Latin American studies


Interdisciplinary group (History, Anthropology, Sociology, Communication Sciences, Biology) that articulates its studies on the American area from five basic lines (16th to 21st centuries): a) Knowledge, developments and institutional actors; b) State, political violence and social movements, criminality and judicialisation; c) Science and culture; d) Intellectual elites; e) Ethnohistory and culture. Trans-oceanic mobility and displacement, cross-cutting gender perspective. Positioning in Global Area Society Thematic platforms: National universities (UCM, URJC, Carlos III, UAM, UA, USAL, US, UV, Jaume I, UB, UPF). Foreign universities (U. Paris I, IV, VII, VIII, EHESS; ILAS/U. London, U. Cambridge; U. Hamburg; Princenton University; PUCPeru, UNMSM, IEP (Peru); PUCChile, U. Adolfo Ibañez; UCBoliviana, UMSA; UBArgentina; UNAM, UMichoacana, SNH UAM Xochimilco, INAH. Political institutions (Congress of Peru, Vice-Presidency of Bolivia). Associations (AHILA, LASA, AEB).

Main specialization

Área de investigación:
Disciplina ERC:
  • SH - SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
  • SH6 The Study of the Human Past
Industrial Leadership:
  • 7. Other
  • 7.1. Other
Societal Challenges:
  • 7. Other
  • 7.1. Other