Libros apilados CEDLA Researchers Prof Dr Michiel Baud Director of CEDLA (from April 2000 - January 2018) RESEARCH THEME: HISTORY Michiel Baud is Professor in Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He graduated in Contemporary History at the University of Groningen in 1982 and received his Ph.D. cum laude in Social Sciences at Utrecht University in 1991. From 1995 to 2000 he was Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Leiden. See more details at the personal page at UvA website +INFO RESEARCH INTEREST His Ph.D research was carried out in the Dominican Republic, where he studied the social history of a tobacco producing peasantry in the northern part of the country. In doing so he combined traditional historical documentary research with anthropological fieldwork techniques. After finishing his Ph.D he did research in southern Ecuador and North-Eastern Brazil. His current research interests are indigenista ideologies and their influence on present-day academic interpretations of the Andes, the role of ethnic movements in Latin American politics, the social history of Latin American borders, the analysis of Latin American modernity and the construction of collective memories in present-day Latin America. Confianza: Governance and Trust in Latin America and the Netherlands Valedictory lecture given by Michiel Baud, Professor in Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. 23 November 2018 Visitors of Latin America will often hear someone saying: Don’t worry, this person is “de confianza”, you can trust him! Or entering a friend’s house, he or she will open the fridge, or pointing to the kitchen, tell you: You can take what you want, “estás de confianza”. Often adding the customary phrase: “Es su casa!” These phrases exclaimed in so many different ways and forms; what do they mean? What do they say about Latin American society, about its social and human relations, about the meanings of trust? In the past decades, I have often pondered these simple questions, and the complexity of their possible answers. Today looks like a good opportunity to go deeper into them. KEEP READING

New CEDLA - UvA Projects We are happy to announce that the ERC Consolidator Grant proposal of Prof. dr. Rutgerd Boelens (CEDLA - UvA) has been accepted by EU Horizon 2020 “RIVERHOOD. Living Rivers and the New Water Justice Movements: From Dominating Waterscapes to the Rights of Nature” It is a 5-years project that will study ‘riverhood’ and ‘translocal water justice movements’ in Europe and Latin America. This project will be coordinated from the Wageningen University (WUR) with an strong bridge to CEDLA-UvA. The proposal counted also with invaluable inputs from many of the CEDLA's research team. We are specially glad because the proposal’s evaluation was graded as ‘excellent’ and ‘exceptional’. The project will start in Spring 2021. The project includes 4 fully financed PhDs and the means to develop, among other activities, ‘environmental justice labs’ in The Netherlands, Spain, Ecuador and Colombia, with a large number of grassroots, academic and policy-making partners. The total grant is 2 million euros. ABSTRACT: “RIVERHOOD will study, conceptualize and support evolving water justice movements that struggle for enlivening rivers. Notwithstanding rivers’ fundamental importance for social and natural well-being, around the world, mega-damming, pollution, and multiple forms of domesticating are putting riverine systems under great stress. Expert ontologies and epistemologies have become cornerstones of powerful hydraulic-bureaucratic administrations (‘hydrocracies’). Recently, worldwide, a large variety of ‘new water justice movements’ (NWJMs) have proliferated. These are transdisciplinary, multi-actor and multi-scalar coalitions. They deploy alternative river-society ontologies and practices, challenging hydrocracies’ paradigms to foster environmental justice. They translate global notions into local ones and vice versa. New, exciting strategies include, among others, New Water Culture and Rights of Nature notions. European NWJMs co-learn with peers in Ecuador and Colombia were rivers are legal and political subjects. NWJMs hold immense potential for contributing to a radically new, equitable and nature-rooted water governance, but are undertheorized, largely unnoticed by natural and social sciences, and excluded from policy-making. Science and policies lack approaches to engage with rivers as arenas of co-production among humans and nature. RIVERHOOD will develop a new analytical framework to study NWJMs and ‘riverhoods’. Through 4 cross-cultural PhD studies, 8 cases in Ecuador, Colombia, Spain and the Netherlands are investigated. At each site ‘Environmental Justice Labs’ will be organized: a novel approach to comprehend pluriversal water worlds and foster knowledge co-creation and democratization.” Rutgerd Boelens is Professor 'Political Ecology of Water in Latin America' holding a part-time special chair with CEDLA and the University of Amsterdam (Fac. Social and Behavioral Sciences FMG/GPIO and Fac. Humanities). He also works as Professor Water Governance and Social Justice at Wageningen University (Environmental Sciences Group, Water Resources Management), and is Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Peru and the Central University of Ecuador. He directs the international Justicia Hídrica /Water Justice alliance, engaged with comparative research and training on water accumulation, conflict and civil society action.

China’s Economic and Political Role in Latin America DOWNLOAD This report aims to answer the questions: How has China’s role in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region developed, and, especially, what have been the nature and impact of recent economic and political relations between China and Latin American countries, as well as perceptions and reactions in the region? This is the first of three reports prepared for the China Knowledge Network (CKN) . The research for and the production of the reports was carried out within the framework agreement for the CKN. The aim of the CKN is to promote strategic knowledge development about China for the national government of the Netherlands. Responsibility for the content and for the opinions expressed rests solely with the authors and does not constitute, and should not be construed as, an endorsement by the Secretariat of the China Knowledge Network and/or the commissioning ministries. This CEDLA report is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0 Licence ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright is retained by the authors. Recommended citation: Hogenboom, B., Baud, M., Gonzalez-Vicente, R. and Steinhöfel, D. (2022), China’s Economic and Political Role in Latin America (China’s Role in Latin America and the Caribbean, No. 1), Amsterdam: CEDLA–UvA. About the authors Barbara Hogenboom is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Director of the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA). She is Managing Editor of the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (ERLACS). Michiel Baud is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam and former Director of CEDLA (2000–2017). Previously, he was Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Leiden (1995–2000). Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente is Associate Professor in Political Economy at the University of Birmingham. He previously worked at the City University of Hong Kong (2012–2016) and the University of Leiden (2017–2021). He is Editor at The People’s Map of Global China. Diego Steinhöfel is Research Assistant at CEDLA–UvA. He previously worked at Brot für die Welt (2021) and at German Development Cooperation, GIZ (2016–2019). He graduated in Latin American Studies from CEDLA. ​ The authors want to thank Javier Corrales, Rogier Creemers, Juan Pablo Hidalgo, Kees Koonings and Karolien van Teijlingen for their insights, which have helped to shape this report. Design and Layout: Miren Zubizarreta. China’s Economic and Political Role in Latin America BARBARA HOGENBOOM MICHIEL BAUD RUBEN GONZALEZ-VICENTE DIEGO STEINHÖFEL PLEASE FIND HERE THE THREE REPORTS OF THIS RESEARCH: China’s Economic and Political Role in Latin America BARBARA HOGENBOOM MICHIEL BAUD RUBEN GONZALEZ-VICENTE DIEGO STEINHÖFEL China’s Economic and Political Role in the Caribbean and Central America MICHIEL BAUD BARBARA HOGENBOOM RUBEN GONZALEZ-VICENTE RENSKE PIN DIEGO STEINHÖFEL China's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean: Geopolitical challenges and the role of the EU BARBARA HOGENBOOM MICHIEL BAUD DIEGO STEINHÖFEL DOCTORAL THESES INAUGURAL AND VALEDICTORY SPEECHES CEDLA ANNUAL REPORTS PROJECT PUBLICATIONS

CEDLA - University of Amsterdam Education Programmes Master Latin American Studies Programme (MLAS) You will design your own research plan, do field research in this exciting region and become a critical academic. This program is research-driven, small-sc ale and internationally oriented. ​ Master Courses Discuss innovative practices by indigenous and other social movements in rural and urban spaces that o ffer new hopes for social transformations in Latin America. ​ ​ Minor Latin American Studies This minor focuses on the society, culture, politics and history of Latin America: a complex and multi-faceted region that is not always eas y to understand. Democratic and authoritarian tendencies exist side by side in politics, and often lead to surprising results and outcomes. Minor Global Justice Global Justice is deeply concerned with the societal crises of our times. It addresses distinct searches for justice as they relate to persistent power imbalances and social inequalities. ​ ​ Bachelor Courses Courses from our Minors Global Justice and Latin American Studies. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ LASP An interuniversity graduate programme dedicated to research and graduate education on Latin America in the Netherlands.

CEDLA Researchers Diego Galdo-González Lecturer Latin American and Global Studies RESEARCH THEME: SEXUAL HISTORY & CULTURES d.a.galdogonzalez@uva.nl Diego Galdo-González is Lecturer in Latin American and Global Studies at CEDLA. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with a BA in Sociology and a Research Master’s in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam. He has worked as a coordinator for the Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender & Sexuality and as a junior lecturer for the department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. RESEARCH INTEREST His research interests lie at the intersection of sexual history, sexual cultures, and urban studies in Peru. His RM thesis aimed to trace the history of marica and queer pleasure in Lima between the 1950’s and 1980’s. He has published articles in GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies and Argumentos, the journal of the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. FEATURED PUBLICATIONS Galdo-González, Diego. 2023. "The Ball of La Laguna: Class, Race, and Gender in a Mid-Twentieth-Century Cross-Dressing Ball in Lima, Perú." GLQ 29 (3): 353–385. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-10437236 Galdo-González, Diego. 2022. "Lima: Ciudad de Maricones." Argumentos 3(1): 65-73. https://doi.org/10.46476/ra.v3i1.124

