Since its creation in early 1976, La Trobe University's Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) and its academic members have pioneered the study of Latin American society and culture in Australasia. Our scholars have paid particular attention to the study of Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, the Andean region (especially Colombia and Venezuela) and Chile, as well as to the comparative development of Australia and Argentina.

Call for papers

To celebrate our 40th Anniversary, we call for papers from Australian, New Zealand and international scholars working on Latin America and from a wide range of disciplines including (but not limited to):

history
politics
sociology and anthropology
archaeology
economics
language
literature and cultural studies
education
gender studies.

We are particularly interested in papers that follow in the footsteps of La Trobe scholars who have worked in such areas as:

Maya and Aztec archaeology
the history of culture contact in the conquest and post-conquest era
inter-ethnic relations in the colonial and national periods
Spanish and Portuguese colonialism
the Mexican and Cuban Revolutions
Latin American history
transnational approaches to the study of social movements
the political economy of development and underdevelopment
anarchism, socialism and communism in the Americas
US-Latin American relations
twentieth century Brazilian history
religiosities and social movements in Brazil
food and music in Latin America
the politics of democratization
constitutional and legal studies
human rights
Latin American literature and translation studies
Asian-Latin American relations.

However, we welcome papers in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

There will be a number of keynote presentations by distinguished scholars and writers. Confirmed speakers include Alan Knight (Oxford University) and a leading Latin American writer (details to be announced).

Papers may be submitted and presented in either English, Spanish or Portuguese, and these three languages will be the languages used in workshops and panels.

Submissions

We welcome submissions of individual papers, as well as complete panels (of three or four speakers). Please send titles and an abstract (maximum 250 words) to: ILAS40@latrobe.edu.au by May 30, 2016.