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October 23-29, 1995

Monday, October 23
Ethnobotany in Venezuela, a lecture by Stephen Tillet, Curator of the "Dr. Víctor Manuel Ovalles" Herbarium, Universidad Central de Venezuela. 2:00 p.m. GRG 408. Sponsored by the ILAS Latin American Ethnobotany Working Group.

Tuesday, October 24
Ethnobotany in St. Lucia, a lecture by Barbara Fredrich, Dept. of Geography, San Diego State University. 10:00 a.m. Place to be announced. For information, contact Greg Knapp, 471-5116.


Wednesday, October 25
Systematics of Passiflora, a lecture by Stephen Tillet, Curator of the "Dr. Víctor Manuel Ovalles" Herbarium, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Noon. BIO 108. Sponsored by the ILAS Latin American Ethnobotany Working Group.

Thursday, October 26
Labor's View of Free Trade, first plenary session of the IX Southern Labor Studies Conference. 1:30 p.m. Bass Lecture Hall. Sponsored by the ILAS Mexican Center.
First Keynote Address, by Jorge Arrate MacNiven, Chile's Minister of Labor. IX Southern Labor Studies Conference. 7:30 p.m. Bass Lecture Hall. Sponsored by the ILAS Mexican Center.
Ana's Steps, a film by Marisa Sistach. Spanish with English subtitles. 1988-91. Ana, a divorcée and mother of two, works as a film director's assistant. She videotapes her work and her relationships with men. Lost Objects, a film by Eva López Sánchez. Spanish with English subtitles. 1991. Questions about a couple's lost luggage lead them to come to know one another more intimately. 7:30 p.m. Dobie Theater, 2010 Guadalupe. Sponsored by the Austin Museum of Art. Cost: $5.00

Friday, October 27
Australia and Latin America, the annual Hawke Lecture in Australian Studies, by Richard Broinowski, Australia's ambassador to Mexico. 3:00 p.m. British Studies Seminar. Sponsored by the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian Studies. For info rmation, contact John Higley, 471-9607.
The Role of the Unions in the Global Economy. Second keynote address, by Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor in the Carter administration. IX Southern Labor Studies Conference. 7:30 p.m. Bass Lecture Hall. Sponsored by the ILAS Mexican Center.< BR> Latino Gender Differences in Public Opinion. A lecture by Lisa Montoya. The Texas Union, Sinclair Room 3.128, 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Center for Mexican American Studies "Platicas y Más" Brown Bag Lunch Series. For mo re information contact Jordana Barton, 471-2136.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
Labor and Free Trade: IX Southern Labor Studies Conference. Oct. 26-29, 1995. Bass Lecture Hall, UT-Austin. More than 150 scholars and labor leaders from Mexico, Canada, the United States, and Chile will present their views. Keynot e address by former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall. Sponsored by the ILAS Mexican Center. Times vary; for information, contact the Mexican Center, 471-5551.
New Perspectives on the Mayan Civilization. Oct. 26, 27, 1995. A series of teleconference lectures by Maricela Ayala, Carlos Àlvarez and Linneth Lowe, Mercedes de la Garza, Beatriz de la Fuente, Efrén Villanueva, and Jan de Vos. Sponsored by UNAM-San Antonio and held on the UNAM campus, 600 Hemisfair Park, San Antonio. Cost: $20 for single session; $50 for all 3 sessions. Faculty with ID: $10 for single session; $25 for all 3 sessions. Students with ID: $5 for single session; $12.50 for all 3 sessions. For more information, contact Carmen González, 210/222-8626.
Machado de Assis: Reflections, Refractions, Realities. Oct. 27-28, 1995, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Dobie Room, Flawn Academic Center. Reception, Saturday, Oct. 28, 5:00-7:30 p.m. A symposium featuring Dain Borges, Sidney Chalhoub, Pa ul Dixon, Celso Favaretto, Jean Franco, John A. Gledson, David T. Haberly, João Adolfo Hansen, Carlos Felipe Moisés, Héctor Olea, Gilberto Pinheiro Passos, Daphne Patai, Enylton de Sá Rego, and José Miguel Wisnik. Sponso red by the Lampadia and Vitae Foundations, Depts. of History and Music, and the ILAS Brazil Center. For more information, contact Richard Graham, 475-7240.
The Impacts of Trade Agreements on State/Provincial Laws. Nov. 10, 1995. UT-Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs. This conference will explore the issues related to the preservation of state/provincial laws under international trad e 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 Program at 512/ 471-7561, or Cynthia Bock-Goodner at cmbg[email address removed to reduce spam].
Land of the Pheasant and the Deer, Fourth Miami Conference on Pre-Columbian Studies. Nov. 10-12, 1995. Miami Museum of Science auditorium. The conference will focus on the archaeology and history of the Yucatán, from recent discoveries to Yucatec folk tales. Early registration is advised. Conference hotline: 305/856-0907.
The Cultural Patrimony of Mexican Inner Cities: Toward Equitable Conservation Policies and Practices. Dec. 8-9, 1995, 8:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m. School of Architecture, UT-Austin. This international research workshop will bring together constitu encies from Mexico, the United States, and Europe, including leading scholars in the social sciences, architecture and planning professionals, U.S. and Mexican conservation agency officials, and governmental representatives from all levels. Discussions an d workshops will focus on the 3 principal metropolitan areas.and Puebla, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas. Simultaneous interpretation will provided from Spanish to English. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation, Mexico City, and the ILAS Mexican Center, with additional support from the School of Architecture, College of Liberal Arts, Institute of Latin American Studies. For more information, contact the Mexican Center, 471-5551; fax: 512/475-6778; mexctr[email address removed t o reduce spam].
Politics in Flux: Citizenships in Transition. American Historical Association's 1996 Annual Meeting. Jan. 4-7, 1996. Atlanta, GA. Sessions will include "Creating Norms of International Citizenship: The Modern Olympic Games; compara tive history panels; citizenship issues that pertain to gender, sexuality, class, and ethnicity; the history of racial science; a discussion of intellect from Herbert Spencer to Hank Williams; exorcism in early modern Europe; citizenship and deviance in L atin America; and politics in modern Panama, among others. For registration information, contact Sharon Tune, AHA, 400 A St. S.E., Washington, DC 20003. Tel.: 202/544-2422.
Call for papers. 16th Annual ILASSA Student Conference on Latin America. March 1-2, 1996. UT-Austin. Open to all students, undergraduate and graduate. Abstracts (one page) must be received by Nov. 1. Please send or deliver t o Marcia 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. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1996. Little Rock, AR. 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. Apr. 12-13, 1996. University of Montana. Keynote speaker: Mary Louise Pratt, Depts. of Comparative Literature and Spanish 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 pap er submission: Dec. 15, 1995.
Call for papers. Annual Convention of the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies. Feb. 13-17, 1996. Houston, Texas. Submit an abstract not to exceed one page. All topics related to Hispanics and Latinos will be conside red. All 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.
Call for papers/panels. Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS). March 6-9, 1996. Oaxaca, Mexico. Submit proposals to Ward S. Albro, Department of History, Texas A&M University at Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363. Tel : (512) 595-3601; Fax: (512) 2859.