Ouweneel, A. (2018). Resilient Memories- Amerindian Cognitive Schemas in Latin American Art Ouweneel, A. (2018). Resilient Memories- Amerindian Cognitive Schemas in Latin American Art CEDLA Researchers Dr Arij Ouweneel Oud-hoogleraar & Associate Professor (UHD), retired RESEARCH THEME: (PUBLIC) HISTORY, CULTURAL COGNITIVE STUDIES Arij Ouweneel is Associate Professor at CEDLA and was Special Professor of Historical Anthropology of the Amerindian Peoples at the Universiteit Utrecht from 1999 to 2004. He graduated cum laude in Social-Economic History at the Universiteit Leiden in 1983 and received his PhD cum laude in Social-Economic History at the same university in 1989. Over the past decade he changed from colonial history to contemporary public history and the cognitive cultural studies (psychology of art). See more details at the personal page at UvA website +INFO RESEARCH INTEREST Ouweneel’s current field of study is public history. This field studies the representation of history in the public sphere. One line of inquiry in this field regards film makers, painters, or cartoonists as public historians in their own right. This is the line that stands central in Ouweneel’s current research, analyzing source material from Spain, Germany, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. Theoretically, he tries to amend this work on public histories with insights from the cognitive sciences, especially the applied psychology of art. The essence of this is that in large measure information processing is mediated by learned or innate mental structures that organize related pieces of our knowledge. Because a narrative cultural memory is a specific cognitive schema, its parameters and elements can be identified analyzing artifacts. A specific focus of Ouweneel's investigations is on Amerindian history. He started his career writing about the self-confident position of Amerindians in Bourbon Mexico (Shadows over Anáhuac, The Flight of the Shepherd), but changed over the past decades to the history of the present (Terug naar Macondo, Freudian Fadeout, Resilient Memories). Recently he finished a manuscript on Frida Kahlo and the Intervening Agent, in Dutch and soon also in English. ​ SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2018 Ouweneel, A. (2018). Resilient Memories: Amerindian Cognitive Schemas in Latin American Art. (Cognitive Approaches to Culture). Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Press. Ouweneel, A. (2018). Contemporary Amerindian imaginaries and the challenge of intersectional analysis. In F. L. Aldama (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture (pp. 263-272). (Routledge Companions to Gender). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315179728 Ouweneel, A. (Accepted/In press). Outsmarting the Lords of Death: An Amerindian Cognitive Script in Comics. In F. L. Aldama (Ed.), Graphing TransIndigenous Comic Books Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 2015 Ouweneel, A. (2015). One Block at a Time: Performing the Neighbourhood. In C. Klaufus, & A. Ouweneel (Eds.), Housing and Belonging in Latin America (pp. 294-319). New York: Berghahn. 2012 Ouweneel, A. (2012). Freudian Fadeout: The Failings of Psychoanalysis in Film Criticism. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. Ouweneel, A. (2012). Us and Them: Researching Deep Roots of Andean Culture. In A. Ouweneel (Ed.), Andeans and their use of cultural resources: Space, gender, rights & identity (pp. 107-129). (Cuadernos del CEDLA; Vol. 25). Amsterdam: CEDLA. 2005 Ouweneel, A. (2005). The Flight of the Shepherd: Microhistory and the Psychology of Cultural Resilience in Bourbon Central Mexico. (CEDLA Latin America Studies; Vol. 93). Amsterdam: Aksant. 2004 Ouweneel, A. (2004). El debate Villalobos: Amerindios en McWorld. In Cruzando fronteras: reflexiones sobre la relevancia de fronteras históricas, simbólicas y casi desaparecidas en América Latina (pp. 147-181). Quito: Abya Yala. 2003 Ouweneel, A. (2003). The 'Collapse' of the Peruvian Ayllu. In T. Salman, & A. Zoomers (Eds.), Imaging the Andes: shifting margins of a marginal world (pp. 81-98). (CEDLA Latin America studies; Vol. 91). Amsterdam: Aksant. 2000 Ouweneel, A. (2000). El gobernador de indios, el repartimiento de comercios y la caja de comunidad en los pueblos de indios del México central (siglo xviii). In M. Menegus (Ed.), El repartimiento forzoso de mercancías en México, Perú y Filipinas (pp. 65-88). Mexico DF: CEU UNAM. Ouweneel, A. (2000). Representing the Core of Maya culture. In P. van Dijck, & E. al. (Eds.), Fronteras: Towards a Borderless Latin America (pp. 275-291). (CEDLA Latin America studies; Vol. 87). Amsterdam: CEDLA, University of Amsterdam.

Captura de Pantalla 2019-10-13 a les 20. 13998960230_4c9cde15b2_o.jpg 1604977952_c478b0f4af_o.jpg 2372997518_06186f1b3c_o.jpg CEDLA Researchers Dr Julienne Weegels Assistant Professor RESEARCH THEME: ANTROPOLOGY & CRIMINOLOGY T. +31-20-5253251 Julienne Weegels (Haarlem, 1987) is assistant professor of Latin American Studies at CEDLA as of August 2020. She is an ethnographer with a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology from the University of Amsterdam (2008), and an MA in Latin American Studies from the CEDLA (2009, cum laude). She obtained her PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam (2018, cum laude), working at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) and CEDLA. She is the current co-convener of the Anthropology of Confinement Network, founding member of the Red de Investigación Penitenciaria de las Américas (APRN-RISPA), and co-organizer of the Global Prisons Research Network. Between 2009 and 2016 she conducted 31 months of field research in Nicaragua with prisoners and former prisoners of three prison facilities. In 2019 she was visiting fellow to the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology’s Prisons Research Centre (PRC). See more details at the personal page at UvA website +INFO RESEARCH INTEREST Julienne is much interested in the politics of (dis)order and the entanglement of violence with governance. Her PhD research focused on Nicaraguan (former) prisoners’ experiences of imprisonment and the state and on their ‘performing’ of violence, governance, masculinities, and change. Simultaneously, however, it also sought to shed light on the development of Nicaragua’s hybrid carceral state and the intimate relation it projects between extralegality and the exercise of (state) power. This research culminated in the manuscript ‘Performing Prison: Power, Agency, and Co-Governance in Nicaraguan Prisons’. At present, following the 2018 anti-government protests, Julienne is conducting research on practices of (state) violence and authoritarianism in Nicaragua. This research project takes the key findings and material from her prisons research as its point of departure, combining it with new research on the changing practices and understandings of policing and confinement in Nicaragua today. In particular, it investigates the government’s strategies of repression and negotiation, as well as its crisis in legitimacy at the hand of its para-state organization, while also seeking to understand the protesters’ divergent claims to the state under the banner of 'justicia'. In doing so, it focuses on three areas: 1) the rearrangement of co-governance arrangements between powerful stakeholders, 2) the practices and claims to justice by groups of 'autoconvocados', (family members of) political prisoners and their associations, and 3) the state’s extralegal governance techniques (including torture and political imprisonment). Julienne is open to (co-)supervise MA/MSc and PhD projects in the areas of social/political anthropology and/or critical criminology (including prison and gender studies), on themes related to imprisonment, policing/crime control/criminalization, governance, corruption, violence, and/or gender/sexualities, from an ethnographic perspective and/or a regional focus on Latin- or Central America. Feel free to reach out for a talk. We are happy to announce that Dr. Julienne Weegels obtained a research grant from the new Kenniscentrum Ongelijkheid to work on an Amsterdam-based research project with Dr. Thijs Jeursen (Universiteit Utrecht), Restorative Justice Netherlands and the "Kenniswerkplaats Vrijheidsbeneming and Maatschappij" (knowledge-workshop for freedom privation and society). The project will run for 18 months and is about the ways in which social, spatial and legal inequalities are produced, mitigated and reinforced through the Dutch criminal justice system. From neighbourhood policing to reinsertion after prison time, we'll be looking at the full range of crime control-based state interventions in the living environments and lives of young adults from different socioeconomic backgrounds. "Het Ongelijkheidsbeginsel" is a word-play on the principle of equality before the law, spinning it to mean the principle of inequality instead. It is an interdisciplinary, practice-oriented project at the crossroads of urban and legal anthropology, critical criminology and carceral geography, aimed at pealing apart and fighting cumulative inequalities. ​ LEARN MORE ABOUT IT

