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February 24 - March 2, 1997


Late Entries Correction--Please note that the Thursday, Feb. 20, lecture at Trinity University, Indigenous Peoples in the 21st Century, by David and Pia Maybury-Lewis, founders of Cultural Survival Inc., has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 21. The new time and place are 7:30 p.m. at Chapman Auditorium of Trinity University, 715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio. The lecture and reception following are free and open to the public. For more info., call 210/736-8506. Friday, Feb. 21--Dinner Meeting, Austin Chapter of International Good Neighbor Council. Westwood Country Club, 3508 W. 35th St. 6:30 p.m. Mexican Consul General Roberto Gamboa M. will give an update on Mexico. $16 per person. RSVP by Feb. 20, 263-2302.

Monday, Feb. 24

Yo el Supremo de Augusto Roa Bastos: libro profano/libro sagrado, a lecture by Nicolas Shumway, Tómas Rivera Regents Professor in Language and Literature and ILAS director. In Spanish. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tobin Room, Batts 201. Sponsored by the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. For more info., call 471-4936. Non-Academic Careers for Social Science Majors. A panel discussion by Alpha Kappa Delta (the Sociology Honors Society) and Sociology Undergraduate Advising. 6:00-7:30 p.m. UTC 3.104.

Tuesday, Feb. 25 México al Mediodía: La importancia de la sal en el desarrollo de la antigua provincia de Colima, a lecture by Juan Carlos Reyes Garza, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/Universidad de Colima. In Spanish. 12:15-1:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS. For more info., call Lindalee Valdivieso, 471-5551.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 México al Mediodía: Del empresariado a la política: hipótesis para un estudio comparativo del empresariado regional en las últimas décadas del siglo XX, a lecture by Jorge Peña Zepeda, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/COLMEX. In Spanish. 12:15-1:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS. For more info., call Lindalee Valdivieso, 471-5551.

Thursday, Feb. 27 México al Mediodía: La ciudadanía en la redefinición de la modernidad y la utopía urbana, a lecture by Sergio Tamayo Flores-Alatorre, C. B. Smith Visiting Scholar/UAM. In Spanish. 12:15-1:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS. For more info., call Lindalee Valdivieso, 471-5551.

Friday, Feb. 28 Politics of Creative Crisis: Bankers in Indonesia in Latin America, a lecture by Jeffrey A. Winters, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University. 3:00 p.m. Burdine 602. Sponsored by the Political Economy Faculty Working Group of the Department of Government and ILAS. For more info., contact Prof. Catherine Boone in the Government Department, 471-5121.

Saturday, March 1 Seeing Latin America: With Whose Eyes?, keynote speech for the XVII Student Conference on Latin America by Alma Guillermoprieto, noted author and journalist. 5:30 p.m. University Teaching Center (UTC), 2.102A. Sponsored by ILASSA and the UT Student Government. For info., call 471-5551 or contact David Wells at <David_[email address removed to reduce spam]; .

