March 2-8, 2015

·         THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND THE LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES  2014 NEWSLETTER IS HERE TO READ

http://issuu.com/clacs-cu/docs/clacs.review2014_newsletter?e=7127889/11572432

• CALENDAR OF OUR LECTURE SERIES SPRING 15 
   http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/lectures.aspx

• 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

 http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/minor/default.aspx

·         CONSULT WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LIBRARIAN

Antonio Sotomayor, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Librarian, will be holding office hours in CLACS every Thursday this semester from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in room 200, ISB.

If you have any questions about the research process, 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, 3:00-4:00pm. If these hours do not work for you, just send me an e-mail and we’ll find another time to meet. 

asotomay@illinois.edu, http://www.library.illinois.edu/ias/lat/index.html

·         8-WEEK COURSE

HIST 362 "HISTORY OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL TO 1808”

The class begins March 16, and will meet 3 days per week on MWF, 12 pm-1:50 pm.

This is an exciting course that will challenge common stereotypes, myths, and misconceptions about the Iberian powers. In the modern popular imagination, the Black Legend has never completely abated. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Northern European powers started a discourse that labeled Spain and Portugal as the cruelest, most intolerant empires that successfully stomped out religious and political dissent wherever they encountered it, thereby providing other European empires (including the English, the Dutch, and the French) with a discursive avenue to justify their own imperial endeavors around the world. Not only did they assert that Spain and Portugal were cruel and intolerant, but these same Northern Europeans contended that the Iberian powers were backward and non-progressive and that its people were lazy and non-productive.

This Black Legend discourse continues to today, and is rife in popular culture, popular histories, and in Northern European political discourse on Southern Europe. Indeed, one does not have to look further than films and books such as Harry Potter or Monty Python and the Holy Grail to find pop culture references to the Black Legend. Additionally, as the financial crisis continues to grip the European continent, Germans and Northern Europeans from the rich countries of the European Union continue to create a strong contrast between the “industrious” workers of Northern Europe and the “lazy,” “inefficient” ones from Southern Europe. This, of course, is employed to “other” Iberia vis-à-vis the rest of Europe, as well as to justify Northern Europe’s continued hegemony over the financially insecure nations of Southern Europe. Indeed, the Black Legend discourse continues to serve as a powerful tool used to subjugate and control.

In this course, students will not only learn to appreciate Spanish and Portuguese history in and of itself, but will also gain better insights into these above issues that continue to effect Spain and Portugal today. Students interested in such themes as the history of science, labor history, conquest and colonialism, women and gender, cultural history, political history, etc. will enjoy this class. 

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LECTURES

·         CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES

TODAY

MONDAY, MARCH 2^nd, 12pm

101 International Studies Building

VIRGINIA ZAVALA, Linguistics. Catholic University Lima, Peru and Tinker Visiting Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison

TACTICS OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND LITERACY IDEOLOGIES IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: REFLECTIONS FROM A QUECHUA LANGUAGE POLICY

This talk will be based on ethnographic research about a language policy favoring Quechua in the Apurímac region of the southern Peruvian Andes, which was developed in the context of the decentralization of the central government, which started in 2000. At the level of official policy documents, the region is being imagined as a community of Apurimenians unified by the local language, which creates an emotional identification with the region. In this talk, I will analyze the power relationships that are constructed between a community of practice of Quechua “experts” (or Quechua yachaq) and the rest of Quechua-speaking people from Apurímac. Although the declared wish of both is to build a regional “us”, Quechua experts interpret and negotiate the language policy from particular language and literacy ideologies and end up establishing identity divisions between “us” and “them” through tactics of intersubjectivity based on difference, authority and authenticity (Bucholtz 2003). This work follows earlier studies about language ideological battles in relation to Quechua and shows that, after several decades, the former top-down language policies coming from the capital city are now being reproduced within the Quechua-speaking social actors themselves, and the conflict has
diversified into new dilemmas.

Prof Zavala holds a PhD in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University. She is the director of the M.A. program of Linsguistics at the Catholic University of Peru, Lima.

Among her many publications: 2014 Qichwasimirayku: Batallas por el quechua (con Luis Mujica, Gavina Córdova y Wilfredo Ardito). 2013 Dilemas educativos ante la diversidad (con Lucy Trapnell). Volumen XIV de la Colección del la Historia del Pensamiento Educativo Peruano. 2010 Decir y callar. Lenguaje, equidad y poder en la universidad peruana (con Gavina Córdova). 2007 Avances y desafíos de la Educación Intercultural Bilingüe en Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú. 2004 Oralidad y poder. Herramientas metodológicas (con Víctor Vich). 2002(Des)encuentros con la Escritura: Escuela y Comunidad en los Andes Peruanos.

·         HISTORY JOB TALK

Professor CLAUDIA BROSSEDER, Heidelberg University

Monday, March 9

3:30-5:00pm

Room 223 Gregory Hall

“THE ANDEAN WORLD IN TRANSITION: ANDEAN RELIGIOUS SPECIALISTS, RITUALS, AND THE POWER OF HUACAS IN COLONIAL PERU”  

·         LEMANN STUDIES FR BRAZILIAN STUDIES

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

5-7pm

101 International Studies Building

IAN READ, Associate professor of Latin American Studies. Soka University of America

BRAZIL’S ERA OF EPIDEMICS: HOW DISEASE SHAPED A NATION

This book-length project argues that changing transportation technology and oceanic movements of goods and peoples inserted Brazilians into circuits of unfamiliar, epidemic diseases that had been previously confined to the North Atlantic.

Beginning in 1849 and lasting for five decades, public health worsened because of plagues, even though many endemic causes of death declined.

Not until more powerful state governments were created with the new Republic could Brazil's wealthier states begin to manage more effective public health programs and policies. 

Brazil's "era of epidemics" and state's response to epidemic disease in during this period had a deeper influence than historians have realized and helped shape the more populated, urban, and regionally unequal country Brazil has become.

Ian Read (Ph.D, 2006, Stanford University) is Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at Soka University of America, where he has taught since 2008.  

He is author of The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822-1888 (Stanford University Press, 2012).  

His research has been divided between two overlapping research areas, the history of slavery and the history of disease and medicine in Brazil. 

The first area produced "Off the Block but in the Neighborhood:  Local Slave Trading in São Paulo" (Slavery and Abolition, March 2012) and "Sickness and Recovery among the Enslaved and Free of Santos County Brazil, 1860-1880" (The Americas, June 2008).  In the second area of research, he wrote "A Triumphant Decline? Tetanus among Slaves and Freeborn in Brazil" (História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinho, December 2012)

and is at work on a book-long project exploring the causes and consequences of Brazil's "era of epidemics" (1849-1909).

THE DEPARTMENT OF LATINA/LATINO PRESENTS:

"CONTEMPORAY ART IN A CHANGING CUBAN SYSTEM"  

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 10
12-1:00pm (lunch provided)
 La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada
Guest speakers:
Eduin Perez Fraga, Cuban artist
Christn DePouw, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Through Fraga's paintings and collages, we will discuss the economic and political systems in Cuba and their impacts on the Cuban people. Fraga's art employs Cuban newspapers within the paintings in order to expose the contradictions and struggles of the average Cuban. Further, he does this with complexity and nuance so as to avoid the rigid polarization of viewpoints that are so typical in discussions of Cuba. Dr. DePouw will talk about the implications of recent changes in relations between the U.S. and Cuba, and how these changes can be read within the context of a long history of U.S. imperialism and anti-Communism in addition to a more current embrace of neoliberalism.

7:OOpm, Tuesday, March 10 @ La Casa Cultural Latina

EXHIBIT, RECEPTION & SALE OF FRAGA'S ART. ORIGINAL ART AND PRINTS WILL BE FOR SALE. THE EXHIBIT WILL BE UP FROM MARCH 10 TO APRIL 3.

For more on Fraga, visit www.eduinfraga.com

Co-sponsors: La Casa Cultural Latina and the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

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FELLOWSHIPS

• MARIANNE AND PETER KILBY AND THE DR. JOSEPH L. LOVE, SR. AND VIRGINIA ELLIS LOVE FELLOWSHIPS

Thanks to the generous support of Professors Joseph Love (History-Emeritus) and Werner Baer (Economics), the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies announces the competition  for TWO fellowships to graduate students working in Latin America.

WHO CAN APPLY: Any graduate student who is enrolled in a Ph.D. program and is already ABD or has pass their prelims or qualifying exams , from any department, from any nationality.

REQUIREMENTS: Research for at least minimum 4 weeks either on summer or during the academic year.

