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October 28 - November 3, 1996


Late Entries

Wednesday, Oct. 23--SLAG (Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology Group) Meeting. Chantal Tetreault will speak about discourses of immigration in France. 6:30 p.m. at 3211 Walnut Ave., tel. 469-7698. For more info., contact Michal Brody at<brody[email address removed to reduce spam]; Holly Ogren at <hollyo[email address removed to reduce spam]; or 471-0549.

Thursday, Oct. 24--An Evening of Brazilian Music with Badi Assad, also featuring The Susanna Sharpe Trio, at 7:30 p.m., Texas Union Ballroom. Sponsored by the Brazil Center of ILAS, The Texas Union, and the International Awareness Committee. Students/UT faculty $5; general public $7; available through UTTM or at the door. For more info., call 475-6630 or 471-5551.

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and 26--Cry of the Quetzal Conference: Fourth Annual Conference on Guatemalan Human Rights. Additional speakers include Jennifer Harbury and Sister Dianna Ortiz. For more info., contact 713/850-0441. To be held at Austin College, Sherman, TX. For carpooling from Austin, call 302-1984.

Monday, Oct. 28

Harte Memorial Lecture: Mexico's Circle of Misery and How It Affects the U.S., by Jorge Castañeda, professor of economics and international affairs at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and an expert on Mexico's complex web of political, economic, and social issues who is frequently quoted by the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, and the Economist. 4:00 p.m., Bass Lecture Hall, UT-Austin. Sponsored by ILAS, the College of Communication, and the Knight Chair of Journalism. For more info., 471-5551.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Reading by Puerto Rican novelist, poet, and essayist Rosario Ferré from her latest novel, The House on the Lagoon. 4:00 p.m., University Teaching Center, room 1.144. Sponsored by the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, the Latin American Association, ant the Dept. of English. For more info., call 471-4936.

Brazil Center Speakers Series, presentation by Peter Spink, director of the Center for the Study of Public Administration and Government at the Fundação Getulio Vargas-São Paulo, with which the Brazil Center will be inaugurating a three-year series of Ford Foundation funded student/faculty exchanges on Jan. 1, 1997. Spink will speak on The 1996 FGV/Ford Foundation Public Management and Citizens Innovations Program. 12:00-1:30 p.m., in the Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more info., contact David Workman at 471-5551.

Thursday, Oct. 31

México al Mediodía: Ayuntamiento, ciudadanía en la ciudad de México, siglo XIX. Presentation by Georgina Limones Ceniceros. 12:15-1:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS. For more info., call Lindalee F. Valdivieso, 471-5551.

Friday, Nov. 1

Brazil Center Speakers Series: The Non-Profit Sector and Health, Education, and Welfare Policy in Brazil. Presentation by Vera Sylvia Branco, exchange scholar at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas-São Paulo, Escola de Administração de Empressas. Hackett Room at ILAS, SRH 1.313. For more info., call David Workman, 471-5551.

Job Opportunities

Project Director, Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, DC, for a new program designed to promote more consistent and effective international attention to Central America and enhance cooperation on key policy issues among countries of the region. Interested candidates should mail or fax letter, résumé, and at least one writing sample to: Katherine Anderson, Manager for Administration and Finance, Inter-American Dialogue, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036. Fax: 202/822-9553. No phone calls please. For more info. about job responsibilities and qualification requirements, contact Emily Nordloh in the ILAS Professional Development Office, 512/471-5551.

Assistant Professor, Department of Romance and Comparative Literature, Brandeis University. Tenure-track opening for entry-level assistant professor in Latin American literature and culture, preferably with expertise in the Colonial period, and in one or more of the following: comparative literature, women's studies, film. Will primarily teach literature, but also language, and should be a native or near-native speaker. Appointment beginning 1997-98 academic year; initial three year appointment followed by performance review. Interviews at the Modern Language Association Convention in Washington, DC, Dec. 27-30. Deadline for submitting C.V. is Nov. 15; submit to Prof. Dian Fox, Chair, Search Committee, Dept. of Romance and Comparative Language, Brandeis University, P.O. Box 9110, Waltham, MA 02254-9110.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Tenure-track position, with a specialization in Latin American literature and culture (including Brazil); knowledge of film, contemporary, popular, and mass culture desirable. A Ph.D. or foreign equivalent and native or near-native fluency in Spanish and English are required. Fluency in Portuguese is an asset. Full-time nine-month position beginning Sept. 16, 1997. Applications must be received by Monday, Dec. 2, 1996. Send letter of application, C.V., a writing sample, and at least three letters of recommendation to Prof. Carol A. Klee, Chair, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 34 Folwell Hall, 9 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Assistant Professors, Rutgers University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Two tenure-track positions. 1) Assistant Professor of Spanish--Specialization in one or more of the following areas: Caribbean literature and culture, Mexican literature and culture, Latin American Theater, Latino Studies. Possibility of participation in Latin American Studies Program. 2) Assistant Professor of Portuguese--Specialization in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture and ability to teach in Latin American Studies Program. Native or near-native fluency required. Send letter of application, résumé, letters of reference, and sample publications to Mary Lee Bretz, Chair, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, P.O. Box 270, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0270 USA. Deadline: Dec. 1, 1996. AA/EOP

Fellowships

Canadian Federation of University Women Fellowships and Awards. Awards range from $1,000-$10,000. Must be a Canadian citizen or have held landed immigrant status in Canada for at least one year. Applications must be postmarked by Nov. 30, 1996. For application and info.: Canadian Federation of University Women, Att.: Fellowships Chair, 297 Dupuis St., Suite 308, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1L 7H8; or call 613/747-8154..

