LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES EVENT CALENDAR
November 6 - November 13, 2003

You may also access this calendar at http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/las/current/index.html

You can request that notices be listed in the Events Calendar by emailing lasmail@ucsd.edu. Please address the subject line Event List Posting and submit your request by Thursday of the week preceding the date of your event.

This issue includes Latin American events for:
1. UCSD
2. San Diego
3. Outside San Diego
4. Latin America
5. Jobs, Internships, & Related Opportunities
6. Scholarships
7. Conferences & Call for Papers & Proposals
8. Other

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1. UCSD CAMPUS
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University of San Diego's Department of History, Ahlers Center for International Business, Enhanced Student-faculty Interaction Initiative, and Committee on Academic Initiatives and UCSD's Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies presents:
Is a New World Possible? The Challenges of Lula's Government in Brazil
A presentation by
Dr. Maria Helena Moreira Alves of Viva Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Where: Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas Complex, UCSD
When: 4 p.m., Thursday, November 6.

In October 2002 Brazilians voted in Latin America's first working-class president. The election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the head of the Workers Party, raised hopes throughout the region for a more just society and greater equity in international relations. Where does Lula's government stand today? And can it achieve its historical goal of meaningful change? Dr. Alves's talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session and reception with food and drinks.

For more information call 858-534-6050.

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DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture featuring
DAVID COLE, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center

"Enemy Aliens and American Freedoms: Why Sacrificing Immigrants' Rights in the War on Terrorism Undermines Both Our Security and Our Liberty"
Question/Answer Panel will follow lecture

When: Monday, November 10, 2003, 7:00-8:00pm
Where: UCSD Price Center Theatre

Reception Follows, Free and Open to the Public

Prof. David Cole lives in Washington, D.C. and is a legal affairs correspondent for The Nation. He is also a regular commentator on NPR's "All Things Considered," a contributor to op-ed pages in major newspapers nationwide, and the author of Terrorism and the Constitution and No Equal Justice.

Sponsored by UCSD Earl Warren College, Law & Society Program,
California Western School of Law

Information/Directions: (858) 534-1704
Website: http://warren.ucsd.edu/law
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SAN DIEGO MAQUILADORA WORKERS' SOLIDARITY NETWORK
Presentation at UCSD

Speakers:
=> Industria Fronteriza workers
=> Tijuana Maquiladora Workers Network
=> UFCW workers
=> UCSD T.A. union

When: Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 7 pm
Where: UCSD, Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 1330 (HSS 1330). This
building is part of Muir College and is located northwest of Mandeville
Center.
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The Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies invites you to attend:
Mexico: Tenures of Land and Light
By Roberto Tejada, Assistant Professor Visual Arts, UCSD

When: Thursday, November 13th from 3:30 to 5:00PM
Where: Duetz Conference Room of the Copley Auditorum, IOA Complex

Revolution, History, Photography, and the Archive
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Center for US-Mexican Studies and the North American Integration and Development Center invites you to attend:
Ties that Bind: Mexican Immigrants in San Diego County

When: Friday, November 14, 8:30 to 5:00
Where: Deutz Room, Copley Conference Room of the Copley Auditorum, IOA Complex, UCSD

The workshop will discuss the following issues:
Mexican community in San Diego,
Needs Assesment
Transnational Networks,
Cross-Border Communters,
Farmworkers in North County
Cross-border Provision of Social Services

Ale Ricardez
aricarde@ucla.edu, 310-206-4609
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UCSD-TV -- THOUGHT PROVOKING TELEVISION FOR SAN DIEGO
DON'T MISS THIS PROGRAM COMING UP ON UCSD-TV

NECESSARY THEATRE: JOSEFINA LOPEZ II
When: November 16 at 9 p.m.
UCSD Professor of Theatre Jorge Huerta welcomes Josefina Lopez, noted playwright and author of Real Women Have Curves. Since beginning her writing career at the age of nineteen, Lopez has emerged as one of the most dynamic Latina voices in the nation. She has received both critical and audience plaudits for her realistic depictions of the struggles and triumphs of strong Latina characters, and her advocacy of minority self-empowerment.

