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Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean - Who we are

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CRoLAC is a network of over scholars from the humanities and social sciences working in and on Latin America and the Caribbean region. We aim at facilitating contact, collaboration and intellectual exchange between academics and practitioners based within and beyond Queen Mary.

CRoLAC hosts regular events with internal and external speakers, and we act as a virtual hub for opportunities, information and expertise relevant to the region. We place particular emphasis on hosting researchers, activists, policy makers and other practitioners. We also welcome engagement with external partners including social movements, journalists, political parties, learned bodies and NGOs.

Co-Directors

CRoLAC is co-directed by Dr Sam Halvorsen and Dr Holly Eva Ryan. Dr Halvorsen is a human geographer interested in grassroots politics and urban democracy in Latin America. His recent work has had a particular emphasis on the city of Buenos Aires. Dr Holly Eva Ryan is a scholar of International Relations, whose work sits at the intersections of art, popular culture and everyday political expression(s). She is currently developing a new research project that explores memory, imagination, and syncretic cultural production among diasporic and monitory communities with roots in Latin America and the Anglophone Caribbean.  

 

Honorary President

Professor James Dunkerley

Steering Commitee

  • SBM  - Jessie Sklair and Isadora Cruxen (joint representatives)
  • SLLF - Rachel Randall
  • SED - Paul Heritage
  • SEF - Felipe Gonzalez
  • Law - Alexis Nakagawa
  • SPIR - Rowan Lubbock

History - currently vacant: if you are a historian interested in joining our steering committee please get in touch!


Associate Members:
Dr Felipe Gonzalez (SEF)
Dr Pedro Souza (SEF)
Dr Valentina Aparicio (SED)
Dr Jessica Sklair (SBM)
Dr Paula Serafini (SBM)
Dr Kyla Sankey (SBM)
Dr Ana Laura Zavala Guillén (SoG)
Dr Javier Sajuria (SPIR)
Dr Rowan Lubbock (SPIR)
Dr Archie Davies (SoG)
Dr Sofia Collignon (SPIR)
Dr Molly Avery (History)
Professor James Dunkerley (SPIR)
Dr Adam Elliot Cooper (SPIR)
Dr Raffaele Bazurli (SoG/SPIR)
Dr Amber Marks (Law)
Dr Angela Sherwood (Law)
Dr Stefania Rainaldi Redon (Law)
Dr Thomas Macmanus (Law)
Dr Felipe Antunes de Oliveira (SPIR)


PhD Students:

  • Kinti Orellana Matute (SPIR)
  • Francisca Andrea Fernandez Merino (SPIR)
  • Laura MagheČ›iu (SBM)
  • Melisa Tatiana Slep (SoG)
  • Sofia Negri (SoG)
  • Victoria Leon-Porath (SPIR-SoG)
  • Deanna LynCook (History)

If you are interested in signing up and receiving regular updates on events and opportunities via our mailing list please get in touch with a member of the Steering Committee.

 

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