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The Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies is excited to announce that our annual conference will be held at the University of Ottawa, May 20-22, 2020.  The call for papers will be coming soon.

See all the things we did this year in our latest Annual Report.  

The Cholula massacre in October 1519 was one of the defining incidents in Hernan Cortes' conquest of the Aztec empire. This volume presents several prominent accounts of the Massacre (including a chapter by LARC Fellow Geoffrey McCafferty).

The Dialogue Advisory Group (DAG) is hosting LARC Visiting Fellow Adriana Rincón Villegas for a one-month fellowship in its office in Amsterdam.

The Latin American Research Centre invites nominations for graduate students in residence for the 2019-20 academic year. 

Former LARC Director, Dr. Stephen Randall was recognized for his career achievements during the Internationalization Achievement Awards. Congratulations!

The wealth from the oil industry became a crutch for the Venezuelan economy, says LARC's former grad student in residence, Jeanne Liendo. CBC Article

The inaugural fellow of the Naomi Lacey Resident Fellowship is history professor Hendrik Kraay, also a LARC fellow and former Director.

Chilean Senator and former Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, discussed democracy in Latin America at UCalgary. 

Watch the video HERE

LARC Fellow Hendrik Kraay and former Graduate Student in Residence Jeanne Liendo weigh in on the crisis in Venezuela. 

See all the things we did this year in our latest Annual Report.  

LARC is pleased to be supporting the 13th Annual Critical Geographies Conference to be held at the University of Calgary September 28-29, 2018. 

LARC Fellow and former acting director, Dr. Hendrik Kraay, will receive this year’s Distinguished Fellow Award from the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS).