Congratulations to Professor Jeffrey Hoelle (Anthropology), who was selected to co-lead an international research initiative in the Amazon through the Fullbright Amazonia Scholars program of 2022-2024. The initiative is aimed […]

The LAIS Program congratulates Professor Miroslava Chavez-Garcia who co-authored with Yvette Martínez-Vu, Is Grad School for Me?: Demystifying the Application Process for First-Gen BIPOC Students. It has been published with […]

Congratulations to Professor Elide Valarini Oliver (Spanish and Portuguese) for receiving the Prêmio Paulo Rónai, awarded by the Biblioteca Nacional of Brazil for her translation and critical edition of O […]

Congratulations to Professor David López-Carr (Geography) who won a grant with UCSB ISBER Collaborative Research Initiative Grant Program for the years 2022-2023 to work on the project  “Integrating planetary health […]

Congratulations to Professor Veronica Castillo-Munoz (History) who was invited by the National Museum of the Mexican Revolution and the Casasola Foundation to collaborate on a major exhibit about a Mexican […]

The LAIS Program would like to congratulate Professor Kai Thaler (Global Studies) who co-authored the article “Statebuilding and indigenous rights implementation: Political incentives, social movement pressure, and autonomy policy in […]

Dr. Nicole Cerpa Vielma, an Assistant Professor in the Global Studies Department, has recently joined the LAIS Program as an affiliated faculty member. Dr. Cerpa specializes in subordinate financialization in […]

The Program in Latin American and Iberian Studies (LAIS) invites applications for its Graduate Alumni Research Award for Summer 2024. These awards support innovative scholarship in Latin American and Iberian […]

The LAIS Program would like to congratulate Professor Javiera Barandiaran (Global Studies), for having won a residency fellowship for March 2024 at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center to work on […]

Congratulations to Professor Jaime Alves (Black Studies) who received the Burdick Scholar Fellowship as a part of UC Santa Barbara’s Area Global Initiative for 2024-2025. He is now leading a […]