October 23-29, 2000
LATE ENTRIES
Thursday, October 19-Toward a More Transparent Mexico:
Implications of the Recent Elections, a presentation by Alejandro
Junco de la Vega, President and Publisher of El Norte, El Sol, and
Reforma newspapers. 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Texas Governor's Room,
Texas Union. Sponsored by the ILAS Mexican Center. For more info.,
call 232-2423.
Saturday, October 21-Amigos de La Frontera Desayuno en
Austin, a bimonthly gathering of friends interested in the northern
frontier of New Spain, will meet for breakfast to share ideas,
information, and camaraderie at 9:00 a.m., Cisco's Restaurant and
Bakery, 1511 East 6th Street, Austin.
WEDNESDAY, October 25
Presentation on National Security Education Program (NSEP)
Graduate International Fellowships, by Eunice Blavascunas, a UT alum
and the program associate for NSEP at the Academy for Educational
Development. NSEP opportunities and application process will be
discussed. Meetings are scheduled 9:00-10:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.-12:00
noon, 1:00-2:30 p.m., and 2:30-4:00 p.m., Study Abroad Office, SHC
247. Deadline: Jan. 16, 2001.
FRIDAY, October 27
Social Policy Reform in Brazil: Obstacles, Challenges and
Perspectives, a lecture by Pedro Luiz Barros Silva from the
University of Campinas, Brazil. Part of the Brazil Speakers Series
sponsored by the ILAS Brazil Center. 3:00-4:30 p.m., Hackett Room,
SRH 1.313. For more info., call 232-2416.
FRIDAY, October 27-SATURDAY, October 28
UT Parents' Weekend. Events include a presentation by Richard
Lariviere, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, who will discuss
liberal arts and the new economy. Friday, 10:00 a.m., Homer Rainey
Hall 3.102. For more info., call Liberal Arts, 471-4141.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Rio Branco Visiting Resource Professor. Any regular UT
faculty member may nominate a Brazilian university professor for
Spring 2001. Whoever fills the chair will be required to give two
lectures in a regular UT graduate course and make a presentation in
the Brazil Center Speaker Series. Proposals should include a
description of the nominee's program at UT, a justification in terms
of the professor's contribution to UT's teaching program and
potential for future collaboration with Brazilian universities, the
time period at UT, a proposed budget, and a vitae. Eligible expenses
include airfare, hotel, per diem, and honorarium, with a total cost
not to exceed $4,000. The UT faculty member making the nomination
will be expected to organize the program for the Rio Branco VRP in
Austin. Deadline Nov. 1, 2000, at the Brazil Center, ILAS (SRH
1.314). For more info., call 232-2416.
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Applications-Second Annual U.S.-Cuba WritersConference,
Havana and Matanzas, Cuba, Jan. 7-19, 2001.
Intensive workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting,
translation,and writing for performance, as well as presentations
on Cuban literature, its history and social context. Knowledge of Spanish not
required. Slots are available for 42 North American writers and 30
Cuban writers. Applicants for the North American slots, please see
the Writers of the Americas Website at
http://www.wtamericas.com for
application instructions. Tuition is $1,950, including lodging, daily
breakfast, and some incidentals. For more info., visit the above
Website, [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]
, or call 212/388-1219.
Public Spaces and Political Legitimacy in Mexico and Latin
America, 26th Annual Symposium on History and Anthropology,
Hermosillo, Sonora, Feb. 28-March 3, 2001. Sponsored by the
University of Sonora History Department and the Instituto de
Investigaciones Históricas, part of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México. For more info., please visit
http://www.uson.mx/unidades/sociales/historia.
EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Mexican Studies,
University of Illinois, Chicago. The Latin American Studies Program
seeks Mexicanist in history, anthropology, sociology, or political
science, with interdisciplinary interests and a desire to teach
general courses about Latin America. A joint appointment with an
appropriate department is possible, and appointments at higher levels
will also be considered. Appointee will be expected to participate
in program and cultural events in addition to fulfilling research and
teaching requirements. Candidates must have Ph.D. by August 2001.
Please send cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation to:
Frances R. Aparicio, Director, Latin American Studies Program
(MC219), 1527 University Hall, University of Illinois at Chicago, 601
S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7115. Deadline: Nov. 15, 2000.
Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada. A probationary, tenure-track position beginning July
1, 2001. Requirements are a Ph.D. in Spanish with specialization in
Latin American literature or culture and civilization, near-native
fluency in Spanish and English, experience teaching Spanish as a
second language at the postsecondary level, and a strong commitment
to and appropriate record of scholarship and original research.
Applications should include a CV, transcripts, outlines of courses
previously taught, teaching evaluations, publication reprints or
preprints, statement of teaching philosophy and research interests,
and names of at least three referees who are scholars in the field.
Send this material and arrange for letters of reference to be mailed
to: Prof. Barbara Dickinson, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages,
University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta,
T1K3M4. For more info., call 403/329-2560 or
erickson "at" uleth.ca; erickson "at" uleth.ca. Deadline: Dec. 15, 2000.
Associate of the Inter-American Dialogue; Executive Director,
Inter-Agency Consultation (IAC) on Race in Latin America. The
Inter-Agency Consultation (IAC), a joint initiative of the
Inter-American Dialogue, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), World
Bank, and Ford Foundation, is recruiting a professional staff member
to coordinate the activities and work with the participating
institutions as they develop programs to address the needs of
Afro-Latin Americans, and to develop and direct a new Dialogue
program on race in Latin America. Ideal candidate will be a mid-level
professional with experience in Latin America, a strong knowledge of
social and economic conditions in the region, expertise on issues of
race or ethnicity, and an ability to communicate with fluency in
Spanish and English, and preferably Portuguese. For consideration,
please send or fax résumé to Rachel Menezes, Program Assistant,
Inter-American Dialogue, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 510,
Washington, DC 20036. Fax: 202/822-9553. :
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
STUDY ABROAD
The International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS) is
currently available at the Study Abroad Office (SHC 247) or via the
Web at
http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/aid/iefs.html. This
scholarship competition is open to undergraduate and graduate
students seeking to study or conduct research abroad during the
spring 2001 semester. For more info., call 471-6490.
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http://lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calendar.html
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