Center for Latin American Studies-Rutgers University

05/28/2026

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Interested in becoming a Vault Associate for the Americas? Deadline to apply is Monday, June 1st.

For advanced graduate students and postdocs: Apply now to be a Vault Associate for The Americas! Vault Associates receive a $1,000 stipend, an online subscription to The Americas, and join the Editorial Board for the academic year. They work with a mentor from the Editorial Board as they write their Vault collection, gaining valuable professionalization and mentorship experience while seeing a piece of their own scholarship through to publication on the journal website.

For further information, check out the first link in our linktree!

05/21/2026

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1 like. "85 Años CEH | Primera Conferencia Magistral - Alan Knight"

05/20/2026

https://lsri.rutgers.edu/douglas-s-massey/

Douglas S. Massey is Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University. His research focuses on Latino immigration, residential segregation, and Mexican migration

05/20/2026

Hacemos extensiva la invitación para asistir a la presentación de esta novedad editorial. 👇

05/19/2026

Online Event | Friday, May 29 at 1:30 pm PT

Popular Sovereignty vs. the Rule of Law: How Mexico's Incipient Rule of Law Caved under the Inertia of Narrative

Speaker: Alejandro Madrazo

More info: https://events.stanford.edu/event/popular-sovereignty-vs-the-rule-of-law-how-mexicos-incipient-rule-of-law-caved-under-the-inertia-of-narrative

05/18/2026

🎉 Huge congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Joyce Lu! 🎓✨

We are absolutely thrilled to share that Joyce recently defended her dissertation, “The Expert and the Healer: Trust, Public Health, and the Afterlives of Antibiotics in Guatemala.”

Her research dives deep into antibiotic resistance, examining how trust, medicine, and public health intersect in the western highlands of Guatemala.

Join us in celebrating this incredible milestone. Congratulations, Dr. Lu! 🥂

Find more here: https://clas.rutgers.edu/news-and-events/news-and-announcements/news-details/1395-joyce-lu-defends-dissertation-on-antibiotic-resistance-and-public-health-in-guatemala

05/17/2026

Please read and watch Boris Muñoz’s El País interview with María Corina Machado. Boris is a prominent journalist covering Latin America and a Rutgers PhD alum.

La Nobel de la Paz reivindica la celebración de elecciones para garantizar la soberanía de Venezuela

05/15/2026

Online Event | Wednesday, May 20 at 12:00 (Mexico City)

Las Aboliciones de la Esclavitud en Hispanoamérica y el Caribe durante el siglo 19

Speaker: Rafael Rojas, El Colegio de México

More info: https://uchile.cl/agenda/237520/seminario-las-aboliciones-de-la-esclavitud-en-mexico-y-america-latina

05/14/2026

Historias in Motion launched to carry selections from the Nueva York Chronicles into the city’s streets, creating its own modality of public encounter. This signature series unfolds across core Latinx neighborhoods through immersive walking tours, digital monuments, artist-historian collaborations, and zines.

Historias is an expansive citywide initiative that weaves scholarly research, oral histories, and cultural programming to re-center Latinx narratives in NYC.