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Professor Silvia Bermúdez awarded by UCSB’s Academic Senate
Award Recipient: Professor Silvia Bermúdez Award Date: Thursday, May 30, 2019 Congratulations to Professor Silvia Bermúdez for receiving the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award from UCSB’s Academic Senate for the 2018-2019 […]
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Interview with Professor Alicia Boswell
Alicia Boswell is Assistant Professor in the History of Art and Architecture who specializes in the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas. Trained as an archaeologist, her research focuses […]
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LAIS Program Director, Prof. Cecilia Méndez awarded UC Humanities Research Institute Fellowship in Fall ’19!
Award Recipient: Professor Cecilia Méndez Award Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 LAIS Program Director Professor Cecilia Méndez is awarded the University of California Humanities Research Institute Fellowship to participate in […]
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Professor Casey Walsh’s new book “Virtuous Waters: Mineral Springs, Bathing and Infrastructure in Mexico”, 2018.
Professor Casey Walsh Virtuous Waters: Mineral Springs, Bathing and Infrastructure in Mexico, 2018. Virtuous Waters is a pathbreaking and innovative study of bathing, drinking and other everyday engagements with a […]
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LAIS Affiliated Faculty Ruth Helier-Tinoco’s “Performing Palimpsest Bodies: Postmemory Theatre Experiments in Mexico”, 2019.
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 […]
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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 the Fulbright Specialist, Aristotle University of Thessalonki, Greece, May, 2019. […]
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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 Award for Exemplary Academic Performance.” Denny Alvarez received the “2019 […]
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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 America at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. How did […]
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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 an intense passion for history and politics. But the catalyst […]
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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, was the first cultural site to engage in critical debate […]
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Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
