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Geoffrey Maguire @maguiregeoff.bsky.social · 8h

Join us @clascam.bsky.social for a one-day symposium on Visual Activisms in the Southern Cone. With talks from Nayla Vacarezza, Erika Teichert, Anna Corrigan; and a film screening of Piotr Cieplak’s (Dis)Appear.

1pm-7pm, Friday 21 November @cam.ac.uk.

Register below! 📸 🎥

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 8h

3️⃣ The next article in our latest issue’s special section is “Exploring the Limits of Indigenous Peoples' Resistance against Coca Cultivation and Drug Trafficking in Peruvian Amazonia” by Hernán Manrique López (KU Leuven).

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 1d

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 1d

We encourage contributions from: early-career and established scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences; activists, artists, archivists, and practitioners working at the nexus of memory and justice; and interdisciplinary teams.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 1d

We invite contributions taking these ideas as a point of departure for fresh analyses, creative interventions, and cross-disciplinary dialogue, as well as any other topics from the field of Latin American Studies.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 1d

Building on Cara Levey’s groundbreaking exploration of how collective memory shapes struggles for equity, this gathering will probe memory as a site of healing, contestation, and transformation across Latin America and its diasporas.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 1d

📌SLAS CONFERENCE DEADLINE EXTENDED📌

Dates: 9–10 Apr 2026 (@pilas-latam.bsky.social on 8 Apr)
Venue: @universityofleeds.bsky.social, UK
Abstracts (300 words max): Monday 20th Oct 2025
Notification of acceptance: Early-mid Dec 2025

MORE INFORMATION BELOW

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 4d

Our most recent issue is out!

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 5d

2️⃣ The next article of the Special Section is “Dissenting Implementation of Cannabis Policies in Mexico: A Strategy of Outlaw Resistance” by Luis Rivera-Vélez.

READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 6d

1⃣ The first contribution to the special section is Léa Lebeaupin-Salamon’s “‘Quanto Vale a Sua Vida?’: Individuals' Resistance Under Corporate Repression”.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 7d

Read the introduction by the guest editors Romain Busnel, Léa Lebeaupin-Salamon (CREDA, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle), and Luis Rivera-Vélez (Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Introduction: Navigating Criminalisation: Visible and Hidden Resistances in Dangerous Contexts

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 7d

🔖BLAR’s (44:4) SPECIAL SECTION🔖

Focused on mobilisation in dangerous contexts across Latin America, especially the ways activists navigate overlapping challenges of structural violence, state repression, and the increasing criminalisation of social protest.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 8d

🚨New BLAR ISSUE (44:4) is OUT NOW 🚨

The issue has a Special Section titled “Navigating Criminalisation: Visible and Hidden Resistances in Dangerous Contexts”, plus original articles and book reviews.

Check the table of contents and read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14709856...

SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 11d

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 12d

🚨BLAR's NEW ARTICLE🚨

"The Land of Language, the Language of the Earth", co-authored by Gabriela Milone and Franca Maccioni.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 13d

This is a REMINDER that our latest Special Issue is live now.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 14d

📊 BLAR continues to lead in Latin American Studies!

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 15d

🚨BLAR's NEW ARTICLE🚨

"Accusatory Whispers: Micro-Politics of Irreconciliation in the Peruvian Andes" by Dorothée Delacroix.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 18d

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 19d

🚨BLAR's NEW ARTICLE🚨

"Social Class and the Willingness to Have an Opinion and Politically Participate in Peru" by Mauricio Renteria.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 21d

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is a REMINDER that our latest Special Issue is live now.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 22d

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Bulletin of Latin American Research

<em>Bulletin of Latin American Research</em> is a Latin American studies journal publishing research of current interest on Latin America from all academic disciplines.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 22d

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 22d

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 25d

Discover what's driving the conversation in Latin American Studies! Explore BLAR's most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef data.

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