COURSES
APPROVED FOR SPRING 2014: http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/courses.aspx
NEW
COURSES:
- LAST 490 (section ASG)
HISTORICAL
SOCIOLOGY OF BRAZIL
Dr.
Guimarães is professor titular in sociology at the University of São Paulo. He
will join the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies as Distinguish Visitor
during Spring 2014. He completed his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin
in 1988 and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University in 1994. He
will be teaching “A Historical Sociology of Brazil”, focusing on a reading of
major elements of the literature on Brazilian social and national experiences.
·
SPAN 316B: LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
IN LATIN AMERICA
Spring 2014, MWF 10-10:50 am
Instructor: Lisa Burner (reinhal1@illinois.edu)
A source of profit, a source of life. Mother Earth and the savage
wilds. El Dorado and Montezuma’s revenge. Apocalypse and Paradise. This course
will explore diverse ways that Latin Americans have portrayed the relationships
between humans and the environment in literature and film. What is “nature” and
what is the place of our species within it? How is environmentalism related to
racism, sexism, and imperialism? Can fiction promote environmental justice?
Readings and class discussion will be in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 250 or
consent of the instructor
- ANTH 499 (Section KM) Anthropology of Contemporary Mexico
- HIST 396 (section C) History of “Black” Music
- HIST 507 Race Rebels in the Americas
- SPAN 535 Seminar Latin American Literature- Africa in the Colonial Spanish America
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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
LECTURE SERIES
Presents
Prof. ELLEN MOODIE, Anthropology, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
EL ZAPATAZO LIMPIO: LATE LIBERAL OUTRAGE IN EL SALVADOR
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
12PM
101 International Studies Building
El Zapatazo Limpio took on flesh in a
flash, like so many hashtagged movements in a social-networking age. Fifty
young people arrived to fling shoes at El Salvador's Legislative Assembly building—their
fury sparked by a hasty vote to raise politicians' salaries. But another, older
crowd soon arrived. At first they seemed to share the retweeted outrage. The
two crowds chanted back and forth: “The people! United! Will never be
defeated!” But then the older marchers suddenly turned. They had come not to
protest the government—now controlled by former FMLN revolutionaries turned
political party—but to oppose what they saw as a cyber -“bourgeoisie.” Shoving,
lighting firecrackers, they pushed the younger protestors out of the public
plaza. The shoe-throwing Zapatazeros, mostly too young to remember the
country's civil war, were shocked. They saw themselves as citizens' movement in
liberal democratic tradition. Which group was the unruly mob? Which represented
“civil society”? Who was duped into protest? This paper, based on interviews
carried out over the past year, takes this April 2012 moment as emblematic of
changing modes of doing politics and shifting forms of citizen action. It
aspires to unravel a moment of late liberalism, Salvadoran style, in which
ideologies of left, right and center come undone.
Ellen Moodie is Associate Prof of
Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author
of El
Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace: Crime, Uncertainty and the Transition to
Democracy.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010, among other publications.
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LEMANN INSTITUTUE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
THIRD
ANNUAL LEMANN DIALOGUE
“AGRICULTURAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BRAZIL”
THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7-8
CAMPBELL
ALUMNI CENTER
The Lemann
Institute for Brazilian Studies will be hosting the Third Annual Lemann
Dialogue at the Alice B. Campell Alumni Center, University of Illinois on
November 7-8, 2013. The theme of this year's Dialogue is "Agricultural
and Environmental Issues in Brazil." The Dialogue will have six panels
on the topics of Agribusiness.
To access the
complete program visit: http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/lemann/events.aspx
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THE
CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
LECTURE SERIES
LECTURE SERIES
Presents
FELIX MURUCHI
BOLIVIA’S PROCESSES OF SOCIAL
CHANGE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14
12PM
101 International Studies Building
Felix Muruchi’s personal history as a miner, construction worker, student and union activist, nonprofit organization, political prisoner and later candidate, and most recently indigenous rights lawyer provides an extraordinary lens to grasp Bolivian struggles for social justice.
