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October 9-15, 1995

Thursday, October 12
Federal Reserve Board Information Session. Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Career Services Office. UTC 3.134, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Excavations at the Second Location of Mission Espíritu Santo (1726-1749). A lecture by Thomas R. Hester at the meeting of the Travis County Archeological Society. Fieldwork this summer revealed much information on this little-know n mission and its Indian occupants. 7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 4700 Grover. For further details, please contact Professor Hester, 471-5959.
Angustias the Black, a film by Matilde Soto Landeta (1949). In Spanish, English subtitles. Angustias, the daughter of a famous revolutionary, becomes a revolutionary in her own right. She falls in love, leading to the true drama of the film- -the battles between men and women. Presented by Austin Museum of Art. Dobie Theater, 2021 Guadalupe. 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5.00.

Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program. To be eligible, a student must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States; admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in a modern foreign langua ge or area study at UT-Austin; and planning a teaching career in the United States upon graduation. Latin American area applicants are to submit 8 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 Dávila or in SRH 1.301 from Anne Dibble.
Faculty Development Program 1996-97 Faculty Research Assignments. Provide faculty members with equivalent of one semester's salary (based on 1996-97 academic base rate) so they may devote full time to research. Only tenured faculty member s who have completed at least four full academic years of service in residence at U.T. are eligible. For exceptions, other eligibility requirements, and application process, contact Cathy Macken, Office of the Vice-President and Dean of Graduate Studies, MAI 101, G0400, 471-7213, 8:00 a.m.-noon. Deadline for submission to department chair: Nov. 1, 1995.
Kellogg Institute Residential Fellowships, 1996-97. Up to six residential fellowships of one or two semesters at the University of Notre Dame. Fellows work on individual or joint research projects related to the institute's themes of democr atization and the quality of democracy, paths to development, religion and the Catholic Church, social movements and organized civil society, and public policies for social justice and take part in institute seminars and other meetings. Candidates must ho ld a Ph.D. or equivalent in any of the social sciences or history. For more information and application forms, contact Joetta Schlabach, acting academic coordinator, University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame, IN 465 56-5677; : Schlabach.2 "at" nd.edu. Deadline: Nov. 15, 1995.
Third World Media, "Imagined Communities," and the Public Sphere Fellowships. Sponsored by the Center for Media, Culture, and History at New York University. Fellows will develop projects that consider the critical role played by cinema, tel evision, and video in constructing and disrupting national identities and shaping an independent public sphere of social dissent and commentary around the globe, especially in Third World communities. For applications, contact Barbara Abrash or Faye Ginsb urg, Center for Media, Culture, and History, New York University, 25 Waverly Pl., New York, NY 10003; tel.: 212/998-3759; fax: 212/995-4014.
John Carter Brown Library at Brown University 1995-96 Research Fellowships. Short-term fellowships are available for two- to four-month periods and carry a stipend of $1,000/month. Open to foreign nationals and U.S. citizens engaged in pr e- and postdoctoral or independent research. Graduate students must have passed their preliminary or general examinations at time of application. Long-term fellowships, funded by NEH, are for six months and carry a stipend of approximately $2,600/month. A pplicants may not be engaged in graduate work and must be U.S. citizens or have resided in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the term of the fellowship. For information, restrictions, and applications, contact Director, John Cart er Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912; tel.: 401/863-2725; fax: 401/863-3477; : Karen [email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline: Jan. 15, 1996.
International Predissertation Fellowships from Social Science Research Council and American Council of Learned Societies. Departments are offered $5,000 grants for each successful fellowship application submitted by a student who is a U.S . citizen and a member of a historically disadvantaged minority group. Intended to encourage international research interests among minority scholars. For more information, contact Dr. Ellen Perecman, Director, International Fellowship Program, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158; tel.: 212/661-0280; fax: 1/212/370-7896. Deadline for requests: April 30, 1996.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
"Cry of the Quetzal": Human Rights and the Electoral Process in Guatemala. 3d 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 Nineth Montenegro, Mutual Support Group; Raúl Molina, Representation of the United Opposition of Guatemala; Patricia Davis, Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA; and other human rights experts and leaders. Texas Union, 22d & Guadalupe. Volunt eers, sponsors, and registrants wanted. For more information, call GSN-Austin, 512/272-4161 or 476-7681.