REPORT: Students should report the donors within a month of their return from Latin America.  If the students are going to the field for the first time, they should participate in the Tinker workshop held in late October every year.

RESTRICTIONS: Grant money cannot be used for conference or course registration, or for intensive language workshops or field schools. The subject of investigation may be related to dissertation research

It is acceptable to use other grants in conjunction with this grant.

Requirements and more information:  http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/academics/fellowships/lovekilby.aspx

HOW TO APPLY:

• Submit 1 PDF electronically to Angelina Cotler (cotler@illinois.edu)
• Write in the subject Line: Love & Kilby Fellowships  
• Deadline:  MONDAY, MARCH 9^TH, 2015

·         2015-16 FULBRIGHT-HAYS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABROAD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The U.S. Department of Education has announced the 2015-16 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program.  The Fulbright-Hays program supports doctoral students wanting to conduct dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. 

The program is open only to US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents.  Allowable projects are those that focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).  Applicants may propose projects lasting from 6 to 12 consecutive months, and projects can start as early as October 1, 2015.

Students apply through the Graduate College, and the Graduate College’s deadline is April 21, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

For details on the fellowship and the application process, see the Fulbright-Hays listing in our Fellowship Opportunities database.  

The Graduate College will hold an information session on the fellowship on Wednesday, March 4, 3:30-5:00, in 308 Coble Hall. Students considering applying are strongly encouraged to attend.  Students can register for the information session here.

Please alert eligible students in your unit to this opportunity.  If you have any questions about the fellowship or the information session, please let me know.   

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OPPORTUNITIES

·         The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE)

2015 GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD COMPETITION

The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) is a nonpolitical, professional international association dedicated to the study of the Cuban economy in its broader political, social, and cultural context

The Jorge Pérez-López Student Award Competition

ASCE Student Award Committee is accepting nominations for the 2015 Jorge Pérez-López Student Award Competition.  A panel of scholars will judge all submissions on the basis of relevance, originality, quality, contribution, and clarity of presentation. Papers should not be co-authored with an instructor or teaching assistant.  At a minimum, all papers must outline a thesis statement, present evidence or data supporting it, not exceed 5,000 words double-spaced length, and follow one of the standard academic writing and citations styles.  The 5,000-word limit for the essay will be STRICTLY ENFORCED.

Self-nominations are welcomed.  All correspondence must be accompanied by a letter stating the name, university affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and email address of the nominee, as well as a brief statement describing the merits of the nomination.  A condition of submission is that the paper will be considered for publication in Cuba in Transition at the discretion of the committee if it wins any prizes and whether or not the author is able to present it at ASCE’s meetings.  However, authors are free to submit revised copies of their papers elsewhere.  All submissions are expected to conform to ethical and publication guidelines published by the professional association of the author/s field of study.

Graduate Awards

      First prize $600 & up to $600 for domestic travel or $800 for overseas travel.

      Second prize $150 & up to $600 travel.

Undergraduate Awards

       First prize $400 & up to $600 domestic travel or $800 for overseas travel.

       Second prize $100 & up to $400 travel.

All participants receive a one year complimentary ASCE membership and may attend the annual meeting in Miami including the luncheon for free.  First and second prize winners will also receive an additional two years of complimentary ASCE membership.

Deadline: May 20, 2015

Submission and Information

Send MS Word or PDF via email to:

Dr. Enrique S. Pumar,

Chair Student Award Committee

Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy 

pumar@cua.edu & asce@ascecuba.org.

·         LAS 101 TEACHING ASSISTANTS

                       

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2015– 2016 Academic Year, .50 FTE, fall term .50 spring term.

We are searching for motivated, “people-oriented” graduate students to assist with LAS 101, College Success, a one-hour course for first-year students.  LAS 101, is designed to provide our first-year undergraduates with an enriching academic, cultural, and social experience and to help them develop the skills necessary to succeed in college. Additionally the LAS 101 Teaching Assistants will teach a one section of LAS 399, a course designed to train, mentor, and supervise the undergraduate LAS 101 Interns who facilitate the LAS 101 sections.  The LAS 101 TA will maintain the Moodle grade book, assign final course grades, assist in the search for LAS 101 Interns, and perform other duties, as needed.

