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February 22 - March 2, 1996

Late Entries
Thursday, Feb. 22--Sindicalismo en la frontera norte: de la participación al conformismo, los casos de Piedras Negras y Ciudad Juárez. Dra. Cirila Quintero, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/El Colef-Matamoros. México al M ediodía. 12:15 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS.
Friday, Feb. 23--Web Page Design Discussion. Scott McClain, UT-LANIC research associate. 1:00-2:30 p.m. SRH 1.320.
Friday, Feb. 23--ILASSA Conference Powwow, Pizza, and Stapling Party.
5:30 p.m. SRH 1.320. Come help your friendly neighborhood conference planners! For more information, contact Marcia Grimes, 473-8681; or Hannah Holm, 302-4084.

Monday, February 26
Gateway to MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay): Common Market of South America. The Hon. Àlvaro Diez de Medina, Uruguay's ambassador to the U.S. 3:00 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313.

Tuesday, February 27
Techioloyan Pictorial Manuscripts: The Last Tango of the Colonial Tlacuilolli. Dr. Xavier Noguez, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/El Colegio Mexiquense. México al Mediodía. 12:15 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the M exican Center of ILAS.
Romance e historia en una novela de la Segunda Restauración: La ciudad de los prodigios, de Eduardo Mendoza. V. Holloway. 3:30 p.m. Tobin Room, Batts Hall 201. Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese Faculty Lecture Series.

Wednesday, February 28
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 29
Afro-Haitian Dance Class. 8:00 p.m. Austin Recreation Center, 1301 Shoal Creek. Cost: $6.00/class. Also offered on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. For information about these and capoeira n'gola and percussion classes, contact Martha Pérez at 459-9676; mperez "at" mail.tea.texas.us.

Saturday, March 2
La Frontera: A Literary Dialogue and La Frontera: A Dialogue in Images. 2:00 p.m. UNAM-San Antonio. Writers include Sandra Cisneros, Guadalupe Aldaco, Gerardo Cornejo, Miguel Méndez, Luis Humberto Crosthwaite, Rolando Hinojo sa-Smith. For more information, contact Jimena Nistal, UNAM-San Antonio, tel.: 210/222-8626; fax: 210/225-1772.
ILAS Austin Alumni Club Kickoff Potluck Dinner. 7:00 p.m. Dr. Nicolas Shumway's home, 1109 W. 9th St. RSVP to Ludmilla McGlamery or Peter Hajmasy, 471-5551.

Conferences and Calls for Papers
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, 302-4084, or Marcia Grimes, 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.
Sustainable Development: Implications for World Peace. Mar. 28-29, 1996. UT-Austin. The LBJ School of Public Affairs' Tom Slick Peace Conference will address the issue of sustainable development and its relationship to the construction an d maintenance of peace. Participants include representatives from international organizations, governments, NGOs, and academia. For more information, contact Tom Slick Professor of World Peace Antônio Rocha Magalhães, tel.: 471-8952; fax: 471 -1835; amagalhaes[email address removed to reduce spam].
8th Annual Texas-Mexico Higher Education Conference 1996: The Border Nation. Mar. 28-30, 1996. UT-San Antonio. Panels will address architecture/planning; agriculture; veterinary medicine; communications; bilingualism/language shift s; culture; economic development; education; history; humanities; infrastructure; immigration/migration; public art; public health; public policy; social science; and trade. For more information, contact John B. Hertz, Office of International Programs, UT -San Antonio; tel.: 210/691-5200; fax: 210/691-5199; jhertz "at" lonestar.utsa.edu. Deadline for registration: Mar. 1, 1996.
6th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics. Apr. 19-20, 1996. UT-Austin. Send abstract of no more than 250 words to Colloquium Committee, attn.: Matt Borden, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, 110 Batts Hall, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712; or to mateo[email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline: Mar. 1, 1996.
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 York, 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
Foreign Language and Area Study Fellowships, summer 1996 and academic year 1996-1997.
Summer applications are for Portuguese language study at UT-Austin and Kaqchikel language study through Tulane Univ. Academic year FLAS applications are fo r Portuguese language study at UT-Austin only. Applications are available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: Mar. 15, 1996.
Building Democracy: Citizenship, Nation, and Contemporary Urban Experience. Rockefeller Fellowships in the Humanities at Unicamp, 1996-1998.
Designed for professionals, academics, artists, or political activists with solid experience in thei r area of activity. Annual themes include "Citizenship and Democratic Culture," "Contemporary Cityscapes: Space and Power," "Nation and Diasporas," and "Time and Space in Contemporary Urban Experience." Application deadlines vary. For more information, co ntact Programa Rockefeller, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6110, 13081-970, Campinas - SP, Brazil; tel.: 55-192/39-8511, or 39-7361; fax: 55-192/39-3327; rock "at" turing.unicamp.br.
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.
Paid internships with member companies 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, Fellowship Program, UT Press, Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. Tel.: 471 -7233. Deadline: Mar. 20, 1996.

