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The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS) in conjunction with the universities of Bielefeld and Kassel would like to announce a grant for the position of Visiting Professor from the CALAS Guest Chair Germany. The program is jointly organized by the Center of Interamerican Studies at the University of Bielefeld (CIAS) and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Kassel (CELA). The grant includes a stay of four months at both universities between April and July of 2023. As with the research program CALAS “...
La historia latinoamericana se ha caracterizado por sus altos y persistentes niveles de desigualdad. Frente a ello, la gran mayoría de las investigaciones académicas y de la gestión política han abordado el tema a partir del estudio, la medición y la intervención política sobre la problemática de la pobreza. Sin restar mérito a estos esfuerzos, es necesario señalar que muchos de esos enfoques han pasado por alto que la desigualdad es una categoría relacional y que, por tanto, la pobreza y sus efectos sociales son incomprensibles, de manera aislada, del estudio de la riqueza.
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CALAS - Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), from the Knowledge Laboratory: "The Anthropocene as a multiple crisis: Latin American perspectives", the civil association Welthaus Bielefeld e.V. (Germany), the Museum of Environmental Sciences (MCA) in cooperation with the Muestra de Cine Socioambiental, organized within the framework of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) (Mexico),
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CALAS – Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), from the Knowledge Laboratory: "The Anthropocene as a multiple crisis: Latin American perspectives", the civil association Welthaus Bielefeld e.V. (Germany), the Museum of Environmental Sciences (MCA) in cooperation with the Muestra de Cine Socioambiental, which is organized within the framework of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) (Mexico),
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La Cátedra de Literatura Española, Hispanoamericana y Francesa del Instituto de Estudios Románicos de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Friedrich Schiller de Jena ofrece una plaza de investigador asociado (m/f/d) (postdoctorado) para la línea de investigación CALAS "Identidad regional en crisis múltiples".
La plaza es a tiempo parcial (75% / 30 horas por semana) y para el período 1 de agosto de 2022 al 28 de febrero de 2025.
Cierre de la convocatoria: 31.05.2022
To foster international academic exchange and discussion, the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) calls for applications to organize a “Platform for Dialogue” at its headquarter in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Platform for Dialogue is a collaborative format to promote interdisciplinary, interregional, and intergenerational dialogue concerning a specific research topic. It is an academic event for a group of 15 to 30 participants and may last from two to five days. Financial support can be granted up to EUR 20,000. Each year, CALAS provides funding...
To promote transregional dialogue and exchange between researchers, the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is accepting applications for four dual research fellowship (up to six months each) inside its program “Transatlantic Tandem”, located one at each of its four centers located in Latin America:
Headquarters in Guadalajara/México
Regional Center in San José/Costa Rica
Regional Center in Quito/Ecuador
Regional Center in Buenos Aires/Argentina
Two researchers – one affiliated with a Latin American academic institution and the other one...
The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is accepting applications for six 4 to 8-month residence fellowship for highly qualified invited researchers in the following program lines:
3 fellowships located at the CALAS headquarters in Guadalajara, Mexico
1 fellowship located at the regional office in San Jose, Costa Rica
1 fellowship located at the regional office in Quito, Ecuador
1 fellowship located at the regional office in Buenos Aires, Argentine
According to the CALAS research program, applicants are expected to contribute to the...
The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is accepting applications for a 4 to 8-month residence fellowship for highly qualified invited researchers, located at its regional center Central America & the Caribbean in San José, Costa Rica. According to the CALAS research program, applicants are expected to contribute to the development of new methodological and analytic approaches to understand the changes and crises in Latin America. This may include a revision of Latin-American approaches, theories, and methodologies that deal with crises.
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No parece haber un tema que sea más del pasado que el de la reforma agraria. Este año (2022) se cumplen 70 años de la reforma agraria de Guatemala de 1952. Se trata de un aniversario que debería estar mucho más presente en la memoria de toda América Latina, pues se trató de un momento crucial tanto para Guatemala como para toda la región. Por eso, en esta Plataforma proponemos retomar el debate sobre el pasado, presente y futuro de la reforma agraria en América Latina.
La reforma agraria guatemalteca marcó un punto de inflexión para América Latina. Por un lado, el entonces presidente...