SLAS 2014, 50th Anniversary Conference

The Society for Latin American Studies will hold their annual conference in 2014 at Birkbeck, University of London. This will be the 50th SLAS conference, and we are planning a vibrant programme that will reflect the diversity of Latin American studies today. We expect to welcome approximately 350 academics to the two-day event.

The conference arrivals desk will be open from the afternoon on the 2nd of April and a welcome reception will be held for early arrivals. The panels will run all day on the 3rd of April and 4th of April.

Registration
Registration is now open. Please visit the registration page to see the different categories and rates, and then register via the online form.

Keynotes
This year, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary, we will have two keynote speakers:

3rd April
Professor Matthew Restall of Pennsylvannia State University will speak on Cortés and Moctezuma

4th April
Professor Javier Auyero of the University of Texas at Austin will present 'Towards a political sociology of urban marginality'

Go to the Keynotes page for more info.

Conference convenor: Jasmine Gideon

Conference website: http://nomadit.co.uk/slas/slas2014/

More about SLAS
To learn more about what SLAS does, and to join the society, please visit their website atwww.slas.org.uk. The website also has details of grants awarded by SLAS to assist with conference attendance.