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Latin American Studies seminar tomorrow: “Language and return: an invisible presence? Mexicans ‘going home’”

The Latin American Studies Seminar Series continues tomorrow, Wednesday 11 March 2015, from 16:00-17:30 in Room 1163, Building 65, Avenue Campus, with a presentation by Professor Clare Mar-Molinero (University of Southampton, Director of Centre for Mexico-Southampton Collaboration), who will be discussing her research on returnee migrants to Mexico. The seminar is entitled ‘Language and return: an invisible presence? Mexicans ‘going home’’. Continue reading →

Last chance to book your place at the Pérez de Ayala Lecture!

Don’t forget to book your place before the booking deadline of Thursday 26 February for the Pérez de Ayala Lecture, taking place on Monday 2 March 2015 in Lecture Theatre C, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The lecture, entitled ‘A Latin American Country: The United States’, will be delivered by Felipe Fernández-Armesto, writer and British historian, and will be chaired by Professor Clare Mar-Molinero, Associate Dean (Internationalisation) and Professor of Spanish at Southampton. Continue reading →

Latin American Studies Seminar Series: Life Expectancy Disparities in Cuba, 1987-2007

In this month’s Latin American Studies Seminar Series, Madelin Gomez-Leon from the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton will be discussing his current research on life expectancy disparities in Cuba. This will be at 16:00-17:30 on Wednesday 11 February, in room 1163 at Avenue Campus. All welcome! Abstract: Cuban population shows a high life expectancy (78 years old in 2012) and a low fertility levels, placing its population in an advanced stage of ageing. Continue reading →