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HCIAS News and Events

July 2025

July 3, 2025 - 6.15 PM | HCA Atrium

Public lecture by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara González on 'Food as Infrastructure: Homemaking Practices Among (Transit) Migrants Across the Americas'

June 2025

July 2, 2025 - 4.00 PM | Neue Uni, HS 01

Public lecture by William Sax, SAI on 'Area Studies and Methodology in the Anthropology of South Asia'

June 26, 2025 | 9.30 AM - 4 PM | Plöck 55

Workshop co-organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro on 'Mehrsprachigkeit als Potenzial für den Sprachenunterricht – am Beispiel des Deutschen'

New Publication by HCIAS members

Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández & doctoral researcher Jana Weckesser on 'Estratos de distanciamento léxico en español. Análisis dialectométrico'

June 25, 2025 - 4.00 PM CET | Online

Public lecture by Rosa Lehmann, HCIAS & Johannes Rehner, UC Chile on 'Just Transition - Challenges and debates from Europe and Latin America'

Visiting researcher at the HCIAS

Last week, Gisselle Benites from Cornell University visited the HCIAS and presented her research on 'Contested Mineral Ecologies'

Application deadline: July 8, 2025

We are looking for a new postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d)

Application deadline: July 1, 2025

The HCIAS is welcoming applications for the 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF)

June 11, 2025 | 4 PM - 11.25 PM CET | Online

Media & Communication in Global Latinidades Preconference co-organized by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Pablo Porten-Cheé

New Publication

HCIAS doctoral researcher Rafael Hernández Westpfahl & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann: Contested mining, state selectivities, and the reform of the mining law in Mexico

June 11, 2025 - 4.00 PM | Psychological Institute - HS 1

Marianne Braig, Freie Universität Berlin: Why area studies matter for Europe - Entanglements and the diversity of liberal scripts from the perspective of Latin America

New Publication

HCIAS members Celia Hernández Pérez, Mathis Teucher & Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda: La encapsulación anafórica en clave experimental

May 2025

December 3-5, 2025 | Heidelberg, Germany

Call for Abstracts open for the 2nd HCIAS Symposium on Ibero-American Studies

May 28, 2025 - 4 PM CET | Online

Heidelberger Brücke Latin America Edition with Irina Merz, HCE & Rebecca Kanter, Universidad de Chile: 'The Sustainability Journey of Universities in Chile and Germany'

May 21, 2025 - 4.00 PM CET | Neue Uni - HS 1

Prof. Dr. Rahul Mukherji, SAI Heidelberg: India's Democracy and attacks on Civil Society

May 14, 2025 - 2.00 PM - 7.00 PM CET | IÜD, Plöck 57a, KS II & Online via livestream

Dia mundial da língua portuguesa: língua e literatura em tempos incertos

New Publication by the HCIAS

'Demolingüística del español en el sureste europeo'

May 07, 2025 - 4.00 PM | Psychological Institute - HS 1

Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann, German Institute for Global and Area Studies: The Mosquitos of the Carribbean: An Ecological History of Global Politics

April 2025

April 30, 2025 - 4.00 PM | Neue Uni, HS 01

Yaatsil Guevara González: 'From Areas to Corridors: Rethinking the Americas through the Lens of Forced Migration'

New Member at the HCIAS

We welcome Zhenwei Wang as postdoctoral researcher in the team of Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara González

New Member at the HCIAS

A warm welcome to Blas de la Jara Plaza, new doctoral researcher supervised by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara González

April 23-24, 2025 | Online

HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann presents her research at the 'Transición Energética en perspectiva Latinoamericana' webinar organized by the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

April 23, 2025 - 4.00 PM CET | Online

HCE-HCLA-HCIAS: Heidelberger Brücke Latin America Edition. Renata Motta, HCIAS, and Claudia Giacoman, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: 'Food and socioecological change'

HCIAS Visiting Scholars

We welcome two new visiting doctoral researchers: Andréia Anschau (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) & Elvira M. Morales Rodríguez (Universidad de Granada, Spain)

New post on 'Contacto lingüístico a través de las fronteras: Estados Unidos y México' by HCIAS master graduate Ileana Mireles Canales

March 2025

New episode with Dr. Ana María Mafud (Universidad de La Habana) about 'El español de Cuba'

March 14-15, 2025 | At the HCLA in Santiago, Chile

Mesa redonda & workshop of the project New Energy Spaces on the topic 'Transición Energética en América Latina'

New Publication by HCIAS Scholars

HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alejandro Ecker et al.: Do voters prefer logrolling to compromise in parliamentary democracies?

