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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨 The PILAS Conference 2026 website is now live! Explore the programme, keynote speakers, short film screenings, and download the full programme with abstracts. 🔗 Find all the details here: www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer... #PILAS2026 #LatinAmericanStudies

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Deadline approaching! SLAS Postgraduate Research Support Grants: Up to 15 grants of £1,000 each for research costs (fieldwork, archives, translation & more). 📅 Deadline: 12 March 2026 SLAS members at UK institutions are eligible. Apply: www.slasuk.org/pbpdresearch...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🎬 Short Film Screening at #PILASConference Join us for two films exploring music, migration, and identity: 🎥 When Cumbia is On (Paz Gonzales, 2024) 🎥 The Musical Valley (Jérémie Voirol, 2023) 📍 Leeds | #LatinAmericanStudies 🔗https://www.slasuk.org/pilas-conference-2026

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

PILAS Conference 2026 Keynotes Prof Thea Pitman (University of Leeds) Dr Pedro Mendes Loureiro (University of Cambridge) Two leading scholars working on digital culture, AI, inequality, and political economy in Latin America. 🔗 Read more about them: www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Consider this your holiday miracle 🎄✨ Our CFP is officially extended to 23 December 2025. Keep those brilliant abstracts coming! #LatinAmericanStudies #PILAS2026 slasuk.org/pilas-confer...

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📢 Have an event, job opportunity, call for papers, or publication relevant to Latin American Studies scholars? Send us the details at slascomms@gmail.com and we'll help promote it across our social media channels! Let's amplify important opportunities for our community 🌎 #SLAS

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🎓 UK-based postgrads & postdocs in #LatinAmericanStudies: Apply for £500 SLAS bursaries to attend #SLAS2026! 💬 Priority for those without institutional funding or in precarious work. 💡 Don’t miss #PILAS2026, just before SLAS! Deadline: November 28 🔗https://www.slasuk.org/pgpdslasconferencegrant

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🎓 Latin American researchers: apply for up to £1,750 to attend #SLAS2026! Deadline: November 28 Open to PhD students, independent scholars & academics 🌎 💡 #PILASConference happens the day before — join both! www.slasuk.org/latinamerica...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

📢 CfP! PILAS Conference 2026 — Future Archives: Forging the Next Generation of Latin American Studies 🗓️ 8 April | 📍 Leeds Open to postgraduates & ECRs researching Latin America 🌎 Deadline for abstracts: 8 Dec 25 🔗 Details & submissions: www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer... @slaslatam.bsky.social

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS The Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (@pilas-latam.bsky.social) Network invites proposals for its 2026 Annual Conference, “Future Archives: Forging the Next Generation of Latin American Studies.” Deadline for abstracts: 8 Dec 25 Notification of acceptance: 16 Jan 26

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Event Grant - Supports SLAS members to organise conferences, workshops & events. DEADLINE 24 October 2025 MORE INFO: www.slasuk.org/eventgrants

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🌿 What is PILAS? PILAS (Postgraduates in Latin American Studies) is the postgraduate network of @slaslatam.bsky.social — run by and for postgraduates based in the UK whose work focuses on Latin America 🌎

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

✨ Meet the PILAS 2025–26 Committee! ✨ We’re a group of postgraduate researchers based across the UK, working to connect and support students whose work engages with Latin America 🌎 👇 Get to know us:

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

As we prepare to hand over to the next PILAS committee, here’s a roundup of all the events we’ve organised this year 🥳🥳 1/

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

📍OPPORTUNITY 📍 for Postgraduate students working on Latin American topics in the UK. You still have the chance to join the 2025/26 @pilas-latam.bsky.social Committee and work with the postgraduate community of SLAS. Please share with those who might be interested. More information below.

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

We're also delighted to invite you to our evening event with Color Sudaka, on Friday 22 August at Kings College London. Featuring two special guests, we'll be hearing and learning about folk music from across Latin America. Entry is free but please RSVP: forms.gle/h37xLmzHg5dh...

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Juan Luis Bradley @juanluisbradley.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Really looking forward to what promises to be a fascinating series of papers at our online symposium next Wednesday. Would warmly encourage anyone to sign up and listen in!

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Keeping the conversation going from our conference in April, we're pleased to share the details of our PILAS online symposium on Wednesday 6 August 2025, from 14:00–18:30 (BST). Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Happy July all 🌞 We're pleased to invite expressions of interest to take the reins for the 2025/26 PILAS committee. We're looking for six PGRs in UK-based institutions to fill four officer roles and two ordinary member roles. See below for details!

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Please read a new entry from Christopher Outlaw, PhD candidate at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social Christopher is a member of @pilas-latam.bsky.social and shares his reflections about the postgraduate and #SLAS2025 conference. Follow the link to read more: www.slasbristol2025.com/post/reflect...

