UNC Charlotte Latin American Studies MA Program

12/13/2025

10/20/2025

Dear Colleagues and Friends
Marking another anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historias Podcast of SECOLAS is launching a miniseries produced by Dustin Walcher and Renata Keller, with assistance from Blair Rogers. This audiodocumentary takes listeners on a journey through twentieth-century history to understand the deep causes and lasting consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Over the course of six hour-long episodes, historians Dustin Walcher and Renata Keller interview today’s leading experts on Cuban history and inter-American relations. Most listeners will probably already be familiar with the traditional story of Kennedy and Khrushchev going eyeball to eyeball, but these scholars help us tell a new story that provides a critical Cuban and Latin American context for one of the most important events of modern history. In this episode, Dustin and Renata explain their goal for the audiodocumentary: to teach listeners about the Cuban context of the Cuban Missile Crisis. They speak with Lars Schoultz, Lillian Guerra, William LeoGrande, Carlos Alzugaray, Lorraine Bayard de Volo, Michael Bustamante, and Michelle Chase about the deep history of Cuba’s struggles for sovereignty that formed the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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08/14/2021

Just received this photo from May 2021 graduation. Congratulations, Class of 2021!

08/07/2021

Come to SECOLAS right here in Charlotte. The call for papers is up.

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11/27/2020

Now admitting students for Fall 2021! We will have at least two assistantships available for entering students applying by February 1. Please spread the word.

06/26/2020

We are still recruiting students to start September 2020. This fall, most classes in the M.A. program will be online, so it's never been easier to balance work and study in this program. Please stay safe, everyone!

03/30/2020

Best wishes from all of us at UNC Charlotte during this public health crisis. We remain open for business (remotely) during this difficult time and will continue to recruit our entering class until this summer. Spaces remain--please spread the word!

12/17/2019

We are off to a great start recruiting our 2020 entering classes; come join us in Summer and Fall to be part of our Class of 2022!

09/30/2019

Now seeking applications for Spring, Summer, and Fall. Check out what our graduates have been doing with their degrees:

DANIEL COZART - CLASS OF 2011 UNC Charlotte's M.A. in Latin American Studies program exceeded my expectations. My professors were specialists in a variety of fields, and they all took the time to meet with me and discuss my research interests and professional plans outside of class. In short, the pr...

04/27/2019

Still accepting applications for Fall semester!

03/01/2019

https://app.lacccharlotte.com/news/details/news-release-3-1-2019

JOB OPENING - LACCC DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIPS PROGRAMS The Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte is a non-profit organization that fosters the economic development and growth of the Latin American business community in our region. We are seeking for an energetic bilingual-bicultural individu...

01/19/2019

Currently recruiting our 2019 entering class for the M.A. in Latin American Studies! Please spread the word. Priority deadline for funding consideration is February 15, no GRE necessary!