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Graduate Research Seminar

Please, note the change of room! Our first Graduate Research Seminar for 2012 will be held on Wednesday, January 25 from 4:00 to 6:00pm at LA211. Join us as we write dissertations, share readings, and chat about academic life! Please, register in the Events section of this website.

Divining the Event

Join us as we learn about Christian responses among the wounded survivors of El Dorado massacre in Brazil. Dr. Ashley Lebner will describe the latent millenarianism of Brazilian popular Christianity and critically engages debates regarding ‘events’ in the anthropology of Christianity and beyond. For more information, visit the Events section of this website.

Gendered Landscapes and the Politics of Time

Join us for our next LAS Luncheon Series event, as we listen to our very own Professor Edward Swenson talk about his field research in a lecture titled "Gendered Landscapes and the Politics of Time in Anciente Jequetepeque, Peru". Please, register to attend in the Events section.

New Office Hours for Winter

During the Winter term, Dr. Berenice Villagómez will hold office hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm., starting January 3rd. Stop by our offices in the third floor of the Larkin Building to say hello!

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Welcome to LAS at UofT

I am delighted to be acting director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Toronto for the academic year 2011-2012. We will continue to build on and contribute to foster a campus-wide enthusiasm and love for Latin America, its geography, its history, its culture and its people.

We will remain engaged in ongoing consultations and collaborative work across our vibrant community to promote, among other things, interdisciplinary workshops and renewed partnerships with leading academic institutions in Latin America and across the world, and to encourage new and existing ties with local, provincial, and national communities.

I look forward to continue strengthening LAS@UofT as a vital hub of knowledge about the region in Canada. We have an exciting array of events planned for this coming academic year and we are certainly hoping that you will join us.

Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos! Bem-vindos!

Ana María Bejarano
Acting Director 2011/12
Latin American Studies