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SUMMARY:Populism and the Pandemic- A Comparative Perspective: Venezuela and Nicaragua
DESCRIPTION:Professor Kai Thaler (Global Studies) and colleague\, Rachel Schwartz (Otterbein University)\, will talk about Nicaragua and COVID-19 as part of the “Populism and the Pandemic- A Comparative Perspective” virtual lecture series by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Universidade de Brasília. This international virtual lecture series investigates the response of populists in different countries to the COVID-19 pandemic. \nRegister HERE. \n  \n \nKai Thaler
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/populism-and-the-pandemic-a-comparative-perspective-venezuela-and-nicaragua/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200928T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200928T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
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SUMMARY:LAIS Welcome Reception Fall 2020
DESCRIPTION:The Latin American & Iberian Studies Program\, at UC Santa Barbara\, invites faculty\, students\, staff and alumni to join us to meet our new members and connect with LAIS. \nZoom Link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/99766499556“>https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/99766499556 \nSee the LAIS Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455“>https://www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455“>www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455“>https://www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455 \nSchedule \n2:00 Welcome by LAIS Director Cecilia Méndez \n2:05 Self-introductions by PASC and LAIS Staff\n\n2:10 Juan Cobo\, LAIS Director of Graduate Studies\n\n2:20  Jennifer Amador\, LAIS graduate student\n\n2:25 Rosa Rodríguez\, LAIS graduate student\n\n2:30 Christine Khrlobian\, LAIS Alumna\n\n2:35 Graduate Student Union Representative\n\n2:50 Break. Take a deep breath\, move\, stretch\n\n3:00 Robby Nadler\, UCSB Grad Writing Specialist\n\n3:15 Marisol Ramos\, Subject Librarian for LAIS\n\n3:30 Introductions by LAIS Faculty and free conversation\n  \nJoin LAIS faculty\, students\, staff and alumni on Zoom (link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/99766499556)\n\nLAIS Facebook Event
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/2531/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201013T183000
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SUMMARY:Ixil Maya Resistance against Megaprojects in Cotzal\, Guatemala
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear from Dr. Giovanni Batz (UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow\, UC Davis) about “Ixil Maya Resistance against Megaprojects in Cotzal\, Guatemala” \n\nAmong the Ixil Maya of Guatemala\, the arrival of megaprojects is referred to as the “new invasion”. This presentation examines a movement in Cotzal\, Guatemala against the construction of the Palo Viejo hydroelectric plant built by the Italian company Enel on the finca San Francisco from 2008-2012. The struggle was characterized by peaceful resistance\, a four-month blockade\, and the arrival of the military. I argue that the arrival of megaprojects\, such as Palo Viejo\, continues the history of a colonial logic of extraction\, and is an extension of the historical tensions between the Indigenous Peoples\, the fincas\, and the Guatemalan state.\n\nCo-sponsored by the Global Studies Department\, Anthropology Department\, Latin American and Iberian Studies\, and Program\, and American Indian and Indigenous Collective.\n\nJoin us on Zoom: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/87106420611
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/ixil-maya-resistance-against-megaprojects-in-cotzal-guatemala/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201027T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201027T113000
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CREATED:20201022T121222Z
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SUMMARY:Lo propio es así: Raza y matiz racial en la República Dominicana
DESCRIPTION:“Lo propio es así: Raza y matiz racial en la República Dominicana” \n\nSeis siglos de historia y de legados transatlánticos han dado forma a un entorno racial complejo en la República Dominicana y con el tiempo las categorías raciales dominicanas han generado tanto interés académico como controversia social. En esta presentación\, la Dra. Wheeler\, en una presentación de 20 minutos hablará de su investigación sobre el significado y los límites de los términos que denotan raza y matiz racial en la República Dominicana y centra el lenguaje en la conversación sobre cómo se entiende la raza en este contexto. Le seguirán 10 minutos de preguntas. El evento concluye  a las 11:30am\n\nTuesday\, 27 October\, 2020 – 11:00-11:30 – https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/83696866553\n\nEvent co-sponsored by LAIS.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lo-propio-es-asi-raza-y-matiz-racial-en-la-republica-dominicana/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201030T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201030T163000
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CREATED:20201025T121220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T165113Z
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SUMMARY:LAIS EAP Get-together
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to know more about other LAIS students’ study abroad experiences? \nJoin us Friday\, October 20\, 2020\, via Zoom\, to hear from a panel of LAIS undergraduate and graduate students who have previously studied abroad. They will share their experiences and will answer any questions you may have. \nJoin us via Zoom at: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058933161
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-eap-get-together/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:social
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201117T120000
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SUMMARY:Tertulia | Bolivia and Chile Today: Democracy Vindicated?