Job Opportunities Volunteers Needed for Political Asylum Project of Austin . PAPA needs bilingual (English-Spanish) volunteers to do interviews of clients seeking political asylum from Central America. Training provided. Call Nidia Salamanca or Jill Jarboe at 478-0546. Volunteers Needed: Communities in Schools Even Start A.S.P.I.R.E. Program, a family literacy program providing adult education, early childhood education, parenting, and home visits. Looking for volunteers to assist instructors in adult English as a Second Language classes. Training provided. Spanish is helpful, but not required. Sponsored by Communites in Schools Even Start A.S.P.I.R.E. Program, located at Harris Elementary School, at the corner of Berkman and Wheless Ln. For more info., call Lisa Stevak, 462-1771. Internship Opportunities in Mexico--American Friends Service Committee. 1) Co-Facilitator, Summer Program in Rural Mexico. 8 week program working with an NGO. Compensation includes full maintenance and travel to and from the project, project-related medical costs, plus a stipend of $200 per person. Application deadline: March 15. For more info., contact Helene Pollock, Human Resources, AFSC, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479. Tel. 215/241-7295; fax 215/241-7247; [email address removed to reduce spam]; . 2) Internship in a social service agency in Mexico City. The Casa de Los Amigos, a volunteer-operated Quaker guest house and service center in Mexico City, places volunteer interns for full-time work with Mexican social service organizations. Proficient Spanish required. Costs: initial fee of $50.00 plus $25.00 per month to cover administrative costs. For more info., contact Casa de los Amigos, Service and Education Project, Ignacio Mariscal 132, 06030 Mexico, DF, Mexico. Tel. 52/5/705-0521; fax 52/5/705-0771; [email address removed to reduce spam]a.apc.org; . Full-time Tenure-track Position in Sociology, Sarah Lawrence College, beginning Sept. 1997. Teaching and research interests in Latin America and historical research methods combined with data analysis. Expertise in some of the following areas is desirable: globalization, internationalization of capital and labor, immigration, migration, demography, and identity. Ph.D. required. Send vita, letter describing teaching and research interests, outlines of 2 proposed courses, sample writing, and 2 letters of recommendation to: Ms. Janet Held, Faculty Secretary, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 10708. Indicate whether you will be attending LASA 1997. Application deadline: March 15, 1997. Late applications may be accepted until April 1. Assistant Director, Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, commencing July 1, 1997. Duties include: undergraduate advising, grant writing, coordinating colloquia, teaching 1 or 2 courses a year, and assisting in the management of the center with 6 faculty members and 130 affiliate faculty. Half of the summer term can be devoted to personal research. Ph.D. required. Junior level, 12-month position, with tenure accruing in the appropriate department. Applications considered from people with experience or degrees in agriculture, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. Send letter of application with C.V. and 3 letters of recommendation to: Chair, Assistant Director Search Committee, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, P.O. Box 115530, Gainseville, FL 32611-5530. Deadline for application: March 17, 1997. Summer Community Service in Mexico, American Friends Service Committee. Program lasts approximately 7 weeks, from late June to mid-August. The program is run by a Mexican community organization; Spanish is the project language at all times. Cost is $900 plus expenses, some scholarships exist. Participants must be 18-26, converse comfortably in Spanish, and be familiar with Mexico and similar countries. Application deadline: April 1. For more info., contact Helene Pollock, Human Resources, AFSC, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479. Tel. 215/241-7295; fax 215/241-7247; [email address removed to reduce spam]; . University Instructors in Humanities for Summer Courses in Spanish. Needed at the Universidad Technológica de Monterrey, Querétaro campus, to teach two two-week courses, June 17-July 17, 1997. One course will be on ancient cultures still observed such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, the European community, and the Pacific Rim. The second course will be on Latin America and Mexico today, their politics, education, health, etc. Monterrey Tech-Querétaro will pay for air travel, hotel, and per diem. Doctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. Contact Dra. Angela Moyano Pahissa at amoyano "at" campus.qro.itesm.mx.

Fellowships

Summer 1997 Foreign Language and Area Study Fellowship (FLAS). For Portuguese language study or Quechua language study at UT-Austin, or Kacqchikel language study through Tulane University. Eligibility requirements same as above. Contact Brian Stross, 471-4206, for details about the Tulane program and the application. Deadline: March 1. Dissertation Research Grant. For field research in Latin America. Applicant must be advanced to candidacy before funds can be disbursed. Applications available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latino/a Literature and Culture, Bryn Mawr College. One-year appointment with possibility of renewal. Pursue own research interests and to teach one course each semester. Applicants must have completed Ph.D. by June 1997. $30,000 stipend. Deadline: March 15, 1997; send C.V., 3 letters of recommendation, and research proposal to: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, c/o Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899. Fellowship opportunity for theses and dissertations on Central American Pre-Columbian Art, Center for Latin American Art and Archaeology, Denver Art Museum. Applicants are eligible for funds to support travel to the Denver Art Museum and study at the museum. Applications will be considered from advanced graduate students working toward an M.A . or Ph.D. degree in art history and anthropology. To apply, send a brief description of the project (no more than 5 pages), a budget, and 3 references including one from your faculty advisor. Applications will be considered throughout the year and should be sent to: Center for Latin American Art and Archaeology, New World Dept., Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, CO 80204.