Congresso Internacional de Responsabilidade Civil, Direito Ambiental e III Congresso Brasileiro de Direito do Consumidor. Blumenau, Brazil. Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 1995. Sponsored by Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros and organized by Instituto Ibero-Americano de Direito do Consumidor, Associação "O Direito por um Planeta Verde," Instituto Brasileiro de Política e Direito do Consumidor. For information and registration, contact PRAXIS, tel./fax: 0473- 221313, or Escola Superior da Magistratura do Rio Grande do Sul, tel.: 051-224-6455; fax: 051-224-7254.
Call for papers. 16th Annual ILASSA Student Conference on Latin America. UT-Austin, March 1-2, 1996. Open to all students, undergraduate and graduate. Abstracts (one page) must be received by Nov. 1. Please send or deliver to: Mar cia Grimes and Hannah Holm, ILASSA Conference Coordinators, ILAS, SRH 1.310, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712. : mfgrimes[email address removed to reduce spam] or hiholm[email address removed to reduce spam].
Call for papers. Second Congress of Latin American and Caribbean Publications. Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 12-15, 1995. Themes: Latin American and Caribbean popular movements in the context of the economic, political, and social challenges of glo balization; globalization, economic integration, and alternative projects of the Left; globalization, the nation-state, and sovereignty; globalization and cultural identity; publications of Latin American and Caribbean popular movements in the context of the process of globalization; the Left and the electoral process in Latin America and the Caribbean. For information, contact Lic. Rafael Soler Martínez, Revista Santiago, Universidad de Oriente, Av. Patricio Lumumba s/n, Santiago de Cuba, C.P. 90 500; tel.: 011-53-226-3-2004 or 3-1973; Telex: 061345; fax: 011-53-226-43186; : soler "at" csh.uo.edu.cu (note: is unreliable; if no response, contact Avi Chomsky, History Dept., Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240; tel.: 207/786-6462; fax: 207/786-6123; : achomsky "at" abacus.bates.edu. Deadline: Oct. 12, 1995.
Call for papers. El archivo: instrumento y vida de la investigación histórica. Primer Encuentro de Historia Colonial. Nov. 8-10, 1995, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de Guadalajara. For mor e information, contact Celina Guadalupe Becerra, fax: (3) 853-87-05; : celina "at" csh.udg.mx. Deadline for paper submission: Oct. 13, 1995.
Call for papers. Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures 17th Congress: El escritor y su público/o escritor e o público. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Feb. 15-17, 1996. Submit one-two page proposal s for papers and panels on, for example, the Politics of Publishing; Publishing Houses As Canon Formers; Critics As Canon Formers; Hegemonic Societies and Canons; Latino Writers in the U.S.: Marginal vs. Academic Writing. Proposals should be directed as f ollows: Lucia Guzzi Harrison--peninsular literature from the beginning through the seventeenth century; Jesús Torrecilla--peninsular literature from the eighteenth century to the present; Leslie Bary or Janet Gold--Latin American and U.S. Hispanic literatures; Arnulfo Ramírez--linguistics and popular/mass culture. Address: Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 222 Prescott Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Deadline for proposals: Oct. 15, 1995.
Call for papers. Annual Convention of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies. Houston, Texas, Feb. 13-17, 1996. Submit an abstract not to exceed one page. All topics related to Hispanics and Latinos will be considered. Al l papers accepted will be published in the conference proceedings. Send abstracts to Lemuel Berry, Jr., Morehead State University, 212 Rader Hall, Morehead, KY 40351-1689. For more information, call 606/783-2271. Deadline for abstracts: Dec. 17, 1995.< BR>
Employment Opportunities
Associate professor, Mexico specialist, College of Business, University of Texas-San Antonio. Required: Ph.D. in business-related field, a record of teaching, commitment to working in the Mexican environment. Send letters of interest to Dr. Dale B. Truett, Search Committee Chair, Div. of Economics and Finance, College of Business, 6900 North Loop, 1604 West, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249.
Database manager, Human Rights Documentation Exchange. Required: background in human rights issues, excellent computer skills, experience in database management. 20-25 hours/week. Salary: $7.00/hour. Start in December or January. Send r&e acute;sumé to HRDE, Box 2327, Austin, TX 78768. For more information, contact Jill McRae, executive director, HRDE.
Internships. A list of organizations offering internships is available in the ILAS Professional Development Office. For more information, contact Paula Burrichter, 471-5551.