ANNOUNCEMENTS
- FALL LECTURES FOR CLACS AND LEMANN INSTITUTE; http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/documents/LECTURESFALL15_001.pdf
- DID YOU MISS ANY LECTURE? WATCH ALL OUR VIDEOS http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/videos/default.aspx
- GRADUATE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
The
graduate minor in Latin American Studies will require the student to complete
12 graduate hours; 8 of the hours must be at the 500-level.
Area
Coursework: A minimum of 8 graduate hours at the 400/500-level from courses in
two different departments approved by CLACS every semester.
The
Center updates and posts approved courses in our website and announce them
through our listserv. Our Center has approximately 104 faculty affiliated from
different departments in campus, and we approve their courses as part of our
curriculum. The Center will record the approved courses on a master list to be
kept in the unit that will be used to certify that students took approved
courses during their studies in the minor.
Language
Component: At least 4 hours in language coursework taken in any Latin American
language (Portuguese, Spanish or Native American Language or Haitian Creole)
while enrolled in the Graduate Minor program. In the case that not enough or
advance language courses are offered, The Center also accepts as equivalent
area courses taught in these languages, i.e. literature class taught in
Portuguese or Spanish. If the chosen language course is at the 400-or 500 level
it may count towards the required 12 hours for Graduate Minor. We anticipate
that students registering in the Minor already have knowledge of Latin American
language. If the Student's Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals with
a country from Latin America and the Caribbean, we advise students in this
minor to speak with their advisor about including a committee member from the
minor area. We recommend that the courses taken for the minor not be
applied to course requirements in the students' Master's or PhD program
- 8TH ANNUAL LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 18-24
ART THEATER CO-OP, 126 w. Church Street.
Champaign
For
the last eight years the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
(CLACS) at the University of Illinois organizes a one-week Latin American film
festival for all the community.
This
year festival, Sept. 18-Sept. 24 we will screen six recent fiction films and
one documentary from different countries of the region.
The
Film Critic (Argentina)
The
Invisible Collection (Brazil)
I’m
not Lorena (Chile)
Behavior
(Cuba)
His
Wedding Dress (Cuba-Spain)
Zanahoria
(Uruguay)
All
of Me (Mexico).
This
year we celebrate the newly established relations with Cuba with two films and
we are very pleased to announce the presence of the director of Invisible
Collection, Bernard Attal, for a Q&A session with the audience on Friday
night.
Each
film will be screen three times and all of them have subtitles.
CHECK
OUR BROCHURE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH FILM:
For
more information check : http://www.arttheater.coop/
- COURSES APPROVED FOR THE MAJOR, MINOR, GRADUATE MINOR AND FLAS STUDENTS FOR CLACS- FALL 2015
- MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND JOIN US
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- LEMANN LECTURE SERIES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
2PM
101 International Studies Building
EDUARDO RIOS-NETO, Department of Demography (CEDEPLAR), Federal
University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and 2015 Lemann Visiting Professor
THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEMOGRAPHY TRANSITION IN BRAZIL
Brazil has already completed its
demographic transition at some point in the last fifteen years. Other
important social transitions such as the urban, epidemiological, nutritional,
and migration are in advanced stage or already concluded. Some societal
and economic theories would predict a high developmental stage upon the
conclusion of the demographic transition. This talk will explore why
there might be a truncation in this move towards high development and social
integration in Brazil. It will start reviewing the demographic transition´s
past trajectory and future population scenario with respect to the Brazilian
age structure. Education is a key variable determining the likelihood of
untying this truncation. A projection of a scenario for education
based on historical trends does not provide an optimist view for the Brazilian
future, when the country will be facing population aging and new government
expenditures associated with this
process.
