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LAIS Affiliated Faculty Carlos Morton wins Fulbright Specialist Award!
Award Recipient: Carlos Morton Award Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 Carlos Morton LAIS affiliated faculty Carlos Morton recently was awarded… read more
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LAIS Academic Award Recipients 2019
Award Date: Thursday, April 11, 2019 AWARDS 2019 Fátima Andrade Martinez received the “2019 Latin American and Iberian Studies Undergraduate… read more
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Read our interview with LAIS Alumna Cheryl Jimenez Frei
Cheryl Jimenez Frei is a LAIS Alumna ’12 who has accepted as Assistant Professor of Public History and Modern Latin… read more
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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
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!