Latin American and Iberian Studies


The 2009-10 membership of this committee has not yet been finalized. Complete membership information for 2009-10 will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Faculty of the Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies


Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies-composed of FAS faculty associated with the activities of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, which coordinates research, teaching, and public programs on Latin American and related fields such as the Caribbean, the Iberian peninsula, and the Latin American Diaspora in the United States. Although the committee does not offer an undergraduate concentration or an advance degree, it awards a Certificate in Latin American Studies to Harvard College students who have completed an approved course of study as part of their work toward to A.B. degree in many concentrations.

Founded in 1994, Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) works to increase knowledge of the cultures, economies, histories, environment, and contemporary affairs of past and present Latin America. DRCLAS’s main office is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Harvard University. The DRCLAS also has offices in Brazil and Chile.