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September 18-24

Wednesday, Sept. 13--Liberal Arts Career Services Orientation. LACS Director Barbara Euresti will conduct three sessions, Sept. 13, 19, and 20, to introduce students to career services at UT. 4:00-5:00 p.m. FAC 21. For more information call Paula Burrichter of the ILAS Professional Development Office at 471-5551.

Thursday, Sept. 14--Harte Memorial Lecture. Covering the Crisis: Mexico and the Media in a Turbulent Year, a lecture by Alma Guillermoprieto, noted journalist with The New Yorker. 5:00 p.m. Thompson Conference Center 1.110. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by ILAS and the Dept. of Journalism. For more information call Joanne Gully at ILAS, 471-5551.

Thursday, Sept. 14--Book signing. Copies of San Antonio de Béxar: A Community on New Spain's Northern Frontier by Jesús F. de la Teja, Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, will be available, and Dr. de la Teja will speak on Archival Resources in Austin for the Study of Colonial Texas. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Diocese of Austin Chancery Building, Catholic Archives of Texas, 1600 North Congress Ave. For more information call 476-4888.

Friday, Sept. 15--ILASSA General Meeting. 4:00 p.m. Fountain Terrace Apts. , 610 W. 30th Street, #118 (across from Wheatsville Co-op). See flyers at ILAS for details or call Cameron Vandegrift at 499-8930 or David Anderson at 459-7263.

Saturday, Sept. 16 & 23--A Workshop in Portuguese. Learn the language that one-third of all Latin America speaks! Conducted by Orlando Kelm, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. 9:00 a.m.-12:00. SRH 1.320. $10 registration fee and some knowledge of Portuguese required. Sponsored by ILAS and the Brazil Center. For more information call David Workman at 471-5551.

Tuesday, September 19

Résumé Writing Workshop. Karen Julian of Liberal Arts Career Services will conduct this workshop for those who have already attended the LACS orientation. 1:30-2:30 p.m. FAC 20. For more information call Paula Burrichter of the ILAS Professional Development Office at 471-5551.

Liberal Arts Career Services Orientation. LACS Director Barbara Euresti will conduct this session to introduce students to career services at UT. 4:00-5:00 p.m. FAC 21. For more information call Paula Burrichter of the ILAS Professional Development Office at 471-5551.

Company Night '95. All Liberal Arts students are encouraged to bring your résumés and meet with recruiters from major companies who are seeking interns and permanent employees. 6:00-9:00 p.m. Austin Convention Center. Business attire required. Free shuttle service from the Business School family statue. Sponsored by the Hispanic Business Student Association. For more information call Paula Burrichter of the ILAS Professional Development Office at 471-5551.

Wednesday, September 20

Interview Techniques Workshop. Karen Julian of LACS will conduct this workshop for those who have already attended the LACS orientation. 12:00-1:30 p.m. Texas Union 4.108. For more information call Paula Burrichter of the ILAS Professional Development Office at 471-5551.

Wednesday, September 20, cont.

Liberal Arts Career Services Orientation. LACS Director Barbara Euresti will conduct this session to introduce students to career services at UT. 4:00-5:00 p.m. FAC 21. For more information call Paula Burrichter of the ILAS Professional Development Office at 471-5551.

Friday-Sunday, September 22-24

ILASSA Trip to Ranch. Bill Fisher invites ILASSA students to a weekend in the hill country (2-1/2 hours southwest of Austin) for hiking, swimming, and relaxing. The house holds many, but bring sleeping bags and tents if you have them. Maps and sign-up sheets for food and carpooling are by the student mailboxes, or for more information call Sarah Stewart at 345-3716.

Employment Opportunities

Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio. An experienced person is sought to design and implement marketing, publicity, and audience development strategies for a diversified arts organization. This person will be responsible for overseeing the publications department and promoting the center at public and private functions. Macintosh skills and bilingual Spanish required. Send letter and résumé to: Pedro Rodriguez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 1300 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX 78207.

Technical Writing Specialist (Part-time), Southwest Educational Development Corporation. This 60-percent-time position ($1,695 per month) includes a leadership role in developing, editing, and producing project materials and publications and a supporting role in assisting the Project Coordinator. Travel involved. Minimum requirements: Demonstrated skills in developing, editing, and critiquing plans, reports, educational products, etc.; M.A. in communication, language, or related field or B.A. plus three years's experience; bilingual language skills. Applicants may obtain required SEDL application form from SEDL, Room 430, 211 East Seventh St., Austin, TX 78701. Tel. (512) 476-6861, ext. 252. Position open Sept. 5-22, 1995.

ILAS or Art History Volunteer Wanted. The Latin American Art Collection of the Huntington Art Gallery is seeking a student volunteer for a data entry project cataloging the collection. If you are interested in helping with this project, contact Linda Briscoe at 471-8984.

