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December 4-15, 1995

Wednesday, December 6
Beijing and Beyond: The Texas Perspective Second session on issues of the UN Fourth World conference on Women with a panel of Texan delegates and observers who attended the conference. 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Madison Square Presbyterian Church , 319 Camden, San Antonio, TX. Call Theresa Esquibel at (512) 459-5678 or at tesquibel[email address removed to reduce spam] for possible carpool options.

Friday, December 8
Reforming the Brazilian System of Social Protection: Challenges, Goals, and Difficulties. Vilmar Faria, social policy adviser to Brazil's president and former Tinker Professor. 3:00-4:00 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Braz il Center of ILAS.
Música Navideña. Presented by La Peña. The program will feature the Zavala Elementary School Choir singing in Spanish and English, the Mariachi Rebeldes del Sur from Travis High School, the Willow Street Neighborhood Music Project, and Los Inocentes from San Antonio. The children's group from Roy Lozano's Ballet Folklórico will close the program. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Zavala Elementary School, 310 Robert Martínez. Cost: $2.00 donation at door. For more informat ion, contact Aida Franco at 477-6007.

Call for Papers
Call for papers/panels. Second Interdisciplinary Conference on Inter-American Relations. Oct. 12-14, 1996. Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville. Send proposals for papers, panels, session chairpersons, commentators from all fields to Tom Leo nard, Conference Coordinator, International Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224. Tel.: 904/646-2886. Deadline for proposals: Apr. 30, 1996.

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Internships
Visiting Humanities Fellowships, 1996-97, Humanities Research Group, Univ. of Windsor, Ontario. Scholars will research projects in traditional humanities disciplines or in theoretical, historical, or philosophical aspects of the sciences, so cial sciences, arts and professional studies. Persons engaged in interdisciplinary research are particularly encouraged. Applicants must hold a doctorate or the equivalent. No stipend is attached, but the HRG will provide office space, university affiliat ion, library privileges, and assistance in establishing contacts in the southwestern Ontario/Michigan region. Fellows must reside at the HRG and deliver a public presentation on their research. Letters of application should include a rationale for working with the HRG, a curriculum vitae, 1-page abstract, and detailed description of the research project. Three letters of reference should be sent directly to the HRG before the deadline. Send applications and letters of reference to Dr. Jacqueline Murray, D irector, Humanities Research Group, Univ. of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4. Tel.: 519/253-4232, x3508; fax: 519/971-3620. Deadline: Feb. 15, 1996.
1996-97 Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition, Latin American Studies Center of the Univ. of Maryland-College Park. Proposals should address issues related to culture and democracy, governance and civil society, literature and ethnicity, an d migration studies. Fellows must reside at the Univ. of Maryland during the award period and must teach a seminar. Senior and junior scholars from any country are eligible and need not have an academic affiliation. Fellows will receive $16,000 for 1 seme ster. For application form, contact the Latin American Studies Center, 4205 Jiménez Hall, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Tel.: 301/405-6459; fax: 301/314-9752; al68 "at" umail.umd.edu. Deadline: Mar. 10, 1996.
Foreign Policy Internship, National Security Archive. This independent nonprofit research institute and library seeks a student intern to assist part-time on a project concerning the history of the Guatemalan armed forces. The intern will re search U.S.-Guatemalan relations since the 1970s and examine bilateral diplomatic, political, human rights, defense, and security issues. Position is available immediately, but applicants must be able to commit to a minimum of 10-20 hours a week for 4 mon ths. Applicants must have strong writing and research skills and some understanding of U.S. policy in Latin America. Spanish helpful but not required. Send a résumé, short writing sample, 1-2 letters of recommendation, and a transcript to Ca rlos Osorio, National Security Archive, Suite 701, Gelman Library, 2130 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. For more information, call 202/994-7219; fax 202/994-7005; cosorio "at" gwis2.circ.gwu.edu.

Study Opportunities
Summer Intensive Quechua Institute. May 28-July 6, 1996. Runa Shimi, the northern, or Ecuadorian, dialect of the language generally called Quechua, will be taught. The institute will offer a limited number of FLAS fellowships to highly qu alified applicants. Graduate students and persons whose professional development requires Andean expertise are encouraged to apply. Send expressions of interest as soon as possible to Frank Salomon, 5240 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI 53706-1393; salomon "at" macc.wisc.edu.
Slavery and Freedom in Caribbean History. NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers. June 10-July 19, 1996. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. Six-week seminar to explore the practices of slavery and freedom in the Caribbean region from the sixtee nth to the nineteenth centuries and the meaning attached to them by local and metropolitan actors. Participants will prepare academic projects for presentation in the seminar. Stipend: $3,200. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents f or the last 3 years. For information and application forms, contact Francisco A. Scarano, Dept. of History, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 3211 Humanities Bldg., 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706; fscarano "at" facstaff.wisc.edu. Deadline for applications: Mar. 1, 1996.
Summer Seminar in U.S. Studies for Latin American Social Scientists and Nonacademic Professionals. June 24-Aug. 2, 1996. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, Univ. of California-San Diego. Designed for Latin American scholars and nonacademic professionals who want to understand, teach, and conduct research on the United States. Citizens of any Latin American or Caribbean country may apply. Instruction is in English. Awards cover registration fees, housing on campus, meals, access to library, required reading materials, and limited medical insurance. For further information, contact Graciela Platero, Fellowship Coordinator, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, 9500 Gilman Dr., Dept. 0510, Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0510. Tel .: 619/534-4503; fax: 619/534-6447; usmex "at" weber.ucsd.edu. Deadline: Mar. 1, 1996.
Field Seminar in Ecuadorian Quichua Culture and Language. July 13-Aug. 17, 1996. Otavalo, Ecuador. The seminar will offer grammatical/conversational instruction, cultural instruction in Highland Andean peoples, special workshops for integrat ing studies of native South America into college instruction, field excursions, and residence with a Quichua-speaking household. Directed to people with an elementary or better knowledge of Quichua/Quechua and a current or confirmed teaching appointment i n Latin American studies and/or Native American studies in a 2- or 4-year college. Seminar offering is contingent on funding. Send expressions of interest as soon as possible to Frank Salomon, 5240 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI 53706- 1393; salomon "at" macc.wisc.edu.

Announcement
Real Brazil, a new publication created by UT students, has premiered on the Internet. Its web site is http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/ppb/rb. The Nov. edition contains a roundup of Brazilian news and stories about land reform and the Pant anal (world's largest freshwater marsh), environmental news, and other information. Ideas are now being gathered for the Dec. cover story, a cross-cultural look at race relations in Brazil and the United States. Comments and story ideas are welcome. For i nformation, contact Dean Graber: deangraber[email address removed to reduce spam] or call 708-0008.

Exhibits
Assignment Mexico: History and Art from the Photojournalists of the San Antonio Express-News. Nov. 15-Dec. 15 and Jan. 9-Feb. 9. UNAM-San Antonio, 600 HemisFair Park, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more information, contact Carmen Gonzá ;lez, 210/222-8626; fax: 210/225-1772.
El Camino de los Huicholes. Photographs by John Christian. Dec. 8-Dec. 31, 1995. Alternate Current Art Space, 2209 S. First St., Austin, TX 78704. For more information, contact David Lee Pratt or Susan Maynard, 443-9674.