The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) is a center for research, teaching and discussion on Latin America at @Columbia University.

Joined November 2012
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Congratulations to our recent #MARSLAC Program graduates! 🥳 Get to know the cohort and learn some highlights of their Columbia experience on ILAS YouTube youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Learn more about the MARSLAC program >> ilas.columbia.edu/content/ma…
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📢 Call for Papers is open until May 30, with submissions in English or Portuguese for both academic research and experience-based reports. 📅 September 18–19 at @Columbia University, with the possibility of remote participation. 🔗 For more information: lnkd.in/dbaxFNxC
🚨Submissions for the Paulo Freire Conference 2026, which will bring together researchers, educators, and students for two days of discussions, presentations, and exhibitions on Paulo Freire’s work as a social technology applied to curricula, methodologies, and public policy.
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🚨Submissions for the Paulo Freire Conference 2026, which will bring together researchers, educators, and students for two days of discussions, presentations, and exhibitions on Paulo Freire’s work as a social technology applied to curricula, methodologies, and public policy.
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🚨NEXT WEEK! Foundations of Mexican Independent Cinema arts.columbia.edu/events/fou…

Foundations of Mexican Independent Cinema April 29 - May 1, 2026 📍 Lenfest Center of the Arts @ColumbiaSOA , Instituto Cervantes New York @IC_NewYork arts.columbia.edu/events/fou…
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🚨NEXT TUESDAY! Forced Migration in Latin America: Challenges and Creative Solutions Register >> columbiauniversity.zoom.us/w…
Displacement in a Changing World - Forced Migration in Latin America: Challenges and Creative Solutions April 28, 2026 5 - 6:30 PM 📍 IAB 802 columbiauniversity.zoom.us/w… @GlobalCenters @CGCRioCenter @CGCSantiago
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🚨NEXT MONDAY! Why do Mano Dura campaigns sometimes contain criminal organizations despite extensive scholarship showing that militarized policing and mass incarceration are counterproductive? Register >> events.columbia.edu/cal/even…

Paper Workshop: Mano Dura in Times of Democratic Backsliding April 27, 2026 12 - 1:00 PM 📍 IAB 802 events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
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Lawmaking under Authoritarianism in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain A ​Book Talk with author Professor Alejandro Bonvecchi April 22, 2026 12-1:00 PM 📍IAB 802 events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
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Pataxó Epistemologies: Territory, Nature e Ancestral Futures April 21, 2026 5 - 7:00 PM 📍IAB 802 lnkd.in/epkbMNXH A reflection on the formation of Brazil and the celebration of Earth Day through the ancestral knowledge of indigenous leader Arassari Pataxó.
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🚨UPDATE: Tomorrow's event will be in English Register>> events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
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🚨UPDATE: Tomorrow's event will be in English Register>> events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
🚨TOMORROW: Talk and Q&A with Dr. Samuel A. García Sepúlveda: Governor of Nuevo León Don't miss it!! events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
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🚨TOMORROW: Talk and Q&A with Dr. Samuel A. García Sepúlveda: Governor of Nuevo León Don't miss it!! events.columbia.edu/cal/even…

Talk and Q & A with Samuel A. García Sepúlveda | Constitutional Governor of the State of Nuevo León April 21, 2026 4 - 5:00 PM 📍IAB 802 events.columbia.edu/cal/even… This event is co-organized with the Mexican Students Association (MEXSA ) and will be held in Spanish.
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Talk and Q & A with Samuel A. García Sepúlveda | Constitutional Governor of the State of Nuevo León April 21, 2026 4 - 5:00 PM 📍IAB 802 events.columbia.edu/cal/even… This event is co-organized with the Mexican Students Association (MEXSA ) and will be held in Spanish.
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Displacement in a Changing World - Forced Migration in Latin America: Challenges and Creative Solutions April 28, 2026 5 - 6:30 PM 📍 IAB 802 columbiauniversity.zoom.us/w… @GlobalCenters @CGCRioCenter @CGCSantiago
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Foundations of Mexican Independent Cinema April 29 - May 1, 2026 📍 Lenfest Center of the Arts @ColumbiaSOA , Instituto Cervantes New York @IC_NewYork arts.columbia.edu/events/fou…
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Paper Workshop: Mano Dura in Times of Democratic Backsliding April 27, 2026 12 - 1:00 PM 📍 IAB 802 events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
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Lawmaking under Authoritarianism in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain A ​Book Talk with author Professor Alejandro Bonvecchi April 22, 2026 12-1:00 PM 📍IAB 802 events.columbia.edu/cal/even…
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🚨REMINDER Pataxó Epistemologies is happening next Tuesday, 04/21!! events.columbia.edu/go/Arass…

Pataxó Epistemologies: Territory, Nature e Ancestral Futures April 21, 2026 5 - 7:00 PM 📍IAB 802 lnkd.in/epkbMNXH A reflection on the formation of Brazil and the celebration of Earth Day through the ancestral knowledge of indigenous leader Arassari Pataxó.
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Pataxó Epistemologies: Territory, Nature e Ancestral Futures April 21, 2026 5 - 7:00 PM 📍IAB 802 lnkd.in/epkbMNXH A reflection on the formation of Brazil and the celebration of Earth Day through the ancestral knowledge of indigenous leader Arassari Pataxó.
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Professor Ben Orlove (@bsorlove) spoke to @BBC News about a change in #Argentina's environmental legislation: Congress approved a bill loosening the protection of its glaciers, making it easier to mine in #glacier regions.
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Our Tinker Visiting Professor @DaniCamp0will will present the paper "Green Rhetoric, Conservative Votes: Analyzing Brazil’s Agribusiness Caucus on Environmental Legislation" at The Kimuli Kasara Comparative Politics Seminar, @Columbia_PolSci April 8, 2026 12:30-1:45 PM 📍IAB 707
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