Due to the successful peace negotiations, Colombia is currently back in the spotlight of international interest. The over 30 contributions in this volume analyze, following a country-specific introduction, aspects of politics and society (history and memory politics, violence, women, church and religion, Colombia as an international actor), economics (mining, drug trade, tourism), and finally the complex of culture, education, and science (language policy, contemporary Colombian literature, cinema, art, and narcoculture). The volume provides scientifically grounded and up-to-date information that conveys a comprehensive picture of the various areas of Colombian reality. A chronology of Colombian history since independence, as well as a register of persons and subjects, concludes the volume and makes it an important work.