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The Institute for the Study of the Americas promotes, coordinates and provides a focus for research and postgraduate teaching on the Americas - Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States - in the University of London.
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Forthcoming events:
Wednesday 14 January, 17:00 - 19:00
From the "Paris of the West Indies" to the Antillean Pompeii: St. Pierre, Martinique, at the time of its decimation in 1902
John Cowley, Institute of Commonwealth Studies
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Thursday 15 January, 16:00
Minor League, Major Problems: The Case Against a League of Democracies
Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University
Organised by SOAS and the Institute for the Study of the Americas
Thursday 15 January, 17:30 - 19:30
Making a New Deal for Rural Workers: The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union and the Mississippi River Flood of 1937
Jarod Heath Roll, University of Sussex
Tuesday 20 January, 18:00 - 19:30
The Defence of Human Rights and the Right to Defend: Human Rights and Lawyers in Colombia
Sara Chandler, College of Law
Organised by: The Society for Advanced Legal Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas
Poster | Abstract and Bio
Wednesday 21 January, 17:30 - 19:30
Globalisation and the State: What lessons does the Latin American 'new left' offer?
Peadar Kirby, University of Limerick
Bio
Thursday 22 January, 17:00 - 19:30
A Precursor to Peace: Building Dialogue among the Armed Forces, Civil Society and ex-Guerrilleros in Colombia
Jennifer Schirmer, University of Oslo