Praise
for From the Mines to the Streets http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/kohlfro
This is quite possibly the
best book about labor and political organizing in Latin America I ever have
read. It is a real page-turner. -Frederic Hicks, University of
Louisville
This book is a must
read for gaining a deeper understanding of the country that is arguably
undergoing the most interesting political - and citizen's led - revolution in
Latin America today. - Coletta Youngers Washington Office on Latin America
Of the six books and dozens of articles we
read, the students overwhelming identified 'From the Mines to the Streets' as
the course’s most engaging and interesting
text.
– Jason Tockman, University of British Columbia
Felix Muruchi Poma
was born in a highland indigenous community in Bolivia where he lived a typical
rural childhood herding llama. When he was seven, his family moved to the mines
in Lllallagua where his father worked as a miner. By the age of 16 Felix was
working an illegal miner, and then went off to military service at 17 where he
witnessed the Barrientos military coup. He then became a state miner and union
activist during the conflictive period of military government repression where
he witnessed the San Juan Massacre in 1967. At 24, determined to study, he
moved to Oruro where he supported himself working in construction while
attending the local university. He was an active student leader who was
imprisoned and tortured when the Banzer dictatorship (1972-78) closed the
universities. Captured and sent to Chile as part of Plan Condor, he managed a
harrowing escape, finding sanctuary in the Dutch embassy in Santiago and exile
in Holland. When Banzer fell, he returned to Bolivia’s mines but was forced
into exile again when General Garcia Meza seized power in 1980. He returned to
a democratic Bolivia in 1986 and founded an NGO dedicated to training
unemployed miners. He was active in El Alto struggles, fighting to found a
local university, where he subsequently became a student leader once again and
was active in the 2003 Gas War. In 2009, some thirty years after he first
became a university student, he graduated as an attorney and is currently
active in supporting his community of origin. He is co-author of two books,
From the Mines to the Streets: a Bolivian activist’s life and Ponchos Rojos
(2008) about a highland indigenous movement.
The
link to the book is http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/kohfro
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2014
LEMANN INSTUTE GRANTS FOR FACULTY
For
more information visit: http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/lemann/research.aspx
- Lemann Institute Research Grants for UI Faculty
To
support the professional development of tenured and tenure-track faculty
researching Brazilian topics, the Lemann Institute offers competitive research
grants. Applications are due December 2nd, 2013. The Institute
normally offers up to two awards per years, paying up to $20,000.00 each.
However, the value of each award is dependent on the type and scope of the
project as well as the budget approved by the Lemann Institute. Some expenses
may not be covered.
Eligibility: The Lemann
Research Grants are available to all University of Illinois tenured or
tenure-track faculty members who are developing research about Brazil.
Applicants must submit evidence of a sufficient command of Portuguese to
successfully execute the proposed project.
Restrictions: Awards can be used
for on-campus research, airfare, in-country transportation expenses, living
expenses and other research-related expenses. Comparative studies between
Brazil and other countries are permissible; however, only the Brazilian portion
of the research will be considered for funding. Released time for write-ups
will not be considered.
Evaluation: Applications will
be ranked by an interdisciplinary committee of Brazilianists appointed by the
Institute. Announcement of awards will be made within three weeks of the
deadline.
Reporting: Grant winner must
submit a 1,000-word report no later than six weeks after the tenure of their
fellowship. Grant winners must also acknowledge support received from the
Lemann Institute in publications flowing from the grant, and must agree to
discuss their Institute-supported research in a seminar format.
HOW
TO APPLY:
The
competition will take place annually, the 2014 Research Grants for UI Faculty
deadline is Monday, December 2nd, 2013. Completed
applications and proposals must be submitted in electronic format to Camila
Fuhr Diel, Lemann Institute Program Coordinator at diel1@illinois.edu
Proposals
will not be accepted without all application materials, listed below.
Candidates should submit application as one single PDF file.
Applicants
must submit the following information in a single PDF file:
- A double-spaced 1,000-word proposal, plus bibliography. The proposal should discuss hypotheses, relevant theories and methods, and the data employed.
