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December 4-20, 2000   TUESDAY, December 5 UMediating Conflict over Water Resource Management in North America, a presentation by Dan Sheer, President, Water Resources Management, Inc., Columbia, MD. Part of the Green Tuesdays Lunchtime Speakers Series. 12:15-1:15 p.m., Benson Library Conference Room 1.115, SRH. Sponsored by the Center for Environmental Resource Management in Latin America (CERMLA) and ILAS. For more info., call Janine Toth at 232-2412. WEDNESDAY, December 6 Water and Sustainable Development in the Lower Rio Grande / Rio Bravo,a lecture by Ismael Aguilar Barajas, Professor of Economics, Tecnológico de Monterrey, ILAS Visiting Resource Professor 12:00-1:30 P.M., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313 Sponsored by ILAS. For more info., call 471-5551 SATURDAY, December 16 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. 9:00 a.m., Cisco's Restaurant and Bakery, 1511 E. 6th Street. For more info., [email address removed to reduce spam]. CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS Call for Papers-SALSA 2001, 9th annual meeting of the Symposium About Language and Society, UT-Austin, April 20-22, 2001. We encourage the submission of abstracts on research that addresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Deadline: 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]. Call for Papers-Time of Transition: The Boom and Beyond throughout the Americas, A Regional Literary Conference for Students and Faculty, April 6, 2000. Sponsored by the graduate English Dept. at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and focusing on the Latin American Writing Movement 1960-present. Individual presentations should be no more than 15 minutes long. Panels will consist of no more than four presenters, with time for discussion. Please include the following in your proposal: a title; an abstract not to exceed 300 words per individual; and a brief one-paragraph statement about the presenter(s), including academic affiliation and address. Please include audio/visual requirements for your presentation. Submit abstracts by Jan. 15, 2001, to: Spring 2001 Latin American Conference, English Department, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 230 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001, Fax: (507)389-5362, or : angela.[email address removed to reduce spam]; angela.[email address removed to reduce spam]. Notification of acceptance will be sent by Feb. 7, 2001. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Associate Director, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University. Candidates must have an M.A. in a related field or comparable professional experience, written and oral proficiency in Spanish (preferably also in Portuguese), an understanding of the operations of U.S. and Latin American universities, and good working relations with Latin American cultural and educational institutions. For further info., contact Rosalia Rivera, Program Manager, at [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam] or Jeremy Adelman, Director, at [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]. Preferred starting date is Jan. 1, 2001. Apply online at http://www.princeton.edu/hr, or submit résumé and cover letter, including complete contact info. for three references, to: Princeton University, Office of Human Resources, Clio Hall Req. 1220, Princeton, NJ 08544. Review of résumés will begin Dec. 4, 2000, and will continue until position is filled. EXHIBITS Noche de Fiesta Navideña, Nuestras Tradiciones/Our Traditions, Opening benefit reception Dec. 8, 6:30-9:30 p.m., includes refreshments, Latin jazz by the Freeze Tones, a raffle, and the 6th Annual Divine Art Auction of contemporary retablos. Exhibit includes the work of Texas artists based on Latin American traditions and the celebration of Christmas. Also, in the Back Gallery, Andres Vera Martinez, a multimedia environmental installation adressing the concept of time and space through personal travels. Exhibits run through Dec. 30. Mexic-Arte, 419 Congress Ave., admission to Noche de Fiesta Navideña $25.00, call 480-9373 to charge tickets. FELLOWSHIPS Residential Fellowships for Studies of Sustainable Development and the U.S.-Mexico Border Environment, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, Univ. of California, San Diego. Open international competition welcomes original interdisciplinary research proposals For more info. and application forms, please visit http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu, or contact C. R. Hibbs, Program Officer, tel. 858/534-4503, fax 858/534-6447, [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]. Deadline: Jan. 12, 2001. 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. INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Centro para la Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Training provided by CIPRODEH on how to influence public policy more effectively, particularly by training other NGOs to lobby Congress on behalf of their member organizations. Follow same application procedures as for Legislative Modernization Internship, below. Direct questions to Gabriela Monzón at [email address removed to reduce spam]. Legislative Modernization Program, San Salvador, El Salvador. This program promotes public participation in policy development, increases the resources to legislators involved in policymaking, and promotes and educates the public about the function of the legislative body. A living stipend of $650/month will be furnished during the 2.5-month program. Submit résumé, letter of reference from a professor involved in your graduate career, a two-page writing sample explaining your interest in the internship program, and a brief written statement of your Spanish language capability to the Guatemalan Legislative Modernization Program office in SRH 3.310 (LBJ School) no later than 4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. Direct questions to Gabriela Monzón at [email address removed to reduce spam]. Institute for International Cooperation and Development 2001 Volunteer Teams to Paraná and Pernambuco, Brazil. Past teams have worked with agrarian reform groups, organic cooperatives, street children organizations, and favela improvement organizations. For more info., visit http://www.iicd-volunteer.org or call George McGrand at 616/782-0450. Inter-American Dialogue Spring Semester Volunteer Internships. Washington, D.C. Opportunites to research and write on current issues affecting U.S.-Latin American relations, attend and report on meetings, assist in conference organization, edit and translate documents. A minimum of eight 16-20-hour weeks. Submit cover letter, résumé, 1-2 page writing sample, and one letter of recommendation to: Internship Coordinator, 1211 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 510, Washington, D.C., 20036, fax 202/822-9553, tel. 202/463-2928. For more info., contact Amy Olen at [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].     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/