HCIAS student Marla Castañeda Falcón explores the concept of Rights of Nature (RoN) in the latest HCIAS Blog entry

February 2025

New Publication by HCIAS Scholars

HCIAS Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández wrote a book chapter on 'Sociolingüística y disponibilidad del anglicismo'

New episode with Dr. Angela X. Ocampo (University of Texas at Austin) on the Latino Vote in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

New Publication by HCIAS Scholars

HCIAS Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda, Mathis Teucher, Celia Hernández, Dr. Adriana Cruz & Prof. Dr. Carlos Gelormini-Lezama: (Re)categorizing lexical encapsulation: An experimental approach

New Publication by HCIAS Scholar

Book chapter by HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann & Pedro Alarcón on 'Political Economy and Energy Justice'

New HCIAS Working Paper

Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández, Dr. Héctor Álvarez & Mariel Elizondo: 'Linguistic Ideologies, Bilingualism, and Spanish as a Heritage Language in Europe'

New episode with Dr. Rodrigo Schaefer (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) on the role of digital innovations in teaching Portuguese

HCA Atrium | 06.02.2025 - 6:15 PM CET

Public lecture by Dr. Min Zhou (UCLA) on 'The Formation of Ethnic Capital' as part of the Migration and the Americas series

Observa. Documentaries from Ibero-America | 05.02.2025 - 7:00 PM

Screening of 'El tren y la península' (2023) followed by a talk about the Tren Maya in the Karlstorkino

January 2025

22.01.2025 - 4:00 PM CET | Neue Uni, HS 14

Last lecture of this semester's HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium: 'Diversity and objectivity in the migration coverage' by Natalia Messer Molina (HCIAS) and 'Patterns of peril: analysing violence against journalists in Mexico' by Luis Pesce (HCIAS)

21.01.2025 - 6 PM CET | KSII, IÜD, Plöck 57a

Screening of the movie 'Operação Angola' in the framework of the second Ciclo de Cinema em Português: Marcos Históricos, co-organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro

New HCIAS Working Paper

Manuel Faustino Cardozo Ruidiaz (Katholische Universität Eichstätt Ingolstadt): Truth Commission in Colombia and its digital strategy 2019-2022: The use of social media in peacebuilding

New Blog Post about the energy transition in Chile and the summer school on the same topic by the HCLA in Santiago de Chile

New Publication by HCIAS Scholar

HCIAS Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda together with colleagues from Heidelberg University & the Universidad de Salamanca published the article 'Generative AI: Simplifying Text for Cognitive Impairments and Non-native Speakers'

New Publication by HCIAS Scholar

HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann co-authored an article on 'Bioeconomy governance in the global South: State of the art and the way forward'

Observa. Documentaries from Ibero-America | 15.01.2025 - 7.00 PM CET

Screening of 'A ilusão da abundância' (2023) followed by a talk with film director Erika González im Karlstorkino

December 2024

New episode with HCIAS director Francisco Moreno-Fernández reflecting on two years of HCIAS podcasts

New Visiting Scholar

A warm welcome to Dr. Federico Navarro (Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile), who joins the HCIAS as a visiting scholar. His stay is funded by a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

18.12.2024 - 4:00 PM CET | Neue Uni, HS 14

Last lecture of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium this year with the topic 'Más allá de los acuerdos: paz cotidiana y los festivales en el conflicto colombiano' by Dr. Nelson Camilo Forero Medina (University of Bielefeld)

Observa. Documentaries from Ibero-America | 11.12.2024 - 7.00 PM

Screening of 'Tras la vida' (2023) accompanied by a talk with the film protagonist and activist Ana Enamorado at the Karlstorkino

11.12.2024 - 4:00 PM CET | Neue Uni, HS 14

Lecture by Dr. Alke Jenss as part of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with the topic: 'Beyond state space. Competing spatializations and the violence of energy infrastructures'

05.12.2024 - 6.15 PM CET | HCA Atrium, Hauptstraße 120

Public lecture by Dr. Ángela X. Ocampo (University of Texas at Austin) on 'The Latino vote in the 2024 US Presidential Election' as part of the Migration and the Americas lecture series

04.12.2024 - 6 PM CET | KSII, IÜD, Plöck 57a

Screening of the movie 'Salgueiro - O Implicado' in the framework of the second part of the Ciclo de Cinema em Português: Marcos Históricos, co-organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro

November 2024

New episode with HCIAS doctoral researcher Natalia Messer Molina on Diversity and Objectivity in Migration Coverage

New Publication by HCIAS Scholar

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara González co-edited the book '(Un)Settling Place: Diverse and Divergent Place-Making of People on the Move' with Nanneke Winters and Heike Drotbohm

New Podcast Episode with women's right activist and environmental defender La Maga (Colombia) about 'Liderazgo Femenino en la Amazonia Colombiana'

New Doctoral Student at the HCIAS

We welcome our new doctoral student Marcial Marín who will research the intersections of multiculturalism, decentralization, and citizen participation under the supervision of Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara González

Observatory of Spanish in Europe (OSE)

We welcome Dr. Cecylia Tatoj (University of Silesia, Poland), who is completing a one-month research stay at the HCIAS hosted by the OSE

November 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM | Plöck 57a, IÜD, Konferenzsaal II

Round table co-organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro titled 'A cena literária negra no Brasil: visões alemã e brasileira'

November 18-24, 2024 | Santiago de Chile, Chile

HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Rosa Lehmann co-organizes the Summer School 'Espacios y transiciones energéticos' at the HCLA

December 6-7, 2024 | HCIAS Meeting Room

Dr. Michele Catanzaro (Autonomous University of Barcelona) will give a workshop on the role, meaning, and importance of science journalism

13.11.2024 - 4:00 PM CET | Neue Uni, HS 14

Third lecture of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with the topic 'Authoritarian capitalism in Latin America: causes and consequences' by Prof. Benedicte Bull

New Publication

Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández published the book Demografía de las Lenguas, Lengua y Sociedad en el Mundo Hispánico in Iberoamericana Vervuert

06.11.2024 - 4:00 PM CET | Neue Uni, HS 14

Second lecture of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with the topic 'How Do Drug-Trafficking Organizations Shape Political Attitudes? Evidence From Peru' by Dr. Mariana Ramírez Bustamante

October 2024

New HCIAS Blog Post

HCIAS Master's Student Pavel Robles writes about 'La crisis migratoria desde el análisis de discurso: Mirada co-disciplinar desde la lingüística y las comunicaciones'

Futures of Sustainability

HCIAS Prof. Renata Motta was invited as a Research Fellow to the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies at Hamburg University

New publication by Dr. Vanesa Rodríguez Tembrás: Code-Switching in Bilingual Medical Consultations (Galician-Spanish)

New episode with historian Dr. Albert Manke (Unversità Ca' Foscari, Italy) on 'Chinese Migration and Exclusions Across the Americas"

30.10.2024 - 4.00 PM CET | Theatersaal, Triplexmensa

First lecture of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium this semester with the topic 'Urban ecology of early bilingual education: exploring inequalities in the distribution of linguistic capital' by Dr. Héctor Álvarez Mella & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alejandro Ecker

CRC 1671: Home(s): Phenomena, Practices, Representations

We are happy to announce that doctoral researcher Elena Marina Müller is joining the HCIAS as part of the CRC subprojekt B05 'Space and Belonging in Socio-Ecological Conflicts over Land and Natural Resources in Mexico'

CRC 1671 Home(s): Phenomena, Practices, Representations

A warm welcome to doctoral researcher Anne Cathrin Ziegler who will work within the CRC 1671 subproject B07 'Kitchen and garden'

Universidad de Chile | October 8, 2024

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alejandro Ecker gave a guest lecture on 'Votaciones subnacionales como una forma de evaluación' at the Segundo Seminario Anual de la Red Políticas Públicas

New Research Associate at the HCIAS

We are very pleased to welcome our new research associate Dr. Pilar Valero, working within the Observatory of Spanish in Europe at the HCIAS

September 2024

Job Offer | Application Deadline: 24.10.2024

The HCIAS is looking for an employee (f/m/d) working in the administration of the institute as part of the secretariat

HCIAS in the Media

Article about the work of the Observatory of Spanish in Europe (OSE) published in Deutsche Welle

Award Ceremony took place on 26.09.2024 in Soria, Spain

The Observatory of Spanish in Europe (OSE) received the Premio de Hispanismo Internacional Fundación Duques de Soria for its research on the social reality of the Spanish language in Europe

HCIAS Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda has been appointed as a Foreign Corresponding Member of the Academia Cubana de la Lengua