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Reflections on PILAS/SLAS Conferences

The sunshine really set the tone for the warmth and brightness which characterised this year’s PILAS and SLAS conferences. As a first-year PhD student (Urban Studies, University of Sheffield), it was ...

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Have you checked the conference’s blog? You are all invited to read the second entry by Emilia Arpini, @pilas-latam.bsky.social Conference Secretary. More to come soon! #SLAS2025 www.slasbristol2025.com/blog

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We're so pleased with how last week went, with countless fantastic panels, talks and workshops, and so many talented PGRs and ECRs. Thank you to all who contributed and made PILAS 2025 as enriching as it was! See below for a blog post of reflections on this year's PILAS and SLAS conferences.

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SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies @slaslatam.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Amazing work by the @pilas-latam.bsky.social committee!

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Juan Luis Bradley @juanluisbradley.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Reflecting on a brilliant week in Bristol at the @pilas-latam.bsky.social and @slaslatam.bsky.social conferences. Had a great time organising the former with the team and chairing some very thought-provoking panels on urban and rural studies in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia!

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Just a few days away now. We're looking forward to welcoming you all to PILAS 2025! For those of you in Bristol, keep an eye out around campus for our posters 👀

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

In anticipation of PILAS 2025, over the next few weeks we'll be sharing all the fantastic things we have planned for the conference. 🧵 (also have a look at our conference website) www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

On that note, thanks to the generous support of @slaslatam.bsky.social we're able to offer funding to reimburse expenses (up to a maximum of £500) for registered presenters at PILAS 2025. If you'd like to be considered, please fill out the form here: forms.gle/VQnP4T26squ7.... Deadline 15 March!

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PILAS Conference 2025 Presenter Funding

Thanks to the generosity of the Society for Latin American Studies, PILAS is able to offer some funding to reimburse expenses for registered presenters at our conference (up to a maximum value of £500...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

PILAS Conference 2025 is exactly a month away, and we're all very excited. Programme and list of abstracts to come soon, but in the meantime have a look at what we've got planned on our website: slasuk.org/pilas-confer... 🔍🔍🔍

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Friendly reminder that registration for PILAS 2025 closes this Monday 17 February! If you've submitted an abstract and are still awaiting a response from us, don't forget to check your spam folder. Any issues, don't hesitate to get in touch.

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Our third PILAS Reading Group event is coming up already! For this session at 16:00 (GMT) on Thursday 20 February we'll be speaking with Raquel Rivas Rojas and Irina Troconis about the poem collection "Inventario para después de la guerra". pilasreadingclubinventory.rsvpify.com

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We're pleased to announce our second PILAS Reading Group event next Wednesday! For this session we'll be hearing from five contributors to the fantastic anthology of Central American fiction "Desde el centro de América", edited by Gloria Hernández. pilasreadingclub.rsvpify.com

PILAS reading club: Desde el centro de América. Wednesday 29th January 17:30 (GMT). Join us next Wednesday as we talk with authors Gloria Hernández, Catalina Murillo, Madeline Mendieta, Eyra Harbar and Nicolle Alzamora.

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Final reminder to submit your abstract for PILAS 2025 by this coming Monday 16th!

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

For postgrads studying a Latin American topic 📣 PILAS is a friendly place to share your work, no matter what stage you're at with your research. This year, besides panels, we've got a day planned of workshops, talks, and even a film screening. Details to come!! CfP: www.slasuk.org/pilas-confer...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Even sooner, join us online for this exciting conversation with Brooklyn-based Venezuelan artist Esperanza Mayobre and Professor Carolyn Fornoff. Both will be joining us from Cornell Uni. 5 December 8pm GMT!! Don't forget to RSVP for the link: chartingextractionaconver.rsvpify.com?securityToke...

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sharing here our CfP for PILAS Conference 2025! This year's theme is "Contesting Precarity, Envisioning New Relationalities". 🚨 Note that we've extended the deadline to 16 December 🚨 Link to the full CfP: slasuk.org/pilas-confer... Submit your abstracts here: forms.gle/fc1UCQ45oDm3...

For postgrads in any field whose work concerns Latin America, PILAS is a great chance to present your research to peers in a friendly, constructive environment. Plus, we've got some great workshops and other events planned. The conference will be held on 8th & 9th April at the University of Bristol. Submission deadline for abstracts is 28th November 2024. Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch!

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PILAS – Postgraduates in Latin American Studies @pilas-latam.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Hola todxs! Meet this year's committee members for 2024–25: www.slasuk.org/pilas-commit... For the time being we'll be posting on here, Twitter and Instagram (check bio for details).

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