All sessions take place on Wednesdays from 1.00 pm-3.00 pm. Tea, coffee, cake and fruit will be provided from 1 pm, with the formal event starting at 1.30. Please feel free to bring your lunch.

25th January
Funding research projects and being a competitive candidate
OLB 5.16
Speaker: Katy Jenkins, Northumbria University

22nd February
Coping with the Challenges of PhD Research
Percy 1.05
Speaker: Sarah Bennison, Newcastle University

22nd March
Making a Career outside of Academia
OLB 5.16
Speaker: Nik Barrera, Founder and Director of ¡Vamos! Festival 

19th April
Publishing in peer reviewed Journals
Percy 1.05
Speaker: Paulo Drinot
Paulo Drinot is Senior Lecturer in Latin American History at the UCL Institute of the Americas. He is co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies.

24th May
Working with Non-Academic Partners in the Research Process
KGVI 2.3
Speaker: Rosaleen Howard, Chair of Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University.
My research is based on multilingual areas of Latin America, primarily the Andean-Amazonian regions of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. In this session I will talk about my recent experience of working with non-academic partners (state policy makers and NGOs) on a project related to indigenous language rights in Peru. I will also invite you to talk about your own experiences and to raise questions. 

14th June
TBC

Sessions will be oriented towards the needs of research students in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, but all are welcome

Enquires to CLAC.Studies@ncl.ac.uk