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Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Part of School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies

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Latin American and Caribbean Studies

A Latin American Studies Centre was founded at the University of Essex in 1968 which has since then been a leading centre in the UK.

Our members are active in departments across the University, covering a wide range of disciplines and topics, working in and with Latin America and the Caribbean. Our research areas include: art from Latin America; business and social justice; environment; Indigenous cultures and rights; international business and Latin America; migration; politics, institutions and organised crime; and transitional justice.

The Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies includes among its resources the Albert Sloman Library's collection of Latin American material, recognised as a national resource.

The University is also home to the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) – the largest such collection in public hands in Europe – and available to faculty and students of Essex, as well as scholars from other institutions.

Our strengths
  • One of the oldest established centres for Latin American Studies in the UK
  • The largest public collection of Latin American Art in Europe
  • Academics working across the University

Articles

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News

Brazilian researcher named finalist in Culture and Creativity Awards Donations from founders ensure ESCALA’s legacy Bogotá River inspires lunch with water activists
Raúl Martínez, Repeticiones con bandera, 1966, oil on canvas, on loan from Miriam Glucksmann, ESCALA Collection.
60 Stories: Pioneering the study of Art from Latin America

The Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) was born out of collaboration and partnership. It is this collective strength that has shaped this unique collection and supported teaching and research of art from Latin America in the UK. Today, ESCALA continues to inspire new artworks and new ways of thinking and brings together our expertise in art, literature, languages, politics, sociology, and economics.

Read about ESCALA

Selected courses

MA Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling MA Translation and Professional Practice MA Curating PhD Art History and Theory PhD Curating

Funding

The Eleonore Koch Fund Latin America and Caribbean Translation Scholarship
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Latin American Network at Essex

Based in Essex Business School, the Latin American Network at Essex (LANX) brings together researchers across the University of Essex and its partners who actively involved in research and teaching on Latin America.

More about the network
School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies
Postgraduate Research in Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies
Research in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies
Get in touch
Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Telephone: 01206 873971
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