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA 2024 Plazo de presentación de candidaturas 15 de abril Fondo Slicher van Bath de Jong: para promover el estudio y la investigación sobre la historia de América Latina El profesor Dr. B. H. Slicher van Bath, fallecido en 2004 y que en vida fue miembro de la KNAW – Real Academia de Ciencias de los Países Bajos – y profesor emérito de las universidades de Groningen, Leiden, Wageningen y Nimega, ha cedido por testamento al CEDLA un legado en su nombre y en el de su esposa J.P. de Jong, fallecida en 2009. El objetivo del Fondo es hacer avances en el estudio y la investigación sobre la historia de América Latina desde 1500 hasta 1940, proporcionando apoyo financiero para la investigación histórica de becarios (preferiblemente menores de 35 años). Podrán optar a esta beca los estudiantes que cursen estudios de historia y estén preparando su doctorado o hayan obtenido recientemente un título equivalente, y estén realizando trabajos de investigación que puedan ser verificados. Se requiere además que estén vinculados a una universidad de Europa o de América Latina. El término América Latina se refiere a la región que abarca los países de América en los que el español o el portugués son lenguas oficiales. La beca se destina a actividades de investigación, como la búsqueda en archivos o el estudio en diversas bibliotecas, que deben realizarse en el año siguiente a la concesión de la beca. El beneficiario recibe el 75% de la beca tras la aceptación de esta, y el resto después de que los resultados (p. ej. una publicación académica) hayan sido presentados y aprobados. Cada año, el Fondo Slicher van Bath de Jong ofrece al menos cuatro becas de investigación dotadas con un máximo de €10.000 cada una. ​ La selección de los ganadores de la beca será decidida por un Consejo Científico, compuesto por: Prof. M. Baud - CEDLA/Universidad de Ámsterdam Prof. G.J. Oostindie - Universidad de Leiden Dr. S. Valdivia Rivera – Estudios latinoamericanos - Universidad de Leiden ​ ​ ​ CÓMO APLICAR Fundación Slicher van Bath de Jong Las solicitudes pueden estar escritas en holandés, inglés o español y deben contener los siguientes elementos: ​ 1. Una descripción de su investigación, incluyendo la planificación y el presupuesto; especificar qué parte y para qué objetivo exacto se utilizaría la beca, si se concede (máximo 2000 palabras) 2. Un breve Curriculum Vitae (Résumé) 3. Una carta de recomendación, si corresponde, del supervisor de la investigación. Se espera que los investigadores acreditados con estas becas presenten sus investigaciones al CEDLA, compartiendo uno o más resultados de sus investigaciones, preferiblemente en forma de publicaciones. Todas las publicaciones como resultado de esta beca reconocerán el apoyo de esta beca. Las solicitudes pueden enviarse a secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl . También para más información póngase en contacto con secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl o llame al +31 20 525 3498 GANADORES DE LA CONVOCATORIA DEL 2023 Karolyna de Paula Koppke Cross the Atlantic and Rebuild Time: a Study on the Teaching of History for Architects in Two American Capitals [1854-1864] Carla Cisternas Guasch Exploring the Origins of Ad Hoc Advisory Committees: A Historical Assessment of Expert Commissions in Chile, 1890-1930 Christian Tym Whose Savagery? An Archival Investigation into the Shrunken Head Trade in Ecuadorian Amazonia ENGLISH DUTCH Biografía del Prof. Dr. B.H. Slicher van Bath ​ Bernard Hendrik Slicher van Bath nació en 1910 y murió en 2004. Contrajo matrimonio en 1941 con Jacoba Petronella de Jong (1918-2009). Slicher se formó como historiador y arqueólogo en Groningen y Utrecht. En 1945 se doctoró cum-laude en Ámsterdam en un tema de la historia jurídica de Drenthe: Mensch en land in de middeleeuwen. Bijdrage tot een geschiedenis der nederzettingen in Oostelijk Nederland (El hombre y la tierra en la Edad Media. Una contribución a la historia de los asentamientos en el este de los Países Bajos). Poco después fue nombrado Archivero Nacional en Overijssel, posición que aprovechó para seguir investigando la historia de la provincia, dando lugar a Een samenleving onder spanning. Geschiedenis van het platteland in Overijssel (1957) [Una sociedad bajo estrés. La historia rural de Overijssel]. Hasta 1970 estudió la historia rural de esta provincia y de otras partes de los Países Bajos y Europa. Los estudios de este periodo están incluidos en De agrarische geschiedenis van West-Europa (500-1850) (1960) [La historia agraria de Europa Occidental (500- 1850)], obra que indirectamente fue solicitada por la revista Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Este libro fue traducido al inglés, italiano, español, portugués y japonés, ganando así el reconocimiento internacional de sus investigaciones. Cabe destacar que fue profesor de Historia Económica en la Universidad de Groningen y Catedrático de Historia Agraria en la Universidad de Wageningen, dónde fue nombrado jefe de dicho departamento. Bajo su dirección, se inició en una serie de estudios sobre la historia socioeconómica de las áreas rurales en partes de los Países Bajos y otros lugares. Para 1950, había despertado en Slicher un interés por la historia de América Latina. En 1951 comenzó a dar clases en Wageningen sobre la historia del continente. Gracias a su posición de dos años (1967 y 1968) como profesor invitado en la Universidad de Chicago, finalmente pudo viajar por América Latina. Durante los siguientes años fue perdiendo interés en los estudios sobre la historia agraria y quería concentrarse en el desarrollo de un programa de investigación sobre América Latina. Este cambio en su investigación conllevó a su renuncia en 1972, dando final a 30 años de estudio de la historia agraria de Europa. Dos años más tarde fue nombrado director del CEDLA, donde trabajó en estrecha colaboración con el tempranamente fallecido Adriaan van Oss (1947-1984). Este fue el comienzo de los próximos 30 años de investigación científica, llevada a cabo sobre todo después de su retiro. Esta nueva etapa fue muy fructífera y dio lugar a la publicación de cinco de sus principales libros: Spaans Amerika omstreeks 1600 (1979) [Hispanoamérica alrededor de 1600], recientemente publicado en español (2010); Bevolking en economie in Nieuw-Spanje (ca 1570-1800) (1981) [Población y economía en la Nueva España (ca. 1570 a 1800)]; Real hacienda y economía en Hispanoamérica (1541-1820) (1989); Indianen en Spanjaarden: een ontmoeting tussen twee werelden. Latijns Amerika 1500-1800 (1989) [Indios y españoles: un encuentro entre dos mundos. América Latina 1500-1800]; De bezinning op het verleden in Latijns Amerika, 1493-1820: auteurs, verhalen en lezers (1998) [Reflexión sobre el pasado en América Latina, 1493-1820: historias, de autores, y lectores]. Fue nombrado Catedrático Extraordinario de Historia de América Latina en la Universidad de Leiden (1976-1981) y en la Universidad Católica de Nimega – ahora Radboud – en 1983 como Cátedra L.J. Rogier de Historia de América Latina. La obra con Van Oss se centraba en estudios historiográficos sobre América Latina. La investigación cuantitativa no se alejaba mucho del enfoque que tuvo Slicher en décadas anteriores sobre la historia rural europea. No obstante, ambos investigadores le dieron más fondo a la historiografía integral u holística, por lo que el contenido cubrió un campo más amplio que antes, que ahora incluía cultura, ciencia, arte, iglesia y religión, gestión y política. Su último libro, De bezinning op het verleden in Latijns Amerika, en el cual trabajó durante ocho años casi a diario, trata de trata de una interpretación de la historiografía de América Latina.

CEDLA Inaugural and Valedictory Speeches Brazilië als paradigma? Ontwikkeling, ongelijkheid en democratie in de ‘B’ van BRICS Uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar Brazilië Studies aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op donderdag 29 maart 2012 door Kees Koonings ​ Confianza: Governance and Trust in Latin America and the Netherlands Valedictory lecture given by Michiel Baud, Professor in Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. 23 November 2018 Water Justice In Latin America: The Politics of Difference, Equality, and Indifference Inaugural Lecture uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar Political Ecology of Water in Latin America aan de Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam op donderdag 21 mei 2015 door Rutgerd Boelens Minerals, Power, Imagination: Latin America and the World Inaugural Lecture / Rede uitgesproken ter gelegenheid van de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar Latijns Amerika Studies aan de Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam op vrijdag 14 juni 2019 door Barbara Hogenboom Minerals, Power, Imagination: Latin America and the World BARBARA HOGENBOOM Water Justice in Latin America: The Politics of Difference, Equality, and Indifference RUDGERD BOELENS Confianza: Governance and Trust in Latin America and the Netherlands MICHIEL BAUD Brazilië als paradigma? Ontwikkeling, ongelijkheid en democratie in de ‘B’ van BRICS KEES KOONINGS Barbara-Hogenboom-Inaugural-Lecture-Luisa-Machacon-Photography-22.jpg ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies CLAS Books Cuadernos Doctoral Theses Inaugural and Valedictory Speeches Project Publication Annual Reports MLAS Final Theses

Editorial CEDLA Publications CEDLA hosts the academic peer-reviewed open access journal ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe – that is published twice a year, in print and online. Scholars from all across the globe contribute articles to ERLACS that reflect substantial empirical research and/or innovative theoretical contributions with respect to major scholarly debates. In association with Berghahn Books, CEDLA also published the book series CEDLA Latin America Studies (CLAS), which consists of monographs and edited volumes. ​ The 'Cuadernos del CEDLA' series is meant to present research in progress and aims at the quick distribution of research results connected to the CEDLA research programme. In this way, it provides a forum for distributing and discussing ongoing research. In this section dedicated to CEDLA's publications you can also find: ​​ Doctoral Theses Inaugural and Valedictory Speeches Project Publication Annual reports ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies CLAS Books Cuadernos Doctoral Theses Inaugural and Valedictory Speeches Project Publication Annual Reports MLAS Final Theses

