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LAIS invites proposals for Roundtable Tertulias in the Time of COVID
LAIS invites affiliated faculty, instructors, students, alumni and staff to propose Roundtable Tertulias. In these extraordinary times, LAIS proposes to fund… read more
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Congratulations to Professor Melissa Morgan
Professor Melissa Morgan (Gevirtz Graduate School of Education) made Full Professor this year and became a Fellow of the American Psychological Association!… read more
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Suzanne Levine interview in “Southwest Review”
Professor Suzanne Levine (Spanish and Portuguese) interviewed in Southwest Review about becoming a protagonist in the story of Latin American literature in English translation, her… read more
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Paul Amar (Director of the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies) receives two prestigious grants
Congratulations to Professor Paul Amar (Director of the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, and Professor of Global Studies)… read more
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Cristina Vengas receives two awards for 2020-2021 and co-edits a book
Congratulations to Professor Cristina Vengas (Film and Media Studies) who has received a UCSB Faculty Research Grant and an Interdisciplinary… read more
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Evelyne Laurent-Perrault publishes in Small Axe: a Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Professor Evelyne Laurent-Perrault’s (History) recent essay, in Small Axe: a Caribbean Journal of Criticism, engages Vanessa K. Valdés’s Diasporic Blackness: The Life and… read more
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
Photograph: Tristan Partridge
Welcome to LAIS
The Latin American and Iberian Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara is devoted to the study of the histories, languages, literatures, and cultures of the peoples of Latin America and Iberia, from antiquity to the present day, and of their diasporas in Africa, Asia, and the Americas — including the Latino/a communities of the United States.
Our affiliated faculty, scholars, and students examine a diversity of themes and issues — including history, religion, politics, gender, language, literature, music, and performance — drawing on a broad range of disciplines across the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, and more.
This rich and engaged scholarly community allows us to offer our students thorough interdisciplinary training in our undergraduate major and minor and in the MA in Latin American and Iberian Studies, and to support PhD students engaged in the study of Latin America and Iberia across campus. Join us!