For complete programming information, links and more visit http://www.ucsd.tv

Tune in to UCSD-TV:
Cox 66 (San Diego), 69 (North County)
Mon-Fri noon to midnight, Saturday 4:00 to midnight, No Sunday
TimeWarner 18 -- Everyday 4PM to midnight
UHF 35 (no cable) -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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The Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies invites you to attend the FALL FILM SERIES
When: Tuesdays at 7PM
Where: Copley Auditorium, IOA Complex
Cost: FREE

November 18: Historias de Fútbol (Soccer Stories) (Chile)

Latin America's passion for soccer is the central theme that ties together three very different lives in this film. From behind-the-scenes bribes paid to players to the unexpected outcome of bets placed on a game, this film explores the centrality of sports to everyday life with wisdom and humor. A smash hit upon release, Andrés Wood's directorial debut has become a landmark in Chilean national cinema.
(87 minutes)

For a full schedule of all films go to http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/las/current/Film_2003.html
Need more info? Call (858) 534-6050
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The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies presents:
LANGUAGE SKILLS AND EARNINGS: Evidence from Childhood Immigrants
Hoyt Bleakley, Assistant Professor in Economics, UCSD
Eli Berman, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCSD
When: Tuesday, November 18, 3-5pm
Where: ERC Conference Room 115
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The Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies and the Center for US-Mexican studies invites you to attend:
Partisanship and Protest in Fragile Democracies: Lessons from Brazil and Mexico
Kathleen Bruhn, Visiting Research Fellow; Professor of Political Science, UCSB

When: Wednesday, November 19th, 3:30 - 5:00PM
Where: Duetz Conference Room of the Copley Auditorum, IOA Complex
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UCSD - Student Legal Services Community Law Project
The UCSD Student Affairs Office and Student Legal Services offers to students the Community Law Project (CLP) to provide specific training and education necessary to prepare for a career in the legal profession. Initiated four years ago, CLP is dedicated solely towards student personal and professional development and community outreach and service. Opportunities for personal growth experiences and the development of inter-personal skills are provided to UCSD students, while acquiring an appreciation for the legal and public policy interests of the under-represented communities of San Diego County.

Key program components include: Individual and One-on-one advising, experiential learning and community service, community law project workshop and lecture series, area law schools, outreach and mentoring opportunities, student outreach and communication, CLP web site, CLP list serve.

The Community Law Project's focus is upon student development through service-learning and community outreach. To learn more about the Community Law Project and how it can be useful to you as you consider a career in the legal profession, please contact Regina Serrano, CLP Director at rcserrano@ucsd.edu or 858.822.2090.

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YOUNG AMERICANOS ART EXHIBIT AND PHOTO COMPETITION
When: September-December
Where: Cross-Cultural Center Gallery

Photographs are not only visual images, but stories about the people and places captured through the photographer's lens. The Young Americanos youth photo competition, developed by Farmer's Insurance, has given students the opportunity to chronicle the lives of Latinos in their communities while providing us with awe-inspiring images that help unite us all as Americans.

Please join us in conjunction with the Chicano Latino Staff Association and Farmer's Insurance to celebrate and view a 27-piece Young Americanos Photo Exhibit housed in the CCC Gallery. This exhibit will complement the larger national touring Americanos photography exhibit which will be on display at el Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego from September 6 - November 23, 2003.

A K-12 Youth Photo Competition will be held in conjunction with the exhibit in el Centro Cultural de la Raza. Students can win up to $1000. The deadline for the competition is November 4, 2003.

Also, there will be free educator workshops at el Centro Cultural de la Raza on October 1st 3:30pm to 8:00pm, October 2nd 3:30pm to 8:00pm, and on October 4th 8:30am to 2:00pm. (More information under Community Events
For more information about the exhibit, the San Diego photo competition, or the Teacher trainings you can stop by the Cross-Cultural Center or visit www.youngamericanos.net. For information about Americanos visit www.americanosproject.com and for el Centro Cultural de la Raza, visit www.centroraza.com.
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The Photographs of Stephane Couturier and Edward Burtynsky
Photographs of Cuba
When: October through December 13, 2003
Where: University Art Gallery, UCSD
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2. SAN DIEGO
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SDSU Center for Latin American Studies presents A First Peoples of the Americas Lecture:
La Mitología Mesoamericana by Dr. Alfredo Lopez Austin
When: Tuesday November 18, 2003
4pm to 6pm
Where: Love Library LA 2203
Reception follows. Lecture will be delivered in Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation will be available upon request.

Alfredo López-Austin is a researcher and teacher at the UNAM in Mexico City. He works at the Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas and offers courses through the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Throughout his long career, he has been honored with important academic distinctions in Mexico and other countries. A world class expert on Mesoamerican cultures, Professor López-Austin is known for having created visual models for complex mythological ideas. Another conceptual feature of his work is the comparative discourse he has developed that links contemporary Mexican magical traditions with the broader Nahuatl mythology. His approach to this subject matter is startlingly original, as for example when he uncovers the traditional knowledge that allows us to understand how a body was cured and governed by powerful cosmological forces in Mesoamerican cultures.

