Program in Latin American Studies

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New Undergraduate Minor

The minor in the Program in Latin American Studies is designed to encourage and support new scholarship, spark dialogue and promote first-hand engagement with leading scholars and creative thinkers. Coursework spans topics and disciplines and sheds light on multiple facets of the region. The program aims to foster greater knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean and the contributions of these areas to the global community.

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Universidad de La Habana looking towards San Lázaro, Havana, Cuba (PLAS Graduate Certificate Student Dante Furioso, Architecture)

Events

Etienne Charles
Etienne Charles | Untold Stories: Deepening Context and Spreading Awareness Through Ethnography, Composition and Performance
Mar 25, 2025, 12:00 pm
Location
216 Aaron Burr Hall (open to the public)
Other PLAS Event
Leila Guerreiro
La no ficción latinoamericana: una conversación con Leila Guerriero
Mar 27, 2025, 4:30 pm
Location
PLAS 3rd Floor Atrium, Aaron Burr Hall (open to the public)
PLAS Roundtable/Conversation
Pais Carcel
Film Screening | “País Cárcel” (2024) by Honduran Journalist Jennifer Ávila (Contracorriente)
Apr 1, 2025, 12:00 pm
Location
216 Aaron Burr Hall (open to the public)
Film Screening
Student social
PLAS Sophomore Open House
Apr 2, 2025, 4:30 pm
Location
PLAS 3rd Floor Atrium, Aaron Burr Hall (open to sophomores and first-year students)
Student Event

Fall 2025 Courses

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LAS 224 / ANT 224 / GSS 227 Abolition and Anti-Punitive Feminisms in the Americas
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LAS 323 / POL 461 Latin American Perspectives on the Rise of China
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LAS 324 / POL 464 Reckoning with Violence: Human Rights and Transitional Justice in Latin America
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LAS 328 / SPA 367 Undocumented: Migrants, Refugees, and Rights in Latin American Literature and Culture
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LAS 330 / LAO 331 / SPA 335 Motherhood & Archives: Facing Enforced Disappearance in Mexico (1970-2025)
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LAS 452 / ART 453 / SPA 452 The Power of Images: Art and Controversy in Latin America, 1960 to the present.

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Princeton News

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Garry Sparks Is Changing the Way We Think About Religion in the Americas
March 17, 2025
This photo was taken by Rachel López on August 30, 2016 at the funeral of Jacobo Lopez.
New DPUL Exhibit: Guatemala Atrocity Trials
March 12, 2025
Spring 2025 Events - PartII
Save the Dates | PLAS Spring 2025 Events - Part II
March 7, 2025
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Annual U.N. Day Offers Princeton SPIA Students a Closer Look at Career Options
March 5, 2025
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Sounding Board

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Amelia Frank-Vitale | Thoughts on Future Immigration Policy Under a Second Trump Administration
Jeremy Adelman & Pablo Pryluka
Jeremy Adelman & Pablo Pryluka | Latin America: The Next Transition
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La ultraderecha en América Latina: Particularidades locales y conexiones globales
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Yarimar Bonilla: Puerto Rico Will Not Go Quietly Into the Dark
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