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Wednesday, Feb. 25Chilean Economic and Cultural Development in a Global World, a lecture by Luis Winter, Embajador de la República de Chile. 4:00 p.m., F.W. Olin Building, Rm. 105, Southwestern University. Friday, Feb. 27-The Changing Scenario of Local Government in Brazil: Old Myths and New Processes, a lecture by Peter Spinks, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo. 3:00-4:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. For more info., contact David Workman, 232-2416.

Business Strategies in Brazil, a Brazil Week panel with Tomasz Lenartowicz, Sigmar Malvezzi, Dave Anderson, and Alfonso Silva. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Sinclair Room, Texas Union. Race Matters in Brazil: Current Trends, a Brazil Week panel with Athayde Motta and Kia Lilly. 3:00-4:30 p.m., Sinclair Room, Texas Union.

Engendering the Discussion of Telenovela's in Brazil, a Brazil Week panel with Esther Hamburger, Antonio La Pastina, and Joseph Potter. 1:30-3:00 p.m., Lone Star Room, Texas Union.

The Future of Environmental Policy and Law: Perspectives from the U.S. and Latin America, a Brazil Week panel with Antonio Benjamin, Tom McGarity, David Eaton, and Lawrence Graham. 3:00-4:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313.

The Centrality of the Hand: Drawing and Allegory, a lecture by Victor Zamudio-Taylor, lecturer, Dept. of Art and Art History. Re-Aligning Vision: Alternative Currents in South American Drawing series. 12:00 noon, Huntington Art Gallery, Art Building.

New Directions in Brazilian History, a Brazil Week panel with Hal Langfur, Laura de Mello e Souza, Alexandra Brown, Sandra Lauderdale Graham, and Richard Graham. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Sinclair Room, Texas Union.

Examining the Role of the Media in Brazil, a Brazil Week panel with Rosental Calmon Alves, Cacilda Rego, Juliana Barbassa, and Dulce Maria Cruz. 2:00-3:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313.

Alternative Development Paradigms and Processes, a Brazil Week panel with John Ryan, Illona Blanchard, John Cuttino, Elise Osborne, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, and Brian Wampler. 3:30-5:30 p.m., SRH 1.313.

Rays of the Sun: Electrifying Rural Communities in the State of Alagoas Brazil, a Brazil Week photographic exhibit by Melissa Ryan. 5:00-5:30 p.m., Benson Latin American Collection, SRH unit 1.

Political Asylum Project of Austin (PAPA) Volunteer Training, volunteers fluent in Spanish are needed during March to help interview potential asylum seekers. We are facing an immigration deadline for April 1. We will be giving a training session on March 4 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at PAPA, 1715 E. 6th St., Suite 200, Austin. For more info., call 478-0546.

Visions and Re-visions in Contemporary Drawing from Latin America, a panel discussion by Mari Carmen Ramírez, Cocurator of the Exhibition and Curator of Latin American Art; Richard A. Shiff, Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art, Director of the Center for the Study of Modernism, Dept. of Art and Art History. Re-Aligning Vision: Alternative Currents in South American Drawing series. 6:00-8:00 p.m., Art Auditorium, Art 1.102.

Brazilian Women's Reproductive Experiences, a Brazil Week panel with Kristine Hopkins and Lisa Kerber. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Santa Rita Room, Texas Union.

The Religious Market Place in Contemporary Brazil, a Brazil Week lecture by Andrew Chesnut, Dept. of History, University of Houston. 2:00-3:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313.

Viewpoint '98: A Program of Distinguished Curators, Scholars, and Critics, a lecture by Mary Anne Staniszewski and Michael Duncan, Dept. of Art and Art History. 4:00 p.m., Art Auditorium, Art 1.102.

Perspectives on Brazilian Music. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Eastwoods Room, Texas Union. Aquarela: Brazilian Music, with Michael Greer and Anita Benner. 1:15-3:30 p.m., Showroom, Texas Union.

International Women's Day, Resistencia Bookstore, 2210-B South First Street, 2:00-8:00 p.m. The event will feature local musicians and poets (women performers are needed to appear at the event) and there will also be a sale of textiles from the Zapatista Women's Weaving Cooperative in San Andrés, Chiapas. All proceeds from the event will go to the women of Chiapas. We are inviting community organizations to have information tables at the event. For more info., call Carol Hayman, 477-3099, or the Resistencia Bookstore, 416-8885.

