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Quechua Language and Andean Folklore

July 14-August 18, 1997

Instructor: Dr. Margot Beyersdorff M-F 10:00-11:30 a.m. Room EPS 1.130KA LASs324L/ANTs324L LASs391/ANTs389

Summer Session Evening Classes Latin American Studies ANT 324L Culture & Power in Contemporary Latin America Dr. Lindsay Hale MW 6:00-8:30 p.m. J 3359/LAS 322.10/MAS 374.22 Mass Media and Minorities Dr. Mercedes de Uriarte TTh 6:00-8:30 p.m. For more info., 471-2900 or <http://www.utexas.edu/ dce/univext;

Distinguished Research Paper Award for 1997

Award for graduate students in Latin American Studies currently enrolled at UT. Recognizes the best student research paper relating to societies, civilizations, or cultures of Latin America.

Entries due April 14, at ILAS, Chair of Graduate Studies, SRH 1.303.

For info., call 471-5551.

Monday, April 7

Brazil Center Speakers Series: Brazil's Plano Real and Its Future, a lecture by Michael Gartenkraut, Vice-Minister under Pres. Sarney. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more info., please call 232-2416.

Thursday, April 10

International Health Statecraft: The Case of Latin America's Cholera Epidemic, a colloquium with Ulysses B. Panisset, M.D., Ph.D.,WHO Collaborating Center for International Health, University of Texas Medical Branch. 12:15 p.m., SRH 3.106. LBJ School Ph.D.Colloquium Series. Sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and ILAS. For more info., call Jan Gilbreath at 331-5859.

La Xicana and Mother Earth: Living Entities to be Honored and Respected, a lecture by Susana Almanza, director of People Organized in Defesnse of Earth and Her Resources (PODER). 3:30 p.m. Texas Union Sinclair Suite, 3.128. Sponsored by the Center for Mexican American Studies. For more info., call 471-4557.

Friday, April 11

CMAS Plática: Roundtable discussion on issues raised in Susana Almanza's April 10 lecture, facilitated by Sylvia Herrera. 12:00 noon. Texas Union Asian Culture Room 4.224. Bring a lunch; drinks provided. Sponsored by the Center for Mexican American Studies. For info., please call 471-4557. Brazil Center Speakers Series: Contemporary Brazilian Women Writers, a lecture by Sonia Coutinho, Brazilian Writer in Residence. 3:00-4:30 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more info., please call 232-2416.

Friday-Saturday, April 11-12

Mexico and the United States in the Context of Global Migration, a UC MEXUS conference, Riverside, CA. This conference will discuss Mexico and the United States in the context of international labor, women in the work force, human rights, global economy, labor migration, economic integration, immigrant communities, and labor unions. General conference registration (including Sat. lunch), $40 (free student registration/no meals). Registration deadline: April 4. For more info, call 909/787-3519.

Friday-Sunday, April 11-13

Fifth Annual Symposium about Language and Society-Austin (SALSA). This conference will be held Friday, April 11, in the 4th floor conference room of the Harry Ransom Center (HRC), and on Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13, in Robert Lee Moore Hall 4.104 (not in 4.124 as earlier advertised). For more info., please SALSA at <salsa[email address removed to reduce spam]; or visit their website at <http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/salsa.html; .

Announcements

Brazilian Writer in Residence. Sonia Coutinho, the noted Brazilian author, will spend April, 1997 at UT-Austin as the first of a series of Brazilian Writers in Residence. She will make presentations, do readings, meet with students, and conduct research. For info. on her schedule and availability, contact the Brazil Center, 232-2416, the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, 471-4936, or see <http://lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/brazctr/; .

ILAS Welcomes 2 New Visiting Scholars. ILAS and Sociology are cosponsoring Profs. Chris Curtin, University College Galway, and Adriana Marshall, Instituto de Desarrollo Social y Económico de Argentina, who will be Visiting Scholars this semester from mid-April to mid-May. Prof. Curtin is a specialist on rural development, with a current interest in developmental programs and policies in Mexico, especially solidaridad. He can be contacted through the Dept. of Sociology, 471-1122. Prof. Marshall is a Latin American labor market specialist on labor protection policies. She can be contacted through the Population Research Center, 471-5514, or via ; .

El Planeta Plática (The Earth Speaks). This new online newsletter by ILAS graduate Ron Mader focuses its February 1997 issue on ecotourism in Mexico. Access El Planeta Plática online at <http://www.planeta.com; . For the index to the February issue listing articles on specific sitaes in Mexico: <http://www.txinfinet.com/mader/planeta/0297/0297.html; .

