November 22-28, 1999
LATE ENTRIES
Thursday, Nov. 18-El ordenamiento jurídico hispano-americano
del Siglo XIX, a brown-bag lecture by Prof. Amelia Guardia de
Sanz, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales,
Universidad Central de Venezuela. 12:00-1:30 P.M., Hackett Room,
SRH 1.313. Sponsored by ILAS. For more info., call Joanne Gully
at 232-2409.
Friday, Nov. 19-Mexican Views of Democracy: Consequences
for Electoral Politics in 2000, a lecture by Roderic Ai Camp,
McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, Claremont McKenna College.
12:00 NOON, Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican
Center of ILAS. For more info., call 232-2423.
Friday, Nov. 19-Implications of the Financial Services
Act on the Politics and Economics of Banking in the United States,
a lecture by Robert Auerbach, Professor at the LBJ School and
former economist for the House Banking Committee. 9:00-10:15
A.M., LBJ School Media Room, SRH 3.330. Sponsored by Grupo Banco,
Research Group for the Comparative Study of Banking Systems.
For more info., call 471-5121, ext 138.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25
Dia Nacional Açáo de Graças: Thanksgiving
Brazilian Food, a free, all-you-can-eat dinner. 7:30 P.M.,
Missão Batista Brasileira em Austin, 901 Trinity St. Reservations
required. Call 476-2625 before Nov. 23.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Brazilian Energy
Sector, Dec. 6, 1999, St. Antony's College, Oxford, England.
Over the past five years the Brazilian energy sector has undergone
change on an unprecedented scale. This conference will examine
the complex nature of the challenges and opportunities that these
developments present. Attendance is free of charge but numbers
will be limited. Confirm attendance by contacting: University
of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies, 33 Beaumont St, Oxford
OX1 2NP. Phone: 01865 554026. Deadline Nov. 27, 1999.
New Economic and Social Perspectives on Brazil. International
Faculty Development Seminar to Brazil, May 30-June 7, 2000.
Nine-day seminar begins in São Paulo (three nights), continues
to Parati (two nights), and ends in Rio de Janeiro (three nights).
It is designed for U.S. faculty and administrators in an effort
to stimulate the study of Brazil through lectures, faculty interchange,
and coordinated site visits. Lectures by Brazilian academics
will focus primarily on economic and social issues facing Brazil
today. Fee of $1,995 includes seminar costs, accommodation, receptions,
site visits, and breakfast/lunch daily. Sponsored by the Council
on International Educational Exchange and hosted by the International
Cooperation Commission, University of São Paulo. For more
info., call 800/40-STUDY or : [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
Deadline: March 15, 2000.
Call for Papers-Performance and Politics in the Americas:
Seminar & Conference, Seminar July 3-15, 2000, Conference
July 7-11, 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A series of couses,
two-week seminars, and an archive of multimedia and bibliographic
materials exploring the relationships between performance and
politics. Sponsored by the Hemispheric Institute of Performance
and Politics. Send a C.V. and one-page letter of interest (for
seminar) or paper proposal (for conference) to: Hemispheric Institute
of Performance and Politics, Dept. of Performance Studies, Tisch
School of the Arts, NYU, 721 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY
10003. For more info., visit the Website: http://hemi.ps.tsoa.nyu.edu.
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2000.
Call for Papers-4th Latin-American Congress: Electricity
Generation and Transmission,Viña de Mar, Chile, Nov. 9-12,
2000. An abstract of 500-1000 words should be submitted
in an A4-page format with the following heading: title, author's
name, institution affiliation, address, fax, phone, and
address. To request a list of topics of discussion or submit
an abstract, contact: Dr. Patricio Robles Calderón, Valparaíso
Catholic University, College of Electrical Engineering, Av. Brasil,
2147, Valparaíso, CHILE. Phone 56/32/25-7331. Fax: 56/32/21-5380.
