Monday, January 25
Cantos Paralelos: Artists Speak, a panel discussion featuring conversations with Luis Benedit, Juan Carlos Distéfano, and León Ferrari; facilitated by Mari Carmen Ramírez and Patricia Rizzo. Part o
f the Blanton Museum's Cantos Paralelos series. 5:00 p.m. Doty Fine Arts Building, 2.204.
Seminar with CIA Representatives. Two CIA reps, one Latin American specialist and one on the Middle East, will conduct a seminar at the LBJ School, SRH 3.111. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more info., cal
l Debra Dzwonczyk at 471-3290.
Tuesday, January 26
Career Opportunities in the CIA. The Central Intelligence will be on campus to conduct interviews for positions within the Directorate of Intelligence, analytical arm of the CIA. Seeking individuals with master's degre
es or above with regional expertise in economics, history, political science, international relations, or area studies with emphasis on Latin America, East Asia, Japan, Korea, China, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Russia, or former Soviet Union and Euro
pe. Good foreign language skills in these areas are a plus; strong research and writing skills are required. Along with your résumé, writing samples and transcripts are required. Generally those with a 3.5 GPA or above in graduate work are g
iven first consideration; we will accept strong bachelor's degree candidates who have relevant experience and a 3.5 GPA or above. For more info., call Stephanie Rodríguez in Liberal Arts, 232-4893. Fax résumés by Fri., Jan. 22, 1-800/
321-8005.
Wednesday, January 27
Parallelisms, a gallery talk by Mari Carmen Ramírez, Curator of Latin American Art. Part of the Cantos Paralelos series. 12:00 noon. Blanton Museum of Art, Art Building.
Announcement
Students Needed to Host Visitors. The Fundación Universitaria del Rio de la Plata (Argentina) annually sponsors a group of 16 graduate students to visit UT on Feb. 2-15. Need students to act as liaisons/interpre
ters/van drivers, and also some host families who could invite a student to a "home-cooked dinner." If interested, call Ludmilla at 232-2405 or [email address removed to reduce spam], by Jan. 27.
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 spea
kers 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 con
fluence. 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 variou
s challenges 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, reli
gion, land, rural and urban poverty, and other wide-ranging matters. Invitations and registration materials forSALALM XLIV will be mailed in January 1999. For information on the program's content, contact Richard Phillips, SALALM President, University of
Florida 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. Pres
entations 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.
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 us
ed 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 demonst
rate 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 D0800 by Feb. 19, 1999.
Fifth Class of the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program 1999, IIPP. Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible: Sophomore year student, enrolled full-time at a four-year institution; U.
S. citizen or permanent resident; minimum 3.2 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale); strong interest in a career in international service; underrepresented minority: African American, Hispanic/Latino American, Asian American, American Indian, Alaskan Nativ
e, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. Application deadline: March 1, 1999 for the class that will begin in the summer of 1999. For applications, call the IIPP administrative office, 703/205-3484.
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-speakin
g countries 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 resources 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 and 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 rather to provide graduate students with their first experience in developing independent research projects and conducting hands-on field research in Latin America or Iberia. A
pplications 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 achie
vement 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 I
LAS 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 avai
lable 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 Legislative Moder
nization 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 prog
ram 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 awa
rded 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 your
Spanish language capability to the Guatemala 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 submissi
on: Jan. 29, 1999, no later than 4:30 p.m
