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Job Opportunities
Administrative Coordinator, The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) at UT-El Paso. SCERP is a consortium of 9 U.S. and Mexican universities to develop near-term solutions to the serious environmental problems of the U.S.-Mexico border region. Qualifications include: Bachelor's degree (master's preferred) in public administration, int'l relations, or other appropriate academic discipline; 3 years' progressive experience in managing or coordinating complex multidisciplinary programs in an academic or institutional setting; in-depth knowledge of U.S.-Mexico border environmental issues and U.S. legislative processes; bilingual Spanish-English. Salary: $32,760; will be an employee of UT-El Paso. Send cover letters, résumé, transcripts, and 3 references to: C. Wesley Leonard, Chairman, SCERP Management Committee, P.O. Box 68662, El Paso, Texas 79968-9991. Address for express delivery: C. Wesley Leonard, SCERP, Burges Hall, Room 209, UTEP, 500 W. Univ. Ave, El Paso, TX 79902. Tel. 915/747-6649; Fax: 915/747-5145.
Two tenure-track positions, Spanish, Foreign Languages Department,Virginia Commonwealth University. (1) Asst. Prof. with a specialization in Latin American Studies. Application in areas of African-American Studies and/or the African diaspora particularly welcome. (2) Asst. Prof. with a specialization in language pedagogy, linguistics, or related field. Beginning Aug. 16, 1997. Deadline for applications is Jan. 15; for interviews at MLA, Dec. 15. Send CV, dossier, and recommendations to: Dr. R. McKenna Brown, Chair of Search Committee, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Virginia Commonwealth University, Bird House, 820 West Franklin Street, P.O. Box 842021, Richmond, VA 23284-2021. Tel. 804/828-2200; Fax 804/828-9510.
Personal Services Contractor position as Senior Economist in the Economics and Program Analysis Office, the U.S. Agency for International Development in Honduras. Two-year position. Requirements include a Ph.D. in Economics. For more info., contact Timothy T. Beans, Contracting Officer, tel. 011/504/36-9320, Ext. 2425, Fax 011/504/36-7776;
The Bacardi Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Latin American Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida. Applicants and nominees are being solicited. The chair is filled one semester every year by a distinguished Latin Americanist and compensated accordingly. Inquiries and nominations for 1997-98 and 1998-99 should be sent by March 1, 1997 to Dr. Helen I. Safa, Chair, Bacardi Scholar Advisory Committee, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, P.O. Box 115530, Gainesville, FL 32611-5530.
Calls for Papers
Call for papers. Visions and Visuality in Latin America, Annual Conference of the Society for Latin American Studies, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, April 4-6, 1997. Deadline for abstracts (200 words): Dec. 15, 1996. For more info., contact: Andrea Noble, Dept. of Spanish, University of Aberdeen, AB9 2UB;
Call for papers. Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies: Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference, UT-Austin, Jan. 24, 1997. Research on any aspect of the study of gender and/or sexuality is welcomed. Deadline for abstracts: Dec. 9, 1996. Submission must include: one-page abstract, cover letter with , tel., address, dept. affiliation, media needs, preference for a paper (20 minutes) or poster (2 hrs). Submit materials to: Women's Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 (if off campus); Women's Studies, SSW 3.106H, D4900 (if on campus). For info., contact: the Women's Studies office, 471-5756; or Prof. Moore,
Call for papers. Symposium about Language and Society-Austin (SALSA), Fifth Annual Meeting, April 11-13, 1997, University of Texas at Austin. Abstracts that address the relationship of language to culture and society are encouraged; desired frameworks for research include: linguistic anthropology; sociolinguistics; ethnography of communication; speech play, verbal art, and poetics; political economy of language. Submissions must be received by Jan. 17, 1997. Papers must be received by early May 1997 to be included in the published proceedings. Registration fees: $16 for students; $32 for nonstudents. Send all correspondence to: SALSA, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712;
Call for papers. XX Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia),Sunset Recreation Center, UCLA, April 19-20, 1997. Forum dedicated to the exchange and dissemination about the language and culture of the Portuguese speaking world. The symposium will pay homage to: 1) the 400th anniversary of the death of José de Anchieta; 2) the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Papers may be presented in English or Portuguese and are limited to 15 minutes reading time. Those selected will be published in Encruzilhadas/Crossroads. For more info. and registration, contact: Prof. Claude L. Hulet, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1532;
Call for papers. Utah Foreign Language Review, an annual publication compiled by the Dept. of Languages and Literature at the Univ. of Utah. Requests academic work and creative writing from faculty and graduate students, in any language, related to or addressing critical issues in the study of literature as an artform. Special topic of the year is Perspectives on Otherness; submissions are not limited to this topic. Author retains rights to published material. Submission guidelines: any format (MLA, Chicago, etc.); double-spaced; 2 hard copies and a Macintosh-compatible diskette. For submissions and info.: UFLR c/o Adrian V. Fielder, eic, Dept. of Languages and Literature, 1400 LNCO, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112;
Announcement
Pastors for Peace, an Action/Education Project of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization is organizing the following events: Nicaraguan Work Brigades for the Univ. of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua (URACCAN), Dec. 2-12, 1996; Pastors for Peace program in Chiapas, Mexico: The Faith and Reconciliation Delegation, March 1-8, 1997; Women's Delegation to Chiapas, July 2-9, 1997. For more info., contact: Pastors for Peace, 670 West 28th St., Minneapolis, MN 55408; Tel. 612/870-7121; Fax 612/870-7109;