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Lecturer/SL at Aberdeen
A full time post in Latin American Studies is open at the Department of Hispanic Studies (School of Language and Literature), University of Aberdeen. For further details, see the website here. Closing Date: 27 Aug 2010

Essay Prize Winner 2010
Penny Miles of Cardiff University has won the 2010 SLAS Blakemore Prize for her essay “Brokering Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Chilean Lawyers and Public Litigation Strategies”. Congratulations to you!

New! Seminar Grant
Colleagues are invited to bid for the new Latin American Seminar Grant, envisaged to cover costs for a seminar programme in Latin American studies over one or two terms. The grant will be for £500. For further details click here.
Closing Date: 28 September 2010.

PILAS Annual Conference 2010
‘Whose Latin America? Shifting Perspectives on a Diverse Region’
16-17 June, University of Manchester

The conference Programme with full details of the panels, speakers and other conference activities is available here. Further details are available on our Annual Conference webpage [new window].

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SLAS Conference 2011 – St Andrews

The SLAS Annual Conference 2011 will be held at the Department of Spanish, University of St Andrews on 8-10 April.

Panel proposals are now welcome on any theme, period or country.
To propose a panel send an abstract (200 words) together with a provisional list of speakers, to the organisers: Professor Will Fowler wmf1@st-andrews.ac.uk and Dr Eleni Kefala ek30@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Deadline: FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 2010.

Enrique Dussel – SLAS Annual Lecture

The renowned Latin American philosopher Enrique Dussel will be giving the SLAS Annual Lecture at the University of Newcastle on the evening of Friday 29 October, 2010.

Venue and details to follow.

Annual Reports

The SLAS President’s report is attached here [Word]. Highlights include:

SLAS Conference 2011 to be held at St Andrews, 8-10 April.
SLAS Annual Lecture will be given by Enrique Dussell, 29 October 2010, University of Newcastle.
New scheme! Research grants for postdoctoral scholars, two grants of up to £1000, deadline 28 February 2011, details to follow.
New Scheme! Funding for a semester-long seminar series; one grant for ISA (London) and one grant open for competition at any UK academic institution.

The Treasurers’ report is attached here [Word] and the accounts are here [Excel]. Highlights include:

SLAS finances robust.
Most income generated by royalty payments for BLAR.
Grants budget for 2009 increased by £2,800 allowing SLAS to award more grants.

The BLAR Editorial Report is attached here [Word]. Highlights include:

Early View now fully operational.
Moving to electronic submission via Scholar One.
BLAR Book Series – two published this year, Mo Hume The Politics of Violence: Gender Conflict and Community in El Salvador and Keith Brewster (ed.) Reflections on Mexico ’68.

What is SLAS?

Excellent Research | Multidisciplinarity | Community
SLAS was founded in 1964 and is one of the leading Latin American studies organizations in Europe. We hold an annual conference in March/April, 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 >>