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February 15-22, 1996

Tuesday, February 20
Afro-South Americans from the African Diaspora and the Modern World Conference will visit ILAS to establish closer relations with ILAS faculty and students. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. 1:00-3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Suzanne Van derPoel, David Workman, or Joanne Gully, 471-5551.
Romance e historia en una novela de la Segunda Restauración: La ciudad de los prodigios, de Eduardo Mendoza. A lecture in Spanish by V. Holloway. Tobin Room, Batts Hall 201. 3:30 p.m. Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese Faculty Lecture S eries.
Art ¥ Words. A lecture by Mario Sagradini, Senior Rockefeller Fellow in the Huntington Art Gallery, and one of Uruguay's best-known conceptual artists. Art Building 1.110. 5:00 p.m.
Forum on Latin American Women. General meeting and video on Chiapas. SRH 1.319. 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact Kimberly Miller, 452-9989.

Wednesday, February 21
Chilean Democracy after Pinochet. Ricardo Israel Z., Director, Institute of Political Science, Univ. de Chile, and one of Chile's leading political commentators. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by ILAS.
Son Yuma, traditional Cuban music. Continental Club, 1315 S. Congress, 10:00 p.m. Cover charge. For more information, call the Continental Club, 441-2444.

Thursday, February 22
Reading and Commentary. Martín Espada, Nuyorican writer and winner of the 1990 PEN/Revson Award for Poetry and the 1991 Paterson Poetry Prize. UTC 3.112. 7:30 p.m. Cosponsored by the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, ILAS Caribbean Wo rking Group, and the Dept. of English.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
The African Diaspora and the Modern World Conference. Feb. 21-25, 1996. Univ. of Texas-Austin. As part of the UN's Year for Tolerance, this conference will feature international scholars and cultural leaders meeting to discuss the cur rent state of knowledge and research on the African Diaspora in the Americas. It will also include photographic exhibits, videos, and concerts. For more information, contact the Center for African and African American Studies, 512/471-1784; fax 512/471-17 98; kporterfield[email address removed to reduce spam]; http://www.utexas.edu/depts/caaas/ut-unesco.html.
Sustainable Development in Latin American Rain Forests and the Role of Law. Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 1996. Univ. of Texas-Austin, Bass Lecture Hall. 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. both days. For more information, call David Burns, 475-8746.
16th Annual Student Conference on Latin America. Mar. 1-2, 1996. Univ. of Texas-Austin, Student Union. Students from Latin America, the U.S., and Europe will present topics ranging from literature and music to microenterprise and political e cology. For more information contact Hannah Holm, tel.: 302-4084, or Marcia Grimes, tel.: 473-8681; hiholm[email address removed to reduce spam]. ILASSA t-shirt sales help support the conference. Two designs are available at ILAS for $10 each.
XLI SALALM Conference: SALALM in the Age of Multimedia: Technological Challenge and Social Change. June 1-5, 1996. New York Univ. For information about the program, contact Peter A. Stern, Alexander Library, Rutgers Univ., 169 College Ave ., New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Tel.: 908/932-8270; fax: 908/932-1101; pstern "at" zodiac.rutgers.edu. Details concerning local arrangements are available from Angela Carreño, Elmer H. Bobst Library, New York Univ., 70 Washington Square South, New Yor k, NY 10012. Tel.: 212/998-2606; fax: 212/995-4070; carreno "at" is.nyu.edu.
The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages (and in Modern Times). Oct. 3-6, 1996. Joint Conference, Southeastern Medieval Association and Texas Medieval Association. Baylor Univ. Send proposals for sessions, abstracts (150-300 words), and quer ies to D. Thomas Hanks, Jr., Box 97404, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX 76798-7421. Fax: 817/755-3894; tom [email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline for proposals and abstracts: June 30, 1996.

