November 20-26, 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
LATE ENTRIES
Wednesday, Nov. 15-Subjetividad y representación: el
auto-retrato de un esclavo, a lecture by Sonia Labrador-Rodríguez.
3:30-4:30 p.m., Tobin Room, Batts 201. Part of the Dept. of Spanish
and Portuguese Faculty Lecture Series. For more info., contact Dr.
Labrador-Rodríguez at 232-4525.
Wednesday, Nov. 15-Women with Rank, a film about the female
officers in the Zapatista National Liberation Army. 9:00 p.m., Texas
Union Theatre. Free admission. Part of the Rascuache Film Series.
Saturday, Nov. 18-Colonial Music from Latin America, a
choral performance by Francisca Vanherle, Amy Spencer, Eric DeForest,
Nicolas Shumway, and an instrumental consort, under the direction of
Alfredo Colman. 8:00 p.m., MRH 2.608, UT-Austin, free admission.
Sponsored by UT-EME and ILAS.
TUESDAY, November 21
Ecological Programs in the Mexican State of Chihuahua, a
lecure in Spanish by Lic. Gloria Gpe. Domínguez, Director of Ecology,
State of Chihuahua. Translation services not provided unless
requested in advance. Part of the Green Tuesdays Lunchtime Speakers
Series.12:15-1:15 p.m., Sid Richardson Hall, Benson Library
Conference Room 1.115. Sponsored by the Center for Environmental
Resource Management in Latin America (CERMLA) and ILAS. For more
info., call Janine Toth at 232-2412.
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
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.
Immigration, Migration, and Diaspora in Florida and the
Atlantic World: Allen Morris Conference on the History of Florida and
the Atlantic World, Tallahassee, Feb. 1-2, 2002. Keynote speaker will
be Louis A. Pérez, J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who will speak on Cuban
immigration to Florida. The Program Committee invites proposals (for
individual papers or complete panels) that focus on issues specific
to Florida, or that place Florida in a greater Atlantic context.
Submit a proposal of no more than 300 words for each paper and a
brief CV for each participant, to be received no later than May 1,
2001. Proposals and inquiries should be addressed to: Dr. Elna Green,
Dept. of History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
32306-2200, (egreen "at" mailer.fsu.edu; egreen "at" mailer.fsu.edu).
Call for Papers-SALSA 2001, UT-Austin, April 20-22, 2001. The
Symposium About Language and Society is pleased to announce its 9th
annual meeting. We encourage the submission of abstracts on research
that addresses the relationship of language to culture and society.
Desired frameworks include but are not limited to: linguistic
anthropology; sociolinguistics; ethnography of communication;
language and identity; speech play, verbal art, and poetics; language
and media; political economy of language; language and social
interaction; discourse analysis; and language vitality. Abstracts are
due no later than Jan. 23, 2001. For submission guidelines visit our
Website:
http://www.utexas.edu/students/salsa; or contact us at:
SALSA, Dept. of Linguistics, UT-Austin, Austin, TX 78712,
[email address removed to reduce spam].
EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Antonio Madero Professorship for the Study of Mexican and
Latin American Politics and Economics, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University. Preferred candidates will have
experience in teaching and quality research, a demonstrated ability
and achievements in applied public policy and management,and
potential institutional commitment, effort, and contribution.
Candidates from any discipline may apply, but those with backgrounds
in political science, sociology, management, and/or anthropology are
of special interest. For more info., please contact Prof. Steve
Kelman, Search Committee Chair, steve_[email address removed to reduce spam]; steve_[email address removed to reduce spam].
Chair, Foreign Language Department, Camden College of Arts
and Sciences, Rutgers University. Candidates for this tenured
position as associate or full professor must have Ph.D. in Spanish or
Latin American Studies, with record of scholarly achievement,
excellence in teaching, and appropriate administrative experience.
Send letter describing qualifications, CV, and five references to:
Prof. Robert M. Ryan, Search Committee Chair, c/o Office of the Dean,
Camden College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
08102. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue
until position is filled. Selected candidates will be interviewed at
the Modern Language Association's convention in Washington, D.C., in
December.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Christian A. Johnson Center
for Interdisciplinary Studies, Albright College. Candidates must have
Ph.D. in Latin American Studies or related discipline, evidence of
scholarly promise, teaching experience preferred. Send cover letter
detailing research interests and teaching philosophy, CV, three
letter of recommendation to: Office of Human Resources, Johnson
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, P.O. Box 15234, Reading, PA
19612-5234. Review of applications will begin Nov. 15, 2000, and
continue until position is filled.
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Latin American, Latino, and
Caribbean Studies Program (LALACS) and the Department of Government
at Dartmouth College. Candidates must have completed all requirements
for Ph.D. at the time of appointment, demonstrate research and
teaching expertise in Latin American political economy, development,
or related fields. Submit letter of interest, CV, and three
references (names, addresses, telephone numbers, and
addresses) to: Prof. Marysa Navarro, Chair, Latin American Political
Economy Search Committee, 304 Sherman House, Dartmouth College,
Hanover, NH 03755. Application review begins Jan. 30, 2001, and will
continue until the position is filled.
Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in American
Studies and History, New York University. Position available for
professor specializing in race, ethnicity and urbanism in the period
from Emancipation to the end of the Cold War. Candidates must have a
strong commitment to transdisciplinary teaching and research, and
must hold a Ph.D. in American Studies or History. Letters of
application and CVs should be submitted to: Search Committee,
American Studies Program, New York University, 285 Mercer Street, 8th
Floor, New York, NY 10003. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2000.
EXHIBITS
Alegria y Tristeza. The Mexican folk art ceramics of Josefina
Aguilar are now on view at the Turquoise Door, 1208 S. Congress Ave.
(new location).
FELLOWSHIPS
Donald D. Harrington Graduate Student Fellows Program.
Fellowships provide tuition, fees, stipend, and travel allowance to
prospective and continuing graduate students. For more info., please
visit
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/harrington/studentfellows.html, or
contact Mary Alica Davila, Fellowship Coordinator, UT-Austin, Office
of Graduate Studies, Main Building 101, Austin, TX 78712-1911, tel.
232-3603, [email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2001.
Mellon Fellowships in Latin American Sociology at UT-Austin.
Fellowships provide five years of support to promising sociology
graduate students, including tuition and fees, fieldwork travel and
research expenses, opportunities for conference travel and summer
research grants, and a stipend during the dissertation phase. For
more info., please visit
http://www.la.utexas.edu/socdept/mellon/home.html, or contact the
Sociology Graduate Office, Burdine 336, A1700, UT-Austin, Austin, TX
78712, 471-1122. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2001.
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.
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http://lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/calendar.html
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