OPEN OPROEP 2024 Deadline voor aanvragen 15 april Slicher van Bath de Jong Fonds: ter bevordering van de studie en het onderzoek van de geschiedenis van Latijns-Amerika Professor Dr. B. H. Slicher van Bath, overleden in 2004 en bij leven lid van de KNAW – De Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen – en emeritus-hoogleraar aan de universiteiten van Groningen, Leiden, Wageningen en Nijmegen, heeft bij testament een legaat nagelaten aan CEDLA in zijn naam en die van zijn in 2009 overleden echtgenote J.P. de Jong. Het doel van het Fonds is de studie en het onderzoek naar de geschiedenis van Latijns-Amerika van 1500 tot 1940 te bevorderen door financiële steun te verlenen aan het historisch onderzoek van wetenschappers (bij voorkeur jonger dan 35 jaar). De studenten die voor deze beurs in aanmerking komen, studeren geschiedenis en bereiden hun doctoraat voor of hebben onlangs een gelijkwaardig diploma behaald en zijn aantoonbaar bezig met verder onderzoek. Verder is vereist dat zij verbonden zijn aan een universiteit in Europa of in Latijns-Amerika. De term Latijns-Amerika heeft betrekking op de regio die de landen in Amerika omvat waar Spaans of Portugees de officiële talen zijn. De beurs is bedoeld voor onderzoeksactiviteiten zoals archiefonderzoek of studie in verschillende bibliotheken die moeten worden uitgevoerd in het jaar nadat de beurs is toegekend. De ontvanger ontvangt 75% van de beurs na acceptatie van de toekenning en het restant na indiening en goedkeuring van een resultaat (bv. een wetenschappelijke publicatie). Het Slicher van Bath de Jong Fonds stelt jaarlijks ten minste vier onderzoek beurzen beschikbaar van elk maximaal €10.000. ​ De selectie van beurswinnaars wordt bepaald door een wetenschappelijke raad bestaande uit: Prof. M. Baud - CEDLA/Universiteit van Amsterdam Prof. G.J. Oostindie - KITLV/ Universiteit Leiden Dr. S. Valdivia Rivera - Latin American studies/ Universiteit Leiden HOE AANVRAGEN Aanvragen mogen in het Nederlands, Engels of Spaans worden geschreven en moeten de volgende elementen bevatten: 1. Een beschrijving van het onderzoek, inclusief de planning en begroting; specificeer welk deel en voor welk exact doel de beurs, indien toegekend, zou worden gebruikt (max. 2000 woorden) 2. Een kort Curriculum Vitae (CV) 3. Een aanbevelingsbrief, indien van toepassing, van de begeleider van het onderzoek Van onderzoekers die met deze beurzen zijn geaccrediteerd, wordt verwacht dat zij hun onderzoek presenteren aan het CEDLA door een of meer resultaten van hun onderzoek te delen, bij voorkeur in de vorm van publicaties. Alle publicaties als gevolg van deze beurs erkennen de steun van deze beurs. Aanvragen kunt u sturen naar secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl . Neem voor meer informatie ook contact op met secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl of bel +31 20 525 3498 WINNAARS OPROEP 2023 Karolyna de Paula Koppke Cross the Atlantic and Rebuild Time: a Study on the Teaching of History for Architects in Two American Capitals [1854-1864] Carla Cisternas Guasch Exploring the Origins of Ad Hoc Advisory Committees: A Historical Assessment of Expert Commissions in Chile, 1890-1930 Christian Tym Whose Savagery? An Archival Investigation into the Shrunken Head Trade in Ecuadorian Amazonia SPANISH ENGLISH Biografie van Prof. Dr. B.H. Slicher van Bath Bernard Hendrik Slicher van Bath werd geboren in 1910 en overleed in 2004. Hij huwde in 1941 met Jacoba Petronella de Jong (1918-2009). Slicher werd opgeleid als historicus en archeoloog in Groningen en Utrecht. Hij promoveerde cum laude in 1945 in Amsterdam op een onderwerp uit de rechtsgeschiedenis van Drenthe en werd niet lang daarna aangesteld als Rijksarchivaris in Overijssel. Hij gebruikte zijn aanstelling onder meer om onderzoek te doen naar de geschiedenis van deze provincie. Dit resulteerde in Een samenleving onder spanning. Geschiedenis van het platteland in Overijssel (1957). Tot 1970 zou hij werken aan de plattelandsgeschiedenis van deze provincie en andere delen van Nederland en zelfs Europa. Vrucht hiervan was De agrarische geschiedenis van West- Europa (500-1850) (1960), indirect geschreven op verzoek van de redactie van de Cambridge Economic History of Europe – een boek dat werd vertaald in het Engels, Italiaans, Spaans, Portugees en Japans en hem zijn internationale reputatie bezorgde. Intussen was hij benoemd als hoogleraar Economische Geschiedenis aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en leerstoel Agrarische Geschiedenis aan de Universiteit van Wageningen. Onder zijn leiding werden aan de Afdeling Agrarische Geschiedenis een serie studies over de sociaaleconomische geschiedenis van het platteland in delen van Nederland en elders op stapel gezet. Al in 1950 was bij Slicher de belangstelling voor de geschiedenis van Latijns-Amerika gewekt. Vanaf 1951 gaf hij in Wageningen colleges over de geschiedenis van het continent. Toen hij in 1967 voor twee jaar als gasthoogleraar verbonden was aan de University of Chicago was eindelijk de kans daar om door Latijns-Amerika te reizen. De regionale agrarische geschiedenis te Wageningen zag hij in toenemende mate als invuloefeningen die weinig meerwaarde opleverden. In feite wilde hij in die jaren definitief met dit onderzoek stoppen en een onderzoeksprogramma over Latijns-Amerika starten. Mede om die reden nam hij in 1972 ontslag – dertig jaar geschiedbeoefening in de agrarische geschiedenis van Europa was voorbij. Twee jaar later werd Slicher directeur van het CEDLA waar hij nauw samenwerkte met de jonggestorven historicus Adriaan van Oss (1947-1984). Het was het begin van de volgende dertig jaar wetenschappelijk onderzoek – grotendeels na zijn pensionering uitgevoerd. In deze productieve jaren publiceerde hij vijf grote boeken: Spaans Amerika omstreeks 1600 [1979], onlangs uitgekomen in het Spaans (2010); Bevolking en economie in Nieuw-Spanje (ca 1570-1800) [1981]; Real hacienda y economía en Hispanoamérica (1541-1820) (1989) [Koninklijke schatkist en economie in Spaans Amerika (1541-1820)]; Indianen en Spanjaarden: een ontmoeting tussen twee werelden. Latijns Amerika 1500-1800 (1989), en De bezinning op het verleden in Latijns Amerika, 1493-1820: auteurs, verhalen en lezers (1998). Hij werd benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar in de geschiedenis van Latijns-Amerika aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden (1976-1981) en aan de Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen (1983), op de L.J. Rogier Leerstoel, eveneens met de leeropdracht Latijns-Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Het werk met Van Oss had in het teken gestaan van een integrale geschiedschrijving van Latijns-Amerika. De gevolgde kwantitatieve onderzoeksmethoden weken nauwelijks af van de aanpak die hij in de voorgaande decennia voor de geschiedenis van het Europese platteland had gebruikt, maar omdat de twee onderzoekers streefden naar integrale of holistische geschiedschrijving werd inhoudelijk een breder terrein bestreken dan voorheen, nu met inbegrip van cultuur, wetenschap, kunst, kerk en religie, bestuur en politiek. Zijn laatste boek, De bezinning op het verleden in Latijns-Amerika, waaraan hij acht jaar vrijwel dagelijks werkte, gaat over de historiografie van de geschiedenis van Latijns-Amerika.

OLA: PhDs Network OLA is a network of PhDs researching Latin America and the Caribbean in Dutch universities. Together they create a series of academic activities, such as a monthly feedback session and annual seminars or forums. OLA provides peer-to-peer support for researchers, while also looking for building community among young scholars. OLA's monthly feedback sessions: are informal meetings meant to discuss the members’ work-in-progress dissertation chapters, article drafts, conference papers, research proposals, or other academic texts. We strive to create a productive and positive feedback environment among peers. Due to the interdisciplinary character of the group, there is ample space to exchange different theoretical and methodological vantage points. The meetings usually take place at CEDLA in the University of Amsterdam, but can happen in other cities and universities, according to the members’ needs and input. OLA's seminars and forums: every year or two OLA has one academic seminar or forum. Seminars are events where the network's members present their research findings to the broad academic community. While the forums are encounters where members internally share about methods and challenges, with the intention of finding common tools in the research about Latin America and the Caribbean. OLA'S other activities: besides academic activities, OLA's members get together for cultural and social gatherings. These are meant to create a bond among members while also relating their academic knowledge with the local cultures and cultural spaces. Examples of these are attending film screenings, and outings to visit other cities and universities. Contact: Currently OLA is chaired by Laura Ximena Triana and Luisa González . Please send them an email to contact the network or to join it. OLA does not have a membership fee.

