Dr. Miroslava Chavez-Garcia (History) has received a University of California Humanities Research Institute Grant to support the California Eugenics Legacies Project. This project takes a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to […]

El programa de Estudios Latinoamericanos en Ibéricos de la Universidad de California, Santa Bárbara, condena los actos de violencia que la fuerza pública colombiana está perpetrando contra la población civil […]

The program in Latin American and Iberian Studies at UCSB condemns the acts of violence perpetrated by Colombia’s law enforcement against the civilian population since April 28th, 2021, in the midst of […]

The 2nd Latin American and Iberian Studies International Graduate Student Conference was a great success. We had excellent talks by 20 graduate students and four undergraduate students from across the […]

The LAIS February Tertulia, Race and Caste in Latin America, India, and the USA: A Global Conversation, is featured in UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts news! The article gives a wonderful […]

This tertulia was featured in the UC Santa Barbara Humnaities and Fine Arts News! Read the article here. You can watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/zXXfEU7ThzQ The people of Nicaragua have faced […]

Dr. Jaime Alves is an Assistant Professor in Black Studies at UCSB. He received his Ph.D. Social Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to UCSB, he taught […]

Ms. Carol Flores is the Student Service Manager of Graduate and Undergraduate Programs for the Phelps Administrative Support Center. When she is not sewing or gardening with her family, Ms. […]

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the Ecuadorian radio  Radio Voz Andina Internacional of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar about  his work digitizing historical documents […]

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 […]