Latin American Centre

The Latin American Centre is the focal point at the University of Oxford for graduate student, post-doctoral, and faculty research on the region. Founded in 1964 by St Antony’s College, and an official UK centre in 1965, the LAC educates graduate students in history and the social sciences applied to Latin America. Over its five decades of scholarship the Centre's MSc and MPhil degrees have become among Europe's most prestigious and successful training programmes of its kind. The weekly seminar brings distinguished scholars from around the world to present their research on the region. It runs at least once per week during the teaching terms.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Latin American Culture and Politics in the 1960s: The View from Buenos Aires	Professor John King, Warwick University, delivers the annual Guido Di Tella Memorial Lecture 2015.	John King, Margaret MacMillan, Leigh Payne	25 March, 2015
Why the Sandinista Revolution mattered then (and now)	Professor Valpy FitzGerald, St Antony's College, gives a talk for the Latin American Centre series.	Valpy FitzGerald	19 March, 2015
Financial remittances, social remittances, and the state in Latin America	Dr Covadonga Meseguer, London School of Economics, gives a talk for the Latin American Centre series.	Covadonga Meseguer	19 March, 2015
Total war: Mexico and Europe, 1914	Professor Alan Knight give a seminar for the Latin American Centre series.	Alan Knight	19 March, 2015
Colombia: Peace and history	Malcolm Deas, University Lecturer in the Politics and Government of Latin America, University of Oxford and Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford (from 1966 to 2008). Gives a talk on Colombia: Peace and History.	Malcolm Deas	19 March, 2015
Closing Remarks	Leigh Payne (University of Oxford) and Enrique García (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America) give closing remarks for the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Leigh Payne, Enrique García	18 November, 2014
Closing plenary	Miguel Castilla (Former Minister of Finance, Peru) gives the final plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Miguel Castilla, Enrique García	18 November, 2014
Education reforms for the consolidation of the middle class	Leonardo Garnier (University of Costa Rica) gives the third talk in the fourth plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Leonardo Garnier	18 November, 2014
Education and the future of social mobility	Christian Daude (OECD) gives the second talk in the fourth plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Christian Daude	18 November, 2014
Political consequences of the new middle class	Ludolfo Paramio (CESIC) gives the first talk in the fourth plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities.	Ludolfo Paramio	18 November, 2014
How sustainable is the growth of the new middle class? Introduction	Leigh Payne (University of Oxford) introduces the fourth panel of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Leigh Payne	18 November, 2014
Middle class-based elite: the Costa Rican experience	Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (University of Oxford) gives the third talk in the third plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Diego Sánchez-Ancochea	18 November, 2014
The middle class and insecurity in Latin America	Pablo Sanguinetti (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America) gives the second talk in the third plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Pablo Sanguinetti	18 November, 2014
Happiness, protests and the emerging middle class from a comparative perspective	Carol Graham (Brookings Institution) gives the first talk in the third plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Carol Graham	18 November, 2014
The impact of the middle class introduction	Horst Grebe (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America) introduces the third plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Horst Grebe	18 November, 2014
The experience of Brazil in comparative perspective	Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida (CEBRAP) gives the third talk in the first plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida	18 November, 2014
Mobility, vulnerability, and middle classes in Latin America	Luis Felipe López-Calva (World Bank) gives the second talk in the second plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Luis Felipe López-Calva	18 November, 2014
The growing (but vulnerable) middle class in Latin America	Michael Penfold (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America) gives a talk for the second plenary of the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities Conference.	Michael Penfold	18 November, 2014
