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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 5d

The Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS), University of Cambridge, invites applications for hosting from applicants for the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships, to be taken up from October 2026.

🔗 Link: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/leverhulme-t...

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 8d

💠 Legacies of Enslavement & CLAS present:

"Manoel Joaquim Ricardo, A Successful Hausa Freedman in Bahia, c. 1806-1865"

João José Reis (Simón Bolívar Professor)

📆 Monday 13 October | 5:15pm
📍 Lecture Theatre at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, CB2 1TJ

Come and join us!

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 9d

🔔New events coming soon!

In addition to our Open Seminars every Monday, we have CLAS Events with various activities on the agenda.

We look forward to seeing you there.

📍Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge

+ Info: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/latest-news-...

#latinamericanstudies

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 13d

🔗All events info in: latin-american.cam.ac.uk/clas-open-se...

#universityofcambridge #latinamerica #latinamericanstudies

latin-american.cam.ac.uk

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 13d

📣 We are delighted to present our Open Seminars for Michaelmas Term 2025!

📅Mondays
🕐5:15pm
📍Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, @cambridgeuniversity

All welcome! We look forward to seeing you. 🎉

*Please note that the first seminar will be held at a different location.

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 15d

✨We are very pleased to welcome #SimónBolívarProfessor 2025: João José Reis✨

João says: "I'm eager to learn from and discuss with CLAS graduate students and professors about their work."

Read more: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/simon-boliva...

#Brazil #LatinAmericanStudies

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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 17d

Anglo American accused of causing:

human illness
animal deaths
contamination of air and water

& drilling under glaciers

My report from Chile

@clascam.bsky.social @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social

www.com/global-devel...

Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’

Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

www.theguardian.com

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · 22d

📣 APPLICATIONS OPEN! 26-27

❗️ Deadline: 02 December for funding.

All who apply will be considered for a scholarship. 🎉

+ info: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/depa...

#postgraduate #masterstudy #phdstudies #cambridgeuniversity #latinamericanstudies #scholarship

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Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge @campolis.bsky.social · Aug 21

📖Join us for the launch of "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?", the latest book by political scientist and author Professor James Fishkin.

📆Thurs 18 Sept
🕠5:30 - 7PM
📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College

Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

#Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · Jul 4

We officially said goodbye to the 2024/25 academic year! 🎉

Thank you for your support!

Our open events are designed to promote the growth of our students and encourage more informed discussions about Latin America among individuals in the UK interested in the region.

Have a Happy Summer! ☀️

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · Jun 20

📌 CLAS & CDS are hiring a Research Associate in Latin American Development (Fixed Term)

If you have a deep engagement with Latin America and Development Studies and the skills to carry out archival research, apply now: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51764/

#Apply #WorkWithUs

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · Jun 18

CLAS MPhil Research Day 🗣📖

This internal event provided an opportunity for our students to explore preliminary aspects of their research, test arguments with colleagues and develop new ideas before presenting their dissertations.

Graduation season is coming up!🤩

#cambridgeuniversity #MPhil #Latam

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · Jun 12

📌 JOB OFFER: Assistant Professor in Spanish

Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College invite applications for a joint College Lectureship in Spanish (fixed term) for nine months commencing on 1 October 2025 and running to 3 July 2026.

Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK109/a...

Assistant Professor in Spanish of Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College at University of Cambridge

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Spanish of Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · Jun 12

Recommended article:

"Phantom Limbs: Affect, Haptics and ‘Partes De Mucha Gente’ in Mariana Enriquez's Nuestra Parte De Noche"

Author: Ana María Villaveces Galofre (CLAS PhD Student)

READ HERE:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bravo, Ana María! 🎉

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 30

Award-winning Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist Karim Aïnouz will be in Cambridge from 2-6 June, participating in a series of public screenings and workshops.

A symposium on Aïnouz's work will be held on Friday 6 June from 1-6pm.

