November 23-29,
1998
Late Entries
Wednesday, Nov. 18--Ateneo de la Juventud, a lecture by Fernando Curiel, Instituto de Investigaciones Filsoficas, UNAM. 3:00 p.m. Batts 201. For more info., call the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, 471-4936.
Wednesday, Nov. 18--Chile: Copper, Wine, and Communication into the Third Millennium, a lecture by Eduardo Besoain, College of Communication. 6:30 p.m. Westwood Country Club. Sponsored by the International Good Neighbor Council. $18.0
0 for dinner. For more info., call E. V. Niemeyer, Jr., 263-2302.
Thursday, Nov. 19--Los Ateneístas: Hacia una
Visión del Porvenir. Segundo Coloquio Sobre El Pensamiento
Mexicano del Siglo XX, UNAM-San Antonio. Focusing on
Martín Luis Guzmán, Antonio Caso, José Vas
concelos, and Alfonso Reyes. 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Auditorium, UNAM-San Antonio, 600 Hemisfair Park. For more info., contact Ana María Fox-Baker, 210/222-8626 or Dra. Ruth Borgman, rb26 "at" columbia.edu.
Thursday, Nov. 19--Benefit for Nicaraguan Hurricane
Victims.Join musicians of Correo Aereo and Chacuatol to raise
money for the communities of León and Managua. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Hall, 10th &
Lydia. Will feature Central American food, music, arts, and crafts. Sponsored by Friends of Nicaragua and Central America and PAPA. Donations accepted at door. For more info., call 419-7260 or 474-0811.
Friday, Nov. 20--Emerging Bilateral Relations: Social and Economic Development across the Texas-Mexico Border, a one-day conference sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS. 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more in
fo., call Lindalee Valdivieso-Synyaknov, 232-2423.
Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 21-22--Slide Show and Sale of Textiles to Benefit Zapatista Women in Chiapas. Sponsored by the Committee for Solidarity with Chiapas and Mexico. Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., slide show at 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, 12
:00 noon-6:00 p.m. Book Woman, 918 W. 12th, Austin. For more info., call 472-2785, 454-8097, or 477-3099.
Monday, November 23
Brazil Center Speakers Series--Environmental Issues in Brazil, a lecture by Leila da Costa Ferreira, University of Campinas. 2:00 p.m. Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more info., call the Brazil Center of ILAS, 471-5551.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
Texas Conference on Immigration: Honoring the Human Rights of Immigrants and Refugees, El Paso, Dec. 3-4, 1998. The statewide information and strategy meeting is being sponsored by the Texas Immigration and Refugee Coalition and the Bord
er Rights Coalition. Tentative presenters include: Norma Chavez, State Representative, María Jiménez from the American Friends Service Committee, Deborah Waller Meyers from the Carnegie Endowment, and more. The registration fee is $35.00; af
ter Nov. 16, $45.00. For more info. or a registration form, contact 512/481-0894 or the Border Rights Coalition in El Paso at 915/577-0724.
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 invite papers, panels, performances, storytellin
g, 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 historical and contemporary manifestations and the varie
ty 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. Student participation in panels and roundtables is st
rongly 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 American 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 Ame
rica, 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 Hist
ory, 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 addresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Selected papers de
livered 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 discussion. Papers will be selected based on the evaluation of an anonymous writ
ten 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, author's name and affiliation, address, phone and address at which author wis
hes 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 subm
issions will 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 receipt 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 iss
ues, including: globalization vs. fragmentation, negotiating genre conventions, travel writing, intersections of forms of representation, national and regional identities, sociolinguistic intersections, diaspora studies, margins and centers, gender bounda
ries, 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, academic affiliation, address, telephon
e 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 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 5545
5. Deadline for submissions: Jan. 30, 1999.
Employment Opportunities
Associate Director, Global Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug. 15, 1999. A full-time position with major responsibilities for developing and managing innovative interdisciplinary research projects and providing advance
d training for doctoral candidates in international studies. Candidates should have a Ph.D. with a background in an interdisciplinary area and/or international studies, and a demonstrated interest in advanced research on global issues. International resea
rch and work experience, program management experiences, and an interest and ability in fostering innovative research are a must. Send a letter of interest indicating qualifications. Include an up-to-date C.V., a brief writing sample, and the names of thr
ee references (with full contact information). Applicants interested in adding a teaching component to the position should list areas of interest and expertise. Send materials to: Dr. Catherine Meschievitz, Associate Director, International Institute, 268
Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Application deadline: Jan. 29, 1999.
Internships
Washington Office on Latin America Spring 1999 Internships. WOLA 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 ef
fects of U.S. policies on human rights, democratization, and economic development 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 shoul
d 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, résumé , 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 should include acknowledgment that position is unpaid. For more
info., see our Web page www.wola.org
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