Study Abroad

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program. To be eligible, a student must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States, must be admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in a modern foreign language or area study at UT-Austin, and must be planning a teaching career in the United States upon graduation. Nomination procedure: Latin American area applicants are to submit EIGHT COPIES of the completed application (collated) to Anne Dibble, SRH 1.301 on or before Oct. 10, 1995. Applications available in MAI 101 from Mary Alice Davila or in SRH 1.301 from Anne Dibble.

Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities

Lydia Cabrera Awards for Cuban Historical Studies. Covering the study of Cuba between 1492 and 1868, these awards of up to $5,000 per applicant are designed specifically to support (1) original research on Cuban history in Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. archives, (2) the publication of meritorious books on Cuba currently out of print, and (3) the publication of historical statistics and documents, and guides to Spanish archives relating to Cuban history from 1492 to 1868. Applicants must be trained in Latin American history and possess knowledge of Spanish, be currently engaged in graduate studies at a U.S. institution or affiliated with one as a faculty member. Each applicant should provide a two-page c.v., a detailed itinerary and budget statement, a three-page narrative description of the proposed project, and three letters of support. Republication proposals should include letters of intent from a publisher. Send three copies of application to: Louis A. Perez Jr., Chair, CLAH Lydia Cabrera Award Committee, Dept. of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Tel. (919) 962-3943; fax (919) 962-1403; : perez.ham. "at" mhs.unc.edu. Deadline for applications: Nov. 15, 1995.

Fulbright Grants. The Study Abroad Office has been holding information sessions for the 1996-97 Fulbright competition. Students enrolled at UT-Austin should contact Dr. Ivy McQuiddy in Carothers Hall 23. Applications must be completed and turned in to the Study Abroad Office by Sept. 22, 1995.

Mellon Fellowship in Latin American Sociology at UCLA. This grant supports doctoral training in the sociology of Latin America and is intended to attract superior students into research and teaching. Fellows will be accepted into the program on a competitive basis after completing their first two years of graduate training in the Dept. of Sociology. Fellows will receive $14,500 during their third-fifth years of residence in the dept and will also receive support for research expenses and fees. For further information write to: Graduate Advisor, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, Ca 90024-1551.

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 Stipends 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 the 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 Jennifer 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 registrants 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. More than 150 scholars and labor leaders from Mexico, Canada, the United States, and Chile will present their views on this important issue. Former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall will deliver the keynote address. Registration fees are $25 for students and $40 for off-campus participants. 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, Paul 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, Flawn 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.

Yucatan: Land of the Pheasant and the Deer. Fourth Miami Conference on Pre-Columbian Studies, Institute of Maya Studies, Miami, Nov. 10-12, 1995. To be held at the Miami Museum of Science, this conference will focus on recent discoveries and ongoing archaeological investigation in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Preregistration is $50, which includes the Friday night lecture and reception as well as the two-day conference proceedings. For additional information call (305) 856-0907.

Call for Proposals for Constructing Race: Differentiating Peoples in the Early Modern World, 1400-1700, Institute of Early American History, William and Mary College, Spring 1996. This working seminar will address the construction of race and racism in Europe and the Americas and invites interested scholars to submit proposals describing the substance of their subject. Papers expanding these proposals and presented at the seminar may be published in the William and Mary Quarterly. For full information contact Michael McGiffere, Editor , Institute of Early American History and Culture, P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781. Tel. (804) 221-1125; fax (804) 221-1047; : mcgiff "at" mail.wm.edu. Deadine for proposals: Oct. 1, 1995.

Call for Papers for Institute of Early American History and Culture, Second Annual Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, May 31-June 2, 1996. Proposals are invited for papers and panels and particularly workshops in teaching new and 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 U.S. colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods 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., should 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 can submit articles, book reviews, or letters. Deadline: Sept. 30, 1995. For guidelines and subscription information write: The Journal of Latin American Affairs, P.O. Box 3726, Washington, DC 20007.

Announcements

Brazil-Exan, the online monthly newsletter linking Austin with Brazil, announces its appearance on the Internet. The newsletter will offer information on UT-related Brazilian activities, conferences, fellowships, etc., and will provide book reviews and articles of interest to Brazilians and Texans. Input from readers, at UT and elsewhere, is encouraged. Check out the Sept. issue! For more information contact Brazil-Exan editor Dean Graber at: deangraber[email address removed to reduce spam].

Exhibits

Ceremony of Spirit: Nature and Memory in Contemporary Latino Art, an exhibit organized by the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, will investigate the concepts of spirituality and memory as a tool for self-identification in the works of sixteen Latino artists living in the United States, including David Zamora Casas of San Antonio. Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, 3809 West 35th Street. Sept. 23-Nov. 5, 1995. For more information call 458-8191.

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. For more information call 478-9448.