Every spring, the Latin American Studies Program at Birmingham-Southern College hosts an international undegraduate research conference focusing on Latin American topics. If you are an undegraduate student, we encourage you to submit a one-page abstract for a paper involving original research.
All topics relating to Latin America are welcome.
If you are a faculty member, please encourage your students to participate in this major event. Your students will gain critical skills, especially if they are planning to go to graduate school. In the past, faculty members who brought students to present papers also participated in the conference as panel chairs and discussants. In some cases, faculty members proposed and organized their own panels with presenters from their institutions. Because of its focus on undegraduate research, only undergraduate students are encouraged to present papers.