- A brief descriptive title and a 200-word summary of the project.
- A detailed budget for the research, and the amount requested from the Lemann Institute.
- A current curriculum vitae of the Principal Investigator (faculty member) and of other members of the research team, if any.
- An itinerary for any travel.
- Evidence of a sufficient command of Portuguese to conduct the project.
- A list of previous awards for the project, the dates of the awards, and a list of any publications that have resulted from such awards.
The
Grant Proposal
Applicants
should explain in the proposal what they plan to do and why, making clear the
relevance of the project to their professional experience and the significance
of the project within their field of scholarship. They should bear in mind that
the selection committee is inter-disciplinary, composed of scholars who are not
necessarily specialists in the applicants’ area.
Candidates
should give a brief summary of the progress already made on the project, and
explain how it contributes to the present research. If the project is part of a
cooperative undertaking, the relationship should be explained. Finally,
candidates should include information on any publication arrangements already
made.
The
bibliography should be no longer than two pages and should be attached to the
project description. Each page of the proposal and budget should be
consecutively numbered, with the P.I.’s name in the upper right-hand corner of
each page. The proposal should be headed with a brief descriptive title.
For
more information please check the page http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/lemann/research/
or contact Camila Fuhr Diel, Lemann Institute Program Coordinator, at the
International Studies Building, Room 207. She can be reached via e-mail at diel1@illinois.edu or by telephone (217)
333-3182.
- Lemann Institute Collaborative Research Grants
Eligibility: The Lemann
Collaborative Research Grants are available to all UIUC tenured or tenure-track
faculty members who are developing a research project with an academic in
Brazil. The application must include one faculty member at UIUC and one or more
Brazilian academic(s).
Restrictions: Awards can be used for on-campus research, airfare, in-country transportation expenses, living expenses and other research-related expenses. Comparative studies between Brazil and other countries can be considered; however, only the Brazilian portion of the research will be funded. Released time for write-ups will not be considered.
Evaluation: Applications will be ranked by an interdisciplinary committee of Brazilianists appointed by the Institute. Announcement of awards will usually be made within two weeks of the deadline.
Reporting: Grant winners must submit a 1-2 page report no later than six weeks after the tenure of their Grant. Successful applicants must also acknowledge support received from the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies in publications flowing from the grant, and must agree to discuss their Institute-supported research in a seminar format.
Restrictions: Awards can be used for on-campus research, airfare, in-country transportation expenses, living expenses and other research-related expenses. Comparative studies between Brazil and other countries can be considered; however, only the Brazilian portion of the research will be funded. Released time for write-ups will not be considered.
Evaluation: Applications will be ranked by an interdisciplinary committee of Brazilianists appointed by the Institute. Announcement of awards will usually be made within two weeks of the deadline.
Reporting: Grant winners must submit a 1-2 page report no later than six weeks after the tenure of their Grant. Successful applicants must also acknowledge support received from the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies in publications flowing from the grant, and must agree to discuss their Institute-supported research in a seminar format.
HOW TO APPLY:
The competition will take place annually, and the next deadline is Monday, December 2nd, 2013.
The competition will take place annually, and the next deadline is Monday, December 2nd, 2013.
Completed
applications and proposals must be submitted in electronic format to Camila
Führ Diel, at diel1@illinois.edu.
Proposals will not be accepted without all application materials listed below. Please submit application as one single PDF file.
Proposals will not be accepted without all application materials listed below. Please submit application as one single PDF file.
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CONFERENCES/ CALL FOR PAPERS
- Purdue University School of Languages and Cultures
14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
March 7-8th, 2014
MERGING BODERS: LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND COMMUNICATION IN CROSS-CULTURAL
CONTEXTS
Keynote
Speakers: Dr. Dov-Ber Kerler, Indiana University
Dr.
Karen Thornber, Harvard University
Invited
Speakers: Dr. Rafael Climent-Espino, Baylor University
Dr.
