Professor Ruth Hellier-Tinoco Performing Palimpsest Bodies: Postmemory Theatre Experiments in Mexico, 2019. Performing Palimpsest Bodies proposes the concept of palimpsest bodies to interpret provocative theatre and performance experiments that explore
Award Recipient: Carlos Morton Award Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 Carlos Morton LAIS affiliated faculty Carlos Morton recently was awarded the Fulbright Specialist, Aristotle University of Thessalonki, Greece, May, 2019.
Award Date: Thursday, April 11, 2019 AWARDS 2019 Fátima Andrade Martinez received the “2019 Latin American and Iberian Studies Undergraduate Award for Exemplary Academic Performance.” Denny Alvarez received the “2019
Cheryl Jimenez Frei is a LAIS Alumna ’12 who has accepted as Assistant Professor of Public History and Modern Latin America at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. How did
What motivated you to study Latin America? I’ve always been interested in colonial history. I come from a family with an intense passion for history and politics. But the catalyst
LAIS Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Silvia Bermúdez’s fascinating study reveals how Spanish popular music, produced between 1980 and 2013, was the first cultural site to engage in critical debate
Thomas Huff LAIS Graduate Program Coordinator What do you like the most about your job? What I like most about my job is when I can assist student with figuring
Steve Pent LAIS MA Alumni ’07 What is the main contribution/argument of your book? One of the main contributions of my book will have been to draw attention to the
About the Book: In Science and Environment in Chile, Professor Barandiarán examines the consequences for environmental governance when the state lacks the capacity to produce an authoritative body of knowledge.
LAIS Program director, Cecilia Méndez, sits down with UCSB’s campus news publication ‘The Current’ to discuss themes of displacements among peoples worldwide. Please be sure to join us April 10th
