Apr 5, 2022 | Argentina, LAC and the World, Latin America, South America, Uncategorized
Image 1: A hyperreal depiction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Tierra Santa. Credit: Brigid Lynch By Brigid Lynch (CLACS) 23 March 2022 marked the second anniversary of the first UK lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown and the restrictions that...
Jan 31, 2019 | Argentina, Colombia, Latin America & Caribbean
Following our second highly successful literary evening organised with the Institute of Modern Languages Research and the award-winning Charco Press, we are delighted to release the recording of the evening’s discussion for you to enjoy again. An expert panel chaired...
Feb 1, 2018 | Argentina, Latin America
by Martina Rodriguez (Birkbeck student and member of the Argentina Solidarity Campaign) The violence unleashed throughout Latin America and the serious violations of human rights committed by authoritarian regimes in the region during the 1960s and 70s...
Nov 13, 2017 | Argentina, LAC and the World, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
by Dr Catriona McAllister (Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies, University of Reading) Ariana Harwicz’s novel Matate, amor is rebellious, energetic, and almost impossible to summarise. It inhabits a space between poetry and prose, offering an...
Oct 31, 2017 | Argentina, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
by Carla Torres and Daniel Ozarow The enforced disappearance of up to 30,000 citizens during Argentina’s last military dictatorship is world renowned. Having ruled the country between 1976 and 1983, the Military Junta was forced to call elections following a...
Mar 15, 2017 | Andean studies, Argentina, LAC and the World, Latin America
by Mercedes Del Río Ana María Lorandi died in Congreso, a district of Buenos Aires, on January 31st 2017 at the age of 80. First archaeologist, later historian, she pioneered the study of Andean Ethnohistory in the University of Buenos Aires following the radical...
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