Employment Opportunities
Spanish professor, La Grange College. Requirements: Ph.D., teaching experience. Send letter of application; résumé or c.v.; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; and names, addresses, and phone numbers of 3 references to Dr. Frank James, Vice-President and Dean of the College, La Grange College, La Grange, GA 30240.
Internships. A recent list of organizations offering internships is available in the ILAS Professional Development Office. Many deadlines are before the end of the semester. 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.

Fellowship
SSRC International Predissertation Fellowship Program. Applicants must be full-time students in a program leading to a Ph.D. in a social science who wish to consider a career in teaching and research on Africa, Central Asia and the Caucas us, China, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Near and Middle East, South Asia, or Southeast Asia. Foreign nationals are discouraged from submitting applications to prepare to study their own cultures. These training fellowships are not tenable for dissert ation research. Primary targets are students of disciplines in which there is limited attention to the role of culture as a factor in social science research (i.e., economics, political science, sociology, and psychology. For application procedures and gu idelines, contact the UT Graduate School, MAI 101 .Tel: 471-7213.

Study Opportunities
Programa de Investigadores en Residencia, Centro de Estudios México-Estados Unidos, University of California-San Diego. Grants are available for Mexican researchers, doctoral students, professors from any University of California s ystem university, academics from other university systems. For more information or to obtain application materials, contact Graciela Platero, Coordinadora del Programa de Investigadores, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., Dept. 0510, la Jolla, CA 92093-0510. Tel.: 619/534-4503; fax: 619/534-6447; usmex "at" weber.ucsd.edu. Deadline for application: Jan. 12, 1996.
1996 Summer Institute in the Spanish and Hispanic-American Archival Sciences. June 24-Aug. 2, 1996. The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies. The institute will provide intensive training in the reading and editing of Spani sh and Hispanic-American manuscript books and documents from the late medieval through the early modern periods. The course will be conducted in Spanish. For information about registration and funding sources, contact Darleen Pryds, Assistant Director, Ce nter for Renaissance Studies, the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Tel.: 312/943-9090.

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.
Día de los Muertos en Oaxaca. Photographs by Bill Fisher. Gallery talk by the photographer at 4:00 p.m., Nov. 2, 1995. Exhibition runs through Dec. 22, 1995. Benson Latin American Collection, SRH 1.106.