Four history graduate students will discuss various topics, including rural Egypt, Holocaust evacuations, and other instances of violence and governance. The discussion will be moderated by Charlie Hale, the SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies
The Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature, now in its twentieth year, honors a writer of Chicano/Latino background who has attained national and international distinction. Manuel Muñoz, A MacArthur Fellow and a Professor of English at the University of Arizona, is the recipient of the 2025 Leal Award is Manuel Muñoz. Mr. Muñoz will converse with Prof. Mario T. Garcia, UCSB Department of Chicano Studies, and the founder and director of the Leal Award.
Juan Cobo Betancourt, an associate Professor of History at UCSB, will discuss his recent book, “The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada.” The book follows the experiences of the Indigenous Muisca peoples of the New Kingdom of Granada during the first century of Spanish colonial rule. Betancourt focuses on the development of Christianity, including colonialism, religious reform, law, language, and historical writing.