Open to all!

www.film.cam.ac.uk/about/news/k...

Karim Aïnouz – Filmmaker in Residence 2-6 June 2025 » Cambridge Film & Screen

Cambridge Film and Screen will be hosting the award-winning Algerian-Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist Karim Aïnouz as its Filmmaker in Residence for 2025. Aïnouz will be in Cambridge during the w...

www.film.cam.ac.uk

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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · May 28

US company Chiquita has sacked thousands of banana plantation workers in Panama for going on strike

They were striking about new laws that affect their pension rights

Last week, the company ended all their contracts, Radio Temblor reports

www.radiotemblor.org/chiquita-des...

Chiquita despide a miles de trabajadores en huelga – Colectivo Voces Ecológicas

La protesta bananera, encabezada en la zona de Bocas de Toro por el Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria del Banano y Empresas Afines (Sitraibana), se suma a las movilizaciones que se están dando a nivel nacional.

www.radiotemblor.org

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Theo Di Castri @theodicastri.bsky.social · May 27

Folks in Cambridge! Join us this Friday at 7PM for the opening of an exhibit featuring a series of transmedia art pieces created by communication students at the Universidad Iberoamericana & @homertoncollege.bsky.social.

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 28

Friday, 30 June (all day), SG1, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site

Sexual Ecologies ¦ Space, nature and queer cinema convened by Dr Jules O’Dwyer and Dr Geoffrey Maguire.

CRASSH and Cambridge Film & Screen

Register here lu.ma/k2w1uh56 by midnight TODAY, 28 May.

Sexual Ecologies: Space, nature and queer cinema · Luma

‘Eco-cinema’ has become a commonplace term within contemporary environmental approaches to film studies over the past two decades, encompassing debates over…

lu.ma

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 19

More info: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/files/furthe...

www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 19

🔔CLAS Events

"Recreating the World: Crisis and Historical Projects in Indigenous Amazonia"

Maria Luísa Lucas (@usponline)
Chair: Natalia Buitron (@Cambridge_Uni)

📆 Tuesday 27 May - 12:30pm
📍 Room S1 - First Floor, ARB

The event is open to all!

#Indigenous #Amazonia

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 12

🔔 Workshop: "The Policrisis in Latin America"

Fernando Calderón (@unsamoficial)

Resources 🔗 in: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/files/furthe...

📆Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 & Thursday 22 May
3:00pm - 5:00pm

📍 Room S1 - First Floor, ARB

Open to all!

#Policrisis #Latinoamerica #SocialSciences

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The Seeley Library @theseeleylib.bsky.social · May 2

The Seeley space in the West Room @theul.bsky.social is open until 9.30pm on weekdays this term. Extra time to enjoy our lovely new space @camhistory.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social

Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Apr 30

It's Easter Term, which means we're back to our later opening hours! If you need us, we're open on both bank holidays this month (5 May and 26 May).

📕Monday to Friday during Full Easter Term - 9am to 9.45pm
📗Saturday - 9am to 4:45pm
📘Sunday - Closed

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 8

🔔 CLAS Events:

Film Screening: "Urukurenda: In Search of the Land Without Evil"

Penelope Anthias (Durham University)
Chair: Sarah Radcliffe (University of Cambridge)

More info 🔗 in: latin-american.cam.ac.uk/files/furthe...

📆 Thursday 15 May - 12:30pm
📍 Room S2- Second Floor, ARB

Come join us!

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 6

More info: www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/files/furthe...

www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk

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CLAS Cambridge @clascam.bsky.social · May 6

🔔 CLAS Events:

Film Screening & Panel discussion: "Street Architecture in Covid-19 Sao Paulo"

Fraya Frehse (University of São Paulo)
Felipe Hernández & Professor François Penz (University of Cambridge)

Tuesday 13 May - 5:00pm
Room S1 - First Floor, ARB

Come join us!

#Architecture #Brazil

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