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3/05 - 31/05

11/06/13 Lecture
Participatory Politics in
Venezuela: Local democracy
and polarization
by Gerardo Gonzalez
Universidad Central de Venezuela

Venezuela remains a deeply divided society. Political polarization is present in everyday life of most Venezuelans and the recent presidential elections (April 2013) left an electoral map that
is deeply divided between
the government and the opposition parties of the “Unidad”. Since 2006
the government has encouraged
the formation’of consejos comunales, neighbourhood-based elected councils that try to implement local development projects with resources from
the central government. Read more

14/06/13 Lecture
Gender, Sex, and Politics in (post)Postcolonial Bolivia
by Andrew Canessa
(Centre of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Essex)
More information coming soon

  • CEDLA courses latin american studies 2013 2014New Courses 2013-2014


    The study programme of CEDLA is divided into Bachelor's and Master's courses. Bachelor's courses are given in Dutch, and Master's courses in English.

    In addition to the Introductory course (Basiscursus), there are various other courses offered at the Bachelor level. These can be combined to lead to a minor in Latin American Studies.




    Most of the Master's courses at CEDLA are seminars that are closely related to the on-going research of each of the CEDLA research staff members. It is also possible to take a 15-month Master of Arts in Latin American Studies at CEDLA, the CMP.

    There are also other possibilities for study and research such as intensive seminars and guided literature courses (Lecturas Guiadas of Tutorials). Supervision is also given for internships and research training, fieldwork research in Latin America, and writing a thesis.

  • erlacsEuropean Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe
    is going Open Access


    From 18 April 2013, the European Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (ERLACS) will be an online Open Access journal with a new website: www.erlacs.org

    ERLACS is a well-known international journal for Latin American and Caribbean studies published since 1965 by the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA).



    In addition to scholarly social science articles, there are short exploratory pieces about current themes and an extensive book section. ERLACS publishes articles in English and Spanish, and is known as a source of important empirical research and theoretical innovation.

    Now, 48 years since its establishment, ERLACS is going completely online and will be accessible for a broad public readership.

    Website www.erlacs.org