University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
Khipu, and Andean Instrument of Management, Memory and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa In our first tertulia of the year, Peruvian researcher Lydia Fossa will discuss her most recent findings […]
Welcome to our second tertulia of the year! “Historical Maya Displacements and the Invasion of Extractive Industries in Guatemala”With Prof. Giovanni Batz (Chicana/o Studies UCSB) When: Fri. Dec 1st 12:00 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The LAIS Program, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the History Department, are pleased to invite you to a book talk and conversation with historian and author Nadim Bawalsa (Associate Editor, Journal […]
The LAIS Program would like to welcome all new LAIS graduate affiliates from departments across UCSB to a gathering on Tuesday, March 5th at 10:30am in Girvetz 2320. We will […]
The LAIS Program, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the History Department welcomed author Nadim Bawalsa to present his book Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return Before […]
Congratulations to Professor Kathleen Bruhn (Political Science) for her forthcoming book Politics and the Pink Tide: A Comparative Analysis of Protest in Latin America (Notre Dame Press, April 2024). Her […]
LAIS is pleased to invite the campus community to a tertulia with Professor Federico Finchelstein. In this talk, Professor Finchelstein will discuss his latest book, The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide […]
Congratulations to Dr. Marisol Ramos (Library) for defending her PhD thesis “La nación del porvenir: La literatura fundacional cosmopolita de Alejandro Tapia (1823-1882)” at the University of Connecticut. Her dissertation […]
The LAIS Program is pleased to invite the LAIS community to our end of the year celebration and lunch to recognize the achievements of our students, faculty and staff. […]
In this presentation, Dr. Adriana María Linares-Palma shares their reflections on the processes, challenges, and outcomes of a community-based archaeological program conducted in San Juan Cotzal, in the Maya highlands […]