OPEN CALL for 2024 Deadline for applications 15 April Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation for the advancement of study and research on the history of Latin America Professor Dr. B. H. Slicher van Bath, who died in 2004 and in life was a member of KNAW –The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences – and emeritus professor at the universities of Groningen, Leiden, Wageningen and Nijmegen, has bequeathed a legacy by testament to CEDLA in his name and that of his wife J.P. de Jong, who died in 2009. The aim of the Fund is to advance the study and research on the history of Latin America from 1500 to 1940 by providing financial support for the historical research of scholars (preferably younger than 35 years of age). Those students eligible for this scholarship are studying history and preparing for their PhD or have recently obtained an equivalent degree, and are verifiably working on further research. It is further required that they are linked to a university in either Europe or in Latin America. The term Latin America pertains to the region that covers the countries in the Americas where Spanish or Portuguese are the official languages. The scholarship is meant for research activities such as archival research or study in various libraries that is to be carried out in the year after the scholarship has been awarded. The recipient receives 75 per cent of the scholarship following acceptance of the award, and the remainder after a final report has been submitted and approved. Each year the Slicher van Bath de Jong Fund offers at least four research scholarships with a maximum of €10,000 each. The selection of the scholarship winners will be decided upon by a Scientific Board, consisting of: Prof. M. Baud - CEDLA/University of Amsterdam Prof. G.J. Oostindie - KITLV/ Leiden University Dr. S. Valdivia Rivera - Latin American studies/Leiden University HOW TO APPLY Slicher van Bath de Jong Foundation Applications may be written in Dutch, English or Spanish and should contain the following elements: 1. A description of your research, including the planning and budget; specify which part and for what exact aim the scholarship, if awarded, would be used (max 2000 words) 2. A short Curriculum Vitae (Résumé) 3. A letter of recommendation from the supervisor of this research Researchers accredited with these scholarships are expected to present their research to CEDLA, by submitting one or more results of their research, preferably in the form of publications. All publications as a result of this scholarship shall acknowledge this scholarship’s support. Applications can be send to secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl Also for more information contact secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl or call +31 20 525 3498 2023 WINNERS Karolyna de Paula Koppke Cross the Atlantic and Rebuild Time: a Study on the Teaching of History for Architects in Two American Capitals [1854-1864] Carla Cisternas Guasch Exploring the Origins of Ad Hoc Advisory Committees: A Historical Assessment of Expert Commissions in Chile, 1890-1930 Christian Tym Whose Savagery? An Archival Investigation into the Shrunken Head Trade in Ecuadorian Amazonia SPANISH DUTCH PROFESSOR DR. B.H. SLICHER VAN BATH ​ Bernard Hendrik Slicher van Bath was born in 1910 and died in 2004. In 1941 he married Jacoba Petronella de Jong (1918-2009). Slicher was educated as a historian and archaeologist in Groningen and Utrecht. In 1945 he received his doctorate cum laude in Amsterdam on Mensch en land in de middelleeuwen. Bijdrage tot een geschiedenis der nederzettingen in Oostelijk Nederland (Man and Land in the Middle Ages. A Contribution to the History of Settlements in Eastern Netherlands). He became Rijksarchivaris (head of the Public Record Office) in Overijssel soon after that. He made the most of this position by doing research on the history of the province. In 1957 he published Een samenleving onder spanning. Geschiedenis van het platteland in Overijssel (A Society under Pressure. Agrarian History of Overijssel). He continued to work on the agrarian history of this province as well other areas of the Netherlands and Europe until 1970. In 1960 he published the authoritative De agrarische geschiedenis van West-Europa (500-1850) (The Agrarian History of Western Europe, A.D. 500-1850), which he had written at the request of the editors of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe. It was translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese and brought him international recognition. He was professor of Economic History at the University of Groningen and Chair of Agrarian History at the University of Wageningen. Under his direction, a series of studies on the socio-economic history of rural areas in parts of the Netherlands and elsewhere was initiated. By 1950 Slicher had also developed an interest in Latin American history. In 1951 he began giving lectures in Wageningen on the history of the continent. His two-year position as guest professor at the University of Chicago (1967 and 1968) finally gave him the chance to travel in Latin America. The European regional agrarian history that he had researched for so many years became less and less interesting to him, now he wanted to begin a research programme on Latin America. In 1972 he resigned, and 30 years of studying Europe’s agrarian history ended. Two years later, Slicher became the director of CEDLA, where he worked closely with the historian Adrian van Oss, who passed away at a young age (1947-1984). This was the beginning of the next thirty years of scholarly research – much of which was carried out after he retired. In these productive years he published five lengthy books: Spaans Amerika omstreeks 1600 (1979) [Spanish America around 1600], and recently published in Spanish (2010); Bevolking en economie in Nieuw-Spanje (ca 1570-1800) (1981) [Population and economy in New Spain (ca 1570-1800)]; Real hacienda y economía en Hispanoamérica (1541-1820) (1989) [Royal treasury and economy in Spanish America (1541-1820)]; Indianen en Spanjaarden: een ontmoeting tussen twee werelden. Latijns Amerika 1500-1800 (1989) [Indians and Spaniards: an encounter between two worlds. Latin America 1500-1800]; and De bezinning op het verleden in Latijns Amerika, 1493-1820: auteurs, verhalen en lezers (1998) [Reflection on the Past in Latin America, 1493-1820: Authors, Stories and Readers]. He was appointed Endowed Professor in the History of Latin America at Leiden University (1976-1981) and at the Catholic University of Nijmegen – now Radboud – in 1983 as the L.J. Rogier Chair in the History of Latin America. His collaboration with Van Oss was centred on an integral historiography of Latin America. The quantitative methodology he applied was very similar to the approach he had used in the previous decades for his research on the agrarian history of Europe. However, because the two researchers now aspired to write an integral or holistic historiography, a broader scope was covered that included culture, science, art, church and religion, government, and politics. His last book De bezinning op het verleden in Latijns Amerika (A reflection on Latin America’s past), on which he worked almost daily for eight years, concerns an interpretation of the historiography of Latin America.

1/3 ​ Welcome to our new website! ​ ​ join us LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LASP ​ The Latin American Studies Programme (LASP) is an interuniversity graduate programme dedicated to research and graduate education on Latin America in the Netherlands. ​ COVID-19 IN LATIN AMERICA CEDLA blog series ​ CEDLA researchers and students have been developing several initiatives to assess and discuss the ways in which COVID-19 is affecting Latin American Societies. ​ CEDLA COURSES Education Programme 2020-21 ​ The courses are accessible for students of all Dutch universities and in some cases at a fee also for others interested. Find your courses here: BACHELOR COURSES - MASTER COURSES ​ EVENTS Las charlas del CEDLA ​ CEDLA has a broad and interdisciplinary offer in lectures. Our events are free and open to everybody. ​ ​ ​

CEDLA Master courses - Latin American Studies Introduction to Latin American Studies Course lecturers: prof. dr. J.M. Baud dr. F. de Castro dr. B.B. Hogenboom dr. C. Klaufus prof. dr. C.G. Koonings dr. A. Ouweneel dr. JHJ Weegels (co-ordinator) BLOCK 1 Course load: 6 EC This course introduces key themes and leading approaches and theoretical debates in contemporary Latin American Studies. As the region has recently entered a phase of aggravated economic, social and political conditions, we conceptualize crisis both as a barrier and a driver of transformation. Problems, tensions and polarization may enhance (latent) conflicts and power relations as much as they can trigger new forms of resistance, adaptation and collaboration, according to the social, cultural, historical, spatial and institutional context. MORE INFORMATION Approaches to Popular Culture in Latin America: Researching Heritage and Worldmaking Course lecturers: dr. C. Klaufus dr. A. Ouweneel (co-ordinator) dr. JHJ Weegels BLOCK 1 Course load: 6 EC This course discusses different ways to study popular culture. Far from being inclusive to all varieties, the following approaches are being privileged: cultural history, cognitive visual culture, cultural anthropology and cultural criminology. The term popular culture is nineteenth-century and was used to discuss — or in fact: dismiss — non-elite culture. A key issue in the discussions has been the (re)production of narratives of who people are and what they want to be, thereby acknowledging that their 'being-in-the-world' — or storyworld — is defined by heritage and histories of a birth place, hometown, ancestors, cemeteries or journeys. In people’s testimonies over time, new elements are woven into existing storyworlds, creating innovative ways of worldmaking. MORE INFORMATION Socio-Environmental Changes in Latin America: Power, Participation and Governance Course lecturer: prof. dr. J.M. Baud prof. dr. RA Boelens dr. F. de Castro (co-ordinator) dr. B.B. Hogenboom BLOCK 2 Course load: 6 EC Latin America holds large reserves of renewable and non-renewable resources and is a major global supplier of energy, metals, foodstuffs and environmental services. Historically the countries in the region have faced challenges in managing their natural resources in a sustainable, productive and equitable way. While some progressive governments have tried to change that trend, the intensification of extractive activities and related large infrastructure projects has led to a growing vulnerability and innequality. More recently, the region started to experience a new wave of right-wing governments who are explicitly moving away from social policies, human rights and the environmental conservation agenda. MORE INFORMATION Registration and Participation UvA students Students of the University of Amsterdam can register for our courses in SIS. For more information on registration for courses at the UvA, check here . ​ Other students Bachelor students that are enrolled at other Dutch universities can participate in our courses for free. These students should first register themselves as ‘elective course student Spanish Language and Culture’ at Studielink. For more information on registering for electives, please check here . ​ Others Others interested to participate in our Bachelor courses may attend the lectures of the course as auditor under certain provisions. Those interested should send an email to secretariat@cedla.nl , indicating their special interest in the course and a brief account of their academic background. Please note that students are given priority to register for our Bachelor courses. Any remaining spaces are available for others on a first come, first served basis. Those who have indicated their interest in the above mentioned way, will be informed of their registration two weeks before the start of the course. The cost for attending a Bachelor course is €150,- in total. Payment details will be made available once the student has been accepted to the course. ​ If you have any questions, feel free to contact the CEDLA secretariat. We are open on weekdays from 10.00 to 17.00 h. For the class schedule and examination dates please consult the timetable on rooster.uva.nl . Telephone: +31 20 525 3498 Email: secretariat@cedla.nl CONTACT US

