ANNOUNCEMENTS
- FALL LECTURES FOR CLACS AND LEMANN INSTITUTE; http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/news/documents/LECTURESFALL15_001.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
- NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
We are pleased to announce new
comprehensive research guides for Peru (http://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=348380)
and Bolivia (http://guides.library.illinois.edu/bolivia).
For questions about these guides or Latin American and Caribbean Studies
research at the Library, please contact Prof. Antonio Sotomayor at asotomay@illinois.edu
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LECTURES
- LATINO/A STUDIES FALL COLLOQUIA
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
3:30-5:00pm
Room 103, 1207 W. Oregon, Urbana
Dr. MARLA RAMIREZ, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate
TRANSGENERATIONAL ILLEGALITY: THE MEXICAN REPATRIATION PROGRAM
& BANISHMENT OF U.S. CITIZENS
Family
storytelling has been at the core of Mexican families for generations and
banishment, or as generally known “repatriation,” stories have been passed down
over nearly ninety years since the early 1920s banishments of U.S. citizens of
Mexican descent. The repatriation records in the early 1900s accounted for over
one million Mexicans; a startling sixty percent were U.S. citizen children.
Trinidad Rodríguez became one of 600,000 U.S. citizen children
unconstitutionally banished from her home country as a result of the
repatriation efforts of the Great Depression. This paper focuses on the
Rodríguez Molina family, participating oral history interviewees include the
son, daughter-in-law, and grandson of a now deceased, Trinidad Rodríguez. My
study found that many U.S. returnees and their descendants’ continued struggles
to belong in their ancestor’s homeland represent a transgenerational illegality
that has been nearly impossible to shake.
- THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
LECTURE SERIES
Presents
IRENE LUNGO
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico
PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES AND A NEW ERA.
JUSTIFICATION OF PRIVILEGES IN THE SALAVADORIAN UPPER-MIDDLE
CLASS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1st
12pm
International Studies Building
My
concern is about the new aspects of social inequalities in contemporary El
Salvador,
especially
considering the way they are modeled by everyday practices. Currently,
El
Salvador is characterized by the primacy of neoliberal accumulation model, the
rise of an
unprecedented
democracy, a reconcentration of capital, the persistence of deep inequalities,
increased
social
violence and migration. In this context, a “globalized” Salvadoran middle class
has emerged.
Studying
this group allows us to learn new facets of the neoliberal capitalism in El
Salvador, and to identify changes in everyday experiences on socioeconomic
inequalities.
Two
topics will be analyzed: a) the emergence of the “global” middle class in the
Salvadoran
contemporary
context, and b) everyday experience of violence in the “global” middle class
and their coping strategies.
- THE CENTER FOR LATN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
In co-sponsor with the Lemann Institute of Brazilian Studies and
the Jewish Studies
Present
RAANAN REIN, the Elías Sourasky Professor of Latin American and
Spanish History and Vice President of Tel Aviv University.
Member of Argentina's Academia Nacional de la Historia and
former Co-President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA).
SOCCER, JEWS AND THE MAKING OF ARGENTINA
TURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
12PM
101 International Studies Building
While
most historians would agree as to the centrality of sports in general and of
soccer in particular in Latin American societies, very little has been written
on ethnicity and sports in such immigrant societies as Argentina and Brazil. As
far as the historiography of the Jewish experience in Latin America is
concerned, hardly any scholarly works exist that are devoted to popular
culture, particularly that of unaffiliated Jews.
My
talk focuses on the history of the Club Atlético Atlanta, located in the
neighborhood of Villa Crespo. Although populated by various ethnic groups,
Villa Crespo has long been considered a Jewish neighborhood. Since the 1950s
there has been a conspicuous Jewish presence among the fans, administrators and
presidents of the Atlanta soccer club, to the extent that fans of rival teams
often chant anti-Semitic slogans during matches.
I
examines Argentine football as a space of both prejudice and dialogue. One of
my arguments is that for the first immigrant generation, belonging to this club
was a way of becoming Argentines.
For
the next generation, it was a way of maintaining ethnic Jewish identity, while
for the third one it has become a family tradition.
Rein
is the author and editor of more than thirty books and dozens of book chapters
and articles in academic journals. His most recent books
include: Fútbol, Jews, and the Making of
Argentina (Stanford University Press, 2014), In the Shadow of Perón: Juan
Atilio Bramuglia and the Second Line of Argentina's Populist Movement (Stanford
University Press, 2008), and Argentine Jews or Jewish Argentines? Essays on
History, Ethnicity and Diaspora (Brill, 2010). He is co-editor of Muscling in
on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas (Brill, 2015),
Rethinking Jewish-Latin Americans (University of New Mexico Press, 2008), as
well as the journal Estudios Intersicipilnarios de América Latina y el Caribe
(EIAL). The Argentine government awarded him the title of Commander
in the Order of the Liberator San Martin for his contribution to Argentine
culture.
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CONFERENCES/CALL
FOR PAPERS
- LATIN AMERICA IN TRANSLATION SERIES – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
In the
English-speaking world, Latin Americans are more often written about than
read. As a result, the educated public in the United States continues to
learn most of what it does know about the region from Latin Americanists who
are themselves foreigners to the national realities they study. Since October
1990, the UNC and Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies has
undertaken an effort to address this imbalance by establishing an ongoing
editorial series, “Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução.”
The Latin America
in Translation Series is a joint initiative of the UNC and Duke Consortium,
Duke University Press (DUP), and the University of North Carolina Press (UNCP)
and is directed by an editorial committee of faculty members and editors from
the three sponsoring institutions. Since 1993, more than 40 books have been
published in the series with more forthcoming regularly.
The UNC-Duke
Consortium is pleased to announce the 2015 Call for Proposals
Deadline of October
16, 2015.
Detailed nomination instructions, as well as a link to the new nomination form,
can be found at: http://jhfc.duke.edu/latinamericauncduke/2014/01/06/latin-america-in-translation-call-for-proposals/
To see the list of
titles that have appeared in the Series up till now, please go to https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ProductList.php?viewby=series&id=38
(for Duke) and http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/books?page_type=series&page_type_id=47
(for UNC).
- Call For Papers: 2016 LAGO Graduate Conference | Latin American Graduate Organization
LIBERALISM
AND ITS DISCONTENTS
January
28th, 29th, and 30th, 2016
Tulane
University’s Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO)
Tulane
University’s Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO) invites paper and
panel proposals for our 2016 Graduate Conference: “Liberalism and Its
Discontents.” At the conference, we encourage participants to engage in an
interdisciplinary discussion on the subject of liberalism in the Americas. More
specifically, we seek scholarly works that explore and critique the influence
of Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment thought in Latin America and its
Diaspora. Through this conversation, we seek to trouble notions of “discovery,”
“progress,” “development,” and “democracy” and critically examine how these
terms are used in the field of Latin American Studies. Papers from all
disciplines that explore any historical or contemporary moment are welcomed. We
invite submissions in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Paper
topics may include but are not limited to:
·
Economic
liberalism and free trade agreements
·
Censorship,
surveillance, and borders
·
Contradictions
of modern nation state formation
·
Colonialism,
neocolonialism, and liberalism
·
Reform
versus revolution
·
Liberalism
and nationalism
·
Issues
of sovereignty
·
Sameness
versus difference
·
Institutions
and their complicity in violence
·
Contested
territory
·
Indigenous
and African epistemologies
·
Art
and resistance
·
Critiques
of modernity
·
Decentralized
movements
·
Identity
formation & network culture in the digital age
·
Empire
and environmental stewardship/conservation
Deadline
for Abstract Submissions: November 2nd, 2015.
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IN THE MARKET
- COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR- CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY
OF FLORIDA
The
successful candidate will be a dynamic and creative individual responsible for
conveying the Center’s internal and external messages through an integrated
communication strategy. Working with center administration, and faculty, the
candidate will update and maintain communications materials using a variety of
media channels to support the Center’s mission, raise awareness of Center
programs and initiatives, and engage Center constituents.
Job
Duties:
Revise
and manage overall communications plan for the Center by strategizing how to
effectively communicate Center information across multiple platforms.
-Systematically
review communications plan to ensure the most recent technologies and
approaches are being implemented
Revise
and maintain Center website and content. Monitor analytics.
-Make
improvements on website to be more user-friendly and navigable
-Regularly
review webpages to ensure content is current and error free
-Coordinate
and enhance Center promotional materials including broadcast, print, online,
electronic, and direct mail.
-Manage
and monitor Center's social media accounts
-Write
and distribute press releases on select Center initiatives
-Assist
with annual reports, newsletters, and other Center publications
Work
with Center administration, faculty, and other stakeholders to explore ways to
increase Center visibility and increase engagement with our constituents while
following UF branding regulations.
