February 19-25, 2001
LATE ENTRIES
Thursday, Feb. 15-Deadline: Request for Papers, Interpreting
the Spanish Conquest and Colonial Periods in Museums, Baylor Univ.,
April 26-29, 2001. This conference will bring together museum
professionals and academic scholars with demonstrated research and
publishing records related to the Spanish Conquest and Colonial
Periods. For registration info., visit
http://clik.to/museums. For
more info., contact Doug Stockton by tel. 254/666-7308, or
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
Thursday, Feb. 15-Saturday, Feb. 17-Teaching America:
Education, Empowerment, Ethics, the Fifth Annual Barbara Jordan
Memorial Forum on Diversity in Public Policy. The program will
feature U.S. congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee as keynote speaker, and
include State Senator Rodney Ellis, House Representative Sylvester
Turner, and former Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security
Administration Ken Apfel. Free and open to the public. LBJ School of
Public Affairs. For more info., please visit
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/barbarajordanforum, or call Stephanie
Hill at 471-0801.
Friday, February 16-Global Discourses on the Local Terrain:
Grounding Human Rights in Chiapas, a presentation by Shan-non
Speed,doctoral candidate in Anthropology and Native American Studies
at UC-Davis, and Senior Advisor of Red de Defensores Communitarios
por los Derechos Humanos in Chiapas, Mexico. 3:00 p.m., EPS 1.128.
Sponsored by the Dept. of Anthropology. For more info., call 471-4206.
TUESDAY, February 20
Summer Internship Possibilities for Graduate Students through
CERMLA, a presentation by David Eaton, Director of the Center for
Environmental Resource Management in Latin America (CERMLA).
12:15-1:15 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Part of CERMLA's Green
Tuesdays Lunchtime Speakers Series. For more info., call 232-4012.
XXI Student Conference on Latin America
UT-Austin Student Union, Feb. 23-24, 2001
Fri., 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M., Sat., 9:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Opening Speaker: Raúl Madrid
Keynote Speaker: José "Chencho" Alas, President & Exec. Dir.,
Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America
For more info., please call 471-5551 or
visit
Free and open to the public.
Organized by the LLILAS Student Assocation
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Tenth Conference of the International Federation of Latin
American and Caribbean Studies (FIEALC), Moscow, Russia, June 25-30,
2001, a gathering of Latin Americanists from all over the world. The
symposium Visiones y representaciones afro-hispanas en la literatura
en español invites submissions. Deadline: Feb. 20. Sponsored by the
Institute of Latin American Studies in Moscow and the Russian Academy
of Sciences. For more info., please contact Dr. Sonia Riquelme at
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
Conference on the Comparative Study of Deputy "Hill Style" in
Latin American Legislatures, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Feb.
23-24, 2001. Academic Building West, Room 2115. Sponsored by the
Program in the Cross-National Study of Politics and the Dept. of
Political Science. For more info.,please contact Michelle
Taylor-Robinson at 979/845-2674.
Fifth Symposium on Mexican Popular Culture: Multidisciplinary
Re/Visions of Mexican Cultural Production, Arizona State Univ., Dept.
of Languages and Literatures, March 29-30, 2001. Film, literature,
performance, music, television, criticism. Keynote speakers include
internationally acclaimed screenwriter Beatriz Novaro, a
MacArthur-Rockefeller Foundation Fellow known for her scripts for the
films Azul celeste, Danzón, and El Jardín del Edén, as well as poetry
and plays; and María Amparo Escandón, a bilingual Mexican writer and
UCLA fiction-writing teacher who has written numerous short stories,
a novel, Esperanza's Box of Saints/Santitos, and a screenplay. Please
send a one-page abstract in English, Spanish, or Portuguese, by Feb.
20, to Cecilia Rosales by fax, 480/965-0135, or ,
Cecilia.[email address removed to reduce spam]; Cecilia.[email address removed to reduce spam].