CEDLA Latin American Studies CEDLA Latin American Studies About CEDLA ​ Since its creation in 1964, the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA), hosted by the University of Amsterdam, 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 and via academic publications such as the open access journal ERLACS . Based on a long history of multi-disciplinary research and studies in the fields of both Social Sciences and Humanities (including cultural anthropology, history, political science, human geography, sociology and economics), we increasingly apply interdisciplinary approaches in our projects and education. CEDLA’s library is considered one of Europe’s largest specialized collections of material on Latin America. The CEDLA institute is part of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam . We also have close ties with the UvA’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences as well as with Latin American Studies programmes and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad. CEDLA’s research pertains to the Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES), which stimulates cross-Regional Studies collaboration. For detailed reports of CEDLA’s activities see our Annual Reports on the years 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020, 2021 and 2022 . Academic Research CEDLA’s research focuses on present and past processes of societal change in Latin America. The CEDLA team has acquired external research funding from various agencies, including the NWO and the EU. In addition to conducting multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research, the Centre makes every effort to distribute the research results and stimulate both academic and societal debates on Latin America. This is done by writing (academic) publications, organising lectures, seminars and conferences, and working in conjunction with sister organisations in the Netherlands as well as abroad. Next to its team of researchers, CEDLA hosts a number of PhD students and fellows, and occasionally appoints temporary staff members for specific research projects. CEDLA researchers are involved in multiple research networks with Latin American and other international researchers and institutions. ​ Education Education CEDLA offers BA, MA and PhD courses and programmes. At the Bachelor’s level, the programme of Spanish and Latin American Studies (SLAS ) offers a special track in Latin American Studies. CEDLA also offers a broad range of topical courses on Latin America within the field of Social Sciences and the Humanities, which can be taken individually or combined into a minor in Latin American Studies . The minor and individual courses are also open to students from other universities. In the multi-disciplinary Master's of Latin American Studies (MLAS), students spend two to three months in Latin America to do research for their thesis project. The MLAS is part of the Latin American Studies Programme (LASP), an interuniversity graduate programme providing Master and PhD education, which is coordinated by CEDLA. In addition, CEDLA offers tailormade training programmes for professionals (e.g. to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs). ​ Publications CEDLA hosts the academic peer-reviewed open access journal ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe – that is published twice a year, in print and online. Scholars from all across the globe contribute articles to ERLACS that reflect substantial empirical research and/or innovative theoretical contributions with respect to major scholarly debates. In association with Berghahn Books, CEDLA also published the book series CEDLA Latin America Studies (CLAS), which consists of monographs and edited volumes. Library Library The CEDLA library has an extensive and in many ways unique collection of more than 80,000 books and hundreds of journals, as well as extensive archive material on microfilm, and many reference works and bibliographies. The library provides to all visitors an attractive opportunity to view, study, borrow, and copy material. The complete collection can be searched through the central catalogue of the University of Amsterdam. ​ Other networks and activities There is extensive and continuous contact at the research level with foreign universities and research institutes specializing in Latin American Studies. Within the Netherlands, CEDLA is a well-known platform and contact point for scholars, students, journalists, public and private institutions, NGOs and citizens with questions or plans with regard to the region. For instance, we provide space for the monthly meetings of the interuniversity PhD-student forum for Research on Latin America, OLA , and work together closely with our colleagues in the Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, NALACS . Furthermore, CEDLA offers support to two scholarship programmes for young scholars in Latin American Studies: the Prince Bernard Scholarships and the Slicher van Bath-de Jong Fund . ​ Our Objectives Our Objectives to carry out Social Science and Humanities (SSH) research on Latin America to further research-based teaching on Latin America to extend and increase knowledge about the societies and cultures of Latin America to collect books, journals and other materials relevant to the study and documentation of Latin America to foster the exchange and coordination of Latin American Studies in the Netherlands. ​ ACADEMIC STAFF Prof. dr. Barbara Hogenboom Director of CEDLA Prof. dr. Michiel Baud Prof. dr. Kees Koonings Prof. dr. Rutgerd Boelens Dr. Fábio de Castro Dr. Christien Klaufus Dr. Julienne Weegels Dr. Dana Brablec Dr. Gabriela Russo Lopes Diego Galdo-González Mirko van Pampus Beatrice Mosseri ​ ​ ​ Irene Arends, PhD, Head Secretary Bente van de Nes, M.A., Education & PR Bestanist Nin, M.A., Communication & Website Rebeca Fernández, PhD, Desk Editor & Edita Gerson Kuiper, M.A., Head Librarian Corina Kuiper, Library Assistant ​ ​ ​ Mirtha Lorena del Castillo Vincenzo Carbone Barbara Haenen Luisa Gonzalez Valencia Geraldine Lamadrid Guerrero Antonia McGrath Isa Mollinger Hannah Porada Lieke Prins Johann Sebastian Reyes Bejarano Tatiana Roa Avendaño Laura Ximena Triana Gallego Carolina Valladares Pasquel SUPPORT STAFF PhD CANDIDATES CEDLA NEWSLETTER If you would like to receive information about CEDLA’s latest courses, research, publications, events and other news, please sign-up to CEDLA’s news updates. We will not spam your mailbox, but send you a newsletter around twice per month. SUBSCRIBE

Prince Bernhard Scholarships We congratulate the winners of this year’s scholarships: Diego Galdo González: The Beautiful Archive: Gender, Class, and Queer History in the Beauty Salon (1950-2024) Mirko van Pampus: Depoliticisation and Repoliticisation of Socio-Environmental Conflict in Chilean Lithium Mining The Beautiful Archive: Gender, Class, and Queer History in the Beauty Salon (1950-2024), by Diego Galdo González The beauty salon is an establishment that fulfills a seemingly clear function in society. Hair grows, it falls, it changes in color, and it fades away. The salon acts as a space where hair gets cut, tinted, or otherwise cared for. The salon in Latin America, though, is no ordinary business. The salon constitutes a unique case of an institution that systematically employs queers or maricones, secures a degree of tolerance and respect that they are unlikely to find elsewhere, and grants them as a stable income, a daytime space of socialization, and regular contact with heterosexual female clients. Chilean writer Pedro Lemebel famously claimed that “behind every famous woman, there is always a couturier, a make-up artist or a hairdresser” practicing “the dance of the tarantula hands on her hair” (1995). The Beautiful Archive aims to observe, describe, and preserve the dance of the tarantula hands that countless maricones practiced in Lima’s beauty parlors between the 1950’s and the present by conducting oral history interviews with hairdressers and ethnographic fieldwork in salons, and placing both in an archive. Zooming into the space of the salon, this project asks: How do peluqueras represent, (re)produce, and epitomize the past and present of maricón culture in the beauty salons of Lima? Several sub-questions follow up from this inquiry: How did the peluquera and the salon change throughout the second half of the twentieth century? How do peluqueras give meaning to beauty salons? How does the salon operate as a living archive of maricón cultures and life trajectories in the present? This interdisciplinary project—situated at the intersection of history, anthropology, queer studies, and urban studies—addresses these questions by attending to the past and the present of the salon through the gaze of the hairdresser. ​ ​ Depoliticisation and Repoliticisation of Socio-Environmental Conflict in Chilean Lithium Mining, by Mirko van Pampus ​ The global transition towards a decarbonised energy system has dramatically increased the demand for raw materials, as clean energy technologies require large amounts of metals. This resource intensity of the energy transition involves inherently political questions on access, decision making, distribution and impact, and will intensify environmental and social tensions in regions of extraction. With its large reserves of copper, graphite, nickel, rare earth elements and lithium, Latin America will play a central role in fuelling the energy transition of the 21st century. Chile finds itself in a central position in this modern day ‘gold rush’, as it possesses over half of the world’s lithium reserves. While the government, the lithium companies and investors aim to reap the benefits of the current lithium boom, others fear degradation of the fragile ecosystems of the region and the further marginalisation of its communities. Although the lithium companies stress that everything happens within the legal framework of extractive legislation and that environmental impact is limited, communities complain of ecological and social disruption due to the large-scale groundwater extraction that is needed to produce lithium. This research project is part of a larger project that aims to analyse the underlying power dynamics behind the clash of narratives in the lithium debate. The central focus here are the processes of conflict neutralisation in this case, particularly by means of knowledge production around environmental impact and local social investment campaigns. Through a combination of documental research and interviews on location the strategies of and relations between different stakeholders are analysed. With this scholarship, I will go to Chile for a third visit and gather additional information for the publication of two articles of this research project. ​ May 28 Cheesecake, figs, and pinot noir. RSVP Now The Prince Bernhard Scholarships were established in 1991 by the Foundation “The Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Institute”, on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the late Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. The programme has also been financially supported by the University of Utrecht and CEDLA. Each year, depending on the amount of applications, one or two scholarships of 5,000 euros are awarded to promising young researchers from the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, or Latin America. ​ The scholarships aim to support innovative research carried out in the fields of economic, political, or cultural relations between the Netherlands/Europe and Latin America. Preferably, one of the scholarships will be awarded to a research proposal in the field of sustainability. The proposed sustainability research project should ideally be related to social, legal, economic or environmental aspects of the following topics: Climate change, Biological mechanisms and changes, Energy for sustainable development, Land use dynamics and land use planning, Ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation. ​ SELECTION The selection of the scholarship winners will be decided upon by a Scientific Board, consisting of: Dr. Christien Klaufus (CEDLA/University of Amsterdam), Chair Carolina Valladares (PhD candidate, CEDLA) Prof. dr. Patricio Silva (Leiden University) Dr. Gery Nijenhuis (Utrecht University) Prof. dr. Kees Koonings (University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University) The research proposals will be evaluated on scientific relevance, its innovative aspects, the research method and planning and its feasibility. The scholarships will be officially awarded by Prince Bernard’s grandson, Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme, during an award ceremony that will be scheduled in May 2024. ​ CEREMONY The ceremony will be attended by the Board of the Foundation, as well as by the members of the Scientific Board, authorities of CEDLA, and the ambassadors of Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal. During this ceremony the winners of the Prince Bernhard Scholarships are expected to give a short presentation on their research project. For further questions please contact CEDLA’s secretariat at secretariaat-cedla@uva.nl or +31 20 525 3498. PRINCE BERNHARD SCHOLARSHIPS WINNERS ​ 2012 2016 2013 2017 2014 2018 2015 2019 ​ 2020 2021 2023