-Serve
as liaison with UF media relations
-Collaborate
with development officer to enhance relationships with alumni
-Work
with faculty to enhance their social media skills to highlight their work
PREFERRED
QUALIFICATIONS: Spanish and/or Portuguese language skills, experience working
with diverse teams, media production (video)
Bachelor's
degree in journalism, communications, marketing, public relations, or a related
field. 2-3 years experience in this type of position. Strong research, writing
and proofreading skills to ensure high quality and accuracy, project
management, ability to work independently on multiple projects as well as
working on a team.
To
access the UF Careers page, please go to:
- ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, MODERN LATIN AMERICAN (since 1800)
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE UNIVERSITY
The Pennsylvania State University Department of History invites applications
for a tenure-track position in the history of Modern Latin America (since
1800). The appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant or Associate
Professor, depending upon qualifications, and will begin in August 2016. The
successful applicant should be able to enhance the graduate concentration in
Latin American history, demonstrate an active research agenda, be able to
contribute immediately to both graduate and undergraduate teaching in the
department, and be ready to participate in the Latin American Studies program.
Candidate must have a Ph.D. in hand at date of application. Prospective
candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a letter of application that
describes current and future research, and evidence of teaching effectiveness
at https://psu.jobs/job/58906.
Applications may also include up to three offprints or unpublished papers or
chapters. Please request three letters of reference be sent to Search
Committee, Modern Latin America, Department of History, The Pennsylvania State
University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802. Review of
applications will begin on November 15, 2015, and continue until the position
is filled. CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS: For more about safety at Penn State, and to review the Annual Security Report which contains information about crime statistics and other safety and security matters, please go to http://www.police.psu.edu/clery/, which will also provide you with detail on how to request a hard copy of the Annual Security Report.
Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Deadline:11/15/15
Minimum Requirements: Ph.D.
Preferred Qualifications: Enhance graduate
concentration in Latin American history
Documents Required:
Letter of Application to include current and future research, current curriculum vita, evidence of teaching effectiveness. Also send three letters of reference
Letter of Application to include current and future research, current curriculum vita, evidence of teaching effectiveness. Also send three letters of reference
Contact Information:
Search Committee, Modern Latin America, Dept. of History, Penn State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802
Search Committee, Modern Latin America, Dept. of History, Penn State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802
Additional Information:
apply at https://psu.jobs/job/58906
apply at https://psu.jobs/job/58906
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES; GLOBAL & AREA STUDIES
nine-month
academic year, tenure-track appointment with 65% teaching, 25% research, 5%
advising and 5% service
University
of Wyoming - Global & Area Studies Program
The successful candidate will be a Latin Americanist
teacher-scholar, with interests in interdisciplinary work in the Social
Sciences. Responsibilities will include teaching core classes for the program,
such as Introduction to Global Studies, important regional classes, such as
Introduction to Latin American Studies, and upper division and Masters-level
classes in the candidate’s area of specialty. A successful research program
must be established by the time of tenure. Preference for a focus on
Development and/or Environment and Natural Resources.
Deadline: November 12, 2015
Minimum Requirements: Candidates should have their
Ph.D. in a relevant Social Science or international interdisciplinary degree
program at the time of appointment, August 2016. Additionally, candidates
should have a demonstrated Latin American focus, teaching experience, and
experience with research publications and/or presentations.
Preferred Qualifications: Preference for a
demonstrated focus on Development and/or Environment and Natural Resources.
Documents Required: Submit a curriculum vitae, a
letter of application that describes current and future research, evidence of
teaching effectiveness and the names and contact information of three
references to the provided contact information.
Applications via email preferred, paper accepted. Review of applications begins November 13, 2015. Complete applications received at that point will be given priority.
Applications via email preferred, paper accepted. Review of applications begins November 13, 2015. Complete applications received at that point will be given priority.
Contact Information:
Dr. David A. Messenger
Director, Global & Area Studies Program
University of Wyoming
Dept. 4299, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
dmesseng@uwyo.edu
Dr. David A. Messenger
Director, Global & Area Studies Program
University of Wyoming
Dept. 4299, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
dmesseng@uwyo.edu
Additional Information:
More information on the Global & Area Studies Program can be found here: http://www.uwyo.edu/intstudy/
More information on the Global & Area Studies Program can be found here: http://www.uwyo.edu/intstudy/
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OPPORTUNITIES
- IPRH ANNUAL THEME 2016–17:“PUBLICS”
Ideas
about the public (for example, as a constituted body, as an abstract idea, as a
spatial realm, as a collective “audience” of discourse or performance) are in
constant flux, and in constant circulation. Who is “the public?” How is a public or are multiple
publics defined, articulated, shaped, enacted? How is the public domain
configured, and how has the meaning of public domain shifted according to the
demands of the market and a range of other forces? Who belongs in public space,
and whither the public sphere? What rights define public life in various places
and times? How is public life defined in relationship to its opposite? How has
the notion of the public changed over time? What constitutes acceptable forms
of public life now and in the past? How are ideas about the public tied to
various notions of citizenship and belonging, or exclusion and discrimination?
