CALL FOR PAPERS!

The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes faculty and
students to the 24th Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference on March 27th and 28th,
2020. At the conference, researchers can present their scholarly work related to social and public policy in
Latin America.
Our team is focused on assuring a high-quality and open environment for the exchange of ideas and the
improvement of works in progress. Following the multidisciplinary tradition of CLAS, we are interested in
facilitating dialogue, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies across disciplines. In that spirit, we encour-
age the organization of panels around problems, rather than disciplines, and welcome submissions from the
social sciences, arts, humanities, and cultural studies. We are particularly—but not exclusively—interested in
the discussion of policy design, implementation, and impact in a wide array of areas, including:
Economic development; inequality and social inclusion; democratic governance and institutional
change; human rights; health; education; LGBTQ and gender studies; ethnicity; race studies;
environmental studies; urban development; violence and crime; conflict resolution; social movements
and political parties; technological innovation; migration; political behavior; Latinx studies; elites;
public administration and corruption; sustainability; innovation; and transparency.

For more information: LASPP@pitt.edu or clas@pitt.edu

6pm—Location TBA LASPP Roundtable: Applied

Statistics & Chance: Medical Anthropology and
A Documentary Public Policy in Latin America
about
Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Dr. Kathleen Musante,

Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Carmelo Mesa Lago

Distinguished Service Professor
Emeritus of Economics and Latin
American Studies at the University
of Pittsburgh
César E. Abadia-Barrero,
Director of Undergraduate Programs,
Human Rights Institute|Assistant
Professor, Anthropology & Human Rights,
University of Connecticut