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
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Latest News
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
Marcelo Medeiros Appointed Rio Branco Chair for 2015
Research Excellence Framework: Area Studies
Publications on Transitional Justice and Memory now in paperback
The LAC does quite well in the winter issue of LAPS
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Events
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Latin American Centre Seminars: Carrots and sticks: Experimental evidence of vote buying and voter intimidation in Guatemala
Tuesday, 24 February, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk
Speaker(s):
Dr Ezequiel González Ocantos
LAC Film Series: Evita, the documentary
Wednesday, 25 February, 2015 - 18:00 to 20:00
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk
Argentina (2008). Long after Evita was embalmed and secretly buried under a fictitious name in Milan, the former First Lady of Argentina once again was catapulted to fame after Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical.
Latin American History Seminar: The Americanization of Brazilian Foreign Relations, 1889-1914
Thursday, 26 February, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
The Latin American Centre Seminar Room, 1 Church Walk
Speaker(s):
Leslie Bethell, Kings College London and St. Antony’s College
3rd Annual Rio Branco Roundtable: Brazil and the Regional Integration of LA: Policy Challenges for the 21st Century
Friday, 27 February, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
Armed Conflict and Party Politics in Central America
Tuesday, 3 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
The making of Pope Francis: Jorge Bergoglio and the Argentine Catholic Church, 1930s-1980s
Thursday, 5 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
Colombia: Peace and history
Tuesday, 10 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
The Cult of the Virgen de Guadalupe North and South of the Rio Grande: A Contemporary History from the 1960s
Wednesday, 11 March, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:30
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