Muriel Gallego, Ohio University
Throughout
history, previously isolated groups have come into contact with outsiders, in
terms of customs, religion, and language. These interactions can yield varying
results based on the specific circumstances of the cultural meeting. How well
do two groups unknown to each other successfully communicate across cultural
boundaries? What are the literary, linguistic, socio-political and cultural
outcomes of such communication? How do cross- cultural interactions alter the
way original members of the same group communicate? Research into specific
interactions of this type can reveal patterns in the nature of human language
and communication, as well as provide an insight into certain aspects of
cultural and literary production across merging borders.
The
Purdue University School of Languages and
Cultures invites graduate students to submit original
research whose results contribute to an understanding of communication across
cultural, geographic and linguistic boundaries. This symposium aims to foment discussion
surrounding an issue of ever more importance in the United States and across
the globe as technology and globalization shift the way humans interact toward
an ever more connected society. The struggle between conformity and maintenance
of individual and cultural diversity merits special focus in a time of such
unprecedented social change.
Send
abstracts to Lauren Miller at mille957@purdue.edu
by Dec. 10th. 2013. Abstracts are to be written in English and limited
to one page (an extra page may be allowed for references, figures
and tables). Individual and panel
submissions are welcome from a variety of fields,
including but not limited to:
Language
Acquisition Second Language Studies Applied Linguistics Sociolinguistics
Historical
Linguistics Phonetics/Phonology Syntax/Semantics Pragmatics Bilingualism
Cognitive
Studies Anthropology Literature
Comparative
Literature
Transatlantic
Literature
Contact:
Liana
Hakobyan lhakobya@purdue.edu
Lauren Miller mille957@purdue.edu
HASTAC
2014 Annual Conference Call for Proposals/Papers
Hemispheric
Pathways: Critical Makers in International Networks
April
24-27, 2014 Ministerio de Cultura, Lima, Peru
Submissions Deadline: November 30, 2013
Submissions Deadline: November 30, 2013
Conference
Website: hastac2014.org
Conference Program
Committee: http://hastac2014.org/program-committee/
About HASTAC: http://hastac2014.org/about-hastac/
Call for
Proposal/Papers: http://hastac2014.org/call-for-proposals/
Submit
Proposals/Papers: http://hastac2014.org/submit-a-proposal/
The challenges
facing the Western hemisphere are multidimensional and complex.
Urban agglomeration, economic development, ecological crisis, military
conflict, digital privacy, impediments to advanced learning, negotiations of
multiple cultural and historical perspectives—these are problems with
scientific and human factors that must be considered together. HASTAC
2014 challenges participants to consider the interplay of science, technology,
the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts in the context of addressing
the urgent contingencies facing the evolving hemisphere. Themes addressed
by the conference include:
- humanities research and hemispheric grand challenges
- indigenous culture and technology
- technology and education–open learning, peer learning, and issues of access, equity for primary and/or higher education
- technology and interhemispheric communication of knowledge and publishing
- heritage, patrimony, memory and the digital
- new publics, movements going global and communities of the future
- technology and social identity and roles: gender, race, and other identities
- digital animation and other visualization media arts and sciences
- games and gaming, including for learning
- community development including the importance of art and culture districts
- mobile technologies and everyday life
- improvisation, tinkering, hacking
HASTAC 2014 will be
composed of keynote addresses, paper presentations (variations detailed below),
hackathons, workshops, birds of a feather meet ups, as well as performances and
tech demos.
We will accept
proposals for participant presentations in the following categories: 5-8 minute
lightning talks; 15-20 minute talks; curated panels (lightning talks, longer
talks, curated conversation); project demos; digital and/or print posters;
creative performances; hackathons; birds of a feather sessions; post conference
workshops (April 28th). Submission portal is now open at hastac2014.org, with support for proposals written in
Spanish and English.
ABOUT I-CHASS
The Institute for
Computing in Humanities, Arts and Social Science (I-CHASS) charts new ground in
high-performance computing and the human sciences. Founded at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and located at the National Center
for Supercomputing Applications, I-CHASS creates learning
environments and spaces for digital exploration and discovery; presenting
leading-edge research, computational resources, collaborative tools, and
educational programming to showcase the future of the humanities, arts, and
social science.
