Monday, September 30, 2013

Sept. 30- Oct. 6, 2013



  • 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


UNITY IN DIVERSITY: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS’ LIBRARY

STOP BY THE LIBRARY !!
EXTENDED THROUGH OCTOBER 7TH

 
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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THE DEPARTMENT OF LATINA/LATINO STUDIES

Presents

Dr. ARELY ZIMMERMAN, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Associate
            
RACIALIZED LEGALITY AND THE POLITICS OF LIMINAL CITIZENSHIP AMONG CENTRAL AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES
           
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd
3:30-5:00pm
1207 W. Oregon, Urbana
           
Dr. Arely Zimmerman's talk interrogates citizenship from the perspective of U.S. Central Americans--a diaspora struggling against the effects of migrant illegality, criminalization, and deportation, dating back to the U.S. interventions in Central America.  Using their multi-layered experiences of belonging and exclusion, Dr. Zimmerman argues that the increasing production of migrant illegality produces a type of liminal citizenship for Central Americans--one that impacts their modes of incorporation, rights claiming practices, and political engagement.


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CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES LECTURE SERIES

Presents

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD
12PM
101 International Studies Building

Prof. AUGUSTO ESPIRITU, History

AMERICA’S INSULAR EMPIRE THROUGH INTERIMPERIAL AND INTRAIMPERIAL OPTICS

Much has been written about the complexities of “Americanization,” which names the dominant ideology in the U.S. insular empire in the half century after the War of 1898. But there has been precious little written about its rival discourse in hispanismo, which highlights the unity of the Spanish raza, or “race,” and provides a basis for critiquing “Anglo-Saxonism.”  In this talk, I will explore the symbolic interimperial contest between the United States and Spain in the (neo) colonies of the American insular empire,  especially from the vantage point of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Filipino nationalist intellectuals. I will examine hispanismo through a comparative, intraimperial methodology, viz., across three distinct sites of U.S. empire, in both the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, exploring concretely shared historical experiences and posing the similarities and divergences in hispanismo’s articulations. Finally, I will end with a few speculations on hispanismo’s consequences for culture and politics in the empire and beyond.

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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND THE PROGRAM OF WOMEN AND GENDER OF FLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (WGGP)
Presents

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4th
2pm
101 International Studies Building

Prof. CARMEN DIANA DEERE, Distinguished Professor of Latin American Studies and Food & Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville

GENDER, ASSET ACCUMULATION AND WEALTH IN ECUADOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN’S BARGAINING POWER

In this presentation I argue that the study of asset ownership is important to the analysis of gender inequality as well as household outcomes.  Drawing upon the 2010 Ecuador Household Assets Survey, I present estimates of the gender asset and wealth gaps.  While the gender asset gap varies depending on the particular asset, Ecuador is characterized by a minimal overall gender wealth gap, a result that is largely explained by this country’s marital and inheritance regimes.   Further, our empirical work shows how women’s share of wealth is related to their household bargaining power and outcomes which are more favorable to them.         


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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND THE LEMANN INSTITUE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
CINEMA SERIES

Presents

EL HIJO DE LA NOVIA/ SON OF THE BRIDE (Argentina, 2001)    


 Thursday October 3r
6:30 pm  
Location Lucy Ellis Lounge. 707 South Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Free Admission

 Director: Juan Jose Campanella
- Starring: Ricardo Darin, Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke. 
- Running time: 123 minutes
WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES


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

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

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

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

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

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


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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

·         De/Colonization in the Americas: Continuity and Change

August 6-8, 2014
Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú

This will be the third biennial conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS). The conference will adopt a broad concept of colonialism in North, Central, and South America, which refers not to a single historical period but but to a relational mode that creates asymmetric power relations and modes of exploitation. This cross-disciplinary forum of academic exchange invites contributions from all academic disciplines concerned with colonialism in the Americas. It will examine colonization, colonialism, nation building, decolonization, and continuing facets of coloniality as they relate to societies, politics, economy, cultures, and media. The participation of doctoral students is strongly encouraged. Scholars are invited to propose presentations and/or panels on a wide variety of topics including:
  • Racism and politics of exclusion
  • Multiculturalism, politics of recognition, and cultural classification
  • Identity politics and social movements
  • Literature, film, visual arts and music in contact zones
  • Colonial heritage and the politics of memory
  • The “colonial complex” of the young American republics
  • Colonial power and resistance
  • Colonialism, slavery, and their aftermaths
  • Educational reform and the teaching of American histories and cultures
  • Economic colonization and neo-extractivism
  • The colonization of nature
  • Imperialism and neo-imperialism
  • The Coloniality and decolonization of media and mediascapes
  • Creolization and hybridization in language and culture
  • Decolonization, plurinationality and transnationalism
  • Decolonization and knowledge production, the geopolitics of knowledge
  • Transformations of coloniality
  • Coloniality and religion
  • Coloniality and gender relations
Proposal deadline: October 15, 2013
Contact information:
iaslima2014@uni-graz.at;
http://www.interamericanstudies.net/?page_id=4269

Please send proposals for individual papers or for panels with a chairperson and 3 to 5 presentations to iaslima2014@uni-graz.at. Please include your name, the title of your presentation and/or panel, an abstract (200-400 words per presentation) and e-mail addresses. Presentations can be held in English or in Spanish. Panels organized and staffed by LASA members can be announced in the conference program as "Panel Sponsored by LASA."



·         IPRH Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowships 2014–15

IPRH is pleased to announce that the 2014–15 IPRH Fellowship year will be a themeless one. IPRH occasionally suspends its fellowship theme, as was the case for the 2010–11 academic year. IPRH welcomes applications from scholars in all disciplines and departments with an interest in humanities and humanities-inflected research. The projects proposed to IPRH for 2014–15 Fellowships may investigate any subject, and the proposals will be evaluated on their scholarly excellence. IPRH is especially interested in fostering interdisciplinary work.
 All Fellows are expected to maintain residence on the U of I campus during the award year, and to participate in IPRH activities, including the yearlong Fellows Seminar. 
Complete fellowship application guidelines for 2014–15 will be posted on the IPRH website in summer 2013. Applications must be submitted through an online portal. No paper or emailed applications or letters of recommendation will be accepted.
The submission URLs are as follows:

Faculty: https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=613
Graduate Students: https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=614

Eligibility:
Applications are invited from full-time, tenured or tenure-track U of I faculty members, and advanced graduate students engaged in dissertation/thesis preparation.

Award:
Faculty Fellows receive release time for one semester in residence, and $2,000 in research funds to be transferred to the faculty member’s departmental research account. (The department will be compensated $12,000 for releasing the faculty member; in the case of faculty members with two percentage appointments, these funds will be distributed in accordance with the department that holds the course offering/s).
Graduate Student Fellows receive a $10,000 stipend and a tuition and fee waiver.

Deadline:
All application materials, including letters of reference, must be submitted by midnight, Friday, December 6, 2013, when the submission portal will close. IPRH strongly recommends, however, that submissions be made prior to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the deadline, as IPRH staff will not be available to assist with troubleshooting after close of business on Friday, December 6.
For more information about the IPRH Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowship program, please visit IPRH on the web at http://www.iprh.illinois.edu.


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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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