November 6-12, 2000
COURSE FOR SPRING 2001!
Taught by Prof. Margot Beyersdorff
Quechua Language and Society in the Andes II
ANT 351D (26830) /ANT 381D (26895)
LAS 351D (36180)/LAS 381D (36420)
TTH 9:30 -11:00 A.M., Burdine 234
TUESDAY, November 7
Product Synergies and Eco-Efficiency through Cross Industry
Collaboration, a presentation by Rebekah Young of Applied
Sustainability, Austin. 12:15 p.m., Benson Library Conference Room,
SRH 1.115. Part of the Green Tuesdays Lunchtime Speakers Series.
Sponsored by the Center for Environmental Resource Management in
Latin America (CERMLA) and ILAS. For more info., call Janine Toth at
232-2412.
Zapatista!, presented as part of the Rascuache Film Series.
9:00 p.m., GEO 100. Free admission. Cosponsored by the Center for
African and African American Studies, the Texas Union Cosponsorship
Review Board, the Center for Mexican American Studies, Cine Las
Americas, the Center for Women's Studies, and the Texas Union Mexican
American Culture Committee. For more info., contact Haldun Morgan at
297-7015, Alba Peña at 619-3307, or Alex Rodriguez at 825-2855.
THURSDAY, November 9
Quetzalcoatl, Siqueiros, and MTV: Mexican Cultural Policy at
the Crossroads, a lecture by Miguel Angel Corzo, President and CEO,
University of the Arts, Philadelphia. 5:00 p.m., Bass Lecture Hall.
Sponsored by the ILAS Mexican Center. For more info., call 232-2423.
FRIDAY, November 10
Cocaine as Latin American History: A Reflection on Methods,
Approaches, and Research, a lecture by Paul Gootenberg, Professor of
History, State University of New York, Stony Brook. 4:00-6:00 p.m.,
Dobie Room, FAC. Part of the Distinguished Scholars Workshops: New
Directions in Latin American History. Sponsored by the Dept. of
History, ILAS, and the ILAS Mexican Center. For reading list
Patrick Timmons at
ptimmons[email address removed to reduce spam] or John Marshall Klein at
[email address removed to reduce spam].
For directions and parking visit
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/areas/tower.html.
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Abstracts and Papers-11th Colloquium on Hispanic and
Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Languages, Texas Union,
UT-Austin, March 24, 2001. Abstracts should consist of two pages,
the first including title, author's name, panel title (if
applicable), address, telephone, and address, and the second
including paper title and a single-spaced abstract not to exceed 400
words. Abstracts must be postmarked by Dec. 10, 2000. Paper must not
exceed 3,100 words (maximum reading time is 20 minutes). The complete
paper as it will be presented must be postmarked by March 1, 2001.
Send to: Nancy LaGreca, 11Colloquium Organizing Committee, Dept. of
Spanish and Portuguese, Batts 110, University of Texas, Austin, TX
78712. For more info., please contact Nancy LaGreca at
[email address removed to reduce spam].
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.
Re-Imagining South America Ecotourism Conference 2000, to be
conducted online via , Nov. 20-30. Participation is open to
anyone with two years of professional experience in the region.
Registration is free. Cosponsored by Planeta.com, Transitions Abroad
magazine, and South American Explorers. To register please send a
blank to reimagining_south_america-[email address removed to reduce spam]; reimagining_south_america-[email address removed to reduce spam] or
visit the Planeta.com Conference Center at
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/south/re-imagining2/southamerica2000.html.
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.
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].
EXHIBITS
Tierra Cruzada: Crossed Land. Paige DeShong presents a
collection of color photographs taken in 1997 in northeastern and
central Mexico, which depict descansos (roadside crosses), as well as
accompanying poetry ( back gallery). Urbanizar Tejas: A Celebration
of Hispanic Workmanship in Modern Architecture, by Jackson C. Baugh.
A multimedia exhibition highlighting the cultural richness of urban
Texas, paying homage to the workers who help to build urban
buildings. Both on exhibit Nov. 2-25, Mexic-Arte, 419 Congress Ave.
Part of the Diversity & Emergence Series. For more info., call
480-9373.
FELLOWSHIPS
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate
International Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to pursue
specialization in area studies and language. NSEP Fellowship awards
are made for one to six academic semesters (24 months). Support for
language or area studies course work at the recipient's home
university is $2,000 per semester. Overseas study is based on program
expenses up to a maximum of $10,000 per semester for up to two
semesters. For more info., visit
http://www.aed.org/nsep. Deadline:
Jan. 16, 2001.
For Electronic Access to Calendar:
http://lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calendar.html
For Access to the Calendar Archive: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calarc/
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