Conference Travel Grants

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The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies provides travel stipends for UC Berkeley students to attend and present at the Congress of the Latin American Studies Association or the Caribbean Studies Association Conference.

Overview

Travel stipend for presenters at the 2024 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association or the 2024 Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Conference. Funding Amounts: up to $1500 international travel stipends.

Eligibility:

UC Berkeley graduate students are welcome to apply.

Application & Review Process

To apply for funding, please complete the below form. Questions can be directed to clacs@berkeley.edu. 

Notes: LASA and CSA Conference Travel Grants are supported by the US Department of Education. All international travel plans must comply with Fly America requirements. For more information on Fly America, including exceptions, see here. 

2023 LASA Travel Grant Recipients

CLACS funded three students to present at the 2023 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association.

Name Degree Program Topic
Jair Jauregui Torres PhD, Spanish & Portuguese Museum of the Americas: La lectura ecfrástica de J. Michael Martinez sobre la pintura de castas novohispanas
Alejandra Decker PhD, Spanish & Portuguese “Un país metalifero”: A Culture of Mining in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Bruno Anaya Ortiz PhD, Rhetoric Conjuring a “Pueblo”: Legal Claim-Making and the Articulation of Political Subjects in Latin America