Conferences and Calls for Papers The Maya Meetings at Texas, In Their Own Write: Native Voices of Mesoamerica, from the Works They Created--Codices, Ceramics, and Literature, UT-Austin, March 6-15, 1997. Ten-day series of lectures, workshops, and research seminars for beginners and advanced scholars on Meso-american topics, including Maya hieroglyphic writing and history and Mixtec codices and history. March 6-7, Texas Symposium; March 7, Introducing Maya Glyphs, a 3-hour in-depth lecture by Peter Mathews; March 8-9, Forum on Maya Hieroglyphic Writing, by Linda Schele and Nikolai Grube; March 10-15, Long Workshop. Sponsored by ILAS, the College of Fine Arts, and the Maya Workshop Foundation of Austin. For more information, call 512/471-6292 (471-MAYA). Fifth Annual Symposium about Language and Society-Austin (SALSA V) , April 11-13, UT-Austin. This student-organized conference encourages attendance by as many students as possible. Keynote speakers include Deborah Kapchan, Dept. of Anthropology, UT-Austin; Leslie Milroy, Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Elinor Ochs, Dept. of Linguistics, UCLA. Friday, April 11, location TBA; Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13, RLM 2.102 (Robert Lee Moore Hall). For info., please contact SALSA via email: <SALSA[email address removed to reduce spam]; or visit our web site at: <http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/salsa.html; . Fifteenth Annual Maya Weekend: Pilgrimage, Migration and Trade, April 12-13, 1997, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Themes explored by archaeologists, ethnographers, and epigraphers; glyph workshops range from an introducion to Maya writing systems and calendrics to the latest approach to structural analysis of the texts. For info. and registration: Special Events Office, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6234, or call 215/898-4890. Hispanics: Cultural Locations, Oct. 10--12, 1997, University of San Francisco. This conference will provide a cultural and public setting for discussions of the role, situation, and condition of Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S. It seeks to promote interaction among Hispanics/Latinos, highlight their role as both subject and object of analysis, acknowledge and celebrate the existence of a Hispanic scholarly community, review the present status of Hispanic research, and thus begin discussing new horizons as we approach the next millennium. For more info, contact James Severance, conference assistant, at [email address removed to reduce spam]; .

Call for papers. Fifth Seminar on Afro-American Culture: Afrocuban and Other Afrocaribbean Religions. Center of Caribbean Studies, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18-29, 1997. Five days of presentations by Cuban specialists and Laënnec Hurbon; 5 days of panel presentations by Cuban and foreign specialists. Spanish-English-Spanish simultaneous translation will be provided in all sessions. Send 20-line abstract of paper proposals (20 minute max. delivery time) and curriculum to: Admissions Committee, Center of Caribbean Studies, Casa de las Américas, 3ra y G, El Vedado, La Habana, Cuba. Deadline: April 30, 1997 (to organize panel); June 30, 1997 (for presentation within existing panels). Fees: US$280 for professionals; US$140 for students. For more info., contact Emilio Jorge Rodríguez, Director, Center of Caribbean Studies: Tel. 32/3587/88/89; Fax 537/33/4554/32/7272; .

Study Abroad

1997 Summer Language Institute, Portuguese Language and Culture in Vitória-Vila Velha, Brazil. Study beginning, intermediate, or advanced Portuguese. Five weeks of intensive study, June 16-July 26, 1997, with native and U.S. instructors, complemented by homestays with Brazilian families and excursions. Sponsored by UT-Austin, Univ. of Kansas, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For more info. and application, contact Study Abroad, basement of Carothers Hall, 471-6490, or the Brazil Center, SRH 1.314, 471-5551. New UT affiliated summer study abroad program: Public Health Program, Dominican Republic, Council Study Center at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago. The program is designed to enable students to achieve advanced language skills in Spanish and to provide an introduction to basic health care issues in a Spanish-Caribbean context; includes exposure to theoretical public health care issues and elementary practical medical skills. Six weeks of language and health care classes, and a 5-day field study in a government rural health care clinic. For more info., contact Study Abroad, basement of Carothers Hall, 471-6490. 1997 Summer Session in Havana, Cuba, July 14-Aug. 4. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University. Students may enroll in 2 of the following 3 credit classes taught in English: Introduction to Cuban Studies, The Environment and Cuba, and The Cuban Public Health System. Classes are taught in conjunction with the University of Havana. The cost is $2,875 for 3 credits or $3,875 for six credits (airfare not included). Rolling admissions; deadline May 15. Address inquiries to: Cuba Program, Dr. Nicholas Robins, 327 Gibson Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118; Tel. 504/862-8000, ext. 2601; .edu; .


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