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- COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF CLACS AND LEMANN INSTITUTE LECTURE SERIES FOR SPRING 2014: http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/lectures.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
http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx
<http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx
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CONSULT WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARIAN
Antonio
Sotomayor, Latin American Librarian will be holding special office hours in
CLACS every Thursday this semester starting March 6 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in
room 200, ISB. If you have any questions about research, finding sources,
literature review, exploring a potential research topic, starting a paper, or
anything else involving research, the library, and Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, please stop by the International Studies Building room 200 on a
Thursday, 3:30-4:30pm. If these hours doesn’t work for you, just send me an
e-mail and we’ll find another time to meet.
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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
- LECTURE SERIES
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
12 PM
101 International Studies Building
NORMA SCAGNOLI, Director of
eLearning, College of Business
ONLINE DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIONS WITH
LATIN AMERICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
- LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
Presents
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
2:00PM
209 Illini Union
RENATO VILLELA, Secretay of Finance of the state of Rio de
Janeiro
CURRENT ISSUES ON FISCAL FEDERALISM IN BRAZIL AND THEIR
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
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The Department of Latina/Latino Studies
SPRING 2014 COLLOQUIUM SERIES
JESUS RAMIREZVALLES, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Filmmaker
and Professor and Director of Community Health Sciences, School of Public
Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 5
3:00pm
223
Gregory Hall
"TAL
COMO SOMOS (Just As We Are)"
Film
screening and discussion
"Tal
Como Somos (Just As We Are)" reveals what it's like to be Latino yet not
fit the cultural ideals of man, woman, and family. This feature length
documentary follows the lives of six Latino gay and bisexual men and a
transgender woman capturing their shared realities: the love and separation
from their families, the support of friends, the struggle with religious faith,
the unkindness of the school years, the alienation created by race and
immigration, and the courage to confront adversity and HIV/AIDS.
Jesus
Ramirez-Valles is a scholar, filmmaker, and an advocate of Latino and GLBT
health. He is author of the award-winning book, "Compañeros: Latino
Activists in the Face of AIDS" (2011) and creator of "Tal Como
Somos/Just As We Are." He was named one of the "Top Gay Latino Activists
who Have Broken Boundaries" by the Huffington Post. Dr. Ramirez-Valles has
received awards from the National Institutes of Health and the Rockefeller
Foundation.
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GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVES SPEAKERS SERIES: Understanding educational
diversity around the world
the chilean case
What
does education look like in other countries? What do you know about the
countries of international and diasporic students sitting in US classrooms?
Hear from international graduate students about the educational systems in
their home countries.
EDUCATIONAL
QUALITY FROM THE ACCOUNTABILITY LENS. CHALLENGES AND CONTROVERSIES IN THE
CHILEAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Carolina
Hidalgo (education Psychology), Mauricio Pino y Sergio Poo (Education Policy)
FRIDAY,
MARCH 7
12pm,
242ED
This
speaker series is co-sponsored by the College of Education (Office of
International Programs, Global Studies in Education and Community for Global
Studies in Education) and by the College of LAS (Student Academic Affairs
Office).
For questions, please contact: Mauricio Pino Yancovic
(mypino2@illinois.edu),
Xiuying Cai (xcai7@illinois.edu
), or Nicole Lamers (lamers@illinois.edu ).
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The Program of Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
Presents
MARY ARENDS-KUENNING, Professor of Agriculture and Consumer
Economcs and Director of the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
PATHWAYS INTO SINGLE MOTHERHOOD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN IN NICARAGUA
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
3:00 pm
101 International Studies
Building
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JOINT AREA CENTERS SYMPOSIUM 2014
CHILDREN AND GLOBALIZATION: ISSUES, POLICIES AND INITIATIVES
APRIL 10-12, 2014
3rd FLOOR LEVIS FACULTY CENTER
This year's JACS conference is free and open to the public.
Teachers can received up to 20contact hours (20 Illinois CPDU's and 2.0 general University CEU's) of professional development recognition. Click here to register as an educator!
Sponsors:
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the
Center for African Studies, the Program in Disarmament, Arms Control and
International Security, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the
European Union Center, the Center for Global Studies, the Center for
International Business Education and Research, the International Forum on U.S.
Studies, the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies, the Lemann Institute for
Brazilian Studies, the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and the
Program in Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
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GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
- FUNDACAO LEMANN FACULTY TRAVEL GRANTS
The Lemann Institute's partner, the Fundacao Lemann, is again
offering the Faculty Travel Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to
help build linkages between the Fundacao Lemann's partner universities
(Illinois, Harvard, Columbia, UCLA, Stanford, and Yale) and Brazilian
universities in the STEM fields. All the details about this program are
described at:http://fundacaolemann.org.br/ciencia-sem-fronteiras/en/index.php?p=opportunities-brazil/travel-grant.
