Center for Latin American Studies

The ZILAS

The Centre for Latin American Studies brings together interdisciplinary research on Latin America at KU, connects scholars across Bavaria, and strengthens academic exchange between Germany and Latin America. With a 40-year history, it links research and teaching in fields such as literature, history, geography, theology, social work, anthropology, and political science, while also serving as a bridge between the university and civil society.

Research

Events and News

Publications

Team

Visitin fellowship program

ZILAS Praxis

Newsletter | ZILAS Sonoro | BA Latin American Studies | MA Conflict, Memory, Peace | Partner Universities

Events and News

17

December

18:00

Care Across Borders: Food, Captive Labor, and the Emotional Geographies of Honduran Migration

Yaatsil Guevara González, Heidelberg Center for Ibero‑American Studies, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

21

January

18:00

Xenophobia in Venezuela and Peru in the 19th/20th Century

César Castilla, Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) at York University (Ontario, Canada)

28

January

18:00

You gonna make it there (?)“ – a European Dream in Contemporary Latin American Literature

Verena Dolle, Justus‑Liebig University Gießen, Germany

Team of the ZILAS

Board of Directors of ZILAS

Prof. Dr. Miriam Lay Brander

Head of Chair Romance Literary Studies II

Phone +49 8421 93-23132
E-mail miriam.lay-brander@ku.de

Building Universitätsallee/Zentralbibliothek | Room: UA-244

Prof. Dr. Nina Schneider

Chair of Latin American History

Phone +49 8421 93-21565
E-mail Nina.Schneider@ku.de

Room: UA-126

Scientific Coordinator

Dr. Luis Peña

Scientific Coordinator of ZILAS

Phone +49 8421 9323224
E-mail luis.pena@ku.de

Room: DP8-106

Postal Address
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Zentralinstitut für Lateinamerikastudien (ZILAS), Domplatz 8
85072 Eichstätt

Partnerships with Latin America & first contact

Dr. Claudia Velázquez-Schobert

Phone +49 8421 93-21249
E-mail Claudia.Velazquez-Schobert@ku.de

Building Domplatz 8 | Room: DP8-106

Postal Address
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Zentralinstitut für Lateinamerikastudien (ZILAS), Domplatz 8
85072 Eichstätt

Tasks
Counselling for study abroad at partner universities and institutions in Latin America
Intercultural training

Office hours
by arrangement

Coordination the binational MA Conflict, Memory, Peace

Hendrikje Grunow

Reseach Associate

Phone +49 (0)8421 93-21474
E-mail Hendrikje.Grunow@ku.de

Room: DP8-105

Postal Address
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Zentralinstitut für Lateinamerikastudien (ZILAS), Domplatz 8
85072 Eichstätt

Tasks
Program Coordinator MA Conflict, Memory and Peace

Office hours
by arrangement

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Academic programs

Newsletters

ZILAS-Newsletter 25-2

Boletín de Noticias ZILAS 2025-2

ZILAS-Newsletter 2025-1

Boletín de noticias ZILAS 2025-1

ZILAS Newsletter 2024-2