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The School of the Americas: The Reasons to Call for its Closing, a lecture by Father Roy Bourgeois, leader of the campaign to close down the School of the Americas (a U.S. army facility that trains Latin American military), brown bag lunch. 12:00-2:00 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by: GANA (Guatemala Action Network of Austin) and ILAS. Other events with Father Roy: Sunday, Oct. 5--Musical Benefit at Pato's Tacos,6:30 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 6--Mass at the University Catholic Center, 10:00 p.m., and a video and talk at the University Student Union Show Room, 7:00 p.m. For more info., contact Jill Jarboe, 485-7083.

Thursday, October 9

Film--Eyes of the Rainbow (Cuba, 1997, 47 mins. in English) by Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando. This film deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from a U.S. prison in 1979 and was given political asylum in Cuba, and with her relationship with Afro-Cuban culture, notably the Yoruba Orisha Oya. A discussion will follow the film presentation. 5:00-7:00 p.m. Jester A121A. Free admission. Sponsored by ILAS, Dept. of American Studies, and the Center for African and African American Studies.

The Ancient Maya Site of Colha, Belize: Craftsman to the Kings: The Importance of Stone Artifacts in the Ancient Maya World, a lecture by Harry Shafer, Texas A&M. 7:30 p.m. Bass Lecture Hall. Sponsored by the Friends of TARL and TCAS.

Friday , October 10

CMAS Plática-Immigrant Policy Making: A Broader Perspective, by Luis Plascencia, associate director of the Toms Rivera Policy Institute and project coordinator for the Public Policy Clinic in the Dept. of Government. Noon, Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (4.206). For more info., call 471-2136.

Brazil Center Speakers Series, a presentation by Silviano Santiago, UT Brazilian Writer in Residence. 3:00-4:30 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more info., contact David Workman, Brazil Center, 232-2416.

Friday-Sunday, October 10-12

Inlakesh: Empowerment through Unity, MEChA Regional Conference. To be held in the Texas Union, details to be announced. Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (MEChA) is a campus student organization. For info., call Bobby Garza, 512/452-7173.

Employment and Volunteer Opportunities

Del Valle schools (located in southeast Austin) are looking for mentors. Mentoring is a wonderful way to make a difference in the life of a child. It requires only 30 minutes of your time a week. Bilingual mentors are especially needed. Mentoring is an opportunity to: speak Spanish, learn more about schools and educational programs if you are thinking about becoming an educator, network with other educators, and learn about different cultures. Please call Eileen Crandall, 442-6308, if you are interested.

Assistant or Associate Professor in Portuguese, Indiana University-Bloomington. Begin Fall 1998. Tenure track or tenured position. Ability to teach courses in language as well as on the literatures/cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world is essential. Native or near-native proficiency. Experience in undergraduate and graduate program development a plus. Ph.D. in hand or expected by date of appointment. Candidate must be able to teach Spanish language if needed. Evidence of strong research potential or of published research is required, as is documentation of effective teaching. Send letter of application, c.v., and 3 letters of recommendation to Darlene J. Sadlier, Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. All applications received by Nov. 16 will be assured full consideration. For inquiries only: [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]. For info. on the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, see www.Indiana.edu/~spansport/spdept.html.

Position in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley. Rank and specialty open, but candidate must have primary strength in Brazilian literature. Additional expertise desirable in one or more of the following fields: Spanish-American literature and culture, Portuguese literature and culture, and/or Luso-African literature and culture. Will teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Requirements: completed Ph.D. or equivalent by time of employment, native or near-native fluency in Portuguese, demonstrated excellence in teaching and research. Letters of application, CV, and names of at least three references must be postmarked no later than Nov. 17, 1997. Send materials and inquiries to Julio Ramos, Chair, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2590.