25.09.2024 | 4.00 PM CET | Online via Zoom

'Women's Leadership in the Colombian Amazon: A Commitment to Eco-Peace': Talk with La Maga, female leader in the Amazon region, as part of the Amazon Week 2024

Job Offer | Deadline for Applications: 10.10.2024

The HCIAS is looking for a student assistant (f/m/d) for the SFB 1671 subproject 'Space and Belonging in Socio-Ecological Conflicts over Land and Natural Resources in Mexico'

September 12-13, 2024

Workshop organized as part of the Project 'Neue Energie(t)räume': The Production of Uneven Renewable Energy Spaces'

September 13, 2024 - 6 PM | IÜD, Plöck 57a, Heidelberg - KSII

Presentation of Davi Kopenawa's new book 'A queda do céu' followed by a discussion with the author

August 2024

EASA2024 Conference in Barcelona

Presentation by HCIAS Jun-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara and M.A. student Satomi Tanikawa on 'Forced Return: Motherhood and Waiting Experiences of Honduran Women in Transit through Mexico'

Summer School | Application Deadline: Sept 15, 2024

'Espacios y transiciones energéticos' at the HCLA with instructors from Heidelberg University and the Universidad de Chile. Co-organized by HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann

M.A. Communication & Society in Ibero-America

In a new video series, students of the HCIAS master's program reflect on their experience with the program and the life in Heidelberg. Applications are still open

New HCIAS Working Paper

HCIAS Prof. Óscar Loureda on 'Spanish in Europe Today: Social Dynamics, Linguistic Spaces and Basis for Political Action'

July 2024

July 24, 2024 - 4.15 PM | Marsilius-Kolleg (INF 130.1) - Hörsaal

Round Table Discussion as closing event of the Food for Justice Workshop. Also part of the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium

July 18, 2024 - 6.00 PM | Plöck 57a, IÜD, Konferenzsaal II

Presentation by Dr. Paulo Soethe (UFPR, Brasilien) on the German-speaking press in Brazil from the middle of the 19th century to WWII

At the XXII. Comet Conference in Brescia (Italy)

Congratulations to HCIAS research associate Vanesa Rodríguez Tembrás was awarded the COMET Research Award 2023 for the best article by doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

New Episode with HCIAS Doctoral Researcher Luis Pesce on 'Violencia Contra la Prensa en México'

M.A. Communication & Society in Ibero-America

In a new video series, students of the HCIAS master's program reflect on their experience with the program and the life in Heidelberg. Applications are still open

July 11, 2024 - 4.00-6.00 PM | Online

Free online 'Schnupper-Intensivkurs Galicisch' organized by the CEG. Please register by email

July 10, 2024 - 4.00 PM CET | Psychological Institute, Hauptstr. 47-51, HS 2

HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with Julia Roth, Bielefeld University: 'The right to migrate'. The coloniality of citizenship and feminist resistance in hip hop

July 09, 2024 - 6.00 PM | Bergheimer Str. 58a - HCIAS Meeting Room

Talk by Dr. Hugo Romero, Universidad Autonoma de Chile on: 'La geografía histórica del Sur de Chile: la transformación del territorio Mapuche entre colonizaciones, huellas y resistencias'

Part of the Collaborative Project Spanish in Europe

New publication on the demolinguistics of Spanish in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova

June 2024

July 02, 2024 | 6.15 PM CET | HCA Atrium

Dr. Albert Manke (Göttingen University): 'Migration and exclusion of Chinese across the Americas' as part of the Migration and the Americas lecture series

Juni 26, 2024 - 4.00 PM | Bergheimer Str. 58a - HCIAS Meeting Room

HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with Eryka Galindo (Food for Justice): ' Coalitions of social movements for the right to water and food in the Brazilian semi-arid region'

Job Offer | Deadline: July 09, 2024

Research assistant (f/m/d) in the subproject 'Kitchen and Garden: Homemaking Practices of Latin American Activists' of the CRC 1671

June 25, 2024 - 4 PM | Neue Uni, HS 03

Round Table on 'The 2024 European elections and the future of EU-LAC relations'

New HCIAS research associate

We cordially welcome Dr. Mariana V. Ramirez Bustamante as research associate for the JuTSy project

Juni 19, 2024 - 4.00 PM | Bergheimer Str. 58a - HCIAS Meeting Room

HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with Nicolás Zanetta-Colombo: 'When another one bites the dust: Environmental impact of global copper demand on local communities in the Atacama Desert'