For more
information on I-CHASS, please visit: http://www.ichass.illinois.edu
·
FICTION, NON-FICTION AND NEW JOURNALISM:
THE ARTS IF STORYTELLING IN THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SPEAKING WORLDS
Newcastle University, 20 and 21 June 2014
In the past few decades, popular Anglo-Saxon genres such as the
graphic novel and the so called new journalism or chronicle have had a very
powerful development in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. This
effervescence builds on a centuries-old tradition of chronicles, and matches a
vibrant growth in other various fiction narrative formats in Spain, Portugal,
Latin America and the Hispanic USA. Thus, versatile chroniclers use gripping
fiction-writing techniques to narrate the roughest realities, not concerning
themselves with hard facts or statistics, but the way these worlds are lived by
those immersed in them, with rich contextual descriptions and well developed
characters. In turn, fiction writers introduce social commentary in their
stories, aiming at informing and startling their audiences as well as to
entertain them. New formats are being tried out and independent
publishing houses and vibrant online platforms are disseminating the work of
writers from different countries, who have in turn attracted a wide and avid
transnational audience, traversing North and South America and Europe.
This
two day international conference invites papers examining any of the following
issues or others relevant to this explosion of genres and narrative production:
-
Exploration of the different genres
analysing one of several authors, one or several examples of graphic novels,
chronicles, short or long stories.
-
The formats or platforms of choice
supporting the circulation of this form of production; technical and financial
aspects of these operations.
-
Social Media, collaborative story-telling
and journalism as process
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Local chroniclers and community
sustainability
-
Storytelling and collective memory
-
Giving a voice to the voiceless?
Challenging dominant narratives
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Testimonial writing and new journalism
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Journalism and football: fact, fiction and
fanaticism
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The tension/collaboration between social
sciences and journalism, particularly on the reporting and analysing current
violence and corruption in Latin America.
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Formal and aesthetic borrowing between
genres
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Contributions of literary analysis to the
study of chronicles
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The importance of place paired with the
global nature of themes, where migration, traveling, bi-nationality, or the
experience of the other are central part of the stories.
-
Performative aspects of the relationship
between writers and their audiences
-
The arts of story-telling and the creation
of spaces for critical reflection and denunciation of social and political
issues.
Confirmed
keynote speakers:
Daniel Alarcón (1977) writer, journalist
and radio producer is author of the story collection War by Candlelight,
and Lost City Radio, named Best Novel of the Year by the San
Francisco Chronicle and the Washington Post. His fiction, journalism
and translations have appeared in Granta, McSweeney’s, n+1, and Harper’s,
and in 2010 The New Yorker named him one of the best 20 Writers Under
40. Alarcón is co-founder of Radio Ambulante, a Spanish language
storytelling podcast, and currently serves as a Fellow in the Investigative
Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. He lives in San
Francisco, California. His most recent novel, At Night We Walk in Circles,
was published by Riverhead Books in October 2013.
Javier de Isusi (1972) is author of comics or
graphic novels. Among other series, he is the creator of the acclaimed Los
viajes de Juan sin Tierra, the story of Vasco, a postmodern traveller in
Latin America, where de Isusi reflects on his extensive travels sharing his
observations of the complexities of life, hardships and hopes of
Latin Americans of all walks of life. Translations of his work have been
published in Italy, France, Portugal and Finland. Gabriela Wiener (1975) is a prolific, versatile and controversial writer, journalist, poet and performer who lives in Madrid. She contributes with the most renowned online platforms for the New Chronicle: Etiqueta Negra, Orsai, Anfibia and contributes with columns in Esquire, Paula, El Pais, La Vanguardia, La Republica, among many others. She is head editor of Marie Claire in Spain. Her chronicles have been published in collected editions of New Journalism Mejor que ficción. Crónicas ejemplares (Anagrama, 2012) y Antología de la crónica latinoamericana actual (Alfaguara, 2012). She is the author of Sexografias, Nueve Lunas and Mozart, la iguana con priapismo y otras historias all acclaimed examples of gonzo journalism.