For further information contact Elizabeth at 619-594-1104 or esaenz@mail.sdsu.edu
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Sevilla is happy to bring you this exclusive offer in partnership with the La Jolla Music Society: Mention Sevilla and receive a 25% discount on tickets to see the famous Ballet Nacional de Cuba
When: Nov. 12 and 13
Where: Civic Theatre, downtown San Diego.

The Nov. 12 performance features the full-length story ballet, "Don Quixote," loosely based on the Cervantes novel of the same name, with the music of composer Ludwig Minkus performed by the San Diego Symphony. The performance on Nov. 13 includes the classic "Swan Lake, Act II," and the pas de deux from Act III of Swan Lake, "The Black Swan;" "Canto Vital"(Song of Nature), choreographed by Azari Plisetski to music by Gustav Mahler; and one of the company's signature pieces, "Blood Wedding" ("Bodas de Sangre"), with libretto by Alfredo Manas based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca, with choreography by Antonio Gades and music by Emilio de Diego.

La Jolla Music Society is also offering a ticket package that includes dinner at Sevilla before or after the show for an additional $20.

For more information or to purchase tickets please call La Jolla Music Society, (85 8) 459-3728, or visit their web site, www.lajollamusicsociety.org.
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The Media Arts Center San Diego is proud to present:
MEXICAN SOCCER FILM FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
"ATLETICO SAN PANCHO / NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DREAM"
(Mexico, 35mm, 102 min.).
When: Opens on Friday, November 14th
Where: Madstone Theatres Hazard Center (off 163 Freeway on Friars Rd in San Diego)

"Atlético San Pancho / Never To Young Too Dream" will be screened for ONE WEEK ONLY exclusively at Madstone Theaters Hazard Center from Friday, November 14 to Thursday, November 20th.

DAILY SCREENING TIMES are: 3:00 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m., & 10:00 p.m.. Plus, 12:45 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

TX Info: $8 General Admission / $6 Students, "Aficionados de Cine" Members, & Seniors. Discount tickets available (children under 12 only $4 / 3 & under FREE!). Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Madstone Theaters Hazard Center box office.
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Center for Latin American Studies, SDSU
Presents A Lecture as a part of our Social Movements Speakers Series

"Environmental History of the Baja Peninsula"
An Introduction to Environmental History and its Application to Baja California
Dr. Micheline Cariño
Author and Historian at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Sur (UABCS), La Paz

When: Thursday November 6, 2003, 4pm to 6pm
Where: GMCS 309, SDSU

Lecture will be delivered in English, however questions may be asked in Spanish.
For further information contact Elizabeth at 619-594-1104 or esaenz@mail.sdsu.edu
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Artist Reception (Cesar Castaneda) at Chicano Perk
When: Saturday, November 8th, 6pm
Where: CHICANO PERK cafe y cultura, 129 25th Street, San Diego, CA 92102

Cesar Castaneda is a 23 year old local artist that grew up in Sherman Heights. He will host his first art exhibit at Chicano Perk. His work is influenced by freestyle graffiti. Please come and support our community's new artist.

(619) 702-5414
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Center for Latin American Studies, SDSU Presents A Brown Bag Lecture
"Human Rights ~ Chile 2003" How much justice? How much truth?
With Dr. Elizabeth Lira
Lecture will be delivered in Spanish, however questions may be asked in English.

When: Monday November 10, 2003, 12 noon to 1:30pm
Where: Storm Hall 146

Professor Elizabeth Lira is a psychologist and researcher at the Center for Ethics, Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile. Her current research is on Chilean reconciliation and resistance of memory.
Since 1977 she has worked mainly in the field of mental health and human rights in clinical services, psychosocial research and national and international advocacy. She currently supervises clinical teams working in the areas of domestic violence and abuse and with victims of human rights violations for the PRAIS Program (Public Health and Mental Health Program for victims of human rights violations during the dictatorship).

Professor Lira has co-authored six books on political reconciliation with San Diego State University Professor Brian Loveman, and written other books related to therapy and memory for victims of human rights violations.
For further information contact Elizabeth at 619-594-1104 or esaenz@mail.sdsu.edu
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The SDSU Center for Latin American Studies presents
Chilean Poetry during the Dictatorship by Gonzalo Contreras
As part of the Southern Cone Writer Series

When: Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 5pm -6pm
Where: Love Library - LL 430, SDSU
Gonzalo Contreras is a well-known Chilean poet who is currently compiling an anthology of poems from Chilean poets who are little known outside of Chile. He also organized a literature review journal during the Pinochet dictatorship.
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3rd Word
When: every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 8pm
Where: Voz Alta
You are welcome to participate or watch an open mic series that is designed to create a safe space and promote community empowerment through multi cultural art forms.
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University of San Diego ~ Trans-Border Institute Border Liaison Luncheon