DESCRIPTION:Watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/28L30480tY0 \nJoin us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID\, 2020-2021! \nAfter a tumultuous year of contested elections\, street protests\, and state repression\, Bolivia and Chile have evidently reached important turning points in their democratic struggles. Is democracy back to stay? In this roundtable tertulia\, one public intellectual and activist\, and two scholars will join us via Zoom from Bolivia\, Chile and Colombia\, to offer their assessment and perspective on the recent events.  \n  \nSpeakers \nJaviera Barandiarán is Associate Professor in Global Studies and is currently serving as Faculty Director of UC Study Abroad programs in Chile and Argentina. She has written extensively about Chilean democracy (joining us from Chile).\n\nMaría Galindo is a founding member of the anarcho-feminist collective Mujeres Creando. She is a militant lesbian Bolivian activist\, radio host\, graffiti artist\, audiovisual producer and writer\, and a unique critical voice in Bolivia today (joining us from Bolivia). \n\nTathagatan Ravindran is an anthropologist and Professor in the Department of Social Studies at Universidad ICESI\, Colombia. He works on indigenous identities\, social movements\, and race/ethnicity in Latin America\, with a special focus on Bolivia (joining us from Colombia). \n\nModerators: Jaime Alves (LAIS and Black Studies\, UCSB) and Cecilia Méndez (LAIS and History\, UCSB).\n\n\nJoin us at: bit.ly/LAISTertuliaNov20 (Zoom ID: 889 8816 2941) or on Facebook Live www.facebook.com/LAISUCSB\n\n**********************************\n\nBolivia y Chile hoy: ¿democracia reivindicada?\n\nMesa redonda con: Javiera Barandiarán\, María Galindo y Tathagatan Ravindran.\n\nDespués de un año tumultuoso de elecciones\, protestas callejeras y represión estatal\, Bolivia y Chile parecen haber logrado un hito en sus luchas democráticas. ¿Permanecerá la democracia? En esta tertulia\, una intelectual y activista feminista y dos profesores universitarios nos acompañarán vía Zoom desde Bolivia\, Chile y Colombia para ofrecer un balance y sus perspectivas de los recientes acontecimientos.\n\n¡Acompáñanos!  bit.ly/LAISTertuliaNov20 (Zoom ID: 889 8816 2941) o en Facebook Live www.facebook.com/LAISUCSB\n\nJaviera Barandiarán es profesora asociada en el Departamento de Estudios Globales de UCSB y directora del programa de Educación en el Extranjero en Chile y Argentina. Ha escrito extensamente sobre la democracia en Chile (nos acompaña desde Chile).\n\nMaría Galindo es fundadora del colectivo anarco-feminista Mujeres Creando\, activista boliviana\, militante lesbiana\, locutora de radio\, grafitera\, productora audiovisual y escritora. Es una voz crítica única en Bolivia hoy día (nos acompaña desde Bolivia). \n\nTathagatan Ravindran es antropólogo y profesor en el Departamento de Estudios Sociales en la Universidad ICESI\, Colombia. Escribe sobre identidades indígenas\, movimientos sociales\, y etnia/raza en América Latina\, especialmente en Bolivia (nos acompaña desde Colombia).\n\nModeradores: Jaime Alves (LAIS y Black Studies\, UCSB) y Cecilia Méndez (LAIS e Historia\, UCSB).