Fourth Annual Conference on the Americas, Savannah, GA, March
30-31, 2001, seeks to provide a forum for the exploration of critical
political, economic, sociocultural, global, regional, and national
issues, challenges, and opportunities facing Latin America and
Canada. Sponsored by Americas World Council; Office of International
Education, University System of Georgia; and the Centre for Latin
American and European Studies, Augusta State University. For more
info. on attending or submitting a presentation proposal, contact
Linda Grijalva at [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam]
or 706/737-1710. Early registration deadline: March 2.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Area Studies Program Officer, Ford Foundation, New York City.
Work with the Director of the Education, Knowledge and Religion Unit
and staff to strengthen and revitalize area studies by developing and
implementing a strategy to promote the sustainability of programs.
Inform policy, foster innovative thinking, and develop grantmaking
strategies. Qualifications include substantive professional
experience in the field of area studies (Ph.D. preferred); extensive
work in academic institutions; strong conceptual, analytical,
interpersonal, and communication skills. Please send résumé, cover
letter, and brief writing sample (5-20 pp.) to Ms. Z. Reiter, The
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, Box 139, New York, NY 10017,
or via to
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam] by March 9, 2001.
Project Analyst, Avina, Inc., Coconut Grove, FL. Conduct
critical review of project proposals, issues, and disbursements;
perform financial and risk analysis of potential investments; monitor
projects; develop and improve processes and strategies as needed;
research; travel. Requirements: bachelor's degree in social sciences,
economics, or business with three years of relevant experience;
master's level or equivalent relevant job experience. Avina is a
philanthropic organization involved in sustainable development in
Latin America. For more info., contact Maria Diaz, 305/929-2338 or
maria.[email address removed to reduce spam].com; maria.[email address removed to reduce spam].com.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Mellon Faculty Research Grants, Summer 2001, to support
faculty research on topics concerning Latin America. For details and
application procedures, contact Adriana Dingman at 471-5551.
2001-2002 Post-Doctoral Resident Fellow Competition, Univ. of
Maryland at College Park. The Latin American Studies Center welcomes
proposals that address issues related to culture and democracy,
governance and civil society, literature and ethnicity, and migration
studies. For more info. and applications, contact the Latin American
Studies Center by tel. at 301/405-6459 or
al68 "at" umail.umd.edu; al68 "at" umail.umd.edu, or visit
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/ARHU/Depts/LAS/grants/application.html.
PLEASE VISIT:
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ilas/academic/fund.html
for information and application instructions for the following:
Fellowships: (1) Foreign Language and Area Study (FLAS) for academic
year and summer, (2) Debra J. Herring Memorial Fellowship Fund, (3)
Anna Mae Ford Memorial Fund, (4) Republic of Mexico Solidaridad
Endowed Presidential Scholarship, (5) E. D. Farmer Fellowship, and
(6) Rockefeller Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Grants: (1) Anna Luiza Ozorio de Almeida Field Research Grant, (2)
Tinker Field Research Grant, and (3) Faculty Sponsored Dissertation
Field Research Grant.
*Deadline for completed applications, including letters of
recommendation, is March 1, 2001. Please submit material to the
LLILAS Student Office, SRH 1.311.
INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Border Environmental Intern, Univ. of California-San Diego.
Provide assistance on U.S.-Mexico border environmental programs:
collecting data, drafting correspondence in English and Spanish,
conducting Internet research, communicating with local officials and
industry, preparing spreadsheets, and performing general office work.
Requirements: junior or senior with minimum 3.0 GPA, major in field
related to environmental studies, bilingual in Spanish/English,
excellent computer, communication, and writing skills, creative,
self-motivated. La Jolla, CA, eight to ten hours per week, $10/hour.
Submit résumé to Micah Perlin via fax at 858/826-2735, or :
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
For more info., contact Micah Perlin at the above
or via tel. at 858/826-9126.
ATTENTION FACULTY!
Nominations due March 9 for the
Tinker Visiting Professorship 2002-2003
For guidelines, please contact Joanne Gully
at 232-2409 or [email address removed to reduce spam].
submissions to [email address removed to reduce spam].
Deadline: 3:00 P.M. each Friday
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