Annual Reports
2011
The SLAS President’s report is attached here [PDF]. Highlights include:
- SLAS Conference 2011 to be held at Sheffield, 18-20 April.
- SLAS Annual Lecture will be given at Glasgow (further information to come).
- British Academy has granted another round of JISLAC funding. Calls for seminar and postdoctoral grants will be forthcoming as a result.
- The new JISLAC funding will also allow the Handbook library portal to be completed. The Handbook brings together information on Latin American resources in libraries, degree courses and those academics actively working on Latin American subjects, throughout Britain and should prove to be a very useful research tool. An event is planned to launch the portal when it is completed.
The Treasurers’ report is attached here [PDF] and the accounts are here [Excel]. Highlights include:
- SLAS finances robust.
- Most income generated by royalty payments for BLAR.
- Under a new initiative, £500 each was paid to ISA / London and Manchester/Sheffield universities for the organisation of seminar series early in 2011.
- PILAS (Postgraduates in Latin American Studies) held a very successful Conference in Manchester, supported by a grant of £1,974 from the Society.
- Income exceeded expenditure in 2010, and the Society remains in good financial health as a result. This has allowed it to continue its particularly support of postgraduate activities with numerous and generous grants.
SLAS Elections
The following members stood for posts available on the SLAS Committee, to serve the terms 2011-2013:
- President: Lucy Taylor (Aberystwyth)
- Vice-President: Manuel Barcia (Leeds), Jens Hentschke (Newcastle), Caroline Williams (Bristol)
- Secretary: None
- Ordinary Members: Sarah Bowskill (Swansea), Victoria Carpenter (Derby)
As a result, Lucy Taylor is elected as President, and Sarah Bowskill and Victoria Carpenter as Ordinary Members of the Committee (with one vacancy).
Contested elections were held for the post of Vice-President, and Caroline Williams was elected to this post.
No members stood for the post of Secretary, but the current Secretary, Adrian Pearce (King's College London), has agreed to be co-opted back as Secretary for one year, until new elections in 2012.
The Committee thanks all those who for posts or took part in the Society’s elections this year.
The Committee also extends special thanks to two members leaving the Committee this year. Peter Lambert leaves after no fewer than twelve years’ service, as an Ordinary Member, President, and Vice-President, and having made a really outstanding contribution to SLAS over this long period. Polly Wilding also leaves after a two-year stint as an Ordinary Member, and having co-organised the 2009 Leeds conference.