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Latin America Research Group

Providing research-focused exchanges around issues of Latin American politics for staff and doctoral students from across LSE and to encourage engagement with leading international scholars in the field.

Research Pillar(s): Comparative Politics and Area Studies

About: The Latin American Politics Research Group provides research-focused exchanges around issues of Latin American politics for staff and doctoral students from across LSE and to encourage engagement with leading international scholars in the field.

Members: Dr Sarah Brierley, Dr George Ofosu, Prof Francisco Panizza, Dr Mathias Poertner

Comparative Politics Seminar Series:

The Latin America group organize seminars as part of the Comparative Politics Series. These seminars are open to all faculty, fellows, and PhD students working on issues of African and Comparative politics, or related development or political economy issues. The group also jointly co-hosts a yearly Politics of Global South event which is an all-day conference for the discussion of ongoing research in African politics and political economy with scholars from across universities in London.

Comparative Politics Series Seminar Convener(s): Catherine Boone, Dr Carl Müller-Crepon, Dr George Ofosu, Mathias Poertner, Pavithra Suryanarayan.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact gov.comms@lse.ac.uk.

Past seminars 2025/26

Winter Term

Thursday 29 January, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Kenneth F. Greene (University of Texas at Austin)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 5 March, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Jorge Mangonnet (Vanderbilt University), cohosted with the Political Behaviour seminar group
CBG.4.17

Spring Term

Wednesday 20 May, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Natalia Bueno (Emory University)
CBG.4.17

Past seminars 2024/25

Autumn Term

Thursday 24 October, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Emilia Simison (Queen Mary University of London)
CBG.2.02

Thursday 21 November, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speakers: Juan Pablo Luna (Catholic University of Chile) and Andreas Feldmann (University of Illinois Chicago)
CBG.4.17

Winter Term

Thursday 6 February, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Ximena Velasco Guachalla (University of Essex) POSTPONED. New date TBC.
CBG.4.17

Tuesday 11 February, 2pm to 3.30pm
Speaker: Guillermo Toral (IE University), cohosted with PSPE
SAL.3.05

Thursday 27 March, 11am to 12.30pm
Speaker: Andrea Vilán (American University)
CBG.8.16

Thursday 27 March, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker: Thad Dunning (University of California, Berkeley) CANCELLED.
CBG.4.17

Summer Term

Thursday 15 May, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Luis Schenoni (University College London)
POSTPONED.
CBG.4.17

Past Seminars 2023/24

Autumn Term

Thursday 27 July 2023, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker: Lucas Novaes (Insper São Paulo)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 12 October 2023, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Kathryn Hochstetler (LSE)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 9 November 2023, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Matthew S. Winters (Illinois)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 30 November 2023, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Mariano Sánchez Talanquer (Colegio de México)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 29 September 2022, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker: Dr Ezequiel González Ocantos (University of Oxford)
CBG.1.10

Thursday 20 October 2022, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker: Professor David Doyle (University of Oxford)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 17 November 2022, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker: Professor Francisco Panizza (LSE)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 1 December 2022, 12.30pm to 2pm
Speaker: Dr Irene Menéndez González (IE University)
CBG.4.17

Winter Term

Thursday 25 January 2024, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Ximena Velasco Guachalla (Essex)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 8 February 2024, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Timothy Power (Oxford)
CBG.4.17

Wednesday 14 February 2024, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker: Simón Escoffier (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
CBG.8.16

Thursday 15 February 2024, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Victoria Murillo (Columbia)
CBG.4.17

Friday 22 March 2024, 2pm to 3.30pm
Speaker: Agustina S. Paglayan (University of California, San Diego)
CBG.4.17

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Jazmin Sierra (Notre Dame)
CBG.8.16

Tuesday 14 February 2023, 2pm to 3.30pm (co-hosted with PSPE)
Speaker: Dr Emily Sellars (Yale University)
32L.3.05

Thursday 2 March 2023, 4pm to 5pm, (co-hosted with Political Behaviour)
Speaker: Dr Noam Lupu (Vanderbilt University)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 23 March 2023, 12.30pm to 2pm | Postponed
Speaker: Professor Deborah Yashar (Princeton University)
CBG.4.17

Summer Term

Thursday 27 July 2023, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker: Dr Lucas Novaes (Insper São Paulo)
CBG.4.17