A continental congress of the Latin American Studies Association
Building on the experience of LASA-Oceania Asia 2025, this congress aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas across a broad range of academic fields in the humanities and social sciences, as well as the natural sciences, and on any topic relevant to the study of Asia, Latin America, and the connections between them. We seek to provide a space for intellectual and academic debate across the following five thematic areas:
This area explores contemporary relations between Asia and Latin America in the context of global geopolitical and geoeconomic transformations. Topics include, but are not limited to, foreign policy, trade and investment, supply chains, infrastructure and connectivity, development cooperation, strategic resources, energy transition, security, autonomy, sovereignty, and great-power competition.
This area promotes comparative studies of Asia and Latin America across the social sciences, humanities, and other disciplines. Submissions are welcome on political systems, democracy and authoritarianism, development models, inequality, social movements, economic transformations, social change, history, culture, and other topics that benefit from an interregional comparative perspective.
This area brings together research on the historical, intellectual, cultural, educational, and scientific connections between Asia and Latin America. Topics include the circulation of ideas, knowledge, and cultural expressions; educational exchanges; intellectual networks; scientific and technological cooperation; and collaborations among researchers, universities, and institutions in both regions. Contributions from the natural sciences are also welcome, particularly those examining shared challenges or transpacific cooperation projects, including climate change, biodiversity, health, natural resources, and disaster management.
This area examines migration between Asia and Latin America in both directions, as well as the formation and transformation of diasporic and transnational communities. Submissions are welcome on migration experiences, migration policies, citizenship and identity, relationships between communities of origin and destination, and the cultural, political, social, and economic impacts of Asian diasporas in Latin America and Latin American communities in Asia.
This area examines the production of knowledge about Latin America in Asia and about Asia in Latin America. Submissions are welcome on the origins and development of these academic fields, their institutions and scholarly networks, theoretical and methodological approaches, contributions and limitations, and future prospects. The aim is to encourage critical reflection on how knowledge about both regions is produced and to promote new forms of academic dialogue and collaboration.