Monday, May 6, 2013

May 6, 2013

THIS IS THE LAST  POST OF “CLACS THIS WEEK” FOR THIS SEMESTER UNTIL THE END OF THE JULY.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • CALL FOR LECTURES  AT CLACS FOR FALL 2013
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean studies invites faculty and graduate students (in the last stage of their dissertation writing) to present at the Lecture Series Fall 13

Lecture presentations take place in an informal, friendly, and supportive setting where you share any selected aspect of your academic research with graduate and undergraduate students and faculty. Our aim is not only to promote students but also to involve faculty to participate and share their work.

Typically the presenter speaks for 40 to 50 minutes and then invites audience for questions, comments and discussion.

Brown Bags presentations at CLACS are held on Thursdays from noon to 1:30pm in 101 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street in Champaign.

CLACS can provide a lap top and a projector.

I schedule presenters on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested you can sign up for any of the following dates:
  • September 12
  •  October 17, 24, 31
  •  Nov 7
  •  December 5
If interested contact Angelina Cotler (cotler@illinois.edu)

  • LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES TRAVEL GRANTS
The Lemann Institute offers travel grants to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate and undergraduate students who have been accepted to present papers at academic conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Any student can apply to up to 2 conferences in the U.S. per year OR 1 international conference. http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/lemann/fellowships/default.aspx <http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/lemann/fellowships/default.aspx>

  • GRADUATE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Only 3 graduate courses
 http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx <http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx>

  • NEW COURSES FOR THE FALL 2013
LAST 199- INTRODUCTION TO BRAZILIAN STUDIES
(3 credits - no prerequisite - taught in English)
Instructor: Jose Cairus

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to topics in Brazil through a multidisciplinary approach using a broad range of sources such as textbooks, novels, magazines, and audiovisual materials. Students will be introduced to the Portuguese realm of Latin America with its transatlantic connections. Classes will elaborate on the high mixed ethnic environment in Brazil that blended Natives, Europeans, Africans, and Asians. This phenomenon bore a rich and distinct culture that manifests itself in music, arts and sports, some of which was later exported on a planetary scale. Course materials will also cover contemporary topics in economy, society, politics, and environmental issues. Topics will be taught in a comparative framework with other Latin American countries, the United States and within a global context. By conclusion, we will analyze the rise of Brazil, at the twilight of the twenty first century, to a top world economic and as a political "soft power" on global scale upheld by a solid social democracy.

Jose T. Cairus was born in Rio de Janeiro, and has an M.A. in African Diaspora at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and a Ph.D. in Latin American History at York University in Toronto. His doctoral dissertation is titled "The Gracie Clan and the Making of Brazilian jiu-jitsu: National Identity, Performance and Culture, 1905-1993". At York University, University of Guelph and University of Toronto, Dr. Cairus has taught courses in Islamic Civilization, African History, Latin American History and Brazilian Culture.

HIST 507/LAST 550

COMMODITY CHAINS: VISUALIZING PRIMARY GOODS RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM SILVER AND SUGAR TO COPPER AND SOY BEANS AND THE EMBEDDEDNESS IN TRANSNATIONAL  CIRCUITS OF INVESTMENT, TRADE AND CONSUMPTION

4 credits
Associate Professor Nils Jacobsen

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SUMMER TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • SUMMER 2013 LATIN AMERICAN TEACHERS WORKSHOP
BUILDING BRIDGES: LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

TUESDAY, JUNE 11
8:00AM-3:30PM
Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Language Building. 707 S. Mathews Ave

Registration: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7419660

For more information contact Alejandra Seufferheld:  amsseu@illinois.edu


  • INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE 2013
ISI 2013 - Global Citizens, Global Education, Global Competency: Global Context in the Classroom

June 12-15, 2013
Deadline for registration is May 15
Register: http://go.cgs.illinois.edu/ISI2013
For more information, contact Karen Hewitt, khewitt@illinois.edu or 217-244-0288.

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 OPPORTUNITIES

·         FULBRIGHT-HAYS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABROAD 2013-2014

The Department of Education has just announced that it is offering Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships this year.  

