Monday, October 7, 2013

Oct. 7-13, 2013



CLACS 50 YEARS…AND COUNTING!!!

JOIN US ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 11 FOR A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
LEVIS FACULTY CENTER

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. This puts us in a relatively small and prestigious group of institutions—including UC-Berkeley, UCLA, University of Florida, Indiana University, University of Kansas, University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas-Austin, and Tulane University—that have maintained Latin American Studies centers since the 1960s.

We are very proud of our half century of commitment to promoting understanding of and engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean. At the same time, we recognize that such milestones are only reached with the contributions of and support of many people. We therefore would like to encourage you to join us as we highlight the Center’s accomplishments, its contributions to the University of Illinois and to the field, and our plans for the future.

Friday, September 11, 2013
9 AM - 5 PM, Levis Faculty Center, Music Rm.
 
CLACS 50 Years and Counting! PROGRAM

8:30-9 Breakfast and Registration
9-10:45 PANEL—Our First Half-Century: Reflections from Former Directors of the Center
         Chair, Dara E. Goldman, CLACS
Joseph Love, History, UIUC
Enrique Mayer, Anthropology, Yale University
Norman Whitten, Anthropology/Spurlock Museum, UIUC
Nils Jacobson, History, UIUC
Andrew Orta, Anthropology, UIUC
Mary Arends-Kuenning, Lemann Institute/Agriculture and Consumer Economics, UIUC

11-12  PLENARY SESSION
Introduction by Norman Whitten, Anthropology/Spurlock Museum, UIUC
“From Latin America to Latin American Studies & Back Again”
Diego Quiroga, Vice President for Research, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

12-1:30 LUNCH
“Our Not-so-Humble Beginnings”
Tribute to John Thompson, founding member of CLACS, Department of Geography
Remarks by Carl Deal

1:45-3:15 PANEL
         “How CLACS Changed my Professional Life”: Graduate Student Perspectives on the Role and Impact of the Center
         Chair: Angelina Cotler, CLACS
Antonio Sotomayor, Assistant Professor & Latin American Studies Librarian, International and Area Studies Library, UIUC
Pilar Eguez, Post-Doc, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, UIUC
Carolina Sternberg, Assistant Prof Latino/Latin American Studies, De Paul University
Isabel Scarborough, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Parkland College
3:30-5 PM ROUNDTABLE

The Future of Latin American Studies: Reflections from Current Center Directors
Dara Goldman, Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese/Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UIUC
Shane Green, Anthropology/Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University
Mauricio Tenorio, History/Latin American Studies, University of Chicago
Alberto Vargas, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Participants:

Mary Arends-Kuenning is the Director of the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois.  She is an economic demographer who focuses on household decisions.  Her research areas include children's schooling and child labor, household consumption, and international migration.  She began doing research on Brazil in 1992 as part of her dissertation at the University of Michigan.  Her work on Brazil has been published in World Development, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, and as book chapters.
Dara Goldman is Associate Professor in the department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She served as Interim Director of CLACS  in 2006-2007 and since 2011 is the current director of the Center. Goldman specializes in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American literatures and cultures, gender studies and cultural studies. She is the author of Out of Bounds: Islands and the Demarcation of Identity in the Hispanic Caribbean Bucknell Univ. Press, 2008 and is currently completing a manuscript on Latina lesbian narratives. She has also published numerous articles on how Caribbean identities are represented in contemporary literature and film.
Shane Greene is Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington.  His work is at the intersection of social movements, urban subcultures, race and the politics of culture broadly speaking.  Stanford published his first book, Customizing Indigeneity, in 2009.  He is now working on a second about the history of punk and political violence in Lima titled Punk or Dead in Peru: Seven Interpretive Essays on Underground Reality.
Nils Jacobsen is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was director of CLACS between 2003-2006 and 2007-2009. His area of research is Peru, 1770-1930 and political culture in the Andes. His last publication is Political Cultures in the Andes, 1750-1950. Duke University Press, 2005 and recently his book Ilusiones de la Transicion: El Altiplano Peruano, 1780-1930 was translated in Spanish by the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos and the Banco central de Reserva, Lima.
Joseph Love is professor emeritus of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He formerly directed the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies and he served for many years as Interim Director and Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (1976-77; 1984-85; 1988-89; 1993-94; 1995-99). His research interests include Brazilian history and the history of economic ideas in Latin America. He has published extensively and his latest book is The Revolt of the Whip. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012.

Enrique Mayer is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology from Yale University.  In 1982 he joined the faculty of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies where he served as director of CLACS between 1985-88. Mayer specializes in Andean agricultural systems and Latin American peasantries. His the author of He is the author of The Articulated Peasant: Household Economies in the Andes , Land Use in the Andes: Ecology and Agriculture in the Mantaro Valley of Peru, Ugly Strories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform and a coeditor of Andean Kinship and Marriage.

Andrew Orta is the head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was director of CLACS between 2009-2011. His research focuses in Aymara communities in Bolivia. His most recent research analyzes the impact of processes of neoliberal political decentralization on the reproduction of local community institutions and identities. Another recent project examines the internationalization of business curricula in the United States through ethnographic research with MBA students and faculty. His latest publication is Catechizing Culture: Missionaries, Aymara and the “New Evangelization”. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

Diego Quiroga received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at UIUC in 1994 and immediately began teaching full-time at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.  His research focuses on human ecology, political ecology, medical anthropology in the Amazon, Galapagos Islands and the Andean region. After completing his studies he became the Dean of Humanities and Social Science from 1994-1996; Dean of Academic Affairs in 1996 and Dean of the Graduate School in 1999. Since 2002 he is the Co-Director of the Galapagos Academic Institute for the Arts and Sciences and since 2004 he serves as the Vice President Student and External Affairs and Dean of the General College of the University. Quiroga’s latest publication is Crafting nature: The Galapagos and the making and unmaking of a “natural laboratory” Journal of Political Ecology: Case Studies in History and Society, Volume 16 (2009)
Mauricio Tenorio is Professor of History and director for the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago.  His research focuses on modern cultural history, urban history and international history. His geographical areas of interest are Latin America, Spain, the United States, and Mexico. His latest publications are Culturas y memoria, Mexico City, Tusquets, 2012 and“I Speak of the City”: Mexico City, 1880-1930, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Alberto Vargas is the Associate Director of the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) program at the University of Wisconsin ­ Madison since 2005. Alberto holds a Bachelor's degree in general agriculture from the Monterrey Technological Institute in Mexico and an M.S. from Texas A&M University. His Ph.D. is in both Forestry and Land Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alberto has conducted research and implemented projects in agriculture, forestry, energy and coastal resource management in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States. In the past 20 years, Alberto's consulting has engaged him in work in Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico working for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Federal Environmental Attorney's Office of the Mexican Government, the International Institute for Environment and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Wildlife Fund-U.S., the Overseas Development Authority, the National Wildlife Federation, the Integral Institute, and the UW-Madison Land Tenure Center.
Norman E. Whitten, Jr. joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1970 after stints at Tulane University, Washington University-St. Louis and UCLA. Here he is the past head of the Department of Anthropology, the past director of CLACS (2000-2003), past chair of the Fellowship Board and Past Chair of the LAS Executive Committee. A prolific ethnographer of especially Ecuadorian peoples, he is the author of three recent books: Millennial Ecuador (edited, 2003), Puyo Runa, and Histories of the Present (2008 and 2011), both joint with his late wife, Dorothea Scott Whitten). The Spurlock Museum’s South American Gallery was rededicated in 2011 to reflect the multiple contributions of the Whittens.
We would like to thank all of our co-sponsors:
Dorothea and Norman S. Whitten Fund
Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
Department of History
Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese

More information: http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/50thanniversary.aspx

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EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

MONDAY October 7, 2013
Doudna Fine Arts Center
5PM

EIU's Latin American Studies Program, along with the Center for the Humanities and the Doudna Fine Arts Center

Presents

DR. ROLENA ADORNO, Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University

WHAT DOES COLUMBUS DAY MEAN NOW?

