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CAF European Academic Network: Book Launch on “Desafección Política"
On 27th November, Timothy Power was a discussant at the book launch for Ludolfo Paramio (editor), Desafección política y gobernabilidad: el reto político (Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2015).
LAC table wins SIAS student party competition!
Congratulations to all the students who helped organise the Latin American table at the SIAS student party on Thursday (5th November), which won first prize!
Antonian Mr Aurelio Nuño Mayer has been appointed Minister of Public Education in Mexico
Antonian Mr Aurelio Nuño Mayer (MSc Latin American Studies, 2006) has been appointed Minister of Public Education by Mexico's President, Enrique Peña Nieto.
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Professor Payne will present her research findings on transitional justice at World Bank HQ
Professor Payne from the Transitional Justice Research Collaborative will discuss the impact of transitional justice mechanisms in strengthening democracy, human rights, and peace at the World Bank headquarters on Thursday 5 March.
New grant awarded to researchers at the Latin American Centre
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Francesca Lessa were successfully awarded a grant from the University of Oxford’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account in February 2015 for their pr
Remembering Tulio Halperín-Donghi (1926-2014)
Tulio Halperín-Donghi, who held the Chair in Latin American History at Oxford in 1970-1, passed away last 14 November. Born in Buenos Aires on 27 October 1926, he completed his doctoral degree in history at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1955 going on to become one of the most respected Arge
Professor Leigh Payne receives Newton Fund Research Grant
Congratulations to Professor Leigh Payne and Oriana Bernasconi Ramírez from Universidad Alberto Hurtado, recipients of a Newton Fund Research Grant.
Video Podcast now available on II CAF Conference on The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities
We are pleased to inform you that you can now access the video podcast of all the II CAF Conference on The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities.
Marcelo Medeiros Appointed Rio Branco Chair for 2015
Professor Marcelo Medeiros (Federal University of Pernambuco) has been appointed the Rio Branco Visiting Professor of the International Relations of Brazil for 2015.
Research Excellence Framework: Area Studies
SIAS and Oriental Studies are delighted to note that our REF2014 submission was the largest made to the Area Studies panel by a considerable margin.
Publications on Transitional Justice and Memory now in paperback
Two publications by LAC’s postdoctoral researcher Dr Francesca Lessa are now available in paperback. The first, ¿Justicia o impunidad?
The LAC does quite well in the winter issue of LAPS
We are very pleased to inform you that the winter issue of LAPS is now available (volume 56, no. 4) at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/laps.2014.56.issue-4/issuetoc
LAC DPhil network students present their research
On 20 November 2014 several of the LAC-DPhil network students made very professional and interesting presentations, the discussants had good questions and comments that pushed the speakers to think in new ways, and the audience pushed them further. It was an excellent first session of the year t