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Notes on Webinar “What’s Next for Venezuela?”
On Thursday, January 22, 2026, the UC Santa Barbara Center for Latin American and Iberian Research (CLAIR) hosted a virtual panel titled “What’s Next for Venezuela?” The event focused on […]
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LAIS Community Breakfast in February
Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday, February 4, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
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LAIS Community Breakfast in January
Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday, January 7, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
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LAIS Community Breakfast in December
Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday, December 3, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
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Discovering Columbus (and his Many Lives)
“I thought there were too many books on Columbus until I read Matthew Restall’s,” judged one reviewer of The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus— “which has made me realize that […]
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Discovering Colonial Latin American History
Matthew Restall is a historian whose scholarship focuses on six areas of specialization: the Spanish Conquest era in the Americas; Aztec and Maya history; the history of colonial Mesoamerica, primarily […]
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LAIS Community Breakfast in November
Our monthly community breakfast will take place on Wednesday, November 5, at 9:00 a.m. Come out to Girvetz 2320 to enjoy free bagels and coffee!
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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, […]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program