Dr. Adorno is the current Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, where she specializes in Colonial Spanish American literature and history, as well as the origins of Hispanism in the U.S. In 2009 Adorno was appointed by President Obama to a five-year term at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Adorno's talk, "What Does Columbus Day Mean Now?" will address how U.S. and Latin American relations during the Mexican-American War shaped U.S. perceptions of Hispanism.


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THE LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
2PM
101 International Studies Building


WENDY W. WOLFORD, Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Sociology, Associate Director for Economic Development, Cornell University

“REDISCOVERING AFRICA:” THE ROLE OF BRAZILIAN EXPERTS AND EXPERTISE IN MOZAMBICAN AGRICULTURE

Over the past 10 years, public and private connections between Brazil and Africa have increased dramatically. Part of a new 'South-South' development push intended to bring emerging economies together with developing countries, the Brazilian government has invested in expanding successful projects from its own experience to countries throughout sub Saharan Africa. In this talk, I will focus on a series of large-scale projects geared towards developing agricultural production in northern Mozambique. I present a preliminary discussion of the rationales, the tactics and experiences thus far and argue that although official narratives about the collaboration rest on shared ecological, historical and cultural characteristics, development looks very different in the two places because of the ways in which land, labor and capital are being brought into the process.

Wendy Wolford is Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. She is also the Associate Director for Economic Development programs in the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Wendy¹s research covers a wide range of topics, with emphasis on four projects: the changing nature of the state and land reform in Brazil; the moral economies of social mobilization, particularly focused on the Landless Rural Workers¹ Movement in Brazil; political ecologies of conservation and agriculture in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; and the politics and practices of new land deals (the so-called ³global landgrab²). Wendy has published widely, and is a founding member of the Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI).

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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
LECTURE SERIES

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
12PM
101 International Studies Building

Prof. DIEGO QUIROGA, Vice President Student and External Affairs and Dean of the General College of the San Francisco University, Quito, Ecuador (USFQ)

AN INFORMAL CONVERSATION WITH AN ALUMNI

What are the perspectives of  study and work in Ecuador?
What was his experience coming from Illinois?
Research in Ecuador and Galapagos
Diego Quiroga received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at UIUC in 1994 and immediately began teaching full-time at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.  His research focuses on human ecology, political ecology, medical anthropology in the Amazon, Galapagos Islands and the Andean region. After completing his studies he became the Dean of Humanities and Social Science from 1994-1996; Dean of Academic Affairs in 1996 and Dean of the Graduate School in 1999. Since 2002 he is the Co-Director of the Galapagos Academic Institute for the Arts and Sciences and since 2004 he serves as the Vice President Student and External Affairs and Dean of the General College of the University. Quiroga’s latest publication is Crafting nature: The Galapagos and the making and unmaking of a “natural laboratory” Journal of Political Ecology: Case Studies in History and Society, Volume 16 (2009)
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Department of Human & Community Development
Brown Bag Presentation

EMERGING ADULTHOOD IN SOUTHERN BRAZILIANS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS: SOCIAL AND SUBJECTIVE MARKERS

Monday, October 14, 2013,
12PM
Christopher Hall Studio (904 W. Nevada St., Room 1009)

Presented by:
Luciana Dutra-Thomé, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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PIŇATA/COMBO GRANTS FOR FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 2013

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, with the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, is please to invite proposals for the following initiatives.
n         Faculty Development Conference Grants
n         Course Development Awards
n         Faculty Travel Awards
ALL PROPOSALS ARE DUE OCTOBER 14TH

Send (1) application and (2) cover sheet to cotler@illinois.edu  (subject line: Faculty Support) 
http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/fellowships/travelgrants/ 