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Internships
Liberal Arts Collegewide Competitive Scholarships. The dean's office will award merit-based collegewide scholarships to Liberal Arts undergraduates for the 1996-1997 academic year. Awards range from $500 to $2,000 and will be announced by Ap r. 19, 1996. Applicants may pick up an application in WMB 3.102. Applications should be accompanied by an essay of no more than 500 words on the topic, "What Was the Most Significant Event to Take Place in 1995 and Why?" and one letter of recommendation f rom a regular UT faculty member. Deadline for application: Feb. 29, 1996.
Graduate Student Grants for Field Research on the Transformation of Rural Mexico. The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies of the Univ. of California at San Diego, in association with the Guadalajara unit of the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudi os Superiores en Antropología Social de Occidente, will offer grants to graduate students in the social sciences who are conducting fieldwork in the Mexican countryside on (1) the future role of the ejido in rural economy, politics, and society, (2 ) institution building in support of sustainable rural development, or (3) strategies to improve resource use and promote new forms of agricultural production and marketing. For a grant application packet and more information, contact David Myhre, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0510. Fax: 619/534-6447; ejido "at" weber.ucsd.edu. Deadline for application: Feb. 29, 1996.
Music in Latin American Society: Past and Present. NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers. June 10-July 27, 1996. UT-Austin. Intended for musicologists, ethnomusicologists, and Latin Americanists in the humanities and social sciences. Each participant will receive a $3,600 stipend for the 7-week seminar. For more information, contact Gerard Béhague, UT-Austin, School of Music, MRH 3.202, Austin, TX 78712. Tel.: 471-0373; gbehague[email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline for a pplication: Mar. 1, 1996.
Buen Vecino Internship in Mexico. Internships available through the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. Applications available in SRH 1.305. Deadline for application: Mar. 1, 1996.
Tinker Field Research Grants. Awards to graduate students are for fieldwork (not dissertation research) in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of Latin America or in Spain or Portugal. Awards are not for work on the Hispanic commu nities of the U.S. Projects that are located in Latin America but are not relevant to language or area study of the region are ineligible. Research in Iberia may focus on Latin American topics for which resources in Spain and Portugal are required or may focus solely on Iberian subjects. Grants reflect primarily the Tinker Foundation's broad areas of interest: economic policy and governance, environmental policy, and social science disciplines with strong public policy implications. See Anne Dibble in SRH 1.301 for applications. Deadline for application, including letters of recommendation: Mar. 15, 1996.
1996-1997 Graduate Fellowship Competition. The Latin American Studies Center of the University of Maryland-College Park will administer 3 Dept. of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships with an $8,000 stipend and remission o f tuition and fees for up to 10 credits per semester. Fellowships are awarded to students "undergoing advanced training in study of modern foreign language in combination with either area studies, international studies, or international aspects of profess ional fields." Open only to U.S. citizens. Letters of nomination from departments should be accompanied by a complete copy of the nominee's application to the department. Send applications to Latin American Studies Center, 4205 Jimenez Hall, Univ. of Mary land, College Park, MD 20742. Tel.: 301/405-6459; fax: 301/314-9752; : al68 "at" umail.umd.edu. Deadline: Mar. 15, 1996.
Faculty-Sponsored Dissertation Field Research. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy before funds can be awarded. Maximum awards of $2,500 for field research in Latin America. Funds available Sept. 1, 1996. See Anne Dibble in SRH 1.301 for applications. Deadline for application, including letters of recommendation: Mar. 15, 1996.
UT Press Fellowship will provide a year of experience in book publishing (including intensive training in editorial, production, marketing, business, rights and permissions, or journals) for a graduate of UT-Austin beginning Sept. 1, 1996 , and ending Aug. 31, 1997. The Fellow will receive $13,200, payable as $1,100 at the end of each month of completed training. For applications and information, contact Sarah Marden, Acting Assistant to the Director, Fellowship Program, UT Press, Box 7819 , Austin, TX 78713-7819. Tel.: 471-7233. Deadline: Mar. 20, 1996.

Study Opportunities
Intensive Spanish and English Courses; Cross-Cultural Seminar for Doing Business in Mexico; Comparative Course on Real Estate in Mexico and Texas. UNAM-San Antonio. Registration: Mar. 14-16. Classes begin Mar. 25, 1996. For brochure, call 512/222-8626.
Intensive Nahuatl at the University of Chicago. June 17-Aug. 15, 1996. Beginners' intensive course in modern spoken Nahuatl, with emphasis on speaking, grammatical and cultural structures. Course is approved for FLAS fellowship holders. C ost: est. $4,215. For more information, contact Summer Session Office, 5835 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, IL 60637; tel.: 312/702-6033.
Intensive Summer Course 1996. July 1-Aug. 9, 1996, or July 1-July 19, 1996. Instituto de Ciencias, Guadalajara. Courses in Spanish, Mexican history, art, literature; lodging with Mexican families; private tutors; sightseeing. Faculty from th e Univ. of California-San Diego. For information, contact Instituto de Ciencias, Av. Manual Àvila Camacho 2935, A.P. 64, C.P. 45160, Zapopan, Jal., Mexico. Tel./fax: (3) 636-3219; summer "at" idecunix.gdl.iteso.mx.
Duke in the Andes, La Paz, Bolivia. Aug. 12-Dec. 13, 1996. Interdisciplinary semester in Latin American and Andean studies at the Univ. Mayor de San Andrés and the Univ. Católica Boliviana. Cost: est. $11,890. Open to juniors with a B average and 2 years of college-level Spanish or equivalent. For more information, contact Prof. Walter D. Mignolo, Dept. of Romance Studies, Duke Univ., Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257; tel.: 919/660-3100; fax: 919/684-4029; wmignolo " at" duke.acpub.duke.edu. Application deadline: Mar. 8, 1996.