: asteceie "at" ucv.cl; asteceie "at" ucv.cl.
Sponsored by Valparaíso Catholic University, Mar del Plata
National University, and UNESP-São Paulo State University.
Deadline for abstracts: Jan. 30, 2000.
Employment Opportunities
Non-tenure Track Assistant Professor of Portuguese, Rutgers
University, Newark, NJ. Three-year appointment. Ph.D. required.
Seeking generalist, able to teach Portuguese language and Portuguese,
Brazilian, and Lusophone literatures. Knowledge of a second language
desirable. Interest in building an undergraduate Portuguese program
and conducting
outreach to large local Portuguese community. Tenure-track position
may be authorized when enrollments warrant. Send C.V. and dossier
to: Dr. Josephine Grieder, Chair, Portuguese Search Committee,
Dept. of Classical and Modern Languages, 175 University Ave.,
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102. Deadline: Dec. 1, 1999.
Lectureship in Portuguese Language, University of California,
Berkeley. Seeking someone who can teach all levels of Portuguese
language courses to students in a large and growing Luso-Brazilian
program. Candidates should have an M.A. in Portuguese or a related
field, and firsthand experience of Brazil. Preference given to
those who also speak Spanish. See MLA Job List for more details.
Open-ended one-year contract renewable annually with satisfactory
performance. After six years the lecturer may become eligible
for a series of three-year contracts. Send letter of application
and a résumé to: Prof. Candace Slater, Dept. of
Spanish and Portuguese, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. For
more info., : cslater "at" socrates.berkeley.edu; cslater "at" socrates.berkeley.edu.
EXHIBITS
Afro-Caribbean Art Exhibit. Paintings exploring themes
of Santeria and voodoo by brothers Germain Rosaenz Monterde and
Luis Angel Monterde from Cuba, and Gerard Fortune from Haiti.
Tesoros Trading Company, 209 Congress Ave. For more info., call
479-8377.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Liberal Arts Career Services is offering twice-weekly,
half-hour orientations about intern possibilities. Over 12,000
opportunities nationwide at our new Internet resource. Call 471-7900
for more info. or to sign up.
INFORMATION SESSIONS
National Security Education Program Awards, Study Abroad Office,
SHC 247
Undergraduate Students
Mondays, Nov. 15 & 22 1:30 P.M.
Wednesdays, Nov. 24 & Dec. 8 10:00 A.M.
Fridays, Nov. 19 & Dec. 10 2:00 P.M.
Graduate Students
Tuesdays, Nov. 23 & Dec. 7 2:00 P.M.
Thursdays, Nov. 18 & Dec. 9 4:00 P.M.
Students specializing in non-Western, non-English speaking
countries, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to
U.S. national security may be eligible for awards. Visit http://www.iie.org/nsep (undergrads)
or http://www.aed.org/nsep
(graduate students). For more info., call 471-6490.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Bi-National Business Grants to Mexico. The U.S.-Mexico
Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange offers 15 grants
of tuition and stipend for U.S. students to pursue studies in
business, law, and/or engineering while interning at Mexico-based
corporations. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, have a B.S./B.A
. in engineering, accounting, business,
law, or economics and/or an M.S./M.A. in business or international
business administration, international relations, or economics
from a U.S. university, a minimum of two year's U.S. experience
in business, and proficiency in Spanish. Students will live and
work in Mexico from Sept. 2000-June/July 2001 and take two graduate-level
courses per trimester (two nights per week) while working 9:00
A.M.-4:00 P.M. five days per week. For more info., call 212/984-5327
or 212/984-5565.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Summer Internship
Program. Up to 35 students who are enrolled in graduate programs
in disciplines related to the Bank's activities will have the
opportunity to acquire professional level work experience. Application
form can be found at http://www/iadb.org
but applications must be sent through the postal service. Description
of the program is available at the ILAS Student Office, SRH 1.301.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2000.
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