UCSB Latin American and Iberian Studies Program

LAIS Undergraduate Student Conference 2019

Santa Barbara Harbor RoomUCen

The displacement of peoples fleeing violence and extreme poverty in their home countries is one of the most pressing problems worldwide. Some telling examples are taking place in Latin America. According to the UN and Doctors Without Borders, an estimated 500,000 people flee Central America for Mexico and the US every year, and around 3 …

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LAIS End of Year Picnic!

Goleta Beach Park

Please join LAIS Graduate, and Undergraduate Students, Faculty, and Staff Friday May 10th to celebrate the coming end of the Academic Year. LAIS has grown rapidly over the past year due to all the hard work and dedication of the wonderful LAIS and PASC staff, and faculty. This event is a small show of appreciation …

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LAIS Welcome Back Lunch / Tertulia

McCune Conference Room HSSB 6020

Khipu, and Andean Instrument of Management, Memory and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa In our first tertulia of the year, Peruvian researcher Lydia Fossa will discuss her most recent findings on khipus, the famed bunches of colored cords dotted with knots used by the Inkas, revealing them as instruments of management, memory and power. Was …

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