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A very big ‘Thank You’ to our LAIS Lecturers
The Latin American and Iberian Studies Program (LAIS) is proud to recognize, and thank the lecturers, Dr. Emily Engel, Alba Constenla Torrado, and Mario Tumen who taught Program courses in […]
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Associate Professor Roberto Strongman’s “Queering Black Atlantic Religions”
Roberto Strongman is Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Congratulations to Associate Professor Roberto Strongman’s Queering Black Religions: Transcorporeality in Candomblé, […]
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Rosa Rodriguez
Rosa Rodriguez is a first year MA student in the LAIS Program. She completed her Undergraduate studies at CSU Long Beach and double majored in Sociology and Chicano Latino studies. […]
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Interview with LAIS Alumna, Nicole Pacino
Nicole Pacino, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, holds a B.A. from DePauw University. She graduated from the LAIS M.A. Program in 2007 and went on to puruse a PhD […]
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Interview with Dr. Anabel Ford, MARC Director
Dr. Ford is adjunct Professor and Director of the MesoAmerican research center at UCSB. Her work focuses on the ancient Maya and the tropical forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. […]
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Researcher Anabel Ford: Opening of the Exhibit ¡Chaya! Dinner with the Maya!
LAIS Affiliate Researcher and Director of the MesoAmerican Research Center (MARC) at UCSB, Dr. Anabel Ford was in Guatemala and Belize to celebrate the opening of ¡Chaya! Dinner with the […]
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Marqués Pascual, L. & Cortijo Ocaña, A. (2019) Second and Third Language Acquisition in Catalan-speaking Regions. Juan de la Cuesta.
Congratulations to LAIS affiliated faculty, Laura Marqués-Pascual and Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña for their recent joint publication; Second and Third Language Acquisition in Catalan-speaking Regions. (2019) “As described and presented […]
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Welcome New Graduate Students
The Latin American Iberian Studies Program proudly welcomed 4 new graduate students, Liz Marchante, Katia Rodriguez, Jennifer Amador, and Rosa Rodriguez to the program this Fall. Liz Marchante graduated with […]
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Assistant Professor Kai Thaler’s co-authored ‘Repression and Resilience in Nicaragua’
LAIS Affiliated Faculty, Assistant Professor of Global Studies Kai M. Thaler and co-author Eric S. Mosinger recently published Repression and Resilience in Nicaragua: How Daniel Ortega Weathered 2018 Storm… and […]
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“Transcorporeality in Black Atlantic Religions”, a talk with Roberto Strongman
Roberto Strongman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This presentation establishes Transcorporeality as the distinct Afro-Diasporic cultural representation of […]
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