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New General Manager of the Central Bank in Colombia
A former Antonian, Dr. Juan José Echavarría, has just been elected as the new General Manager of the Central Bank in Colombia.
Leverhulme Trust Early-Career Fellowships 2017
The Leverhulme Trust invites applications for its early-career fellowships. The 2017 round will open on 1st January 2017.
LAUNCH OF POLICY BRIEF
Justice without Borders: Accountability for Plan Condor Crimes in South America
Dr Francesca Lessa, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
THE LAC WELCOMES PRESIDENT SANTOS ON HIS STATE VISIT TO THE UK
The Latin American Centre of Oxford University welcomes President Juan Manuel Santos and his wife María Clemencia Rodríguez de Santos, at the first ever Colombia’s state visit to the UK.
St Cross College Graduate Admissions Open Day
ST CROSS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Graduate Admissions Open Day
3-5 pm, Wednesday 9th November 2016
Five volume History of Colombia, 1808-2010
With the publication of Colombia. La búsqueda de la democracia, 1960-2010, Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbó completed the edition of a five volume collection that examines the history of Colombia from independence to 2010. The collection brings together 25 leading historians, who look at
Book Translation: JUSTICIA TRANSICIONAL EN EQUILIBRIO
Professor Leigh Payne along with other authors have successfully translated the book JUSTICIA TRANSICIONAL EN EQUILIBRIO in Spanish language.
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Release of Brazilian Legislative Surveys, 1990-2013
Timothy J. Power (Director, Brazilian Studies Programme) and Cesar Zucco Jr. (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro) have released the new integrated dataset of the Brazilian Legislative Surveys, 1990-2013.
New LAC Working Paper in Political Economy: Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: A New Emerging Reality
The latest LAC Working Paper in Political Economy analyses the link between the improving performance of specific sectors of the economy and the attraction of FDI in Latin America.
Oxford-CAF Conference in Bogotá
The cooperation agreement between LAC and CAF, Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, was signed in 2011 and has produced a wide-ranging series of conferences on Latin American development.
Dr Francesca Lessa talks about Uruguay on BBC Radio's morning programmes
On the occasion of the England-Uruguay World Cup match in São Paulo on June 19, Dr Lessa was invited to take part in three breakfast programmes of BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Surrey.
Launch of Transitional Justice Research Collaborative Data Project website
On May 31, Prof. Leigh Payne, Dr. Francesca Lessa and Gabriel Pereira took part in the public launch of the website of the Transitional Justice Research Collaborative Data Project.
LAC alumnus David Poritz co-stars in PBS documentary Oil and Water
David Poritz, 2013 MSc Public Policy in Latin America will be in Oxford this week to screen the PBS documentary Oil & Water which traces his work in the oil and gas indust
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea has been appointed co-editor of Journal of Latin American Studies
From December 2014 onwards Diego Sánchez-Ancochea will be the co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies. JLAS is regarded as one of the best journals of Latin American studies in the world.
Dr Francesca Lessa and Hugo Rojas present at Columbia College, Chicago, on how nations confront painful pasts
On May 20, 2014, Dr Francesca Lessa (LAC postdoctoral researcher) and Hugo Rojas (DPhil Sociology) participated in a panel held at Columbia College, Chicago about how nations confront painful pasts.
LAC MPhil Student Presents at SLAS 2014 in London
Angelica presented part of her MPhil fieldwork at the Society for Latin America Studies’ (SLAS) 50th Anniversary Conference in London in April. Her paper, “A Stagnant Spring?
LAC Working Paper in Political Economy No 2, by Javier Rodriguez Weber and Rosemary Thorp
The LAC Working Papers in Political Economy series is part of the collaboration between the Latin American Centre and CAF Development Bank of Latin America. The Latin American Centre aims to publish high quality work in pr