March 27-April 2, 2000
ILAS Now Accepting Applications for
WORKING GROUPS AND CONFERENCES
for the 2000-2001 Academic Year
Deadline: April 17, 2000
Contact Joanne Gully at 232-2409
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas,
1492 to the Present, a lecture by Ward Churchill, Professor
of American Indian Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder.
7:00 P.M., LBJ Auditorium, SRH, Unit 3. Sponsored by the Asian
American Relations Group, the Radical Action Network, and the
Center for Mexican American Studies. For more info., contact
Bob Jensen at 471-1990, or : [email address removed to reduce spam].
MONDAY, MARCH 27
Mexico's Alternative Futures: Building Robust Scenarios, a
lecture by Peter Kennedy, Deloitte Consulting, Boston. 3:30 P.M.,
Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Mexican Center of ILAS.
For more info., call 232-2423.
The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story, a film
about the life and assassination of the noted Brazilian environmental
activist, directed by John Frankenheimer. 8:00-10:00 P.M., Geography
102. The film is being screened as a prelude to the visit of
Senator
Marina Silva during Brazil Week, April 3-14, 2000. Sponsored
by the Brazil Center of ILAS. For more info., call 232-2416.
TWO LECTURES
by Roberto González Echevarría, Sterling Professor
in the Humanities, Yale University
TUESDAY, MARCH 28 On the Origins of Cuban Baseball
- 4:30 P.M., Art Bldg. Auditorium 1.102
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 The Two Endings of "La vida es
sueño - 12:00 NOON, Tobin Room, Batts Hall 201
Sponsored by ILAS, the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, and
the Comparative Literature Program. For more info., contact César
A. Salgado at 232-4517.
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Third International Socioreligious Studies Meeting, Havana,
July 3-6, 2001. The conference will focus on the religious
and social processes in the context of the new century. For more
info., contact Dr. Jorge Ramírez Calzadilla, President
of the Organizing Committee, Third Socioreligious Studies Meeting,
calle B No.352, El Vedado Havana, CUBA. Phone: 537/31-3610 and
3-5366. : cips "at" ceniai.inf.cu; cips "at" ceniai.inf.cu.
Call for Papers- and Posters-Exploring Diversity through
Innovative Research and Education in Borderland Environments:
First Annual Conference of the Center for Biocultural Diversity
Studies, June 14-17, 2000, Chihuahua City, Mexico. Presentations
should focus on the ways in which ecology and human behavior
are understood in biological, social, and historical contexts.
Stipends available for U.S. Latino students. Register and submit
abstracts of no more than 200 words to: J. Andrew Darling, Executive
Director, Mexico-North Research Network, 1650 Sioux Dr. CH44-790,
El Paso, TX 79925. : [email address removed to reduce spam].mx; [email address removed to reduce spam].mx
or register at http://www.mexnor.org.
Deadline: March 30.
Call for Papers--21st Century Challenges to Latin America
and New Perspectives, Latin American Studies Association of Korea,
Oct. 20, 2000, Seoul, Korea. Papers are invited from political
science, economics, international relations, sociology, philosophy,
cultural studies, and other disciplines. Approximately six exemplary
papers will be selected, and their authors will be flown to Seoul
to attend the conference. Paper title, abstract of 300-400 words,
and a brief C.V., including a list of publications should be
submitted to: Dr. Won-Hon Kim, Dir. for International Exchange,
LASAK. : whkim "at" kiep.go.kr; whkim "at" kiep.go.kr.
Fax: (82-2) 3460-1066. Deadline: April 20.
Retos de América Latina a Principios del Tercer
Milenio, 7th Congress of La Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estudios
Sobre América Latina y El Caribe (SOLAR), Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Managua, Nov. 7-10, 2000.
A wide range of topics, including democracy and political
transition, human rights, and politics and culture, will be covered
(see the Website at http://www.uaemex.mx/solar).
Cost to register is $50 for those giving papers, $30 for attending,
and $10 for students. Send a 10-30 line summary of your paper
topic (maximum paper length 15 pages) with a brief C.V. to: Dr.
Luis Alfredo Lobato Blanco, UNAN-Managua, De ENEL 2 Km al sur,
Apartado de correos 663, Managua, Nicaragua (: lobato "at" ns.sdnnic.org.ni; lobato "at" ns.sdnnic.org.ni;
fax: 011-505-277-49-43). Registration closes Sept. 30, 2000.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary-Latin American/Caribbean
Studies, and Spanish, Winona State University, Winona, MN. Responsibility
for initiating and expanding a Latin American/Caribbean Studies
Program for first-year students. Candidates must have earned
a Ph.D. and have teaching proficiency in Spanish. Starting date:
Aug. 2000. Send résumé, transcripts, three letters
of reference, and a one-page description of 2 or 3 courses you
propose to teach to: Residential College Interdisciplinary Studies
Search, Affirmative Action Office, Winona State University, P.O.
Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987. Phone: 507/457-5008 : affaction "at" vax2.winona.msus.edu; affaction "at" vax2.winona.msus.edu.
Review begins March 18, 2000. Open until filled.
Researcher, writer, reporter, and copyeditor for ICFJ's
International Journalists' Network (IJNet) Website. Recent
Spanish-speaking graduate sought by Website that tracks media
assistance, news, and professional training opportunities for
journalists around the world. English writing skills a plus.
For more info., call 202/737-3700 or : [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies,
University of Chicago. Responsibility for program planning
and execution, policy making, grants administration, staff supervision,
and selected teaching and advising responsibilities. Applicants
should hold a Ph.D., and have two or more years in a position
of comparable responsibility, and university-level teaching experience.
Send a cover letter, C.V., sample of published writing, statement
of research and teaching interests, and two letters of reference
to: Tom Cummins, Dir., CLAS, University of Chicago, 5848 S. University
Ave., Kelly Hall 310, Chicago, IL 60637. For complete job description
call 773/702-8420 or : [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
Deadline: April 14, 2000.
EXHIBITS
Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Writing: The Parallel Lives
of Michael Ventris and Linda Schele and the Decipherment of Mycenaean
and Mayan Writing, an exhibit in the Benson Latin American
Collection Rare Books Room that examines two of the most famous
decipherments of ancient writing of the last century. Items are
included from the collections of the UT Classics Dept. Program
in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (PASP), Dr. Linda Schele, and
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For more info., visit: http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/cipem/exhib/.
The exhibit runs March 9-August 1, 2000.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Summer Library Research Fellowship in Latin American Studies,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. One $1,500 grant to a college
teacher conducting research in Latin American Studies during
the summer of 2000. The fellow is expected to be in residence
at Cornell as a Visiting Scholar for a minimum of one month.
Applicants should send a one-page letter, an application form
(available for copying in SRH 1.310), a C.V., and project proposal
to: Mary Jo Dudley, Latin American Studies Program, 190 Uris
Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Deadline: March
31.
Mark Your Calendars!
BRAZIL WEEK
and the commemoration of the 500-year anniversary of the arrival
of Pedro Álvares Cabral in Brazil
BRAZIL: 500 YEARS-A SYMPOSIUM
April 3-14
For more info., contact the Brazil
Center of ILAS at 232-2416.
For Electronic Access to Calendar:
http://lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calendar.html
Please submit your entries by 3:00 P.M., Friday.
submissions to [email address removed to reduce spam]
For Access to the Calendar Archive: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calarc/ |