The Fulbright-Hays DDRA program is open only to US citizens and permanent residents.  Allowable projects are those that focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).  Applicants may propose projects lasting from 6 to 12 consecutive months, and projects can start as early as October 1, 2013.

Students do not apply directly to DOE.  Instead, students submit materials to the Graduate College and then the Graduate College, working with OSPRA, submits an institutional grant application to DOE that contains all student applications. 
THE GRADUATE COLLEGE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 9:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013.  Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.  

For details on the fellowship and the application process, see https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2662.

Given the extremely tight turnaround time, the Graduate College will hold an information session on the fellowship this Wednesday, May 8, 4:00-5:30, in 304 Coble Hall. Students considering applying are strongly encouraged to attend. 


·         LYDIA CABRERA AWARD FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH ON PRE-1868 CUBAN HISTORY
Deadline: 6/01/2013
Lydia Cabrera Awards are available to support the study of Cuba between 1492 and 1868. Awards are designed specifically to support: 1) original research on Cuban history in Spanish, Mexican, and U. S. archives; 2) the publication of meritorious books on Cuba currently out of print; and 3) the publication of historical statistics, historical documents and guides to Spanish archives relating to Cuban history between 1492 and 1868.
Eligibility:
  • Applicants must be trained in Latin American history and possess knowledge of Spanish.
  • Applicants must be currently engaged in graduate studies at a U. S. institution or be affiliated with a college/university faculty or accredited historical association in the United States.
Award amount: Up to $5,000.
Contact:
Conference on Latin American History
Department of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina 28223
Tel: 704-687-5129
Fax: 704-687-3218
Email: clah@uncc.edu
URL: http://clah.h-net.org/?page_id=147

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IN THE MARKET

·         Common Ground Publishing

The position of Conference Producer provides great opportunity and responsibility, bringing together scholars from around the world to network and discuss important contemporary issues. Producers are responsible for all aspects of budgeting, planning, and executing conferences at national and international locations. Must possess excellent interpersonal and communications skills, experience in negotiation and procurement, be detail-oriented and able to multi-task in a fast paced environment. Must be able to travel on 6-8 conference trips per year and work well with people from different cultures.  Proficiency in Spanish a plus.  Please send email and cover letter to: hr@commongroundpublishing.com

·         Edith B. and Arthur E. Earley Chair in Catholic and Latin American Studies
Wake Forest University

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Department of Religion and School of Divinity invite applications for the Edith B. and Arthur E. Earley Chair in Catholic and Latin American Studies. This is a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall semester 2014. Methodological approaches to Catholic and Latin American studies could include anthropological, sociological, political, historical or theological, but primary academic interest needs to reside in the theoretical and comparative study of religion. This position will have teaching responsibilities in both the Department of Religion and the School of Divinity, but the primary home will be determined by the candidate’s teaching and research interests. In addition, this position will involve teaching in the Latin American Studies program. Qualifications include completed or equivalent of Ph.D., a strong commitment to teaching excellence, and demonstrated promise for continuing research and publication. Wake Forest University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning. For complete details and to apply, go to http://wakejobs.silkroad.com or call  chrome://skype_ff_extension/skin/numbers_button_skype_logo.png(336) 758-4700 . Applications must include a statement on teaching and research, CV, and a sampling of teaching evaluations. Candidates must also supply three letters of reference to be sent separately by their authors to religionletters@wfu.edu (pdf preferred, word documents accepted). All application materials are due by October 15, 2013. Only online applications will be accepted. Specific questions about the position may be addressed to the search committee at fordj@wfu.edu. Wake Forest University is an EEO/AA employer.
Deadline: 10/15/2013
Minimum Requirements: PhD or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications: Teaching responsibilities will include introductory courses and the development of advanced electives in the area of specialization. Qualifications include completed or equivalent of Ph.D., a strong commitment to teaching excellence, and demonstrated promise for continuing research and publication.
Documents Required: Applications must include a statement on teaching and research, CV, and a sampling of teaching evaluations. Candidates must also supply three letters of reference to be sent separately by their authors to religionletters@wfu.edu (pdf preferred, word documents accepted).
Contact Information: fordj@wfu.edu
Additional Information: If you would like to discuss the position, a representative from Wake Forest will be available for consultation at the Latin American Studies Association in Washington, DC from May 29 – June 1, 2013. If you are interested in speaking with someone about the position at LASA, please contact Peter Siavelis, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies at siavelpm@wfu.edu.

