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What about the Workers? Labor Internationalism and the NAFTA Agreement 1994-1997: A Preliminary Assessment, a brown-bag lecture by Barry Carr, La Trobe University, Melbourne. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Cosponsored by ILAS and the Dept. of History. For more info., call the Mexican Center of ILAS, 232-2423.

Haitian and British West Indian Migrant Workers in the Cuban Sugar Industry, 1910-1935, a lecture by Barry Carr, La Trobe University, Melbourne. 2:30-4:00 p.m., GAR 100. Cosponsored by ILAS and the Dept. of History. For more info., call the Mexican Center of ILAS, 232-2423.

Slavery from Below, a one-day conference with Robert Paquette, Hamilton College, The Drivers Shall Lead Them: Image and Reality in Slave Resistance; Sonia Labrador-Rodriguez, Spanish and Portuguese, The Slave Poet: Manumission through Poetry; Matt Childs, graduate student, The Cuban Conspiracy of Aponte in 1812; Aime J. Ellis, graduate student, The Slave Narratives Revisited; comments by Edmund T. Gordon, Anthropology; Aline Helg, History; and Robert Olwell, History. 12:00-3:00 p.m. GAR 100. Cosponsored by the Dept. of History, ILAS, Center for African and African American Studies, and Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. For more info., call Aline Helg, 475-7227.

Responses to Mechanization and the Media in South American Drawing, a lecture by Edith Gibson Wolfe, Exhibition Co-Curator and Ph.D. student. Huntington Art Gallery Re-Aligning Vision series. 12:00 noon, Huntington Art Gallery.

CMAS Platica and Booksigning. Neil Foley, Associate Professor of History, will talk about his book The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture. 4:00 p.m. Texas Union Chicano Culture Room, 4.206. A reception and booksigning will follow at 5:00 p.m. at Desert Books, 1904 Guadalupe (basement of Bank One). For more info., contact Jordana Barton at CMAS, 471-4557.

ENLACE Job Databank--The University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center (UT-LANIC) and the Institute of Latin American Studies are pleased to announce the creation of ENLACE, the Electronic Network for Latin American Careers and Employment, a first-of-its-kind job databank on the Internet created and tailored specifically for job seekers and employers in Latin America or with a Latin American focus. Job seekers can post their résumés on-line and search current job postings, and employers can post job openings and search for candidates in a wide range of professions, free of charge. The ENLACE Career Center is available now on the World Wide Web at: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu. For more info., contact: UT-LANIC-ENLACE, Institute of Latin American Studies, SRH 1.310, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Tel.: 512/471-5551; fax: 512/471-3090; : ethan "at" lanic.utexas.edu; ethan "at" lanic.utexas.edu.

Social Science Concepts in Area Studies, Grants for Graduate Students. Ford Foundation-sponsored grant to support graduate education in the social sciences. $9,000 has been set aside for Latin American Studies to be used in spring and summer 1998. ILAS will award and distribute funds and coordinate postresearch presentations. Funds to be used primarily for graduate student research to cover travel and living costs; professors can receive travel support but must demonstrate that travel will benefit graduate student fieldwork. Guidelines for proposals: (1) Faculty member supervising research must submit proposal; (2) proposals should include 2-page, double-spaced, 12-point-font project description; (3) an itemized budget indicating travel, lodging, and per diem required. Three grants of $3,000 or two of $4,500 will be awarded. Send proposals to Joanne Gully, SRH 1.310, ILAS DO800 by Feb. 20.

1998 Summer Institute: Migration and Exile in the Americas, May 19-June 26, Boston University. A certificate of completion toward academic credit will be given at the end of the term for this graduate course. Lectures by Julio Ortega (Brown), Dora Sommer (Harvard), and Argentinean writer Luisa Valenzuela. No tuition. Advanced registration required. Enrollment limited to 20. A limited number of $2,000 fellowships and free housing on campus will be granted to graduate students by a selection committee. Applications should include a one-page statement of interest, letter of reference from a faculty member, and a brief C.V. Deadline for fellowship application and advance registration: Feb. 15, 1998. Address materials to: Prof. Alicia Borinsky, Boston University, Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, 718 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215. Applicants will be notified by March 15. For more info., call 617/353-2262.