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China’s Economic and Political Role in the Caribbean and Central America DOWNLOAD This is the second report in a series of three studies into the economic and political influence of China in Latin American and the Caribbean, and the implications for the region’s relations with Europe and the US. The report presents the findings of our research about the Chinese presence in the Caribbean Basin: the Caribbean and Central America, including the Caribbean coast of South America and the Guyanas. This is the second of three reports prepared for the China Knowledge Network (CKN) . The research for and the production of the reports was carried out within the framework agreement for the CKN. The aim of the CKN is to promote strategic knowledge development about China for the national government of the Netherlands. Responsibility for the content and for the opinions expressed rests solely with the authors and does not constitute, and should not be construed as, an endorsement by the Secretariat of the China Knowledge Network and/or the commissioning ministries. This CEDLA report is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0 Licence ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright is retained by the authors. Recommended citation: Baud, M., Hogenboom, B., Gonzalez-Vicente, R., Pin, R. and Steinhöfel, D. (2022), China’s Economic and Political Role in the Caribbean and Central America (China’s Role in Latin America and the Caribbean, No. 2), Amsterdam: CEDLA–UvA. About the authors Barbara Hogenboom is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Director of the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA). She is Managing Editor of the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (ERLACS). Michiel Baud is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam and former Director of CEDLA (2000–2017). Previously, he was Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Leiden (1995–2000). Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente is Associate Professor in Political Economy at the University of Birmingham. He previously worked at the City University of Hong Kong (2012–2016) and the University of Leiden (2017–2021). He is Editor at The People’s Map of Global China. Diego Steinhöfel is Research Assistant at CEDLA–UvA. He previously worked at Brot für die Welt (2021) and at German Development Cooperation, GIZ (2016–2019). He graduated in Latin American Studies from CEDLA. Renske Pin was raised in Curaçao. She works as an independent researcher for, and with, various knowledge institutes in the Caribbean region and founded RE-Quest Research & Consultancy. She worked as an Associated Professor at the University of the Netherlands Antilles and has a MSc diploma in Communication Sciences and a PhD in Behavioural Sciences. The authors want to thank Glenn Thodé, Erwin Arkenbout, Iris Monnereau, Paul Tsjon sie Fat, Ranu Abhelakh, Gert Oostindie and all the interviewees in Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten for their insights, which have helped to shape this report. Design and Layout: Miren Zubizarreta. China’s Economic and Political Role in the Caribbean MICHIEL BAUD BARBARA HOGENBOOM RUBEN GONZALEZ-VICENTE RENSKE PIN DIEGO STEINHÖFEL PLEASE FIND HERE THE THREE REPORTS OF THIS RESEARCH: China’s Economic and Political Role in Latin America BARBARA HOGENBOOM MICHIEL BAUD RUBEN GONZALEZ-VICENTE DIEGO STEINHÖFEL China’s Economic and Political Role in the Caribbean and Central America MICHIEL BAUD BARBARA HOGENBOOM RUBEN GONZALEZ-VICENTE RENSKE PIN DIEGO STEINHÖFEL China's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean: Geopolitical challenges and the role of the EU BARBARA HOGENBOOM MICHIEL BAUD DIEGO STEINHÖFEL DOCTORAL THESES INAUGURAL AND VALEDICTORY SPEECHES CEDLA ANNUAL REPORTS PROJECT PUBLICATIONS

MAY 21 More money, more crime: A theory on rising crime in Latin America Prof. Marcelo Bergman , Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Argentina ​ In this lecture and his new book, Professor Bergman addresses the rapid rise of crime and violence in Latin America over the last decades, and offers an explanation to a striking paradox: In the midst of poverty reduction, economic growth, and democratization, crime rose in the eighteen countries of the region. Drawing from large data sets collected specifically for this project, he argues that crime has risen because it has become a profitable industry, and because weak states and outdated criminal justice systems have been unable to withstand the challenge posed by these new criminal enterprises. Prosperity has actually enhanced consumer demand for illicit goods fueling the growth of secondary and illegal markets, including those of stolen goods and narcotics which offer income opportunities for millions of youngsters willing to risk arrest and even their own lives. While some countries have experienced moderate increases in criminality, others have seen catastrophic rates of violence resulting in two types of stable equilibria: Low and high crime countries. He explains why these different equilibria have developed in the region, and discusses their undesired outcomes: serious predatory crime diversification, consolidation of organized crime, ineffective justice reforms, weak policing, and overcrowded prisons. ​

CEDLA Research Programme Reshaping Society and the Commons in Latin America ​ Latin America entered the twenty-first century with new hopes for change. However, following a period of bonanza, the region is now facing a new wave of economic, social and political crises. Growth, poverty reduction, social inclusion and consolidation of democratic institutions have given way to economic recession, social dissatisfaction, dismantling of social policies and intensifying conflicts. Although such a cyclical trend is not new in the region’s history, a new context of closely interconnected local, national and global developments is leading to a variety of societal consequences. Recent trends aggravate problems of inequality, insecurity, corruption and unsustainability; yet some groups within Latin America’s societies have experienced positive transformations ranging from empowerment and recognition, to a new presence in the public space and the development of different forms of cultural and political expressions. As CEDLA’s previous research programme on the use of natural and cultural resources has shown, such diverse, complex and contradictory changes lead to hybrid outcomes. CEDLA’s current research programme aims to produce new knowledge on the reshaping of Latin American society within the context of crisis and transformation. The region has long been disproportionately characterized by an unequal development that fuelled academic paradigms focused on dependency, inequality, informality and violence. However, this prevailing image of a region with failing states and fragmented societies has obscured powerful creative and constructive processes. In addition to structural elements, we are looking into the agency of new expressions, identities, initiatives, policies and daily realities on the ground that drive social interaction and innovation. This creativity is reshaping Latin American societies, not by ignoring the past but by dealing with and re-interpreting historical lessons and legacies. ​ Covering a large range of research activities (individual and with external partners), CEDLA’s researchers jointly analyse the dialectical relations between old and new forms of social organization through an innovative, interdisciplinary perspective. This endeavour is built on three analytical pillars. First, we look beyond standardized categories of actors (e.g. public sector, private sector and civil society), spaces (e.g. urban and rural), and processes (e.g. top-down and bottom-up) and engage in a constructivist perspective in order to better understand how identities and territories are reshaped in the region. Second, we focus on relevant experiments and experiences that have emerged since the 2000s, including political reforms, social learning, and cultural and territorial changes. Third, as the region has recently entered a phase of aggravated economic, social and political conditions, we conceptualize crisis both as a barrier and a driver of transformation. Problems, tensions and polarization may enhance (latent) conflicts and power relations as much as they can trigger new forms of resistance, adaptation and collaboration, according to the social, institutional and spatial context. ​ In these new research activities, CEDLA researchers aim to balance out macro-level scholarly attention for changes, actions, discourses and images with empirical evidence of the many micro-level dynamics stemming from everyday life practices, initiatives, struggles and resistances through which citizens employ their agency, individually or collectively. Studies on both levels and from various countries constitute building blocks for observing the multiple forms of societal change in Latin America. Empirical and theoretical contributions are made to two particular interrelated domains of inquiry: the reshaping of identities and the reshaping of territories. Both domains cross geographic and cultural divides by combining tangible and intangible resources. ​ While this research programme is based on multiple theoretical perspectives that have traditionally been used and developed by CEDLA researchers, the commons approach also plays an important role as a connecting analytical device in understanding a range of processes, actors and contexts. In addition to their importance in the region’s history and imaginary, the concepts of territory and identity will be used to apply the plural perspective of the commons to Latin America. In this way, our research programme facilitates the comprehension of processes that are reshaping Latin American society today, and at the same time, engages with key social science and humanities approaches to the region’s particular trajectory of development. In all, it aims to critically engage with various recent lines of the commons research, exploring synergistic analytical power by the combination of plural perspectives. ​ Full CEDLA Research Programme 2017-2022 ‘Reshaping Society and the Commons in Latin America’ Summary and results of CEDLA Research Programme 2009-2016 ‘Natural and Cultural Resource Use in Contemporary Latin America’ CEDLA Researchers Current PhD candidates at CEDLA CEDLA fellows “Xela Stories of Transformation” ​ For the first time in CEDLA’s history, seven of its researchers conducted fieldwork together. This blog reflects this collective endeavour to explore recent social transformations in the Guatemalan city of Xela (also known as Quetzaltenango) and its immediate (peri-urban) vicinity. Using the notions of ‘commons’ and ‘commoning’ as point of departure, the project seeks to understand processes of commoning that shape patterns of access, resource use and reproduction.

Cuaderno y lápiz Los Cuadernos del CEDLA The 'Cuadernos del CEDLA' series is meant to present research in progress and aims at the quick distribution of research results connected to the CEDLA research programme. In this way, it provides a forum for distributing and discussing ongoing research. Please find here the complete collection of the CEDLA Cuadernos downloadable in pdf: ​ The Political Influence of the Latin American Military Dirk Kruijt ​ ​ Cuaderno 30 The Political Influence of the Latin American Military Dirk Kruijt ​ ​ Cuaderno 30 Please find here the complete list of 'Cuadernos del CEDLA' The Political Influence of the Latin American Military Dirk Kruijt ​ Cuad. 30 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Het 50-jarig jubileum uitgave van CEDLA 1964-2014 ​ Marc Simon Thomas ​ Cuad. 29 ​ ​ ​ ​ What is the Future for Amazonia? Pitou van Dijck ​ Cuad. 28 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ The Extraction and Conservation of Natural Resources in South America ​ F. Castro P. van Dijck, B. Hogenboom ​ Cuad. 27 ​ ​ ​ Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Amazon Leontien Cremers Judith Kolen Marjo de Theije ​ Cuad. 26 ​ ​ ​ Andeans and their Use of Cultural Resources ​ Arij Ouweneel ​ Cuad. 25 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Legal pluralism and interlegality in Ecuador ​ Marc Simon Thomas ​ Cuad. 24 ​ ​ ​ ​ Policía, seguridad y transición política Acercamientos al estado del México contemporáneo J.C. G. Aguiar M.E. Suárez ​ Cuad. 23 ​ ​ Maize and Biosecurity in Mexico Edit Antal Lauren Baker Gerard Verschoor Cuad. 22 ​ ​ ​ Construcción Problemática: IIRSA y las Asociaciones Público-Privadas en la Infraestructura Vial Pitou van Dijck Simon den Haak ​ Cuad. 21 ​ Troublesome Construction: IIRSA and Public-Private Partnerships in Road Infrastructure ​ Pitou van Dijck Simon den Haak ​ Cuad. 20 ​ The Price of Peace, The Human Rights Movement in Postwar El Salvador Ralph Sprenkels ​ Cuad. 19 ​ ​ ​ Colombia from the Inside, Perspectives on Drugs, War and Peace Michiel Baud Donny Meertens ​ Cuad. 18 The Acção Integralista Brasileira and the Failed Quest for a Fascist Order in the 1930s Marcus Klein ​ Cuad. 17 Cruzando Fronteras en América Latina ​ ​ G. O’Donnell C. H. de Alcántara A. Escobar ​ Cuad. 16 ​ ​ Microfinance in Nicaragua Pitou van Dijck Hans Nusselder Arie Sanders ​ ​ Cuad. 15 Microfinanzas en Nicaragua Pitou van Dijck, Hans Nusselder y Arie Sanders ​ Cuad. 14 ​ Cross-border Activism and Its Limits B. Hogenboom M.A. Cohen E. Antal ​ Cuad. 13 Intelectuales y sus utopías, Indigenismo y la imaginación de América Latina Michiel Baud ​ Cuad. 12 The Andean Exodus Ton Salman Annelies Zoomers ​ Cuad. 11 ​ ​ The Psychology of the Faceless Warriors Arij Ouweneel ​ Cuad. 10 Ten Years of Mercosur P. van Dijck M.Wiesebron ​ Cuad. 9 The Suriname economy ​ Pitou van Dijck ​ Cuad. 8 ​ Meeting Asia and Latin America in a New Setting Pitou van Dijck ​ Cuad. 7 Platgetreden Paden. Over het Erfgoed van de Indianen Arij Ouweneel ​ Cuad. 6 ​ ​ ​ The Inca and Corpus Christi: The Feast of Santiago in Colonial Cuzco David Cahill ​ Cuad. 5 ​ ​ ​ Livelihood Strategies and Development Interventions in the Southern Andes of Bolivia Annelies Zoomers ​ Cuad. 4 ​ The Bolivian Experiment: Structural Adjustment and Poverty Alleviation Pitou van Dijck ​ Cuad. 3 ​ ​ Modern Traditions: the Otavaleños of Ecuador Jeroen Windmeijer ​ Cuad. 2 ​ ​ ​ ​ Las Tierras de los Pueblos de Indios en el Altiplano de México, 1560-1920 Arij Ouweneel Rik Hoekstra ​ Cuad. 1 ​ ​ ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies CLAS Books Cuadernos Doctoral Theses Inaugural and Valedictory Speeches Project Publication Annual Reports MLAS Final Theses Join our mailing list! To ensure that you don't miss out on events, exhibitions, engaging educational programs, latest courses, research, publications and other news, please join our mailing list today! We will not spam your mailbox, but send you a newsletter around twice per month. JOIN

