NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND THE LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES THIS FALL 2013
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CALENDAR OF LECTURES FALL 13 http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/lectures.aspx
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LIST OF APPROVED COURSES FOR FALL 13 http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/courses.aspx
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6TH ANNUAL LATIN AMERICAN FILM
FESTIVAL http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/latinfilmfest.aspx
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ANNUAL CLACS/LEMANN RECEPTION Friday, September
13. 5-8pm 101 International Studies Building
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50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER FOR LATIN
AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES, OCTOBER 10-11, 2013
As part of the activities to celebrate the
50th anniversary of CLACS we announce two important exhibits:
FOLK ART IN LATIN AMERICA
SPURLOCK MUSEUM
Tuesday,
September 10, 2013 - Sunday, January 5, 2014
The Spurlock Museum
joins the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) in
celebrating its 50th anniversary. An integral part of this celebration is
"Latin American Research: Past, Present, and Future." To complement
this focus there will be an exhibition of Latin American folk art. Situated
adjacent to the permanent South American Gallery, the exhibition will feature
selected objects from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, countries where CLACS personnel have
conducted and are conducting research.
Location: Hundley Central Core Gallery, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Time: During Museum Hours
Cost: Free Admission
Location: Hundley Central Core Gallery, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Time: During Museum Hours
Cost: Free Admission
UNITY IN DIVERSITY: LATIN AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS’ LIBRARY
An exhibit curated by Prof. Antonio Sotomayor and Prof.
Paula Carns.
Open all of September 2013
Exhibit hall on the south side of the first floor of the
Main Library
Latin America and the Caribbean is a region special for
many reasons. Its rich culture, dynamic politics, and varied economies provide
much space for study and engagement. However, as Peter Bakewell argues in “A
History of Latin America,” what makes Latin America and the Caribbean a region
unique from other parts of the world is its long history of cultural,
political, racial, and ethnic mixing, otherwise known as mestizaje.
Through more than 500 years of constant intermixing of different civilizations
(broadly defined as Indigenous, European, African, and Asian), new types of
societies have emerged, in different ways and with different features. The
societies that inhabit these lands are a result of this mestizaje,
whether genetic or cultural, which provides the basis for the ways in which
politics work, their culture redefined, literary works created, languages
spoken and written, and religions followed and practiced. Latin America and the
Caribbean, is thus a true kaleidoscope of human civilizations, experiences, and
histories, all brought together by that same diverse process of human
interaction to achieve unity in diversity. In this exhibit you will see
a very slim, but rare and sometimes unique, selection of the plethora of
resources in our library collection. Stop by the exhibit hall on the south side
of the first floor of the Main Library to learn more about these fascinating
cultures.
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LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
LECTURE SERIES
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
2PM
101 International Studies Building
THIRD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF NOMINAL INTERPRETATION IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
TANIA
IONIN (Linguistics, Univ. of Illinois) and ELAINE GROLLA ( Linguistics, USP,
Brazil)
This talk will examine how learners of
Brazilian Portuguese as a third language interpret noun phrases with and
without articles, with a particular focus on how these learners are affected by
cross-linguistic influence from their prior languages, English and Spanish. Brazilian
Portuguese, English and Spanish have a three-way distinction in how they
express generic interpretation. In English, a generic statement about cats can
be made using an article-less plural form, as in “Cats love milk”. If
the definite article is used with a plural form, as in “The cats love
milk”, the statement is about specific cats, rather than cats in general. In
contrast, in Spanish, definite articles are required for generic readings: “Los gatos adoran la leche” can be a statement either about cats in
general, or about specific cats. Finally, in Brazilian Portuguese, definite
articles are optional with generic readings, so that both “Os gatos adoram
leite” and “Gatos adoram leite” can be statements about cats in general.
This three-way distinction allows us to formulate specific predictions for how
learners of Brazilian Portuguese as a third language interpret noun phrases
with and without articles in generic environments, depending on whether they
are influenced by transfer from English, from Spanish, or from both languages.
