Republic and Revolution
May 26 – 30, 2026 • Paris, France
The XLIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association will be exclusively in-person in Paris, France, May 26–30, 2026. Virtual attendance or presentations are not available.
The main Congress venue is the hotel Marriott Rive Gauche in Paris.
All sessions and events of the Congress will be conducted following the local time in Paris, France.
If you would like to make sure you are registered for the LASA2026 Congress, look for your name in the list of registered participants.
The first sessions of the Congress will start on Tuesday, May 26 at 8:30 AM Paris Time. There will be a 15-minute break between each session.
Pre-conferences will be held on Monday, May 25, at the Marriott Rive Gauche in Paris, the main site of the Congress.
Yes. The Welcome Ceremony, the Presidential Sessions, and the LASA2026 Award sessions will be broadcast live on LASA's YouTube page. You don't need to be registered for the Congress to watch these sessions online.
English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese are the official languages of LASA and its congresses.
The program tracks are the thematic areas in which the sessions of each Congress are grouped. You must select a program track to submit your proposal.
Individuals can participate in the Congress with the following roles: paper presenter, presenter without a paper, chair, discussant, and organizer. The deadline to submit proposals and actively participate in the Congress is September 9, 2025.
All attendees and participants must be registered for the Congress. Please visit the Registration Fees page.
The discussant should summarize key conclusions and identify issues for further discussion in the various papers presented by the session members. He or she might wish to situate the participants’ work within larger academic debates, but should not use the occasion to present a separate paper of her or his own.
The organizer's tasks occur primarily before the Congress begins. The organizer was responsible for assembling the session and confirming everyone's participation, including the chair, the discussant, and the paper presenters or presenters without papers. The organizer should advise the LASA Secretariat promptly of any changes in the composition of the session.
The organizer should have communicated with session participants in advance of the Congress date to ensure that paper presenters delivered their written work to the designated discussant in a timely fashion.
The chair is responsible for ensuring that all the presenters and the discussant adhere to the agreed time limits, and for coordinating the question-and-answer session with the audience after session members have completed their presentations.