Conferences and Call for Papers

Ventanas Fronterizas/Border Windows 1997-A Vision for the 21st Century, Washington, DC, April 16-17, 1997. This conference brings some of the most pressing issues of the U.S.-Mexico border to the doorstep of Congress, in response to continuing concern expressed by organizations and institutions working along the border. Cosponsored by the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies (CIBS) at UT-El Paso, the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, the Border Trade Alliance, and the Border Progress Foundation. For more info., call CIBS at 915/747-5196 or [email address removed to reduce spam]; .

HIV/AIDS in Cuba: Building Bridges, Crossing Borders, Havana, Aug. 6-13, 1997. The conference is cosponsored by the Pan American Health Organization, Havana's Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, the Global Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (North America), and the U.S.+ Cuba Medical Project. The program is designed so that researchers, activists, health and service providers, educators, and prevention workers can share information, find common ground, and continue building an effective global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For more info., ; or call 212/727-3247.

Fellowship

Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Latin American Studies Research Librarian, 1997-98, Duke University Center For International Library Programs. Up to two nine-month fellowships per year are being offered to recent Ph.D.'s in any field of Latin American studies who wish to pursue careers as Latin American library specialists. Fellows will gain hands-on knowledge of collection development and public service work. Each fellowship for 1997-98 is $27,500 (nine months), plus benefits. To be considered, submit a letter describing training, experience, and interest, a résumé, and the names of 3 references to: Iris Turrentine, Personnel Office, Perkins Library, Box 90194, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Applications reviewed April 31-May 1. For more info., contact Dr. Deborah Jakubs, Ibero-American Bibliographer and Director, Center for International Library Programs, Box 90195, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Email: ; .

Job Opportunities

Assistant Professor, Latino Studies Program, University of Massachussetts-Boston, beginning Sept. 1997. The individual is expected to develop a new Latino Studies Program, which is an interdisciplinary program of teaching and research that focuses on the histories, culture, and experiences of Hispanic/Latino people in the United States. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required. Review of applications begins on March 15, 1997 and continues until the position is filled. Send a C.V. and the names and addresses of three references to: Lucia Mayerson David, Chair of Latino Studies Program Search Committee, Institute for Learning and Teaching, University of Massachusetts-Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393.

Instructors in Spanish Language, Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Up to 3 hires will be made. Full-time position starting on Aug. 21, 1997, renewable yearly. Salary: $20-22,000/yr. Duties include a teaching load of three courses per semester. Minimum qualifications: M.A. in Spanish or equivalent; specialization in second language acquisition or applied linguistics is highly desirable. Send C.V., evidence of excellence in teaching (including student evaluations), and at least 3 letters of recommendation to: Dr. Bill VanPatten, Chair of Search Committee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801. Tel. 217/244-3250. Applications received by March 31, 1997 are assured full consideration.

Editor for Mesoamérica: Revista de Estudios Sociales y Culturales. An editor is needed for this Spanish-language semiannual social science journal published by CIRMA (El Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica) in Antigua. Requirements include a graduate degree in one of the areas covered by the journal, a command of Spanish and English, experience producing and editing publications, and computer skills. Interviews are scheduled to begin April 15 and will continue until the job is filled. Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates in Central America and Mexico. Send a letter of application, C.V., 2 articles or book chapters, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Mesoamérica, a/c Tani Marilena Adams, CIRMA A 0022, P.O. Box 669004, Miami Springs, FL 33266 (or via DHL or FedEx to: CIRMA, 5 Calle Oriente #5, La Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, tel. 502-8320126).

1997-98 Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition, Latin American Studies Center, University of Maryland-College Park. The current competition particularly welcomes proposals addressing culture and democracy, governance and civil society, literature and ethnicity, and migration studies. Fellows are required to be in full-time residence during the period of the award. They will be asked to teach a seminar within their discipline. A Ph.D. or equivalent is required. Senior and junior scholars from any country are eligible. Two Fellows, one for fall 1997 and a second for spring 1998, will be selected. Fellows receive $16,000 for one semester. Applications must include: the application form; a description of the proposed research; samples of pertinent publications if available; C.V.; three letters of reference. Complete applications are due April 18, 1997. Announcements will be made on May 16, 1997. For info. and an application: Latin American Studies Center, 4205 Jiménez Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Tel. 301/405-6459; fax 301/405-3665; <al68 "at" umail.umd.edu; .