Eduardo Rios-Neto is the Distinguished
Lemann Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign during
the 2015-2016 academic year. Professor of Demography at CEDEPLAR-Federal
University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where he has taught since 1980. He
received the Brazilian Federal Government Medal of Scientific Merit in
2010. He was Graduate Training Director in Demography at CEDEPLAR between
1996 and 2000. He was Tinker Professor at the University of Texas at
Austin in the first semester of 2006, when he taught a course o policy impact
evaluation in Latin America. In 1996, he spent one year in Postdoctoral
activities in the field of Demography at the University of Texas, Austin, when
he finished his full professor’s thesis. He has a Ph.D. in Demography
from the University of California at Berkeley. His M.A. and B.A. degrees
are in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil. He
was President of the Brazilian Population Association (ABEP) from
1999-2002. He was member of the Brazilian National Committee on
Population and Development (CNPD) and eventually became the president of CNPD,
2004-2011. He was a member of the social and economic development council
for the state of Minas Gerais. He was member of the advisory
committee of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) for two
years. He has coordinated several institutional research grants at
Cedeplar. These grants are in the areas of education, impact evaluation
of the conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Familia, Impact evaluation of
education and social programs in the state of Minas Gerais. He
participated on some “Expert Meetings” for the United Nations and other
international scientific organizations. In addition, he has been a fellow
at the Ford Foundation, CNPq- Brazilian National Research Council, the
Rockefeller Foundation, and the Population Council. He was the vice chair of
the bureau organizing the Commission on Population and Development of the
United Nation´s Economic and Social Council in 2010. In 2014, he was a
committee member to evaluate IIASA – International Institute for Applied System
Analysis. He has published national and international papers as well as
two books and several book chapters.
- THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CLACS)
LECTURE
SERIES
DANIEL
LEVINE, Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, University of Michigan
RELIGION,
RIGHTS AND VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA: PAST AND FUTURE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
12PM
101 International Studies Building
Religion and
violence have been closely intertwined in Latin America since the conquest, in
a dynamic relation marked by significant change in each. The growth in
numbers and status of Protestant and Pentecostal churches has reshaped the
public presence of religion, replacing Catholic monopoly with vigorous
competition in an open public sphere. The massive state repression, civil
conflict and revolutionary struggle of the 1970s and 1980s have been
replaced on the public scene by gangs, drugs, migration, domestic
violence, horrific prisons, and continued official impunity. The toll of
victims remains high (in some cases higher) but the experience of
violence, and the involvement of churches and religious groups, is now
multiple, decentralized, and localized. Prevailing religious explanations of
violence (caused by injustice or punishment for sin?) have also shifted
and new churches offer converts ways to exit the violence of daily life.
In the earlier period, churches and religiously inspired actors in civil
society were central in the promotion of human rights and of the human rights
movement. Although this relation is less prominent now, issues of
accountability, memory, and reconciliation, and aid to victims and survivors
remain important.
Daniel H. Levine is Professor of Political
Science, Emeritus at the University of Michigan, and Profesor Honorario
at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He has published
widely on issues of religion and politics, democracy, democratization,
and civil society and social movements in Latin America. He is the author
of nine books (Conflict and Political Change in Venezuela, Religion
and Politics in Latin America, Religion and Political Conflict in Latin
America, Popular Voices in Latin American Catholicism,
Constructing Culture and Power in Latin America, Voces Populares en el
Catolicismo Latinoamericano, The Quality of Democracy in Latin America,
and Politics, Religion, and Society in Latin America) along
with numerous articles and chapters in books in English, Spanish,
French and German.
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CONFERENCES/CALL
FOR PAPERS
- LATIN AMERICA IN TRANSLATION SERIES – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
In the
English-speaking world, Latin Americans are more often written about than
read. As a result, the educated public in the United States continues to
learn most of what it does know about the region from Latin Americanists who
are themselves foreigners to the national realities they study. Since October
1990, the UNC and Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies has
undertaken an effort to address this imbalance by establishing an ongoing
editorial series, “Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução.”
