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Weston Roundtable Series: How to Help Protect the Amazon
Register here for zoom link: https://go.wisc.edu/weston_silva Brazil’s former Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, will discuss the challenges we need to face in order to preserve the Amazon and its indigenous population […]
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Video of the Welcoming Remarks of the Alumni Reunion, including Chancellor Henry Yang’s speech!
On April 29th, 2021 the LAIS program hosted the first day of the Alumni Reunion and Career Panels. The recording of the opening remarks is available here:https://youtu.be/R15HZnz8PnM In the opening […]
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LAIS 2nd International Graduate Student Conference, “Borders, Power and Transgression” featured in HFA news along with an interview from LAIS Director and Professor of History Cecilia Méndez!
The 2nd International Graduate Student Conference, “Borders Power and Transgression” featured presentations from 20 graduate students from across the globe. Participants discussed borders as a broad and fluid concept and […]
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Professor Cecilia Méndez has a new publication!
Professor Cecilia Méndez (History) has published a chapter in the Cambridge History of Terrorism entitled “Paths of Terrorism in Peru”. Her chapter details the history and implications of terrorism in […]
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Professor Méndez is interviewed by international outlets about Peru’s elections .
LAIS Director Cecilia Méndez was interviewed by different media outlets about the Peruvian presidential elections, among them La República, Al Jazeera, The Conversation, and the German public radio. Her declarations […]
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Congratulations to LAIS Graduate Student Marlene Torres Magaña on receiving a Graduate Opportunity Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year!
Marlene Torres Magaña is currently working on her research project entitled, Historietas, Nationalismo Mexicano, y Cultura: The Construction and Promotion of a Mexican National Identity during the Twentieth Century. She examines […]
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Interview with LAIS former director Víctor Fuentes.
You were born in Madrid, Spain. You left Spain in 1954 and got your PhD from the University of New York in 1964. Then you came to UCSB in 1965. […]
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Social Mobilization and State Violence in Colombia
REGISTER: bit.ly/laiscolombia Since April 28, 2021, thousands of people have been protesting in Colombia to demand immediate changes and structural transformations that meet historically neglected social needs. The government has mainly […]
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Congratulations to Professor Eloi Grasset for the publication of his new book!
Congratulations to Professor Eloi Grasset (Spanish and Portuguese) for the publication of his new book La Trama Mortal: Pere Gimferrer y la política de la literatura (1962-1985) (Editorial Renacimiento, 2020). In this groundbreaking study, […]
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