• Brown Bag Lecture Series #13

Hideo Kimura (The University of Tokyo)
”Latin American Studies in the University of Tokyo through the current of interdisciplinary studies"

• El Colegio de México and the University of Tokyo signed a memorandum on student exchange. (December 17, 2015)

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #12

Marleen Haboud (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador)
"Sociolinguistic Studies and Community Practices Towards Language Survival and Cultural Recognition in Multilingual Ecuador"

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #11

Fernando Ortega (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)
"Health conditions in a multiethnic country"

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #10

 Sylvie Andreé Didou Aupetit (CINVESTAV-IPN, México)

"Development of Latin American Studies in institutions of higher education in Asia and of Asian Studies in Latin American institutions"

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #9

Leonor Orozco (Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México)
"Realización lingüística de peticiones en el español de México"

•  The second information session on the 2-week student program TAKUMI 2016: Japón desde dentro

 (Building #1, Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo, November 24, 2015)

• International Conference "Dinámicas de contacto: español y lenguas amerindias" (Co-sponsored by LAINAC)

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #8

Pedro Martín Butragueño (El Colegio de México)
　”Distribución y evolución del español de México”

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #7

Ji Son Jang (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia)
"Cortesía verbal en el mundo hispanohablante: el caso del español hablado en Medellín (Colombia)"

•  The first information session on the 2-week student program TAKUMI 2016: Japón desde dentro 

(Building #1, Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo, November 11, 2015)

•  The first information session on the 2-week student program Global Praxis in Mexico 2016 

(Building #1, Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo, September 23, 2015)

•  Brown Bag Lecture Series #6

Special Session
Meeting with Dr. Jeremy Adelman (Princeton University, USA) and Dr. Stefan Rinke (Free University of Berlin, Germany)

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #5

Abbey Steele (Syracuse University, USA)
"Unsettling: Displacement during Civil Wars"

• We did a dry run of the 14-day student program, TAKUMI, which was planned for March 2016 in the ancient capital of Kamakura. TAKUMI is an interactive program for students among UTokyo, Spain and Latin America. (June 27, 2015)

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #4

Yuko Sato (Kobe University)
"Determinants of Successful Participatory Institutions in Brazil"

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #3

Hideaki Kami (The Ohio State University, USA)
"A Diplomatic Deadlock: Washington, Havana, and U.S.-Cuban Relations from 1983 to 1985"

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #2

Kayo Hoshino (The University of Tokyo)
"Deepening Democracy? Sub-national Politics and Civic Participation in Chile"

• Brown Bag Lecture Series #1

Hiromi Makita (The University of Tokyo)
”Framing strategy and citizen's behavior - Computational approaches to area studies”

• Kayo Hoshino (LAINAC Friend) has been selected for Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of JSPS (DC2 for FY2015-2016)!

• Hiroyuki Suzuki (LAINAC Member) has been selected for Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of JSPS (PD for FY2015-2017)!