The first deadline is February 28. For more information
contact Mary Arends-Kuenning (marends@illinois.edu)
- 2014-2015 FOCAL POINT PROJECTS
The
Graduate College invites proposals from faculty and graduate students for 2014-2015
Focal Point projects. The full Request for Proposals (RFP) is
available at on the Graduate College website at www.grad.illinois.edu/focalpoint.
Focal Point seeks to stimulate the formation of new intellectual
communities and interdisciplinary research activities among faculty and
graduate students. Proposals should be uploaded to the Graduate College website
by March 21, 2014.
The
2014 Focal Point RFP solicits proposals from a broad range of
topics. We especially encourage new proposals for:
·
collaborative research communities addressing issues of domestic
under-represented minorities in graduate education, aligning with the campus’s
diversity initiatives, such as Illinois EDGE (Enhancing Diversity, Guiding
Excellence). Such projects may also propose collaborations with domestic
institutions to strengthen diversity in graduate education.
·
project teams who collaborate with international institutions or NGOs to
establish new partnerships for graduate education in the pursuit of innovative
topics with international/global impact.
We
welcome Phase II proposals that build upon successful projects and
provide new directions and opportunities for graduate students.
This
year, the Graduate College is pleased to announce a new option for Focal Point
proposals: Focal Point Breakthrough grants for potentially
transformative projects.
- IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities, 2013–14
IPRH has recognized outstanding humanities research in
numerous ways during its sixteen-year existence. The IPRH
Prizes for Research in the Humanities allow us to celebrate excellence in humanities
scholarship, and we are pleased to solicit submissions and nominations for the
2013–14 academic year. These prizes recognize outstanding humanities research
at the University of Illinois, with awards given at the undergraduate,
graduate, and faculty levels. The awards will be presented at a reception on
May 6, 2014. Submissions are invited from scholars in all sectors of the
university with focus on the humanities and humanities-inflected research.
Eligibility: The
awards are open to all full-time U of I students and tenured and tenure-track
faculty.
Application deadline: Friday, March 14, 2014 by 5:00 p.m.
Submission procedures: All
submissions must be accompanied by a completed nomination form, which can be
downloaded from the IPRH
website. The submissions must contain NO references to the applicant’s name
or other identifying details. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines
will be disqualified from consideration.
Please email the submission and the nomination form as
two separate
attached pdf documents to iprh@illinois.edu. Please note that scans of journals or book pages are not acceptable.
Submissions should be in manuscript form, double-spaced, with all identifying
details removed, and conform to the length limitations. For specific funding information and
application guidelines for each application category, please consult the IPRH
website: http://www.iprh.illinois.edu/programs/humanitiesprizes/. (Please
note that the IPRH website is in the process of being redesigned and that this
link may break when the new IPRH website goes live later this semester, but the
information will be attainable under the "Programs" section on our
website.)
Questions about these awards and the nomination
procedures should be addressed to Nancy Castro at ncastro@illinois.edu.
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CALL FOR PAPERS/ CONFERENCES
BORRANDO FRONTERAS: JORNADA TRINACIONAL DE MICROFICCION (Argentina, Chile, Perú)
7 y 8 de octubre, 2014
Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
La microficción ha ganado terreno en América Latina. Congresos internacionales, jornadas y encuentros nacionales, publicación de libros autoriales y antológicos, realización de talleres, concursos y lecturas públicas, despliegues en la red, etc, dan cuenta del interés que despierta esta modalidad brevísima.
Cada instancia es un espacio valioso que facilita el intercambio reflexivo, el conocimiento y difusión de nuevas propuestas, la lectura, la crítica. Tal cosa ha llevado a que los agentes de la microficción en nuestros países, adviertan la necesidad de un intercambio mayor y más profundo.
El Colectivo Ergo Sum, contando con el patrocinio de la Universidad de Santiago, (ex UTE), ha decidido organizar la Jornada Trinacional de microficción Borrando fronteras: Argentina, Chile y Perú, a realizarse los días 7 y 8 de octubre en la Universidad de Santiago. El objetivo es reunir de manera inclusiva a cultores, estudiosos y editores en torno al desarrollo de la microficción en los tres países convocados, con vistas a fortalecer el cultivo y difusión masiva del género.
