May 22, 2019 | Bolivia, Brazil, Latin America
By Aiko Ikemura Amaral (UFMG, Brazil), Philipp Horn (University of Sheffield, UK) and Desiree Poets (Virginia Tech, US) We are living in an increasingly urban world and indigenous peoples are no exception to this trend. In a context of urbanisation, indigeneity does...
May 11, 2018 | Brazil, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Dr Jessica Sklair (Stipendiary Fellow, ILAS) On 15th May, ILAS and Canning House will jointly host the event Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America: what potential for new global trends in the region?, bringing together practitioners from the...
Aug 29, 2016 | Brazil, LAC and the World
by Giselle Datz, Associate Professor of Government & International Affairs, Virginia Tech Paradoxically ritualistic and idiosyncratic, the Rio Olympics were set against a background of perplexing global and local dynamics which converge around the challenge of...
Mar 30, 2016 | Brazil, LAC and the World, South America
by Marília Arantes Moreira, Research Student, Institute of Latin American Studies I recently met up with Brazilian historian Luiz Felipe de Alencastro in Paris to discuss his latest article, “The Ethiopic Ocean – History and Historiography 1600−1975”, published...
Feb 2, 2016 | Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Latin America, South America
by Christine Anderson (Latin America Research Librarian) and Julio Cazzasa (Special Collections Cataloguer), Senate House Library On 23 February 2016, Senate House Library will be hosting “Thinking Inside the Boxes”, a series of talks about its extensive...
Apr 28, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, South America
by Mr Alan Charlton I was struck during my period as British Ambassador to Brazil (2008-2013) by the powerful contribution the UK had made to Brazil’s development. I was also struck by how little was known about this nowadays in both countries. These connections...
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