THE SCHOOL
The School of Latin American and Global Studies - ELAG is a platform for debate, training, analysis and research on the major issues of the public agenda in Latin America and the world.
Its activities articulate and amplify, in a plural and open way, the most diverse intellectual, political, journalistic and cultural expressions of Latin American and international progressivism.
The School aims to contribute to the formation of political, academic, social and union cadres, public debate, programmatic discussion and intellectual contribution committed to the processes of democratic transformation and popular struggles at the global and regional level.
The activities of the School are aimed at militants and social activists, public officials, teachers, university students, academic researchers, leaders of political, trade union and non-governmental organizations, press workers and anyone interested in the challenges of democracy, politics and the struggles for equality and social justice in Latin America and the world.
ELAG BOARD
Dilma Rousseff
Former President of Brazil, President of the ELAG Council
Alvaro Garcia Linera
Former Vice President of Bolivia
Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta
Minister of women, gender and diversity of Argentina
Celsus Amorim
Former Foreign Minister of Brazil
Pilar del Rio
President of the Saramago Foundation (Portugal-Spain)
Guilhaume Long
Former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
Executive coordination:
Carol Proner
Jurist and Doctor of Law. Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, president of the Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy and director of the Joaquín Herrera Flores Institute (Brazil and Spain). He has published various works on lawfare processes in Latin America.
Pablo Gentile
Doctor of education. Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. He has been director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO Brazil, and executive secretary of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences, CLACSO. Former chief of staff of Pablo Iglesias (Podemos, Spain), vice president of the Spanish government.
Former Secretary of Educational Cooperation and Priority Actions of the Ministry of Education of Argentina.
TEAM
Communication
Matthew Gentili
Graphic / web design
Ferdinand Paladino
louis massolo
Art direction
Natalia Viglianco
Content coordination
Francisco J. Escobar Garcia
Support to members
Alanys de Faria
Activities
International Courses
With the great references of Latin American and world progressivism. They are held annually.
Thematic courses and forums
Dictated by academic specialists, political personalities and social referents from Latin America and the world.
Methodologies and practices
Permanent training space on critical research methodologies and practices.
How to participate in the activities of the School?
Some of our activities are open, others are exclusive for our members. The association to the School helps us to develop our work agenda and to promote the training and research activities that we carry out. In addition, it allows to solve the costs of our virtual platform. The partners make a small monthly contribution through which they have free and open access to all the activities of the School, as well as those that have been carried out previously.
How to sign up and what does the association to the school
ALLOW?
Signing up is very simple. You just have to fill out our registration form. You can fill it
here.
By becoming a member, you can participate in all the activities of the School exclusively for our members: courses, forums, dialogues and publications. Also, you can receive your certificate of participation in courses and forums for free.
