Announcement Archive

2020

Cecilia Méndez featured in the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Web News
August 10, 2020
Congratulations to LAIS students Favián Muralles (BA) and Christine Khrlobian (MA)
June 10, 2020
  1. Student Award
Watch: Coronavirus and Historical Patterns of Epidemics in Latin America
June 10, 2020
Congratulations to professors Dolores Inés Casillas and Myriam Gonzales-Smith
June 5, 2020
  1. Faculty Award
LAIS Teaching Associate Alba Constenla Torrado offered Tenure Track Position
June 2, 2020
  1. LAIS Teaching Associate
Interview with LAIS Alumna, Fátima Andrade Martinez
May 27, 2020
  1. Alumna
  2. Interview
Interview with LAIS Alumna, Christine Khrlobian
May 27, 2020
  1. Alumna
  2. Interview
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña and Sara Poot-Herrera have a new publication.
May 27, 2020
  1. Publication
Interview with Suzanne Levine
May 15, 2020
  1. Interview
Michael Gurven published in the Lancet on Covid-19 and indigenous populations
May 15, 2020
  1. News
Congratulations to Jennifer Tyburczy for receiving a ACLS Fellowship
May 9, 2020
  1. Award
Congratulations to Evelyne Laurent-Perrault for receiving a UC President’s Faculty Research Fellowship
May 9, 2020
  1. Award
Kai Thaler published in the Washington Post on Nicaragua
May 9, 2020
  1. Article
Kai Thaler publishes on the Coronavirus in Nicaragua
May 9, 2020
Dr. Anabel Ford and her recent work on the Maya Forest Gardens
May 7, 2020
Interview with LAIS Graduate Program Assistant, Tyler McMullen
May 6, 2020
  1. Interview
  2. LAIS Staff
LAIS affiliate Prof. Jeff Hoelle had an Op-ed in the LA Times
April 28, 2020
LAIS Director Cecilia Méndez interviewed in 'La República'
April 28, 2020
  1. Interview
“Gender and Intimacy across the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands,”
March 11, 2020
  1. Guest Editors
LAIS affiliated faculty, Professor Roberto Strongman interviewed in 'La Estrella'
March 9, 2020
  1. LAIS Affiliate
  2. Interview
  3. La Estrella
Interview with Professor Miroslava Chávez-Gárcia
February 26, 2020
  1. Interview
  2. LAIS Affiliate
LAIS affiliated faculty Evelyne Laurent-Perrault awarded fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library
February 26, 2020
  1. LAIS Faculty
  2. Fellowship
‘Hostile Terrain 94’ Featured in Santa Barbara Independent
February 3, 2020
  1. News
  2. Exhibit
  3. LAIS Affiliate
Interview with LAIS Alumna, Thelma Patnett
January 9, 2020
  1. Alumni
  2. Interview

2019

Professor Juan Cobo Betancourt featured in JCB Library news
December 11, 2019
  1. News
  2. faculty
  3. Fellowship
A very big 'Thank You' to our LAIS Lecturers
November 25, 2019
  1. LAIS Lecturers
Associate Professor Roberto Strongman's "Queering Black Atlantic Religions"
November 14, 2019
  1. Book
Graduate Student Spotlight: Rosa Rodriguez
November 14, 2019
  1. Graduate Student Spotlight
Interview with LAIS Alumna, Nicole Pacino
November 13, 2019
  1. LAIS Alumni
  2. Interview
Interview with Dr. Anabel Ford, MARC Director
November 13, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. LAIS Affiliate
Researcher Anabel Ford: Opening of the Exhibit ¡Chaya! Dinner with the Maya!
November 5, 2019
  1. LAIS Affiliate
Assistant Professor Kai Thaler's co-authored 'Repression and Resilience in Nicaragua'
November 4, 2019
  1. LAIS Affiliate
  2. Article
Marqués Pascual, L. & Cortijo Ocaña, A. (2019) Second and Third Language Acquisition in Catalan-speaking Regions. Juan de la Cuesta.
November 4, 2019
  1. Book
  2. LAIS Affiliate
Welcome New Graduate Students
November 4, 2019
Interview with LAIS's Financial Coordinator Mayra Ponce Ascencio
October 29, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. PASC
Interview with LAIS Alumna, Dr. Jusitne Meyr
October 24, 2019
  1. LAIS Alumni
  2. Interview
LAIS Vice-Director Juan Cobo awarded by vote of LAIS Students
October 22, 2019
  1. LAIS Award
Professor Silvia Bermúdez awarded by UCSB's Academic Senate
October 15, 2019
  1. Academic Senate Awards
  2. Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
Interview with Professor Alicia Boswell
May 23, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. Art and Architecture
LAIS Program Director, Prof. Cecilia Méndez awarded UC Humanities Research Institute Fellowship in Fall '19!
April 30, 2019
  1. Fellowship
  2. Award
  3. UC Irvine
Professor Casey Walsh's new book "Virtuous Waters: Mineral Springs, Bathing and Infrastructure in Mexico", 2018.
April 29, 2019
  1. Casey Walsh
  2. LAIS Affiliate
  3. Anthropology
  4. Book
LAIS Affiliated Faculty Ruth Helier-Tinoco's "Performing Palimpsest Bodies: Postmemory Theatre Experiments in Mexico", 2019.
April 29, 2019
  1. LAIS Affiliate
  2. Book
  3. Theatre
LAIS Affiliated Faculty Carlos Morton wins Fulbright Specialist Award!
April 29, 2019
LAIS Academic Award Recipients 2019
April 29, 2019
  1. LAIS Awards
Read our interview with LAIS Alumna Cheryl Jimenez Frei
April 26, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. LAIS Alumni
Interview with Graduate Student Sarah Zamir
April 26, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. LAIS Graduate Program
Rocking the Boat: Migration and Race in Contemporary Spanish Music by Silvia Bermúdez
April 26, 2019
  1. LAIS
  2. Book
Interview with Thomas Huff, Our Graduate Program Coordinator
April 25, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. Thomas Huff
  3. LAIS Graduate Program
  4. Staff
Interview with LAIS Alumnus Steve Pent
April 25, 2019
  1. Book
  2. LAIS
  3. Alumni
Professor Javiera Barandiarán's new book Science and Environment in Chile: The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy
April 24, 2019
  1. Book
Program Director Cecilia Méndez Interview in UCSB's 'The Current'
April 8, 2019
  1. Interview
  2. Conference
  3. Cecilia Méndez
  4. The Current
  5. UCSB
LAIS Undergraduate Conference 2019 Program
April 8, 2019
  1. Undergraduate Conference
  2. LAIS
  3. Program
  4. 2019
LAIS affiliated faculty Verónica Castillo Muñoz is awarded long-term fellowship from the Huntington Library
March 21, 2019
LAIS Vice-Director Juan Cobo awarded John Carter Brown Library fellowship
March 21, 2019

2018

LAIS conference featured in Humanities and Fine Arts Division
November 26, 2018
LAIS International Graduate Conference May 2018: Violence, Memory, and History
August 6, 2018
LAIS Awards 2018
July 1, 2018