PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies
@pilas-latam.bsky.social
Exploring Latin America through multidisciplinary research & study 🌎 📚
Affiliate of SLAS, by and for postgrad students 🎓
https://www.slasuk.org/pilas
https://linktr.ee/Pilascontact
Affiliate of SLAS, by and for postgrad students 🎓
https://www.slasuk.org/pilas
https://linktr.ee/Pilascontact
Consider this your holiday miracle 🎄✨
Our CFP is officially extended to 23 December 2025.
Keep those brilliant abstracts coming!
#LatinAmericanStudies #PILAS2026 slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
Our CFP is officially extended to 23 December 2025.
Keep those brilliant abstracts coming!
#LatinAmericanStudies #PILAS2026 slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Consider this your holiday miracle 🎄✨
Our CFP is officially extended to 23 December 2025.
Keep those brilliant abstracts coming!
#LatinAmericanStudies #PILAS2026 slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
Our CFP is officially extended to 23 December 2025.
Keep those brilliant abstracts coming!
#LatinAmericanStudies #PILAS2026 slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
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📢 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
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
📢 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
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
🎓 UK-based postgrads & postdocs in #LatinAmericanStudies: Apply for £500 SLAS bursaries to attend #SLAS2026!
💬 Priority for those without institutional funding or in precarious work. 💡 Don’t miss #PILAS2026, just before SLAS! Deadline: November 28
🔗https://www.slasuk.org/pgpdslasconferencegrant
💬 Priority for those without institutional funding or in precarious work. 💡 Don’t miss #PILAS2026, just before SLAS! Deadline: November 28
🔗https://www.slasuk.org/pgpdslasconferencegrant
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🎓 UK-based postgrads & postdocs in #LatinAmericanStudies: Apply for £500 SLAS bursaries to attend #SLAS2026!
💬 Priority for those without institutional funding or in precarious work. 💡 Don’t miss #PILAS2026, just before SLAS! Deadline: November 28
🔗https://www.slasuk.org/pgpdslasconferencegrant
💬 Priority for those without institutional funding or in precarious work. 💡 Don’t miss #PILAS2026, just before SLAS! Deadline: November 28
🔗https://www.slasuk.org/pgpdslasconferencegrant
🎓 Latin American researchers: apply for up to £1,750 to attend #SLAS2026!
Deadline: November 28
Open to PhD students, independent scholars & academics 🌎
💡 #PILASConference happens the day before — join both!
www.slasuk.org/latinamerica...
Deadline: November 28
Open to PhD students, independent scholars & academics 🌎
💡 #PILASConference happens the day before — join both!
www.slasuk.org/latinamerica...
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎓 Latin American researchers: apply for up to £1,750 to attend #SLAS2026!
Deadline: November 28
Open to PhD students, independent scholars & academics 🌎
💡 #PILASConference happens the day before — join both!
www.slasuk.org/latinamerica...
Deadline: November 28
Open to PhD students, independent scholars & academics 🌎
💡 #PILASConference happens the day before — join both!
www.slasuk.org/latinamerica...
📢 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
🗓️ 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
📢 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
🗓️ 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
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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
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
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
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
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Event Grant - Supports SLAS members to organise conferences, workshops & events.
DEADLINE 24 October 2025
MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/eventgrants
DEADLINE 24 October 2025
MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/eventgrants
Event Grants | SLAS
www.slasuk.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Event Grant - Supports SLAS members to organise conferences, workshops & events.
DEADLINE 24 October 2025
MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/eventgrants
DEADLINE 24 October 2025
MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/eventgrants
🌿 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 🌎
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 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌿 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 🌎
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 🌎
✨ 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:
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
✨ 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:
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:
As we prepare to hand over to the next PILAS committee, here’s a roundup of all the events we’ve organised this year 🥳🥳 1/
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As we prepare to hand over to the next PILAS committee, here’s a roundup of all the events we’ve organised this year 🥳🥳 1/
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📍OPPORTUNITY 📍 for Postgraduate students working on Latin American topics in the UK.
You still have the chance to join the 2025/26 @pilas-latam.bsky.social Committee and work with the postgraduate community of SLAS.
Please share with those who might be interested.
More information below.
You still have the chance to join the 2025/26 @pilas-latam.bsky.social Committee and work with the postgraduate community of SLAS.
