Lydia Fossa presenting her LAIS Tertulia, “Khipu: an instrument of management, memory, and power”. October 2023LAIS affiliates and graduate students at the ATISA conference. UC Santa Barbara, 2022. LAIS Alumni Reunion, Career Panels and celebration of 40+ years of LAIS MA theses was held April 29-30, 2021. We were joined by alumni, faculty past and present, and current LAIS students and staff. On May 28th, 2021 LAIS hosted the End of Year Celebration which welcomed students, staff, faculty and family members to celebrate the graduating LAIS majors, the outstanding LAIS faculty and the dedicated LAIS staff!On April 28th, 2021 Chancellor Yang delivered the welcoming remarks of the LAIS alumni renunion celebrating the 40th+ anniversary of the graduate program. The event feautured career panels and an alumni mixer which highlighted the diverse accomplishments of LAIS Master’s alumni!Participants in the 2019 Undergraduate Student ConferenceDean of Social Sciences and Anthropology Professor giving the inaugural words at the LAIS International Graduate Conference 2018History Graduate Student, Pilar Ramírez presents at LAIS Tertulia, ‘Protests and Politics in Latin America: What is new in Chile and Colombia?’ March 3rd, 2020. Diego Astorga de Ita at LAIS Graduate Conference 2018
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Welcome to Latin American and Iberian Studies
Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara examines the people and cultures of Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries throughout the world. Such study encompasses not only Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, but also Angola, Mozambique, the Philippines, Macao, and the Chicano and Puerto Rican populations in the U.S. However, most students center their studies on Latin America.
Latin American and Iberian Studies examines the whole culture or civilization, not only throughout the humanities and fine arts, but also throughout the social sciences and history. This allows students to explore a variety of topics – in addition to Spanish and Portuguese language and literature – such as Latin American anthropology, the history of Spain and Portugal, and the political life of Latino communities.
