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October 16-22, 1995

Late Entries
Wednesday, Oct. 11--The Ecuadorian Solution of the Olmec-Chavín Puzzle. A lecture by Terence Grieder. ART 1.110, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Dept. of Art and Art History.
Wednesday, Oct. 11--Excavations at the Second Location of Mission Espíritu Santo (1726-49), Texas Coastal Plain. An illustrated lecture by Thomas R. Hester. First Unitarian Church, 4700 Grover, 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Travis County Archeological Society. For more information, contact Dr. Hester, 471-5959.
Friday, Oct. 13--ILASSA General Meeting. 3401 Red River, Apt. 344 (Farid's apt.), 4:00 p.m. For more information, call David Anderson, 459-7263.
Saturday, Oct. 14--ILASSA Fiestón. 3505 Grooms Street (home of Kathy Landauer and O'Neal Spicer). Maps will be available. 10:00 p.m. $3.00 cover. Sponsored by ILASSA and Shiner Bock. For more information, call Kathy Landaue r at 472-8972 or Marcia Grimes at 473-8681.
Sunday, Oct. 15--Deadline to register with Liberal Arts Career Services for participation in campus recruiting. For list of companies, see the ILAS jobs board. For more information, contact Liberal Arts Career Services, 471-7900.

Monday, October 16
México al Mediodía: The Mexican Economy in Crisis: What Are the Prospects? Mauricio García Araujo, UT Visiting Scholar/former president of the Central Bank of Venezuela. 12:15 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsore d by the Mexican Center of ILAS.

Tuesday, October 17
México al Mediodía: Restructuring in Central Veracruz: The Case of the Orizaba-Córdova Metropolitan Area. Fernando Salmerón, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/CIESAS del Golfo. 12:15 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. S ponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS.
Poetry Reading by Roberto Sosa, Honduran poet, winner of Spain's Premio Adonais, 1968; Cuba's Casa de las Américas, 1971; and France's Orden de Caballero. Tobin Room, Batts Hall 201, 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese.

Thursday, October 19
México al Mediodía: La Importancia de los acervos y fuentes documentales de las bibliotecas Eugene C. Barker y BLAC para la historia económico-social del México decimonónico. Mario Trujillo Bolio, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/CIESAS. 12:15 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS.
Frida Kahlo, an award-winning documentary by Marcela Fernández Violante (1971). In Spanish, English subtitles. Presented by Austin Museum of Art. Dobie Theater, 2021 Guadalupe. 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5.00.
Stroke of Luck, a film by Marcela Fernández Violante (1991). In Spanish, English subtitles. Jerónimo, a middle-class government employee, accepts financial credit for a house, which leads his family to near disaster. Presented by Austin Museum of Art. Dobie Theater, 2021 Guadalupe. 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5.00.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
Cross-Cultural Seminar for Business in Mexico. Oct. 21, 1995. Registration: Oct. 17. Offered by UNAM-San Antonio. Held on UNAM campus, 600 HemisFair Park, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more information, call MariCarmen González , 512/222-8626.
VII Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores de la Filosofía Novohispana. Conference to be held at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Themes: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y la literatura de su época; phi losophical arguments in New Spain; historiography of New Spain; aesthetics of New Spain's art; bibliographic and documentary sources of New Spanish thought. For more information, contact Dr. Mauricio Beuchot, Centro de Estudios Clásicos del Institu to de Investigaciones Filológicas, UNAM, Circuito Mario de la Cueva, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510 México, D.F.; tel.: 622-74-88; fax: 665-78-74.
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 or ganized 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: 0473-221 313, or Escola Superior da Magistratura do Rio Grande do Sul; tel.: 051-224-6455; fax: 051-224-7254.
The Impacts of Trade Agreements on State/Provincial Laws. UT-Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Nov. 10, 1995. The purpose of this conference is to explore the issues related to the preservation of state/provincial laws under internati onal trade agreements. A complete agenda is available at: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/lbj-school/usmex/usmex.html. For more information contact the Office of Conferences and Training at the LBJ School at 512/471-0820, the U.S. Mexican Policy Studies Progr am at 512/471-7561, or Cynthia Bock-Goodner at cmbg[email address removed to reduce spam].
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 Marci a 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. 1996 Meeting of the Southern Historical Association. Little Rock, AR, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1996. Proposals should include panel title, one-page abstract of each paper, one- to two-page vita or résumé for each participant, including addresses, and phone and fax numbers. Send proposals to John A. Britton, History Dept., Francis Marion University, Florence, SC; tel.: 803/661-1552; fax: 803/661-1432. Deadline for proposal submission: Oct. 27, 1995.
Call for papers. Fourth Annual Theoretical Approaches to Marginalized Literatures: A Graduate Student Conference. University of Montana, Apr. 12-13, 1996. Keynote speaker: Mary Louise Pratt, Depts. of Comparative Literature and Spanis h and Portuguese, Stanford University. Send 300-word abstract or alternative panel proposals to Lawrence Koch, Marginalized Literatures Conference, English Dept., University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812; MLC "at" selway.umt.edu. Deadline for paper subm ission: Dec. 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 recent list of organizations offering internships is available in the ILAS Professional Development Office. For more information, contact Paula Burrichter, 471-5551.
Esquel Group Foundation Internships. EGF is looking for independent individuals to assist with various aspects of nonprofit management. EGF encourages substantive participation from interns and tries to tailor the internships to individua l interests. The organization will help students arrange for academic credit. Hours are flexible. Qualifications: graduate or undergraduate in international affairs, development, or related field, preferably with experience in Latin America; demonstrated writing and research ability; ability to work in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple tasks; self-starter; knowledge of WordPerfect; experience in fund-raising for nonprofits helpful; knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese preferred. Interns are n ot compensated. To apply: send résumé and letter of inquiry in English and Spanish and/or Portuguese to Jenny K. Pilling, Executive Director, 4948 St. Elmo Ave., Suite 301, Bethesda, MD 20814; tel.: 301/718-8870; fax: 301/718-8872.
Habitat for Humanity International Position: International Partners Worldwide. Duties: coordinate community organization efforts, teach about Habitat's grass-roots community self-help model. Three-year commitment required. For full descripti on, see ILAS jobs board.
Washington Office on Latin America Program Assistant for South America Team. Duties: organize seminars, conferences, and workshops, supervise interns, assist with report publication. For full description, see ILAS jobs board. Starts Nov. 8, 1995. Application deadline: Oct. 20, 1995.

Study Opportunity
Introducción a la computación; Learning about the Internet; Internet para la docencia de lenguas extranjeras. Classes taught in Spanish. Offered by UNAM-San Antonio. Held on UNAM campus, 600 HemisFair Park, San Antoni o, TX 78205. For more information, call MariCarmen González, 512/222-8626.

Exhibitions
El Retorno a lo Sagrado. A solo exhibition of works by Luis Guillermo Guerra. Exhibition runs through Nov. 9. Sponsored by Galería sin Fronteras, 1701 Guadalupe St. Tues.-Sat., 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. For information, call 478-9448.
Death and Resurrection: The Mexican Tradition of the Day of the Dead on Canvas. Leonardo Phillips. Opening reception Oct. 19, 6:00 p.m. Exhibition runs through Nov. 3. Sponsored by the Spanish Dept. of UNAM-San Antonio. Held on UNAM campus, 600 HemisFair Park, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more information, call MariCarmen González, 512/222-8626.

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