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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

Professor Carlos Morton’s new radionovela, Frontera Sin Fin, tells the story of those forced to flee their homes in Central America and sheds light upon the issues of violence, poverty and exclusion. Frontera […]

Congratulations to Professor William Robinson (Sociology) on the publication of his new book, The Global Police State (Pluto Press, 2020). The Global Police State highlights the ways in which governments create stratification in their societies through […]

Jennifer Amador is a second year LAIS Masters Student. In this interview she talks about her passion for studying Latin America, her current research and future goals. Read on to learn […]