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UCL Americas promotes, coordinates and provides a focus for research and teaching on Latin America, the United States, the Caribbean and Canada.
50 Years from the Coup d'État in Argentina, 1976-2026
This roundtable brings together academics from different disciplines to reflect on the 50th anniversary of the most recent civic-military takeover in Argentina.
📅 11 March 2026
🕐 13.00
HYBRID EVENT
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Two students in a lecture. Text at the bottom reading "Postgraduate Open Event. Social and Historical Sciences. Sat 21 Feb 2026, 11:00-13:00
Fascinated by the history & politics of the Americas?
Whether you'd like to focus on
- International Relations
- International Development
- Latin America
- the US
Our Postgrad Open Day is your chance to explore our courses.
📍 In person
📅 21 Feb
Book now: app.geckoform.com/events-embed...
We're hiring! Lecturer in International Relations of the Americas. Permanent position, UCL Grade 8. Deadline: 1 March. Photo of 51 Gordon Square town house, home of the Institute of the Americas. UCL logo.
JOIN US: Lecturer in International Relations of the Americas
Deadline: 1 March 2026
View the full job description and person specification and APPLY NOW:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Campaigning and Counter - Insurgency in the Creole Archipelago - The British Struggle in the Revolutionary Caribbean.
📅04 Mar
⌚17:30
💻Online
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
🎙️David Lambert, Professor of Caribbean History and former Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick.
Join us for a fascinating talk on The Black Press in the Jim Crow Courtroom - Photography and Racial Injustice in 1930s African American Newspapers
📅04 Mar 2026
⌚13:00
📍51 Gordon Square
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
🎤 Dr Barnaby Haran , University of Hull
Chaired by Dr Kimberly Schreiber, UCL
New blog post: "Peasants, Bureaucrats, Archivists? The Living Archive of the Rondas Campesinas of Chota, Cajamarca" by Sandra Rodríguez Castañeda, written on a pale sage background with a headshot of Sandra.
PhD Student, Sandra Rodríguez Castañeda, discusses a project of archival recovery in northern Peru
Read the blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
#Peru #archives #research #phd #PhDLife #fieldwork
🌎Is This Latin America’s Century?
Inaugurating our new seminar series, “The Americas in the News,” Michael Stott, Latin America editor of the FT, will reflect on the region where he has spent the last seven years.
🗓️26 Feb 2026
⏲️17:30
📍UCL Bentham House
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
📚Join us for the book launch of a major new contribution to authoritarian politics, unveiling fresh evidence on how factional dynamics shape legislative power across dictatorships
✍️Author: Emilia Simison
🗓️25 Feb 2026
⏲️13:00 – 14:30
📍51 Gordon Square
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
New blog post: "Cuba’s Past, Present, and Many Possible Futures" by William A. Booth, written on a pale sage background with a headshot of William (Bill).
BLOG POST: Cuba’s Past, Present, and Many Possible Futures
William A. Booth, Lecturer in Latin American Studies @UCLAmericas, reflects on Cuba after attending a conference marking the 60th anniversary of the Tricontinental Conference.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
#Cuba #Venezuela
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
📌SLAS-Eccles Institute Conference Access Award📌
Up to four awards of £500 for SLAS members who lack institutional or personal sources of income to attend the SLAS Annual Conference.
⬇️
The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics & American Health since the Rights Revolutions of the 1960s
29 Jan 6:15–7:30pm
We welcome Prof Jonathan Bell @uclamericas.bsky.social, who will explore an emerging crisis in health care access through the lens of sex and gender.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Join the next session of the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice.
📅12 Feb, 1-2pm
📍51 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PN
Dr Rosamund Greiner joins this session to discuss:
"Environmental exposure, disability, and reproductive justice."
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
🌎 Coloniality in Kiskeya: organising on the Haitian-Dominican border
📅 11 Feb 2026
⏲️ 17.30 - 19.00
💻 Online
🎙️Aïda Roumer
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Power distribution in the borderlands between Dajabón and Wanament.
New blog post: "Walking towards Democratic Backsliding? Chile at a Crossroads" by Javiera Arce Riffo, written on a pale sage background with a headshot of Javiera.