UCLA Summer Session: Quechua: Language of the Incas, June 29-Aug. 21, 1998, UCLA. A 12-unit course covering material usually presented over a full academic year and satisfying the College of Letters and Science foreign language requirement. Available at a special program fee of $920 due to grant support. On-campus housing including room and board available for "at" $1,800. Classes meet M-F 9:00 a.m.-12:00, with 5 hours of required weekly lab time. For more info., call Latin American Center, 310/206-6571; Jaime Luis Daza, 310/206-0392; or Office of Summer Sessions, 310/794-8333.

Summer Nahuatl Institute, Yale University, Mid-June-Aug. 1998. Intensive language training in beginning Nahuatl and seminars and lectures by Nahuat scholars. Course is FLAS-approved. For more info., contact jonathan.[email address removed to reduce spam] or visit the website at http://www.yale.edu/nahuatl.

From the Macro to the Micro: Latin American Studies in a Global and Local Context, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Conference, California State University, Fullerton, Feb. 12-14, 1998. For more info., call 714/278-3526 or [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].

Maya Symposium: Classic Maya Sculpture and the Construction of Meaning, Denver Art Museum, Jan. 31, 1998. Presenters are Dorie Reents-Budet, Simon Martin, Adam Herring, and Ricardo Agurcia. Students $20, museum members $25, nonmembers $30. For reservations or more info., contact Heidi Strang, 303/640-7587.

Cultural Policies in Regional Integration: A Symposium, UT-Austin, Feb. 2, 1998. This one-day symposium will feature the following papers: Developments and Issues in Cross-Border Cultural Relations in NAFTA; Developments and Issues in Cross-Border Cultural Relations in MERCOSUR; Public Support for the Arts in Western Europe and North America: Governments, Policies, Politics; The Politics of Cultural Trade Disputes: A Canadian Perspective; The Television Industry in NAFTA; The Policy Process in Cultural Production and Exchange: National and International Considerations; and a concluding roundtable on research issues. Details on meeting time and place and names of presenters are available from Meg Tynan, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, next to Mexican Center offices in ILAS. For more info., call 232-2411.

6th Latin American Resort and Tourism Development Conference, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, Feb. 11-13, 1998. All sessions will be simultaneously translated in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. For more info., contact Eckline Communications, Inc., tel. 415/883-1960 or 800/285-2332 or fax 415/883-9064. Program available on bulletin board outside the Mexican Center of ILAS, SRH 1.326, or contact Lindalee F. Valdivieso-Synyakov, Mexican Center Administrative Assistant, tel. 512/232-2423, fax 512/475-6778, [email address removed to reduce spam].

Call for Papers--El Planeta Plática (The Earth Speaks) newsletter seeks articles for the Feb. 1998 issue. Featured topics will be (1) Ecotourism and the Travel Industry in Latin America and (2) Personal Storytelling and Environmental Conservation in the Americas. Articles can be 500-1,000 words or longer works such as dissertations, theses, and materials of interest to specialists or scholars. Please send materials in text-only format (Word 5.0 on Mac; NOT in 6.0). Submissions deadline: Jan. 20, 1998. For more info., contact Ron Mader [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].

Call for Papers--Visioning the 21st Century: Globalization, Transformations, and Opportunity, 24th Annual Third World Conference, Chicago, March 18-21, 1998. For more info. on paper submission, accommodations, etc., see brochure in the Mexican Center of ILAS or contact: Dr. Roger K. Oden and Dr. Winberg Chai, Program Committee Co-Chairs, at tel. 773/241-6688, fax 773/241-7898, [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]; or Lindalee F. Valdivieso-Synyakov, Mexican Center Administrative Assistant, tel. 512/232-2423, fax 512/475-6778, [email address removed to reduce spam],

Call for Papers--1998 Joint Conference of Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) and Canadian Association for Mexican Studies (CAMS), Vancouver, B.C., March 19-21, 1998. Proposals invited for papers and panels in all areas of Latin American and Caribbean scholarship. Deadline for proposals: Feb. 2. For more info., contact Dr. Conrad M. Herold, 604/291-5426 or cherold "at" sfu.ca; cherold "at" sfu.ca.

