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Interview with Graduate Student Sarah Zamir
What motivated you to study Latin America? I’ve always been interested in colonial history. I come from a family with… read more
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Rocking the Boat: Migration and Race in Contemporary Spanish Music by Silvia Bermúdez
LAIS Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Silvia Bermúdez’s fascinating study reveals how Spanish popular music, produced between 1980 and 2013,… read more
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Interview with Thomas Huff, Our Graduate Program Coordinator
Thomas Huff LAIS Graduate Program Coordinator What do you like the most about your job? What I like most about… read more
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Interview with LAIS Alumnus Steve Pent
Steve Pent LAIS MA Alumni ’07 What is the main contribution/argument of your book? One of the main contributions of… read more
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Professor Javiera Barandiarán’s new book Science and Environment in Chile: The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy
About the Book: In Science and Environment in Chile, Professor Barandiarán examines the consequences for environmental governance when the state… read more
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Program Director Cecilia Méndez Interview in UCSB’s ‘The Current’
LAIS Program director, Cecilia Méndez, sits down with UCSB’s campus news publication ‘The Current’ to discuss themes of displacements among… 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!