On November 13, Professor José Colmeiro gave a lecture titled “Popular Music and Social Change in Contemporary Galicia.” Professor Colmeiro is the Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Studies at […]

The LAIS Program would like to congratulate Professor Giovanni Batz, of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, on his newly released book, featured in The Current. Over a decade […]

The LAIS Program would like to congratulate Professor Cristina Venegas, of the Film and Media Studies Department, on her upcoming film, recently featured in The Current! Professor Venegas is a […]

The LAIS Program would like to congratulate Professor Cecilia Méndez (History) on her continuous work as a columnist for La República, a Peruvian newspaper, where she writes about a multitude […]

On May 31st the LAIS Program welcomed all UCSB LAIS affiliates to celebrate the achievements of our staff, faculty, and students with presentations, awards, and a lunch! Our LAIS Program […]

Congratulations to Professor Sara Poot-Herrera (Spanish and Portuguese) for the publication of four separate book chapters, one introduction, and one commentary in 2023. They are as follows: “Presentación: Rosa divina” […]

The LAIS Program congratulates Professor Aline Ferreira (Spanish and Portuguese) for the publication of her new book The Routledge Handbook of Translation, Interpreting and Bilingualism, which she coauthored with John […]

Congratulations to LAIS graduate affiliate Yuri Fraccaroli (Feminist Studies) for their 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, which will allow them to pursue their project “¡Archivo vivo! An Ethnography of the […]

Dr. Marisol Ramos is a scholar and archivist affiliated with LAIS. Currently, she serves as the subject librarian for Latin American and Iberian Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, and Chicana/o Studies at the […]