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Dr Drinot comments on the potential threats to Peru's higher education system ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Keiko Fujimori.

The Society for U.S. Intellectual History awards Dr Cryer the Leo P. Ribuffo Dissertation Prize for ‘Walking the Tightrope’: John Hope Franklin and the Dilemmas of African American History in Action.

Dr Lessa testified as an expert witness for the public prosecution on 9 June 2026 before the Criminal Court of Neuquén, a city in the Southern Patagonian region of Argentina.

Now available to preorder from the University Press of Florida.

The new exhibition, a collaboration between the Museum of Memory and the UCL Plancondor.org Team, marks the 50th anniversary since the official creation of Operation Condor.

The article, 'Justicia reproductiva: Teoría y práctica en América Latina,' examines the the relationship between reproduction and social justice in Latin America

The UCL Institute of the Americas invites expressions of interest for prestigious early career fellowships

The reports focus on human rights and accountability in Latin America and the Caribbean

We are delighted to announce that several of our colleagues have been nominated for Student Choice Awards at the UCL Student Union!

With a third of voters undecided in the final days before the election, is Peru still open to a surprise contender?

Operation Condor: The Pact That Terrorized a Continent illustrated book will be available in English in May 2026.

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.