The Latin America in
Translation Series is a joint initiative of the UNC and Duke Consortium, Duke
University Press (DUP), and the University of North Carolina Press (UNCP) and
is directed by an editorial committee of faculty members and editors from the
three sponsoring institutions. Since 1993, more than 40 books have been
published in the series with more forthcoming regularly.The UNC-Duke Consortium is pleased to announce the 2015 Call for Proposals, with a submission deadline of October 16, 2015. Detailed nomination instructions, as well as a link to the new nomination form, can be found at: http://jhfc.duke.edu/latinamericauncduke/2014/01/06/latin-america-in-translation-call-for-proposals/
To see the list of titles that have appeared in the Series up till now, please go to https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ProductList.php?viewby=series&id=38 (for Duke) and http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/books?page_type=series&page_type_id=47 (for UNC).
- CONGRESO PERIODISMO Y LITERATURA/ PERIODISMO E HISTORIA EN EL MUNDO HISPANICO
University
of Dallas, Irving, TX. USA.
1
y 2 de abril de 2016.
Desde el comienzo
del siglo XIX una serie de escritores e intelectuales han hecho de la prensa
periódica el medio fundamental de transmisión de su pensamiento
estético-literario y político-social. La colaboración de escritores e
intelectuales en la prensa, bien como redactores, bien a través de artículos de
opinión enviados con cierta frecuencia, muestran así un transfondo de ideas
sobre la realidad y la historia vivida.
Este congreso
tratará sobre las relaciones entre periodismo y literatura/periodismo e
historia en el mundo hispánico. Este simposio va dirigido a profesores y
doctorandos de Filología, Historia, Humanidades y Ciencias de la Comunicación
y, en general, a cualquier persona interesada en cualquiera de los siguientes
ejes temáticos:
Periodismo
y literature
Periodismo
e historia
Estudios
de recepción organizacionales e interpersonales
Estudios
de empresa periodística (organización administrativa y laboral, fuentes de
ingresos, recursos tecnológicos estructura de tirajes, canales de difusión)
Colaboración
de escritores y articulistas en la prensa periódica
Escritoras
y periodismo
Publicación
de obras en la prensa
Aquellos
interesados en estas jornadas deberán enviar una propuesta (de no más de
250 palabras y que contenga cinco palabras claves) con su nombre,
dirección postal, nombre de la institución a la que pertenecen, y correo
electrónico a: mperez@udallas.edu infernan@up.edu.mx
El plazo límite
para enviar las propuestas es el 31 de enero de 2016.
El plazo límite
para enviar las ponencias es el 1 de marzo de 2016.
Idiomas del
congreso: español e inglés.
El precio del
congreso será de $65 USA.
- TROPICAL EXPOSURES: PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND VISUAL CULTURE IN A CARIBBEAN FRAME
MARCH 10-12, 2016
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
We offer our
conference as a forum in which to peruse and absorb the visual turn in
con-temporary inquiry from the unique vantage points of the Caribbean,
circum-Caribbean and Caribbean diasporas. We conceive the tropical
exposure as a frame for representing the region’s strengths and vulnerabilities
and for questioning the interaction of Antillean sensibilities with a plethora
of images and mediascapes. Our invited keynote speakers include
photographer Virginia Beahan and artist Francisco Crespo.
Tropical Exposures welcomes
proposals for papers that address any facet of Caribbean visual representation
in photography, film, art, popular culture, and other media, as well as the
interaction of word and image more generally. Scholars are also encouraged to
present proposals that consider social and cultural shifts toward the
increasing intermediality of representation in the Caribbean frame. Papers may
focus on one terrain, image-maker, or form of media, or employ comparative
strategies. Papers may be in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese, though
English is preferred. We anticipate creating an edited volume of expanded
essays around the notion of Tropical Exposures, co-edited by Ana López and
Marilyn Miller. We encourage participants to prepare abstracts and presentations
with an eye to inclusion in a print publication.