We report the results of two experimental studies of learners’ linguistic
judgments; these studies were made possible by the support of a collaborative
Lemann Institute grant.
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CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
LECTURE SERIES
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th
12pm
101 International Studies Building
NEGOTIATING FORMALIZATION: TEACHING AND LEARNING RURAL MUSIC IN
A NOT-SO-RURAL NORTHERN COLOMBIA
IAN MIDDLETON, Graduate Student, Department of Music
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PIŇATA/COMBO GRANTS FOR FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
2013
The Center for
Latin American and Caribbean Studies, with the Lemann Institute for Brazilian
Studies, is please to invite proposals for the following initiatives.
n
Faculty Development Conference Grants
n
Course Development Awards
n
Faculty Travel Awards
All Proposals are
due October 14, 2013
Send (1)
application and (2) cover sheet to cotler@illinois.edu
(subject line: Faculty Support)
Program
descriptions and application information:
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCE GRANTS are
intended to help support small conferences or workshops enabling UI faculty to
advance innovative directions in scholarship related to Latin America. Projects
involving interdisciplinary and inter professional collaborations are
especially encouraged. Awards of up to $2,500 can be used to support
travel and lodging of invited conference participants, publicity, and
dissemination of conference proceedings. Conferences should take place during
the 2010-11 academic year. The Center can assist by providing meeting
space, publicizing the conference event, and disseminating conference
proceedings (white papers, podcasts, etc.) through the CLACS website.
Applications should
include:
a)
the names, titles and home departments of the principal organizers;
b)
statement of no more than 5 pages describing the themes of the conference,
including a description of the format of the conference and list of potential
participants;
c)
a budget for the project, indicating any other sources of support;
d)
a short (1 page) statement discussing expected outcomes from the conference.
(such as new courses, publications, white papers or podcasts to be circulated
through the CLACS website, etc.).
BRAZILIAN STUDIES
COURSE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS are intended to support faculty developing new courses,
or revising existing courses, to include significant Brazilian
content. Courses from any discipline are welcome, although courses
likely to contribute to the core of an interdisciplinary Brazilian Studies
curriculum within the LAST major are especially encouraged. Courses
likely to be taught regularly will also be given priority. Awards of up
to $3,000 can support travel, the purchase of potential course materials,
photocopying, research assistance or similar costs related to the development
of the course.
Applications should
include:
a)
the name, title and home department of the principal instructor;
b)
a statement of no more than 5 pages describing the course, including a
discussion of its likely contributions to the curriculum in the home department
and to an interdisciplinary curriculum in Latin American (and particularly,
Brazilian) Studies, and an indication of when the course would be first offered
and how regularly it will be taught;
c)
A timetable of activities related to the development of the course, with a
budget listing anticipated costs
FACULTY TRAVEL
AWARDS are
intended to support faculty travel overseas for short-term trips to enrich
instructional materials, establish and maintain linkages with overseas
institutions, and explore promising new lines of research. Travel must be
for a minimum of 10 days. Travel supported by Title VI NRC funds must be on US
carriers and the itineraries must be approved by the U.S. Department of
Education.
Awards of up to
$1,200 will be made for travel to take place between November 15, 2013 and
April 30, 2014
Applications should
include:
a)
Two-page statement about the purpose of the trip and details about major
planned activities while abroad;
b)
Abstract of this statement, no longer than 300 characters (required by US ED);
c)
List of major publications/ creative activities during the past 5 years;
d)
Itinerary, with precise dates, air carrier(s) and flight numbers (US ED
requirement);
e)
Detailed budget.
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CALL FOR PAPERS/ CONFERENCES
■ LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (LASA) CONFERENCE
May 21-24 Chicago, 2014
DEMOCRACY & MEMORY
Important
Dates:
- August
23, 2013
Deadline to renew your LASA membership to be able to submit proposals and travel funding requests. Deadline to request LASA to add participants to the proposal system. - September
3, 2013
Deadline for proposal submissions and travel funding requests to be received
Additionally, travel grant requests will also be received by September 3, 2013. There are 5 different travel grants which can be applied for:
1) LASA Congress Travel Fund – for scholars traveling from Latin America and the Caribbean.