ÁREAS TEMÁTICAS:
- Delimitación de la problemática de la praxis de la microficción en los países convocados
- La microficción desde sus cultores
- Diversidades estéticas en torno a la creación de acuerdo a la diversidad cultural
- Diferentes teorías existentes en la investigación del microrrelato
- La microficción en las aulas como método de enseñanza y aprendizaje de la literatura.
- Propuestas editoriales y colecciones con las que las editoriales de los países convocados han abordado la masificación de la microficción.
PRESENTACIÓN
DE TRABAJOS:
Atendiendo a que la microficción requiere de la síntesis y la rigurosidad extrema, los organizadores de este congreso procuran la concordancia entre fondo y forma. Por este motive, las ponencias deben tener una extensión máxima de 1500 palabras, en letra Times New Roman, cuerpo 12. Su lectura no debe exceder los 10 minutos, puesto que se privilegiará el tiempo para discusión con el público. Se consignará el título de la ponencia, el área temática a la que corresponde, el nombre del o los autores y su pertenencia institucional.
Los escritores participantes presentarán cinco textos para su lectura, acompañados de un brevísimo resumen bio-bibliográfico. Dichos textos deben tener un máximo de 200 palabras, ya que cada carrusel estará conformado por 6 personas y la lectura no debe extenderse más de 30 minutos.
Se ruega enviar el documento en adjunto y también pegado al cuerpo del mensaje al correo electrónico jornadatrinacionalergosum@gmail.com
El programa, actualmente en elaboración, comprende mesas de ponencia, carruseles de lectura, intervenciones en aula, intervenciones en espacios universitarios informales, muestra de libros del género de editoriales independientes pertenecientes a los países convocados, distribución de postales con microficciones, antología trinacional virtual y otras actividades por confirmar.
Proposal deadline: 30 de junio 2014 Atendiendo a que la microficción requiere de la síntesis y la rigurosidad extrema, los organizadores de este congreso procuran la concordancia entre fondo y forma. Por este motive, las ponencias deben tener una extensión máxima de 1500 palabras, en letra Times New Roman, cuerpo 12. Su lectura no debe exceder los 10 minutos, puesto que se privilegiará el tiempo para discusión con el público. Se consignará el título de la ponencia, el área temática a la que corresponde, el nombre del o los autores y su pertenencia institucional.
Los escritores participantes presentarán cinco textos para su lectura, acompañados de un brevísimo resumen bio-bibliográfico. Dichos textos deben tener un máximo de 200 palabras, ya que cada carrusel estará conformado por 6 personas y la lectura no debe extenderse más de 30 minutos.
Se ruega enviar el documento en adjunto y también pegado al cuerpo del mensaje al correo electrónico jornadatrinacionalergosum@gmail.com
El programa, actualmente en elaboración, comprende mesas de ponencia, carruseles de lectura, intervenciones en aula, intervenciones en espacios universitarios informales, muestra de libros del género de editoriales independientes pertenecientes a los países convocados, distribución de postales con microficciones, antología trinacional virtual y otras actividades por confirmar.
Contact information: jornadatrinacionalergosum@gmail.com
PRACTICAS CULTURALES, SUBJETIVIDAD Y GLOBALIZACION EN AMERICA LATINA
22 y 23 de octubre de 2014
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
Se ha escrito mucho sobre la amplitud de la globalización, pero aún es difícil saber cuál es su extensión y en qué ámbitos de la vida social y cotidiana es importante y en cuáles no. Si bien hay cierta claridad sobre las instituciones que se globalizan (el mercado, por ejemplo), no es fácil distinguir los discursos que lo hacen, ni su intensidad o profundidad. Algunos autores sostienen que a la par de la globalización de instituciones económicas y políticas, también se globaliza una forma de subjetividad. De la densa trama de los procesos globalizadores no sólo emergería un mundo homogéneo, intensamente conectado aunque desigual y violento, sino un tipo de sujeto que respondería, quizás por primera vez en la historia humana, a un patrón de subjetivación estándar. Esto es aún una hipótesis porque los procesos de globalización son relativamente recientes y desiguales, y es difícil mensurar la novedad histórica de un nuevo tipo de sujeto. No obstante, hay evidencia consistente de la gigantesca expansión de las industrias culturales occidentales en todo el planeta, especialmente de las estadounidenses, que producen signos, imágenes y discursos y promueven formas de subjetivación.
En este coloquio deseamos preguntarnos por los vínculos entre determinadas prácticas culturales, los procesos de globalización y las formas de subjetividad y subjetivación que pueden ser rastreadas en ellos. Nuestro interés es discutir estos vínculos en el contexto de América Latina, considerando la expansión de las industrias culturales estadounidenses en el continente y su incidencia en la producción cultural y subjetiva local, con particular énfasis en las prácticas de consumo.