When: Thursday, 13 November 2003, 11:30 am
Where: USD Institute for Peace & Justice
Topic: Border Security
Please RSVP ~ limited seating
Info: 619 260-4090
www.TBI.SanDiego.edu > Events
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CONCERT: *Jorge Espinoza en concierto*
When: Thursday, November 13th, 7:00PM
Where: Casa del Libro, A Specialty Bookstore; 1735 University Ave. (Hillcrest), Crossing Street Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92103
Concert and presentation of album titled: MAGIA: MIS CANCIONES (Magic: My Songs)
Words and music composed by Jorge Espinoza.
This is Dr. Jorge Espinoza's first music album. Dr. Jorge Espinoza is a psychologist, and author of books about mental health, self-help, and poetry. He has been a professor in universities in both the United States and Latin America. He is from Bolivia and has lived in San Diego for many years. All are welcome.

Marta-Luisa Sclar
619-299-9331
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2003 Cine Mexicano Film Series
When: November 15, 2003, 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Where: Madstone Theaters Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center Dr., San Diego, CA 92108)

"FIFTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF MEXICAN CINEMA COMES TO SAN DIEGO"

Media Arts Center San Diego, producers of the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival, are proud to announce the schedule for the "Fifth Annual Cine Mexicano Mexican Film Series 2003". This year's "2003 Cine Mexicano" will take place August 9 - November 20, 2003 in conjunction with MACSD's new monthly showcase of Spanish-language cinema (i.e Cinema en tu Idioma).
The "Cine Mexicano Film Series" will once again take place at Madstone Theaters Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center Dr.) and will include seven Mexican feature films, VIP mixers, guest filmmakers, a Mexican short film program, art exhibit, family screenings, "Meet the Filmmaker" discussions, and the best of Cine Mexicano.
The complete schedule for the Fifth Annual Cine Mexicano Film Series 2003 is as follows:

NOVEMBER 15, Saturday
11:00 a.m. "Meet the Filmmaker": Discussion / Q&A)
5:15 p.m. "Cortos Para la Familia" (Mexico, 90 min.)
7:30 p.m. "Atletico San Pancho" (Dir. Gustavo Loza, Mexico, 102 min.)
9:15 p.m. Cine Mexicano Mixer" with visiting filmmaker & "Arte Latino" Exhibit

Ticket prices for the series are as follows:
$8 General Admission / $6 Students, Seniors & "Aficionado" Members (individual screenings & discussions)
$35 Film Pass (includes all 7 feature films and 1 short film program)
$75 Series Pass (includes all feature films, "cortos" program, VIP seating, "Meet the Filmmaker" and 4 mixers)
$20 Cine Mexicano Mixer (includes 7:30 film, entertainment, hors d'oeuvres, & complimentary Cerveza Casta beer)
Purchase on-line at: http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/310591747573/show_event?event_id 29
For complete series schedule and ticket information visit http://www.sdlatinofilm.com or call (619) 230-1938.
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Sponsors for the "2003 Cine Mexicano Film Series" include: Major Sponsor: Telemundo San Diego-Tijuana. Film Sponsors: Mexican Cultural Institute & Yolanda Walther Meade. Radio Sponsors: La Nueva 106.5 FM & KLOVE 102.9 FM. Television Sponsor: Telemundo San Diego-Tijuana, Newspaper Sponsors: El Latino, El Sol de San Diego, & El Mexicano. Mixer Sponsors: Cerveza Casta & Baja Fresh.
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University of San Diego ~ Trans-Border Institute
Speaker Series: Dr. Lawrence Herzog, SDSU
When: Thursday, 4 December 2003, 12:15 pm
Where: USD Institute for Peace & Justice
Topic: Urban Border Ecology
Info: 619 260-4090
www.TBI.SanDiego.edu > Events
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3. OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO
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UCLA Center for the Study of Poverty and the UCLA Faculty Center present: National Consortium on Violence Research Conference: "Beyond Racial Dichotomies of Violence: Immigrants, Race, and Ethnicity"
When: Thursday, November 6, 4:00-7:30 & November 7, 8:00-6:00
Where: Hacienda Room, UCLA
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The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC, York University), The Transformative Learning Centre (OISE / University of Toronto), and The Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy (Ryerson University) proudly present:

CICESE and the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Partners in Scientific Collaboration
When: November 10, 2003, 8am -5:30PM
Where: Hotel Coral y Marina Sala de Convenciones OTEL CORAL Y MARINA, SALA DE CONVENCIONES, Ensenada, B.C.