Papers might address some of the following t(r)opics or questions
in their myriad Caribbean contexts:
Conditions
of image production in the torrid zones
Documentary
film and the aims of full exposure
Still
life and the notion of static representation
Visual
literacy and lens-based scholarship
Image
and intellectual property
Snapshots,
clips, collages and other image fragments
Icons
of visual culture from Korda’s Che to Cabrera Infante’s Códac
Ruins
as sites of deterioration and inspiration
Visual
representation, race and post-race
Caribbean
images as ephemera
Realisms,
surrealisms, hyperrealisms
Museums,
biennales, and other sites of collective visual consumption
Code-switching
between media• Virtual and interactive visual systems
Word
and Image studies in and on the Caribbean
Facades
Censorship
and the Image
Moving
pictures and sentiment
Patronage,
connoisseurship, and institutional support
Captions
Image
saturation and contamination
Interiority
and exteriority
Fair
use of the Caribbean image
Tourism
and other circuitous systems
New
languages and theories of visual technique and critique
Please send a proposal and
250-word abstract by SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 to <ccsi@tulane.edu>, including the abstract
as an attachment to the email. Please include the title of your paper, your
name (and the names of any co-presenters), institutional affiliation,
mailing address, phone number, and email address. We welcome pre-constituted
panels. If submitting a panel for consideration, please include a top
sheet with panel title, participant names and a brief abstract of the panel
topic in addition to the individual paper proposals. Notification of acceptance
to the conference will be made by OCTOBER 1, 2015.
For more information about the
conference, location and arrangements, visit the Cuban and Caribbean Studies
Institute website at <http://cuba.tulane.edu/>.
- FORMS OF INFORMALITY: TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND POPULAR CULTURE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
March 11-12, 2016
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Wisconsin, Madison
We invite scholars working on popular culture in/of the Global South to submit paper proposals that interrogate the possibilities and limitations of combining formal textual analysis with the question of informal economic activity. How might literary analysis be used for the interpretation of popular culture and vernacular genres that circulate in dynamic informal markets? What is at stake when performing textual analyses of narratives crafted in various media for an immediate financial return? Can formal criticism overcome reified oppositions such as “literary” vs. “popular”? By focusing on the play between formalism and informality, this symposium aims to explore and evaluate textual approaches, such as close reading, being used by a range of disciplines—including cultural studies, literary studies, media anthropology, and ethnography—in the study of Global South cultural objects.
The resurgent regard for formalist approaches—genre criticism in African screen media, for example—suggests that these may play an increasingly powerful role in our understanding of narratives that circulate informally: pirated texts rolling off anarchist or commercial presses in Latin America, vintage cassettes for sale on the streets of Dar es Salaam, Kuduro music traded by Bluetooth in Angola, or pen-drive-circulated videos in Cuba demand criticism that evaluates both the nature of the markets in which they circulate and the formal textual strategies of those markets. What are the useful concatenations and distinctions between technological proliferation and individual sites of meaning? What can we learn about the status of popular texts by focusing on their form? Indeed, if these texts are produced and consumed in informal markets, outside the rules of corporate media industries and state institutions, is informality rearticulated through their aesthetic or semiotic features? Or, on the contrary, does it remain a category incommensurate with aesthetic analysis?
This symposium will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 11-12, 2016. UW-Madison is home to a wide variety of Language and Literature Departments and Area Studies Programs with research interests in the Global South. It is also home to North America’s only degree-granting department in African literature, which—in its 50th year—is planning to become a department of African Cultural Studies. The largely Euro-American tradition of cultural studies may be increasingly at work in the study of the Global South, but not without substantial revision and reformulation. What can language and literature departments contribute to this process? And how do they intersect with and depart from other disciplines?
Possible areas of inquiry might include, but are not limited to:
Implications of the new “Global South” forum in the Modern
Language Association
Current conceptualizations of popular culture in/of the Global
South
The relationship between cultural production and the informal
economy
Reading practices (close reading, surface reading, symptomatic
reading, etc.)
Transnational and translocal articulations of informal networks
Authorship and intellectual property
Theoretical and historical perspectives on the role of digital
technologies in the Global South
“New formalist” articulations of postcolonial studies
Contemporary tensions between cultural and literary studies
The institutional implications of conducting research on
informal markets in language and literature departments
Proposal deadline: September 15, 2015
Contact information: Victor
Goldgel-Carballo (Spanish and Portuguese) and Matthew H. Brown (African
Languages & Literature) at formsofinformality@gmail.com
- URBAN
AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION 46th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
***Special Track: Urban Issues in Central & South America and the Caribbean***
March 16-19, 2016
Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel—San Diego, California,
Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel—San Diego, California,
Track Committee:
Ana Sabogal, Catholic University, Lima, Peru
Janina Leon, Catholic University, Lima, Peru
Lucia Capanema-Alvares, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
Lucia Álvarez, Universidad Nacional de Mexico
Soledad Arqueros, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cecilia Giusti, Texas A&M University, US
For complete information about this track: http://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/conference2016/submit-a-proposal/
Proposal
deadline: October 1, 2015
For
more information on the conference: http://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/conference2016/
Questions? Contact us at: conf@uaamail.org
Questions? Contact us at: conf@uaamail.org
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IN THE MARKET
- TENRURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR- LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
The Department of Anthropology and the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies
seek to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in Latin American social anthropology.
Specific area(s) and topic(s) of research within the general field of Latin
American social anthropology are open. The appointment is expected to begin on
July 1, 2016. The tenure-track professor will be responsible for teaching at
the undergraduate and graduate levels. The course load (four courses/year) will
be split equally between the Department of Anthropology and the Committee on
Degrees in Social Studies (an interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration in
the social sciences at Harvard College). A Ph.D. in Anthropology is required by
the time the appointment begins. Demonstrated excellence in teaching is
desired.
Deadline: Oct. 1st, 2015
Documents Required:
Applicants should submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6323) no later than October 1, 2015:
Applicants should submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6323) no later than October 1, 2015:
1.
Cover letter
2.
Curriculum Vitae
3.
Teaching statement (describing teaching approach and philosophy)
4.
Research statement
5.
Names and contact information of 3-5 references (Do not ask
recommenders to submit letters unless/until you are asked to do so).
Contact Information:
Chair of Latin American Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Email: anthrochair@fas.harvard.edu
Chair of Latin American Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Email: anthrochair@fas.harvard.edu
Additional Information:
Apply here: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6323
Apply here: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6323
- ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, MODERN LATIN AMERICAN (since 1800)
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE UNIVERSITY
The Pennsylvania State University Department of History invites applications
for a tenure-track position in the history of Modern Latin America (since
1800). The appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant or Associate
Professor, depending upon qualifications, and will begin in August 2016. The
successful applicant should be able to enhance the graduate concentration in
Latin American history, demonstrate an active research agenda, be able to
contribute immediately to both graduate and undergraduate teaching in the
department, and be ready to participate in the Latin American Studies program.
Candidate must have a Ph.D. in hand at date of application. Prospective
candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a letter of application that
describes current and future research, and evidence of teaching effectiveness
at https://psu.jobs/job/58906.
Applications may also include up to three offprints or unpublished papers or
chapters. Please request three letters of reference be sent to Search
Committee, Modern Latin America, Department of History, The Pennsylvania State
University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802. Review of
applications will begin on November 15, 2015, and continue until the position
is filled. CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS: For more about safety at Penn State, and to review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters, please go to http://www.police.psu.edu/clery/, which will also provide you with detail on how to request a hard copy of the Annual Security Report.
Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Deadline:11/15/15
Minimum Requirements: Ph.D.
Preferred Qualifications: Enhance graduate
concentration in Latin American history
Documents Required:
Letter of Application to include current and future research, current curriculum vita, evidence of teaching effectiveness. Also send three letters of reference
Letter of Application to include current and future research, current curriculum vita, evidence of teaching effectiveness. Also send three letters of reference
Contact Information:
Search Committee, Modern Latin America, Dept. of History, Penn State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802
Search Committee, Modern Latin America, Dept. of History, Penn State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802
Additional Information:
apply at https://psu.jobs/job/58906
apply at https://psu.jobs/job/58906
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ, DEPARTMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES
Assistant
or Associate Professor, BRAZIL/BRAZILIAN STUDIES
The Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) Department at the University of
California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a tenure track
(Assistant) or tenured (Associate) professor position that focuses on
Brazil/Brazilian studies. Using the analytical framework of transnationalism,
we seek a scholar whose work on twentieth-and/or twenty-first century Brazil
will strengthen one or more of our Department’s four substantive themes of (1)
Transnationalisms, Migrations, and Displacement; (2) Intersectionality,
Identities, and Inequalities; (3) Collective Action, Social Movements, and
Social Change; and (4) Culture, Power, Knowledge.
We welcome a variety of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches in the Social Sciences and Humanities, and seek to recruit in fields that include Anthropology, History, Literature, Politics, and Sociology, and the interdisciplinary fields of Cultural Studies, Ethnic and Critical Race Studies, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, Media Studies, and Urban Studies. An applicant whose work focuses on popular culture, media or digital media, south/south migration, indigeneity, and/or dissident sexualities is of particular interest.
The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies has a long tradition of collaborative and interdisciplinary work, and we especially encourage applications from strongly qualified candidates eager to extend their teaching and research activities across disciplinary boundaries. A specialist in Brazil will substantially enrich the department’s existing strengths while also helping UCSC acknowledge the formidable role Brazil plays in the region and in the world.
The successful candidate must be able to work with students, faculty and staff from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. In addition to expanding the research and curriculum profile of our recently launched doctoral program, the successful candidate will also contribute significantly to our undergraduate program. We are especially interested in candidates who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service, and we encourage both domestic and international candidates to apply.
We welcome a variety of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches in the Social Sciences and Humanities, and seek to recruit in fields that include Anthropology, History, Literature, Politics, and Sociology, and the interdisciplinary fields of Cultural Studies, Ethnic and Critical Race Studies, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, Media Studies, and Urban Studies. An applicant whose work focuses on popular culture, media or digital media, south/south migration, indigeneity, and/or dissident sexualities is of particular interest.
The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies has a long tradition of collaborative and interdisciplinary work, and we especially encourage applications from strongly qualified candidates eager to extend their teaching and research activities across disciplinary boundaries. A specialist in Brazil will substantially enrich the department’s existing strengths while also helping UCSC acknowledge the formidable role Brazil plays in the region and in the world.
The successful candidate must be able to work with students, faculty and staff from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. In addition to expanding the research and curriculum profile of our recently launched doctoral program, the successful candidate will also contribute significantly to our undergraduate program. We are especially interested in candidates who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service, and we encourage both domestic and international candidates to apply.
Deadline: Review of
applications will begin on September 28, 2015.
To ensure full consideration, applications should be complete and letters of recommendation received by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than 6/30/2016.
To ensure full consideration, applications should be complete and letters of recommendation received by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than 6/30/2016.
BASIC
QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in Social Science or
Humanities field, or related field is expected to be conferred by June 30,
2016; demonstrated record of research and university teaching.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Demonstrated excellence in research and publication, proven distinction in university teaching and administrative service. Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese or an indigenous language of the Americas.
For Associate Professor: Record of publications; demonstrated experience in university teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels; and administrative service.
Documents
Required:
TO APPLY: Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system. All applications must include: (1) letter of application; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) research statement; (4) pedagogy statement; (5) 2-3 writing samples/publications (20-30 pages each, published work expected from associate professor candidates); (6) teaching evaluations if available; and (7) 3 confidential letters of reference*. Additional publications may be requested of associate-level applicants considered for appointment. All applicants are invited to submit a statement addressing their contributions to diversity through research, teaching and/or service. All documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files. Apply at https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00292
Refer to Position #JPF00292-16 in all correspondence.
*All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm
TO APPLY: Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system. All applications must include: (1) letter of application; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) research statement; (4) pedagogy statement; (5) 2-3 writing samples/publications (20-30 pages each, published work expected from associate professor candidates); (6) teaching evaluations if available; and (7) 3 confidential letters of reference*. Additional publications may be requested of associate-level applicants considered for appointment. All applicants are invited to submit a statement addressing their contributions to diversity through research, teaching and/or service. All documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files. Apply at https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00292
Refer to Position #JPF00292-16 in all correspondence.
*All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm
Contact
Information:
VISIT THE APO WEB SITE AT: http://apo.ucsc.edu
VISIT THE APO WEB SITE AT: http://apo.ucsc.edu
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES; GLOBAL & AREA STUDIES
nine-month
academic year, tenure-track appointment with 65% teaching, 25% research, 5%
advising and 5% service
University
of Wyoming - Global & Area Studies Program
The successful candidate will be a Latin Americanist
teacher-scholar, with interests in interdisciplinary work in the Social
Sciences. Responsibilities will include teaching core classes for the program,
such as Introduction to Global Studies, important regional classes, such as
Introduction to Latin American Studies, and upper division and Masters-level
classes in the candidate’s area of specialty. A successful research program
must be established by the time of tenure. Preference for a focus on
Development and/or Environment and Natural Resources.
Deadline: November 12, 2015
Minimum Requirements: Candidates should have their
Ph.D. in a relevant Social Science or international interdisciplinary degree
program at the time of appointment, August 2016. Additionally, candidates
should have a demonstrated Latin American focus, teaching experience, and
experience with research publications and/or presentations.
Preferred Qualifications: Preference for a
demonstrated focus on Development and/or Environment and Natural Resources.
Documents Required: Submit a curriculum vitae, a
letter of application that describes current and future research, evidence of
teaching effectiveness and the names and contact information of three
references to the provided contact information.
Applications via email preferred, paper accepted. Review of applications begins November 13, 2015. Complete applications received at that point will be given priority.
Applications via email preferred, paper accepted. Review of applications begins November 13, 2015. Complete applications received at that point will be given priority.
Contact Information:
Dr. David A. Messenger
Director, Global & Area Studies Program
University of Wyoming
Dept. 4299, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
dmesseng@uwyo.edu
Dr. David A. Messenger
Director, Global & Area Studies Program
University of Wyoming
Dept. 4299, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
dmesseng@uwyo.edu
Additional Information:
More information on the Global & Area Studies Program can be found here: http://www.uwyo.edu/intstudy/
More information on the Global & Area Studies Program can be found here: http://www.uwyo.edu/intstudy/
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY & LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
The
University of Georgia
The Department of Sociology and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute (LACSI) invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor
position to begin fall 2016. We are looking for outstanding scholars whose
empirical research and substantive interests focus on Latin America, the
Caribbean, or Latinos and Latinas in the U.S. The successful candidate will be
able to teach courses not only in sociology but also in Latin American and
Caribbean Studies. Preference will be given to candidates who are prepared to
teach sociological theory. We seek candidates with a record of high quality
research and who show promise of securing external funding. We invite
interested candidates to visit the websites of the Sociology Department (http://www.uga.edu/soc/) and the Latin
American and Caribbean Studies Institute (http://www.lacsiuga.org/).
LACSI is a vibrant, interdisciplinary academic community with 150 affiliate
faculty and opportunities for collaboration across the university. The
Institute has recently been awarded the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI
NRC and FLAS grants.
Deadline: Review of applicants begins on
September 12 and will continue until the position is filled
Minimum Requirements: Candidates must have a Ph.D.
in Sociology or have completed all the requirements for this degree by August
10, 2016.
Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to
candidates who are prepared to teach sociological theory.
Documents Required: Please submit applications
online at https://www.franklin.uga.edu/jobs.