Qualifications: Candidates must be graduate students (Doctoral Candidates in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the College of Education are strongly preferred) in good standing in a graduate program at the U of I; have an excellent command of written and spoken English; and have the ability to work on a team to help manage all aspects of LAS 101.

Please submit the following materials in hard-copy form or electronically:

- A letter of application that highlights your strengths as a candidate

-A current resume, including teaching, mentoring, coaching, tutoring and leadership experience

-Names and contact information (including e-mail) for three faculty member/work supervisors familiar with your

academic and/or teaching qualifications

-A one-page essay on the following topic: What is the most important thing a first-term student needs to learn to be successful at college and how would you teach others to teach that skill?

Please include your first and last name in the titles of all attached documents. 

Submit all materials to:

Rody Negangard                                                    

College of LAS 101 TA Search

2002 Lincoln Hall MC-446, 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801

E-mail: negan@illinois.edu

Application Deadline: Monday March 9, 2015

·         IPRH PRIZES FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES, 2014–15

IPRH has recognized outstanding humanities research in numerous ways since its inception. 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 2014–15 academic year. These prizes recognize outstanding humanities research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with awards given at the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels. The awards will be presented at a reception in early May of 2015. 

Eligibility: The awards are open to all full-time Urbana campus students and tenured and tenure-track faculty.

 Application deadline: Friday, March 13, 2015 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.

Selection: The applications will be read by a selection committee comprised of members of the IPRH Advisory Committee, one or two invited members of the faculty, and the IPRH Director and Associate Director (both of whom serve on the committee in an ex officio capacity). Submissions will be judged in a blind review process; names and other identifying details must not be included in the essay itself. The essays will be evaluated on their scholarly merit, the intellectual rigor of the questions being posed, and the quality of the writing.

 For a list of past winners visit the IPRH website.  

Questions about these awards and the nomination procedures should be addressed to Nancy Castro at ncastro@illinois.edu.

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CONFERENCES/CALL FOR PAPERS

The 13th International Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will take place between March 31 and April 2, 2016 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

The Congress program will include academic panels, invited speakers, plenary sessions, and cultural activities.

Guidelines for proposals:

  1.    BRASA accepts two types of proposals:

a)    Individual papers, which in the case of acceptance, will be assigned by the program committee to a panel with similar topic.

b)    Complete panels, for which all participants are already included in the initial proposal. Besides the regular presenters, a panel may also include the following roles:

                                    i.    Chair (required) – Someone who leads the panel and who is responsible for communicating with  Congress organization. The chair may or may not present a paper in the panel.

                                  ii.    Moderator (optional) – Someone who will discuss the presentations by the end of the panel. The moderator should not be one of the presenters in the panel

Each panel will last for about 2 hours, and should include at least 30 minutes for discussion immediately following the presentations.

BRASA suggests panels to have four or five papers. Panels with fewer participants may have other individual papers added to it by the committee. Panels with 5 or more papers are suggested to be divided into multiple panels.

2.       All  proposals must be submitted through the portal https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=brasa2016.
The Program Committee will not consider proposals submitted in any other format.

Please check the step-by-step instructions for single paper and for panel submission. 

3.       Each participant may submit only one proposal and present only one paper in the Congress. However, a participant can also serve as chair or moderator in different panels. 

4.       Participants do not need to be BRASA members in order to submit a proposal; however, if their paper is accepted, they have to become a member and register for the event for attending the Congress.
To become a member of BRASA or to renew your membership, please visit www.regonline.com/BRASA15-16 

5.       The Program Committee will give preference to complete panel proposals with participants from different universities and that have an interdisciplinary focus. 

6.       The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2015. 

7.        In case of questions, please contact BRASA secretariat at brasa-illinois@illinois.edu.

·         4th CONFERENCE ON ETHNICITY, RACE, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

October 15-17, 2015Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA 

This conference is organizes by ERIP, the LASA section on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University and theLatin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies journal (LACES). ERIP is committed to the promotion of research, teaching, and the exchange of ideas about the distinctive cultures, racial identities and relations, as well as concerns of subaltern ethnic groups in the region, particularly indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants. The conference provides an opportunity for convening an international and broad interdisciplinary forum for scholars to explore related social, economic, political, historical, and cultural issues.
"Communities, Circulations, Intersections" evokes the scope of the 2015 ERIP conference. Panel and paper proposals related to this motif, as well as to all topics related to the section’s mission and areas of interest in Latin American and Caribbean studies, are welcome and encouraged.Proposal deadline: June 15, 2015Contact information: G. Antonio Espinoza, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Latin American History Department of History Virginia Commonwealth University Email: gaespinoza@vcu.edu Phone: 804-828-9387