Program descriptions and application information:
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE GRANTS are intended to help support small conferences or workshops enabling UI faculty to advance innovative directions in scholarship related to Latin America.  Projects involving interdisciplinary and inter professional collaborations are especially encouraged.  Awards of up to $2,500 can be used to support travel and lodging of invited conference participants, publicity, and dissemination of conference proceedings. Conferences should take place during the 2010-11 academic year.  The Center can assist by providing meeting space, publicizing the conference event, and disseminating conference proceedings (white papers, podcasts, etc.) through the CLACS website. 
Applications should include:
a)         the names, titles and home departments of the principal organizers;
b)         statement of no more than 5 pages describing the themes of the conference, including a description of the format of the conference and list of potential participants;
c)         a budget for the project, indicating any other sources of support;
d)        a short (1 page) statement discussing expected outcomes from the conference. (such as new courses, publications, white papers or podcasts to be circulated through the CLACS website, etc.).

BRAZILIAN STUDIES COURSE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS are intended to support faculty developing new courses, or revising existing courses, to include significant Brazilian content.   Courses from any discipline are welcome, although courses likely to contribute to the core of an interdisciplinary Brazilian Studies curriculum within the LAST major are especially encouraged.  Courses likely to be taught regularly will also be given priority.  Awards of up to $3,000 can support travel, the purchase of potential course materials, photocopying, research assistance or similar costs related to the development of the course.
Applications should include:
a)         the name, title and home department of the principal instructor;
b)         a statement of no more than 5 pages describing the course, including a discussion of its likely contributions to the curriculum in the home department and to an interdisciplinary curriculum in Latin American (and particularly, Brazilian) Studies, and an indication of when the course would be first offered and how regularly it will be taught;
c)         A timetable of activities related to the development of the course, with a budget listing anticipated costs

FACULTY TRAVEL AWARDS are intended to support faculty travel overseas for short-term trips to enrich instructional materials, establish and maintain linkages with overseas institutions, and explore promising new lines of research.  Travel must be for a minimum of 10 days. Travel supported by Title VI NRC funds must be on US carriers and the itineraries must be approved by the U.S. Department of Education. 
Awards of up to $1,200 will be made for travel to take place between November 15, 2013 and April 30, 2014
Applications should include:
a)         Two-page statement about the purpose of the trip and details about major planned activities while abroad;
b)         Abstract of this statement, no longer than 300 characters (required by US ED);
c)         List of major publications/ creative activities during the past 5 years;
d)        Itinerary, with precise dates, air carrier(s) and flight numbers (US ED requirement);
e)         Detailed budget.

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OPPORTUNITIES

2014-2015 IAF Fellowship Competition Announcement

The deadline for applications for the 2013-2014 Fellowship Cycle of the IAF Grassroots Development Ph.D. Fellowship Program is JANUARY 6, 2014.
Fellowships are available to currently registered students who have advanced to candidacy (by the time research begins) for the Ph.D. in the social sciences, physical sciences, technical fields and the professions as related to grassroots development issues. Applications for clinical research in the health field will NOT be considered.

Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria. Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information. In exceptional cases the IAF will support research reflecting a primary interest in macro questions of politics and economics but only as they relate to the environment of the poor. The Fellowship Program complements IAF’s support for grassroots development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and preference for those applicants whose careers or research projects are related to topics of greatest interest to the IAF. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

·         Organizations promoting grassroots development among poor and disadvantaged peoples;
·         The financial sustainability and independence of development organizations;
·         Trends affecting historically excluded groups, such as African descendants, indigenous peoples, women, people with disabilities and young people;
·         Transnational development;
·         The role of corporate social responsibility in grassroots development;
·         The impact of globalization on grassroots development;
·         The impact on the quality of life of the poor of grassroots development activities in such areas as sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, housing, health care, education, urban development, technology transfer, jobs creation, and marketing and small-enterprise development.
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Funding is for between four and 12 months. Research during the 2014-2015 cycle must be initiated between June 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015.

IAF’s Fellowships provide support for Ph.D. candidates to conduct dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean on topics related to grassroots development. The Inter-American Foundation expects to award up to 15 Doctoral Field Research Fellowships in 2014.

