Program in Latin American Studies

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Undergrad Workshop
PLAS Undergraduate Workshop
Dec 7, 2023, 4:30 pm
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PLAS Spring 2024 Courses

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LAS 302 / HIS 305 The Long 1960s in Latin America: Utopian Dreams and Harsh Realities
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LAS 307 / ENG 257 / COM 381 / SPA 313 Charged (En)counters: Poetics and Politics of the Hemispheric Americas
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LAS 308 / GHP 308 Health, Policy and Politics in Latin America
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LAS 324 / POL 455 Dynamics and Narratives of the Latin American Drug Trade

News

PU Library
PU Library Special Collections Research Grants Program now accepting applications for 2024
Nov. 21, 2023
PLAS Courses
NEW! PLAS Spring 2024 Courses Announced
Nov. 16, 2023
Will Freeman
Former PLAS Graduate Certificate, Will Freeman '23, Awarded Council on Foreign Relations Fellowship
Oct. 19, 2023
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PLAS Visiting Fellow, Michael Brescia, Recipient of the 2023 Al Mérito Award
Oct. 19, 2023
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