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September 11-17, 1995

Tuesday, September 12
México al Mediodía. La etapa experimental de la televisión mexicana, 1935-1950, a lecture (in Spanish) by Mtro. Francisco Hernández Lomelí, C. B. Smith visiting scholar/Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 12:15 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS.

Thursday, September 14
Study and Live Latin America. Come discover study abroad opportunities in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Talk with students who have been there and to advisers from ILAS and the Study Abroad Office. Learn about affordable optio ns, scholarships, and the application process.1:30 p.m. SRH 3.120. For more information call Study Abroad at 471-6490.
Harte Memorial Lecture. Covering the Crisis: Mexico and the Media in a Turbulent Year, a lecture by noted journalist Alma Guillermoprieto of The New Yorker. 5:00-7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Thompson Conference Center 1.110. Sponsored by I LAS and the Dept. of Journalism. For more information call Joanne Gully at 471-5551.

Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities
Scholarships for Graduate Women. The Study Abroad Office has scholarships available to women applicants in any academic field who are pursuing studies in a Pan American country. Applicants must be legal residents of Texas. Applications available in C RD, room 23. For more information call 471-6490. Deadline for application: Dec. 1, 1995.
Fulbright Grants. The Study Abroad Office is holding information sessions for the 1996-97 Fulbright competition. Students currently enrolled at UT-Austin should contact Dr. Ivy McQuiddy in Carothers Residence Hall, room 23. Sessions are Sept. 6 at 3: 30 p.m. and Sept. 7 at 11:00 a.m. Applications must be completed and turned in to the Study Abroad Office by Sept. 22, 1995.
Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities, cont'd.

NEH Summer 1996 Faculty Research. Applications for summer stipends for research in the humanities are due Oct. 1. Summer stipends provide support for faculty and staff of two-, four-, and five-year colleges, and for independent scholars in the humanities to pursue two consecutive months of full-time study and research. Academic applicants must be nominated by their institution. For projects not requiring travel the award is $4,000; with travel, $4,750. For further information contact: Summer S tipends Program, Room 316, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20506 (: stipends "at" neh.fed.us). Please include your mailing address in your message.
Research Grant Program Changes. The responsibilities of the University Research Institute are being split between the offices of the Vice President for Research and the Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies. The Office of the Vice President for Research announces that it will now handle the Research Grants and Special Research Grants, while the Faculty Research Assignments and Summer Research Assignments will be handled in the Graduate School. Application forms are available in the Office of t he Vice President for Research in MAI 301 and on the World Wide Web in the Local Research News section of the Research Page (http://www.utexas.edu/research/news/local.htlm). For more information see ILAS grants bulletin board.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
"Cry of the Quetzal": Human Rights and the Electoral Process in Guatemala, Third Annual Conference, UT-Austin, Oct. 13-14, 1995. Sponsored by the Guatemala Support Network and the Guatemala Project, this conference will feature such speakers as Jenni fer Harbury, Austin attorney; Nineth Montenegro, Mutual Support Group; Raúl Molina, Representation of the United Opposition of Guatemala; and other human rights experts and leaders. Texas Union, 22nd & Guadalupe. Volunteers, sponsors, and registra nts wanted. For more information call GSN-Austin, (512) 272-4161.
Labor and Free Trade: IX Southern Labor Studies Conference , UT-Austin, Oct. 26-29, 1995. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS, C. B. Smith Chair in U.S.-Mexico Relations, U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies Program of the LBJ School of Public Affairs, Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, and the Center for American History. Bass Lecture Hall. For more information contact Jonathan C. Brown, Institute of Latin American Studies, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Tel. (512) 471-5551; fax (512) 471-3090; : jcbrown[email address removed to reduce spam].
Machado de Assis: Reflections, Refractions, Realities, UT-Austin, Oct. 27-28, 1995. Invited speakers to this symposium on the nineteenth-century Brazilian novelist and short-story writer include Dain Borges, Sidney Chalhoub, Antonio Cornejo Polar, Pa ul Dixon, Celso Favaretto, Jean Franco, John A. Gledson, David T. Haberly, João Adolfo Hansen, Carlos Felipe Moisés, Hector Olea, Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, Daphne Patai, Enylton de Sá Rego, and José Miguel Wisnik. Dobie Room, F lawn Academic Center. For more information contact: Richard Graham, Dept. of History, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1163. Tel. (512) 475-7240; fax (512) 475-7222.
Call for Papers for Institute of Early American History and Culture, Second Annual Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, May 31-June 2, 1996. The Institute invites proposals for papers and panels and particularly workshops in teaching new an d old topics in early American history and culture. The Institute's field of interest encompasses all aspects of the lives of North America's indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods of the United St ates and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa from the sixteenth century to approximately 1815. Ten copies of submissions, not exceeding three pages and accompanied by a short-form c.v., shou ld be sent to Prof. Gloria L. Main, Dept. of History, Campus Box 234, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. Deadline for submissions: Sept. 30, 1995.
Call for Papers for Journal of Latin American Affairs, Fall/Winter 1995 issue. Interested parties are invited to submit articles, book reviews, or letters. Deadline: Sept. 30, 1995. For guidelines and subscription information write: The Journ al of Latin American Affairs, P.O. Box 3726, Washington, DC 20007.

Exhibits
El Retorno a lo Sagrado, a solo exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints by Luis Guillermo Guerra. Galeria Sin Fronteras, 1701 Guadalupe. Sept. 9-Nov. 9, 1995. A reception for the artist will be held Sat., Sept. 9, from 6:00- 8:30 p.m. at the Galeria. For more information call 478-9448.