NEW Research Projects

We are pleased to announce that HCIAS Prof. Renata Motta & Jun.-Prof. Rosa Lehmann will lead two subprojects within the framework of the new Collaborative Research Center 1671, 'Home(s): Phenomena, Practices, Representations' funded by the DFG

June 18 / 19, 2024 | Online

Invitation to 74th Annual ICA Pre-Conference. Virtual Preconference: 'Media and Communication in Global Latinidades' co-organized by Jun.-Prof. Pablo Porten-Cheé

Job Offer | Deadline: June 30, 2024

Research assistant (f/m/d) in the subproject 'Space and Belonging in Socio-Ecological Conflicts over Land and Natural Resources in Mexico' of the CRC 1671

New Publication

Marco Teixeira & Renata Motta published the article 'Broadening the Climate Movement: The Marcha das Margaridas’ Agenda for the Climate (and Other) Crises' in the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society

New HCIAS working paper

Overlapping protected areas and other designations in Central Chile: A multiscale governance analysis by Camila Muñoz Lobos & Alexis Vásquez

June 10 & 11, 2024 | Warsaw, Poland

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Pablo Porten-Cheé took part at the PhD Workshop: 'Challenges for Europeanness in Times of Global Crises', organized within the 4EU+ Alliance

New Publication

HCIAS research associate Vanesa Rodríguez published the article 'Two Languages, One Goal: Code-Switching in Doctor–Patient Communication in the Galician Healthcare System' in the journal Languages

Job Offer | Deadline: June 24, 2024

We are seeking qualified candidates (f/m/d) to apply for a postdoc position as part of the Observatory of Spanish in Europe at the HCIAS

July 23 - 24, 2024 | Marsilius-Kolleg, Heidelberg

Registration is now open for the 2nd International Workshop Food for Justice on the political potential of food for societal transformation

June 4, 2024 - 4.00 PM | BERGHEIMER STR. 58A - HCIAS Meeting Room

Guest lecture by Elena Lázaro (Universidad de Córdoba) with the title 'Contar la vida: periodismo y comunicación de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades'. Organized by the OSE. Register via email

May 2024

New cooperation agreement

New specific agreement of collaboration in the framework of master and doctoral studies signed between the HCIAS and the Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internationales of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

May 29, 2024 - 4.00 PM | Psychological Institute, Hauptstr. 47-51, HS 2

HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium with Sabine Kurtenbach (GIGA): Peace processes in Latin America – ongoing violence and failed reforms

New Publications

Current issue of the Revista Signos featuring a special section coedited by HCIAS Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda, with an article coauthored by Prof. Dr. Loureda & HCIAS members Celia Hernández, Mathis Teucher & Dr. Adriana Cruz

New blog post on heritage languages and the Dr. Maria Polinsky's visit to the HCIAS

New episode with HCIAS doctoral researchers Charlotte Blattner & Ana Gómez-Pavón Durán about Spanish as a heritage language in Germany

May 14, 2024 | Heidelberg Center Latin America

HCIAS research associate Dr. Maria Trombini gave a presentation on 'Corrupción en el derecho internacional' at the II Ciclo de Conferencias de derecho constitucional y derecho internacional

May 21, 2024 - 4:00 PM | Hannah-Arendt-Saal (S4), University of Jewish Studies Heidelberg

Book presentation of 'Between two homelands: Argentine migration to and from Israel' with author Adrián Krupnik

In our newest episode Marília Pinheiro Pereira, of the Leitorado Brasileiro at the HCIAS, tells us about the collaborative project Mala de memórias de Júlia Mann

April 2024

May 7, 2024 | 6.15 PM CET | HCA Atrium

Public Lecture on Crossing No Man’s Land? Acknowledging the Indigenous Communities along US-bound Migrant Routes in the Darién Gap, by Nanneke Winters (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

New Publication

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann & HCIAS doctoral researcher Alejandra Irigoyen Rios: The future is local? Contextualizing municipal agendas on climate change in Chile

New Publication

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alejandro Ecker in collaboration with Friederike Nüssel & Jale Tosun: Pope Francis the Roman Catholic Church and citizen attitudes towards climate change in Latin America

New HCIAS working paper

Memory(s) and creation about the last military dictatorship in Argentina (2003-2019) by Aurélia Gasi (Sorbonne Université)

April 17, 2024 - 4.00 PM | Psychological Institute, Hauptstr. 47-51 - HS 2

First lecture of our new events series, the HCIAS Wednesday Colloquium, featuring Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland) on Structural parallels between endangered and heritage languages

