April 16-22, 2001
LATE ENTRIES
Wednesday, April 11-The First Four Months: Issues and
Prospects of the Fox Administration, a presentation by José Luis
Mendez, General Coordinator, Unit of Analysis of the Presidency of
Mexico. 12:00-1:00 p.m., Chicano Culture Room, Texas Union 4.206.
Sponsored by the Mexican Center of LLILAS. For more info., call
232-2423.
Thursday, April 12-The Representation of Gender in Brazilian
Media, by João Silverio Trevisan, distinguished Brazilian novelist
and current Writer in Residence at the Brazil Center of LLILAS. 11:00
a.m.-12:00 noon, CMA 4.128. Sponsored by the Brazil Center, LLILAS,
and the Dept. of Radio-Television-Film. For more info., call 232-2423.
Saturday, April 14-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.
Fourth Annual Festival of New Cinema of the Americas
April 13-21, 2001
Featuring film screenings; live performances by DJ Dolores, renowned
dj, remixer, producer, and film composer from Recife, Brazil; and
presentations by directors Angel Torres, José Sánchez, Esteban Zul,
Vangie Griego, and Albert Caballero.
For a complete event listing, please see the Austin Chronicle.
For more info., call 416-0986, or visit
www.cinelasamericas.org.
TUESDAY, April 17
La Huella Múltiple: 26 Artists from Cuba, a collection of 100
prints by contemporary Cuban artists. Harper Montgomery, print
curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art, will give a talk on
contemporary Cuban printwork at 6:00 p.m. Exhibit runs April 5-May 5,
Gallery 106 & Flatbed, 2832 E. MLK Blvd. An initiative of the U.S.
Latin American Medical Aid Foundation. For more info., call 472-1219.
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, April 18-20
Building State Capacity in Region V, VI, and VII States,
ASIWPCA TMDL Forum, a conference on water quality management across
the international boundaries between the Mexico and the U.S. and
between Canada and the U.S. Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School, basement
of SRH Unit 3. Cosponsored by LBJ School of Public Affairs, ASIWPCA,
the U.S. EPA, and CERMLA. For more info., call 232-4012.
THURSDAY, April 19
Atrocities and Impunity: Appraising the Quarter Century Since
the Argentine Dirty War, a presentation by Steve Ratner, Professor of
Law. 3:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Dept. of
History and LLILAS. For more info., call Seth Garfield at 475-7269.
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
Heterogeneidad y Literature en el Perú, April 16-18, 2001,
Lima, Perú. Includes presentations by Raul Bueno Chávez, David Wood,
William Rowe, Santiago López Maguiña, Luis Millones, James Higgins.
5:00-9:00 p.m., PETROPERU Auditorium. Students: 30 soles, 50 soles
general public. Sponsored by the British Academy and the Centro de
Estudios Literarios "Antonio Cornejo Polar." For more info.,
celacp "at" wayna.rcp.net.pe; celacp "at" wayna.rcp.net.pe.
SALSA: Symposium About Language and Society Austin, April
20-22, 2001, UT-Austin. An interdisciplinary venue for presenting
cutting-edge work on the relationship of language and culture to
society. Fee before April 19: $20 students, $37 nonstudents. For more
info., visit .
http://www.utexas.edu/students/salsa/index.shtml
Third Annual Conference on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Environment: Reclaiming the Border in the XXI Century, April 26-28,
2001, Tijuana, Mexico. Organized by the Latin American Area Center of
the Univ. of Arizona, and the Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación
Ambiental. Registration $90. For more info., and application
instructions visit
www.encuentrofronterizo.org.
Practices of Healing in Modern Latin America and Spain, April
27-28, 2001, Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York
Univ. Conference will address scholarly works on the different ideas,
perceptions and practices regarding medical professionalization,
popular medicine, medicine and colonization, ethnomedicine, and
quackery in the late 19th and 20th century. Free, but advanced
registration requested. For more info., contact: Maritza Colon,
Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York Univ., 53
Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, tel. 212/998-8686,
maritza.[email address removed to reduce spam]; maritza.[email address removed to reduce spam].
Gender on the Borderlands, July 12-14, 2001, St. Mary's
University, San Antonio. A two-day history conference invites
proposals that explore gender in the Mexico-U.S. border region.
Proposals may focus on any period and on any gender-centered subject
in the history of this region. Please send a 250-word abstract and a
one-page c.v. for each participant in proposed panel or workshop to:
Dr. Antonio Castañeda, Gender on the Borderlands Conference, St.
Mary's University, One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228.
Deadline: May 15. Notifications by May 31. No fee. Funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities. To register call 210/436-3608,
or acastane "at" alvin.stmarytx.edu; acastane "at" alvin.stmarytx.edu.
Latina Letters: A Conference on Latina Literature and
Identity, July 12-14, 2001, St. Mary's University, San Antonio. This
conference will take place in conjunction with the Gender on the
Borderlands Conference, above. Guest writers: Ana Castillo, Dolores
Prida, María Elena Viramontes, Demetria Martínez, Migdalia Cruz, and
others. Cosponsored by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.
Registration fee $75. For more info., contact Pablo Martínez at
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam] or 210/271-3151.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Administrative and Project Assistant, DRG International,
Inc., Austin, a position reporting to a senior executive of a company
that provides services to AVINA Foundation, an international group
that supports sustainable development. Qualifications include
university degree, administrative abilities, fluent Brazilian
Portuguese and English, and working knowledge of standard computer
programs. Start April 2001. Send letter of interest and c.v. (up to
three pages) to both info.[email address removed to reduce spam]; info.[email address removed to reduce spam]
and [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].
Program Coordinator, Mexico-U.S. Advocates Network, Chicago.
A two-year administrative position including the coordination of a
fast-paced policy project with activities in Chicago, Washington,
Mexico, and Central America, involving the immigrants' rights, labor,
human rights, and foreign policy communities. Deadline April 20;
preferred starting date June 1. For further info. and application
instructions, please visit:
www.mexicousadvocates.org.
Environmental Justice Media Associate, Hispanic Radio Network
in association with the Sierra Club, Washington, D.C. Work out of the
National Press Building and the Sierra Club offices on Capitol Hill
to get Spanish language media to cover stories related to
environmental justice and other environmental issues of importance to
Hispanics. For general background info., visit:
and . Call Allen Mattison
with questions: 202/675-7903. letter of interest and c.v. to
both Jeff Kline, CEO of Hispanic Radio Network, , and
Allen Mattison, Press Secretary, Sierra Club,
.
Part-time Retail Position, Tesoros Trading Company. Spanish
helpful. Work with folk art and handicrafts from around the world.
Weekend hours available. Send résumé to: Tesoros Trading Co., 209
Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, or
[email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam],
Attn.: Laurie.
INTERNSHIP AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Volunteer Opportunity with Visions in Action, an
international nonprofit organization dedicated to working as a
community in achieving social and economic justice in the third
world. Projects are available relating to health, environment,
education, human rights, women, youth, children, small business
development, microfinance, journalism, research, and more. Programs
depart in early July to Tanzania, South Africa, and Mexico. Later
programs include Uganda, Burkina, Faso, and Zimbabwe. Deadline: May
1. For more info. and an application, visit
http://www.visionsinaction.org.
If you have questions, call 202/625-7402, or .
submissions to [email address removed to reduce spam].
Deadline: 3:00 P.M. each Friday
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