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Juan Cobo Betancourt interviewed by Radio Voz Andina Internacional
Professor Juan Cobo Betancourt (History and LAIS Program Vice Director) was interviewed by the Ecuadorian radio Radio Voz Andina Internacional of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar about his work digitizing historical documents […]
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Tertulia | Race and Caste in Latin America, India, and the USA: A Global Conversation
Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID, 2020-2021! In her widely acclaimed book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson complicates the category of race, […]
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Fall 2020 Noticias: A Newsletter of LAIS
Noticias, the LAIS Fall 2020 Newsletter is available here! Read words from LAIS Director, Cecilia Mendez, about our upcoming events, news from LAIS faculty, staff, students and alumni, and learn about […]
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Recording of November Tertulia now available!
On November 17, 2020, we were joined by Javiera Barandiarán, María Galindo, and Tathagatan Ravindran for a lively discussion about the current situations in Chile and Bolivia. LAIS Director, Cecilia Mendez, […]
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Latin American and Iberian Studies Undergraduate Essay Competition
The Latin American and Iberian Studies Program (LAIS) at UC Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the inaugural Latin American and Iberian Studies Undergraduate Essay Competition! Please share this opportunity […]
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Tertulia | Bolivia and Chile Today: Democracy Vindicated?
Watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/28L30480tY0 Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID, 2020-2021! After a tumultuous year of contested elections, street protests, and state […]
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Lo propio es así: Raza y matiz racial en la República Dominicana
“Lo propio es así: Raza y matiz racial en la República Dominicana” Seis siglos de historia y de legados transatlánticos han dado forma a un entorno racial complejo en la […]
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Letter from LAIS Director Cecilia Méndez
Late last Winter, as we were purchasing tickets and reserving hotel rooms for the two keynote speakers of our second International Graduate Student Conference “Borders, Power, Transgression,” COVID struck. Months […]
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Welcome to new LAIS Graduate Student Emma Laura Zamora
Emma Laura Zamora joins LAIS at UCSB from Cal Poly SLO where she received a B.A. in History. Read on to learn about what motivated Ms. Zamora to study Latin America, […]
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