University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
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 […]
Watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/28L30480tY0 Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID, 2020-2021! After a tumultuous year of contested elections, street protests, and state […]
You can watch a recording of this Tertulia here: https://youtu.be/zXXfEU7ThzQ Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID, 2020-2021! The people of Nicaragua have faced a series of […]