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Welcome to the website of the Europe and Latin America Section (ELAS) of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). LASA is the largest professional association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America.

LASA’s Europe and Latin America Section serves to promote, on a multi-disciplinary basis, scholarly relations between Latin Americanists from Europe and the Americas, and it fosters research on the relation and comparison of Europe and Latin America. Traditionally it sponsors two panels at each LASA congress. To become a member of ELAS, in addition to being affiliated with LASA, you should subscribe to the Section when you fill in the LASA regular form (either annually or every three years, as you wish). You can do it any time at LASA's website. This site is also intended to serve as a research tool for scholars, students and practitioners interested in European-Latin Amercian affairs, it contains links to academic and institutional resources on the web. Feel free to send us suggestions and news that you consider useful to be circulated:.

News

• The Europe–Latin America Section successfully participated at the LASA Congress 2009 held in Rio de Janeiro from 10-14 June, 2009, with two panels.
• At the section’s business meeting, Carlos Quenan (IHEAL, Paris) was elected as new section chair and Miriam Gómez Saraiva (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) as new section secretary. As members of the new executive committee also elected were Susanne Gratius (FRIDE, Madrid), Bert Hoffmann (GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg), Joaquín Roy (University of Miami), and Laurence Whitehead (Oxford University).
• No dissertation prize for 2008-2009 was awarded.
• At the upcoming LASA 2010 conference to be held in Toronto, Canada, Oct 6-9, 2010, the section will again be able to sponsor two panels. Proposals including an abstract and organizational responsibility are invited.