Institute of Latin American Studies
Dr Ralph Newmark, Director
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The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), is Australia’s first and Victoria’s only academic centre dedicated to researching and understanding Latin America. It coordinates Latin American undergraduate/postgraduate teaching and research at La Trobe University. The Director of ILAS is Dr Ralph Newmark.
In addition to its core fortnightly seminars, ILAS organises conferences and sponsors visits by Latin Americanists from the Spanish, Portuguese and English speaking worlds. The Institute also runs short courses in association with the History Program through their Summer and Winter schools.
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Undergraduate Study
Undergraduates are able to major in Latin American Studies or combine units in the area with their majors in the discipline of their choice.
Postgraduate Study
Postgraduate students may work at the Honours, MA or PhD level in
association with members of staff in history, politics, sociology,
economics, and Spanish or Portuguese. Depending upon funding, students at the PhD level may be assisted in their expenses for a research trip to Latin America in order to conduct original research for their thesis.
Summer and Winter School Program
3 sessions per year (February, June/July and November/December).
All classes held at the La Trobe University City Campus 215 Franklin St, Melbourne (opposite Victoria Market).
The Borchardt Library is the best research library in Australia, and amongst the best in the world, in the area of Latin American Studies and is so acknowledged by the Australian National Library in Canberra. This reflects the university's long-term commitment to creating a national resource in this field of study. As a result, students encounter an excellent research library with a wide-ranging collection of primary and secondary material, especially in the areas of Mexican, Brazilian and Cuban studies. There is also a strong research collection dealing with United States-Latin American relations.
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