CEDLA Researchers Prof Dr Barbara Hogenboom CEDLA Director political science Prof Dr Michiel Baud Professor history Prof Dr Kees Koonings Professor brazilian studies Prof Dr Rutgerd Boelens Professor political ecology of water Dr Christien Klaufus Assistant Professor human geography & urban studies Dr Arij Ouweneel Associate Professor history & cultural cognitive studies Dr Fábio de Castro Assistant Professor brazilian studies Dr Julienne Weegels Assistant Professor anthropology & criminology Dr Dana Brablec Assistant Professor race, decoloniality and intersectionality Diego Galdo-González Lecturer latin american and global studies Dr Gabriela Russo Lopes Post doctoral Researcher Local and Indigenous Knowledge for an Amazonian Grounded Mirko van Pampus Research Assistant political economy and political ecology Beatrice Mosseri Junior Lecturer & Mentor Cultural and Social Anthropology

CEDLA Past Events 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 -2014 - 2013 The Colombian Peace Process at a Crossroads. Challenges and Perspectives The Colombian peace process is at a crossroads. Although there is important progress, for example regarding transitional justice, various key issues for peace building continue to be unsolved. Moreover, we cannot speak of peace at all and rather we are observing a transformed violence. +INFO Power, imprisonment and the force of law in Nicaragua In 2018, massive protests shook Nicaragua and their repression was brutal. Over 300 people were killed in a ‘Clean-Up Operation’ that exposed militarized political policing and the formation of partisan, armed para-state groups. Over the course of the following months and years, more than 1.600 people have been imprisoned for expressing resistance and dissent. +INFO China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the future of development in the Caribbean This presentation explores the developmental footprint of China’s Belt and Road Initiative through a theoretical lens inspired by critical Caribbean thought. Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente will discuss how Sino-Caribbean relations remain shaped by epistemic dependency, structural imbalances, and a number of unresolved social issues relating to the postcolonial condition in former plantation societies. +INFO Demilitarization and Independence in Latin America: Lessons from Costa Rica and Beyond​ Professors Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt, specialists on the role of the military in a number of Latin American societies, will reflect on experiences and current challenges in other parts of the region. In a roundtable discussion they will discuss the wider effects and possibilities for demilitarization that the Costa Rican example sets for the region at large. +INFO Sexual violence on trial: Impunity and transformative gender justice in post-conflict Latin America In 2016, the case known as ‘Sepur Zarco’ saw two military officers convicted for crimes against humanity and sexual and domestic slavery in Guatemala. ​ ​ +INFO WORKSHOP: Urban transformations and new urban challenges after the COVID-19 pandemic in Amsterdam and Lima This workshop promotes an interregional and multidisciplinary dialogue on the dynamics of urban restructuring taking place in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The debate will revolve around the cities of Lima and Amsterdam, two paradigmatic yet contrasting cities from the Global South and the Global North. +INFO Transformation to Sustainability in the Amazon: The Role of Place-Based Farming Initiatives Place-based sustainability initiatives in rural areas pursue changes in productive systems, governance arrangements, value-aggregation and access to markets. In this presentation, Prof. Eduardo Brondizio examines challenges and opportunities for local initiatives at the intersection with historical and current trends in economic development and policies in the region. +INFO More money, more crime: A theory on rising crime in Latin America In this lecture Professor Bergman addresses the rapid rise of crime and violence in Latin America over the last decades, and offers an explanation to a striking paradox: In the midst of poverty reduction, economic growth, and democratization, crime rose in the eighteen countries of the region. +INFO Contested Urban Territories in Latin America: Financialisation - Displacement - Gentrification In his lecture Michael Janoschka will discuss how Latin American cities have increasingly been defined by the financialisation of urban development, the gentrification of urban areas and the displacement of vulnerable populations. ​ ​ +INFO Inflections of Anti-Racism in Latin America Dr. Mónica Moreno Figueroa and Prof. Peter Wade discuss the incipient turn to antiracism in Latin America, and the research project ‘Latin American Anti-racism in a 'Post-Racial' Age’ (LAPORA ) that looks at styles of antiracist activity in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. One of the key findings is the variation in how different organisations understand and use the language of racism and antiracism to define or organise their activities. +INFO Riverhood and River commons in Latin America and Europe​ River systems are fundamental for social and natural well-being. Around the world, however, mega-damming, pollution and depletion are putting riverine complexes under great stress. Riverhood will study local and transnational “river commoning” languages, values, practices, and strategies. ​ +INFO Presidential-term-limit Reforms in Latin America and Africa Dr. Mariana Llanos takes a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa since the third wave of democratization. Rule instability induced by frequent reforms can be part of a piecemeal path towards autocratization, but it can also reflect an open-ended tug of war between authoritarian tendencies and democratic resistance. +INFO

Coloridos lomos de los libros CEDLA Latin America Studies (CLAS) book series The CLAS book series consists of more than 100 titles and has, through the years, made a considerable contribution to the publication and distribution of social science and historiographical research by Latin Americanists in Europe and the Americas. The CLAS series consists of monographs and readers in English. The objective of the CLAS series is to publish the results of original research on Latin America in the fields of the social sciences, understood in a broad sense, including history, economy and geography. The series is directed toward an academic readership, but also aims to reach a larger public of students and informed readers. ​ Please find here a selection of the CLAS book series downloadable in pdf: Please find here the complete list of CLAS book series Indigenous Revolts in Chiapas and the Andean Highlands Kevin Gosner Arij Ouweneel CLAS 77 To Get out of the Mud: Neighborhood Associativism in Recife, 1964-1988 Willem Assies ​ ​ ​ ​ CLAS 63 The Indian Communitty of Colonial Mexico: Fifteen Essays on Land Tenure, Corporate Organizations, Ideology and Village Politics ​ ​ Arij Ouweneel Simon Miller ​ CLAS 58 ​ Structures of Power, Movements of Resistance Willem Assies Gerrit Burgwal Ton Salman ​ ​ CLAS 55 Revolution and Criminal Justice: The Cuban Experiment 1959-1983 ​ ​ Adèle van der Plas ​ CLAS 39 Ritual Enemas and Snuffs in the Americas ​ Peter de Smet ​ ​ ​ ​ CLAS 33 New Social Movements and the State in Latin America ​ David Slater ​ ​ ​ ​ CLAS 29 Huisi Taco: Estudio Interpretativo de un Libro Mixteco Antiguo Maarten Jansen ​ ​ ​ ​ CLAS 24 Sindicatos y Protesta Social en Argentina - Un Estudio de Caso: el Sindicato de Luz y Fuerza de Córdoba ​ Iris Marta Roldán ​ ​ CLAS 11 Authors/editors interested in submitting a manuscript may first like to consider our requirements, and then request a prospectus from Rebeca Rodríguez , Desk Editor. From 2010, CLAS 98, ours series is published by Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford. The CLAS booklist (2000-present) is in order of the most recent. Any inquiries or orders for books may be sent to CEDLApublications@cedla.nl . We will forward your order for you, if you wish. Please note that prices do not include handling costs. ​ Please find here the complete list of CLAS books ​ CLAS EDITORIAL BOARD Prof. Dr. Michiel Baud (Chair) CEDLA, Amsterdam Professor Anthony Bebbington Clark University Dr Edward F. Fischer Vanderbilt University Prof. Dr. Barbara Hogenboom CEDLA, Amsterdam Prof. Dr. Barbara Potthast Universität zu Köln Dr Rachel Sieder CIESAS, México D.F. Professor G. Eduardo Silva Tulane University Prof. Dr. Patricio Silva Universiteit Leiden ERLACS – European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies CLAS Books Cuadernos Doctoral Theses Inaugural and Valedictory Speeches Project Publication Annual Reports MLAS Final Theses