Edward Abse, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
School of World Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Email: emabse@vcu.edu
Phone: 
Edward Abse, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Anthropology School of World Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Email: emabse@vcu.edu Phone: 804-827-1143Additional information: Conference website: erip.vcu.edu

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IN THE MARKET

·         Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor Position in Portuguese- University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignThe Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is seeking a Lecturer or Teaching Assistant Professor in Portuguese to contribute to: 1) curricular development and teaching of Portuguese, 2) the coordination of the Portuguese language program and supervision of graduate teaching assistants and instructors, and 3) general Portuguese program promotion, development, and support, acting as department liaison with other campus units, including the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies. The position is supported in part by the Lemann Institute of Brazilian Studies, whose programs advance research and teaching as well as visiting speakers and performances at the University of Illinois.  For more information, visit:  http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/lemann/.  Candidates will teach in their area of specialization in addition to teaching Portuguese language courses. This is a full-time, non-tenure track, 9-month position, renewable based on positive performance review. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Proposed start date is August 16, 2015. All applicants must meet the following required qualifications:

• Ph.D. required by starting date of appointment in Brazilian and Portuguese Studies, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition or related fields.
• Area of specialization open, but must have a primary focus on Brazilian topics.
• Ability to develop and teach undergraduate courses in areas of greatest student demand and institutional interest.
• Professional level proficiency in Portuguese and English.
• Relevant teaching, curriculum, and supervisory experience.
• Excellent organizational and management skills.
• Working knowledge of instructional technologies.

 Applicants at the Teaching Assistant Professor level must demonstrate the ability to make instructional and curricular contributions to the college, campus and broader discipline either through scholarly publications, invited talks, or other related activities involving the discipline, pedagogy and student interactions.

Desired qualifications for all applicants include:

• Technological skills to develop and maintain an online profile for the program.
• Experience in US post-secondary educational setting.

 To apply for this position, please create your candidate profile through https://jobs.illinois.edu and upload all required application materials through this system: letter of interest, CV, evidence of teaching excellence (e.g. sample numerical ratings for teaching evaluations), and contact information for three professional references. Referees will be contacted electronically upon submission of the application.  Only electronic applications submitted throughhttps://jobs.illinois.edu will be accepted.  To ensure full consideration, all application materials must be submitted by March 6, 2015 (reference letters must be received by March 13, 2015).For further information please contact slcl-hr@illinois.edu.

·         Latin American and Iberian Area Studies Librarian

Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU), a privately owned and operated university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located in Provo, Utah, invites application for the position of Latin American and Iberian Area Studies Librarian, a continuing faculty status track (BYU equivalent of tenure) position in the Harold B. Lee Library. 
The mission of this position is to 1) provide specialized reference, advanced research assistance, and library instruction in Latin American and Iberian Area Studies; 2) to work as the library liaison to faculty teaching and researching in the assigned areas; 3) develop and manage collections for the library in the areas of Latin American and Iberian area studies, as well as Spanish and Portuguese cultures, languages, and literature worldwide; and 4) to participate in scholarship, creative works, and other professional development activities. 
The Library is seeking a dynamic individual who can perform well in a rapidly changing environment. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church.Review of applications will begin 3/16/2015Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline with 3 or more years’ experience (preferably in an academic environment) OR a master’s or doctoral degree in a relevant discipline required
• Fluency in Spanish and Portuguese languages

Preferred Qualifications: Applicants also possessing an MLS from an ALA-accredited institution will be given preferenceDocuments Required: C. V. and Cover LetterContact Information: For complete job announcement and to apply go to: https://yjobs.byu.edu/postings/5741

·         Lecturer (tenure-track Assistant Professor) in Latin American Political Economy and/or Economic Development

University College London - Institute of the Americas

UCL Institute of the Americas (UCL-IA) is pleased to announce that we are seeking to appoint an exceptional scholar to take up the position of Lecturer in Latin American Political Economy and/or Economic Development from September 2015. UCL-IA is a leading multidisciplinary specialist institution for the study of Latin America, the United States, the Caribbean and Canada. The post is available as a full-time, open-ended contract. The postholder will be required to carry out research, teaching and administration within the Institute, especially in the area of the political economy of Latin American and/or Latin American economic development.