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CONFERENCES/CALL FOR PAPERS

  • ·         FIEALC, (Federación Internacional de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe) Congreso XVI “El viejo Mundo y el nuevo mundo en la era del dialogo”SubtemaVI Lengua, lingüística, literatura, arte y cultura: pasado y presente.Iconografías latinoamericanas: la ciudad y el campo como fuentes de representaciones y universos simbólicos

8, 9, 10 y 11 de octubre de 2013
Antalya, Turquía

Las fuentes iconográficas son nuevos objetos de estudios requeridos por las disciplinas históricas, sociales, humanas, filosóficas, semióticas, estéticas y otras, es decir “lecturas transdiciplinarias” (García Canclini) para realizar ingresos renovados a la realidad cultural de América latina y el Caribe.

La constitución de argumentaciones y en particular la organización de epistemologías desde matrices del “viejo mundo” en particular de las Bellas Artes con sus propuestas explicitadas en dibujos, pinturas, esculturas y arquitecturas crearon todo un ideario sobre la ciudad y el campo como fuente inspiracional a lo largo de estos últimos siglos en vastos y recónditos territorios.

Así también, las artes industriales con las tecnologías de la prensa, los archivos fotográficos, las propuestas del diseño y la organización del cine regional y de autor, han marcado las prácticas sobre la ciudad y el campo, en particular en las luchas sociales y la reivindicación popular.

En fin, las tipologías iconográficas en nuestro continente han dado consistencia a renovadores discursos sobre la identidad, el sentido de lo latinoamericano y en muchos casos han constituido trincheras representacionales y políticas precisas desde un acontecimiento urbano o de un hecho rural. Por lo mismo, las iconografías han producido “diálogos entre el viejo y el nuevo mundo”, así también han creado numerosos universos simbólicos que operan entre la subjetivación y la objetivación de tensados imaginarios culturales (N. Richard).

La imagen fija, la imagen en movimiento, el dibujo en papel, la pintura en lienzos, las esculturas en los espacios públicos, los estilos en la ciudad de los muertos o en la viva estructura urbana, los negativos fotográficos, los archivos fílmicos, los originales analógicos o los del mundo digital, son entradas direccionadas de la representación desde las “estructuras del sentimiento” (R.Williams) pues nos entregan una ciudad y ruralidad primeramente visualizada y soñada, pero sobre todo utópicamente amada.

Esta propuesta apunta a realizar un balance, rectificar omisiones de las “cultura mudas de América Latina y el Caribe” (P. Freire) y principalmente darle coherencia científica a este campo de resonancias que establecen múltiples exploraciones desde corpus consistentes que definen campos fecundos de acción analítica y crítica: una “ecología de saberes” (B de Sousa), un campo de identidades simbólicas precisas.

Proponemos una mesa establecida en cuatro matrices culturales:
  1. Idearios iconográficos de la ciudad y el campo del siglo XIX
  2. Políticas de las representaciones de la modernidad urbana/rural
  3. Análisis discursivos iconográficos entre la tradición y el progreso
  4. Nuevas transiconografías (hibridismos)
Proposal deadline: 5 agosto 2013
Contact information:
Dr. Gonzalo Leiva Quijada, Chile, Académico e investigador Instituto de Estética, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. gleivaq@uc.cl

Dra. Andrea Casa Nova Maia, Brasil. Profesora de Historia del Instituto de Historia de la Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro  andreacn.bh@gmail.com
Additional information:
Informes e inscripciones, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Necati Kutlu, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos, Universidad de Ankara, e-mail: kutlu@ankara.edu.tr y lamerika@ankara.edu.tr

Consultas especiales: Coordinación General de la FIEALC (CCyDEL, CIALC, UNAM) Torre II de Humanidades, lo piso, C. U. México, Tel. (5255) 56 16 25 15, e-mail: zea@unam.mx

  • ·         2013 LABEL Workshop: ‘Human and Environmental Security in Cross-border Regions: Multidisciplinary approaches in Latin America’.

