September 20-29, 1999
Late Entries
Thursday, Sept. 16-Festival Nahualli. Music by Mono Blanco,
leading performer of the Son Jarocho, the traditional music and
dance of rural southern Veracruz. 8:00 P.M., Ragsdale Auditorium,
St. Edward's University. General admission, $15; students and
low income, $10. Sponsored by the Centro de Arte y Cultura Nahualli
and the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MECHA).
For more info., call 834-3577.
Friday, Sept. 17-ILASSA Meeting. The ILAS student association's
"What I Did Last Summer" speaker series continues,
with Liz Harris discussing her job at the State Department. Other
business will also be covered. 5:00 P.M., SRH 1.320. For more
info., contact Sean Hale at [email address removed to reduce spam].
Saturday, Sept. 18-Crossover: A Story of Desegregation,
a documentary that examines school desegregation in the town
of Hempstead, Texas, and the subsequent closing of a school venerated
within its African American community. Explores a bittersweet
legacy of the Civil Rights Era. Directed by Ricardo Ainslie,
UT Associate Professor of Educational Psychology. 3:00 P.M.,
Alamo Drafthouse, 409 Colorado.
Tuesday, Sept. 21-Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball-Dr.
Milton Jamail, UT Dept. of Government, will talk about his soon-to-be
published book during this luncheon meeting of the Austin Chapter
of the International Good Neighbor Council. 11:45 A.M. UT Faculty
Center (Guadalupe at 25th St.). $13.50 for full buffet. For more
info., call E. V. Niemeyer, Jr., at 263-2302.
Tuesday, Sept. 21-Foreign Land, a 1995 film directed
by Walter Salles Jr. and Daniella Thomas. Texas Union Theater,
7:00 P.M. Free admission. Filmed in black and white, this love
story conveys the alienation and isolation of a young generation
that feels betrayed by the corrupt politics of its country. Part
of the Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Series sponsored by the
Austin Film Society, the Brazil Center of ILAS, and the UT Dept.
of Radio-TV-Film. For more info., call the Austin Film Society
at 322-0145.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
20th Annual ILASSA Student Conference on Latin America,
UT-Austin, Feb. 11-12, 2000. Interdisciplinary forum for
students involved in Latin American research topics seeks single-page
abstracts focusing on any topic in Latin American Studies. Abstracts
must be submitted via . Forms and instructions can be found
at:
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/ILASSA.
For more info., :
[email address removed to reduce spam]
or call 512/471-5551. Deadline: Oct. 15, 1999.
U.S. Latinos and World War II-Changes Seen, Changes Wrought,
UT-Austin, May 26-27, 2000. Proposals for papers may deal
with historical, sociological, political, anthropological, journalistic,
cultural, artistic perspectives about the world of U.S. Latinos
before, during and/or after the war. Papers should be no more
than 20 pages and must include a one-page abstract, with a detachable
cover page to include the title of the paper and complete contact
information of authors. Submit to: World War II Conference, Dept.
of Journalism, Mail Code A1000, Austin, TX 78712. Deadlines:
Postmarked no later than Dec. 1, 1999 for abstracts; May 1, 2000
for papers.
Employment Opportunities
Central Intelligence Agency is actively recruiting
Open Source Officers for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
Candidates should combine very good language skills with background
study of the culture/politics/history of a region. FBIS analysts
research the media of foreign nations to determine what is being
said and what it means to the U.S. Interested students should
drop off a resumé or meet with CIA representatives at
the UT Business Career Fair Sept. 20-24 at the Erwin Center.
For more info., contact Liberal Arts Career Services at 471-7900
or : barbara "at" lacs.fac.utexas.edu; barbara "at" lacs.fac.utexas.edu.
Ethnographer/Qualitative Researcher, Hispanic Health Council,
New Haven, CT. Seeking a qualfied ethnographer for a three-year
NIDA-funded study of drug user access to and use and disposal
of sterile syringes in the cities of Hartford, New Haven, and
Springfield. Project is affiliated with the Yale University Center
for Research on AIDS. Qualifications include: Ph.D. or M.A. in
a social science or health field, 2 yrs. of ethographic field
experience, and Spanish speaking ability. Competitive salary,
full benefits. Send or fax letter and C.V. to: Merrill Singer,
Hispanic Health Council, 175 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106
(fax: 860/724-0437); specify: Ethnographer for Syringe Access
Study. Review of applications begins immediately. Target start
date: Sept. 25, 1999.
Assistant or Associate Professor, Dept. of Latin American
and Caribbean Studies, University at Albany, State University
of New York. Preference will be given to candidates in the field
of international political economy with interdisciplinary expertise
in globalization, trade, investment, or immigration issues affecting
Latin America, the Caribbean, or U.S. Latinos. Tenure-track position
subject to final budget approval. Send letter and C.V. to Dr.
Edna Acosta-Belen, LACS Search Committee Chair, University at
Albany, SUNY, Social Science 250, Albany, NY 12222. Deadline:
Oct. 30, 1999.
Exhibits
Contemporary Art from Cuba, a touring exhibit organized
by Arizona State University that focuses on young artists who
have opted to stay in Cuba and follow their artistic star. On
Oct. 4, two of the artists featured in the show, printmakers
Belkis Ayon and Abel Barroso, will give a gallery tour and talk
with the public about their work. Exhibit runs through Nov. 7
at the Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress Ave. For more info.,
call 495-9224.
Fellowships, Grants, and Research Opportunities
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program.
To be eligible, a student must be a citizen, national, or permanent
U.S. resident and be admitted to candidacy in a Ph.D. program
in a modern foreign language or area study at UT-Austin, planning
a teaching career in the U.S. upon graduation. Projects focusing
on Western Europe are ineligible. Latin American area applicants
should submit original plus 7 copies of the completed application,
collated, in the following order: (a) application cover (with
physician's signature); (b) budget page; (c) C.V.; (d) title
page (with dissertation adviser's signature); (e) proposal (not
to exceed 10 double-spaced pp.); (f) language reference; (g)
3 letters of recommendation (can arrive separately); (h) transcripts.
Submit to Anne Dibble, SRH 1.301, on or before Oct. 4, 1999.
Applications available in MAI 101 (Mary Alice Davila) or SRH
1.303 (Yun-Joo Park).
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