How may changing modes of circulation shape the social space of discursive
publics? How are various forms of social media shifting ideas about what
constitutes public life, and public performance? And who is the “public” we
imagine when we consider the “public humanities?”
IPRH
welcomes applications from all disciplines and departments with an interest in
humanities and humanities-inflected research. We invite
applications from faculty and graduate students that focus on any aspect of
“Publics.” The theme also provides an opportunity for artists to consider the
relevance of “Publics” in their creative practice. IPRH is especially
interested in fostering interdisciplinary work.
All
Fellows are expected to maintain residence on the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign campus during the award year, and to participate in IPRH
activities, including the yearlong Fellows Seminar.
Complete
fellowship application guidelines for 2016–17 can be found on the IPRH website (Faculty / Graduate Students).
Applications must be submitted through an online application portal. No paper or emailed applications or
letters of recommendation will be accepted.
The
submission links are as follows:
Graduate
Students: https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=931.
Eligibility:
Applications
are invited from full-time, tenured or tenure-track U of I Urbana campus
faculty members, and advanced graduate students engaged in dissertation/thesis
preparation. Please
see complete fellowship application guidelines (Faculty / Graduate Students)
for full eligibility requirements.
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 or more 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:
The
online application must be completed and submitted no later than midnight on
December 4, 2015. Referees must submit their letters of reference by midnight
on December 6, 2015. IPRH strongly recommends, however, that
submissions be made prior
to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the application deadline, as staff will
not be available to assist with troubleshooting after close of business on
December 4.
For
more information about the IPRH Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowship
program, please visit IPRH on the web at http://www.iprh.illinois.edu/fellowships/campus/index.html.
Questions about the fellowships may be directed to Nancy Castro at ncastro@illinois.edu.
- THE EDUCATION JUSTICE PROJECT (EJP)- APPLICATIONS
The
Education Justice Project (EJP) is accepting applications for Spring 2016,
until October 1. EJP offers upper-division courses and other academic
programs to men incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security
men’s prison about 35 miles east of campus. Among the programs we’re especially
seeking members for this year are: writing tutors, anti-violence education
program (CAVE) facilitators, and someone to coordinate our writing workshop
program. More information is available on the EJP website at educationjustice.net and at the upcoming
information sessions.
- ILLINOIS INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM
We are
currently accepting proposals for the IIP International Grants Program. Each
year, Illinois International offers funding to sponsor international
conferences on the Urbana-Champaign campus, as well as international research
travel by Illinois faculty. Proposal details and requirements can be found
online: International Conference Grants
| International Research Travel
Grants
We
encourage you to forward this message to your colleagues or departments you
think would be interested in pursuing these opportunities. Proposals should be
submitted electronically at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/3145498 (travel)
and https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/239060
(conference). The deadline for proposals is November 2, 2015. If you
have questions, please contact Julie Misa, Executive Director for
Administration and Management, at (217) 333-9192 or jmisa@illinois.edu.
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Human Bonfires and the Search for Truth http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/5470-one-year-since-the-crime-of-ayotzinapa-on-government-lies-human-bonfires-and-the-search-for-truth
Colombia: Time to make political pedagogy http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
UN to Open Human Rights Office in Honduras http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/UN-to-Open-Human-Rights-Office-in-Honduras-20150927-0024.html"
Las claves del discurso de Raúl Castro en la ONU http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2015/09/28/actualidad/1443444209_914435.html
"Wars" Nicolas Maduro and the possible defeat of
Chavez in the legislative http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Whatever Happened to Brazil? http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/25/whatever-happened-to-brazil/
Uncertainty dominates Argentina campaign a month before the
elections http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Deforestation in Peru: Building a dramatic future in the Amazon
and the Andean Region http://www.coha.org/deforestation-in-peru-building-a-dramatic-future-in-the-amazon-and-the-andean-region/
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Caribbean Studies
Lemann Institute for
Brazilian Studies
University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
201 International Studies
Building
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
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