We were delighted to welcome R-LAC members for our social event on 26th November. It was fantastic to see some familiar R-LAC faces, welcome new PhD students and put names…Read More >
Exploring Plural Perspectives: RLAC Workshop Sparks New Research Ideas
On 6 November 2025, R-LAC hosted an interdisciplinary workshop bringing together colleagues from Real Estate and Planning, Architecture, Meteorology, and Geography. The session focused on rethinking development and climate challenges…Read More >
Indigenous Food in Latin America R-LAC Event
On 20 June 2025 R-LAC sponsored a roundtable discussion that brought together seven visiting scholars and four UoR scholars from diverse disciplines who all research food systems in Latin America….Read More >
How to Publish in Latin American Studies PhD Event
In May 2025, we held a training session for PhD students on ‘How to Publish in Latin American Studies’. The session was led by two expert speakers who are current…Read More >
RLAC Seminar: GenAI’s Impact on Mexico’s Informal Economy
The Reading Latin American and Caribbean (R-LAC) on 18 June 2025 welcomed Dr Pavel Reyes Mercado, a marketing professor from the Universidad Anahuac Mexico, for a seminar on how Generative…Read More >
A Roundtable on Indigenous Food in Latin America: Past Lessons and Future Challenges
Figure1 Feast of Ixcozauhqui (‘Yellow Face’), deity of fire. Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, “Book 2: The Ceremonies”, fol. 105r, Getty…Read More >
Research Impact in Latin America R-LAC Event
In December 2024 R-LAC led an event bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines across the university whose research has had significant impact in Latin America. Colleagues from Law, Sustainable Land…Read More >
Comunidad para el cambio social/Community for Social Change: Peacebuilding and Creative Participatory Research with the Colombian Diaspora in London
Report by Cherilyn Elston Introduction: While there were an estimated 5 million Colombians living abroad at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, they have been a…Read More >
R-LAC Social Event
In Semester 1 of the 2024-25 academic year, we held a social event to give R-LAC members the chance to meet in an informal setting. It was lovely to see…Read More >
Creating a Digital [CCSen365]: a collaboration between CollectiVox and University of Reading to create a universally accessible and low-cost digital experience of architectural and cultural heritage in Caracas, Venezuela.
By Penélope Plaza Introduction: Creating a Digital [CCSen365] is a collaboration between Venezuelan not-for-profit design practice Collectivox and the School of Architecture at University of Reading to explore the appropriate…Read More >
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