April 16, 2024 - 4.00 PM | Bergheimer Str. 58a - HCIAS Meeting Room

Workshop on heritage languages organized by the Observatory Of Spanish in Europe with Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland) and Heidelberg University colleagues. Register via email

New Publication

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Pablo Porten-Cheé published an article titled “Gift und Gegengift. Fake News und Strategien zu ihrer Bekämpfung” in Heidelberg University's research magazine RUPERTO CAROLA

March 2024

New episode with science journalist Michele Catanzaro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) on the value of indepedent, critical science journalismus

New Publication

Former visiting doctoral researcher Júlia Mascarello, HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Rosa Lehmann and Alexandru Giurca (EFI) published an article on the unequal scientific collaboration on bioeconomy between Brazil and Germany

New episode with Felipe Fernández (Freie Universität Berlin) on his research on lithium mining in Bolivia

Job Posting - Application Deadline: March 15, 2024

Now hiring: Student or Research Assistant for maintenance and support in IT

February 2024

Application period open – deadline: May 7, 2024

Educational program Diplomado Internacional en Comunicación Pública organized by HCLA with lecturers from the HCIAS and the Universidad de Chile

August 28-30, 2024 | Universidad de Costa Rica

Call for Application for the international symposium “Who is afraid of peace?” co-organized by HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Yaatsil Guevara González

New Publication

HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Alejandro Ecker & former HCIAS research associate Michael Imre published the article “Intra-party determinants of the allocation of legislative speeches” in The Journal of Legislative Studies

New doctoral researcher at the HCIAS

We cordially welcome Luis Rodrigo Pesce Villagómez as a new doctoral researcher. His research focuses on violence against journalists and communicators in Mexico and he is supervised by Jun.-Prof. Alejandro Ecker

Feb 08, 2024 | 4.15 PM | Voßstr. 2 (CATS) - Room: 010.01.02

Public lecture by Jun.-Prof. Rosa Lehmann and Heidelberg University students Alisa Kegel and Jan van Heek titled „Heidelberg Reflections: Local Narratives in Extractivism and Just Transition“

January 2024

New Publication

Francisco Moreno-Fernández and Héctor Álvarez Mella coordinated the tenth issue of the Archiletras Científica titled 'El español en Europa'

24 Jan 24 | 6.00 PM CET | Neue Uni, HS 04

Public Lecture as part of the HCIAS Colloquium: Guillermo Navarro (Universidad de Costa Rica) on The Reorganization of Migration Spaces in Costa Rica and Panama: A New Global Migration Corridor

24 Jan 2024 | 4.00 CET | Online

HCIAS Prof. Renata Motta is giving a public lecture at the Universidad de Chile: Luchando contra las desigualdades interseccionales de la alimentación, construyendo la alimentación como teias de vida

23 Jan 2024 | 2.00 PM CET | Online

Public Lecture on language diversity in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, co-organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro as part of a series celebrating the 200th anniversary of German immigration to Brazil

17 Jan 24 | 6.00 PM CET | Conference Room 2, IÜD

Two public lectures on teaching German as a foreign language in Brazil co-organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro as part of a series celebrating the 200th anniversary of German immigration to Brazil

December 2023

Job Offer | Deadline: Jan 15 2024

The HCIAS is inviting qualified candidates (f/m/d) to apply for a postdoc position as part of the new project “Justice in Transitions to Sustainability - JuTSy”

Mariel Elizondo on “Care Work Migration”

“Strangers to Peace” with Dr. Colleen Alena O'Brien from Saarland University

14 Dec 2024 | 6:15 PM | HCA Atrium

CANCELED: Public Lecture “Crossing No Man’s Land? Acknowledging the Indigenous Communities along US-bound Migrant Routes in the Darién Gap”, Nanneke Winters, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Dec. 12, 2023 | 7:00 PM | Karlstorkino

The documentary “Strangers to Peace” will be presented as part of the project “Observa. Documentaries from Ibero-America”

Dec. 7, 2023 | 6:15 PM | HCA Atrium

Guest researcher Andrew Lynch will give a lecture on “Interpreting Complexity and Contradiction in the Study of Language Attitudes: Spanish in the United States” as part of Migration and the Americas

“Beyond Trust: Migrants and their Interactions with Smuggling Facilitators on the US-Mexico Border” with guest Dr. Gabriella Sanchez

Workshop - Dec. 5th at 16:15 at the HCIAS Bergheim

Dr. Michele Catanzaro to hold a workshop on “Effective science writing for lay readers.” Open to master's students and doctoral candidates. Register at study@hcias.uni-heidelberg.de

HCIAS Symposium

The 1st HCIAS Symposium on Ibero-American Studies “Communication in Polarized Societies” will take place from Dec. 4-6, 2023 at the IWH

November 2023

Conference and Workshop

Thurs. 30 Nov. at 19:00 in the IÜD Konferenzsaal II, the Leitorado Brasileiro and the RoSe are hosting the event “Decoloniality and Feminism on the Edge: Epistemologies, Dissenting Subjects, and Aesthetic”

HCIAS visiting scholar Dr. Andrew Lynch will present his work on “Latinx, Hispanic, and American Identities in US Public Life” at the HCIAS Colloquium on Wed. 29 Nov. at 18:00 in the Neue Uni, HS 4

Heidelberg University student Rhea Molkenthin on the cultural significance of salsa in America

“Inventing the Mexican Other at the U.S.-Mexico Border” from HCIAS student David Chapman

New Collaboration Agreement

Memorandum of Understanding with the Facultad de Gobierno of the Universidad de Chile signed

New Collaboration Agreement

The HCIAS and the Escuela de Graduados of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on facilitating joint doctoral training

Public lecture from Gabriella Sanchez, Georgetown University (USA), titled “Beyond Trust: Migrants and Their Interactions with Smuggling Facilitators on the US-Mexico Border.” Nov. 16 at 6:15pm

Karen Lykke (University of Oslo) will be holding a lecture on "Transforming animal husbandry: Sustainability and the consequences of modern meat production in Norway“ on Nov. 16 at 5 PM at the IWH

Interdisciplinary Workshop

HCIAS Jun.-Profs. Dr. Rosa Lehmann and Dr. Alejandro Ecker are hosting the workshop “Sustainability, Transitions and Discourse” on Nov. 16th and 17th as part of Heidelberg University's Excellence Strategy

The Leitorado Brasileiro is hosting a round table discussion “língua, poder, materiais, didáticos e ensino de português como língua estrangeira/língua de herança”

New Collaboration Agreement

Agreement with the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil, on collaboration in research and study and teaching signed

Call for Papers, Deadline: Feb. 10, 2024

June 19, 2024, Pablo Porten-Cheé is co-organizing the Preconference "Media and Communication in Global Latinidades” as part of the ICA Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia

An overview of the HCIAS lectures and events taking place during the 2023/2024 winter semester

Event Collaboration

Seminar comunicación pública y polización by Francisco Moreno-Fernández and Alejandro Ecker at the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

New HCIAS Visiting Scholar

The HCIAS welcomes visiting scholar Dr. Andrew Lynch

New HCIAS Members

The HCIAS welcomes Dr. María Eugenia Trombini and Rosa Ferreiro Castineira

Presentation of the Book Language Demography | 09.11.2023

Book presentation by Francisco Moreno-Fernández presented in an event organized by the HCLA, the Embajada de España en Chile, the CCESantiago & the Academia Chilena de la Lengua. The event was moderated by Dr. Natalia Castillo Fadic

October 2023

HCIAS Academic Event

Join us Monday Oct. 30th at Karlstorkino! The film “Mi país imaginario” will be shown followed by a round of discussion with Prof. Stephan Ruderer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Dr. Héctor Álvarez has been awarded a Young Fellowship from the Marsilius Kolleg of Heidelberg University. The framing topic of the Young Marsilius Fellows 2023/24 is “Beginning & End”

New blog post “Communication for peace and social change: comics and animations about the Colombian armed conflict” by Marian Orjuela

New HCIAS Working Paper

Copper as a “green” resource for the energy transition: A post-development analysis of resistance-narratives in anti-mining social movements in Peru by Ayla Noelani Tiefenbach of the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

HCIAS Master's Program Lecture Series

HCIAS Professor Dr. Renata Motta and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yaatsil Guevara are hosting a lecture series Mondays at 2pm for HCIAS and Heidelberg University students

La Unión Europea en la encrucijada: migración, economía y América Latina with José Luis García Delgado and Rodolfo Gutiérrez Palacios

September 2023

Application Deadline: September 20, 2023

The HCIAS together with the HCLA is looking for 3 student research assistants based in Heidelberg

Master Info Days 2023

Online information event for the HCIAS master's program on Sept. 5th, 2023, at 4:00 PM

Sept 4-8 2023, Santiago de Chile

The HCIAS, HCLA, and partners holding the final workshop of the DAAD IVAC Project CS@Ibero-America_PLUS

HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America

Jun.-Prof. Rosa Lehmann, in collaboration with doctoral researcher Rafael Hernández Westpfahl and other students from Heidelberg University: A sustainable future for small-scale farming?

August 18, 2023 at the Universidad de Costa Rica

International Symposium on Migration in Central America organized by HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Yaatsil Guevara González and Carmen Fernández Casanueva (CIES)

New HCIAS Podcast

Memórias Quebradas with HCIAS visiting doctoral fellow Pablo Pamplona

August 2023

Interview in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung

Alejandro Ecker on the results of the primary election in Argentina

Application Deadline Sept. 4, 2023

Hiring two administrative assistants (f/m/d) to strengthen the HCIAS team.

August 18, 2023 at the Universidad de Costa Rica

International Symposium on Migration in Central America organized by HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Yaatsil Guevara González and Carmen Fernández Casanueva (CIES)

August 22-24, 2023 - Food for Justice International Workshop

The Food for Justice team is organizing an international workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

New HCIAS Blogcast

Valeria Abusamra on educational challenges and the pandemic in Argentina

Welcome to the HCIAS

Alba Segura joins the HCIAS Doctoral Research Group “Communication and Society in Ibero-America”

July 2023

Second application phase - Deadline July 09, 2023

Educational program Diplomado Internacional en Comunicación Pública organized by the HCLA with lecturers from the HCIAS and the Universidad de Chile

Application Deadline Sep. 30, 2023

The HCIAS is accepting applications for its interdisciplinary master's program “Communication and Society in Ibero-America."

Deadline July 23, 2023

The HCIAS is calling for applications for a doctoral scholarship to conduct research within the framwork of the HCIAS doctoral research group „Communication and Society in Ibero-America“

New HCIAS Podcast

Los discursos públicos de la pandemia en Argentina with Valeria Abusamra

The HCIAS welcomes

Postdoctoral researchers Dr. Birgit Peuker & Dr. Judith Müller who will work within the junior research group Food for Justice

HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America series

Solidary and Collective Practices of Resistance: How civil society organizations challenge the migration regime in the city of Iquique, Chile by Marielena Gross (TU Chemnitz)

July 6, 2023 - 4.15 PM in Bergheimer Straße 58a, Meeting Room

Roundtable discussion on The European Union's Challenges During the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU with José Luis García Delgado (Observatorio Nebrija del Español) & Rodolfo Gutiérrez Palacios (University of Oviedo)

New HCIAS Blog Post

Visiting doctoral scholar Pablo Pamplona (Universidade de São Paulo) on activism and memory in the context of the struggle for justice in the outskirts of São Paulo

June 2023

First Bilateral Academic Forum Germany-Chile

Researchers from Germany and Chile meet in Santiago to explore cooperation on sustainability, circular economy and governance.

Stephanie Schütze on Bolivian migrant women’s amateur football in Brazil

June 29, 2023 - 4.15 PM - MA Lecture Series

Public Lecture by Carles Tebé on De la variación terminológica a la normalización: un proyecto de transferencia sobre conservación-restauración de bienes patrimoniales chilenos in Neue Uni, Room 05

June 28, 2023, 4.00 PM - Location: Plöck 57a KS II

Open Lecture on Cordel Brasileiro: um fio queentrelaça culturae tradição by Dr. Paola Tôrres (UNIFOR) organized by the Leitorado Brasileiro

June 25 - July 1, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia

Junior Research Group Food For Justice and doctoral researcher Marian Orjuela at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology

HCIAS Lecture Series Transitions in Ibero-America - June 27, 2023 - 5:30 PM

Talk by Michael Janoschka, Professor at the KIT/Institute of Regional Science, Karlsruhe, on “Biopolitics of Finance: Silent or violent transitions of urban space?” in Room 07, Neue Uni

Ulrike Albrecht on the importance of academic cooperation between Europe and Latin America

New Blog Entry by Karla Alvarado Romero

España, la UE y el renovado interés europeo en América Latina y el Caribe

First Bilateral Academic Forum Germany-Chile

Researchers from Germany and Chile meet in Santiago to explore cooperation on sustainability, circular economy and governance.

Deadline June 30, 2023

Call for Abstracts - The HCIAS is now accepting abstracts for the 1st HCIAS Symposium on Ibero-American Studies. Communication in Polarized Societies. Heidelberg, 4-6 December 2023.

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