BLOG POST: Walking towards Democratic Backsliding? Chile at a Crossroads
In this post, Javier Arce Riffo, PhD Student at UCL Institute of the Americas, discusses the recent Chilean elections.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
#Chile #elections #backsliding #democracy #authoritarianism
👇 Reminder
16.01.2026 10:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New blog post: "A Cure for Private Sector Corruption? Corporate Governance Codes in Peru" by ohn Lawrence, written on a pale sage background with a headshot of John Lawrence.
BLOG POST: A Cure for Private Sector Corruption? Corporate Governance Codes in Peru
Dr John Lawrence writes about his recently published book, "Take-Up, Resistance and Transformation of Corporate Governance Codes".
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
Roundtable: US intervention in Venezuela
Join leading specialists from diverse disciplines examine the effects on Venezuela, Latin America, US policy, and its implications for the global order.
📅 11 Feb 2026
⏲️ 13.00
📍 51 Gordon Sq
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
@paulodrinot.bsky.social
📚 Book Launch - Join Professors Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara, editors of Modern Peru: A New History
📅 28 January 2026 | 13.00 – 14.30
📍 In-person | 51 Gordon Square
🎤 Explore a sweeping account of Peru’s history with leading scholars
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
@paulodrinot.bsky.social
A timely piece written by Dr Pablo Uchoa:
The ‘Donroe doctrine’: Maduro is the guinea pig for Donald Trump’s new world order'
theconversation.com/the-donroe-d...
📢 UCL Institute of the Americas invites Expressions of Interest for:
✅ Wellcome Early Career Award
✅ MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
✅ Leverhulme Visiting Professorship
📅 Deadline: 27 Feb 2026
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
📚 Join us for an insightful discussion with Dr Ryan Cecil Jobson on his recently published book - a historical and ethnographic study of the fraught relationship between fossil fuels and political power in Trinidad and Tobago.
📅 21 Jan 2026 17.30 GMT
💻 Online (Zoom)
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
New blog post: "Policing in the Post-Colonial State: The Politics of Militarised Policing in Jamaica, 1962-1976" by Jacob Bright, written on a pale sage background with a headshot of Jacob Bright.
BLOG POST: Jacob Bright, a student on our MA Latin American Studies programme, writes about the research for his dissertation.
Jacob's dissertation was awarded the Elsa Goveia prize for the best dissertation on the Caribbean.
Read the post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
Why Chile Voted for Kast: Insights from Experts
José Antonio Kast marks the biggest rightward shift since 1990. Join our expert roundtable:
✅ What drove this dramatic turn?
✅ The issues that shaped the campaign
✅ Impact on Latin America
📅 21 Jan | 13:00 | In-person
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
New article
Second Coming: Donald Trump’s Reelection and Its Consequences by Professor Iwan Morgan.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
ICYMI - Dr Francesca Lessa wrote for @uk.theconversation.com a couple of weeks ago:
"Operation Condor: the secret system that terrorised exiled South American dissidents 50 years ago"
theconversation.com/operation-co...
🚨📺If you didn't make the event on 19 November, you can catch up now via our YouTube channel
WATCH: youtu.be/Ef36ZoviDdc
New blog post: "Lessons Learned from Fifty Years of Operation Cóndor" by Tom Hindley, written on a pale sage background with an image of the PlanCondor logo for 50 years after Operation Condor.
BLOG POST: UG student Tom Hindley writes about his takeaways from our recent event reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the official founding meeting of Operation Condor.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
New blog post: "Slavery in the British Empire and Its Legacy in the Modern World" by Steve Cushion, written on a pale sage background with an image of the cover of the book with the same title in the centre of the image
NEW BLOG POST
In this post, Steve Cushion, Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of the Americas, and a former PhD student of the department, reflects on his most recent book.
Read the post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blog/
New blog post: US aggression against Venezuela: a war foretold" written on a pale sage background with a photo of Pablo Uchoa in the centre of the image
Have you read our first blog post yet?
"Save for a total change of heart in Donald Trump, it is hard to see a reversal of the US military buildup off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast...."
Read the full post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
Join us next week for this special areas studies event with Prof. Rudra (Rudy) Sil, who will discuss the impact of qualitative research in an era of big data.
Co-organised with @uclamericas.bsky.social and @uclhjs.bsky.social.
🗓️ 8 December at 3pm
📍 UCL SSEES
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