Applicants should upload a cover letter, C.V., research statement, statement of
teaching experience and interests, and a writing sample. Applicants will be
asked to provide names and e-mail addresses of three letter-writers who will
receive an online link for submitting letters of reference.
Contact Information: Patricia Richards plr333@uga.edu 706-542-3235
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OPPORTUNITIES
- THE EDUCATION JUSTICE PROJECT (EJP)- APPLICATIONS The Education Justice Project (EJP) is accepting applications for Spring 2016, until Oct 1. EJP offers upper-division courses and other academic programs to men incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security men’s prison about 35 miles east of campus. Among the programs we’re especially seeking members for this year are: writing tutors, anti-violence education program (CAVE) facilitators, and someone to coordinate our writing workshop program. More information is available on the EJP website at educationjustice.net and at the upcoming information sessions.
ILLINOIS INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM
We encourage you to forward this message to your colleagues or departments you think would be interested in pursuing these opportunities. Proposals should be submitted electronically at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/3145498 (travel) and https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/239060 (conference). The deadline for proposals is November 2, 2015. If you have questions, please contact Julie Misa, Executive Director for Administration and Management, at (217) 333-9192 or jmisa@illinois.edu.
- UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE ACADEMY
- SEEKING HIGH PROFICIENCY ENGLISH SPEAKERS FOR PAID FELLOWSHIP IN COLOMBIA
The Atlas Corps English Teaching Fellowship is an 11-month
(January 2016-December 2016) English teaching opportunity in Colombia for
emerging professionals. This English teaching opportunity is a collaboration
between Volunteers COLOMBIA, Heart for Change and Atlas Corps. It is a
full-time teaching opportunity where high proficiency English speakers are
taught the methodology to provide bilingual education in Colombia. Benefits
include a living stipend, health insurance, teacher training, and ongoing
professional development.
Eligibility: Applicants must be
between the ages of 21 and 55, have at least a Bachelor's degree, be native
English speakers or have high English proficiency, have at least basic Spanish language
skills (we encourage all levels of Spanish to apply), and have interest in
serving in an educational environment (we will provide the methodology, you
provide the inspiration and energy).
Apply: For more details about
eligibility requirements and the application process, please visit: http://bit.ly/AtlasCorpsEnglishTeachingFellowship
Note: Our priority application
deadline is Sept. 30, 2015, to be considered for placement in January 2016. If
you have any questions about the Fellowship, please email us at infocolombia@atlascorps.org
- LATIN GUITAR CLASSES: Learn how to play Tango, Bolero, Corrido, Bosaa Nova and more
INSTRUCTOR: GUIDO SANCHEZ-PORTUGUEZ
Director of the Latin American Popular Music Ensemble at the Jacobs School of
Music, Indiana University
UPPER BOUT
For
more information: Guido Sanchez-Portuguez: subtilio74@gmail.com or (812)
219-8683
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OUTREACH
Spanish
Story Time has been organized by CLACS & the Urbana Free Library since
2006.
On September we
will present Yuyi Morales' book:
Just a
Minute, A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
·
Saturday September 12
·
2:30 – 3:30 pm
·
The Urbana Free Library Children's
Department,
210 W Green St, Urbana
Come
with your children to listen the story in English and Spanish, enjoy Latin
American songs, and make a traditional craft!
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Brazil's
attorney general asked to investigate campaigns Rousseff and Lula http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
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border crisis sees light at end of tunnel http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Lula
y Evo Morales, en Argentina para apoyar a un Scioli en dificultades http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2015/09/07/actualidad/1441638095_777603.html
What's Behind the Bolivian Government's Attack on NGOs? https://nacla.org/blog/2015/09/03/what%27s-behind-bolivian-government%27s-attack-ngos
Keiko
Fujimori leads voting intention for 2016 elections http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Why
do indigenous communities rise up? https://www.opendemocracy.net/democraciaabierta/silvia-arana/why-do-indigenous-communities-rise-up
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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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