Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University
@ilascolumbia.bsky.social
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) is a center for research, teaching and discussion on Latin America at Columbia University.
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) wishes everyone a Happy #Thanksgiving !!
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) wishes everyone a Happy #Thanksgiving !!
Last month, the Making and Knowing Project by Professor Pamela Smith hosted the Environment, Craft, Language, Culture, and Knowledge in the Americas workshop. Learn more here: www.columbiaspectator.com/arts-and-cul...
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Last month, the Making and Knowing Project by Professor Pamela Smith hosted the Environment, Craft, Language, Culture, and Knowledge in the Americas workshop. Learn more here: www.columbiaspectator.com/arts-and-cul...
@unesco.org -Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
It seeks to reward research work by young social science researchers on social development policies in connection with Latin America and the Caribbean.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
It seeks to reward research work by young social science researchers on social development policies in connection with Latin America and the Caribbean.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@unesco.org -Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
It seeks to reward research work by young social science researchers on social development policies in connection with Latin America and the Caribbean.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
It seeks to reward research work by young social science researchers on social development policies in connection with Latin America and the Caribbean.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Reposted by Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University
New Global Stage podcast! @vickymurillo.bsky.social (Columbia Univ) discusses her forthcoming book examining why Latin Americans are increasingly disillusioned with democracy, even as the region has achieved notable social progress. Find it wherever you get podcasts, or at: https://bit.ly/49yFjps
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New Global Stage podcast! @vickymurillo.bsky.social (Columbia Univ) discusses her forthcoming book examining why Latin Americans are increasingly disillusioned with democracy, even as the region has achieved notable social progress. Find it wherever you get podcasts, or at: https://bit.ly/49yFjps
Applications are open for Fall 2026 and funding opportunities are available for this competitive and comprehensive program.
🚨MARSLAC APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
Are you interested in #LatinAmerica, in the #Caribbean? Check out our Master of Arts in Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mast...
Are you interested in #LatinAmerica, in the #Caribbean? Check out our Master of Arts in Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mast...
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Applications are open for Fall 2026 and funding opportunities are available for this competitive and comprehensive program.
🚨MARSLAC APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
Are you interested in #LatinAmerica, in the #Caribbean? Check out our Master of Arts in Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mast...
Are you interested in #LatinAmerica, in the #Caribbean? Check out our Master of Arts in Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mast...
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🚨MARSLAC APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
Are you interested in #LatinAmerica, in the #Caribbean? Check out our Master of Arts in Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mast...
Are you interested in #LatinAmerica, in the #Caribbean? Check out our Master of Arts in Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mast...
Barnard Students, Looking for a Minor?
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor is now open to Barnard College!
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mino...
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor is now open to Barnard College!
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mino...
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Barnard Students, Looking for a Minor?
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor is now open to Barnard College!
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mino...
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor is now open to Barnard College!
Learn more: ilas.columbia.edu/content/mino...
Our Director @emoncada.bsky.social was interviewed by Dionisio Gutiérrez from Razón de Estado TV. Watch it here: youtu.be/xR9q05S9F0M?...
377. Dionisio y Eduardo Moncada: Entre el miedo y la esperanza. Razón de Estado
YouTube video by Razón de Estado TV
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Our Director @emoncada.bsky.social was interviewed by Dionisio Gutiérrez from Razón de Estado TV. Watch it here: youtu.be/xR9q05S9F0M?...
TODAY: Special screening of "Fragmentos de otra historia", after 40 years of the taking of the Palace of Justice in #Colombia.
With Director Laura Vera Jaramillo and a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: ilas.columbia.edu/events/scree...
With Director Laura Vera Jaramillo and a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: ilas.columbia.edu/events/scree...
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
TODAY: Special screening of "Fragmentos de otra historia", after 40 years of the taking of the Palace of Justice in #Colombia.
With Director Laura Vera Jaramillo and a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: ilas.columbia.edu/events/scree...
With Director Laura Vera Jaramillo and a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: ilas.columbia.edu/events/scree...
Early Atlantic History & the Caribbean
A discussion on the book: #Transatlantic Bondage: Slavery and Freedom in #Spain, #SantoDomingo, and #PuertoRico.
* Dr. Lissette Acosta Corniel
* Dr. Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco
* Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés
November 18
5-6:30 PM
📍Casa Hispánica
A discussion on the book: #Transatlantic Bondage: Slavery and Freedom in #Spain, #SantoDomingo, and #PuertoRico.
* Dr. Lissette Acosta Corniel
* Dr. Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco
* Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés
November 18
5-6:30 PM
📍Casa Hispánica
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Early Atlantic History & the Caribbean
A discussion on the book: #Transatlantic Bondage: Slavery and Freedom in #Spain, #SantoDomingo, and #PuertoRico.
* Dr. Lissette Acosta Corniel
* Dr. Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco
* Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés
November 18
5-6:30 PM
📍Casa Hispánica
A discussion on the book: #Transatlantic Bondage: Slavery and Freedom in #Spain, #SantoDomingo, and #PuertoRico.
* Dr. Lissette Acosta Corniel
* Dr. Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco
* Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés
November 18
5-6:30 PM
📍Casa Hispánica
Professor Maria Uriarte, from the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, had an article published in @apnews.com on how Hurricane Melissa hit areas vulnerable to landslides because of deforestation. Read it here: apnews.com/article/hurr...
Hurricane Melissa hit areas vulnerable to landslides because of deforestation
Hurricane Melissa pummeled areas of the Caribbean already vulnerable to landslides and flash flooding — made worse by decades of deforestation — with risks likely to continue for days, experts said.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Professor Maria Uriarte, from the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, had an article published in @apnews.com on how Hurricane Melissa hit areas vulnerable to landslides because of deforestation. Read it here: apnews.com/article/hurr...
Join us for El Regreso '25, an event organized by the Latino Alumni Association at Columbia University (LAACU).
November 15, 2025
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍Pulitzer Hall
Dress Code: Business attire
Registration: events.blackthorn.io/en/i0gvMh6/g...
November 15, 2025
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍Pulitzer Hall
Dress Code: Business attire
Registration: events.blackthorn.io/en/i0gvMh6/g...
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Join us for El Regreso '25, an event organized by the Latino Alumni Association at Columbia University (LAACU).
November 15, 2025
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍Pulitzer Hall
Dress Code: Business attire
Registration: events.blackthorn.io/en/i0gvMh6/g...
November 15, 2025
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍Pulitzer Hall
Dress Code: Business attire
Registration: events.blackthorn.io/en/i0gvMh6/g...
Join us for a special screening of the documentary "Fragmentos de otra historia" (Fragments of Another Story).
We are thrilled to host directors Laura Vera Jaramillo for a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: lnkd.in/d-29B4Uj
We are thrilled to host directors Laura Vera Jaramillo for a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: lnkd.in/d-29B4Uj
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Join us for a special screening of the documentary "Fragmentos de otra historia" (Fragments of Another Story).
We are thrilled to host directors Laura Vera Jaramillo for a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: lnkd.in/d-29B4Uj
We are thrilled to host directors Laura Vera Jaramillo for a live Q&A after the film.
November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
📍IAB - Room 802
Registration: lnkd.in/d-29B4Uj
2025 Brazilian Black Consciousness Abroad Colloquium
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
2025 Brazilian Black Consciousness Abroad Colloquium
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
“If #Milei cannot control inflation and translate his market-oriented agenda into tangible gains for a majority of #Argentines, the electorate that brought him to power may quickly turn elsewhere,” @vickymurillo.bsky.social for @foreignaffairs.com
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Milei’s Tightrope Act
Why the Argentine president will struggle to exploit his new mandate.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“If #Milei cannot control inflation and translate his market-oriented agenda into tangible gains for a majority of #Argentines, the electorate that brought him to power may quickly turn elsewhere,” @vickymurillo.bsky.social for @foreignaffairs.com
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Professor Cristóbal Otero's paper Managers and Public Hospital Performance has been published in the November issue of the @aeajournals.bsky.social. Read it here:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Managers and Public Hospital Performance
(November 2025) - We study whether the quality of managers can affect public service provision in the context of public health. Using novel data from public hospitals in Chile, we show how the introdu...
www.aeaweb.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Professor Cristóbal Otero's paper Managers and Public Hospital Performance has been published in the November issue of the @aeajournals.bsky.social. Read it here:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Violence and Thriving Economies in #Mexico
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Violence and Thriving Economies in #Mexico
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
How Housing Policies Shape Crime: Embedded Criminal Social Orders in #Chile and #Uruguay
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
How Housing Policies Shape Crime: Embedded Criminal Social Orders in #Chile and #Uruguay
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
TODAY! Cafecito and reception at @ascoa.bsky.social, with
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
TODAY! Cafecito and reception at @ascoa.bsky.social, with
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
"La #elección de #NYC fue un voto contra Trump y fue a favor de llegar a fin de mes", said @vickymurillo.bsky.social
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
"La elección de NY fue un voto CONTRA TRUMP y fue a FAVOR de LLEGAR A FIN DE MES" #DeAcáEnMás
YouTube video by Urbana Play 104.3 FM
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"La #elección de #NYC fue un voto contra Trump y fue a favor de llegar a fin de mes", said @vickymurillo.bsky.social
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
Our current Tinker Visiting Professor Mara Eskinazi will be presenting a talk On Cobogós, Frames and Filters at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our current Tinker Visiting Professor Mara Eskinazi will be presenting a talk On Cobogós, Frames and Filters at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
TOMORROW!! Register via zoom
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
TOMORROW!! Register via zoom
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our conversation on Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our conversation on Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...