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Time: 10.00am - 6.00pm
Venue: Room 3034, Kingston Business School, Kingston Hill campus, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB
Price: free

This event has been postponed - a new date will be announced in due course.

The Law Department of Kingston University, with the support of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), will host a full-day interdisciplinary workshop, which aims to disseminate the research findings of both established and emerging scholars, as well as advanced graduate students that specialise in legal reforms and political challenges brought about by ‘populist' governments in contemporary Latin America.

To that end, researchers from law and social sciences will come together to exchange perspectives and collectively think about their impact upon national legal frameworks, regional organisations (Mercosur, Pacific Alliance), and the role of Latin American countries on the global stage (EU, Brexit, Global South). 

Confirmed speakers

• Arantza Gómez Arana (Birmingham City University)
• Matthew Barlow (University of York)
• Mahrukh Doctor (University of Hull)
• Sufyian El Droubi (University of Dundee)
• Juan Pablo Ferrero (Bath University)
• Cecilia Juliana Flores Elizondo (University of Manchester)
• Andy Higginbottom (Kingston University)
• Daliany Jerónimo Kersh (Richmond University)
• Amanda Latimer (Kingston University)
• Belén Olmos Giupponi (Kingston University)
• Mauro Pucheta (Kingston University)
• Francisco Quintana (Cambridge University) 

Call for Papers

The selection committee welcomes individual paper proposals that reflect innovative and emerging research on legal reforms and political challenges and populism within the region of Latin America. We welcome papers that engage or interpret any of the following thematic yet broadly defined topics: politics; regional integration (inter alia, Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, UNASUR); constitutional reforms; legal reforms; economics; civil society, minorities, and social movements; human rights and violence; policing and the military; associated theoretical debates concerning, but not limited to, democratisation, governance, historiography, participation, and justice.

Submissions should be suitable for 15/20-minute presentations.

Application Instructions

Please direct your enquiries and submit your final Individual paper proposals with a title and abstract of no more than 300 words to conference organisers Dr Mauro  Pucheta (m.pucheta@kingston.ac.uk) and/or Dr Daliany Jerónimo Kersh (kershd@richmond.ac.uk)

Deadline: 3rd April 2020.

For further information about this event:

Contact: Dr Mauro Pucheta
Email: M.Pucheta@kingston.ac.uk