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Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary program with over thirty-five affiliated faculty members. We offer an undergraduate major and minor, with a wide selection of courses. We also organize regular events, support graduate students, and promote high-level research. Our mission is to advance the study and teaching of Latin America at UBC and throughout the lower mainland.

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Major in Latin American Studies

Major in Latin American Studies The Major program is designed to give students a general knowledge of and strong interdisciplinary approach to the language, culture, society, geography, political systems, and history of Latin America. The Major allows students to construct truly interdisciplinary approaches to their programs incorporating a broad range of disciplines within Arts. Language […]
Minor in Latin American Studies

Minor in Latin American Studies This is an interdisciplinary program intended to provide students with a broad exposure to the cultures, histories, and languages of Latin America. Ideally, the Minor complements a major in one of the participating disciplines that comprise Latin American Studies, but it can be combined with any major program in Arts. […]
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  • Taking Stock of the Plebiscite: Chile and Constitutional Reform on September 9, 2022 2:00 pm
  • Resistencia del corazón verde: on September 14, 2022 11:00 am
  • Book Discussion – High-Risk Feminism in Colombia by Dr. Julia Zulver on September 26, 2022 1:00 am
  • Listening with the Eyes: The Sounds of Latin American Literature Conference on October 14, 2022 10:00 am
  • Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre and DanceHouse on October 27, 2022 7:00 pm
  • Beyond Implementation: the Immigration Bureaucracy as Innovator and Cooperation Broker on January 18, 2023 11:45 am
  • Book Launch, (Pro)creación Escritura y maternidad en la España Contemporánea on January 18, 2023 3:30 pm
  • Shanty Towns, Indigenous Mobilities and Marrón (Brown) Experience: Contested Formations of Race in the City of Buenos on March 22, 2023 12:30 pm
For a full list of events click here >>
Latin American Studies
Vancouver Campus
1873 East Mall Vancouver, Buchanan Tower 1102
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2
Tel 604 822 5162
Email: las.program@ubc.ca
Latin American Studies
Vancouver Campus
1873 East Mall Vancouver, Buchanan Tower 1102
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1
Tel 604 822 5162
Email las.program@ubc.ca
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