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SUMMARY:Discovering Columbus (and his Many Lives)
DESCRIPTION:“I thought there were too many books on Columbus until I read Matthew Restall’s\,” judged one reviewer of The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus— “which has made me realize that formerly there were at least nine too few.” Said the New York Times: “Entertaining and unpredictable.” For answers to the questions you’ve always had—and some you didn’t know you had—join us in hearing Professor Restall present some of the things he discovered (or Columbused) in his mind-changing\, myth-busting new book. \nThis event is organized by the Department of History and sponsored by CLAIR; the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program; the Departments of Art History\, Religious Studies\, and Global Studies; and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/discovering-columbus-and-his-many-lives/
LOCATION:McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T110000
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SUMMARY:LAIS Community Breakfast in November
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday\, November 5\, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-community-breakfast-in-november/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T103000
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SUMMARY:Discovering Colonial Latin American History
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Restall is a historian whose scholarship focuses on six areas of specialization: the Spanish Conquest era in the Americas; Aztec and Maya history; the history of colonial Mesoamerica\, primarily Yucatan but including Mexico\, Guatemala\, and Belize; the African diaspora in the Americas; the history of Christopher Columbus; and the history of popular music. Join LAIS graduate students and graduate affiliates for a discussion of his work\, including his latest book\, The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus. \n*Contact jcobo@ucsb.edu for pre-circulated reading. \nThis event is organized by the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Iberian Research\, Latin American and Iberian Studies; the Departments of Art History\, Religious Studies\, and Global Studies; and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. \n 
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/discovering-colonial-latin-american-history/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251203T110000
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CREATED:20251202T082014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T082014Z
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SUMMARY:LAIS Community Breakfast in December
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday\, December 3\, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-community-breakfast-in-december/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
CATEGORIES:LAIS,social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T110000
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CREATED:20260106T005035Z
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UID:4792-1767690000-1767697200@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:LAIS Community Breakfast in January
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday\, January 7\, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-community-breakfast-in-january/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
CATEGORIES:LAIS,social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T110000
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CREATED:20260204T050316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T050316Z
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SUMMARY:LAIS Community Breakfast in February
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday\, February 4\, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-community-breakfast-in-february-2/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260212T153000
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CREATED:20260211T194028Z
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UID:4826-1770910200-1770915600@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:The Power of Partnership: Revitalizing Limonese Creole (Costa Rica) Through Joint Action
DESCRIPTION:Despite being Costa Rica’s most widely spoken minority language\, Limonese Creole lacks constitutional recognition and continues to bear a legacy of social stigma. In response\, a collaboration between the Programa de Lingüística Centroamericana (PROLINCA) at Universidad Nacional and the speaker community has pursued a strategy of direct empowerment and revitalisation. This partnership has produced an official alphabet\, new legislation advancing language recognition\, and community-led immersion projects. This presentation reflects on lessons from this collaboration\, illustrating how such partnerships can restore visibility and dignity to a language and its speakers. \nProf. Dr. René Zúñiga Argüello is Professor\, researcher and Coordinator of the Centroamerican Linguistics Program (Programa de Lingüística Centroamericana) at the School of Literature and Language Sciences at the National University\, Costa Rica. \nModerated by Prof. Jaime Pérez González (Dept. of Linguistics\, UCSB). \nThis lecture is part of the Series of Indigenous Languages of Latin America (SILLA) organized by the Awakening Languages; Actions for Revitalization and Maintenance (ALARM) Lab\, with co-sponsorship from CLAIR.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/the-power-of-partnership-revitalizing-limonese-creole-costa-rica-through-joint-action/
LOCATION:South Hall 3605
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T160000
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UID:4832-1771516800-1771524000@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Connecting Archaeological Legacies\, Memory\, and Communities in the Northern Peruvian Andes
DESCRIPTION:Archaeology in the Northern Peruvian Andes is not only about the past—it is about how memory continues to live in bodies\, territories\, and everyday practices. In this talk\, I draw on more than a decade of research and community-based work in Cajamarca. I examine urban and community-centered archaeological projects developed in collaboration with local governments and residents\, highlighting how archaeological practice participates in the construction of local and regional identities. I also explore my collaborative work with master artisan weavers and other knowledge keepers\, foregrounding textiles and embodied practices as critical modes of transmitting memory\, knowledge\, and identity beyond written archives. I argue for an archaeology grounded in practice—one that seeks to challenge hierarchies of knowledge by recognizing community expertise as central to research\, interpretation\, identity-making\, and shared authority.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/connecting-archaeological-legacies-memory-and-communities-in-the-northern-peruvian-andes/
LOCATION:Arts 1332
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T110000
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CREATED:20260303T061919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T061919Z
UID:4881-1772614800-1772622000@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:LAIS Community Breakfast in March
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday\, March 4\, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-community-breakfast-in-march-2/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260401T110000
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CREATED:20260401T152635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T152635Z
UID:4894-1775034000-1775041200@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:LAIS Community Breakfast in April
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday\, April 1\, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/lais-community-breakfast-in-april-2/
LOCATION:Girvetz 2320
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T200000
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CREATED:20260408T000946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T003204Z
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SUMMARY:Latin American and Iberian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente)\, dir. Ciro Guerra\, 2015\, 125 min. — Argentina\, Colombia\, Venezuela. A breathtaking ethnographic odyssey through the heart of the Colombia Amazon\, Embrace of the Serpent is the epic story of the first contact\, approach\, betrayal and\, eventually\, friendship.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/latin-american-and-iberian-film-festival/
LOCATION:Chem 1171
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T003451Z
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SUMMARY:Latin American and Iberian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Mixteco Knot (Nudo Mixteco)\, dir. Ángeles Cruz\, 2021\, 91 min. — Mexico. Taking place in a rural Mixtec village in Oaxaca\, southern Mexico\, Nudo Mixteco follows the return of María\, Esteban\, and Toña\, each from a different direction. Each of them has a different reason for coming back\, just like each had a different reason to leave in the first place. However\, all three face a confrontation that will force a turning point in their lives.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/latin-american-and-iberian-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:Buchanan 1940
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T200000
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CREATED:20260408T002326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T003230Z
UID:4907-1778176800-1778184000@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Latin American and Iberian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Ixcanul\, Volcano (Ixcanul\, Volcán)\, dir. Jayro Bustamante\, 2015\, 91 min. — France\, Guatemala. Maria\, a 17 year old Maya girl\, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her: her parents have promised her to Ignacio\, the plantation overseer. But Maria doesn’t sit back and accept her destiny.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/latin-american-and-iberian-film-festival-3/
LOCATION:Buchanan 1940
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T210851
CREATED:20260408T003617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T003617Z
UID:4917-1779386400-1779393600@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Latin American and Iberian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Bad Influence (Mala junta)\, dir. Claudia Huaiquimilla\, 2016\, 89 min. — Chile. Rebellious Tano is sent from Santiago to Southern Chile under the custody of his father whom he has not seen in years. In his new school\, he meets Cheo\, a shy boy who gets bullied for his indigenous origins.
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/latin-american-and-iberian-film-festival-4/
LOCATION:Buchanan 1940
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T210851
CREATED:20260408T002636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T002636Z
UID:4911-1780596000-1780603200@lais.ucsb.edu
SUMMARY:Latin American and Iberian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Who Is Dayani Cristal? (¿Quién es Dayani Cristal?)\, dir. Marc Silver\, 2014\, 85 min. — Mexico\, United States. Deep in the sub-blistered Sonora desert beneath a cicada tree\, Arizona border police discover a decomposing male body. Lifting a tattered T-shirt\, they expose a tattoo that reads “Dayani Cristal.” Who is this person? What brought him here? How did he die? And who–or what–is Dayani Cristal?
URL:https://lais.ucsb.edu/event/latin-american-and-iberian-film-festival-5/
LOCATION:Buchanan 1940
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