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 by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Universidade de Brasília. This international virtual lecture series investigates the response of populists in different countries to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

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 Link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/99766499556″>https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/99766499556 See the LAIS Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455″>https://www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455″>www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455″>https://www.facebook.com/events/1618757631629455 Schedule 2:00 Welcome by LAIS Director Cecilia Méndez 2:05 Self-introductions by PASC and LAIS Staff 2:10 Juan Cobo, LAIS […]

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 arrival of megaprojects is referred to as the “new invasion”. This presentation examines a movement in Cotzal, Guatemala against the construction of the Palo Viejo […]

“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 República Dominicana y con el tiempo las categorías raciales dominicanas han generado tanto interés académico como controversia social. En esta presentación, la Dra. Wheeler, en […]

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 the schedule for the Winter 2021 virtual visit to UC Santa Barbara for students accepted into the LAIS MA program.

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, trans, and transvestite women since 2015, Argentine feminisms have prefigured the untimely irruption of public space in both process and form. The movements; interventions not […]

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 the premodern world and how it has structured medieval and early modern studies as academic fields. Register via email by March 19, 2021, for this […]