2) Student Travel Fund – for students enrolled in institutions outside of Latin America and the Caribbean
3) The Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Travel Fund – for indigenous participants at each Congress.
4) Non-Tenured Fund – for US Non-Tenured, full time track Professors (a letter from your department affirming your US, non-tenured track, full time status is required with the application.)
5) Fund for professors outside Latin America and US
Remember to follow the application process outlined and attach a CV with your application. Only those who have not received a grant in the last 3 congresses and who have an accepted paper will be eligible for a grant.
■ BRASA XII - Call for Proposals
The 12th International Congress
of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will take place in August 2014 in
London.
The Congress program will
include academic panels, invited speakers, workshops, plenary sessions, and
cultural activities. Our partners will be King’s Brazil Institute at King’s
College London and the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. BRASA’s Executive Committee has adopted the
following guidelines for proposing papers and organizing panels:
1. All proposals for panels or
papers must be submitted directly to the Program Committee through the BRASA
Proposal Portal.
The Program Committee will not
consider proposals not submitted and received through the Proposal Portal at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=brasa2014
2. Each participant must be a
member of BRASA. Each participant may present only one paper in the Congress,
but may also preside over a panel or serve as a discussant.
3. BRASA suggests that all
panels include at least four papers, but no more than five, and that the
moderator not be presenting a paper. Each session should leave at least 30
minutes for discussion or for comments by a discussant immediately following
the presentations.
4. The Congress will have
approximately 12 sessions with 12 panels per session during a period of three
days, for a total of 144 panels.
5. Questions about the
organization of panels and suggestions for other possible events at the
Congress should be directed to the BRASA secretariat at: brasa-illinois@illinois.edu or to
the Chair of the Program Committee, Bryan McCann: bm85@georgetown.edu.
6. The Program Committee will
give preference to proposals to organize complete panels with participants from
different universities and that have an interdisciplinary focus.
7. Dates for submission and acceptance of proposals
are the following: the deadline for submission of proposals for panels or
individual papers through the BRASA Proposal Portal is October 15, 2013. The
Program Committee will announce final decisions by February 15, 2014. For more
information, please visit the BRASA website http://www.brasa.org or
send an email to brasa-illinois@illinois.edu.
■ I
CONFERENCIA DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATEGICOS “Repensando un mundo en crisis y
transformación”
16 al 18 de Octubre
de 2013
La Habana Cuba.
La Habana Cuba.
Participarán en
este encuentro investigadores/as, profesores/as y estudiosos, de las relaciones
internacionales, la política internacional y los complejos procesos que
caracterizan el mundo actual. Los ejes temáticos del evento serán:
- La crisis actual y el probable reordenamiento del poder global: agendas, intereses y alianzas de las potencias centrales y emergentes.
- Integración, cooperación y concertación. La nueva geografía del poder global y regional.
- Crisis de la gobernabilidad, actores gubernamentales y no gubernamentales. Procesos contestatarios a nivel global, tendencias y perspectivas.
- Resignificación de los recursos naturales en la geoestrategia mundial. Desarrollo y medio ambiente.
- Seguridad y defensa, retos y perspectivas en su enfoque multidimensional. Principales tendencias de la conflictividad político-militar internacional. La carrera armamentista.
- Situación del Derecho Internacional Humanitario. Realidades y perspectivas.
Proposal deadline: September,
2013
Contact
information:
Dr. Adalberto Ronda Varona, ronda@cipi.cu,
Mara Pérez Chinea mara@cipi.cu.
Teléfono: (537) 2063098
Dr. Adalberto Ronda Varona, ronda@cipi.cu,
Mara Pérez Chinea mara@cipi.cu.
