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LAIS Director Cecilia Méndez interviewed in ‘La República’
Professor Cecilia Méndez (History), LAIS Program Director, was interviewed by the Peruvian newspaper La República about current events and politics in Peru.… read more
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LAIS affiliate Prof. Jeff Hoelle had an Op-ed in the LA Times
Professor Jeff Hoelle (Anthropology) had an op-ed in the LA Times about the fires in Brazil in August, 2019. His piece… read more
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“Gender and Intimacy across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands,”
Professors Miroslava Chávez-García and Verónica Castillo-Muñoz (History) have served as guest editors in the Winter 2020 issue of the Pacific… read more
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LAIS affiliated faculty, Professor Roberto Strongman interviewed in ‘La Estrella’
Roberto Strongman is Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at UCSB. In his most recent publication ‘Queering Black… read more
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LAIS affiliated faculty Evelyne Laurent-Perrault awarded fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library
Award Recipient: Evelyne Laurent Perrault Award Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Professor Evelyne Laurent-Perrault has been awarded Center for New… read more
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Interview with Professor Miroslava Chávez-Gárcia
Miroslava Chávez-García is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She is the author of Negotiating… 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!