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Latin American Studies v. the Psychedelic Renaissance
The last two decades have seen a resurgence of research with psychedelic substances for medical purposes that has concurred with a proliferation of neo-shamanic or mystical practices, retreats and communities […]
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Film Screening and Discussion: The Market and the Monkey’s Paw: The Bitcoin Experiment in El Salvador
Please join us on May 23rd, from 2 to 4 pm, in Girvetz 2320, for a screening a discussion of The Market and the Monkey’s Paw: The Bitcoin Experiment in El Salvador, […]
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Professor Giovanni Batz Awarded Thomas McGann Book Prize in Modern Latin American History for “The Fourth Invasion”
The LAIS Program would like to congratulate Professor Giovanni Batz, Associate Professor of Chicano Studies and head of the CLAIR Central American Studies Lab, on his recently being awarded the […]
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Book Talk: The Letters of Fernando Túpac Amaru
Please join us for a book presentation to mark the publication of Las cartas de Fernando Túpac Amaru y otros documentos (1782-1798) [The letters of Fernando Túpac Amaru and other documents], co-edited […]
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Lottery in Quechua and other games
Please join us for a night of games, as we celebrate indigenous languages from across the Americas. You are welcome to bring your own games, ideas, and languages to share.
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Notes on LAIS Tertulia: Grassroots Resistance to Bukele’s Authoritarian Regime in El Salvador
On February 27th, we were joined via webinar by Yesenia Portillo, director of CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) for the first talk of CLAIR’s Central […]
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Notes on LAIS Tertulia: Violence and Drug Trafficking in Ecuador
On February 14th, we were joined on a webinar by Michelle Maffei (Universidad de Guayaquil), Alejandro Borja (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), and José Zurita (University of Bergen) to discuss […]
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Reflecting on Professor Cobo’s Book Presentation
The second event sponsored by the new Center for Latin American and Iberian Research was the book presentation on February 7th of Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, […]
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Reflecting on Professor Batz’ Book Presentation
The first event sponsored by the new CLAIR (Center for Latin American and Iberian Research) at UCSB was Dr. Giovanni Batz’ launch of The Fourth Invasion on February 5th. This […]
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