January 18-24, 1999
Wednesday, January 20
NAFTA: Where It Stands Today, a talk by William Glade, Director of the Mexican Center of ILAS. 6:30 p.m. Westwood Country Club. Sponsored by the International Good Neighbor Council. $18.00 for dinner. For more
info., call E. V. Niemeyer, Jr., 263-2302.
Announcement
Come to Texas: UT Interactive, Sat., March 6, 1999, 12:00-6:00 p.m. The campus hosts an open house and exposition to which the public is invited to experience the vibrant and dynamic academic life of UT-Austin.
President Faulkner extends a special invitation to members of the UT community to join in this special event. UT Interactive is a unique opportunity to bring your family and friends and explore the many extraordinary facets of the university. A wi
de array of activities designed for all ages will demonstrate to the people of Texas what a treasure we have in UT-Austin. Visit the Website at http://www.utexas.edu/events/utinteractive/ to learn
about the events being planned for that day.
For more info., call the Office of the President, 471-1232.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
Brown Symposium XXI: España y América: Cultural Encounter-Enduring Legacy, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, Feb. 4-5, 1999. The 2-day event is free and open to the public, and will feature spe
akers Carlos Fuentes and Rigoberta Menchú, in addition to a significant display of art and music performances. Will highlight the nature, breadth, and depth of the culture that emerged in the Americas as a result of Spanish and American cultural co
nfluence. For more info., visit the Website at: http://www.southwestern.edu/brownxxi/new-index.html or call 512/863-1902.
XLIV SALALM Conference: Documenting Movements, Identity and Popular Culture in Latin America, Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 3, 1999. Hosted by the Libraries of Vanderbilt University, the meeting will examine the various c
hallenges facing librarians as they collect materials on social issues across a broad span of cultures, timeframes, and topics. Panels will include researchers in many diverse areas who will report on NGOs, sustainable development, native peoples, religio
n, land, rural and urban poverty, and other wide-ranging matters. Invitations and registration materials for SALALM XLIV will be mailed in January 1999. For information on the program's content, contact Richard Phillips, SALALM President, University of Fl
orida Libraries, Latin American Collection, Gainesville, FL 32611; tel 352/392-0360; fax 352/392-7251; ricphil "at" mail.uflib.ufl.edu; ricphil "at" mail.uflib.ufl.edu
Call for Papers--Rethinking Feminisms in the Americas, Cornell University, April 2- 3, 1999. We are seeking proposals from those interested in analyzing feminist politics in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 90s. Present
ations can be given in Spanish, English, or Portuguese, and are limited to 20 minutes. Send a 2-page abstract with a separate title page including name,
institutional affiliation, address, telephone,
and to: Breny Mendoza, Mary Jo Dudley, Latin American Studies Program,
190 Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. For more info.,
contact Breny Mendoza,
bm44 "at" cornell.edu; bm44 "at" cornell.edu
or Mary Jo Dudley, 607/255-3345.Deadline for submission: Feb. 1, 1999.
Employment Opportunities
Assistant Professor, Theatre and
Film/Latin American Studies, University of Kansas, Aug. 18, 1999. Candidates for this 9-month tenure-track position should have a strong background in film/video production; Ph.D. or A
BD in film/video studies with specialty or focus on Latin American film; and a demonstrable potential in film/video production with hands-on experience in some combination of traditional and digitally based technologies. Salary, $35,000-$40,000. Applicati
ons should include a letter of interest; current résumé and professional portfolio; and names, addresses, phone, and fax numbers of 3 referees (from whom you will have requested references). Submit applications to: John Gronbeck-Tedesco, Cha
ir, Dept. of Theatre and Film, 356 Murphy Hall, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS 66045.
For more info., call 785/864-3511;
fax 785/864-5251. Initial review of applications:
Jan. 15, 1999, and will continue until position is filled.
Assistant Professor, Art History/Latin American
Studies,
Vassar College. A 3-Year appointment specializing primarily in European Baroque with a secondary specialization in colonial/postcolonial America or vice versa. Participate in an art hi
story survey course plus lecture courses. Ph.D. required. Teaching experience desirable. Send résumé, letters of reference to: Karen Lucic, Art/Latin American Studies Committee, Art Dept. (545), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-545.
Deadline: Jan. 22, 1999.
Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities
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 u
sed in spring and summer 1999. 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 demons
trate 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 budge
t 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 D0800 by Feb. 19, 1999.
Tinker Field Research Grants only to cover travel costs for brief periods of predissertation field research in Latin America, Portugal, or Spain. (Latin America here is defined as the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking coun
tries of the Western Hemisphere. This definition excludes projects focused on Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking people within the United States and Canada.) Research conducted in Iberia may be of two types--that focused on Latin American topics for which re
sources in Spain and Portugal are required, and that focused solely on Iberian subjects. The focus of the field research is to reflect primarily the Tinker Foundation's broad areas of interest, i.e., economic policy and governance, environmental policy an
d those targeted social science disciplines having strong public policy implications. Individual recipients may be graduate students at both master's and doctoral levels. The Tinker Field Research Grants are not to be used for dissertation research, but r
ather to provide graduate students with their first experience in developing independent research projects and conducting hands-on field research in Latin America or Iberia. Applications available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1, 1999.
FLAS: Academic Year 1999-2000 Foreign Language and
Area Study
Fellowship for Portuguese language study only. To be eligible an applicant must 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, be a graduate student in good standing at UT-Austin, or have been accepted for regular admission to the Graduate School at UT-Austin. The applicant must
not be a native speaker of Portuguese. Additional information and application instructions available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1.
FLAS: Summer 1999 Foreign Language and Area Study
Fellowship
for Portuguese language study at UT-Austin or Kaqchikel language study through Tulane University. Eligibility requirements same as for the academic year FLAS. The ILAS application is
for the FLAS fellowships. You must contact Brian Stross (471-4206) for details about admission into the Tulane Kaqchikel program. Applications available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1, 1999.
Dissertation Research Grant for dissertation field research in Latin America. Applicant must be advanced to candidacy before funds can be disbursed. Funds will be available academic year 1999-2000. Stipend: $2,500. Applications
available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1, 1999.
Internship
Guatemala Legislative Modernization Program Summer 1999 Internships. Intern opportunities available to all UT graduate students to be completed on-site in Guatemala City in the office of the Guatemala Legistlative Mod
ernization Program of the University of Texas. All interns should be sufficiently proficient in Spanish to conduct research, correspond, and converse in the language. The assignment of topics to individual interns will be based on intern preference and pr
ogram need. A living stipend of $500/month will be furnished for 2.5 months by UT for a total of $1,250. This stipend includes all money awarded to students by their individual departments. The program does not cover travel expenses, except travel money a
warded to interns by their department. Send résumé, a letter of reference from a professor who has been involved in your graduate career, a 2-page writing sample explaining your interest in the internship program, and a brief statement of yo
ur Spanish language capability to the Guatemalan Legislative
Modernization Program office in SRH 3.310 (LBJ School, 3rd floor).
For more info., contact Kay McGowan,
[email address removed to reduce spam].
Deadline for submission: Jan. 29, 1999, no later than 4:30 p.m.
For Access to the Calendar Archive:
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calarc/
