University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
Roberto Strongman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This presentation establishes Transcorporeality as the distinct Afro-Diasporic cultural representation of […]
Professor Kiko Mora (Ph.D. The Ohio State University) is professor of the Semiotics of Advertising and Culture Industries in the Department of Communication and Social Psychology at the Universidad de Alicante […]
The 5th Bi-Annual Sal Castro Memorial Conference on the Emerging Historiography of the Chicano Movement to be held Feb. 28-29, 2020 in the McCune Room of the IHC. The conference […]
Join us to learn more about the current political situations and ongoing protests in Chile and Colombia. A round table discussion will be lead by Javiera Barandiarán (Director, EAP in […]
Please join the LAIS Community in attending the Department of History of Art and Architecture’s public lecture “Were They Enslaved? A New Look at Maya Figurines”, delivered by Mary Miller […]
A Zoom Talk by Dr. Marcos Cueto Wednesday, May 13, at 12 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), via Zoom Abstract. Historical studies on epidemics in Latin America have magnified fragilities […]
Join the 2020 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. The ceremony […]
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 […]
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. Zoom […]
Join us to hear from Dr. Giovanni Batz (UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis) about “Ixil Maya Resistance against Megaprojects in Cotzal, Guatemala” Among the Ixil Maya of Guatemala, the […]
“Lo propio es así: Raza y matiz racial en la República Dominicana” Seis siglos de historia y de legados transatlánticos han dado forma a un entorno racial complejo en la […]
Would you like to know more about other LAIS students’ study abroad experiences? Join us Friday, October 20, 2020, via Zoom, to hear from a panel of LAIS undergraduate and […]