On July 8th.2025, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt was awarded the prestigious Argentine Leloir Research Prize. Named after biochemist and Nobel laureate Luis Federico Leloir, the prize is one of the highest honors granted to international scholars for their outstanding contributions to Argentine science, the promotion of young researchers, and scientific …
The Department of International Relations, in cooperation with the Latin America Center (CELA) at the University of Kassel and the Argentine Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), is offering a free online course on new energies and sustainable development in Latin America for students and other interested participants. The course …
The 33rd Havana International Book Fair (FILH) opened its doors in February 2025. In this inspiring setting, the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS), its CALAS professorship in Havana, and the Extractivism.de project network at the University of Kassel presented a selection of their latest publications. CALAS and Extractivism.de …
Unsere Welt ist im Krisenmodus. Steigende Kriegsgefahr, Inflation, Umweltkatastrophen, Klimawandel, der Aufstieg der extremen Rechten sowie Flucht- und Migrationsbewegungen lassen daran wenig Zweifel. Krisen stellen Bestehendes in Frage. Sie lassen Konflikte eskalieren, können aber auch neue Lösungsstrategien hervorbringen. Das Maria Sibylla Merian Centre for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) beschäftigt …
The Argentine sociologist Maristella Svampa, professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Buenos Aires), will receive this year’s prestigious Georg Forster Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Within the framework of the Kassel Latin America Center CELA, Maristella Svampa will address problematic situations of socio-ecological transformation in …
Autor(a): Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Cecilia Gárgano, Lucas Christel ¿Nos espera el colapso ambiental o podemos evitarlo? ¿Existen límites planetarios a las formas de producción? ¿Cómo estamos viviendo y habitando? ¿Tenemos alternativas? La crisis socioambiental se despliega a lo largo del mundo con una urgencia inusitada. Sin embargo, su transversalidad no es …
On May 25 and 26, the workshop on ” Elites and Class – Interrogating the Rich and Powerful in Latin America and Beyond,” organized by the Centro de Estudios Latinomamericanos (CELA) of the University of Kassel, took place. 12 international young scholars came to the University of Kassel to talk …
On Wednesday, June 10, a agreement was signed between CLACSO and the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS). [more in Spanish]