· THE CENTER FOR
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND THE LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN
STUDIES 2014 NEWSLETTER IS HERE TO READ
· READ HERE THE NEW
ISSUE OF CORREO DE LINGUISTICA ANDINA http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/quechua/documents/CorreodeLinguisticaAndina38.pdf
- DID YOU MISS ANY LECTURE? WATCH ALL OUR VIDEOS http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/videos/default.aspx
- GRADUATE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
The
graduate minor in Latin American Studies will require the student to complete
12 graduate hours; 8 of the hours must be at the 500-level.
- Area Coursework: A minimum of 8 graduate hours at the 400/500-level from courses in two different departments approved by CLACS every semester.
- The Center updates and posts approved courses in our website and announce them through our listserv. Our Center has approximately 104 faculty affiliated from different departments in campus, and we approve their courses as part of our curriculum. The Center will record the approved courses on a master list to be kept in the unit that will be used to certify that students took approved courses during their studies in the minor.
- Language Component: At least 4 hours in language coursework taken in any Latin American language (Portuguese, Spanish or Native American Language or Haitian Creole) while enrolled in the Graduate Minor program.
- In the case that not enough or advance language courses are offered, The Center also accepts as equivalent area courses taught in these languages, i.e. literature class taught in Portuguese or Spanish.
- If the chosen language course is at the 400-or 500 level it may count towards the required 12 hours for Graduate Minor. We anticipate that students registering in the Minor already have knowledge of Latin American language.
- If the Student's Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals with a country from Latin America and the Caribbean, we advise students in this minor to speak with their advisor about including a committee member from the minor area.
- We recommend that the courses taken for the minor not be applied to course requirements in the students' Master's or PhD program
- · 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
·
THE
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
SP COLLOQUIUM
THURSDAY, April 2nd
JENNIFER CABRELLI AMARO, University of
Illinois at Chicago
LOOKING BOTH WAYS: EXAMINING BIDIRECTIONAL
TRANSFER IN THIRD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
4pm, Lucy Ellis Lounge, First Floor of FLB
The recent upturn in formal approaches to
third language (L3) acquisition is due in great part to an increase in
recognition of how this line of research can inform theories of multilingualism
and language acquisition more generally. The primary focus has been on the
phenomenon of selective transfer at the L3 initial stages and the mechanisms
that drive the transfer of one system over another when the learner has
multiple systems (i.e., the L1 and L2) available. However, progressive (L1/L2 à
L3) transfer is just one of the phenomena that we can investigate to better
understand the dynamic nature of multilingualism. Taking into consideration
substantial evidence of the influence of an L2 on an L1, L3 regressive (L3 à
L1/L2) transfer is also predicted to occur. Examination of the L3 influence on
the L1 compared with the L2 can inform longstanding debates regarding the
mental constitution of early-acquired versus late-acquired systems.
In this talk, I address L3 transfer as a
bidirectional phenomenon via the investigation of L1 English/L2 Spanish and L1
Spanish/L2 English bilinguals acquiring L3 Brazilian Portuguese (BP). First, I
present data in support of L3 initial stages transfer driven by structural
similarity. Second, I compare the stability of L1 and L2 Spanish
morphosyntactic and phonological representations at different levels of L3 BP
proficiency, providing evidence that an adult-acquired Spanish system is more
vulnerable to L3 influence than an early-acquired system.
Co-Sponsored
by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- POETRY READING
The Fifth Inaugural Poet of the United States
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Ballroom, Alice Campbell
Alumni Center (601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana)Join us for an evening reading followed by a book signing.
Richard Blanco’s books will be available for purchase in the foyer outside the ballroom.
This event is free and open to the public.
Richard Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history—the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. He was born in Madrid to Cuban exiled parents and raised in Miami, and the negotiation of cultural identity and place characterize his three collections of poetry: City of a Hundred Fires, Directions to The Beach of the Dead, and Looking for The Gulf Motel. His awards include the Agnes Starrett Poetry Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press, the Beyond Margins Award from the PEN American Center, the Paterson Poetry Prize, and the Thom Gunn Award. He has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. A builder of cities as well as poems, Blanco holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.F.A in Creative Writing. He is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow and has received honorary doctorates from Macalester College, Colby College, and the University of Rhode Island. He has taught at Central Connecticut State University, Georgetown University, and American University. Blanco currently lives in Bethel, Maine. A memoir of his childhood in Miami, The Prince of Los Cocuyos, was recently published by Ecco/Harper Collins.
