Latin American Studies Association

The Latin American Studies Association ( LASA ) is the largest scientific society with Latin America with more than 6,000 individual members. It was founded in 1966 and since 1986 has its headquarters at the University of Pittsburgh. About half of its members are U.S. citizens.

The LASA is the scientific journal of the Latin American Research Review ( larr ), which was founded in 1965 and is published three times a year, and LASA Forum out.

President of LASA

  • John Coatsworth ( Columbia University ), 2009 -
  • Eric Hershberg (American University), 2007-2009
  • Charles R. Hale ( University of Texas, Austin ), 2006-2007
  • Sonia E. Alvarez ( University of Massachusetts, Amherst ), 2004-2006
  • Marysa Navarro ( Dartmouth College), 2003-2004
  • Arturo Arias ( University of Redlands ), 2001-2003
  • Thomas Holloway ( University of California, Davis), 2000-2001
  • Franklin Knight ( Johns Hopkins University), 1998-2000
  • Susan Eckstein ( Boston University), 1997-1998
  • Jane Jaquette ( Occidental College), 1995-1997
  • Cynthia McClintock ( George Washington University), 1994-1995
  • Carmen Diana Deere ( University of Massachusetts, Amherst ), 1992-1994
  • Lars Schoultz ( University of North Carolina), 1991-1992
  • Jean Franco ( Columbia University), 1989-1991
  • Paul Drake ( University of California, San Diego ), 1988-1989
  • Cole Blasier ( University of Pittsburgh), 1986-1988
  • Wayne Cornelius ( University of California, San Diego ), 1985-1986
  • Helen Safa M. ( University of Florida), 1983-1985
  • Jorge I. Domínguez ( Harvard University), 1982-1983
  • Peter H. Smith ( University of California, San Diego ), 1981-1982
  • Carmelo Mesa -Lago ( University of Pittsburgh), 1980-1981
  • William P. Glade 1979-1980
  • Riordan Roett 1978-1979
  • Evelyn P. Stevens 1976-1978
  • Richard R. Fagen 1975-1976
  • Paul L. Doughty 1974-1975
  • Henry A. Landsberger 1973-1974
  • Thomas Skidmore 1972-1973
  • Federico G. Gil 1971-1972
  • John J. Johnson 1970-1971
  • John P.Augelli 1969-1970
  • Richard Adams 1968-1969
  • Kalman H. Silvert 1967-1968
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