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October 12-18, 1998 Late Entries Wednesday, Oct. 7- Graduate and Professional School Day 1998. The Career Center is sponsoring this event for students contemplating graduate school. Representatives and recruiters from more than 85 graduate programs all over the U.S. will be available to talk with students one-on-one. A wide variety of programs including law, business, chiropractic, public policy, psychology, religious studies, health, and sciences will be represented. Everyone is welcome. 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. Texas Union Ballroom. For more info., please contact the Career Center, 471-1217 Wednesday, October 14 Bate Papo-Portuguese Conversation Hour. Every Wednesday, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Cactus Cafe, Texas Union. For more info., call 471-4936. Friday, October 16 Populist Democracy and "Civil Militarism" in Brazil: A Different Pattern in Latin America, a lecture by Cecilia Forjaz, Acting Director, Brazil Center/FGV-SP, Brazil. 12:00 noon, Burdine 602. Sponsored by the Brazil Center of ILAS and the Dept. of Government. For info., call 471-5551. Media Choices and Cultural Capital in Brazil, a lecture by Joseph Straubhaar, Dept. of Radio-Television-Film. 3:00-4:30 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Brazil Center of ILAS. Announcements Volunteers Needed for Companeros, a mentor program designed to teach local elementary and high school students about Latin America. For more info., contact Kate Bennett, ILAS Outreach Coordinator, 232-2404, or email [email address removed to reduce spam] Festival Latino-Americano, Oct. 24-25, 1998-St. Louis Catholic Church (7601 Burnet Road), in collaboration with UT, city agencies Seton Hospital, and the American Red Cross, is sponsoring a festival for Latin Americans in Austin to interact in a social atmosphere and meet the consul from their particular country. Dancing, music, food specific to each country, and talks on culture, as well as information booths on legal matters. Groups interested in participating as well as volunteers are encouraged to contact us. For more info., call Tamara Rivas, 454-9322 or Juan Oscar Guerrero, 454-0384, ext. 214. Conferences and Calls for Papers International Conference on Human Rights and Communication, Oct. 16-18, 1998, UT-Austin. Human rights activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world will gather to discuss how best to get the word out internationally about human rights, to help clarify the meaning of human rights in an increasingly complex world and plot strategies for communicating information about those rights in a fast-changing media world. For the schedule and more detailed information, call 512/471-6680 or visit the Website at http://www.utexas.edu/coc/rtf/chri. Divine Rulers: Royal Histories of the Ancient Maya, Oct. 17-18, 1998, UCLA Institute of Archeology. The nature of power and the life histories of ancient Mayan rulers are the focus of the Fifth Annual UCLA Maya Weekend. Deadline for registration: Oct 9. For more info., call The Maya Weekend Hotline, 310/ 825-8064. Markets, Commerce, and Culture, Oct. 29-31, 1998, Flawn Academic Center, UT-Austin. Will explore the ways in which markets transform cultures and cultures shape markets in a wide range of different time periods and national settings. Sponsored by the History Dept., UT-Austin. For a schedule of panels and other info., contact Prof. David Crew at [email address removed to reduce spam] or Prof. Judy Coffin at [email address removed to reduce spam] Prospects for Mexico as the Century Ends, Nov. 12, 1998, UT-Austin. This one-day program will feature a panel discussion moderated by the Hon. Clark E. Ervin, Texas Assistant Secretary of State, and four experts from political science and economics. Presentations on Mexican politics will be given by Rodolfo de la Garza (UT-Austin) and George Grayson (College of William and Mary); analyses of the Mexican economy will be given by Everardo Elizondo (Banco de Mˇxico) and Roberto Newell-Garc'a (McKinsey). 7:00-9:00 p.m. Calhoun 100. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS. For more info., contact Pat Boone, 232-2408, or Lindalee Valdivieso-Synyakov, 232-2423. Call for Submissions-Nineteenth Annual ILASSA Student Conference on Latin America, Feb. 26-27, 1999, UT-Austin. The Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association (ILASSA) at UT-Austin invites students to submit for acceptance a single-page abstract of a paper focusing on any topic in Latin Amerian Studies. Deadline for receipt of abstracts: Nov. 10, 1998. Invited participants will have until Jan. 15, 1999, to submit final papers. One-page abstracts should be sent to : ILASSA Conference Abstracts Committee, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, SRH 1.310, Austin, TX 78712; tel. 512/ 471-5551; fax 512/471-3090; [email address removed to reduce spam] or [email address removed to reduce spam] Employment Opportunities Program Assistant, Georgetown University Caribbean Project. An administrative position in a small think tank focusing on political, economic, and social issues in the countries of the Caribbean. Starts January 1999. Advancement into more substantive research and writing is possible in accordance with individual ability. Responsibilities: Coordinating working groups, conferences, and other events; editing publishing, and promoting publications; processing and recording revenues and expenses; and maintaining research files and contact lists. Essential qualifications: B.S. or B.A.; strong organizational and administrative skills; strong writing and analytical skills. Please send a resume and cover letter to: Georgetown University Caribbean Project, Box 571026, Washington, DC 20057-1026 (fax 202/687-0141). No calls, please. Application deadline: Nov. 1, 1998. Director, Center for Latin America, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Center brings together the university's academic, student, and educational community outreach efforts in Latin American language and area studies. Candidates should be scholar-teachers in the area of Latin American Studies, with substantial records of publication and professional service. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and qualify for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor within a department of the College of Letters and Science. Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is highly desirable. Starting date: August 1, 1999. Direct nominations and applications (including C.V. and three letters of recommendation) to Prof. Howard Handelman, Chair, Center for Latin America Search Committee, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Application deadline: Nov. 30, 1998. For Access to the Calendar Archive: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calarc/