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November 16-22, 1998 Late Entry Thursday, November 12--Race, Place, and Migration in Late Bourbon Mexico or Where Have All the Indians Gone, a lecture by Rodney D. Anderson, Florida State University, and author of Outcasts in Their Own Land: Mexican Industrial Workers, 1906-1911. 3:30 p.m. Garrison 107. For more info., call the Dept. of History, 471-3261. Tuesday, November 17 Barrientos on the Legislature. Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos will speak in Bárbara Robles's "Introduction to Policy Studies" class. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Texas Union Eastwoods Room, 2.102. Op en to the public. For more info., call Jordana Barton, 471-2136. Wedneday, November 18 Health Reform in Mexico: Increasing Health Care Coverage, A lecture in English by Octavio Gómez-Dante, Fundación Salud, Mexico City and School of Public Health, Cuernavaca. 12:00-1:30 p.m. SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Me xican Center of ILAS and the Center for Study of Western Hemispheric Trade. For more info call., 232-2423. Friday, November 20 Poetry Reading. Cuban poet Raúl Mesa, Universidad de La Habana, will read in Spanish (with translation into English) from his book Poems from Cuba. Alone against the Sea/Solo contra el mar. 4:00 p.m. Mood-Bridwell Atrium, Southwestern Universi ty, Georgetown. For more info., call Prof. Sonia Riquelme, 512/863-1573. Conferences and Calls for Papers Call for Papers--Missionary Positions: Post-Colonialism to Pre-Sexto Sol, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, April 28-May 1, 1999, University of Texas at San Antonio. We i nvite papers, panels, performances, storytelling, and roundtables that address one or more of the multiple meanings of the conference theme, which purposively invites critical analyses and dialogue with regard to object/subject exploitation, its historica l and contemporary manifestations and the variety of ideological positions from which the world is understood by Chicana/o scholars. We are especially interested in receiving submissions that address the concerns of the K-12 and community caucuses. Studen t participation in panels and roundtables is strongly encouraged. For more info., contact Arturo Vega, 210/458-2619; [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]. Call for Papers--Ninth Congress of the International Federation of Latin Amer ican and Caribbean Studies (FIEALC), April 12-15, 1999, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Most of the panels will relate to the theme The Mediterranean and Latin America, but there will also be independent sessions. The three official languages are Spanish , Portuguese, and English. Please send by or in a diskette a brief abstract (max. 250 words) and a C.V. to: Prof. Tzvi Medin, Dr. Raanan Rein, School of History, Universidad de Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, P.O.B. 39040 (69978), Israel; fiealc99 "at" post.tau.ac.il; fiealc99 "at" post.tau.ac.il. Deadline for papers: Dec. 31, 1998. Call for Papers--SALSA (Symposium About Language and Society-Austin) Seventh Annual Meeting, April 9-11, 1999, UT-Austin. Submit abstracts on research that a ddresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Selected papers delivered at the conference will be published as a special edition of the Texas Linguistic Forum. Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discuss ion. Papers will be selected based on the evaluation of ananonymous written abstract that may not exceed one page. Please submit: six (6) copies of the abstract, on 8-1/2 x 11 paper, to the address below; a 3 x 5 card with title of the paper, autho r's name and affiliation, address, phone and address at which author wishes to be notified; a short 100-word abstract, on a 3.5 disk (Mac or PC), for publication in the program. For details: http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/projects/salsa. Late submissions wil l not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers that are to be published elsewhere. Send all correspondence to: SALSA, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 [email address removed to reduce spam];. Deadline for receip t of abstracts: Jan. 15, 1999. Call for Papers--Border Crossings, University of Minnesota Third Annual Graduate Symposium in Romance Studies, April 10, 1999. We are seeking papers related to romance language studies, and concerning a variety of boundary-dispute issues, including: globalization vs. fragmentation, negotiating genre conventions, travel writing, intersections of forms of representation, national and regional identities, sociolinguistic intersections, diaspora studies, m argins and centers, gender boundaries, and immigrant, colonial, and postcolonial issues. We request that you submit an anonymous abstract of 500 words in English, accompanied by a 3x5 index card with the following information: title of paper, name, academ ic affiliation, address, telephone number, and address. Papers must be written in English. Please send abstracts to: Mary Skemp, Department of French and Italian, or Rosa Rull, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota, 9 Plea sant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Deadline for submissions: Jan. 30, 1999. Employment Opportunities Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology (T enure-Eligible), University of Arizona. Beginning fall 1999, the department seeks an anthropologist whose research links local, national, and international levels of scale. The successful candidate will be engaged in ongoing field research and will be making theoretical contributions to a topic such as structural violence and human rights; labor, immigration, and transnationalism; processes of nation-state formation and dissolution; and social memory and how identities and communities are reinvented i n changing circumstances. Ph.D. required at time of application. Send application letter, C.V. , and names of at least three references to: Dr. Thomas Weaver, Chair, Cultural Anthropology Search Committee, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Arizona, P. O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030. For consideration, complete requested documentation must be received by midnight of Nov. 30, 1998. Spanish Instructor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Seeking two (2) qualified applicants to oversee technology-enhanced courses in the Spanish basic language curriculum. Minimum qualifications include an M.A. in Spanish, education technologies, or other appropriate area with a strong background in second language acquisition, communicative l anguage teaching, or some related area of applied linguistics. These are two (2) full-time 9-month appointments, renewable yearly with continuance subject to positive performance evaluation. Additional summer service is likely most years. Salary is depend ent upon qualifications and experience (minimum 9-month salary: $30,000). Starting date: August 15, 1999. Send C. V., three letters of recommendation, evidence of excellence in teaching (statistical summaries for at least three courses preferred), sample publication or teaching portfolio to: Dr. Bill VanPattern, Associate Head, Chair, Search Committee, Dept. of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, 4080 FLB, University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801; tel. 217/244-3250; kats "at" staff.uiuc.edu; kats "at" staff.uiuc.edu. Deadline for submission: Jan. 20, 1999. Internships Washington Office on Latin America Spring 1999 Internships. W OLA selects seven unpaid interns per session (spring, summer, fall). WOLA's interns are exposed to the dynamics of U.S. foreign policy-making at close range, focusing on the effects of U.S. policies on human rights, democratization, and economic developme nt in Latin America. As an intern you will be involved in producing detailed research on a specific topic that will be used in WOLA's advocacy work. Interested applicants should have a demonstrated interest in human rights, democracy, and economic justice in Latin America or in nonprofit organizations. (Two types of internships available.) Spanish proficiency is recommended. Applications will be accepted on a rolling-acceptance basis. Send a cover letter including area of interest and availability, r&eac ute;sumé , names and daytime telephone numbers of two references, and a short writing sample attention to Internship Recruitment Coordinator, WOLA, 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009; tel. 202/797-2171; fax 202/797-2172. Cover letter s hould include acknowledgment that position is unpaid. For more info., see our Web page www.wola.org. For Access to the Calendar Archive: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calarc/