1998 Library Travel Grants. The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida will offer these grants for summer 1998, which enable researchers from other U.S. universities to use extensive resources of the Latin American Collection at UF libraries. Three awards of up to $500 each will be made to cover travel and living expenses of faculty members and graduate students. Awardees are expected to remain in Gainesville for at least one week and to submit a brief report on how work at the UF libraries enhanced their project, and possible ways to improve the Latin American Collection. Work must be carried out and completed at UF by Aug. 14, 1998. At least one grant will be awarded to a scholar from a Florida college or university. To apply, send a letter of intent, brief library research proposal, travel budget, and a C.V. to: Dr. Martha Davis, Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, 319 Grinter Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-5530. Applications must be postmarked by April 7, 1998.

Latino USA Special Black History Month and Women's History Month Program. In its February special, Latino USA will explore the historical and ongoing ties between Latinos and African Americans. Reports on Blacks and Latinos in New York will be available for broadcast on February 27, along with a piece on Nat King Cole's songs in Spanish. For women's history month in March, Latino USA will feature labor-organizer Dolores Huerta and actress Ruby Nelda Perez. Profiles of these and other accomplished women will capture their characters and contributions. These specials will be broadcast beginning on March 6. Check your local public radio station for air time. For more info., call Christina Cuevas at 512/475-6767.

Volunteers Needed for Compañeros, 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 katebennett[email address removed to reduce spam]; Email.

1998 Library Travel Grants. The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida will offer these grants for summer 1998, which enable researchers from other U.S. universities to use extensive resources of the Latin American Collection at UF libraries. Three awards of up to $500 each will be made to cover travel and living expenses of faculty members and graduate students. Awardees are expected to remain in Gainesville for at least one week and to submit a brief report on how work at the UF libraries enhanced their project, and possible ways to improve the Latin American Collection. Work must be carried out and completed at UF by Aug. 14, 1998. At least one grant will be awarded to a scholar from a Florida college or university. To apply, send a letter of intent, brief library research proposal, travel budget, and a C.V. to: Dr. Martha Davis, Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, 319 Grinter Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-5530. Applications must be postmarked by April 7, 1998.

Summer 1998 Foreign Language and Area Study Fellowship (FLAS). FLAS fellowships are for Portuguese language study at UT-Austin or Kaqchikel language study through Tulane University. To be eligible, an applicant musy be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; show potential for superior academic achievement as indicated by grade-point average, class rank, and GRE score; demonstrate a long-term interest in Latin America; and be a graduate student in good standing at UT-Austin. The applicant must be a native speaker of Portuguese. Applications available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 9. Contact Brian Stross at 471-4206 for details about the Tulane program and application. Dates have not been announced, but are usually mid-June to mid-August.

Dissertation Research Grant. This grant is for dissertation field research in Latin America. Applicant must be advanced to candidacy before funds can be disbursed. Applications available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 9.

E.D. Farmer International Fellowship (for native-born Texans only). This fellowship will support advanced research and study in Mexico by students from the University of Texas. Deadline: April 1. For more info., contact the Mexican Center of ILAS, 232-2423.

E.D. Farmer International Fellowship (for Mexican nationals only). Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate program at UT and be nominated by the administration of the home university. Deadline: April 1. For more info., contact the Mexican Center of ILAS, 232-2423.

Solidaridad Scholarship. This scholarship is for Mexican nationals only who are currently enrolled in a UT graduate program. For more info., contact the Mexican Center of ILAS, 232-2423.

UT Press Fellowship will provide a year of experience in book publishing (including intensive training in editorial, production, marketing, business, rights and permissions, or journals) for a graduate of UT-Austin beginning Sept. 1, 1998, and ending Aug. 31, 1999. The Fellow will receive $13,200 payable as $1,100 at the end of each month of completed training. For applications and information, contact Gisele M. Requena at 471-7233 or write: Fellowship Program, UT Press, Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. Deadline: March 16, 1998.

AFSC-Sedepac Summer Program in Rural Mexico. The American Friends Service Committee invites applications for participants and facilitators in its AFSC-Sedepac Summer Program. The program places U.S. and Mexican young people in community projects in rural villages in Mexico. Facilitators receive a modest compensation and travel expenses. For more info., contact AFSC at 215/241-7000.

