Latin American Studies (research) (MA)
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Prof. dr. E. Amann
Edmund Amann is Professor of Brazilian Studies at Leiden University. His research centres on regulation, innovation and foreign direct investment in a developing country context. Much of his work focuses on the experiences of Latin America, especially Brazil. View his full profile here.
Dr. S.L.A. Brandellero
Sara Brandellero is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her fields of interest includes Brazilian Literature, Film and Culture, Lusophone Cultures, Night Studies, Migration and Diaspora, Gender Space, Place and Landscape, Interculturality, Postcoloniality. View her full profile here.
Dr. G. Inzaurralde
Gabriel Inzaurralde is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Gabriel Inzaurralde investigates the relevant connections between Latin American fiction (literature and film), aesthetics and politics. The main objective is to reach a redefinition of these relationships. View his full profile here.
Prof. dr. P. Silva
Patricio Silva is a professor of Modern Latin American History at the Institute for History. His fields of interest include contemporary Latin American history, modern Latin American political and economic development, modernization and social change, democratization and technocracy, public policies and citizenship, civil-military relations, and neoliberalism in Latin America. View his full profile here.
Dr. S. Valdivia Rivera
Soledad Valdivia Rivera is a university lecturer at the Institute for History. Her fields of interest include actual political reforms and social changes in Bolivia, Social movements and the plurinational State and the expansion and revisioning of democracy in Latin America. View her full profile here.