Welcome, LAIS Graduate Affiliates!
Girvetz 2320The 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 […]
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YouTube Video on Nadim Bawalsa’s Book Talk
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 […]
Tertulia with Prof. Kathleen Bruhn on her New Book!
Girvetz 2320Congratulations 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 […]
Tertulia with Federico Finchelstein: The History and Politics of Wannabe Fascism
HSSB 4020LAIS 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 […]
Tertulia with Marisol Ramos, “Cosmopolitanism and Feminism in Puerto Rico”
Girvetz 2320Congratulations 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 […]
LAIS End of Year Celebration and Awards Ceremony!
Girvetz 2320The 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. […]
Adriana María Linares-Palma, “Community-based archaeology in the Ixil region, Guatemala”
Las Maestras Center, South Hall 1415In 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 […]
Book Presentation with Giovanni Batz on The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractavism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala
McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020On February 5, Professor Giovanni Batz will have a book presentation on his new publication, “The Fourth Invasion: Decolonizing Histories, Extractavism, and Maya Resistance in Guatemala.” This presentation will feature […]
Book Presentation with Juan Cobo on The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada
McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020Professor Juan Cobo Betancourt, Director of the LAIS Program, has an upcoming event on February 7 for his recent publication of “The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, […]
LAIS Community Breakfast in February
Our monthly community breakfast will be on Wednesday, February 12, at 10am. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee, while hearing our LAIS graduate students share […]
Tertulia: “Violence and Drug Trafficking in Ecuador”
Girvetz 2320Please join us for the first LAIS Tertulia of this year, on Friday, February 14th, at 11 am, in Girvetz 2320, on the subject of Violence and Drug Trafficking in Ecuador. […]
LAIS Community Breakfast in March
Our monthly community breakfast will be on Wednesday, March 12, at 10am. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee, while hearing our LAIS graduate students share some […]