Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University

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...

@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.
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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...

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...

YouTube video by Razón de Estado TV 377. Dionisio y Eduardo Moncada: Entre el miedo y la esperanza. Razón de Estado

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...

Early Atlantic History & the Caribbean A discussion on the book: Transatlantic Bondage: Slavery and Freedom in Spain, Santo Domingo, and Puerto Rico. * Dr. Lissette Acosta Corniel * Dr. Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco * Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés November 18 5-6:30 PM 📍Casa Hispánica

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

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.

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...

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

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

Milei’s Tightrope Act Why the Argentine president will struggle to exploit his new mandate.

“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...

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...

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=...

Violence and Thriving Economies in Mexico flyer November 13, 2025 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM 457 - Schermerhorn Extension

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

How Housing Policies Shape Crime flyer November 12, 12-1pm IAB - Room 802

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...

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...

YouTube video by Urbana Play 104.3 FM "La elección de NY fue un voto CONTRA TRUMP y fue a FAVOR de LLEGAR A FIN DE MES" #DeAcáEnMás

"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

On Cobogós, Frames and Filters

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

Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth flyer October 29. 2025 4:10-5:10pm IAB - Room 802

⚠️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
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TOMORROW!! Register via zoom
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⚠️REMINDER: Register for our conversation on Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations

October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
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Argentina and Beyond flyer October 28, 12-1pm Zoom Webinar

⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!

October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
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This Friday and Saturday! Register here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

🔉 Next week events:
* 10/27: Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
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* 10/28: Argentina and Beyond
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* 10/29: Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth
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Happening this Friday and Saturday, don't miss it!
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On October 20th, this coming Monday we will have our event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto!