Center for Latin American Studies

"Morning reflections in San Lucas, Guatemala" by Rosie La Puma, B.A. in International Relations, '17

Letter from the Director

CLAS Director Alberto Díaz-Cayeros writes about the 2019-20 academic year in the latest edition of Enlace, our annual newsletter.

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Check out our Upcoming Events

In addition to our Friday Lecture Series, CLAS hosts a variety of other events.

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Stanford-Tinker Faculty Funding Recipients, 2021

The Center for Latin American Studies announces Stanford-Tinker faculty funding recipients, 2021

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Community Resources for Immigrants and Advocates

CLAS is proud to share a wealth of resources for immigrants and advocates.

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Tamir Shabani "The Lane Reading Room", 2015

Outreach: Library Access Grants

CLAS and Stanford University Libraries offer library access grants for faculty from qualified U.S. minority serving institutions and community colleges to conduct research relating to Latin America.

Learn more about CLAS's Library Access Grants

Our Mission

CLAS' mission is to foster an academic community that serves as a multidisciplinary platform to enable learning from and engaging with the Americas, understood as the diverse ethnic, linguistic, cultural, biological and historical geography shared with the United States and Canada. CLAS is committed to “promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization” (Stanford University founding grant) and to advance scientific knowledge that strengthens social, economic and environmental justice, sustainability, inclusion and democracy in our hemisphere.

Learn more about our mission and history

M.A. Program

Minor Program

Annual Report

Featured Tinker Professor

Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj, Maya-K’iche’ journalist, activist, and a Brown University visiting professor from Guatemala. Dr. Nimatuj is an international spokeswoman for Indigenous communities in Central America and was the first Maya-K’iche’ woman to earn a doctorate in social anthropology in Guatemala.

Awards

CLAS Awards Two Prestigious Scholarships for Virtual Internships in Latin America in 2021

The Center for Latin American Studies’ virtual internship grants are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Monica Miller Walsh Undergraduate Summer Internship Fund, the Pessoa-Trejos Undergraduate Internship in Brazil Fund, the Stanford Global Studies Internship Fund, and the generosity of CLAS' individual supporters.