Announcements

• VIII Biannual Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples (ERIP) Conference. July 27-29, 2026 Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo" (U.C.B.) La Paz, Bolivia

  2026-03-10

  The ERIP section of LASA, in collaboration with the Bolivia Section, invites participation in its VIII Biannual Conference. The thematic axes of this meeting address the complex articulations—and disarticulations—between the nation-state and Indigenous nations, territories, territorialities, and bodies, both human and non-human.

  The deadline for proposal submissions has been extended to March 20, 2026. For more information about important dates and membership and registration fees, please visit this link. 

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• BOLIVIAN STUDIES ASOCIATION - XII International Conference Sucre, July 21-25, 2025

  2024-11-14

  The XII AEB Congress offers a space for dialogue for researchers interested in the study of Bolivia. Within the framework of the commemoration of the bicentennial of independence, this congress offers a unique opportunity to reflect on the 200 years of republican history, as well as on the pre-Hispanic and colonial periods that preceded it. The meeting will bring together researchers from different disciplines, promoting a valuable exchange that will enrich this academic forum.

  For additional inquiries visit the Association's website https://bolivianstudies.org/

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• Gamaliel Churata: Envisioning the Circulation of Andean Epistemologies in the Age of Globalization

  2016-09-22

  Over the last few years Churata has become the most discussed Andean philosopher and his literary and political writings have increasingly provoked and inspired scholars who wish to ground Andean studies within the tensions and conflicts surrounding global contexts of knowledge and decolonial indigeneities Read More Read more about Gamaliel Churata: Envisioning the Circulation of Andean Epistemologies in the Age of Globalization

• De-decolonization, Indigeneity and De-patriarchalization: A Bolivian Debate / Des-descolonizacion, Indianidad y Despatriarcalizacion: Un debate actual en Bolivia

  2014-11-03

  First Symposium of Bolivianists organized by the LASA-Bolivia Section. University of Pittsburgh, March 26-27, 2015

  Sponsors: Center for Latin American Studies, Humanities Center, The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, University Center for International Studies, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Bolivian Studies Journal

   

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• LVIII SALALM CONFERENCE - Indigenism, Pan-indigenism and Cosmovisionism: the Confluence of Indigenous Peoples Thought in the Americas

  2013-05-03

  Co-hosted by the University of Miami libraries and Florida International University, the overarching theme of the conference is the critical intersection of indigenism, pan-indigenism and cosmovisionism within the context of the indigenous peoples’ modes of thought and action in the Americas. Read More Read more about LVIII SALALM CONFERENCE - Indigenism, Pan-indigenism and Cosmovisionism: the Confluence of Indigenous Peoples Thought in the Americas

• Latin American Political Theory Workshop: The First Theory of Decolonization

  2012-02-09

  Open to the University of Pittsburgh faculty, graduate students, and interested audience, this workshop will be offered by Bolivian philosopher Rafael Bautista as a post-LASA event organized by the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, with the sponsorship of the Center for Latin American Studies, the LASA-Bolivia section, and the Bolivian Studies Journal.  The workshop will be conducted in Spanish, with English translation.

  Rafael Bautista (La Paz, 1968) belongs to the youngest generation of Bolivian philosophers currently producing a theory of decolonization in dialogue with indigenous epistemologies.  He is the author of Hacia una fundamentación del pensamiento crítico: un diálogo con Zemelman, Dussel y Hinkelammert (2011); Octubre, el lado oscuro de la luna (2006); and has published some of the most important political writings in today’s Bolivia: El 18 Brumario del Kananchiri; Las venas abiertas del Estado; ¿Qué significa el ‘vivir bien’?; El terrorismo global; Del estado colonial al estado plurinacional; among others.

  Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Location: University of Pittsburgh - 1528 Cathedral of Learning / For registration please contact the organizers at bsj@mail.pitt.edu

   

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• Inaugural Conference of the Bolivian Studies Journal / Conferencia Inaugural de la Revista de Estudios Bolivianos

  2011-02-03

  BOLIVIA HOY Inaugural Conference of the Bolivian Studies Journal with Pablo Stefanoni, Chris Krueger, Simón Yampara, and Nelson Jordán

  Date: Friday, February 25, 2011

  Location: Latin American Lecture Room, 171B Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh

   

  
  

   

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