Latin American History Workshop (LAHW)

The Latin American History Workshop is a forum for the discussion of novel approaches to Latin American history. It aims to develop wide comparative historical perspectives and to examine methods and techniques from a variety of disciplines. Presentations cover a broad temporal, geographical, and disciplinary range from early colonial to contemporary times throughout Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

Alternate Thursdays, 4:30–6 pm
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 5828 S University Ave, Pick Hall for International Studies, Room 118
Workshop coordinator for 2025-26: Gabriel Azevedo Duarte Franco

Spring 2026 Program:

  • March 26: Gabriel Azevedo Duarte Franco, PhD Candidate in History at the University of Chicago, "Identities in Transit: Detention and Deception in Rio de Janeiro (1871-1889)
  • April 16: Zachariah Sippy, PhD Student in History at the University of Chicago, Title TBA
  • April 23: Melissa Teixeira, Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, Title TBA
  • May 21: Daniel Quintanilla Castro, PhD Student in History at the University of Chicago, "A History of Mexico's Procuraduría General de la República, 1900-1975"
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