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Study in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leiden students can go to LAC institutions with which Leiden University has signed student exchange agreements.
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Leiden - Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the three priority areas of Leiden University, which was established by its Executive Board in 2014. The objective is to set up a comprehensive strategy over a five-year period. Leiden University works together with over 37 Latin American and Caribbean…
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EU Foreign Policy in practice: selected cases from Latin America
Both Europe and Latin America face challenges globally and at home. Conflicts over land and resources have been resurgent in recent years.
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Conditions for a successful interregional approach: the case of EU-Latin America
Analysing the EU’s interregional relations with three Latin American (sub) regions: Central America, Andean Community and Mercosur in order to create a set of conditions to explain the success/failure of EU-led interregionalism
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Furthering the fight against impunity in Latin America: the contributions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to domestic accountability
On 3 December 2019, Hanna Bosdriesz defended her thesis 'Furthering the fight against impunity in Latin America: the contributions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to domestic accountability processes'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. L.J. van den Herik and Prof. M.A.H. van…
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Leiden strengthens ties with Latin America and Caribbean
On 15 May, the ambassadors of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries were shown the highlights of research at Leiden University Faculty of Science. Furthermore, Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme awarded prizes to two young academics who conduct research in Latin America.
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Latin American Studies (BA)
Latin America is a region with an immense cultural diversity and a colorful, fascinating and sometimes complicated past and present. Get to know the culture, history and the Spanish or Portuguese language of Latin America and develop yourself into a valuable region specialist with a critical worldvi…
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Leiden strengthens ties with Latin America and Caribbean
Astronomical observations in Chile, research into native heritage or the treatment of eye diseases in Brazil - Leiden is researching a large number and a wide variety of different topics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Researchers and representatives from 20 countries met on 11 May in Leiden to…
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Latin American Studies (MA)
The master’s programme of Latin American Studies offered by Leiden University supports the teaching and research of the social, cultural, historical, and linguistic diversity of contemporary Latin America, a region of mind-blowing diversity and global impact.
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Latin American Studies (research) (MA)
The two-year interdisciplinary research master’s in Latin American Studies addresses cutting-edge debates on the social and cultural issues in present-day Latin America and the Caribbean region.
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Joren Selleslaghs
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Luscious Latin
Arts and leisure , Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Aad van Mastrigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Literature of Latin America
Valedictory Lecture
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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Pickpocket compounds from Latin to Romance
This thesis discusses the development in Proto–Indo–European, Latin and Romance of a word–formation pattern which the most adequate terminology in use dubs ‘verbal government compounds with a governing first member’; I use the shorthand ‘pickpocket compounds’.
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Stéphanie Noach
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik Bähre
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Roos Stolker
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña
Faculty of Humanities
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Koen Suidgeest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Archaeology of the Americas
In the master’s programme in Archaeology, you can follow courses on the archaeology of the Americas, deepening your understanding of this large region.
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Social Sciences in Latin America & the Caribbean
Conference
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Nationalism in Latin America and Africa
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Latin America Symposium on Big Data
Conference
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Archaeology of the Americas
The main research areas are the development of Amerindian societies and the impacts of colonial encounters in the regions around the Caribbean Sea. These are the nexus of the first interactions between the New and the Old World. The focus is on rewriting a crucial and neglected chapter in global history…
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Centre for Indigenous America Studies
The Centre for Indigenous America Studies (CIAS) at Leiden University is designed to coordinate and promote the teaching and research of Indigenous languages, literatures, cultures and cultural heritage.
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Delegation from Leiden University visits Mexico
A delegation from Leiden University will be visiting Mexico from 21 to 25 October. The visit aims to strengthen the ties between Mexican universities and Leiden University.
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Centre for Indigenous Americas Studies
The Centre for Indigenous America Studies (CIAS) at Leiden University is designed to coordinate and promote the teaching and research of Indigenous languages, literatures, cultures and cultural heritage.
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The Resurgence of the Human Rights Debate in Latin America
Lecture
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About the programme
Over the course of the Latin American Studies programme you will learn to understand the here and now of this region by engaging with the most recent academic debates.
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Reasserting America in the 1970s: US Public Diplomacy and the Rebuilding of America's Image Abroad
Reasserting America in the 1970s brings together two areas of burgeoning scholarly interest.
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Career prospects
Create a world of opportunities with a master's degree from Leiden University.
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Contact
For questions related to Leiden Latin American and Caribbean Centre, please contact Mara Constantinescu, the Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Argument structure, alignment and auxiliaries between Latin and Romance
On the 8th of May, Laura Migliori succesfully defended her PhD-thesis and graduated. LUCL congratulates Laura on this great result.
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Contacts
Main contacts for international activities
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Between Wanting and Needing to Compete: Political Parties in Overseas Districts
Lecture, Leiden Interdisciplinary Migration Seminar (LIMS)
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About
As a priority area of Leiden University, the current objective of the Region Group LAC is to map Latin America and the Caribbean at the University, to develop a more focused approach, to set up and implement new research projects, and to increase student and staff mobility.
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Manuscripts of the Latin Classics, 800-1200
This book explores the production and use of medieval manuscripts that contain classical Latin texts. Six experts in the field address a range of topics related to these manuscripts, including how classical texts were disseminated throughout medieval society, how readers used and interacted with specific…
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Understanding Medieval Latin with the Help of Middle Dutch
Magistri Symonis (?) Questiones secunde partis Doctrinalis Alexandri de Villa Dei First Critical Edition from the Manuscript with Introduction, Appendices and Indexes
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About the programme
Discover the newest insights from the scholars who uncover them.
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Beacons of Freedom: Slave Refugees in North America, 1800-1860
This project applies a social-historical approach to examine and contrast various groups of African-American slave refugees who sought freedom within North America between 1800 and 1860. It innovatively distinguishes between different “spaces of freedom” for runaway slaves, namely sites of formal, semi-formal,…
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Corruption and the current Political Turmoil in Latin America: Is there a Way out?
Lecture
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Research
Leiden University seeks to bring knowledge, academic top talents, and resources from Leiden and Latin America and the Caribbean together in mutually beneficial joint research projects that are content-driven, based on existing excellent research. Connecting research and researchers.
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Research
CompaRe aims to conduct and stimulate research on comparative regional integration in Europa, Asia, Africa and Latin-America.
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Xenophon: Anabasis Book III no. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
This is the first comprehensive commentary on a section of Xenophon's Anabasis in English for almost a century.
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Thomas Mareite
Faculty of Humanities
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The Brazilian Economy: Confronting Structural Challenges
The Brazilian economy has long been defined by its enormous potential. Over the past 30 years, some of this has at last been realised. Latin America’s largest economy has rapidly risen in global importance while poverty at home has declined. Yet, despite periods of progress, Brazil remains prone to…
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Delegation from Leiden University forges new links in Brazil
A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.
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Latin American and Caribbean delegation visits Faculty of Archaeology
The 4th Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) meeting was held at the Faculty of Archaeology on 20 November. Ambassadors and representatives from countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region met with the Leiden LAC region group to strengthen academic cooperation and discuss the internationalisation…