Latin American History Speaker Series: The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America

Francesca Lessa is Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas at University College London (UCL), where she is affiliated to the UCL - Institute of the Americas. Previously, between 2011 and 2023, she held various roles at the University of Oxford, including Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Development (2020-2023) and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow (2016-2020). Francesca earned a PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2010. She also completed an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and a BA in European Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. Francesca is Italian by birth and upbringing, but she has lived in the UK since 1999. She loves tango, and many of her Uruguayan friends are convinced that she lived in the Río de la Plata in a previous life.