Conferences and Calls for Papers

Call for Papers--Chicanos/as y Mexicanos/as: Dos Comunidades, Un Mismo Pueblo, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies XXV Annual Conference, Mexico City, June 24-27, 1998. The 1998 Conference Program Committee seeks submissions for the annual meeting of NACCS in Mexico City. All submissions, both individual and panel proposals, require individual abstracts. The complete submission request consists of a 250 word abstract and a completed proposal form. Deadline: Oct. 10, 1997. Submissions are being received at two sites: in Mexico and the U.S. Proposals that originate from Mexico should be sent to the Mexico address, those from the U.S. should be sent to the U.S. address. For abstract guidelines on panels, see the ILAS Conference Bulletin Board or contact Kathryn Blackmer Reyes, NACCS Coordinator, 408/459-2593.

Call for Papers--International Meeting of American Portuguese Studies Association, Yale University, March 26-28, 1998. The conference will be dedicated to the memory of Jorge de Sena but papers may be on any topic pertaining to the literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world. Send proposals for complete panels or for individual papers (papers must not exceed 20 minutes) to Paulo Medeiros, Chair, Program Committee ([email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]) by Oct. 15, 1997. Panel proposals should include complete information for all speakers (name, title of paper, short abstract, institutional affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax and ). Individual paper proposals should include the same information.

The Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies, 1998 meeting in Missoula, Montana, April 23-25, 1997. To send paper and panel suggestions, or for more info.: Latin American Studies, Center for Continuing Education, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812; or Dr. J. F. Schwaller, Office of the Provost, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, schwallr "at" selway.umt.edu; schwallr "at" sellway.umt.edu. Deadline for the receipt of paper and panel proposals: Nov. 15, 1997. Deadline for conference registration: April 1, 1998.

Bastards of Imperialism: Identity, Nation, and Citizenship in the Wake of Spanish and US Expansions, 1848, 1898, 1998, Stanford University, April 30-May 2, 1998. This conference addresses the historical events and continuing effects of the Wars of 1848 and 1898 in the development of U.S. racial and ethnic groups, including Chicano, Cuban, Pacific Island, Pilipino, Puerto Rican, African-American, and Native American populations.Topics that proposals might consider: race and law; language policies and practices; migration, immigration, and exile; national imaginations and histories; postcolonial theory in the Americas, to name a few. Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Conference papers will be 25 minutes in length. Travel funds may be available for accepted papers. Address inquiries, papers, proposals, and abstracts (200-500 words) to: Alicia Maria Gamez (amgamez "at" leland.stanford.edu; amgamez "at" leland.stanford.edu) and Sandra Shagat (slsr "at" leland.stanford.edu; slsr "at" leland.stanford.edu), 1998 Conference Committee Program in Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2170. Deadline: Dec. 1, 1997.

Announcements

Articles Requested--El Planeta Plática (The Earth Speaks) newsletter is seeking articles for the upcoming November issue on local communities, environment, and tourism in the Americas. There will be a special focus section on indigenous peoples if there is interest in this topic. Planeta is a highly regarded quarterly journal, available online at www.planeta.com and in print (the four issues are printed simultaneously at the end of the year). Topics to address: How do local communities benefit from tourism? What is and isn't "public participation"? Are international groups a help or a hindrance? A week's extension may be granted to those who request it. Submissions via are the easiest to handle. Technical specifications: Please send materials in a text-only format. I use Word 5.0 on a Mac, so please DO NOT send materials in 6.0. Send to: Ron Mader [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline for articles is Oct. 10, 1997.

The journal Latin American Issues invites contributions from all social science and humanities disciplines on topics related to our forthcoming monographic issue "(De)Constructing the Mexican-American Border." Manuscripts should be typed (double-spaced and in MLA style), range from 20 to 30 pages in length,be written in English, and be on a 3.5 disk in WordPerfect format. Each manuscript will be reviewed by the Editorial Board and by such outside referees as deemed appropriate. Send two copies of your manuscript to the editors at: Latin American Issues, Modern Languages Department, Box 63, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335. Deadline for submissions: Nov. 1, 1997.