The Center for Scientific Investigation and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE) in Baja California and the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) are convening a one-day symposium on November 10, 2003, at the CICESE facilities in Ensenada to celebrate the long history and benefits of close scientific collaboration between CICESE and the University of California. Researchers from CICESE's Divisions of Oceanology, Earth Sciences, and Biology and from various University campuses will present the outcomes of their collaborative projects and their influence on scientific development and education in California and Mexico.

The symposium forms part of the 30th anniversary celebration of CICESE's start as one of the premier research centers in Mexico. It is a testimony to the breadth, depth, and diversity of binational scientific collaboration at CICESE and the role of UC MEXUS in developing CICESE's connections with the University of California. The presentations will cover basic and applied research in areas of mutual interest and concern in the two Californias, including water management, forest fire management, natural resource conservation, species and habitat conservation, and the underlying search to understand fundamental scientific problems. While the topics are intrinsically technical, the talks will be oriented toward their broader importance and presented for a more general audience. All talks will be in English.
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4. LATIN AMERICA
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13th Biennial Congress of the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE)
When: November 9 to 12, 2003
Where: World Trade Center in Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico.

This meeting is the most important forum on higher education on the American continent and one of the most significant across the world.

The central theme of the Congress will be Higher Education, Continental Integration and Human Development: Networks, Associations and Strategic Alliances. The IOHE Board of Directors considers that the eventual continental integration must be conceived with a more humanist vision of the concept of inter-American identity and therefore foster the sustainable development of the people of the Americas.

The program for 2003 features a new, innovative event, the IOHE-Expo, where participants can present services, programs, systems and technologies that are likely to enhance the benefits of higher education and be of interest to Congress participants.

Therefore, we invite you to participate in Veracruz discussions and defend your vision of a more human concept of inter-American identity. You will find additional information (formal invitation letter, Congress contents and objectives, program, registration form, etc.) about the Congress on the official website : www.uv.mx/congreso_oui

Contact person: Mr. Sébastien-Philippe Pelletier
Regional Representative, Mexico Region
Inter-American Organization for Higher Education

Universidad Veracruzana
Edificio "A" de Rectoría, 4º piso
Lomas del Estadio s/n
Zona Universitaria
Xalapa, Veracruz
91090 MEXICO
tel. (228) 842-1700, ext. 11147
fax (228) 817-0679
e-mail: sphilippe@uv.mx
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5. JOBS, INTERNSHIP, and RELATED OPPORTUNITIES
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6. SCHOLARSHIPS
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Grants for Archaeological Field Research in Latin America

The Howard Heinz Endowment, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, supports a program of small grants for archaeological field research in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Grants will be awarded annually for the following kinds of research activity:

1. Field projects aimed at determining the feasibility of a full-scale explorations; and
2. Field projects that will carry to completion an important phase of a larger exploration.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications must be from tax-exempt institutions (not private foundations) sponsoring projects headed by an individual with a Ph.D., or equivalent degree. Applications for dissertation research will not be considered. NOTE: All non-United States applications are welcome. If a grant is awarded, it must be administered by a United States institution in the United States (i.e., university, museum or non-profit research center). Please include with your application the U.S. institution that will coordinate your grant.

AMOUNT OF GRANT: The maximum amount per grant will be $8,000. University overhead charges will not be paid.

DEADLINE: Five copies of the proposal must be received at the address below by November 14, 2003. Notification of awards will be made in late March or early April, 2004.
(Electronic versions are not acceptable)

For more information, please contact:
Dr. James B. Richardson III
Section of Anthropology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
O'Neil Research Center
5800 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3706
Voice: (412) 665-2601
Fax: (412) 665-2751
E-mail: jbr3+@pitt.edu

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7. CONFERENCES & CALL PAPERS & PROPOSALS
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The Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference Coordinating Committee announces a CALL FOR PAPERS for The 2004 Student Conference on Latin American Social and Public Policy.
When: February 5-6, 2004
Where: The University of Pittsburgh
Abstract Deadline: Monday, December 1, 2003

The purpose of this conference is to provide an opportunity for students to present papers, works-in-progress (including term papers, dissertations, papers from LASA, etc.), and other academic work with relevance to Latin American social and public policy. If you are writing a paper on any aspect of Latin American social and public policy, we invite you to submit your work for consideration. You may also propose to form a panel of related papers.

For more information, please visit http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/Library/pdf/LASPP/call2004.pdf.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
To be presented at the Third Annual MRG Graduate Students' Conference on Mapping Migrations
When: May 7, 2004
Where: University of California, Los Angeles
Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 5, 2004

Sponsored by the UC Transnational and Transcolonial Studies Multicampus Research Group

Theme:
Migrations consist of movements of individuals and groups under voluntary conditions and/or duress, and the term is used here to refer to all types of movements of peoples (immigration, forced migration, displacement, etc.) as well as movements of ideas, practices, and cultural productions. How have various migrations been liberating and/or confining, and how have these "crossings" challenged or re-articulated the boundaries and definitions of the nation-state, culture, and identity?

