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Latin America Research Seminar (LARS)

About LARS

Research is the lifeblood of academia, just as evidence and analysis are the basis for sound policy decisions.  Georgetown faculty, visiting researchers and fellows, and doctoral students whose work focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean engage in fascinating inquiry on an array of topics, in myriad contexts, using a diverse set of research methods.  The CLAS Latin America Research Seminar (LARS) offers an opportunity for those scholars to share their research so that our community can learn about, celebrate, and promote their work.  

LARS meets several times each semester, on Wednesdays, from 12:30-1:30pm.  Lunch is served.  Please see the schedule below for details. Click the link here to sign up for CLAS Chronicles, the Center’s weekly newsletter, and receive important information on LARS events.

Participation in LARS

We encourage Georgetown faculty, visiting researchers and fellows, and doctoral students whose work focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean to capitalize on this opportunity to share, and get multi-disciplinary feedback on, their research. 

If you are interested in presenting your ongoing or recently completed research in LARS, please email Diana Kapiszewski (dk784@georgetown.edu) indicating (1) the month in which you would like to present; (2) the topic of your presentation. With regard to attending LARS, sessions are open to the entire university community and to the public.

LARS Presenter Guidelines

Presenters do not need to distribute anything written in advance, and there is no dedicated discussant.  Instead, LARS sessions are structured in the following way:

Upcoming Seminars

“The Greater Pampas: A Region of the Atlantic World in the Long Nineteenth Century (1760-1920)”

“ProPELAC Student Showcase”

Previous Seminars

“Disputed Amazon: Cattle Ranching, Land Grabbing, and Deforestation in the Colombian Frontier”

“Disparities in Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment in Latinas”

“Historieta Doble: A Graphic History of Participatory Action Research”

“Rethinking Small State IR with Relational IR Theory: A Case Study of Antigua & Barbuda”

“Health Impacts of Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon”

CLAS-Funded Research Showcase: “Redistribution and Coalition-Building: The Politics of Targeting and Universalism in Developing Countries,” and “Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Resilience in the Caribbean”

“Migrant Archives: Violence, Memory, and Displacement in Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive and Balam Rodrigo’s El libro centroamericano de los muertos”

“Indigenous Food Systems in Latin America and The Caribbean”