Although the 19th century and specially the 20th century in Europe can be interpreted as an era of major interstate wars raised between the Nation-states of that particular continent, the 200 years of independent life of the Latin-American nation-states, and particularly the 20th century, are characterized by the series of interstate conflicts: civil wars, guerrillas, coups d´état and dictatorial-military governments.

The Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is characterized for an interdisciplinary collaboration between Social sciences and Humanities, therefore it has been proposed to carry out transdisciplinary lines of research through the continuous interaction amongst diverse topics: violence and peace, social inequities, ecological crises, identities, political change, etcetera. In order to promote this collaboration, CALAS has created a space where a series of convergences and divergences between humanities and social sciences.

The Southern Cone and Brazil regional headquarters of the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS), located in Buenos Aires, invites to participate with papers and collective debate in the Platform for Dialogue "Territories and identities in dispute. Poetics and politics from the South".

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).