Newsletter
1. Call for up to 5 Research fellowships: Radicalism and Political Radicalization in Latin America: Democratic Challenges, Differences, and Transformation
Inside its Knowledge Laboratory “A Region in Motion: Accelerated Human Mobility and Multiple Circulations in Latin America and the Caribbean,” CALAS invites researchers to participate at an International Congress to be held September 7-9, 2026, at the University of Costa Rica. The Congress proposes to discuss phenomena related to multiple mobilities in present-day Latin America and the Caribbean. It is also interested in mobilities and transformative social and cultural processes in the past.
The call is already closed. Conditions can be consulted here.
2. Call for papers: Battles over the Horizon of Meaning: Power and Cultural Hegemony in the Face of Authoritarian Tendencies in Latin America and the Caribbean (Guadaljaara, November 26-28, 2026
In Latin America and the Caribbean, intense disputes are unfolding over emancipatory horizons of meaning that challenge power, against utilitarian frameworks that seek to legitimize it. These confrontations reflect tensions between authoritarian tendencies and struggles to control the meaning of power and its direction. This phenomenon is linked both to the rise of the far right at the national and international levels, as well as to current or potential authoritarian drifts in governments that identify as progressive or left-wing. This Platform for Dialogue invites reflection, both comparative or case studies from transdisciplinary approaches focused on Intellectual discourses and professional practices; The political operation of ideas and Struggles over common sense and beliefs..
The call is already closed. Conditions can be consulted here.