Call for Papers--Primavera 98; Women Crossing Generations: Bridges across Time and Countries, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, March 20-21, 1998. The community organization Las Mujeres and Texas A&M International are hosting this conference commemorating the signing of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 150 years ago, the 250th anniversary of the first Spanish settlements in what was then Nuevo Santanda, and the presence of women in what are now the borderlands between Mexico and the United States. Proposals for presentations, panels, literary readings, or workshops are invited on the role of women in art, culture, literature, history, science, the environment, and community activism and leadership. Proposals should be 250 words, double-spaced, in English or Spanish, and must include names, addresses, and phone numbers of all participants. Send 3 copies by Jan. 15, 1998, to: Norma E. Cantú or Jeraldine Kraver, Texas A&M International University, Dept. of English, Spanish, and Fine Arts, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041-1900. Acceptance notices will be mailed by Feb. 10. For more info., contact Norma E. Cantú, 956/326-2529 ([email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]) or Jeraldine Kraver, 956/724-7924 ([email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]).

Call for Papers--Western Hemispheric Economies in the 21st Century, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, March 23-25, 1998. For more info. on paper submission, accommodations, etc., see brochure in the Mexican Center of ILAS or contact: Lindalee F. Valdivieso-Synyakov, Mexican Center Administrative Assistant, tel. 512/232-2423, fax 512/475-6778, [email address removed to reduce spam]

Call for Papers--Tenth Annual Afro-Hispanic Literature and Culture Conference, Palapa, Mexico, May 25-31, 1998. Proposals for papers welcome. Deadline: Jan. 31. For more info., contact Dr. Elba Birmingham-Pokorny, 870/235-4206 or [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].

Call for Papers--The Global Economy at the Turn of the Century, International Trade and Finance Association, Atlantic City, May 27-30, 1998. For more info. on paper submission, accommodations, etc., see brochure in the Mexican Center of ILAS or contact: Lindalee F. Valdivieso-Synyakov, Mexican Center Administrative Assistant, tel. 512/232-2423, fax 512/475-6778, [email address removed to reduce spam]. Employment Opportunities

Center for Latin American Studies, University of Kansas--Tenure-track position in the Dept. of Theatre and Film for a specialist in Latin American Film/Video Production and Film Studies. For more info., call 913/864-4213 or [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].

Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame--Three positions are available: Associate Director, an endowed chair in Mexican Studies, and a tenured position in conjunction with a social science or history dept. For more info., call 219/631-6580.

Eastern Michigan University a tenure-track position available in Latin American History. For more info., call 313/487-1018.

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of TechnologyTenure-track Assistant Professor position in Latin American Affairs, with a background in comparative politics or international relations. For more info., call 404/894-3195.

University of Milwaukee -- tenured position in history dept. with a concurrent 50% appointment as Director of the Center for Latin America. For more info., call 414/229-4401.

Latin American Area Center, University of Arizona--Part-time research associate to coordinate interdisciplinary program of teaching, research, and outreach in Latin American Studies. For more info., laac "at" u.arizona.edu; laac "at" u.arizona.edu.

Smithsonian Institution--Accepting applications for Director of Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives. For more info., call 202/357-2627, ext. 114.

The Purple Land/La Tierra Purpúrea, Jan. 16-Feb. 28, 1998. This new installation by Uruguayan conceptual artist Mario Sagradini was inspired by the book by Uruguayan/English writer W. H. Hudson. Also featured Cultural Dialogue, a sculptural installation by Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido, which addresses issues of identity and cultural history among Cuban exiles and Cuban Americans. Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress. For more info., call 480-9373.