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-bolivia-and-chile-today-democracy-vindicated/
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201201T120000
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SUMMARY:Tertulia: Social Movements\, Identity\, and Resistance in Contemporary Nicaragua
DESCRIPTION:You can watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/zXXfEU7ThzQ\n\nJoin us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID\, 2020-2021!\n\nThe people of Nicaragua have faced a series of compounding crises over the past decade: the growing authoritarianism of the Ortega-Murillo government\, assaults on women’s and LGBT rights\, colonization of indigenous and Afro-descendant communities’ territory\, and\, in 2018\, mass protests that were harshly repressed by pro-government forces. In the face of these crises and threats\, social movements\, activists\, artists\, opposition politicians\, and communities have mobilized to resist government policies and assert their rights. As Nicaragua confronts the COVID-19 crisis with a denialist and obstructive government response and with elections looming in 2021\, this roundtable discussion explores the ideas and actions of different sectors of Nicaraguan society and what visions and lessons they might have for the country’s future.\n\n\nSpeakers: Cristina Awadalla (Sociology\, UC Santa Barbara)\, Jennifer Goett (Comparative Cultures & Politics\, Michigan State University)\, Mateo Jarquín (History\, Chapman University) and Emilia Yang (Media Arts + Practice\, University of Southern California).\n\nModerated by Kai Thaler (Global Studies\, UC Santa Barbara) and with comments by Charles Hale (Dean of Social Sciences\, UC Santa Barbara).\n\n\nJoin us: http://bit.ly/LAISTertuliaDec2020 \n(Zoom ID: 889 8816 2941)
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-social-movements-identity-and-resistance-in-contemporary-nicaragua/
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210202T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210202T133000
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SUMMARY:Tertulia | Race and Caste in Latin America\, India\, and the USA: A Global Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID\, 2020-2021!\n\nIn her widely acclaimed book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents\, Isabel Wilkerson complicates the category of race\, as it is commonly understood in the US\, by bringing caste to the fore. She discusses the “caste” historical experience of the US in light of those in Nazi Germany and India. Insofar as the term “caste” was first introduced in India by the Portuguese at a time when the Spanish and Portuguese empires had a global colonial reach\, Wilkerson’s book provides a perfect pretext for the Program in Latin American and Iberian Studies (LAIS) to launch a global conversation. In this roundtable\, UCSB faculty from Black Studies\, History\, and LAIS specialized in the US\, India\, and Latin America discuss their take on caste\, race\, and Isabel Wilkerson.\n\nSpeakers (UC Santa Barbara)\nUtathya Chattopadhyaya is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. He specializes in the history of modern South Asia\, British imperialism\, and agrarian commodities in global markets. His essays have appeared in A Cultural History of Western Empires\, the South African Historical Journal\, Historical Reflections\, English Language Notes\, and the edited volume Animalia: An Anti-Imperial Bestiary for our Times. He is currently working on a monograph on cannabis and empire in British India.\n\nCecilia Méndez  is a Peruvian historian specialized in the social and political history of the Andean region.She is the director of the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara and an Associated Professor in History. Her work calls the attention on the importance of late eighteenth-century\, and nineteenth-century political developments in shaping modern conceptions nationhood\, citizenship\, and  “race.”\n\nTerrance Wooten is an Assistant Professor in Black Studies. He is currently working on his first book manuscript\, “Lurking in the Shadows of Home: Homelessness\, Carcerality\, and the Figure of the Sex Offender\,” which examines how those who have been designated “sex offenders” and are homeless in the Maryland/DC area are managed and regulated through social policies\, sex offender registries\, and urban and architectural design. His scholarly interests are located at the intersections of Black studies\, gender and sexuality studies\, studies of poverty and homelessness\, and carceral studies. \n\nJoin us: bit.ly/LAISTertulia \n(Zoom ID: 840 6161 2112)
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-race-and-caste-in-latin-america-india-and-the-usa-a-global-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210308T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210308T170000
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SUMMARY:LAIS MA Recruitment Day
DESCRIPTION:Winter 2021 virtual visit to UC Santa Barbara for students accepted into the LAIS MA program. \nZoom link for the main events: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/86523798829 \nZoom link for the graduate lunch: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/82934523856 \nBelow is the schedule for the Winter 2021 virtual visit to UC Santa Barbara for students accepted into the LAIS MA program.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-ma-recruitment-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210311T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210311T173000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T172122Z
