# Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

**Source**: https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies
**Parent**: https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/contact/departments-and-centres

## Latin America through Knowledge Exchange: Connecting Scholarship and Society

## Welcome to the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies

The Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies is a research institute at Stockholm University. It conducts and promotes research and teaching on Latin America.

Through seminars, invited lecturers, and publications, it disseminates information about current events in the region. The institute has library and documentation services that are open to the public.

## On this website

[About the institute](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/about-the-institute)\
[NILAS Library](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/about-the-institute/nilas-library)\
[Contact](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/contact)

## Participants

[Department of Romance Studies and](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/department-of-romance-studies-and-classics)

### [Research subjects](https://www.su.se/english/research/research-catalogue/research-subjects/8/latin-american-studies)

An interdisciplinary research area with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.

### [Our Courses](https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects/human-social-and-political-sciences-and-law/latin-american-studies)

When attending courses in Latin American Studies you are approaching a continent that never ceases to fascinate us

### [Iberoamericana](https://iberoamericana.se/)

Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies is one of the leading interdisciplinary and bi-lingual journals

## NEWS

## CALENDAR

### [Open Lectures](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/about-the-institute/open-lectures)

NILAS regularly arranges open lectures and panel discussions with Swedish and foreign researchers and experts on economic, social, cultural and political development in Latin America

### [Research](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/about-the-institute/research-at-the-nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies)

Research at NILAS reflects current concerns and tendencies on the continent

### [NILAS Library](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/about-the-institute/nilas-library)

The Latin America Institute Library is a special library for social science research and Latin American studies.

### [XIII NOLAN Conference 2026](https://www.su.se/english/divisions/nordic-institute-of-latin-american-studies/calendar/events/2025-10-13-call-for-panel-proposals---xiii-nolan-conference-2026)

Call for Panel Proposals - Encounters in Transition: Latin American Struggles, Horizons, and Global Connections - Stockholm University, Sweden, from 10–12 June.