Papers might address, but are not limited to, the following questions:

* Migrations and Space
How are borders and spaces mapped or imagined? Are migrations limited to models of "the center and periphery" or "departure and return"? How do we analyze internal and external migrations, exilic experiences, and indigenousness in regional, national, and global contexts? How do migrations alter or affect notions of displacement and emplacement, home/homeland, inclusion and exclusion, or mobility and paralysis?

* Migrations and the Market
What is the identity of the "worker" in relation to multi- and transnational corporations, migrant labor, and tourism? How have globalization, technology, and consumerism profited from and/or exploited migrations, and in what ways have migrations opened up new possibilities for economic and social improvements?

* Migrations and Subjectivities
How has the proliferation of migrant or migrating identities (exiles, refugees, diaspora, homeless, orphans, immigrants, nomads, guests, strangers, etc.) altered concepts of nationalism, (post)colonialism, ethnicity, citizenship, gender and sexuality? How do nationalisms reconcile themselves with post-national subjectivities or ideas of global citizenship?

* Migrating Ideas and Ideologies
How do cultures, practices, and ideas migrate, and how are they changed by migrations? Given models of transnational economies and subjectivities, how do we conceptualize a transnational literature (i.e. a literature that is not housed in a single national language or national identity)? How do
ideas and ideologies like modernism, multiculturalism, feminism, and socialism migrate and circulate? How are these ideas/subjects treated in representations and narratives of migrations in literature, film, and the arts?

Work is encouraged from a variety of disciplines and approaches, especially literary and cultural studies, and work that bridge Ethnic Studies and Area Studies. Please submit a one-page abstract for a 20-minute (7-8 pages) presentation no later than January 5, 2003 either electronically to mapping_migrations@yahoo.com, or in hard copy to the following address:

Chris Cao
MRG Conference Planning Committee
UCLA Comparative Literature Department
212 Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Reimbursement will be offered for select travel expenses.
For more information, please website:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/transnation/

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Call for Papers
The graduate students of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures announce:

The 13th Annual Charles F. Fraker Conference on States of Perversion
When: March 12 & 13, 2004
Where: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Submission Deadline: January 10th, 2004

The aim of the conference is to explore the changing political, cultural and social understandings of the perverse. Traditionally, a negative value has been attached to the notion of the perverse, one that allows us to identify prohibition and its transgression through the reading of corruption, crime, sickness, and debasement in particular subjects/bodies that are racially, politically and sexually marked. Perversion also designates and encourages modes of discipline that make use of violence in order to suppress, appropriate and normalize difference. States of Perversion can also be understood as the perversion of authority. Different power structures have produced laws and cultural imaginaries of the pervert as a criminal or an Absolute Other. As globalization undermines the traditional roles of the State, disciplinary mechanisms are transformed into control practices. However, if it is true that perversion can connote deviation from the norm, it also opens up the possibility for creativity, the vindication of rights, and the development of alternative subjectivities through the invention of liberating discourses and practices that can subvert hegemonic rulings.

From these perspectives, what is perversion? How has the notion of perversion and the pervert been constructed historically? How do states of perversion challenge the power or legitimacy of the "State"? What kind of subjectivities does the State produce in the process of establishing prohibitions?
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
*Gender and Sexuality
oMemory, Melancholy and Perversion
oAlternative Subjectivities
oPhallogocentrism in Government and Defense
oDemocracy, Dictatorship and Violence
o"Perverse" Desires (cannibalism, necrophilia, homoeroticism, sadomasochism, rape, pedophilia, voyeurism, exhibitionism, incest)
oTransculturation, Racial Mixing and Hybridity
oDistortions of Historical and Cultural Narratives
oFreudian Stages and States
oIllicit Performances: Exhibitionism and Transvestism
oLinguistic "Perversions": Minority Languages, Slang, Bilingualism, Code Switching, and Malapropisms
o"Perverse" Religions: Santería, Candomblé and Vodun
oAddictions and Desires
oExoticism and Eroticism of Race
oPornography in Literature, Art, Film and the Internet
oPerversion and its Victims
oDivine Misrepresentation
oDeath and Desire
oPerverting Social Norms: Reclaiming Perversion
oReligion: Punishment and Revenge
oTorture, Capital Punishment and Public Spectacles