This
event is co-sponsored by IPRH, the Chancellor's Inclusive Illinois Lecture
Series, the College of Engineering, and the Creative Writing Program's
Carr Reading Series.
- THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Presents
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
8
2PM
101
International Studies Building
MOZAYIK
SREENING
OF DOCUMENTARY AND DISCUSSION WITH THE FILMMAMKER
JON BOUGHER is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, video journalist and educator. His films have been featured on CNN International, The Today Show and MSNBC, while his video journalism has appeared in The Guardian, Wired.com and PRI’s The World. His films on Haiti received special screenings on Capitol Hill, while his short documentaries have been screened at film festivals around the world. He was recently based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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FELLOWSHIPS
· 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
- TWO TEACHING ASSISTANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR AY 2015-16
Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies invites applications for the
position of Teaching Assistant for LAST 170 (Introduction to Latin American
Studies) for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. Appointments will be 50% and include a
tuition and fee waiver and a salary that meets or exceeds the university
guidelines.
T.A.
responsibilities include: attendance at two weekly lectures, teaching three
weekly discussion sections, office hours, and collaboration in the preparation
and grading of quizzes and exams, and other course related tasks as determined
by the course Instructor.
Requirements:
Applicants must be UIUC graduate students in good standing who will be
registered during the semester(s) they will be teaching. They should also have
previous teaching experience and a strong academic background in Latin America
and the Caribbean.
Applicants
should send the following material in ONE PDF to Angelina Cotler (cotler@illinois.edu)
- Cover letter stating your interest, qualifications and contact information
- Current CV
- Graduate Transcripts (non-official)
- One letter of reference (can be sent directly to cotler@illinois.edu)
DEADLINE:
Monday, April 27th
- RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION
Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies/Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
Academic
Year 2015-2016
The
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies invites applications for the
position of Research Assistant for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012. Appointments will
be 33% (13.2 hours/week) and include a tuition and fee waiver and a monthly
salary of 1,713.18
The
Research Assistant will provide research and other support for the activities
of the staff of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the
Lemann Institute for Brazilians Studies.
Responsibilities
include:
1. Preparation of
reports and support for publications.
- Generate databases.
- Research for outreach materials.
Requirements:
Applicants
must be University of Illinois graduate students in good standing who will be
registered during the semester(s) they will be working. They should also have a
strong academic background in Latin America and the Caribbean, and
computational skills to create flyers and brochures.
Applicants
should send the following material:
- Cover letter stating your interest, qualifications and contact information
- Current CV
- Graduate Transcripts (non-official)
- One letter of reference (can be sent directly to cotler@illinois.edu
Send
all materials in ONE PDF to Angelina Cotler (cotler@illinois.edu)
DEADLINE:
Monday, May 4, 2015
- 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
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CONFERENCES/CALL
FOR PAPERS
· 1st INTERNATIONAL CUBAN REVOLUTION SYMPOSIUM. ORIGIN AND HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
13, 14, 15 October 2015Convention Palace, Miramar, Havana, Cuba
Stimulate the ideas and knowledgements exchange which from historic science provides the best understanding of the whole complex historic process of the Cuban Revolution.
Proposal deadline: June 30th 2015
Contact information:
Mrs. Belkis Quesada Gutiérrez E mail. relainter@ihc.cu
Mrs. Katia Iris Medina Reyes, Congress Professional Organization, Convention Palace, Havana, Cuba, Phone (537)2038958, Fax (537) 2028382; E mail katia@palco.cu ; http:/www.eventospalco.com.
Mrs. Isel Rodríguez, commerce specialist International Sells Department Convention Palace, Havana, Cuba email isel@palco.cu ; phone nr.(537) 208 4398.