Complete proposals include:

A complete research prospectus - an application statement, a field research prospectus, a Curriculum Vitae (custom), and a Personal Statement;
A letter of University Certification;
A letter of affiliation from at least one host organization;
Statement of IRB Status or proof of submission or approval;
Graduate transcripts;
Three academic letters of reference, one which must be from the chair of the applicant's dissertation committee;
A Language Proficiency Report.

Selected candidates must present proof of candidacy and IRB exemption or approval prior to receiving funding or entering the field.  Complete application information and instructions are available at www.iie.org/iaf.

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CONFERENCES/CALL FOR PROPOSALS
  


Twelfth International Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association 20-23 August 2014 - Call for Proposals


The 12th International Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will take place 20-23 August 2014 in London. The Congress program will include academic panels, invited speakers, workshops, plenary sessions, and cultural activities. Our partners will be King’s Brazil Institute at King’s College London and the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
BRASA’s Executive Committee has adopted the following guidelines for proposing papers and organizing panels:
  1. The Congress will have approximately 12 sessions with 12 panels per session during a period of three days, for a total of 144 panels.
  2. BRASA suggests that all panels include at least four papers, but no more than five. Each session should leave at least 30 minutes for discussion or for comments by a moderator immediately following the presentations.
  3. All panel submissions must have only one chair, and may have a moderator. Note that these are two distinct roles:
    • The Chair organizes the panel and also can present a paper
    • The moderator offers critical analysis at the end of the panel presentations and does not present a paper
    • The chair can serve as moderator; however in this case she/he does not present a paper
  4. Each participant may submit only one proposal and present only one paper in the Congress, but may also chair a panel or serve as a moderator
  5. Participants do not need to be a BRASA member to submit a proposal; however participants must become a member and register for the conference if their proposal is accepted.
  6. All proposals for panels or papers must be submitted directly to the Program Committee through the BRASA Proposal Portal. All submitted abstracts must be under 300 words. Please click here for specific proposal guidelines.
  7. The Program Committee will not consider proposals not submitted and received through the Proposal Portal at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=brasa2014.
  8. Click here for step-by-step single paper submission instructions and for step-by-step panel submission instructions.
  9. The Program Committee will give preference to complete panel proposals with participants from different universities and that have an interdisciplinary focus.
  10. To become a member of BRASA, renew membership, pay the fees to participate and/or to attend the BRASA XII Congress, and to donate to BRASA please visit the BRASA Enrollment Portal at http://www.regonline.com/BRASA13-14.
  11. Dates for submission and acceptance of proposals are the following: the deadline for submission of proposals for panels or individual papers through the BRASA Proposal Portal is October 15, 2013. The Program Committee will announce final decisions by February 15, 2014.
Questions about the organization of panels and suggestions for other possible events at the Congress should be directed to the BRASA secretariat at: brasa-illinois@illinois.edu or to the Chair of the Program Committee, Bryan McCann: bm85@georgetown.edu.



XXXIV ANNUAL ILASSA STUDENT CONFERENCE
February 27-March 1, 2014

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES AT THE EDGE: CHALLENGING REGIONAL MARGINS

The field of Latin American Studies prospered in the context of the Cold War, sometimes functioning as an instrument to increase the influence of the U.S., and at other times debunking North American misunderstandings of the region. What is certain is that since its outset, Latin American Studies has been far from innocent, and always deeply embedded in (re)producing or challenging regimes of power in the hemisphere.

In the past two decades, Latin American Studies has been at a crossroads, encountering persistent theoretical criticisms and political challenges. Among the many rejoinders to these challenges, we have seen efforts to promote interdisciplinary academic inquiry, to increase dialogue with voices south of the Rio Grande, and new methods that foster collaborations between academics and non-academics. Have these reactions been enough? Have they generated other challenges? Do we need to rethink the idea of Latin American Studies?