1996-1997 Undergraduate Research Fellowships. The UT Student Government is pleased to announce the availability of $42,000 for undergraduate students interested in pursuing research in any academic field: $20,000 will be open to all undergraduate students; $20,000 will be restricted to natural sciences students; $2,000 will be limited to social work students. Completed applications must be submitted by Nov. 11, 1996, at 5:00 p.m. and are available at the Office of the Student Government (Texas Union 4.310) and the Office of the Vice President for Research (Main Bldg, Suite 302). For more info., contact Jeffrey Tsai, Office of the Student Govt.; : <jefftsai[email address removed to reduce spam]; .

Research in Residence Program, 1997-98, Center for U.S. Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego. Visiting research fellows pursue their individual research projects and participate in Center activities; guest scholars bring their own means of financial support and receive access to resources at the Center and university. Visiting scholars are expected to spend 3-9 months in residence; shorter periods are permitted for guest scholars. Open to candidates at the predoctoral and postdoctoral level. Special funds are available for Mexican citizens and for advanced graduate students, recent Ph.D. recipients, and junior faculty members from the University of California system. Completed applications are due by Jan. 10, 1997. For info. and application material, contact: Graciela Platero, Fellowships Coordinator, Center for Mexican American Studies, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., 0510, La Jolla, CA 92093-0510; tel. 619/534-4503; fax 619/534-6447; ; <http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/USMex/welcome.htm; .

Fellowship in Museum Practice, Center for Museum Studies, Smithsonian Institution. Research programs are flexible and adaptable; fellowships can range from two months to a year. Applicants propose their own topic for study; fellows work collaboratively with Smithsonian sponsors. Open to experienced professionals from all disciplines and functional areas of work in museums and allied instititutions; the award includes travel costs and a $500/week ($4,000 max) stipend to help defray expenses incurred during residency in Washington, DC. This program is supported by the Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. Applications accepted until Feb. 14, 1997, for projects beginning after Oct. 15, 1997. Selections are announced in late summer 1997. For further info. and application, contact: Nancy J. Fuller, Center for Museum Studies, MRC 427, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560; tel. 202/357-3101; fax 202/357-3346; : <ompem002 "at" SIVM.SI.EDU; .

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Call for papers. Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS), annual meeting to be held Feb. 20-22, 1997, Austin, TX. The theme is: The Borderlands and Beyond: North American Regional Integration as a Work in Progress. Please identify the topic of your panel, the title of the papers, and the names and affiliations of the people who will read papers (limit of three, with the chair serving as discussant). Copies of the papers must be received by Jan. 1, 1997 to be included in the program. Send proposals for panels and papers, in any discipline dealing with Latin American affairs, as soon as possible, to: SCOLAS, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, 3925 West Braker Ln., MCC Building, Suite 1.900, Austin, TX 78759-5321. For more info., contact John Wineland, 475-7979.

First Conference of Latin American and Spanish Writers Living in the United States. Up and coming authors will present their creative work in Spanish and Portuguese on Nov. 1 in Batts Hall 201 and Nov. 2 in GSB 4.114C, from 9:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Sponsored by ILAS and the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. For more info., : <georgias[email address removed to reduce spam]; .

Call for papers. Anuario de Estudios Urbanos, No. 4, 1997. Submissions are invited of original, unpublished articles on the study of cities from the perspectives of theory, history, policy, economics, development, planning, analysis of urban space, territory, architecture, and form; social and citizen movements; studies of population, gender, culture, and urban identities; comparative studies. Deadline: Nov. 30, 1996. Submissions should be 20-45 pages and must include: (1) A card with your name, article title, address, phone, , and academic affiliation; (2) 3 copies of the paper; (3) an electronic copy of the article on a 3.5 diskette. For address info., contact: Editores Responsables, Mtro. Jorge Ortiz y Mtro. Oscar Terrazas, tel. 915/725-4568 or 687-2956; : aotr "at" hp90001a1.uam.mx

Call for papers. The Southwestern Sociological Association 1997 meeting will be held March 26-29 at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. The session titled "Ethnicity, Culture, and Space" was accidentally left off the initial call for papers, although it was included in the final call. The deadline for submissions to this session has been extended to Nov. 15. Abstracts of papers are solicited at this time. The session topic is broadly defined, but is organized specifically for anyone with research interests in the ways that race/ethnicity, culture, and urban space interact. Geographers, sociologists, urbanists, and others working with these variables are invited to submit paper proposals. Theoretical papers, as well as qualitative or quantitative research, are welcome. Finished papers will be due in late February/early March. Send abstract of paper to: Scott Swearingen, Dept. of Sociology, Burdine 336, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712 (: scotts[email address removed to reduce spam]).


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