Submission Deadline: January 10th, 2004

Submission Instructions: Presentations may be given in English, French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish. Please send a 300 word abstract to: Fraker Organizing Committee, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, 4108 Modern Languages Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275. Web submissions accepted at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rll/fraker/
Questions? Contact the organizing committee at: fraker2004@umich.edu
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR BORDER 2012 PROGRAM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's border program is soliciting grant proposals for projects in the California/Baja California, Arizona/Sonora, Chihuahua-New Mexico-Texas, and Texas-Coahuila-Nuevo León-Tamaulipas border areas that address objectives of the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program. The agency will award $1.2 million to fund the projects. The U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program is a new binational 10-year cooperative plan aimed at protecting public health and the environment along the 2,000-mile border region where almost 12 million citizens of both countries live. The program focuses on decreasing air, water, waste and soil pollution and lowering the risks of exposure to pesticides and other chemicals.

Organizations must be located in the United States to apply and can include border states, multistate/tribal organizations, universities, local governments and non-governmental organizations.

Proposed projects must address a bi-national or transboundary issue and meet the goals/objectives of Border 2012. Projects must begin within 3-6 months of award.

Pre-Proposals must be post-marked by 12 midnight (PST) Dec. 31, 2003. Faxes and email submissions will not be accepted. An EPA panel will review the proposals and make final selections by April 1, 2004.

For more information on the application process, go to: http://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder/b2012_rfp.pdf
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The East West Council for Education and Center of Asian Pacific Studies of Peking University present: Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions
3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
When: June 16 - 19, 2004
Where: Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA
Submission Deadline: January 27, 2004

Web address: http://www.hicsocial.org
Email address: social@hicsocial.org

The 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from the social sciences fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome.

Topic Areas (All Areas of Social Sciences are invited):

Anthropology, Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic,
Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, Women's and all other cultural and ethnic
studies), Communication, Economics, Education, Ethnic Studies/International Studies, Geography, History, International Relations, Journalism, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, Women's studies, Other Areas of Social Science, Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas. The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences encourages the following types of papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the listed areas: Research Papers - Completed papers; Abstracts - Abstracts of completed or proposed research.
Student Papers - Research by students; Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for future projects; Reports on issues related to teaching.

For more information about submissions see:
http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm

Email your abstract and/or paper, along with a title page, to social@hicsocial.org receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via email within 48 hours. If you do not wish to email your submission, you may send it via regular mail or fax to:
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
P.O. Box 75023
Honolulu, HI, 96836, USA
808-947-2420 (Fax)
***If submitting via regular mail, please supply two copies of your submission***
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2005 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Where: Scripps College, Claremont, CA
When: June 2-5, 2005
Deadline: December 15, 2003

The 13th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, "Sin Fronteras: Women's Histories, Global Conversations," will be held June 2-5, 2005 at Scripps College, Claremont, California, USA. The Program Committee welcomes proposals that cross geographical, cultural, and disciplinary borders and especially those which address the plurality of histories of transnational encounters and empires.

For more information, visit www.berksconference.org
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=134113
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Call for Papers
Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Arizona
February 19, 20 and 21, 2004

The Hispanic Symposium Society invites all interested graduate students, scholars and professionals to the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, at the University of Arizona. The organizing committee will consider papers that explore all areas and periods of Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and U.S. Hispanic literatures, cultures, pedagogy, linguistics and literary theories. The committee will also consider requests for the formation of special sessions organized around a specific topic, author or work.

The keynote speaker will be the distinguished intellectual Dr. Walter Mignolo, Professor at Duke University.

Please submit an abstract of 300 words or less in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Abstracts must be submitted by December 15, 2003, and include a check or money order for $15.00 dollars made payable to the Graduate Student Symposium. Reading time of final papers is limited to 20 minutes. No papers will be read in absentia. A selection of papers delivered will be considered for publication in the Annual Selected Proceedings. Two prizes of $100.00 dollars will be awarded for the two best papers. Abstracts can be submitted via postal mail or through the web submission form (preferable) at:

http://www.coh.arizona.edu/spanish/symposium/

For more information, please visit the Hispanic Symposium Society website or contact the organizing committee (symposio@email.arizona.edu).
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CALL FOR PAPERS (Open Submissions)
Latino Studies is a new international, peer-reviewed journal, published by Palgrave-Macmillan, three times a year, as of March 2003. Its principal aim is to advance interdisciplinary scholarship about the lived experience and struggles of Latinas and Latinos for equity, representation, and social justice. Complete guidelines for submission are available at www.palgrave-journals.com/lst. For more information, please contact the Managing Editor, Karen Biegel (latstu@uic.edu)
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Do you enjoy music? Interested in Latin America?

Register for LATI 120 Special Topics Winter Quarter!

