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September 16-22, 1996


Late Entries

Monday-Friday, Sept. 9-13--Career Start. Liberal Arts Career Services fall registration drive to encourage students to register at least 9 months prior to graduation in order to participate in on-campus recruiting/interviewing. 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on the West Mall. For more info., call Barbara Santos, Director, LACS, 471-7900.

Friday, Sept. 13--Tenure Security and Resource Use among Small Farmers in Amazonia. Charles Wood, Stephen Perz, and Andre Caetano, Population Research Center. Noon, BUR 214. PRC Brown Bag Series. For more info., call 471-1122.

Friday, Sept. 13--CMAS Bienvenida for all students, faculty, and staff. Las Manitas Avenue Café, 211 Congress. 5:00-8:00 p.m. Music and refreshments provided (no cover). For more info., call Jordana Barton, Center for Mexican American Studies, 471-2136.

Sunday, Sept. 15--Opening reception for Guillermo Kahlo, 1872-1941: Una Retrospectiva, an exhibit about the life and work of this German photographer, who was Frida Kahlo's father. 2:00 p.m. Gallery talk by Juan Coronel Rivera, curator, 2:30 p.m. Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress. For more info., call 480-9373.

Tuesday, Sept. 17

CMAS Plática. New Mexican artist Edward González will give a slide presentation and discuss his new book, Spirit Ascendant: The Art and Life of Patrociño Barela. Noon, Texas Union Sinclair Suite, 3.128. Bring a lunch; drinks will be provided. For more info., call 471-2136.

Wednesday, Sept. 18

Music by Guillermo Velazquez, troubadour of huapango arribeño and poesia decimal campesina, a musical and poetic tradition of peasants in San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, and Querétaro. Two hours of music and exclusive interviews with Velazquez. 11:00a.m. -1:00 p.m. KOOP radio, 91.7 FM.

Friday, Sept. 20

CMAS Plática and Booksigning. Dagoberto Gilb, award-winning Texas writer, will read from his recent book, The Magic of Blood. Noon, Texas Union Chicano Culture Room, 4.206. A reception and booksigning will follow. For more info., call 471-2136.

Benefit Dinner and Concert for Chiapas. El Comité de Solidaridad con Chiapas y México is sponsoring this event to support Zapatista indigenous communities threatened with famine due to the crisis in Chiapas. Dinner 6:00-10:00 p.m.; concert by Guillermo Velazquez y Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú, 8:00 p.m.-2 a.m. Salon Mexico of Thai Passion Restaurant, 7th & Congress. Tickets are $10 for dinner or dance, $15 for both. For more info. and to reserve tickets, call 454-8097 (: evera "at" igc.apc.org).

Saturday, Sept. 21

Teaching and Evaluating Adult ESL Students: Fifth Annual UNAM-SA ESL Conference. 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. UNAM-San Antonio, 600 HemisFair Park. $15 ($7.50 for students); lunch included. For more info., call UNAM, 210/222-8626; fax 210/225-1772.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

New Federalism, State and Local Government. Oct. 25-26, 1996. 8:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT-Austin. Examines the nature and performance of state government in Mexico. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS, the LBJ School, the Ford Foundation, and the Shell Oil Company Foundation. For more info., contact the Mexican Center, 471-5551; fax 512/475-6778; : mexctr[email address removed to reduce spam]

The U.S.-Mexican War Symposium and 4th Annual Palo Alto Conference. Oct. 25-26, 1996. UT-Arlington. Focuses on the effects of the war on the society and culture of both countries. Sponsored by UT-Arlington, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site. Send $35 registration fee by Oct. 4, payable to UTA-Center for Southwestern Studies, Box 19497-Central Library, Arlington, TX 76019-0497. For more info., call 817/272-3997; : center "at" library.uta.edu

Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Congress. Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 1996. York University, Toronto. To submit proposal for single papers and complete panels contact: Katherine Reilly, CERLAC, Suite 240, York Lanes, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. For more info.: tel. 416/736-2100 ext. 88706; fax 416/736-5737; : CERLAC "at" Yorku.ca.

Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe, VIII Congress. Jan. 5-6, 1997. Talca, Chile. Subject is Modernization and Identity in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Context of the Globalization Processes. Sessions mainly in Spanish and Portuguese; special sessions in English and French. Submit abstracts of 15-30 lines by Aug. 31, 1996 (some latitude in deadline). For more info., contact Javier Pinedo Castro, Director, Instituto de Estudios, Humanísticos, Abate Juan Ignacio Molina, Universidad de Talca, Av. Lircay s/n, Talca, Chile. Tel. 011-56-71-226371; fax 56-71-226371/290; : jpinedo "at" maule.utalca.cl

Call for papers. Dactylus, Revista de Literatura, Cultura y Lingüística, Departamento de Español y Portugués, Universidad de Texas en Austin. Submissions are invited of original, unpublished articles and interviews on any aspect of Spanish-American, Luso-Brazilian, and Spanish literature and linguistics. Also welcome are submissions of poetry and short fiction in Spanish and Portuguese. Extended deadline: Oct. 15, 1996. Submissions must include: (1) A 3X5 card with your name, article title, address, phone, , and academic affiliation; (2) 3 printed, double-spaced ANONYMOUS copies of the submission; (3) an electronic copy of the article on a 3.5 Mac diskette, preferably in MS Word. Send to: Elisabeth Sisson-Guerrero, Editorial Board, Dactylus, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1155.

Fellowships

Fellowship Study in Cuba 1997. The Latin American Studies/Cuba Exchange Program of Johns Hopkins Univ., in conjunction with the Ford Foundation, seeks grant proposals from candidates outside Johns Hopkins interested in conducting advanced field research in Cuba. Grants are awarded to graduate studens (M.A., Ph.D., or postgrads). Must be fluent in Spanish. Completed applications due by Sept. 16, 1996. For more info. and applications: Ms. Eva González, Latin American Studies/Cuba Exchange Program, Johns Hopkins University, 312 Gilman Hall, 3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218-2690. Tel. 410/516-5558; fax 410/516-7586; : lasp "at" jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Academy Scholars Program. Open only to doctoral candidates or recent recipients. Annual stipends of $20,000-$25,000 for predoctoral scholars and $30,000-$35,000 for postdoctoral scholars. Applications due by Oct. 11, 1996. For more info., call 617/495-2137.

Internship

NEA/IMS Internship, Dept. of Latin American Art, Huntington Art Gallery, UT-Austin. 19 hours per week for 9 months starting Sept./Oct. 1996. $650 per month. Interns must have completed 1-2 years of graduate education in Latin American or twentieth-century art history. Reading knowledge of Spanish. For more info., call Mari Carmen Ramírez, 471-7324 or 471-8984.

Job Opportunities

Ford Foundation Program Officer or Assistant Program Officer, Governance, Philanthropy, and Civil Society Program, Rio de Janeiro. Target date Oct. 1, 1996. PO salary $59,500-$107,000; APO salary $46,000-$73,000. Advanced degree in political science or related area. Knowledge of Portuguese or fluency in Spanish. For more info. write: The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd St., New York, NY 10017. Refer to #213.

Ford Foundation Program Officer or Assistant Program Officer, Human Rights, Peace and Cooperation Program, Rio de Janeiro. Target date Oct. 1, 1996. PO salary $59,500-107,000; APO salary $46,000-73,000. A law degree or advanced degree in social science or development studies. Knowlege of Portuguese or fluency in Spanish. For more info. write: The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd St., New York, NY 10017. Refer to #263.

Part-time Elementary School Spanish Teacher. Eanes Community Education afterschool program. Classes MW and/or TTh, 3:00-4:00 p.m., for 10 weeks starting Sept. 16, 1996. Require fluent Spanish, good rapport with children grades K-5. Teacher certification a plus but not required. $30 per 1-hour class of 12-15 students. For more info., call 432-0041, ext. 240.

Volunteer Opportunities

Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers. Needed to translate for Salvadorans and Guatemalans in their political asylum interviews with the INS. Short-term volunteer positions, with excellent training included. Call immediately: Political Asylum Project of Austin (PAPA), 478-0546.

Tecnica's 6th Silent Art Auction, benefiting a women's labor center in León, Nicaragua. Volunteers needed during Sept. to pick up art and arrange for framing or to help with mailouts, and also for the evening of the auction, Oct. 9, at Señor O'Briens. Call Mary Ann Jasper, 206-0311.

Announcement

ILAS Working Papers Now Electronic Series. The Texas Papers on Latin America, a working paper series for UT-Austin faculty, visiting scholars, and sponsored graduate students, is now available exclusively on-line via the UT-LANIC home page (http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/). For submission information, contact Virginia Hagerty at 471-5551.


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