Please share with those who might be interested.
More information below.
Happy July all 🌞
We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!
We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📍OPPORTUNITY 📍 for Postgraduate students working on Latin American topics in the UK.
You still have the chance to join the 2025/26 @pilas-latam.bsky.social Committee and work with the postgraduate community of SLAS.
Please share with those who might be interested.
More information below.
You still have the chance to join the 2025/26 @pilas-latam.bsky.social Committee and work with the postgraduate community of SLAS.
Please share with those who might be interested.
More information below.
We're also delighted to invite you to our evening event with Color Sudaka, on Friday 22 August at Kings College London. Featuring two special guests, we'll be hearing and learning about folk music from across Latin America.
Entry is free but please RSVP: forms.gle/h37xLmzHg5dh...
Entry is free but please RSVP: forms.gle/h37xLmzHg5dh...
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We're also delighted to invite you to our evening event with Color Sudaka, on Friday 22 August at Kings College London. Featuring two special guests, we'll be hearing and learning about folk music from across Latin America.
Entry is free but please RSVP: forms.gle/h37xLmzHg5dh...
Entry is free but please RSVP: forms.gle/h37xLmzHg5dh...
Reminder our online symposium at 14:00 UK time!
Keeping the conversation going from our conference in April, we're pleased to share the details of our PILAS online symposium on Wednesday 6 August 2025, from 14:00–18:30 (BST).
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reminder our online symposium at 14:00 UK time!
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Really looking forward to what promises to be a fascinating series of papers at our online symposium next Wednesday. Would warmly encourage anyone to sign up and listen in!
Keeping the conversation going from our conference in April, we're pleased to share the details of our PILAS online symposium on Wednesday 6 August 2025, from 14:00–18:30 (BST).
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Really looking forward to what promises to be a fascinating series of papers at our online symposium next Wednesday. Would warmly encourage anyone to sign up and listen in!
Keeping the conversation going from our conference in April, we're pleased to share the details of our PILAS online symposium on Wednesday 6 August 2025, from 14:00–18:30 (BST).
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Keeping the conversation going from our conference in April, we're pleased to share the details of our PILAS online symposium on Wednesday 6 August 2025, from 14:00–18:30 (BST).
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Happy July all 🌞
We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!
We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy July all 🌞
We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!
We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!
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Please read a new entry from Christopher Outlaw, PhD candidate at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social Christopher is a member of @pilas-latam.bsky.social and shares his reflections about the postgraduate and #SLAS2025 conference.
Follow the link to read more: www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...
Follow the link to read more: www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...
Reflections on PILAS/SLAS Conferences
The sunshine really set the tone for the warmth and brightness which characterised this year’s PILAS and SLAS conferences. As a first-year PhD student (Urban Studies, University of Sheffield), it was ...
www.slasbristol2025.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Please read a new entry from Christopher Outlaw, PhD candidate at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social Christopher is a member of @pilas-latam.bsky.social and shares his reflections about the postgraduate and #SLAS2025 conference.
Follow the link to read more: www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...
Follow the link to read more: www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...
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Have you checked the conference’s blog?
You are all invited to read the second entry by Emilia Arpini, @pilas-latam.bsky.social Conference Secretary.
More to come soon! #SLAS2025
www.slasbristol2025.com/blog
You are all invited to read the second entry by Emilia Arpini, @pilas-latam.bsky.social Conference Secretary.
More to come soon! #SLAS2025
www.slasbristol2025.com/blog
Blog | SLAS Bristol 2025
www.slasbristol2025.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Have you checked the conference’s blog?
You are all invited to read the second entry by Emilia Arpini, @pilas-latam.bsky.social Conference Secretary.
More to come soon! #SLAS2025
www.slasbristol2025.com/blog
You are all invited to read the second entry by Emilia Arpini, @pilas-latam.bsky.social Conference Secretary.
More to come soon! #SLAS2025
www.slasbristol2025.com/blog
We're so pleased with how last week went, with countless fantastic panels, talks and workshops, and so many talented PGRs and ECRs. Thank you to all who contributed and made PILAS 2025 as enriching as it was!
See below for a blog post of reflections on this year's PILAS and SLAS conferences.
See below for a blog post of reflections on this year's PILAS and SLAS conferences.
We’ve created a BLOG to share the memories, reflections, and experiences that made #SLAS2025 so special.
