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May eNewsletter
The May SLAS eNewsletter is available online here.

SLAS Election Results
In the SLAS Committee Elections 2012, nominations were received for the posts available as follows:

Treasurer: John Fisher (Liverpool)
Secretary: Sarah Bowskill (Queens Belfast)
Ordinary Member (two years): Jens Hentschke (Newcastle)
Ordinary Member (two years): David Wood (Sheffield)
Ordinary Member (two years): Nina Laurie (Newcastle)
Ordinary Member (one year): no nominations
As a result, the named members were elected unopposed, for the term 2012-2014.

Manuel Barcia (Leeds) has kindly agreed to be co-opted onto the Committee to fill the vacancy for an Ordinary Member for one year until the elections to be held in 2013.

Remembering Steve Rubenstein
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you of the sudden and unexpected death of Dr Steven Rubenstein, Reader in Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. Full obituary and statement from Lucy Taylor, SLAS President, here.

Baroness Cousins statement to the Lords
In the Lords debate of 13th October 2011, Baroness Cousins defended the need for the provision of modern language degrees. The full text of her statement can be found here: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2011-10-13a.1870.1#g1889.0

REF consultation
Here is the response sent by Lucy Taylor (SLAS President) on behalf of the members during the recent consultation exercise. Copies of the draft documentation for panels C and D, as well as generic criteria, can be found on the HEFCE website here: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/pubs/2011/03_11/

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What is SLAS?

Excellent Research | Multidisciplinarity | Community
Founded in 1964 SLAS is one of the leading Latin American studies organizations in Europe. We hold an annual conference, an Annual Lecture and publish the Bulletin of Latin American Research (BLAR). We have around 400 members. While most are academics and PhD students, members also include diplomats, journalists, and research analysts from business and non-governmental organisations. More about us...

BLAR Book Series

Some of the most ground-breaking research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies emerges from multidisciplinary and collaborative endeavours which bring together people, ideas and perspectives. The BLAR Book Series provides an ideal space in which this kind of innovative research can be published. The series builds on the established international reputation of the Bulletin of Latin American Research which publishes primary research from a wide range of disciplines in Latin American Studies.

Publications in the BLAR Book Series:

Set the agenda for new interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary research on Latin American and the Caribbean.
Combine current critical theory with original empirical research.
Lead the field of innovative edited or multi-authored publications on pan-Latin America and Caribbean research.

If you are interested in submitting a book proposal, email the BLAR Editorial Assistant Ken Lestrange (blar@liverpool.ac.uk) to find out more. For further information on submitting proposals, click here. The editors are David Howard, Jasmine Gideon, Geoffrey Kantaris, Tony Kapcia and Lucy Taylor.