The following is a list of useful links and resources (academic and funding) about Latin America and the Caribbean.

Academic and General Information

Latin American Studies Association, LASA
Latin American Network Information Center, LANIC
Brazilian Studies Association, BRASA
North American Congress on Latin America, NACLA
Economic Commission for Latin America, ECLAC
Organization of American States, OAS
Open Society Institute

Assistantships/Internships
Graduate Assistantship Program Opportunities at the Carter Center
Youth and the United Nations Internships
Academy for Educational Development
Center for International Policy
Human Rights Watch
Foreign Policy Association (Latin American Studies Internship)
International Center for Transitional Justice
Latin America Working Group

Study Abroad Program: Human Rights in Argentina
Faculty and Students discuss the critical experiences on human rights issues they share while in Argentina.  [YouTube Video]

New BooK: Afro-Descendants, Identity, and the Struggle for Development in the Americas by Bernd Reiter Kimberly Eison Simmons
Indigenous people and African descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean have long been affected by a social hierarchy established by elites, through which some groups were racialized and others were normalized. Far from being “racial paradises” populated by an amalgamated “cosmic race” of mulattos and mestizos, Latin America and the Caribbean have long been sites of shifting exploitative strategies and ideologies, ranging from scientific racism and eugenics to the more sophisticated official denial of racism and ethnic difference. This book, among the first to focus on African descendants in the region, brings together diverse reflections from scholars, activists, and funding agency representatives working to end racism and promote human rights in the Americas. By focusing on the ways racism inhibits agency among African descendants and the ways African-descendant groups position themselves in order to overcome obstacles, this interdisciplinary book provides a multi- faceted analysis of one of the gravest contemporary problems in the Americas.

Publisher

Smithsonian Institute Latino Studies Fellowship Program
The Latino Studies Fellowship Program provides opportunities to US Latino/a predoctoral students and postdoctoral and senior scholars to pursue research topics that relate to Latino art, culture, and history. Interdisciplinary subjects are encouraged and can be undertaken at more than one of the Smithsonian museums and/or research units, and advised by one or more of the Smithsonian research staff members.

Smithsonian Institute

ISLAC Calendar

Congratulations to ISLAC Graduating Class Spring 2012

Angelica Nieves

Olga Nabiullina

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