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SUMMARY:A Wave of Difference: Language Expression in the Argentine Feminist Imaginary
DESCRIPTION:Join this LAIS co-sponsored event to hear from Nicolas Cuello (National University of La Plata\, Argentina).\n\nLink: https://tinyurl.com/ve3fxb6c (Passcode: argentina)\n\nIn the context of a disproportionate increase in sexual violence against cis\, trans\, and transvestite women since 2015\, Argentine feminisms have prefigured the untimely irruption of public space in both process and form. The movements; interventions not only impact the social conditions and the epistemic tools for popular intelligibility of language expression of gender violence\, through an innovative use of communication technologies and social networks\, but also articulate\, from the multidimensionality in which inequality operates by gender and more broadly\, a transversal resistance to the oppressive characteristics that would accompany the neoliberal turn produced by public policy under President Mauricio Macri’s corporate governance mandate (2015-2019). This new state of public attention and mass representation allowed a reorganization of desires to spread and multiply across territories\, professional careers\, bodies\, and communities throughout the country\, which would forever transform the contours of a traditionally instituted political subject\, expanding its affective capacity to rework new forms of connection between the personal and the political\, extending the singular opportunity of its criticism to all spheres of social organization. In this way\, local feminisms constructed networks of theoretical exchange and practical solidarity between cis and trans women\, which to this day connect\, in a complex way and not without tension\, a concert of experiences that link and incorporate radical differences and specific demands of the sectors of working women\, ecologists\, diverse functional\, queer\, unionists\, anti-racists\, piqueteras\, educators\, prostitutes and racialized\, among many others\, in a structural critique of the functioning capitalist economic order.\n\nNicolás Cuello is a PhD candidate at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research in Argentina. He is affiliated to the Gino Germani Research Institute at the University of Buenos Aires and also works as an Assistant Professor at the National University of the Arts. As an archivist he is part of the iniciative “Sex and Revolution” a Programme of feminist and sexed/gendered political memories at CeDInCI\, the Centre for Documentation and Research on Leftist Culture. His work focuses on the intersection of artistic practices\, queer politics\, critical representations of negative emotions and alternative graphic cultures in Argentina.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/a-wave-of-difference-language-expression-in-the-argentine-feminist-imaginary/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210321T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210321T150000
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SUMMARY:Global/Premodern/Race
DESCRIPTION:This symposium brings together scholars working in Iberian\, Middle Eastern\, and Medieval Studies to engage in a critical discussion concerning race—reevaluating both its utility as a category of analysis in the premodern world and how it has structured medieval and early modern studies as academic fields.\n\nRegister via email by March 19\, 2021\, for this colloquium on Global/Premodern/Race co-sponsored by LAIS: global.premodern.race@gmail.com
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/global-premodern-race/
LOCATION:McCune Conference Room
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210407T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210409T190000
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CREATED:20200130T170619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T124231Z
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SUMMARY:International Graduate Student Conference: Borders\, Power and Transgression
DESCRIPTION:A border is what separates things\, and the border’s very existence is inseparable both from the power that sustains it and from the possibility of its transgression. In recent years\, the relationship between borders—political\, geographical and symbolic—and State power has taken on a special significance in the public arena. Transgression\, for its part\, is an ambivalent term\, as it may encompass very different ideas—from resistance against oppression to the erosion of institutions on behalf of authoritarianism or corporate profit. Analyzing borders and power must take this ambivalence into account.\n\nIn this conference graduate students from the US and the world will discuss borders as a broad and fluid concept\, encompassing not only geographical or political boundaries\, but also questions like gender\, race\, ethnicity\, discursive practices\, and more broadly\, notions like limit\, frontier\, division and critique. There will be contributions from a variety of disciplines in the social sciences\, the humanities and the arts. \n\nRegister to attend this conference and the keynote talks here. \n  \n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM\n\n\nKEYNOTE GUESTS\n\n\nPANEL ABSTRACTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynotes \nApril 7\, 3:00PM to 4:30PM (PST)\nConversation with historian Christine Hünefeldt: Crafting Borders?\nWith the participation of: Marlene Torres-Magaña and Emma Zamora Garcia.\nCHRISTINE HUNEFELDT\nProfessor Emeritus\, History\, University of California San Diego\n\nApril 8\, 1:30PM to 3:00PM (PST)\nBorder Thinking & Living la Vida Fronteriza (the Border Life)\nMELISSA WRIGHT\nProfessor\, Geography\,  Pennsylvania State University\n\nApril 9\, 2:00PM to 3:30PM (PST)\nAssessing the Damage: Reflections on the Trump Administration’s Dismantling of the U.S. Asylum System\nKAI MEDEIROS\, J.D.\nStaff Attorney\, American Bar Association\, Immigration Justice Project\, San Diego