Teléfono: (537) 2063098
Additional
information:
Los interesados podrán inscribirse mediante el envío, por correo electrónico, al Comité Organizador de la planilla de inscripción que se adjunta con los datos personales y un resumen de la ponencia que no exceda de 250 palabras, en inglés o español, que serán los idiomas oficiales de la Conferencia, antes del 15 de septiembre de 2013. Los ponentes y participantes extranjeros en la I Conferencia de Estudios Estratégicos “Repensando un mundo en crisis y transformación”, deberán abonar una cuota de inscripción individual de 100.00 CUC (peso cubano convertible) mientras que en el caso de los nacionales será de 100.00 CUP. Los estudiantes que presenten la documentación correspondiente, abonarán respectivamente, 60.00 CUC ó 60.00 CUP. Dichas cuotas se harán efectivas en el momento de la acreditación.
Los interesados podrán inscribirse mediante el envío, por correo electrónico, al Comité Organizador de la planilla de inscripción que se adjunta con los datos personales y un resumen de la ponencia que no exceda de 250 palabras, en inglés o español, que serán los idiomas oficiales de la Conferencia, antes del 15 de septiembre de 2013. Los ponentes y participantes extranjeros en la I Conferencia de Estudios Estratégicos “Repensando un mundo en crisis y transformación”, deberán abonar una cuota de inscripción individual de 100.00 CUC (peso cubano convertible) mientras que en el caso de los nacionales será de 100.00 CUP. Los estudiantes que presenten la documentación correspondiente, abonarán respectivamente, 60.00 CUC ó 60.00 CUP. Dichas cuotas se harán efectivas en el momento de la acreditación.
■ XXIX BIENNAL LOUISIANA CONFERENCE ON HISPANIC LANGUAGES
AND LITERATURES : "Mobilities and Moorings"
February 27 - March
1, 2014
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Since the 1990s a “new mobilities paradigm” has crossed disciplinary boundaries to examine the broader social and political implications of movement, ranging from the scale of the body to the global. Human geographer Tim Cresswell points out three aspects that allow for a holistic understanding of mobility: “the fact of physical movement—getting from one place to another; the representations of movement that give it shared meaning; and finally, the experienced and embodied practice of movement”. The upcoming edition of the Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures aims to explore the varied cultural and linguistic manifestations and interpretations of mobility that emerge in the Spanish-speaking world throughout history. We extend the call for essays that examine how movement or mobility is represented in art, literature, film, and performance; as well as how actual movement is involved in the creation, circulation, and reception of works. The field of linguistics is particularly tied to forms of mobility and presentations might explore issues of variation in time and/or space, sociolinguistic aspects of mobility, the language of written records, bilingualism, language maintenance, issues related to proficiency/nativity/hybridity, and language attitudes.
Proposal deadline: Oct. 1, 2013
Contact
information: lsuchll2014@gmail.com
Additional
information:
We invite abstracts for individual presentations or panels on any aspect of Hispanic linguistics, literature, or cultural studies; topics related to the conference theme are particularly welcome. Presentations may be delivered in English or Spanish. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words in length and must be received on or before October 1, 2013. Abstracts may be submitted to: lsuchll2014@gmail.com. Panel proposals should include an abstract-length statement of vision for the panel as well as an individual abstract submitted separately by each proposed panelist. Additional information
We invite abstracts for individual presentations or panels on any aspect of Hispanic linguistics, literature, or cultural studies; topics related to the conference theme are particularly welcome. Presentations may be delivered in English or Spanish. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words in length and must be received on or before October 1, 2013. Abstracts may be submitted to: lsuchll2014@gmail.com. Panel proposals should include an abstract-length statement of vision for the panel as well as an individual abstract submitted separately by each proposed panelist. Additional information
■ 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
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:
- Idearios iconográficos de la ciudad y el campo del siglo XIX
- Políticas de las representaciones de la modernidad urbana/rural
- Análisis discursivos iconográficos entre la tradición y el progreso
- 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
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
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
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OPPORTUNITIES
·
FORD-LASA PROJECTS
LASA
is pleased to announce the eighth cycle of the Ford-LASA Special
Projects competition, made possible by a contribution by the Ford Foundation to
the LASA Endowment Fund. Funds provided will support such activities as
transregional research initiatives, conferences, working groups, the
development of curriculum and teaching resources, and similar projects
organized and carried out by LASA Sections or by ad hoc groups of LASA members.
Proposers are encouraged to think creatively about how this funding might be
used to advance the principles of hemispheric collaboration among Latin
American Studies scholars and teachers. Proposals that do not assign priority
to this objective will not be considered for funding.
Proposals
should identify the participants in the proposed activity, the objectives of
the project, and the process by which those objectives are to be achieved. The
total amount requested in each proposal may not exceed $12,500. Grants may be
combined with other sources of funding, and may be used to initiate projects
that continue with funding from other sources. No project or group will be
funded more than once.
Proposals
of no more than five (5) single-spaced pages in length must be received by the
LASA Secretariat by September 15, 2013. Proposals will be reviewed by a
panel of LASA members appointed by the President for each program cycle,
chaired by the Vice President of LASA.
Preference
will be given to projects that involve transregional collaboration in the
Western Hemisphere, and which are intended to result in publication of project
results. It may be possible for LASA to disseminate project results, including
conference papers, through its website, which would not preclude eventual
publication in other media. Project directors are encouraged to consider
submitting a panel proposal based on their preliminary work for presentation at
the May 2014 LASA Congress. By June 30, 2014, the project directors will be
required to submit a report on the activities undertaken with Special Project
funding, suitable for publication in the LASA Forum.
· NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOP
Are
you:
· a
US citizen, national, or permanent resident,
· a
1st or 2nd year graduate student in a research-based Master’s or PhD program,
· in
a STEM field or one of the following fields: Anthropology, Communications,
Economics, Geography, History & Philosophy of Science, International
Relations, Linguistics, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, STEM
Education, or Urban & Regional Planning?
If
yes to all three, then you are probably eligible for the National Science
Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship, one of the premier fellowships for
graduate students nationwide.
The
GRF provides three years of support, a $32,000 annual stipend, coverage of
tuition, access to international research opportunities, and entry into one of
the most prestigious scientific communities in the world.
The
workshop will provide an overview of the fellowship and offer insights on how
to prepare successful applications. Speakers include:
· William
Hahn, former NSF-GRF Program Director
· Elizabeth
Hsiao-Wecksler, Associate Professor of Mechanical Sciences & Engineering
· Glaucio
Paulino, Professor of Civil Engineering at UIUC, Director of Mechanics of
Materials Program at NSF
· Ken
Vickery, Director of External Fellowships, Graduate College
The
workshop will take place on Friday, September 13, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., in 141
Loomis Lab (1110 W. Green St.). Registration is required. Register
online https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/4401970
If
you have questions, contact Ken Vickery at vickeryk@illinois.edu.
For
additional details on the NSF-GRF, see the listing in Fellowships Opportunities https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/3008
·
MELLON-LASA SEMINARS
LASA is pleased to announce
a competition for workshop and conference funds as part of the program of
Mellon-LASA seminars, made possible through a generous grant to the Association
by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program is intended to foster
innovation in Latin American Studies and enrich LASA Congresses by supporting
projects that reflect one or more of the following objectives:
- Incorporate into Latin American Studies researchers, whose primary geographic focus is on other regions of the world, thus adding comparative or connective dimensions to Latin America-related work and/or introducing to the field methodological or analytical perspectives that have typically been applied elsewhere.
- Challenge conventional geographic boundaries of Latin American Studies, for example by exploring opportunities for articulating research in terms of the Americas, the Atlantic, the Pacific Rim, or other geographic configurations.
- Integrate into Latin American Studies theoretical and/or methodological perspectives drawn from state-of-the-art research in core disciplines of the social sciences and humanities.
Proposals that do
not assign priority to one or more of these objectives will not be considered
for funding. Preference will be given to projects that involve significant
participation by researchers from Latin America; inclusion of junior scholars
is encouraged. To be eligible for consideration, proposals must be submitted by
a LASA member in good standing, but other participants in the project need not
be members of the Association. Organizers of successful projects must
convene a panel at the 2014 LASA meeting in Chicago, IL to present preliminary
results of the initiative.
Proposals should
identify the participants in the proposed workshop or conference, the
objectives of the project, the process by which those objectives are to be
achieved, and the anticipated calendar of activities. The total amount
requested in each proposal may not exceed $15,000, devoted primarily to
covering travel and per diem expenses for workshop participants. Of the
project’s total budget, up to $1,500 may be allocated for travel of key
participants to present results of the project at a Mellon-LASA panel convened
during the May 2014 LASA Congress in Chicago, IL, and up to $1,500 may be
reserved for publication support, including translation. Administrative and
indirect costs will not be eligible. Grants may be combined with other sources
of funding, and may be used to initiate projects that continue with funding
from other sources.
This is an additional
round of competitions for Mellon-LASA seminar grants. To be considered for this
final round, the core project activities may take place either before or after
the May 2014 LASA Congress in Chicago, IL. No project or group will be funded
more than once through this program.
Proposals of no
more than five (5) single-spaced pages in length, plus a one-page summary of
the budget and one-page c.v.s of principal organizers, must be received by the
LASA Secretariat by September 15, 2013. The narrative must make clear how the
project will contribute to innovation in Latin American Studies by advancing
one or more of the three objectives outlined above. Proposals will be evaluated
by a peer review panel, and applicants will be informed of the results by
October 30, 2013.
Note: given that
most proposals are not likely to be funded, applicants who wish to convene a
panel at the 2014 LASA Congress in Chicago, IL should also submit a proposal
through the normal channels.
Within 18 months of
the announcement of the award recipients, the project director(s) will be
required to submit a report on the activities undertaken, suitable for
publication in the LASA Forum.
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IN
THE MARKET
■ University of
Oregon, Adjunct Instructor Pool
The University of Oregon Latin American Studies program seeks to create a pool of qualified applicants for possible temporary appointments teaching area studies courses related to Latin America. Positions are funding contingent, part-time or temporary assignments with an appointment of up to one year, but with the possibility of renewal for up to three years depending on need, funding and performance.
Salary is dependent on education and experience. An M.A. degree is required; a Ph.D. is preferred and appropriate experience required.
Screening of applications will take place as positions become available and continue until positions are filled. We invite applications from qualified candidates who share our commitment to diversity and from members of underrepresented groups. Applications are accepted immediately and will be maintained on file for a period of one year. http://jobs.uoregon.edu/unclassified.php?id=4273
Deadline: April 30, 2014
Minimum
Requirements:
M.A. degree
Preferred
Qualifications:
Ph.D.
Documents Required: Cover letter, CV,
two letters of reference, syllabus
■ University of
California Santa Cruz, Full or Associate Professor, Political Economy
The Latin American and Latino Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a position in Political Economy, at the Full or Associate Professor (tenured) level. The position is open with respect to substantive focus. We seek candidates whose research focuses on political economy from an interdisciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on how economic structures enable and constrain different pathways of change in Latin America and/or for Latinos/as in the United States. The candidate’s work should demonstrate expertise in transnational approaches. We are open as to scale of analysis—local, regional, national, hemispheric, or global—and encourage applicants who demonstrate an emphasis on urban-regional studies and/or natural resource policy challenges. Preference will be given to candidates qualifying for the rank of Full Professor.
While we are open to the specific issues that the successful candidate would focus on in his/her research, we seek to hire a political economy professor whose approach will fit the department’s four substantive themes: cultural flows/cultural politics, collective action/social movements, social inequalities, or transnational migration.
The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies has a strong tradition of collaborative and interdisciplinary work, and we especially encourage applications from strongly qualified candidates eager to extend their teaching and research activities across departmental and disciplinary boundaries.
