadlines in October:

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October 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📎 REMINDER about SLAS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES📎

SLAS has increased the budgets and remits for its funding schemes to offer better support to its members.

The following SLAS Grants have deadlines in October:

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October 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📰BLAR's (44:4) ORIGINAL ARTICLES 📰

2️⃣ "Youth Representation in Cabinets in Latin America" by Daniel Stockemer and Francine Pauvif (@uOttawa).

READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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✨ Meet the PILAS 2025–26 Committee! ✨

We’re a group of postgraduate researchers based across the UK, working to connect and support students whose work engages with Latin America 🌎

👇 Get to know us:
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🌎 ¿Sabías que BLAR se publica en inglés pero también recibe artículos en español o en portugués?

Si te interesa publicar en el Bulletin of Latin American Research, te invitamos a revisar nuestra guía para autores.

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Bulletin of Latin American Research
<em>Bulletin of Latin American Research</em> is a Latin American studies journal publishing research of current interest on Latin America from all academic disciplines.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You still have a few days left to submit your proposals for next year's SLAS conference at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social.

More information below.
📌SLAS CONFERENCE DEADLINE EXTENDED📌

Dates: 9–10 Apr 2026 (@pilas-latam.bsky.social on 8 Apr)
Venue: @universityofleeds.bsky.social, UK
Abstracts (300 words max): Monday 20th Oct 2025
Notification of acceptance: Early-mid Dec 2025

MORE INFORMATION BELOW
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Join us @clascam.bsky.social for a one-day symposium on Visual Activisms in the Southern Cone. With talks from Nayla Vacarezza, Erika Teichert, Anna Corrigan; and a film screening of Piotr Cieplak’s (Dis)Appear.

1pm-7pm, Friday 21 November @cam.ac.uk.

Register below! 📸 🎥
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📌SLAS CONFERENCE DEADLINE EXTENDED📌

Dates: 9–10 Apr 2026 (@pilas-latam.bsky.social on 8 Apr)
Venue: @universityofleeds.bsky.social, UK
Abstracts (300 words max): Monday 20th Oct 2025
Notification of acceptance: Early-mid Dec 2025

MORE INFORMATION BELOW
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our most recent issue is out!

If you want to stay up to date with the latest publications in Latin American Studies!

Subscribe to the BLAR newsletter and receive new articles straight to your inbox.

Join our community today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🔖BLAR’s (44:4) SPECIAL SECTION🔖

Focused on mobilisation in dangerous contexts across Latin America, especially the ways activists navigate overlapping challenges of structural violence, state repression, and the increasing criminalisation of social protest.
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM