University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
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 […]
Join us for a LAIS Tertulia in the Time of COVID, 2020-2021! In her widely acclaimed book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson complicates the category of race, […]
Winter 2021 virtual visit to UC Santa Barbara for students accepted into the LAIS MA program. Zoom link for the main events: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/86523798829 Zoom link for the graduate lunch: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/82934523856 Below is […]
Join this LAIS co-sponsored event to hear from Nicolas Cuello (National University of La Plata, Argentina). Link: https://tinyurl.com/ve3fxb6c (Passcode: argentina) In the context of a disproportionate increase in sexual violence against cis, […]
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 […]
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, […]
LAIS is pleased to co-sponsor the Art History Graduate Student Association’s 45th annual symposium! This virtual symposium is an opportunity for students and scholars across the humanities to engage in […]
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 […]