Nahuatl Summer Language Institute, Yale, June 15-August 7, 1998. The Institute includes both intensive language instruction and lectures by authorities on New World cultures. Approved for FLAS summer lan- guage grants. For more info., jonathan.[email address removed to reduce spam]; Email.

First Academic Colloquium of the Americas: The Challenge of Hemispheric Integration, San José, Costa Rica, March 12-14, 1998. The Colloquium will precede the IV Western Hemispheric Trade Ministerial and the IV Business Forum of the Americas, March 16, also in San Jose. The objectives of the Colloquium are to broaden, deepen, and contribute to the discussion of free trade and integration of the Americas from an academic point of view. The event will be organized in plenary sessions and specialized workshops. Registration fee is US$150. For more info., please contact Juan Manuel Villasuso, Coordinator, Instituto de Investigaciones EconUmicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, phone 506/207-4166, fax 506/224-3682, colloaa "at" cariari.ucr.ac.cr; Email, or see the website http://cariari.ucr.ac.cr/~colloaa.

National Multicultural Job Expo, Strahan Coliseum, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, April 16-17, 1998, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Expo is one of the largest job fairs of its kind in the country; over 200 employers attended this two-day recruiting event last year. All employers who attend have full-time job vacancies and most conduct interviews on site. On April 16, representatives from business and industry organizations interview; on April 17, education and government organizations interview. To register or obtain more info. on Expo, call 512/245-2645 or at .

Calls for Papers-First International Conference on Caribbean Literature, Nassau, Bahamas, Nov. 4-6, 1998. You are invited to submit 1-page abstracts on any topic relevant to all areas of Caribbean literature. Papers may be presented in English, French, or Spanish. Deadline for abstracts: May 29, 1998. Send abstracts on literature written in English to Melvin Rahming, Co-director, Morehouse College, Dept. of English and Linguistics, 830 Westview Dr. S.W., Atlanta, GA 30314, phone 404/681-2800, ext. 2512, fax 404/525-6272, or ; those written in French or Spanish to Jorge Román-Lagunas, Co-director, Purdue University Calumet, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures, 2200-169th Street, Hammond, IN 46323, phone 219/989-2632, fax 219/989-2581, or .

Calls for Papers-North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA) St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, Oct. 16-17, 1998. Latin America on the Edge on the Year 2000: Triumphs, Tragedies, and Trends, an interdisciplinary conference. Proposals are invited from all disciplines. Suggestions for panels (including Spanish language panels) are most welcome. In addition to proposed scholarly sessions, conference planners seek individuals interested in organizing or participating in sessions on: Technology's Impact on Latin America; Taking Students Abroad; Trials, Triumphs, and Tips; and Stimulating Discussion in Courses on Latin America. Those interested in chairing sessions are invited to contact the Program Chair. Graduate student and advanced undergraduate student participation is encouraged. Up to six student travel grants of $80 are available. Apply with abstract. Send abstracts and proposals by July 15, 1998 to: Associate Professor Eduardo Magalhaes III, Program Chair (NCCLA 1998), Dept. of Political Science, Simpson College, 701 N.C., Indianola, IA 50125; phone 515/961-1657, fax 515/961-1498, or .

Africana and Latin American Studies Program, Colgate University-Program Assistant position beginning Aug.15, 1998-May 31, 1999. The position is a split between outreach and administration. A B.A. and fluency in Spanish are required. The nine-month salary is $14,000, with full medical benefits. For more info., contact Mary Keys, Program Secretary, 315/228-7546, or [email address removed to reduce spam]; Email. Deadline for applications: April 1, 1998.

Publications Manager for InterAction, Washington, DC-Biweekly newsletter and other publications (member profiles, annual report and flyers/brochures) to draft, edit, fact-check, proofread, format articles, layout issues using QuarkXpress, and transmit to printer. Requires B.A. in communications-related field and 3+years experience in publications. Salary $30,000-$45,000, DOE. Send résumé and cover letter to: Mike Kiernan, Inter-Action, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW #801, Washington, DC 20036, fax 202/667-8236, or [email address removed to reduce spam]; Email or Other Email Address.