The emerging middle class: How many? Why? Introduction	Guillermo Fernández de Soto (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America) introduces the second plenary for the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference.	Guillermo Fernández de Soto	18 November, 2014
Opening plenary. The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America	Guillermo Perry (University of the Andes) gives the opening plenary for the The Emerging Middle Class in Latin America: Causes, Challenges and Opportunities conference. Chaired by Timothy Power (Oxford).	Guillermo Perry, Timothy Power	18 November, 2014
Welcome panel	Andrew Hamilton (University of Oxford), Enrique García (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America), Margaret MacMillan (St Antony’s College) introduce the Emerging Middle Class in Latin America Conference	Andrew Hamilton, Enrique García, Margaret MacMillan	17 November, 2014
CAF 2013 Report Presentation by Daniel Ortega: Enhancing Productivity in Latin America: from Subsistence to Transformational Entrepreneurship	On Thursday, 1st May, 5pm Daniel Ortega, Senior Research Economist, CAF Development Bank of Latin America Presented the CAF 2013 Report “Enhancing Productivity in Latin America: from Subsistence to Transformational Entrepreneurship”.	Daniel Ortega	12 November, 2014
Images of the United States in Latin America, 1850-1900	On March 7th, Professor Nicola Miller and Dr Adam Smith from the University College London gave a lecture on the historical relations between the United States of America and Latin America.	Nicola Miller, Adam Smith	12 November, 2014
Writing Rights in Early Latin American Constitutions	On February 28th, Dr James Melton from the University College London presented his recent findings of a research project producing a cross-national historical dataset of written constitutions.	James Melton	12 November, 2014
Rios Montt Trial	On February 21st, Dr Roddy Brett from the University of St Andrews discussed the consequences of the violence during the regime of Rios Montt. In spotlighting the recent trial, he explores today's post-conflict legacy.	Roddy Brett	12 November, 2014
Brazilian Post-Transisitonal Justice	On Februrary 14th, Dr Par Engstrom from the University College London gave a lecture on recent developments in transitional justice in Brazil.	Par Engstrom	12 November, 2014
Towards modular regionalism in Latin America?	Dr Gian Luca Gardini (University of Bath) gives a talk foe the Latin American Centre seminar series	Gian Luca Gardini	15 February, 2014
Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall	Professor Scott Mainwaring gives a talk for the Latin American Centre seminar series	Scott Mainwaring	15 February, 2014
Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform: Lessons from Brazil.	Dr George Meszaros (University of Warwick) gives a talk for the Latin American Centre seminar series.	George Meszaros	15 February, 2014
Challenging Frontiers: On the Making—and Unmaking?—of Latin American Nations (especially Mexico).	Alan Knight (St Antony’s College) gives a talk for the Latin American Centre seminar series.	Alan Knight	15 February, 2014
Civil Society 2.0? How the Internet Changes Politics and the Public Sphere in Cuba	Bert Hoffmann (German Institute of Global and Area Studies) gives a talk for the Latin America Seminar Series.	Bert Hoffmann	19 November, 2013
Conditional Cash Transfers in Bolivia: Origins, Impact, and Universality	James McGuire (Wesleyan University) gives a talk for the Latin American Centre seminar series.	James McGuire	19 November, 2013
Poverty, Growth, Structural Change, and Social Inclusion Programs: A Regional Analysis for Peru, 2002-2010	Mario Tello (Pontifícia Universidad Católica del Perú and CAF Visiting Fellow in Latin American Economics gives a talk for ther Latin American Centre seminar series.	Mario Tello	19 November, 2013
Guido Di Tella Memorial Lecture	Malcolm Deas gives the Guido Di Tella Memorial Lecture on 25th October 2013.	Malcolm Deas	19 November, 2013
The Political Economy of Remittances in Latin America	Roundtable discussion with Faisal Ahmed (Nuffield); David Doyle (St Hugh's); Isabel Ruiz (Harris Manchester); Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (St Antony's). Convened by Timothy Power.	Faisal Ahmed, David Doyle, Isabel Ruiz, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Timothy Power	23 October, 2013
The Chilean Coup of 1973, Forty Years On	Roundtable discussion with Alan Angell (St Antony's); Cath Collins (University of Ulster); Scott Mainwaring (University of Notre Dame). Convened by Timothy Power.	Alan Angell, Cath Collins, Scott Mainwaring, Timothy Power	23 October, 2013
Latin America in a New Global Economic Order: Towards a New Model of Development	Podcast from The Latin American Centre, University of Oxford; featuring Angus Lapsley, Dr Timothy Power, Professor Rosemary Foot and L. Enrique García.	Angus Lapsley, L. Enrique García, Timothy Power, Rosemary Foot	12 April, 2012

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