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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 1d

After nearly 20 years, Bolivia’s Government moves to the right. MAS fades, a new era begins. Join our roundtable to unpack this major political restructuring.
📅 Oct 29 | 🕛 12–1:30pm | 📍In-person
🎙️ Olivia Arigho-Stiles, Angus McNelly, @enriquedcb.bsky.social
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 5d

📚 Seminar Alert!
Jonathan Bell, Professor of American History at UCL, introduces his forthcoming book: The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics and Health in the U.S. since the Rights Revolutions

📅 15 Oct 2025
⏰ 4pm
📍 51 Gordon Square
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 9d

Join the next session of the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice.

📅27 Oct, 2-4pm
📍51 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PN

Join us to workshop Dr Amelia Morris (University of Exeter)’s paper on Taylor Swift and reproductive labour.

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

The 1950s Shit They Want From Me: Tay-Vis and the Disciplinary Lens of Reproductive Labour

Join the next session of the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 12d

Symposium: Useful Cinemas / Useful Archives: Labour, History and Mediation in Latin American Film & Video
7–8 Oct 4-8pm @uclselcs.bsky.social
We're delighted to co-host this symposium that brings together scholars & filmmakers to reflect on ongoing research.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Symposium: Useful Cinemas / Useful Archives

The IAS is delighted to co-host the symposium 'Useful Cinemas / Useful Archives. Labour, History and Mediation in Latin American Film and Video' that brings together scholars and filmmakers to reflect...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 15d

📣We are now welcoming applications for the UCL Institute of the Americas PhD Programme, starting September 2026!

🎓Join an inspiring community specialising in the study of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States.

🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 20d

We're thrilled to share our annual report for 2024-25!

Whether you're an alumni, partner, funder, student or researcher, this report has something for you.

Read the report for an overview of our event series, research, programmes of study & more.

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 21d

News from Plancondor.org, involving Dr Francesca Lessa!

#OperationCondor

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 22d

📢Join us for the first seminar of the 2025-26 Caribbean Seminar Series!

"Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Slavery, Movement, Place, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Cuba" by Dr Camillia Cowling

🗓️22 Oct 2025 | ⏰17:30–19:00 | 🌐Online

More info🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Illustration of a 19th-century sugar plantation in Cuba with a steam locomotive in the foreground, red-roofed buildings with smoking chimneys, palm trees, crop fields, and a few people near train tracks, all framed by an ornate border.

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Sep 8

Calling all PhD students!

Join the Latin America Research Community (LARC), hosted at
@uclamericas.bsky.social, for their first event of the 2025-26 calendar, with a keynote talk from @paulodrinot.bsky.social

18 Sept, 5.30-7.30pm
103, 51 Gordon Square

Register here: forms.gle/4koNCqEVPnso...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 29

👇One more week to apply!

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Calling Early Career Researchers!

We're inviting EOIs for fellowships offering:
🔸funding
🔸mentorship
🔸a unique opportunity to join a vibrant research community
🔸a platform to launch your independent career

Submit your EOI to us by 5 September, just 3 weeks to go!
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/res...

Expressions of interest invited for Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, British Academy International Fellowship, and Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellowship schemes. Deadline to submit EOIs to us is 5 September 2025.

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · Aug 20

We have a cover!

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Calling Early Career Researchers!

We're inviting EOIs for fellowships offering:
🔸funding
🔸mentorship
🔸a unique opportunity to join a vibrant research community
🔸a platform to launch your independent career

Submit your EOI to us by 5 September, just 3 weeks to go!
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/res...

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 14

We also have limited places available through clearing.

✅Fascinated by the Americas?
✅Interested in studying a multitude of disciplines inc. history, politics, anthropology & more?
✅ Got your results? 🎉

Check now to see if there’s a place for you: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL Institute of the Americas. 💜

Got questions about Results Day? Visit the UCL Results Day page:
www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Your Results

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 7

Interested in studying US elections and politics?

There's still time to apply for our MA in United States Studies: History and Politics.

Applications are open for students not requiring a visa until 29 August 2025.

www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...

United States Studies: History and Politics MA

This multidisciplinary MA comprises a broad range of specialist modules in the humanities and social sciences, combining expertise of the Institute with US specialists from UCL and other institutions.

www.ucl.ac.uk

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 7

✨Welcome to our new Lecturer in US Politics✨

Dr Proctor is a political scientist specialising in US politics and elections and joins us from 1 Sept 2025.

Andrew will be facilitating modules on US elections and behaviour, research methods, and LGBTQ and identity politics.

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢 New article

“Grabbing Back: Capital Segments and Mechanisms in the Reversal of Land Redistribution” by @enriquedcb.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/journals/fjp...

The Journal of Peasant Studies

Publishes international research on rural politics and developments, and the social structure of peasants, rural labourers and migrant workers.

www.tandfonline.com

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Aug 5

Read this comment piece in @uk.theconversation.com from our Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Dr Emily Morris, on Cuba's economic crisis.

UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Jul 29

🖋️"Despite food subsidies and the efforts of welfare services, a growing number of people are now going hungry."

Dr Emily Morris @uclamericas.bsky.social explores Cuba's plummeting living standards as over 1 million Cubans have left the country since 2020.

theconversation.com/cuban-govern...

Cuban government scrambling to deal with outrage about country’s economic crisis

Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera said the island’s beggars were faking poverty to make ‘easy’ money, drawing public outrage.

theconversation.com

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Enrique Castañón Ballivián @enriquedcb.bsky.social · Jul 31

Happy to share our new article in the Journal of Peasant Studies.

We define a future research agenda investigating the capital segments and grabbing mechanisms involved in grabbing back redistributed and restituted lands.

@uclamericas.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Capital grabs back’: towards a global research agenda on the land grabbing-land reform/restitution nexus

Capital is grabbing back land allocated through diverse national land reform and land restitution programmes globally. This article critically analyses this trend, which has so far received insuffi...

www.tandfonline.com

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Jul 10

Did you know 2025 marks the anniversary of the founding of Operation Condor in 1975?

In this video, we tell you about that sinister plan which persecuted political activists in exile in South America & beyond.

To learn more, visit plancondor.org/en

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Jun 27

This project was supported by @ukri.org and @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Jun 27

Honorary Researcher, @amayoap.bsky.social, with others from UCL & Essex, have undertaken a community mural project with refugees. Led by a renowned Colombian artist, a community of Venezuelan refugees & Colombian citizens created a large ‘climate displacement’ mural.

youtu.be/Y5TimF34Xjc

Climate Refugees in the Global South: a community mural project

YouTube video by UCLAmericas

youtu.be

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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Jun 25

From Brown v. Board of Education to the Stonewall Riots to the PATRIOT ACT, our US Studies: History and Politics MA offers you a way to understand how civil liberties have evolved throughout the twentieth century in the USA.

Come join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/stu...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Jun 25

On 19 June, Dr Lessa was interviewed for radio programme, "El invitado de @rfi.fr". This followed her invitation to speak at a conference in Paris on the 50th anniversary of Operation Condor.

Follow the link below for more, inc. how to watch/listen to the interview: www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/new...

UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 **Reminder** 🚨

The deadline to apply for fellowship opportunities is **this Friday**! Don't miss out on this chance to advance your career and make a difference.

📅 Deadline: Friday 27 June 2025
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/new...