✨Join the new PILAS committee✨A great opportunity for postgrad students to meet like-minded people, support your academic community and gain invaluable experience organising conferences and seminars!!! E-mail us on [email protected]

Call for Papers: We invite entries for this year's Arts Matter Bristol PGR Conference 'Frontiers and Liminal Spaces' The conference is open to Arts and Hums PGRs based across London, Wales and the South-West Deadline: 15th April 2024 #bristol #cfp #frontiers #borders

Had a great time participating at the ‘Rethinking Latin America: New Journeys Across Film and Literature’ conference University of Warwick today. Will be tuning in for the online panels tomorrow! Many thanks to Vladimir Rosas-Salazar for the excellent organisation so far …hinkinglatinamerica2024.wordpress.com

New blog post out today! Have a read for some reflections on my recent experiences of handling money in Argentina. Many thanks to MigrationMobilitiesUoB for hosting it!

Had an excellent time over the last few days UvA Amsterdam for #SLAS2024 SLAS Society for Latin American Studies . Really nice to catch up with everyone and to attend some great panels, with a highlight being today’s discussion on the importance of studying sport in Latin America chaired by Matthew Brown

We're looking forward to meeting you at one of our upcoming events! Keep posted here or on our new Instagram page (instagram.com/postgrads_lata…) for details and our CfP for this year's Conference – all coming very soon 🙌

Looking forward to working with the committee to support postgrads in Latin American Studies!

Our PILAS 2025 Call for Papers is now live! If you’re a postgrad working on any area of Latin American Studies, we’d love for you to join us University of Bristol in April SLAS Society for Latin American Studies

Join us online for our first PILAS Reading Group event on Monday 4 November. In this meeting we'll be talking with Alejandra Banca and Katie Brown about their recently published work 'From Savagery'. Excited for this one 📖 Sign up link: pilas-reading-group.rsvpify.com

A reminder that the abstract submission deadline for PILAS Conference 2025 is 28 November – a week's time! ✏️✏️

🚨 Deadline extension!! 🚨 We're delighted with all the submissions so far, but we realise many are facing teaching pressures as the end of the semester approaches – so we've pushed back the abstract deadline. The new deadline will be 16 December. Just over two week's time!

Looking forward to tuning in for this in just half an hour’s time!

Delighted to announce that my first article from my PhD project has now been published! Many thanks to my reviewers and supervisors for their advice and support. You can read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Today’s the day PILAS Conference 2025 gets underway! Very excited to be heading down to Bristol to hear about some of the amazing research currently taking place in the postgrad community ⁦PILAS - Postgraduates in Latin American Studies⁩ ⁦SLAS Society for Latin American Studies⁩ slasuk.org/pilas-conferen…

We’ve created a BLOG to share the memories, reflections, and experiences that made this year’s SLAS conference so special. Read the first entry by Juan Luis Bradley and relive some of the highlights with us. More to come soon! #SLAS2025 slasbristol2025.com/post/reflectio…

Happy July all 🌞 We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details.

The doctor will see you now! Many thanks to all those who’ve helped me on the research journey- looking forward to the next chapter! #PhDone

Really looking forward to what promises to be a fascinating series of papers next Wednesday at our online symposium. Would warmly encourage anyone to sign up and listen in!

We’re still looking for committee members for 2025/26! I’ve really enjoyed my time as president and would certainly encourage any postgrads to give it a go too SLAS Society for Latin American Studies

We're also delighted to invite you to our evening event with Color Sudaka, on Friday 22 August at Kings College London. Featuring two special guests, we'll be hearing and learning about folk music from across Latin America. Entry is free but please RSVP: forms.gle/h37xLmzHg5dhiR…