Study Opportunities
Intensive Nahuatl at the Univ. 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. For mo re information, contact Summer Session Office, 5835 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, IL 60637; tel.: 312/702-6033.
Intermediate Portuguese Language and Culture in Florianópolis, Brazil. June 18-Aug. 3, 1996.
Open to students from any accredited U.S. college or university who have completed 2 semesters of college-level Portuguese. UT-Austin applica nts contact Ivy McQuiddy, Study Abroad Office, 471-6490.
Intensive 1st-Year Portuguese. June 24--Aug. 3, 1996.
Univ. of Pittsburgh and Cornell Univ. Latin American Studies Consortium. Held at the Univ. of Pittsburgh. Fellowships are available from the Univ. of Pittsburgh: Shirley A. Kregar, Center for Latin American Studies, 4E04 Forbes Quad, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; tel.: 412/648-7396; fax: 412/648-2199. Deadline: Mar. 22, 1996. Fellowships are also available from Cornell Univ.: Mary Jo Dudley, Latin American Studies Prog ram, 190 Uris Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853; tel.: 607/255-3345.
Latin American Studies in Buenos Aires. July 8-Aug. 16, 1996. Boston Univ. offers study of contemporary literature, history, and culture of Argentina. Financial aid is available. For more information, contact Boston Univ. International Pr ograms, 232 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215; tel.: 617/353-9888; fax: 617/353-5402; [email address removed to reduce spam]; http://web.bu.edu/abroad. Deadline: Mar. 15, 1996.
Academic year or semester in Quito.
Boston Univ. offers study of Spanish language, Latin American studies, and ecology at the Univ. San Francisco de Quito. Financial aid is available. For more information, contact Boston Univ. International Programs, 232 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215; tel.: 617/353-9888; fax: 617/353-5402; [email address removed to reduce spam]; http://web.bu.edu/abroad.

Employment Opportunities
Assistant professor of Latin American literature, with specialization in 20th-century Latin American narrative and ability to teach colonial literature. Applicants should send a current c.v., a sample of published work, and 3 letters of r ecommendation to Dr. Marguerite Chiarenza, Dept. of Hispanic & Italian Studies, Univ. of British Columbia, 1866 Main Hall, Vancouver, BC V6T 121, Canada. Deadline: Mar. 1, 1996.
Spanish evaluators. Measurement Inc. needs persons to evaluate grade 4 written compositions in Spanish and English. Full-time temporary position, Mar. 11-22 and Apr. 1-12. Pay: $7.00-$7.50/hour. See ILAS job board for full description, or call 835-6091 for application.


Tinker Visiting Professorship, 1997-1998
Applications are being accepted until Mar. 25, 1996.
Consult the funding manual for details or call Joanne Gully at 471-5551.



Announcement
Real Brazil, an online magazine of Brazilian news and features edited by UT-Austin students, has posted the Feb./Mar. issue on the Internet: http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/ppb/rb. This issue's topics include the Amazon surveillance scand al; opening Brazil's telecommunications industry; urban survey; rural report, environmental news, unraveling the Internet; Brazilian music; and media monitor. If you are interested in working with Real Brazil as a writer, photographer, artist, desi gner, or online publisher, contact Dean Graber at 708-0008; deangraber[email address removed to reduce spam]; or Maria Cavalcanti, cavalcanti[email address removed to reduce spam].


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