Read the first entry by @juanluisbradley.bsky.social (@pilas-latam.bsky.social) and relive some of the highlights with us.
More to come soon!
www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...
Read the first entry by @juanluisbradley.bsky.social (@pilas-latam.bsky.social) and relive some of the highlights with us.
More to come soon!
www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...
Reflections on the PILAS Conference 2025
Introducing and chairing the first keynote speech of the PILAS conference, delivered by Dr Carlos Grigsby of the University of Bristol, was one of my standout memories from the event. I, along with al...
www.slasbristol2025.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We're so pleased with how last week went, with countless fantastic panels, talks and workshops, and so many talented PGRs and ECRs. Thank you to all who contributed and made PILAS 2025 as enriching as it was!
See below for a blog post of reflections on this year's PILAS and SLAS conferences.
See below for a blog post of reflections on this year's PILAS and SLAS conferences.
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Amazing work by the @pilas-latam.bsky.social committee!
Reflecting on a brilliant week in Bristol at the @pilas-latam.bsky.social and @slaslatam.bsky.social conferences. Had a great time organising the former with the team and chairing some very thought-provoking panels on urban and rural studies in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia!
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Amazing work by the @pilas-latam.bsky.social committee!
Reposted by PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies
Reflecting on a brilliant week in Bristol at the @pilas-latam.bsky.social and @slaslatam.bsky.social conferences. Had a great time organising the former with the team and chairing some very thought-provoking panels on urban and rural studies in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia!
April 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reflecting on a brilliant week in Bristol at the @pilas-latam.bsky.social and @slaslatam.bsky.social conferences. Had a great time organising the former with the team and chairing some very thought-provoking panels on urban and rural studies in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia!
Just a few days away now. We're looking forward to welcoming you all to PILAS 2025! For those of you in Bristol, keep an eye out around campus for our posters 👀
April 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Just a few days away now. We're looking forward to welcoming you all to PILAS 2025! For those of you in Bristol, keep an eye out around campus for our posters 👀
In anticipation of PILAS 2025, over the next few weeks we'll be sharing all the fantastic things we have planned for the conference. 🧵
(also have a look at our conference website)
www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
(also have a look at our conference website)
www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
PILAS Conference 2025 | SLAS
www.slasuk.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In anticipation of PILAS 2025, over the next few weeks we'll be sharing all the fantastic things we have planned for the conference. 🧵
(also have a look at our conference website)
www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
(also have a look at our conference website)
www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...
On that note, thanks to the generous support of
@slaslatam.bsky.social we're able to offer funding to reimburse expenses (up to a maximum of £500) for registered presenters at PILAS 2025. If you'd like to be considered, please fill out the form here: forms.gle/VQnP4T26squ7.... Deadline 15 March!
@slaslatam.bsky.social we're able to offer funding to reimburse expenses (up to a maximum of £500) for registered presenters at PILAS 2025. If you'd like to be considered, please fill out the form here: forms.gle/VQnP4T26squ7.... Deadline 15 March!
PILAS Conference 2025 Presenter Funding
Thanks to the generosity of the Society for Latin American Studies, PILAS is able to offer some funding to reimburse expenses for registered presenters at our conference (up to a maximum value of £500...
forms.gle
March 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On that note, thanks to the generous support of
@slaslatam.bsky.social we're able to offer funding to reimburse expenses (up to a maximum of £500) for registered presenters at PILAS 2025. If you'd like to be considered, please fill out the form here: forms.gle/VQnP4T26squ7.... Deadline 15 March!
@slaslatam.bsky.social we're able to offer funding to reimburse expenses (up to a maximum of £500) for registered presenters at PILAS 2025. If you'd like to be considered, please fill out the form here: forms.gle/VQnP4T26squ7.... Deadline 15 March!
PILAS Conference 2025 is exactly a month away, and we're all very excited. Programme and list of abstracts to come soon, but in the meantime have a look at what we've got planned on our website: slasuk.org/pilas-confer... 🔍🔍🔍
PILAS Conference 2025 | SLAS
slasuk.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
PILAS Conference 2025 is exactly a month away, and we're all very excited. Programme and list of abstracts to come soon, but in the meantime have a look at what we've got planned on our website: slasuk.org/pilas-confer... 🔍🔍🔍