UF Center for Latin American Studies
Check out the latest news and events going on at the Center for Latin American Studies! Browse through our calendar of events and make plans to join us, read our blog for updates and highlights from the Center, and learn more about our annual conference and biannual newsletter, The Latinamericanist.
For Center event inquiries, please contact the Event Planner:
Kym Hodges
Email: k.hodges@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: (352) 273-4715
For help promoting an event, please contact the Communications Specialist, Christa Markley, at cmarkley@latam.ufl.edu with the following information (*required):
The Center for Latin American Studies hosts and sponsors a variety of events throughout the year, ranging from seminars, guest speakers, film screenings, concerts, and more. All of our events are listed in our Calendar of Events. To receive email updates of upcoming events, subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
The Center for Latin American Studies considers proposals to organize or co-sponsor faculty- and student-led initiatives from the University of Florida, as well as from other academic and cultural institutions. These initiatives include but are not limited to, conferences, lectures, invited speakers, community engagement, arts initiatives, and other events both on- and off-campus. If you wish to propose a speaker for one of the Center’s lecture series, you’re welcome to do so. We also accept proposals for a Spanish-speaking audience. Please check the LAS Event Calendar before submitting a request. Multiple events on the same day will not be considered for funding. All funding requests will have a response within 15 working days.
Catch up with the latest Center news, press releases, faculty and student spotlights, and more!
The UF Center for Latin American Studies' Annual Conference is held every spring. Past conferences have discussed the struggles for democracy in Latin America, alternative visions of development across the region, Indigenous peoples and cultures, ethnographic evidence and methods, religion and identity in the Americas, and more!
The Latinamericanist is the Center for Latin American Studies' newsletter. The newsletter is published every Fall and Spring semester and features the impact of the UF Center for Latin American Studies through the experiences and accomplishments of its students, faculty, and alumni.
