CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Master Thesis Award in Latin American Studies

After three years of absence, the Latin American Studies MA Thesis Award is back!

Have you completed your MA thesis in 2024 or 2025 based on a Latin American case study or contributing to Latin American studies? Then you might be eligible to compete for the Latin American Thesis Award granted by CEDLA-UvA. The winner receives 500 euros. The runner up and third positions receive 200 euros each.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 1 APRIL 2026

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Master Thesis Award in
Latin American Studies

Have you completed your MA thesis in 2024 or 2025 based on a Latin American case study or contributing to Latin American studies? Then you might be eligible to compete for the Latin American Thesis Award granted by CEDLA-UvA. The winner receives 500 euros. The runner up and third positions receive 200 euros each. KNOW MORE

CEDLA LECTURE

Mapping the cattle supply chain in Brazil: Transparency and transformation through citizen science

This presentation will introduce the do pasto ao prato (in English, from pasture to plate): a citizen science initiative and app launched in 2021 to increase transparency in the cattle supply chain. By verifying the origin of meat products available on the supermarket shelf, the 9k users of the app, to date, have helped crowdsource a map of the suppliers of retailers across the country. KNOW MORE

NEW CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications for Slicher van Bath Fund

Managed by CEDLA, the scholarships fund activities such as archival work or library study, to be conducted in the year following the award. The recipient will receive 75% of the amount upon acceptance and
the remaining 25% upon submission and approval of a final report. Each year, at least four scholarships are awarded, with a maximum amount of €10,000 each. APPLY

VISIT OUR EXHIBITION

La Resistencia de Pirañas Crew: Women Street Artists’ Struggle to Obtain Gender Equality, Security, and Inclusion

This exhibition is created by photographer Lin Woldendorp and CEDLA PhD candidate Lieke Prins, portrays the feminist street art collective Pirañas Crew from Medellín, Colombia. With her lens, Lin has captured the artists’ resistance, the connections between the women, and their creative expressions in public space. Through intimate portraits of the women in their spaces of resistance, the exposition aims to represent the Pirañas and shed light on their ongoing fight for gender equality and security.

NEWS FROM OUR RESEARCH PROJECTS

Bachelor, Master and PhD

CEDLA has promoted Latin American Studies in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond. We do this by conducting and stimulating relevant and original research on developments in Latin America and distributing the results of this research internationally via academic education at BA, MA and PhD levels.

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NEW BOOK BY MICHIEL BAUD

Historia de un Sueño: Los Ferrocarriles en la República Dominicana, 1880-1930

El pasado 3 de octubre celebramos la presentación del libro “HDS: Ferrocarriles en República Dominicana”, de Michiel Baud, publicada por la Editorial Universitaria Bonó, tuvo una positiva recepción durante la Feria Internacional del Libro 2025 de Santo Domingo. Durante el encuentro, exploramos la historia del desarrollo ferroviario en la República Dominicana y su papel en la transformación económica y social del país.

La obra invita a reflexionar sobre cómo el ferrocarril marcó una época de progreso, cambio y desafíos para la nación. KNOW MORE