Late Entries
Thursday, Feb. 25---Foreign Service Information Session. A Senior Officer will speak about the Foreign Service, career opportunities and testing. 6:00-7:00 p.m. in UTC 1.132. Sponsored by Liberal Arts Career Services. For
more info., call 471-7900. Website: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/lacs/
Friday, Feb. 26--The Testimony in Question--Rigoberta Menchú and the Genre "Testimonio." Discussion with an introduction by Naomi Lindstrom, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. Panelists are Jackie Loss, Tiffany Powell, and P
aula Winch. 12:00-1 p.m., Batts 201 (Tobin Room). Sponsored by Foro Feminista/Spanish and Portuguese Dept. For more info., contact María Zalduondo, [email address removed to reduce spam] Saturday, Feb.
25---Night in Brazil, a fund-raising event to help homeless children in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. Music by Susanna Sharpe and the Samba Police and SambAxé. 9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m., La Zona Rosa, 612 W. 4th St., $8 and $10 at the door. Sponsor
ed by the Brazil Center of ILAS and Fundação Esperança. For more info., contact Rose Singer at 837-7929.
Wednesday, March 3
Argentine Art in the Permanent Collection, a gallery talk by Tina Harrison, Latin American Art Curatorial Assistant. 12:00 noon, Blanton Museum, Ransom Center. Part of the Cantos Paralelos series. For more info., call 471
-7324. Friday-Saturday, March 5-6 Borges and the New Literature of Spanish America/Borges y la nueva literatura hispanoamericana, a two-day symposium organized in recognition of the centennial year of Borges's birth. Friday, March 5, 9:00 a.
m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday, March 6, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Thompson Conference Center, room 2.120. All presentations are open to the public. Sponsored by ILAS, College of Liberal Arts, and the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese. For more info., call Joanne Gully
, 232-2409.
Saturday, March 6
Come to Texas: UT Interactive. The campus invites the community to an open house and exposition for a unique opportunity to explore the many extraordinary facets of the university. Numerous activities for children and adu
lts. Stop by the ILASSA booth on the Interactive Highway for a listing of the six events sponsored by ILAS. 12:00-6:00 p.m. on the South Mall. For more info., visit the Website at http://www.utexas.edu
/events/utinteractive/ or call the Office of the President, 471-1232.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
Hispanic/Latino Theology: Challenge and Promise, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, March 15-17, 1999. Seminar by Ada María Isasi-Díaz, Dept. of Ethics and Theology, Drew University. Views and insight
s on challenges facing the church by Mujerista theologian. For more info., call 472-6736. 4th Annual Images of Woman Conference: Latinas--Afirmacíon y poder, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, March 27, 1999. Latina speakers s
hare experiences about achieving leadership positions. Keynote speaker: Cherríe Moraga, artist, playwright, and poet. For more info., contact Diana Chávez at dc33646 "at" swt.edu, or visit the Website: http://www.vpsa.swt.edu/msa/iow
Third Palenque Round Table, Palenque, Mexico, June 28-July 4, 1999. This meeting will be dedicated to the noted epigrapher and UT professor Linda Schele. Focus will be on social organization of prehistorical, colonial, and modern
Maya. Those wishing to speak or contribute a paper should submit a two-page abstract no later than Feb. 28, 1999. Abstracts of reports on recent discoveries are due by April 30. Sponsored by the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes through the In
stituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. For more info., contact Vera Tiesler Blos, Tel. 514-29-81, FAX 525-30-89. Email: [email address removed to reduce spam] Website: http://www.in
ah.gob.mx/palenque
Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities
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 a
chievement 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-Aus
tin. The applicant must not be a native speaker of Portuguese. More 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. Eligibility requirements same as for the academic year FLAS. The ILAS application is for the FLAS fellowships. Contact Brian Stross (471-4206) for details about admission into the Tulane Kaqchikel program. Applicat
ions available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1, 1999.
Liberal Arts College-Wide Competitive Scholarships. Applications available for the 1999-2000 academic year ranging from $500-$2,000. Eligibility criteria: College of Liberal Arts undergraduate; completion of a minimum of 30 hours of
coursework for a grade at UT-Austin; GPA of at least 3.7; evidence of achievement in leadership and service to the college and community. Applications available at ILAS (SRH 1.304A) or Liberal Arts (FAC 1). For more info., call Priscilla Ebert, 475-7586.
Submission deadline: March 1, 1999, no later than 5:00 p.m.
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. 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 S
panish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere.) The focus of the 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 s
cience disciplines having strong public policy implications. Individual recipients may be graduate students at both M.A. and Ph.D. levels. The Tinker Field Research Grants are not to be used for dissertation research, but rather to provide graduate studen
ts with their first experience in developing independent research projects and conducting hands-on field research in Latin America or Iberia. Applications are available in SRH 1.301. Deadline: March 1, 1999.
Summer 1999 Library Travel Grants. The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida offers grants that enable researchers from other U.S. universities to use the resources of the Latin American Collection of UF lib
raries. Three awards of up to $750 each to cover travel and living expenses of faculty members and graduate students. To apply, send a letter of intent, brief library research proposal, travel budget, and a C. V. to: Dr. Martha E. Davis, Associate Directo
r, Center for Latin American Studies, P.O. Box 115530, University of Florida, 319 Grinter Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-5530. Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 1999.
The Mexican Center of ILAS offers travel awards to Ph.D. researchers who are faculty members of Mexican universities or advanced research centers to enable them to use the academic and library resources of UT-Austin. For researchers
with advanced rank on the staff of Mexican art museums, the professional title may be substituted for the doctorate. Up to $1,000 U.S. is available for reimbursement for expenses incurred in transportation, lodging, and meals. For more info.call the Mexi
can Center of ILAS at 512/232-2423 or visit the Website at
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/mexcenter/scholarships Deadline: April 1, 1999.
