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The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS) and the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) appoint outstanding scholars, scientists, and artists from Latin American research institutions to pursue their research projects for four months on-site in Hamburg and two months at Bielefeld University, Germany.
This call for applications for a fellowship at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study and Bielefeld University addresses interdisciplinary researchers with projects that shed light on political reactions,...
The Knowledge Laboratory “A Region on the Move: Accelerated Human Mobilities and Multiple Circulations in Latin America and the Caribbean”, of the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS), invites researchers to participate in the International Conference to be held from September 7 to 9, 2026, at the University of Costa Rica.
Human mobility appears as one of the defining characteristics of the accelerating dynamics of modern social processes. Circulations are multiple and involve the mobility of people as well as the flow of goods, materials, ideas, and knowledge. These...
The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS) and the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) invite outstanding scholars from Latin America and the Caribbean to undertake research projects for a total of six months—four months in Hamburg and two months at the University of Kassel, Germany.
This year’s fellowship focuses on contemporary authoritarian backlashes in Latin America. As in other world regions and against the backdrop of the rise of the far-right, anti-democratic political forces, achievements in the areas...
Programa de Servicio Social CALAS
El Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados (CALAS) es un instituto de investigación de la Red Universitaria. Tiene como actividades la organización de eventos científicos (presenciales y virtuales) como simposios, coloquios, conferencias, talleres. Además, tiene líneas de publicación y proyectos difusión como el podcast "Acentos Latinoamericanos".
El CALAS promueve investigación de excelencia en las Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades bajo un enfoque interdisciplinario, con el fin de hacerla visible internacionalmente y preparar la transferencia de...
Within the framework of the Knowledge Laboratory “Accelerations and transformations in the world of labor in Latin America and the Caribbean in global perspective,” the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) opens a call for up to 5 research grants lasting three to five months, to be carried out between August and December 2026, at the CALAS headquarters in Guadalajara (Mexico). The Knowledge Laboratory is part of the CALAS Program “Creating Horizons: Accelerations, Transformations, Emergences,” particularly the axis “Transformations”, that focuses on analyzing the global...
In his poem Concord Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson commemorated the beginning of the American Revolution, describing the first clashes between Patriot militias and British troops as “the shot heard round the world.” The proclaimed transnational impact of this world-historical event held particularly true for Latin America, where the 1776 Declaration of Independence was perceived as a guiding example by anti-colonial leaders such as Simón Bolívar, who, in his “Letter from Jamaica” (1815), celebrated the successful revolution as a liberation “from the shackles of oppression”, arguing that “the...
In his poem Concord Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson commemorated the beginning of the American Revolution, describing the first clashes between Patriot militias and British troops as “the shot heard round the world.” The proclaimed transnational impact of this world-historical event held particularly true for Latin America, where the 1776 Declaration of Independence was perceived as a guiding example by anti-colonial leaders such as Simón Bolívar, who, in his “Letter from Jamaica” (1815), celebrated the successful revolution as a liberation “from the shackles of oppression”, arguing that “the...
El Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados (CALAS, por sus siglas en inglés) convoca propuestas para coordinar dos "Plataformas para el Diálogo"; una ubicada en su sede regional Centroamérica y el Caribe en San José de Costa Rica, la otra en su sede regional Andes en Quito, Ecuador. La “Plataforma para el Diálogo” es un formato de colaboración para promover y fomentar la discusión interdisciplinaria, interregional e intergeneracional en relación con un tema delimitado. Es un evento académico pensado para un grupo de 15 a 30 participantes, y puede durar de dos a...
El Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Avanzados Latinoamericanos (CALAS, por sus siglas en inglés) ha abierto las siguientes convocatorias de becas de investigación en su formato “investigador(a) visitante senior”:
Una beca de investigador(a) visitante en la sede principal del CALAS en Guadalajara, México
Una beca de investigador(a) visitante en la sede regional Centroamérica y el Caribe en San José, Costa Rica
Las becas abarcan estancias en residencia de tres meses de duración en una de las dos sedes del CALAS. De acuerdo al programa de investigación del CALAS, se espera...
The Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is opening the call for applications to participate in the international conference “Horizontality: Knowledge and Education to Overcome Inequalities and Polarization,” to be held at the National University of San Martín, Buenos Aires, from March 17 to 19, 2026.
Objective of the Conference
Throughout history, education has been a central topic of debate and dispute, especially when it comes to responding to the challenges that societies face in different eras. Today, we are dealing with problems that, although seemingly...