We seek scholars with significant teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including doctoral supervision, and with evidence of a developed research trajectory and successful history of extramural funding. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute administrative service to the department and campus.
The successful candidate must be able to work with students, faculty and staff from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community and we encourage both domestic and international candidates to apply.
RANK: Full or Associate Professor
SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in Social Science or Humanities field, or other related field. Demonstrated record of research and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels; record of publication, extramural funding, and administrative service.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese or an indigenous language in the Americas. Demonstrated excellence in research and publication, successful extramural funding record and proven distinction in university teaching and administrative service.
POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2014, with academic year beginning September 2014. Position contingent upon final budgetary approval.
TO APPLY: Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system, and must include Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Application, three selected publications, research statement, pedagogy statement, three confidential letters of reference*, and teaching evaluations. Applicants are invited to submit a statement addressing their contributions to diversity through research, teaching, and/or service. Documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files.
Apply at http://apptrkr.com/377578
Refer to Position #JPF00035-14 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
CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2013. 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 6/30/2014.
■ University of
California Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor, Youth Studies
The Latin American and Latino Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a position in Youth Studies, at the Assistant Professor (tenure-track) level. The position is open with respect to substantive focus. We seek candidates whose research focuses on youth studies, with an emphasis on the processes and implications of how youth actively reinvent and mobilize around their identities, construct social, cultural and communicative or media practices, or engage in active civic and political life in areas such as public education, representation, gender, sexual and racial equality, or immigration reform. The candidate’s work should demonstrate expertise in transnationalism. While we are open to the specific issues that the successful candidate would focus on in his/her research, we seek to hire a youth studies professor whose approach will fit the department’s four substantive themes: cultural flows/cultural politics, collective action/social movements, social inequalities, or transnational migration.
The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies has a strong tradition of collaborative and interdisciplinary work, and we especially encourage applications from strongly qualified candidates eager to extend their teaching and research activities across departmental and disciplinary boundaries.
The ability to contribute significantly to graduate education and the mentoring of graduate students is highly desirable. The successful candidate must be able to work with students, faculty and staff from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community, and we encourage both domestic and international candidates to apply.
RANK: Assistant Professor
SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in Social Science or Humanities field, or other related field, is required by June 30, 2014. Demonstrated record of research and university teaching.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese or an indigenous language in the Americas.
POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2014, with academic year beginning September 2014. Position contingent upon final budgetary approval.
TO APPLY: Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system, and must include Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Application, sample of written work, research statement, pedagogy statement, three confidential letters of reference*, teaching evaluations (optional). Applicants are invited to submit a statement addressing their contributions to diversity through research, teaching, and/or service. Documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files.
Apply at http://apptrkr.com/377593
Refer to Position #JPF00034-14 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
CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on October 01, 2013. 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 6/30/2014.
■ Hamilton College, Assistant Professor in Latin American Politics
Deadline: October 1
Minimum
Requirements: ABD
Preferred
Qualifications:
Ph.D
Documents Required: Please submit
curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a list of courses the applicant is
prepared to teach, evidence of teaching performance, and arrange for submission
of three letters of recommendation to Interfolio at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21970,
addressed to Philip Klinkner, Chair, Government Department, Hamilton College.
Your cover letter should address ways in which you bring issues of diversity into
your teaching, scholarship, and/or service. Experience teaching or working with
diverse student populations is an asset. We will begin consideration of
applications on October 1 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants
wishing to be interviewed at the APSA should submit materials by August 25.
Contact
Information:
govsrch@hamilton.edu
Additional
Information:
Appointment begins July 1, 2014. Five courses per year with competitive salary
and research and travel support. Hamilton College (www.hamilton.edu)
is a residential liberal arts college located in the Mohawk Valley of upstate
New York; for applicants with dual-career considerations, Hamilton participates
in the regional Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which posts additional
area employment opportunities atwww.upstatenyherc.org. Hamilton College is an
affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in
all areas of the campus community. Hamilton provides domestic partner benefits.
