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October 30 - November 5, 1995

Friday, November 3
Diaspora Literature. Lecture by Dr. Lisa Sánchez González, UT English Dept. Texas Union Governor's Room 3.116. Noon-1:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Center for Mexican American Studies. For more information, contact Jordana Barton, 4 71-2136.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
Foreign Languages and Today's Challenges. Nov. 2-4, 1995. National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina. A workshop will focus on the Internet and its application to the teaching of foreign languages. Conference organizers as k that messages concerning anything you would say to a beginner Internet user be sent to conference participants at the following address: jorn_[email address removed to reduce spam].ar. Languages taught include English, French, German, and Italian. For more information, contact Jutta Wester de Michelini (German) at [email address removed to reduce spam].ar; Alba Cristina Loyo (English) at [email address removed to reduce spam].ar; Mabel Rivero de Magnago (English) at [email address removed to reduce spa m].ar; or Alexandra McCormack de Barro (English) at [email address removed to reduce spam].ar. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas, 5800 Río Cuarto, Argentina; tel. and fax: (0054)58-676- 285.
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].
Conferences and Calls for Papers (cont.)

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 dis coveries 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 be 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 remov ed to 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. 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.

Fellowships
Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities. Behavioral and social sciences, humanities, engineering, mathematics, physical and biological sciences, interdisciplinary programs. Minority U.S. citizens or nationa ls. Predoctoral: $11,500; dissertation: $18,000. Deadline: Nov. 3. For more information, contact Mary Alice Dávila, Office of Graduate Studies, MAI 101. Tel: 471-7213.
NSF Graduate Fellowships. Mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and social sciences; history and philosophy of science; special women in engineering component. U.S. citizens or nationals. Three years: $14,400. Deadline: Nov. 6. For more information, contact Mary Alice Dávila, Office of Graduate Studies, MAI 101. Tel: 471-7213.
NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship Program. Mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and social sciences; history and philosophy of science; special women in engineering component. Minority U.S. citizens or nationals. Three years: $ 14,400. Deadline: Nov. 6. For more information, contact Mary Alice Dávila, Office of Graduate Studies, MAI 101. Tel: 471-7213.
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 Caucasus, 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 dissertati on 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 guid elines, 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.

Film
El Silencio de Neto a film by Luis Argueta. 1994. 106 minutes. Dobie Theater, Guadalupe and 21st Sts. Nov. 10-16. Two showings daily. First feature film ever produced in Guatemala for worldwide distribution. It has received awards in Fran ce, Spain, Puerto Rico, and the United States and was Guatemala's entry in this year's Academy Awards. It tells the story of Neto, an asthmatic eleven-year-old growing up in upper-middle-class Guatemala during six months in 1954, when political upheaval marked a crucial moment in the country's history. For information, call box office, 471-3456.