The salary is based on the grade 7/8 scale (depending on experience) which is £37,152 - £40,313 (grade 7)/ £41,430 - £48,873 (grade 8) per annum inclusive of London Allowance.

Deadline: Midnight (GMT) 5th March 2015

Minimum Requirements:

The preferred candidate will have experience of researching, teaching or other employment in Latin American political economy and/or economic development. The postholder will have the capacity to teach and give other forms of public presentation, including undergraduate courses, core research methods for Master's students, and specialist postgraduate taught modules, in addition to experience of supervising academic work by undergraduate students, and of conducting high quality research as reflected in the authorship of high quality publications or other research outputs.

Preferred Qualifications:

A PhD and either research and teaching knowledge in Latin American political economy and/or in Latin American economic development. A PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate of Education), Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, or other teaching qualification would be desirable.

Documents Required: Curriculum Vitae and UCL application form both submitted online.

Contact Information:

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact Prof Jonathan Bell at jonathan.bell@ucl.ac.uk. If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Mrs Abi Espie at a.espie@ucl.ac.uk.

Additional Information:

To apply and view the full job description and requirements: http://tinyurl.com/oxhfrap

·         Visiting Professor, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University

Tulane University invites applications from mid-career scholars in Latin American Studies conducting interdisciplinary research in the Arts, Humanities, or Cultural Studies to spend one or two semesters as a Greenleaf Scholar-in-Residence at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. One or two scholars-in-residence will be selected for appointment for AY2015-2016. We seek scholars studying the politics of Latin American contemporary theatre, performance, or media and/or gender and sexuality studies. The Greenleaf Scholar-in-Residence teaches one upper level seminar course (in English, Spanish, or Portuguese) per semester and pursues research while in residence on campus.

Qualifications:

Associate Professor status and a distinguished record of publication.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a CV as well as a letter describing how residence at Tulane will aid in advancing your research. Also, please provide a title and brief description of a course (or courses) you would be interested in offering. Review of materials will begin on

March 15, 2015 but the position will remain open until filled.

To apply for this position, please visit Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/28472

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OUTREACH

CICLO DE CINE ARGENTINO/ ARGENTINEAN MOVIE SERIES

Presents

Friday, March 13

6pm

Lucy Ellis  Lounge

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IN THE COMMUNITY

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT:

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IN THE NEWS

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs Opposes U.S. Intervention in Venezuela and Calls for a Resumption of Full Diplomatic Relations with Caracas http://www.coha.org/the-council-on-hemispheric-affairs-opposes-u-s-intervention-in-venezuela-and-calls-for-a-resumption-of-full-diplomatic-relations-with-caracas/

Cristina Fernandez defends the Kirchner legacy and warns her December successor  http://en.mercopress.com/2015/03/02/cristina-fernandez-defends-the-kirchner-legacy-and-warns-her-december-successor

Cuba’s Designation as a Sponsor of Terrorism Snarls Negotiations With U.S.  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/world/americas/cubas-spot-on-us-terror-list-gums-up-restoration-of-relations.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=1

Uruguay's Vazquez returns to office a decade later but with a different economic climate  http://en.mercopress.com/2015/03/02/uruguay-s-vazquez-returns-to-office-a-decade-later-but-with-a-different-economic-climate

US envoy meets FARC peace talks delegates behind closed doors  http://colombiareports.co/us-envoy-meets-farc-peace-talks-delegates-behind-closed-doors/

Popular Peru ex-minister charged in killing of journalist  http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/popular-peru-ex-minister-charged-in-killing-of-journalist/2015/03/01/dc3d6396-c040-11e4-a188-8e4971d37a8d_story.html

Brazil's king of deforestation dethroned in drive to beat land clearers  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/02/brazils-king-of-deforestation-dethroned-in-drive-to-beat-land-clearers

Ricardo Lagos (ex-president of Chile): Everything happens in Venezuela painful challenges the region http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

Reporting on Violence in Mexico Brings Its Own Perils  http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/02/reporting-on-violence-in-mexico-brings-its-own-perils/

Petrobras, Dilma y el “impeachment”  http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elmundo/4-267170-2015-03-02.html

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