We look forward to discussing these matters and more during the ILASSA XXXIV Conference. We welcome proposals covering this and other topics related to Latin Americanism, as well as comparative studies on non-Latin American regions. Submissions in English, Spanish, and Portuguese may be submitted.
Call for Papers
Abstract deadline is 5:00 PM (CST) Monday, November 11, 2013
To submit an abstract, go to www.ilassa.org/conference

The ILASSA Conference
The Student Conference on Latin America, organized by the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association (ILASSA) at The University of Texas at Austin, is an interdisciplinary forum for students involved in Latin American research topics. The conference provides students with the opportunity to present research activities, develop presentational skills, exchange ideas and information, and meet other scholars from around the world. The conference, now in its 34th year, is the oldest and largest student conference in the field of Latin American Studies.
Abstract Requirements
ILASSA invites students to submit for acceptance a single-page abstract of a paper (300 words max) within the field of Latin American Studies. The abstract will enable us to select papers for presentation and to organize panels for the conference.

Abstract Submission
Abstracts should be submitted online in order to facilitate the submission process for everyone - especially for participants outside the United States. Hard copies of abstracts will not be accepted. Final papers will be requested after accepted students are notified. To submit an abstract, please go to www.ilassa.org/conference.  Please contact us at ilassa.student.conference@gmail.com if you did not get an email following your submission.

The final deadline for submission of abstracts is November 11, 2013. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by November 25, 2013. Students invited to participate will have until January 10, 2014 to submit final papers along with their registration fee. During the conference, each student will have approximately 15 minutes to present his or her work in a panel arranged around a common theme. 


Fees
There is no fee for submitting an abstract for consideration. If your paper is accepted, however, you must confirm your participation by January 10 through payment of the registration fee of $25. Registration via PayPal will be available after acceptances are emailed. There will be an additional $10 fee for an optional dinner at a local Austin restaurant during one of the conference evenings.

Payments can also be mailed to the physical address listed below. (Special arrangements for payment can be made for international participants by contacting the conference coordinators via e-mail prior to payment deadline.)

Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association
ATTN: Conference Registration
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station D0800 SRH 1.310
Austin, TX 78712-0331

Accommodations
Upon request, participants will be provided housing with a University of Texas student as well as transportation from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Please note that transportation from the airport is available only on Thursday, February 27. Additionally, participants should be aware when booking flights that registration and opening speaker events begin at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 27. Participants may stay in a hotel at their own expense. Participants must notify coordinators of their housing requests by January 27. An email with further instructions on submitting housing preferences will be emailed to accepted students.

While attending the conference, participants will have access to the Benson Latin American Collection, considered by scholars worldwide to be one of the finest research libraries for Latin American Studies.

Contacts and Addresses
If you have any questions please contact us at ilassa.student.conference@gmail.com
All conference correspondence will be conducted via e-mail.

Street address of ILASSA:
Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station D0800 SRH 1.310
Austin, TX 78712-0331

Important dates for the 2014 ILASSA Conference
Monday, November 11, 2013 – Deadline for submission of abstracts
Monday, November 25, 2013 – Applicants notified of acceptance or non-acceptance
Friday, January 10, 2014 – Papers due and registration and equipment fee paid
Monday, January 27, 2014 – Flight information and housing requests due
February 27-March 1, 2014 – XXXIV Annual ILASSA Student Conference
 
 


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IN THE COMMUNITY

THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES

Invites you to

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2013

2:00 - 3:30 pm

The Urbana Free Library, Children Services

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, a bilingual program will be presented at the Urbana Free Library
Come and explore Latin American culture through a bilingual presentation, games, music, storytelling, cooking recipes, traditional art & crafts and more

 

        • Display tables: flags, art, crafts, information
        • Presentation: Exploring Latin American & the Caribbean's Hispanic Heritage
        • Latin American Trivia game
        • Lean a song in Quechua
        • Traditional Latin American Music
        • Lean to dance traditional Latin American popular dances
        • Bilingual Storytelling
        • Crafts & activities



