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New UK loans available for Master’s study at Oxford
The UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced a new loans scheme for full-time and part-time master’s courses at English HEIs from 2016-17 entry. Eligible candidates can borrow up to £10,000 as a contribution towards their course and living costs.
LAC-CAF Conference in Brasília: “The Future of Social Policy in Latin America: Is the Good News Fading?”
On 14 March 2016, the LAC held its third biennial conference in Latin America co-organised with CAF-Development Bank of Latin America. The topic was “Social Policy in Latin America” and the local partner was IPEA (Institute for Applied Economic Research, government of Brazil).
Leigh Payne participated in the inaugural conference for an interdisciplinary programme looking at Memory and Human Rights
This programme was launched on 1 April 2016 and the event took place at the University Alberto Hurtado, Chile.
Alan Angell is to receive an award from the government of President Michelle Bachelet of Chile
The award is ‘to thank you for the assistance you gave to Chilean citizens persecuted by the dictatorship of General Pinochet during the 1970s’.
Dr Francesca Lessa interviewed on the BBC about Obama’s visit to Argentina
On March 22, 2016, Dr Lessa was interviewed by the BBC in Buenos Aires within the framework of Obama’s two-day visit to Argentina.
LAC Reception in New York to celebrate 50 years
The Latin American Centre will be hosting a reception in New York on 26 May for alumni and friends from Oxford. Please see the attached invitation for further details.
"Forty years on from Operation Condor" Workshop - Report now available in English, Spanish and Portuguese
On December 18, 2015, Dr Francesca Lessa organised together with the Ministry of Justice of Chile a closed-session workshop, which was held at the Miguel de Cervantes University in Santiago de Chile, with the participation of human rights activists, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and members of na
Ambassador of Cuba in the UK visits the LAC and St Antony's
Ambassador Teresita Vicente Sotolongo and other members of Cuba's diplomatic corp visited the Latin American Centre. We had the opportunity to have lunch in St Antony's and explore future collaboration projects.
Open Society Foundation funded project
Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Violations during past Dictatorships and Armed Conflicts: Promoting Strategic Litigation and Truth Commissions. For further information please visit the research pages.
Professor Leigh Payne wins Newton Awards
Professor Leigh Payne has recently been awarded two Newton Awards. Please visit the research pages for details of the two projects.
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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
Spanish legal journal Eunomía publishes a book forum on Dr Lessa’s latest book
The Spanish legal journal Eunomía. Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad dedicated in its latest number (March-August 2014) a book forum section to discussing Dr Lessa’s book Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay: Against Impunity.
LAC Alumna, Alice L. Baumgartner, receives 2014 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award for best essay in American History
At the 2014 OAH Annual Meeting, OAH President Alan M. Kraut and OAH President-Elect Patricia Limerick presented Alice L.
LAC MPhil student Julia Zulver discusses her research in El Salvador in Al Jazeera
Julia Zulver, one of our current MPhil students, published an article in Al Jazeera discussing her research on women’s mobilization in El Salvador.
II Graduate Conference on Latin American Law and Policy
The II Graduate Conference on Latin American Law and Policy took place on 7th March 2014 and brought to Oxford dozens of faculty members, doctoral candidates, and general public to discuss various contempor
LAC Alumnus Appointed to Assistant Professorship in Brazilian Studies at University of Illinois
Glen Goodman (MSc 2005-2006) has recently been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor of Brazilian Studies in the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on German immigration to Brazil.
Dr Par Engstrom discusses Brazilian Post-Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System
On Friday, 14 February, Dr Par Engstrom gave a talk on “Brazilian Post-Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System”. His remarks focused on the role of the Inter-American Human Rights System and discussed the types of transitional justice policies that may be required from Bra