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Modern Peru: A New History, edited by Professors Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara, has been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement.

'“Modest wise women”: Science in Porfirian women’s periodicals

Keynote speaker: Professor Lina-Maria Murillo (UT Austin)

Dr Enrique Castañón Ballivián has been appointed as Editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change, a high-ranking Q1 journal in Development Studies.

Three workshops took place in December, funded by the UCL Innovation and Enterprise Fund and the HEIF Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund.

We are delighted to share that Henry James, one of our PhD students, has published a thought-provoking article in The Atlantic titled “To Understand Today’s Left, Remember Daniel Patrick Moynihan.”

Congratulations to the UCL Institute of the Americas Masters students who have been awarded departmental prizes for the 2024-25 academic session.

The collaborative project, Reproductive Justice in Latin America, connects feminist scholars across regions to advance research and dialogue on reproductive rights and social justice.

We are launching a new initiative to map and connect the university's extensive expertise on the American hemisphere (encompassing North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America).

Paulo Drinot and Martín Bergel offer a renewed perspective on one of the most influential and controversial political movements of twentieth-century Peru

How fragile is José Jerí’s start in Peru—and why do presidents there seldom last?

A singularly panoramic perspective on Peru’s history

Released on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the official foundation of Operation Condor in November 1975, by Francesca Lessa and Uruguayan artist Sebastián Santana Camargo.

Plan ahead and join us for some fascinating talks and roundtables in this year's line up.

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