Eckstein Awarded Latin American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Susan Eckstein, Professor of International Relations and Sociology at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has been awarded the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Kalman Silvert Award for distinguished lifetime contributions to the study of Latin America.
The Kalman Silvert Award was created in 1982 to honor the first LASA president and the leading figures in Latin American studies during his lifetime. It “recognizes senior members of the profession who have made distinguished lifetime contributions to the study of Latin America.” The award is formally presented at each LASA International Congress, which will take place May 23-27, 2023.
As stated in the LASA award announcement, “Dr. Eckstein richly deserves this lifetime career recognition, on the grounds of prolific, high-quality, interdisciplinary scholarship, truly exceptional service to LASA, and broader service to the profession.”
An excerpt:
Professor Eckstein has been a highly productive scholar whose work has been influential in several important subfields of Latin American studies. She has written and edited nine books focusing on three countries – Mexico, Bolivia, and Cuba – with systematic comparisons to additional Latin American countries. Her work has illuminated a remarkably broad range of social, economic, and political interests: Latin American urbanization, poverty, immigrant labor market niches, social revolutions and their impacts, protest movements, agrarian reform, Latin American immigration to the United States, and various human rights issues.
The full Kalman Silvert Award announcement can be read on LASA’s website. Learn more about the Kalman Silvert Award and see a list of past winners on the LASA’s website.
Susan Eckstein, Professor of International Relations and Sociology at the Pardee School, focuses her research on Latin America and Latin American immigration. She has written extensively on Mexico, Cuba, and Bolivia, and, in recent years, on immigration and its impact across borders as well as on immigration policy. She has written and edited books on the urban poor, the impacts of revolutions, social movements, and social rights. On Cuba, her books have focused on the Castro-led revolution, Cuban immigrants, and how they have transformed Miami and influenced U.S. foreign policy, and U.S. Cuban immigration policy since the revolution. Learn more about Professor Eckstein on her faculty profile.