Additional information:
Pre congress Inscription: $ 20.CUC; congress: delegates $ 200.00, No delegates: $80.00
The History Institute of Cuba calls historians, journalists, psychologist, advocate, economists, statements, professors, investigators and specialists in scientific technical information, to participate in the event
All who wants take part could present individual or collective works (no more than 3 authors) which no more than 15 pages (with annex and bibliographies included.) printed in one and a half space in letter sheets (8 ½ x 11 inch). The works must be send to History Institute of Cuba (HIC) hard copy and digital format Word Arial 12 or by compact e mail to simposiorevcuba@ihc.cu before 2015 august 23 rd.
Also requesting persons must send before June 30 to Scientific Committee a single summary with 200 words maximum with the Title, authors full names, entity, country and e mail address.
CALACS 2015: CRITICAL PAN-AMERICANISMS- SOLIDARITIES, RESISTANCES, TERRITORIES
University of Costa Rica, San José
The theme of the 34th CALACS Congress is Critical Pan-Americanisms: Solidarities, Resistances, Territories.
Pan-Americanism has a long and complicated history. As concepts, ideas, discourses, possibilities, and dreams, Pan-America and Pan-Americanism appear and vanish, are defined and re-defined, and are accepted and rejected by different actors in different historical moments...
Proposal deadline:
March 30, 2015
Contact information:
http://www.can-latam.org/congress/2015/critical-pan-americanisms-solidarities-resistances-territories
Additional information:
The 2015 Congress will be organized collaboratively between FLACSO, represented by the General Secretariat and its headquarters in Costa Rica, by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Costa Rica represented by Francisco Enríquez Solona, and by CALACS represented by Jessica Stites Mor
- BRASA- BRAZILIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
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:
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.
4th CONFERENCE ON ETHNICITY, RACE, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Virginia 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, 2015
Contact 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:
804-827-1143 Additional information: Conference website: erip.vcu.edu
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OUTREACH
THE CONSORTIUM OF THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Presents
Spring 2015 LATIN AMERICAN TEACHERS WORKSHOP
EXPLORING THE CITY IN THE CLASSROOM: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CITIES, URBAN EXPERIENCE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
Saturday May 2, 2015
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Stuart Hall, Room 102, 5835 South Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
Organized by the Center for Latin American
Studies at the University of Chicago and Center for Latin American and
Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Co-Sponsor:
Center for International Studies, University of Chicago.
- Offered to K-14 School Educators, Teachers and Librarians
- Professional Development Teachers' Workshop provide up to 6 CPDU credit hours
How have cities shaped
past and presents societies in Latin America? How can we study history, art,
literature, memory, and economics through the way cities are built,
appropriated, and transformed in time?
Intended primarily for
high school and community college educators (but open to all interested parties),
this workshop will incorporate perspectives from the social sciences,
humanities, and
architecture to explore
cities, urban experience, and the built environment in Latin America. By
approaching the city as “a living history textbook,” the workshop will discuss
how Latin American
cities can be lenses
through which we can better understand the region’s history, politics, and arts
and provide examples of how this can be translated into classroom instruction.
The workshop will also
explore how urban planning
can change the way we approach urban problems such as inequality, violence, and
poverty, and reflect on the challenges of creating cityscapes inspired by ideas
of justice and tolerance.
Registration: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/965452
If you have any questions, please contact
Alejandra s-Seufferheld, Outreach Coordinator
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
202 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-2790. Email: amsseu@illinois.edu
Steven Schwartz, Outreach and Campus Program Coordinator
Center for Latin American Studies, University of Chicago
5848 S University Ave, Kelly Hall, Chicago, IL 60637
773.702.8963. Email: dschwartz@uchicago.edu
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
202 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-2790. Email: amsseu@illinois.edu
Steven Schwartz, Outreach and Campus Program Coordinator
Center for Latin American Studies, University of Chicago
5848 S University Ave, Kelly Hall, Chicago, IL 60637
773.702.8963. Email: dschwartz@uchicago.edu
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IN THE COMMUNITY
MARK
YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT:
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Angelina Cotler, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
201 International Studies Building
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Ph: (217) 333-8419
Fax: (217): 244-7333
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