CEDLA MASTER COURSE 2025-2026

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Explore key debates and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary Latin American Studies. This course examines crisis as both a challenge and a catalyst for change, offering new perspectives on conflict, resistance, and social transformation across the region. Grounded in current CEDLA research and weekly readings, it equips students with critical tools to understand Latin America today.

This course is an encounter with different disciplines, themes, scholars and authors. Each week has its own professor, literature and dynamics, confronting students with disciplinary differences in processing, evaluating and understanding knowledge production. Students have to attend all the meetings and are required to read the literature prescribed for each week prior to the class meeting.

CEDLA LECTURES

We’ll be back in September with a fresh series of CEDLA Lectures for 2025–2026

Last Friday’s CEDLA Lecture at Vox-Pop brought together a fantastic crowd for a compelling talk by Kate Maclean (UCL), with thoughtful reflections from Soledad Valdivia (Leiden). Thanks to all who joined us and stayed for a drink afterwards — it was a great evening to end the academic year on a high note. We’ll be back in September with a fresh series of CEDLA Lectures for 2025–2026. Until then, have a wonderful summer – and watch this space! MORE INFORMATION

MASTER COURSES 2025-2026

Introduction to Latin American Studies

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STUDY AT CEDLA

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.

MINORS

Start with our Minors

Minor Latin American Studies
Minor Global Justice

NEWS FROM RESEARCH PROJECTS

Investigating governance through b/ordering processes in self-help neighbourhoods

Interview met Joshua de Boer over zijn onderzoek in een migrantenwijk van de Colombiaanse stad Medellín op journalistiek platform La Chispa

CEDLA BOOK COLLECTION

The collection includes books and journals

The book collection will be available from the summer of 2025 in the new University Library of the UvA, also on the Binnengasthuisterrein, diagonally opposite CEDLA. In the meantime (August 2024 – August 2025), CEDLA books can be requested via the UvA library catalog and picked up and returned at one of the pickup points; please allow one or two days between reservation and availability.The new Latin American Studies acquisitions of the last three months are listed here

TIMELINE 1964-2024

Tracing the Centre’s history

This December brings the celebration of 60 years since the establishment of CEDLA to a close. Over the coming weeks, we will look back on key moments from these six decades, which are featured in an interactive timeline

CONTESTING URBAN BORDERSCAPES

Investigating governance through b/ordering processes in self-help neighbourhoods

New research project exploring the impact of migration on self-built neighbourhoods in Latin America, with case studies in Moravia, Medellín (Colombia) and La Carpio, San José (Costa Rica).

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