Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA)

Haiti Fundraiser:

ISA students are raising money for Haiti by selling CDs of Haitian music. Follow the link for more details.

Calls for Papers:

Women and United States Foreign Policy (deadline 15 February 2010)

‘Our National Character, Our National Purpose': US Presidents and Democracy Promotion (deadline 15 February 2010)

From Duvalier to Preval: Haiti Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(deadline 28 February 2010)

The Historical Roots of Social Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean (deadline 12 February 2010)

Past conference and seminar presentations:

Bridging the Divide between Women's and Children's Rights (PDFs)


The World Food crisis and the Global South (PDFs)



Deforestation in the Paraguayan Chaco: an ecological disaster? (PowerPoint)


Worker Rights and the NAFTA Labour Institutions (video)


Rethinking Inequality and Migration in the Latin American City (video)


Ending Racial Segregation in US Schools (video)


Latin America and the Caribbean in the Global Financial Crisis (PowerPoint/PDFs)

About us

The Institute for the Study of the Americas promotes, coordinates and provides a focus for research and postgraduate teaching on the Americas - Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States - in the University of London.
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Forthcoming events:

All are welcome to attend Institute events, and the majority are free of charge. Most events are held in Senate House or Stewart House - a location map is available here. If you wish to receive reminders about our events, please sign up to our email mailing list.

Friday 12 February, 12:30 - 14:30
Research Student Seminars
Shirley Pemberton and Juan Venegas
Venue: Room G16 (Senate House, Ground Floor)

Wednesday 17 February, 17:00 - 19:30
Nations unbound: the 'uncomfortable' tobacco history of Puerto Rico, Connecticut and Cuba, 1898-2008
Jean Stubbs, Associate Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Americas
Abstract and Bio
Venue: Room G32 (Senate House, Ground Floor)

Thursday 18 February, 17:30 - 19:30
Youthquake: The Politics of Youth in the Post-War United States
Ross Nicolson, Oxford
Venue: The Pollard Room (IHR)

Friday 19 February, 09:00 - 17:00
Latin American Bicentennials: Gender, Ethnic Communities and the Nation
A JISLAC event at the University of Swansea

Friday 19 February, 12:30 - 14:30
Research Student Seminars
Richard Dotor and Edward Smith
Venue: Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor)

Monday 22 February, 12:30 - 14:30
Thinking Travel Narratives: Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Picturesque Imaginary in the Aesthetic of Augustus Earle
Ricardo Cicerchia, Instituto Ravignani, University of Buenos Aires
Abstract and Bio
Venue: Room G32 (Senate House, Ground Floor)

Age of Deficits coverThursday 25 February, 17:30 - 20:00
The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama
Speakers: Iwan Morgan (Professor of US Studies, ISA), Nigel Bowles (Director of the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University) and Larry Elliott (Economics editor of The Guardian)
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square
Symposium and book launch of Iwan Morgan, The Age of Deficits: Presidents and Unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush (University Press of Kansas, 2009)

 

Friday 26 February, 12:30 - 14:30
Research Student Seminar
Ben Lafferty
Venue: Room G21a (Senate House, Ground Floor)

Monday 1 March, 18:00 - 20:00
Harry Allen Memorial Lecture: The Long Origins of the Short Civil Rights Movement
Steven Lawson, University of Cambridge
Venue: Room G22/24 (Senate House, Ground Floor)

All School of Advanced Study events in February and March 2010

More ISA events

See also the full programme of JISLAC seminars held around the UK

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