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Prof. Javiera Barandiarán’s New Achievements!
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 […]
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Tertulia with Prof. Kathleen Bruhn on her New Book!
Congratulations to Professor Kathleen Bruhn (Political Science) for her forthcoming book Politics and the Pink Tide: A Comparative Analysis of Protest in Latin America (Notre Dame Press, April 2024). Her […]
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YouTube Video on Nadim Bawalsa’s Book Talk
The LAIS Program, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the History Department welcomed author Nadim Bawalsa to present his book Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return Before […]
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Prof. Jaime Alves has Received a Fellowship!
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 […]
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Prof. Carlos Morton has Received an Award!
Congratulations to Professor Carlos Morton (Theater and Dance) who was honored with Texas State’s Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration Distinguished Achievement Award of 2023 for his dedication to and sustained […]
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Meet Our New LAIS Faculty Affiliate Prof. Giovanni Batz!
Dr. Giovanni Batz, an Assistant Professor in the Chicano/a Studies department, recently joined the LAIS Program as an affiliated faculty member. He specializes in Maya social movements and resistance, extractivist […]
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Welcome, LAIS Graduate Affiliates!
The LAIS Program would like to welcome all new LAIS graduate affiliates from departments across UCSB to a gathering on Tuesday, March 5th at 10:30am in Girvetz 2320. We will […]
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Transnational Palestine: A Book Talk with Author Nadim Bawalsa
The LAIS Program, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the History Department, are pleased to invite you to a book talk and conversation with historian and author Nadim Bawalsa (Associate Editor, Journal […]
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Prof. Alicia Boswell has Received a Fellowship!
Congratulations to Professor Alicia Boswell (History of Art and Architecture), who won a one-year fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC, a Harvard-affiliated research institute, in the Pre-Columbian area of […]
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Meet Our New Graduate Student Jennifer Valenzuela!
Jennifer Valenzuela joined the LAIS Master’s Program in Fall 2023. In this interview she shared her motivations to study Latin America, her research interests, and the role her family played […]
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