Líneas temáticas: Consumo e industrias culturales, medios de comunicación y nuevas tecnologías, culturas juveniles y urbanas, cine, literatura y artes plásticas, relaciones de género y sexualidades diversas, formas de trabajo, formas de hacer política y movimientos sociales, migración y diásporas, espiritualidad y religión, nuevas formas de subjetivación, transformaciones del capitalismo.
Proposal deadline: 30 de abril 2014
Contact information: coloquioglobalización@gmail.com
Los interesados/as deben enviar un reumen (abstract) de 300 palabras antes del 30 de abril de 2014, especificando su adscripción y categoría. El 30 de mayo se dará aviso a los/as participantes aceptados/as.
Additional information:
Organizadores: Dra. Nattie Golubov, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, UNAM y Mtro. Rodrigo Parrini, Depto. de Educacion y Comunicación, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco.
IV CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL EN CIENCIAS, TECNOLOGIAS Y CULTURAS
Octubre, 9 al 12, 2015
Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH
Objetivos:
- Contribuir al diálogo e intercambio entre las diversas disciplinas,
- Fomentar la discusión sobre la tarea intelectual mirando hacia el futuro de América Latina y del mundo
- Generar un gran movimiento de coordinación que comprenda a personas e instituciones que producen y difunden el conocimiento para desarrollar las fuerzas productivas intelectuales.
Contact information: grancongreso2015@gmail.com www.internacionaldelconocimiento.org
Additional information:
Inscripción de simposios y pagos
Derecho a participación: Ponencistas, profesor@s universitari@s y profesionales de instituciones de investigación 95 USD
Ponencistas, estudiantes de postgrado 70 USD
Estudiantes de pre-grado y participantes sin ponencia 40 USD o 25.000 pesos chilenos, se inscribirán durante el congreso
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IN THE MARKET
· Assistant Professor - Latin American & Latino Studies
City College of New York (CCNY)The Department of Sociology and the Program in Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) at The City College of New York (CCNY), invites applications for a tenure track position as Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2014. The teaching and service requirements of the position will be divided between LALS and Sociology, which already share faculty and students.+
Deadline: Open until filled.
Minimum Requirements: Candidates should have a Ph.D. and show potential for productive scholarly activity and a commitment to undergraduate teaching.
Preferred Qualifications: The search committee seeks applications from candidates who do qualitative sociological research primarily on gender and the Latino diaspora in the U.S., and who might specialize in one of the following areas: cultural, race/ethnic, or postcolonial studies, health, transnationalism, or immigration. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in Cuban, Dominican, and/or Puerto Rican studies.
Documents Required: To apply, please view Job ID 10185 at www.cuny.edu/employment.html, and follow all instructions. Also, send your application material to: ccnysociologylatino@yahoo.com.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
SPANISH STORY TIME
Spanish
Story Time has been organized by CLACS & the Urbana Free Library since
2006. The event is for children and their parents and consists of storytelling,
live music and art. It is presented bilingually in Spanish/English, the second
Saturday of February, March, April, June, September, October, November,
December from 2:30 to 3:30 PM, at the Urbana Free Library Children's
Department, 210 W Green St, Urbana.
SATURDAY,
MARCH 82:30PM Urbana Free Library
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IN THE NEWS
Russia with plans for military bases in Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela http://en.mercopress.com/2014/02/27/russia-with-plans-for-military-bases-in-nicaragua-cuba-and-venezuela
Brazil and Cuba, for different reasons, trying to unravel Venezuela's political crisis http://en.mercopress.com/2014/02/28/brazil-and-cuba-for-different-reasons-trying-to-unravel-venezuela-s-political-crisis
Venezuelan opposition keeps protests despite carnival season http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26409953
Arranca la carrera para presidir el partido de la derecha Mexicana http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/03/02/actualidad/1393800508_174952.html
Correa revise its "sincere decision" not to go for re-election in 2017 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Troubled Haitian-Dominican Bilateral Relations Await Progress http://www.coha.org/troubled-haitian-dominican-bilateral-relations-await-progress/
Brazilian Activits’s Video Satire Censored After GLOBO TV Claims Copyright http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/02/27/brazilian-activists-video-satire-censored-after-globo-tv-claims-copyright/
El Chapo y su club de fans https://redaccion.lamula.pe/2014/02/27/chapo-hazme-un-hijo/tamaralasheras/
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Angelina
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Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lemann
Institute for Brazilian Studies
University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
201
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