Some of the world’s brightest minds have made Princeton their home for scholarship and research.
PLAS awards four to six long-term fellowships annually, for one or two semesters, to top international or national scholars, and promising mid-career scholars, in the humanities and social sciences who have teaching experience, as well as established writers, artists, filmmakers and architects who are working on projects related to Latin America and are stellar teachers, who will provide Princeton students with a unique opportunity to study topics that are not regularly offered at the University. Visiting Research Scholars will be expected to teach one undergraduate course and to participate in PLAS-related events on campus.
Join us in welcoming our fellows to campus this coming academic year.
Long-term Fellows
Agustín Díez Fischer (Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires) is a professor of Latin American art at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He has curated various exhibitions, among them The Words of Others: León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War along with Ruth Estévez and Miguel López for the Getty…
José Lira (PD and Ph.D. University of São Paulo) is a professor at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (FAU-USP). He is currently the Director of USP's Maria Antonia Cultural Center. He was a research affiliate of the Brazilian National Council of Research from 1999 to 2014, and directed USP's…
James Loxton ‘06 (Ph.D., Harvard University) is a senior lecturer in comparative politics at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on authoritarian regimes, democratization, and political parties. He is the author of Conservative Party-Building in Latin America: Authoritarian Inheritance and…
Catalina Muñoz (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is an associate professor of history at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. Her publications include A Fervent Crusade for the National Soul: Cultural Politics in Colombia, 1930-1946 (Lexington Books, 2022) and articles in the Hispanic…
Mary Pena’s fellowship is made possible through the support of the Mellon Foundation and the Princeton Program in Latin American Studies.
Mary is a researcher and arts practitioner with experience in sensory ethnography, curation, and public programs. Her published work is multidisciplinary, bridging theoretical and artistic…
Short-term Fellows