Guest to be confirmed: Jose Luis Peixoto.
Please send a 200 word abstract to Patricia.Oliart@ncl.ac.uk by 15 January 2014.
This
conference is organised by the Americas
Research Group, and is part of the ¡Vamos! Festival programme 2014
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IN THE MARKET
·
MELLON FACULTY FELLOW IN LATIN AMERICAN HUMANITIES OR
SOCIAL SCIENCES
College
of William & Mary
The Latin American Studies Program (http://www.wm.edu/as/globalstudies/latinamerican/)
of the College of William & Mary invites applications from recent
Ph.Ds for the position of a Mellon Faculty Fellow in the humanities or
social sciences. Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary
major, and is supported by more than 20 faculty affiliates from 10 departments.
The successful candidate will have a two-year appointment, a three-course
load per year, and will also benefit from mentorship and research support.
The qualifications are Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment (August
10, 2014), and a demonstrated interest in blending undergraduate teaching
with research in Latin American Studies. Additional expertise in
Afro-Latin America and the Caribbean is preferred.
For
full consideration, application materials are due by November 11, 2013. Review
of applications will begin at that time. Applications received after the review
date will be considered if needed until Feb. 1, 2014.
Application
materials, including a letter of application, CV, a syllabus for a proposed
topics course in the candidate’s area of specialization, and three letters of
recommendation, at least one of which must speak directly to teaching ability,
should be submitted electronically to the online recruitment system http://jobs.wm.edu. Please note that the system
will prompt applicants for the contact information for their references. After
submission of the application, those individuals will be contacted by us via
email to submit letters of recommendation. Applications not submitted online or
incomplete applications will not be considered.
·
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR- LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
The Department of History at the College of Staten Island (CSI) invites
applications for a tenure-track position in Latin American History (research
period and focus open) at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2014. In addition to responsibility for teaching introductory and advanced History courses, the successful candidate will also be expected to teach general education History courses, upper division and graduate courses in his or her area of specialization, and support the college's and university's interdisciplinary priorities; pursue an active research and publication program; and perform departmental and college service. The successful candidate will be required to teach courses in both colonial and modern Latin American history. Ability to teach courses on Caribbean History a plus.
Deadline: December
2, 2013
Minimum Requirements:
Ph.D. degree in History or a closely related field is required at time of
appointment. We seek a scholar with a strong teaching record with an ability to
communicate their specialty to a diverse student body.
Preferred
Qualifications: The College of Staten Island is committed to a diverse work
environment that reflects the multicultural makeup of our student body. The
successful candidate will be committed to inclusion and excellence. The Search
Committee is especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through
their research, teaching and/or service, to the diversity of the academic
community. Women and applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations
are strongly encouraged to apply.
Contact
Information:
From our job posting system, select "Apply Now", create or log in to a user account, and provide the requested information. If you are viewing this posting from outside our system, please log on to www.cuny.edu. Navigate to Employment, then Job postings on line. Find Job ID # 9216.
In order to be considered for this position, applicants must submit a letter of application (outlining research and teaching experience), curriculum vitae, and at least three letters of recommendation. Please attach each referee's contact information to your letter of application.
If you have difficulty with uploading multiple documents to the web site please send them to facultyrecruithss@csi.cuny.edu.
Candidates should provide a CV/resume and statement of scholarly interests.
From our job posting system, select "Apply Now", create or log in to a user account, and provide the requested information. If you are viewing this posting from outside our system, please log on to www.cuny.edu. Navigate to Employment, then Job postings on line. Find Job ID # 9216.
In order to be considered for this position, applicants must submit a letter of application (outlining research and teaching experience), curriculum vitae, and at least three letters of recommendation. Please attach each referee's contact information to your letter of application.
If you have difficulty with uploading multiple documents to the web site please send them to facultyrecruithss@csi.cuny.edu.
Candidates should provide a CV/resume and statement of scholarly interests.
- · ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Central American Studies, California State University, Northridge
Migration,
transnational culture or ethnic studies
The candidate will have a generalist background in Central American Studies, with a specialization in migration, transnational culture, or ethnic Studies and a Ph.D. in History, Sociology, Urban Studies, or a related field. Candidates must have the degree awarded prior to August 20, 2014. The best candidate will complement the faculty and the interdisciplinary nature of the Central American Studies program and be able to teach on a range of topics on the Central American region. In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to the Central American Studies Program’s commitment to help students acquire an awareness of the diverse Central American cultures, ethnicities, experiences, worldviews, and its transnational dimension. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to working with a diverse student population.
Deadline: Open until filled.
Application review will begin December 2, 2013.
Minimum
Requirements:
The candidate will have a generalist background in Central American Studies,
with a specialization in migration, transnational culture, or ethnic Studies
and a Ph.D. in History, Sociology, Urban Studies, or a related field.
Documents Required: Please submit
current CV, a brief statement of the candidat’s philosophy of teaching, brief
writing sample (approx. 15 to 20 pages), and three letters of recommendation.
Contact
Information:
Dr. Douglas Carranza, Program Director Central American Studies Program
California State University
18111 Nordhoff
Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8450
Northridge, CA 91330-8450
Additional
Information:
The Central American Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program. The
candidate will be expected to contribute to the field through the publication
of scholarly and/or policy related articles in migration/transnational
culture/ethnic studies and/or other areas related to the interdisciplinary
nature of Central American Studies, participation in professional organizations
and/or community network development. The candidate will work closely with
other faculty, Central American students, and community members towards
building links between academia and the larger Central American community. At
time of appointment, the successful candidate, if not a U.S. citizen, must have
authorization from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to work
in the United States.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
- · LIVE ONLINE CONFERENCE
The
Institute of Caribbean Studies, of the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
(UPR-RP), invites the academic community and the general public to the lecture
*“El derecho a la nacionalidad en República Dominicana”* by Dr.
Cristóbal
Rodríguez Gómez, Graduate Program of Constitutional Law, Universidad
Iberoamericana (UNIBE, Santo Domingo, RD). Dr. Efrén Rivera Ramos, Law
School, UPR-RP, will comment the lecture. The activity will be held on
Thursday,
November 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Amphitheatre Manuel Maldonado Denis (CRA
108) of Carmen Rivera de Alvarado (CRA) Building, Faculty of the Social
Sciences, UPR-RP.
*This
lecture will be broadcast LIVE online through the following website: *
*http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cc71*
<http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cc71>
*Comments
and suggestions on this presentation will be very welcome at: **
*The
Institute of Caribbean Studies in*
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- · CLACS/LEMANN CINEMA SERIES
Presents
EL CUERNO DE LA ABUNDANCIA/ THE HORN OF PLENTY (Cuba and Spain,
2008)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
6:30 pm
Location Lucy Ellis Lounge. 707 South Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL
61801
Cost Free Admission
Director: Juan Carlos Tabío
Starring: Jorge Perugorría, Laura de la Uz, Mirta Ibarra, Vladimir Cruz
According to a newspaper article, more than 25,000 Cubans maintain they are the heirs to an unclaimed multi-million dollar fortune held in the coffers of a British bank and all those with the family name of Castiñeiras will receive a juicy inheritance. All the people with that family name begin proceedings to get their part, but as one can imagine, many obstacles arise along the way.
Awards:
Cartagena Film Festival 2009 - Special Jury Prize
Havana Film Festival 2008 - Best Screenplayer
Lima Latin American Film Festival 2009 - Audience Award
Mar del Plata Film Festival 2009 - Best Film
Watch the trailer: http://www.latidofilms.com/proyectos.catalogo.do?genero=-1&ano=-1&director=&titulo=horn+of+plenty
Cartagena Film Festival 2009 - Special Jury Prize
Havana Film Festival 2008 - Best Screenplayer
Lima Latin American Film Festival 2009 - Audience Award
Mar del Plata Film Festival 2009 - Best Film
Watch the trailer: http://www.latidofilms.com/proyectos.catalogo.do?genero=-1&ano=-1&director=&titulo=horn+of+plenty
- · SPANISH STORY TIME
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
2:30PM
URBANA FREE LIBRARY
Wille Perdomo and
Bruan Collier's book
Bilingual
storytelling in English and traditional languages from Latin America,
traditional music and craft.
