University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
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 be providing a space for intellectual enrichment and debate, where graduate students can share common interests, get support for their research, and interact with other […]
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 1948 on March 1st. Here on the LAIS YouTube channel you can watch his presentation and the following discussion.
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 book will be the subject of our next tertulia on April 5th from 3-5pm in Girvetz 2320, with the participation of Nicole Cerpa (Global Studies), […]
LAIS is pleased to invite the campus community to a tertulia with Professor Federico Finchelstein. In this talk, Professor Finchelstein will discuss his latest book, The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy (University of California Press, 2024), where he maintains that Trumpism and similar movements across the world belong to a […]
Congratulations to Dr. Marisol Ramos (Library) for defending her PhD thesis “La nación del porvenir: La literatura fundacional cosmopolita de Alejandro Tapia (1823-1882)” at the University of Connecticut. Her dissertation will be the subject of our next tertulia on May 20th from 12-1:30 pm in Girvetz 2320.
The LAIS Program is pleased to invite the LAIS community to our end of the year celebration and lunch to recognize the achievements of our students, faculty and staff. It will conclude with an awards ceremony. The event will take place on Friday, May 31st from 12-2:00pm in Girvetz Hall 2320. We hope to […]
In this presentation, Dr. Adriana María Linares-Palma shares their reflections on the processes, challenges, and outcomes of a community-based archaeological program conducted in San Juan Cotzal, in the Maya highlands of Guatemala. Linares-Palma explains how their research emerged in collaboration with the Ancestral Authorities of San Juan Cotzal and the Ixil University towards Indigenous autonomy, […]
On February 5, Professor Giovanni Batz will have a book presentation on his new publication, “The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractavism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala.” This presentation will feature commentators Charles Hale, the Dean of Social Sciences, and Javiera Barandiarán, Associate Professor of Global Studies. Assistant Professor Daina Sanchez of Chicana/o Studies will moderate. […]
Professor Juan Cobo Betancourt, Director of the LAIS Program, has an upcoming event on February 7 for his recent publication of “The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granda!” The event will be co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Center for Latin American […]
Our monthly community breakfast will be on Wednesday, February 12, at 10am. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee, while hearing our LAIS graduate students share some of their research!
Please join us for the first LAIS Tertulia of this year, on Friday, February 14th, at 11 am, in Girvetz 2320, on the subject of Violence and Drug Trafficking in Ecuador. The event will feature interventions by Michelle Maffei (Universidad de Guayaquil), Alejandro Borja (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), and José Zurita (University of Bergen), and […]
Our monthly community breakfast will be on Wednesday, March 12, at 10am. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee, while hearing our LAIS graduate students share some of their research!
