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We are excited to announce thatÌýwill be joining the Institute of the Americas in September 2023 as Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas.

Dr Lessa obtained her PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Between 2011 and 2023, she held various roles at the University of Oxford, including, most recently, Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Development (2020-2023). Between 2016 and 2020, she was the recipient of the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie (Global) Fellowship of the European Commission, leading a project on Operation Condor in South America in the 1970s and efforts to achieve justice for such atrocities.

Her latest book, , was the winner of theÌýand received an honourable mention for theÌý of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).

Dr Lessa’s collaborative research with local partners in South America achieved high levels of : the Operation Condor reached the final shortlist of the University of Oxford’s Vice Chancellor’s 2020 Innovation Awards and was highly commended in theÌý for improving routes to justice for victims of transnational human rights violations in South America. Dr Lessa has also been an expert witness before the , , and Chile’s Supreme Court.

At Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Americas, she will be facilitating modules at UG and PGT levels, on themes such asÌýinternational relations and security in the Americas. We are looking forward to adding her expertise to our already broad portfolio of key disciplines to study, research and understand the Americas of our time. ¡µþ¾±±ð²Ô±¹±ð²Ô¾±»å²¹!

Links:

| book publisher's webpage

| Duke Human Rights Center@the Franklin Humanities Institute

| Latin American Studies Association (LASA) webpage

| project-related video onÌýUniversity of Oxford Youtube channel

| University of Oxford Research Impact webpage

| University of Oxford news item

| webpage

| University of Oxford news item

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