MUSIC AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA with Visiting Professor, Heidi Feldman
When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 3:30-4:50 pm
Where: Warren Lecture Hall

Music has the power to mobilize masses to fight injustice; it has also been used throughout history to control, dominate, and oppress. Music communicates the ideologies that unify social movements and define their prescribed norms of behavior; visions of history and the desired future; and depictions of heroes, martyrs, and villains. Later, through popular songs and films, music enables the legacy of social movements of the past to resonate in the present, reinscribing selective versions of the history of those movements in popular memory. In other words, music shapes both social movements and how they are remembered.

Latin America is a particularly rich terrain in which to study the relationship between music and social movements. In this course, we will look closely at the role played by music in selected social movements of Latin America and the Latino U.S., including: revolution, dictatorship, and political protest; civil rights and diasporic identity; and labor movements. We will examine both how music collaborates as an agent of resistance or domination during a social movement and how it later acts as a powerfully enduring site of collective memory in documentary films and recorded tributes. While no specialized knowledge of music is required, we will use both musical and written sources as texts in addition to analyzing the use of music in films. Case studies and examples may be drawn from Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Puerto Rico.
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The prestigious Middlebury College Spanish School graduate program, based in Vermont, is pleased to announce the opening of its first summer abroad graduate site, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

As you may know, Middlebury's Spanish School has a long and glorious history, with an 87-year tradition of immersion in linguistic and cultural studies. It was the summer home-in-exile of Spanish intellectuals during the 40s and 50s, and currently enrolls 200 MA candidates each summer, as well as offering a Doctorate in Modern Languages.

In 2004, we will open a graduate program in Guadalajara, Mexico. Graduate students may enroll in three concurrent graduate courses, six weeks in duration. These credits will be granted by Middlebury College's Language Schools and thus will not be foreign credits, but rather US graduate-level transfer credits. Faculty who will teach in the program include Iván Schulman, professor emeritus of the University of Illinois; José Moreno de Alba, Director of the Academia Nacional de la Lengua in Mexico; Joaquín Roses, noted Baroque specialist from the Universidad de Córdoba in Spain; Juan Pablo Spicer-Escalante, a specialist in Spanish American travel literature currently at Utah State University; María Spicer-Escalante, a sociolinguist from Utah State University; Kim Griffin, who will teach a course in second-language acquisition; and Eduardo Camacho, a specialist in contemporary literary theory.

The dates of the session are June 22-August 6. Students will be housed with families in Guadalajara, and as stated above, will generally enroll in three classes, which will allow 9 graduate transfer credits to their home institution. Financial aid is generous, for those who can demonstrate need and who apply early. Applications are currently being considered, on a rolling basis.

There are very few graduate-level programs that offer opportunities for summer study abroad. I encourage you to avail yourself of the advantages that this program can offer in accelerating your progress towards your MA or Ph.D.

For more information, contact Prof. Susan Carvalho, Director of the Spanish School, carvalho@uky.edu, or consult the website: http://cat.middlebury.edu/ls/spanish/guadalajara.html.

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NEW FROM THE CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE IMMIGRATION STUDIES

Host Societies and the Reception of Immigrants

Edited by Jeffrey G. Reitz (2003)
550 pages, paperback, $25.95
Context matters. This is the primary lesson from this significant collection of essays on immigration and immigrants in the United States, Canada, and other societies. The Chapters in this volume explain why and how the history, demographic composition, labor markets, institutions, and social fabric of cities and countries shape the experiences and adaptation of immigrants and their children. Jeffrey Reitz and his co-authors have laid the groundwork for new advances in the development of a comparative theory of immigrant incorporation.
Dr. Charles Hirschman, Boeing International
Professor, University of Washington
Contributors:
Richard D. Alba, Heather Antecol, Irene Bloemraad, George J. Borjas, Monica Boyd, Stephen Castles, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Wayne A. Cornelius, Don J. DeVoretz, Nancy Foner, Philip Kasinitz, Ivan Light, Lang Lin, John R. Logan, John Ma, Philip Martin, Suzanne Model, John Mollenkoph, Victor Nee, Jan Rath, Jeffrey G. Reitz, Brian J. Stults, Stephen J. Trejo, Harold Troper, Takeyuki Tsuda, Zulema Valdez, Roger Waldinger, Mary C. Waters, Kenny Zhang

The editor, Jeffrey Reitz, is Professor of Sociology and R.F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at the University of Toronto.

To purchase this book, go to http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/monographs.htm

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The UCSD Latin American Events E-mail Calendar is e-mailed and posted on the WWW every Thursday during the academic year. To send submissions:

E-mail: lasmail@weber.ucsd.edu
Fax: (858) 534-7175