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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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Movie in Quechua
Movie: TBA. Join us as we watch a film in Quechua, a language indigenous to the Andes and spoken by millions across Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina!
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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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Tertulia: “Violence and Drug Trafficking in Ecuador”
Please 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. […]
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Book Presentation with Juan Cobo on The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada
Professor 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, […]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin American and Iberian Studies Program