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/international-graduate-student-conference-borders-power-and-transgression/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210423T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210423T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20210304T124521Z
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SUMMARY:Haunting the Canon: The Super-phenomena in Art
DESCRIPTION:LAIS is pleased to co-sponsor the Art History Graduate Student Association’s 45th annual symposium! \nThis virtual symposium is an opportunity for students and scholars across the humanities to engage in a critical dialogue while maintaining a focus on images and material objects. This year’s theme asks participants to challenge colonialist conceptions of mystical\, spiritual\, and alchemical subjects. We are honored to host Associate Professor of English at Fordham University Robb Hernández as our keynote speaker. His revisionist scholarship concerning alternative Latinx archives\, AIDS\, and speculative aesthetics will be of great interest to many scholars in our community. \nMore details coming soon…
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/haunting-the-canon-the-super-phenomena-in-art/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210501
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20210427T105602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T173732Z
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SUMMARY:LAIS Alumni Reunion: Celebrating 40+ years of Masters\, 1980-2021
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the first-ever LAIS Program alumni reunion! Join us to celebrate 40+ years of achievements and Master’s theses in the Latin American and Iberian Studies Master’s Program. This two-day event will feature seven panels showcasing the career paths of 19 alumni who graduated between 1985 and 2018. We will be joined by former directors and mentors\, and other members of the LAIS community. Please join as you are able\, and stay for as long as you want!\n\nEvent Date:\nThursday\, April 29\, 2021 – 10:00am to 5:30pm\nFriday\, April 30\, 2021 – 9:00am to 4:00pm\n\nRegister and learn more: LAIS.UCSB.EDU/ALUMNI\nDownload the program here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PQHWNCvQEXD6fDCw6hFQ51ArXKhDVWW6/view?usp=sharing
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-alumni-reunion-celebrating-40-years-of-masters-1980-2021/
CATEGORIES:Alumni,career
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210501
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20210427T120451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T174152Z
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SUMMARY:LAIS Career Panels and Alumni Reunion
DESCRIPTION:Join the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program in its celebration of 40+  years of achievements and master’s theses\, and learn from LAIS MA alumni about their professional careers in and beyond academia. This two-day event will feature seven panels showcasing the career paths of 19 alumni who graduated between 1985 and 2018\, from film and journalism to business and administration\, education\, NGOs\, history\, anthropology\, and more. \n\nThis is a great opportunity for undergraduate students to connect with LAIS faculty and MA alumni\, and to learn about the different paths alumni have taken upon completing their LAIS Master’s degree. The event will be joined by former directors and mentors\, as well as other members of the LAIS community. We hope to see you there!\n\nEvent Date:\nThursday\, April 29\, 2021 – 10:00am to 5:30pm\nFriday\, April 30\, 2021 – 9:00am to 4:00pm
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-career-panels-and-alumni-reunion/
CATEGORIES:career,undergraduate
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210528T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210528T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20210512T161736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T174532Z
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SUMMARY:LAIS End-of-Year Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Join the 2021 Latin American and Iberian Studies End-of-Year Awards Ceremony to celebrate the achievements and hard work of LAIS majors\, minors and graduate students\, faculty and staff. \n\nThe ceremony will take place on Friday\, May 28\, 2021 from 4:30pm to 5:00 pm via Zoom.\n\nThe Latin American & Iberian Studies Program is proud of its majors\, minors and graduate students and would like to recognize all of the 2020-2021 graduating students\, and thank them for their hard work and contributions to the program.\n\nPlease join us via Zoom and help us celebrate the class of 2020. Family and friends are welcome. \n\nLink to Zoom meeting: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/89933330458
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-end-of-year-awards-ceremony-2/
CATEGORIES:award ceremony
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210603T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210603T163000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20210601T124156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T174854Z
UID:2584-1622732400-1622737800@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Social Mobilization and State Violence in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER: bit.ly/laiscolombia\nSince 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 responded through force and the criminalization of the protests. Dozens of people have been murdered\, hundreds are missing\, and more than 3\,405 cases of police brutality have been recorded in one month. From different points of view and places\, we will talk about this very critical situation\, and the present and past of social mobilizations\, the role of youth and students\, and state violence in Colombia. \nPANELISTS\n\nMauricio Archila N.\, Ph.D. in History\, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. Professor and Researcher at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and CINEP. He has done extensive research on social movements and the armed conflict in Colombia. \nYuly P. Campiño\, Master’s in Human Rights\, CU Boulder. As a lawyer\, her work has mainly focused on human rights among Afrodescendant peoples in Colombia. \nAlejandra Sánchez Z.\, student at the Universidad Pontificia Javeriana (Col.). Student activist and former delegate to the negotiations on higher education with the National Government. \nManuel F. Vallecilla F.\, doctoral student in History at the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico). His research focuses on State violence in Colombia in recent history. \nModerator: Pilar Ramírez Restrepo\, Ph.D student in the History Department\, UCSB \n\n  \nPREVIO REGISTRO: bit.ly/laiscolombia\nDesde el 28 de abril de 2021\, miles de personas han salido a las calles en Colombia para exigir cambios coyunturales y transformaciones estructurales que satisfagan necesidades sociales históricamente descuidadas. El gobierno ha respondido principalmente por medio de la fuerza y la criminalización de las protestas. Docenas de personas han sido asesinadas\, las desaparecidas se cuentan por cientos y hay registros de más de 3.405 casos de violencia policial en un mes. Desde diferentes puntos de vista y lugares\, hablaremos de esta crítica situación\, y del presente y pasado de estas movilizaciones sociales\, el rol de las juventudes y las estudiantes\, y las violencias estatales. \nPANELISTAS\nMauricio Archila N\, Ph.D. en Historia\, State University of New York (SUNY) en Stony Brook. Profesor e investigador de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y el CINEP. Ha investigado ampliamente los movimientos sociales y el conflicto armado en Colombia. \nYuly P. Campiño\, Magíster en DDHH\, CU Boulder. Es abogada y su trabajo se centra en derechos humanos en población afrodescendiente en Colombia. \nAlejandra Sánchez Z.\, estudiante de la Universidad Pontificia Javeriana (Col.). Líder estudiantil y ex-delegada a la mesa de diálogo por la educación superior con el Gobierno Nacional. \nManuel F. Vallecilla F.\, estudiante de doctorado en Historia de la Universidad Iberoamericana (México). Su investigación se centra en las violencias del Estado colombiano en la historia reciente. \n\n\nModera: Pilar Ramírez Restrepo\, estudiante de doctorado en Historia\, UCSB.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/social-mobilization-and-state-violence-in-colombia/
CATEGORIES:Tertulia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T153000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20210909T034536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210909T034536Z
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SUMMARY:Weston Roundtable Series: How to Help Protect the Amazon
DESCRIPTION:Register here for zoom link: https://go.wisc.edu/weston_silva \nBrazil’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 in the context of the multiple crises that Brazil and the world are currently experiencing. These reflections are the result of more than 30 years of socio-environmental activism in Brazil. \n\n\n\nIntroduction by Dr. Marcos Colón\, Florida State University.\nInterpretation by Dr. Aline Alves Ferreira\, University of California Santa Barbara\n\nThe talk takes place from 2:15pm to 3:30 pm PDT (USA)\, 4:15-5:30 CDT (USA)\, or 6:15-7:30 BRT (Brazil)
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/weston-roundtable-series-how-to-help-protect-the-amazon/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211005T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211005T153000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20211005T005422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T005422Z
UID:3218-1633446000-1633447800@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Zinda. La mirada abolicionista de María Rosa Gálvez
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Meeting ID:885 537 1298
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/zinda-la-mirada-abolicionista-de-maria-rosa-galvez/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20211005T174450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T174450Z
UID:3222-1634308200-1634313600@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:How Can We Save the Amazon? with Marina Silva
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on October 15\, 2020 at 2:30pm   for our first lecture of the new academic year. We are very excited\, together with our co-sponsors – the Department of Spanish and Portuguese\, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management\, the Environmental Studies Program\, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center\, and the Global Studies – to welcome Marina Silva\, Former Minister of Environment of Brazil! Silva is a lifelong advocate for the Amazon and the First Nations. Simultaneous interpretation from Portuguese into English will be provided.\n\nRegister here:\n\nhttps://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XP6dGIQnQRSyuDWusInR1g
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/how-can-we-save-the-amazon-with-marina-silva/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220201T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220201T151500
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20220124T201519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T190212Z
UID:3295-1643724000-1643728500@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature
DESCRIPTION:You can join the event via zoom here: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/82878543945?pwd=dXE5REdWdEhVaXlPL3ZvTEVGUkdpQT09#success
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/luis-leal-award-for-distinction-in-chicano-latino-literature/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://lais.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Luis-Leal-Award-11-x-17-in-1.pdf
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220204T100000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20220201T190128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T190128Z
UID:3303-1643961600-1643968800@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:ALARI Seminar Series with Luis Gilberto Murillo: Política ambiental y climática: Enfoque diferencial para Pueblos Afro-descendientes en las Américas
DESCRIPTION:Register for the online event here: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwod-ihqjsvGNRWK2lx9e_zupP_vWC…
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/alari-seminar-series-with-luis-gilberto-murillo-politica-ambiental-y-climatica-enfoque-diferencial-para-pueblos-afro-descendientes-en-las-americas/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220209T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220209T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20220208T190123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T190123Z
UID:3324-1644415200-1644422400@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Los primeros seis meses del Gobierno de Pedro Castillo: Principales desafíos
DESCRIPTION:Attend on Facebook live here: bit.ly/Desafios_Gobierno_Peru
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/los-primeros-seis-meses-del-gobierno-de-pedro-castillo-principales-desafios/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220215T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220215T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20220210T004257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T004257Z
UID:3328-1644944400-1644944400@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Refoulement in English: Translation\, Migration\, and Human Rights at Sea
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held at the Mosher Board Room at 5pm. Access the zoom link here: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058932865
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/refoulement-in-english-translation-migration-and-human-rights-at-sea/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://lais.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Manfredini-Flier.pdf
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220301T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220301T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20220208T011017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T011017Z
UID:3312-1646143200-1646150400@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Love and Other Affairs: Poetry and Music (Spain\, Latin America and Latinx US)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/love-and-other-affairs-poetry-and-music-spain-latin-america-and-latinx-us/
LOCATION:Mosher Alumni House
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://lais.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Event_March_1_2022_Love-and-Other-Affairs_Music_and_Poetry_Spain_Latin-America_Latinx-US.pdf
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220302T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20220224T190402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T190402Z
UID:3332-1646247600-1646247600@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:The Bones of Contention
DESCRIPTION:MAR 2 – 5\, 2022 / 7 pm \nMAR 5 – 6\, 2022 / 1 pm \n\nSee full details on the Theater and Dance website:https://theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news/event/911
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/the-bones-of-contention/
LOCATION:Hatlen Theater
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://lais.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bones-of-Contention-Poster-2.pdf
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T140000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20231102T181521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231122T231721Z
UID:3479-1697803200-1697810400@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:LAIS Welcome Back Lunch / Tertulia
DESCRIPTION:Khipu\, and Andean Instrument of Management\, Memory and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa\nIn our first tertulia of the year\, Peruvian researcher Lydia Fossa will discuss her most recent findings on khipus\, the famed bunches of colored cords dotted with knots used by the Inkas\, revealing them as instruments of\nmanagement\, memory and power. Was the khipu limited to representing a particular language or were its symbols comprehensible to all inhabitants of the Inka empire? If so\, asks Dr. Fossa\, can we say\nthat literacy did not exist in Ancient Peru?
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-welcome-back-lunch-tertulia/
LOCATION:McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020
CATEGORIES:LAIS,Public Lecture,Talk,Tertulia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231201T133000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20231122T230927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231122T230927Z
UID:3502-1701432000-1701437400@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Tertulia: "Historical Maya Displacements and the Invasion of Extractive Industries in Guatemala"
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our  second tertulia of the year!\n\n“Historical Maya Displacements and the Invasion of Extractive Industries in Guatemala”With Prof. Giovanni Batz (Chicana/o Studies UCSB)\nWhen: Fri. Dec 1st 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (PST)\nWhere: HSSB 4020About the presentation. Through the use of the concept of the four invasions\, this presentation provides an examination of historical invasions and displacements of Maya peoples in Guatemala. The talk will explore extractivist industries in the form of hydroelectrics and mining that have led to militarization and state-sponsored violence against indigenous communities\, human rights defenders\, journalists\, and environmentalists\, among others. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker. Dr. Giovanni  Batz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at UCSB and the author of La Cuarta Invasión (Guatemala\, 2022). His research focuses on extractivist industries\, Central American migration\, Guatemalan history\, and the relationship between historical indigenous and Maya territorial dispossession and transnational migration from Central America to the US. \n** Refreshments will be served.\n** This event is free and open to the public. \nPlease spread the word widely!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/tertulia-historical-maya-displacements-and-the-invasion-of-extractive-industries-in-guatemala/
LOCATION:HSSB 4020
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231212T130000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20231210T062405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T032344Z
UID:3585-1702382400-1702386000@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Zoom Informational Meeting About the Master of Arts in LAIS\, Watch Video
DESCRIPTION:LAIS will hold a Zoom informational meeting about the Master of Arts in Latin American an Iberian Studies Tuesday December 12th\, 12:00 -1:00 pm.  Learn about the Program\, find out what you can do with an MA in LAIS. The panel will count with the participation of professors Giovanni Batz (Chicana/o Studies)\, Jaime Pérez González (Linguistics)\, Javiera Barandiarán (Global Studies and LAIS DGS)\, Cecilia Méndez (History  and LAIS  Director)\, and former and current students. \n\nNote: This events has passed\, but you can watch the video recording here\n\nLAIS is accepting applications for the 2024-25  Master of Arts Program until January 10. Find out more here: https://www.lais.ucsb.edu/graduate_admission_requirements/ \n 
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/https-www-youtube-com-watchvpsmmfsqfmhu/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240112T123000
DTSTAMP:20260507T035543
CREATED:20240110T023205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240110T055916Z
UID:3641-1705057200-1705062600@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:A Conversation with Baltazar de la Cruz Rodríguez: An Analysis of the National Situation in Guatemala
DESCRIPTION:LAIS and the Central American Studies Working Group are happy to invite you to the conversation with Baltazar de la Cruz Rodríguez\, a Maya Ixil ancestral authority of Cotzal\, Guatemala. He will be discussing the 2023 presidential elections in Guatemala and the country’s political state\, along with the role that ancestral authorities and indigenous communities play in the current political landscape. This event will be taking place Friday January 12th\, 11-12:30pm in the Dolores Huerta room\, South Hall.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/a-conversation-with-baltazar-de-la-cruz-rodriguez-analysis-of-the-national-situation-in-guatemala/
LOCATION:Dolores Huerta Room\, South Hall 1623
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