Discover and enjoy the rich Latin American culture! The bilingual storytelling will be presented each time in a different Latin American language including Portuguese, Spanish, Quechua, and Q'anjob'al
Discover and enjoy the rich Latin American culture! The bilingual storytelling will be presented each time in a different Latin American language including Portuguese, Spanish, Quechua, and Q'anjob'al
Come
with your children to listen the story in English and Spanish, enjoy Latin
American songs and make a traditional craft!
- MOSTRA 2013- BRAZILIAN FILM SERIES
NOVEMBER 12-13
Illini Union Room 210
English Subtitles
Free Admission
MOSTRA
is the hallmark project of the Chicago-Sao Paulo Chapter of Partners of the
Americas, a volunteer organization founded by John F. Kennedy in 1963,
fostering international volunteer partnerships between people and organizations
for almost 50 years. The Chicago-Sao Paulo Chapter will present MOSTRA
IV: Brazilian Film Series, on November 1-13, 2013. This is the fourth
year for MOSTRA and it is becoming the hottest free ticket in town!
Mostra
means, “To show or demonstrate” in Portuguese. “MOSTRA provides a unique
opportunity for us to develop a better understanding of Brazilian art and
culture. We also want to introduce Brazilian cinema to those who have not yet
had a chance to watch our films and learn about Brazil through the big screen,”
said Ariani Friedl, MOSTRA’s founder and director. “It is our goal to highlight
the importance of Brazilian cinema in the Americas. Our guests can visit Brasil
and never leave their theater seats.”
MOSTRA
IV: Brazilian Film Series opens on November first at Columbia College, with
film screenings hosted by other major colleges and universities in the Midwest.
These include; University of Chicago, Northwestern University, DePaul
University, Roosevelt University, Marian University, Northeastern Illinois
University , Loyola University at Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Columbia College Chicago, Facets
Multi-Media, and The Old Town School of Folk Music. The movies to be screened
include; feature films, documentaries, shorts and animations. The current
line-up is available at www.brazilianfilmsinchicago.com
MOSTRA
IV at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Nov 12th -13th
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Parlamento
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Honduras'
political violence threatens to undermine its November elections http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/3/honduras-electionspoliticalviolence.html
Brazil: Torture in
the name of peace http://www.dw.de/torture-in-the-name-of-peace/a-17199054
The
Costs of the War System and the Economic Predicament of Colombia http://nacla.org/blog/2013/11/1/costs-war-system-and-economic-predicament-colombia
The February 2014 Presidential Race In El Salvador: A High Stakes Election http://www.coha.org/the-february-2014-presidential-race-in-el-salvador-a-high-stakes-election/
Bolivia:
The Politics of Extractivism http://upsidedownworld.org/main/bolivia-archives-31/4536-bolivia-the-politics-of-extractivism
Repressive
Memories: Terror, Insurgency, and the Drug War in Mexico http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4534-repressive-memories-terror-insurgency-and-the-drug-war-in-mexico
Is
Brazil feeding the world as Brazilians go hungry? http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2013/1103/Is-Brazil-feeding-the-world-as-Brazilians-go-hungry
Indigenous
women in Latin America remain invisible to society, warns UN http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/01/indigenous-women-latin-america-un
Latinobarómetro:
la desigualdad es el mayor problema de América Latina http://www.infolatam.com/2013/11/01/135508/
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Angelina
Cotler, Ph.D.
Associate
Director
Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lemann
Institute for Brazilian Studies
University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
201
International Studies Building
910
S. Fifth Street
Champaign,
IL 61820
Ph:
(217) 333-8419
Fax:
(217): 244-7333
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