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IN THE MARKET

·         Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Literature - University of Maryland

The School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Maryland, College Park, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Literature and Culture beginning in Fall 2014.  We seek a scholar with a theoretical grounding in migration/transnational studies. Specific areas of expertise could include 20th century and 21st century Brazilian cultural and/or theoretical debates, the Portuguese-speaking diaspora in the Western hemisphere, the Afro-Brazilian experience, Brazilian popular cultures and cinema. This position forms part of a migration studies cluster hire at the university. The successful candidate will work closely with the University of Maryland’s Center for the History of the New America and be expected to contribute to campus initiatives on migration studies.

The successful candidate will be an integral member of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, while also contributing to SLLC-wide research and teaching initiatives.  S/he will be expected to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including language courses. Evidence of excellence in teaching and scholarly promise required. Publications are preferred. Requirements include: native or near-native fluency in Portuguese and English, and a Ph.D. in hand by August 2014.     
This position is contingent on the continued availability of funds.

For full consideration, applicants should submit a cover letter that includes a short description of current research plans, a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching excellence (statement of teaching philosophy, recent course evaluations), a brief writing sample and the contact information for  three letters of references. For best consideration, all materials must be uploaded to the University of Maryland web-based employment application system by November 1, 2013 at ejobs.umd.edu.

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. 

Pamala S. Deane
Assistant to the Director
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
1105 Jimenez Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
301-405-4025

·         Associate or Full Professor Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Berkeley

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is authorized to make a tenured appointment at the level of Associate or Full Professor in Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture, effective 1 July 2014. Specialization open. The successful candidate will teach a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.  Minimum requirements: Ph.D (or equivalent) in Luso-Brazilian literature or related field at time of application. Additional qualifications: Native or near-native fluency in Portuguese, and demonstrated excellence in teaching and research. Letter of application, CV, names and contact information of 3 - 5 references, research statement, teaching statement, and three writing samples (including articles and/or book chapters), must be submitted on-line no later than 4 November 2013. 

Applications should be submitted electronically at the following link: http://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00205

Application Deadline: November 4, 2013

Late applications will not be accepted.  
Additional materials may be requested of applicants during the review process. References of finalists will be contacted for letters of recommendation. Statement of Confidentiality: All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.
Website: spanish-portuguese.berkeley.edu/


·         Assistant Professor of Spanish, Purdue University

Beginning tenure-track Assistant Professor of Spanish to begin August 2014

Duties: Teach undergraduate and graduate-level language and literature courses in Spanish; assist with and direct graduate theses and dissertations; advise graduate students; maintain an active program of research.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in Spanish or related field expected by August, 2014. Native-like fluency in Spanish and English. Demonstrated evidence of excellence in teaching and research.

Areas of Specialization: Chicano/and Mexican literature (preferred emphasis in poetry and/or drama).

Salary, benefits and teaching load are competitive.

Application Deadline: November 11, 2013, or until position is filled. Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and three letters of recommendation (addressing candidate’s research and teaching strengths) to Professor Madeleine Henry, Head, School of Languages and Cultures, Purdue University, 640 Oval Drive, Stanley Coulter Hall, Rm. 146, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2039. No online submissions. Review of applications begins on November 11, 2013. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

A background check will be required for employment in this position. Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access Affirmative Action Employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.

Deadline: November 11, 2013 or until position is filled.
Minimum Requirements: Ph.D in Spanish or related field expected by August 2014. Native-like fluency in Spanish and English. Demonstrated evidence in excellence in teaching and research.
Preferred Qualifications: Chicano and Mexican literature (preferred emphasis in poetry and/or drama.
Documents Required: Letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and three letters of recommendation (addressing candidate’s research and teaching strengths) to Professor Madeleine Henry, Head, School of Languages and Cultures, Purdue University, 640 Oval Drive, Stanley Coulter Hall, Rm. 146, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2039. No online submissions. Review of applications begins on November 11, 2013. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Contact Information: Email: spencerc@purdue.edu

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