October 10 – 11, 2013
Luxembourg City (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

Workshop synopsis Human security and environmental security are timely and relevant matters in global geopolitics, and Latin America is not the exception. However, they have rarely been empirically examined in cross-border areas in relation to regional institutional dynamics and regional human security regimes. The purpose of 2013 LABEL Workshop is to explore these interactions bringing together three different disciplinary analysis specifically for the Latin American region: human and environmental security, border studies, and regional integration studies. The workshop seeks to contribute to international debates on human and environmental security: 1) analyzing social process and mechanisms that link environmental security to human security and the respect of human rights in the region, 2) discussing how these concepts can be operationalized in terms of a) policy-making in a local cross-border context, and b) civil society participation; and 3) examining how regional organisms and civil society define or address environmental and human security issues in cross-border areas.

Some suggested sub-topics to authors are: i) Descentralised cooperation, ii) Movement of people, iii) Integration, iv) Environmental resources management, v) Social, economic and cultural development, vi) Indigenous peoples, vii) Cultural identities, viii) Local public policies, ix) Gender-based violence, and x) Successful inter-communal actions.

In particular, paper and panel proposals in the areas of Sociology, Political Science, History, Development, Regional studies, Gender studies, Cinema, Literature and Cultural studies are encouraged.
Proposal deadline: June 9, 2013
Contact information:
Label2013@uni.lu
Scientific committee
LABEL:
Isabel Yepez (UCL)
Philippe de Lombaerde (UNU-CRIS)
Kristine Vanden Berghe (ULg)
UNILU & RISC (Organization team of the 2013 LABEL Workshop):
Carmen Maganda and Harlan Koff
Mónica Velasco Pufleau

Further information may be found on www.risc.lu
Additional information:
Paper and panel submission process

Paper and panel proposals on the above-mentioned sub-topics and areas of knowledge (or any other related) should be submitted by e-mail as a word document before June 10, 2013 to Label2013@uni.lu. Proposals may be written in French, Spanish or English and should consist of an abstract not longer than 250 words (including the title). The author’s name, institution and e-mail, as well as a brief description of her/his academic/scholar background, shall be included on top of it. Proposals may be submitted by more than one author. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Scientific committee of the 2013 LABEL Workshop.

Please note that all correspondence will be done via e-mail. Notifications of accepted paper and panel proposals will be done to authors between June 21 and June 25, 2013. Full papers will be presented by authors (one per paper) in one of the 2013 LABEL Workshop’s panels and may be considered for publication in the Regions & Cohesion journal.

Financial support for speakers

The organization will cover related accommodation and meals of all speakers (one per paper) during the workshop period, prior registration (see details below).

Further information

Working languages of the 2013 LABEL Workshop are French, Spanish and English. Simultaneous translation will not be available. Registration fee for the workshop is 15 euros, which includes an annual subscription to LABEL.

The preliminary programme of the workshop, as well as the information as regards the registration process and other practical information (accommodation, venue...) will be published beginning of July 2013. Information concerning full papers submission and panels will be directly sent to authors via e-mail, once they confirm their participation to the 2013 LABEL Workshop, and not later than mid-July 2013.

  • ·         SEGUNDO SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL "AMÉRICA LATINA, EL CARIBE Y CHINA: CONDICIONES Y RETOS EN EL SIGLO XXI"

MAYO 26-28, 2014
MEXICO, D.F., UNAM

Seminario académico con cuatro ejes temáticos (y respectivas conferencias): a. economía, comercio e inversión, b. Relaciones políticas e internacionales, c. agricultura, minería y medio ambiente, d. Historia, migración, cultura y aprendizaje del chino. Ver convocatoria en: www.redalc-china.org
Proposal deadline: 13 de enero, 2014
Contact information: http://www.redalc-china.org y redalcchina@economia.unam.mx
Additional information: ver convocatoria y detalles en: http://www.redalc-china.org/seminarios.html

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IN THE NEWS
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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
www.clacs.illinois.edu


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