Welcome Lunch
State Street Room UCenJoin us for lunch and a chance to meet our new LAIS graduate students, and reconnect with other LAIS members. Lunch and beverages provided.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program
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Robespierre de Oliveira, “The State of the Opposition in Brazil”
SS&MS 2135With the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma in 2016 the right and extreme right came to power as the opposition split. Dr. Oliveira will show how Brazilian politics have turned upside down, from social policies to private ones, from economic growth to decline, and from an open and diverse society to one that is more […]
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Robespierre de Oliveira, “The Dark Side of the Earth or the Attempt to Empower”
HSSB 4020This talk is part of the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Herbert Marcuse Society, Oct. 10-12, 2019. For a PDF of the conference program: https://www.history.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/IHMS-Conference-ProgramOct2b.pdf This event is co-sponsored by LAIS.
Documentary Screening – Emilia: An Untold Cuban American Story (2017)
McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020Filmmaker and producer Luis Pérez Tolón and Cuban expert Professor Lillian Manzor (University of Miami) will be at hand to contextualize the 40 minutes film and answer questions. *The film narrates the story of Emilia Teurbe Tolón, the first woman deported from Cuba for political insurgency. Ahead of her time and a role model for […]
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“Transcorporeality in Black Atlantic Religions”, a talk with Roberto Strongman
Department of Black Studies Conference Room (South Hall)Roberto Strongman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This presentation establishes Transcorporeality as the distinct Afro-Diasporic cultural representation of the human psyche as multiple, removable and external to a body that functions as its receptacle. This unique view of the body, preserved in its […]
Lecture “Pop Music Before The Pop Era Spanish Music in the US Early Recording Industry (1896-1914)” by Professor Kiko Mora
Phelps 2524Professor Kiko Mora (Ph.D. The Ohio State University) is professor of the Semiotics of Advertising and Culture Industries in the Department of Communication and Social Psychology at the Universidad de Alicante (Spain). Since 2010, his main research focus has been investigating Spanish music and dance in musical theater, early cinema, and early recording industry in the […]
5th Bi-Annual Sal Castro Memorial Conference on the Emerging Historiography of the Chicano Movement
McCune Conference RoomThe 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 is named after Sal Castro, one of the major historical figures of the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Sal Castro, as a high […]
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Protests and Politics in Latin America: What is new in Chile and Colombia?
McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020Join 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 Chile & Argentina, Professor, Global Studies, UCSB), Kathleen Bruhn (Professor & Chair, Political Science, UCSB), Pilar Ramírez Restrepo (Graduate Student, History, UCSB), Diego Silva (Postdoctoral […]
History of Art and Architecture 2019-2020 Lecture Series: Making. “Were They Enslaved? A New Look at Maya Figurines”
Arts 1332 (History of Art & Architecture Conference Room)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 (Director, The Getty Research Institute) Maya figurines of the 8th century from the island of Jaina, off Yucatan, Mexico, long admired for their lifelike, poignant, […]
Coronavirus and Historical Patterns of Epidemics in Latin America
ZoomA 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 in public health structures, revealed the vulnerability of the poor and discovered cases of heroism under adversity. They have also identified an historical trend –revived […]
LAIS End of Year Awards Ceremony
ZoomJoin 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 will take place on Friday, May 29, 2020 from 4:30pm to 5:00 pm via Zoom: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/94463220616 The Latin American & Iberian Studies Program is proud […]
Populism and the Pandemic- A Comparative Perspective: Venezuela and Nicaragua
OnlineProfessor 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. […]