Candidates from underrepresented groups in higher education are especially
encouraged to apply
■ Centro de
Estudios Sociologicos, El Colegio de Mexico. Profesor-Investigador
El Centro de Estudios Sociológicos de El Colegio de México convoca a ocupar una plaza de profesor investigador de tiempo completo para realizar actividedes orientadas a la docencia y la investigación, las áreas temáticas de interés de los postulantes deberán ser etnografía, cultura, política, estudios urbanos.:
Deadline: October 25, 2013.
Minimum
Requirements:
1. Tener grado de doctor en Sociología, Antropología, Ciencia Política o disciplinas afines otorgado por una universidad o centro de enseñanza superior de reconocido prestigio. 2. Tener alguna experiencia en labores docentes o de investigación en temas de etnografía en ámbitos urbanos, cultura, política y/o estudios urbanos utilizando para ello, métodos cualitativos o etnográficos. 3. Presentar un proyecto de investigación acorde con los temas de problemas sociales, culturales y políticos en contextos urbanos en América Latina y México; el documento no deberá ser mayor a seis mil palabras. 4. Tener disponibilidad y vocación para la docencia y la investigación, orientada a las áreas temáticas de interés del CES; El profesor deberá asumir tareas de docencia e investigación en estas áreas y apoyar las actividades internas del Centro de Estudios Sociológicos. 5. Tener vocación y disponibilidad de tiempo completo para dedicarse a la docencia y a la investigación sobre las áreas temáticas de la etnografía, cultura, política, estudios urbanos y las demás que sean de interés del Centro de Estudios Sociológicos. 6.Ser miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores nivel I o candidato, o en su caso, estar en la disponibilidad de ingresar a la brevedad posible a dicho sistema.
1. Tener grado de doctor en Sociología, Antropología, Ciencia Política o disciplinas afines otorgado por una universidad o centro de enseñanza superior de reconocido prestigio. 2. Tener alguna experiencia en labores docentes o de investigación en temas de etnografía en ámbitos urbanos, cultura, política y/o estudios urbanos utilizando para ello, métodos cualitativos o etnográficos. 3. Presentar un proyecto de investigación acorde con los temas de problemas sociales, culturales y políticos en contextos urbanos en América Latina y México; el documento no deberá ser mayor a seis mil palabras. 4. Tener disponibilidad y vocación para la docencia y la investigación, orientada a las áreas temáticas de interés del CES; El profesor deberá asumir tareas de docencia e investigación en estas áreas y apoyar las actividades internas del Centro de Estudios Sociológicos. 5. Tener vocación y disponibilidad de tiempo completo para dedicarse a la docencia y a la investigación sobre las áreas temáticas de la etnografía, cultura, política, estudios urbanos y las demás que sean de interés del Centro de Estudios Sociológicos. 6.Ser miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores nivel I o candidato, o en su caso, estar en la disponibilidad de ingresar a la brevedad posible a dicho sistema.
Preferred
Qualifications:
Doctorado en Sociología, Antropología, Ciencia Política o disciplinas afines otorgado por una universidad o centro de enseñanza superior de reconocido prestigio.
Doctorado en Sociología, Antropología, Ciencia Política o disciplinas afines otorgado por una universidad o centro de enseñanza superior de reconocido prestigio.
Documents Required:
Llenar la solicitud electrónica en el sitio web del CES, carta de exposición de motivos, curriculum vitae con soporte documetnal, proyecto de investigación, constancia de legal estancia en México para postulantes extranjeros, documentación que acrediten la posesión de grado académico.
Llenar la solicitud electrónica en el sitio web del CES, carta de exposición de motivos, curriculum vitae con soporte documetnal, proyecto de investigación, constancia de legal estancia en México para postulantes extranjeros, documentación que acrediten la posesión de grado académico.
Contact
Information:
directorces@colmex.mx
Additional
Information:
http://ces.colmex.mx/index.php/academicos/convocatoria-a-plaza
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Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lemann
Institute for Brazilian Studies
University
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