ANNOUNCEMENTS
•
CLACS IS VERY HAPPY AND PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT PROF. CLODOALDO SOTO-RUIZ, OUR
QUECHUA INSTRUCTOR, WILL RECEIVE A TRIBUTE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER AT THE
ANDEAN CULTURE INITIATIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
During
the Quechua Student Alliance Meeting we will pay tribute to
Prof.
Clodoaldo Soto-Ruiz (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
for his
notable contribution to the study and teaching of Quechua
Prof.
Soto-Ruiz (Huanta-Ayacucho, Perú) is a renowned Quechua scholar who has taught
this Native-American language for more than 25 years at the University fo
Illinois. He published dictionaries and a grammar book on Ayacucho Quechua,
articles, and his pedagogical grammar Quechua “Manual de Enseñanza” is widely
used by many students around the world.
November
14th, 2015
4:30pm
Greenfield
Intercultural Center
at the
University of Pennsylvania
Learn more about the activites
during the Quechua Student and Faculty Alliance Meeting at UPenn, here: https://quechuainitiative.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/2015-quechua-student-meeting/
- 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
- 2015 TINKER PRE-DISSERTATION WORKSHOP
Friday and Saturday October 30-31
101 International Studies Building
Join
us for two-day of exciting research and presentations by the graduate students
who did research in different fields in Latin America.
Check
the complete program: http://issuu.com/canopoo/docs/tinker_program_2015
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LECTURES
- LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
2pm
101 International Studies Building
PAULO
MIRANDA-RIBEIRO, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
THE ADVENTURES OF QUALITATIVE
METHODS IN DEMOGRAPHY: LESSONS FROM BRAZIL
Paula
Miranda-Ribeiro has a PhD in Sociology/Demography from the University of Texas
at Austin (1997), an MA in Demography (1993), and a BA in Economics (1989),
both from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. She is currently
Associate Professor, Department of Demography and Cedeplar, Universidade
Federal de Minas Gerais, and Dean of the School of Economics (2014-2018) at the
same university. In the last years, she has held the following positions:
Associate Dean (2010-2014), Chair of the Department of Demography (2003-2007),
Secretary General of ABEP (Brazilian Population Association) (2007-2008), and
board member of ALAP (Latin American Population Association) (2009-2010). Prof.
Miranda-Ribeiro is an enthusiast of qualitative methods in Demography and, in
addition to her own research projects that use qualitative methods, she has
taught graduate and undergraduate students about the adventures of qualitative
research for more than 15 years. She also works with social demography,
fertility, and sexual and reproductive health, especially among adolescents.
- THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Presents
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
12pm
101 International Studies Building
Prof.
CARLOS JAVIER ECHARRI, Center for Demographic, Urban and
Environmental Studies, Colegio de Mexico. President of the Mexican Demographic
Society and Gender Statistics Specialist; United Nations Women Regional Office
for Latin American and the Caribbean
VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMN: THE SITUATION IN MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA
The
subject of this presentations is violence against women (VAW) in Mexico. Its
purpose is to broaden the outlook concerning the context of feminicide and to
analyze trends in Mexico, taking account of the various ways in which the
integrity, freedom, health and lives of women are affected and about which
there is statistical evidence: from violence inflicted by a partner, occurring
in the family and in the community, to institutional violence and homicide and
feminicide. Based upon vital statistics (the deaths by aggression in the period
1985-2013), we argue the need for a gender-specific analysis and public
policies and programs, that takes into account the particularities of VAW, We
also analyze the growing burden of violence-related injuries in hospital
admissions, the screening and treatment of several types of VAW in public
health services, and evaluate the madatory reporting of thos cases of VAW.
Has been Academic Coordinator of the Master’s
Degree in Demography and PhD in Population Studies programs; Coordinator of the
Monitoring and Evaluation; member of The Advisory Council and Professor’s
Board, Master’s Degree in Gender, Cultural Processes and Cultual
Transformations, Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios de la Mujer, El
Colegio de México, A. C.; Member of the Evaluation Commission, Department of
Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Responsible for El Colegio
de México at the Grupo de Intercambio Académico en Salud Reproductiva; Member
of the Qualifying Jury for the National Award on Demography 2000 and 2014,
National Population Council; Program Evaluator, CONACYT.
Books
Estudio diagnóstico: La LXII Legislatura de
la Cámara de Diputados y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos. México, DF:
Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad, AC, 2014. 62 p.
Violencia Feminicida en México:
Características, tendencias y nuevas expresiones en las entidades federativas.
1985-2010.
México D.F.: Cámara de Diputados, ONU Mujeres e Inmujeres, 2012. 207p.
Panorama
estadístico de la violencia en México, México, D.F.: Secretaría de Seguridad
Pública, Centro de Investigación y Estudios sobre Seguridad y El Colegio de
México, 2012. 315p.
Feminicidio en México. Aproximación, tendencias
y cambios: 1985-2009.
Distrito Federal. ONU Mujeres, Cámara de Diputados, Inmujeres y El Colegio de
México, 2011. 104 p. ISBN: 978-1-936291-65-6.
Hijo de mi hija… Estructura familiar y
salud materno infantil. México, D.F.: El Colegio de México-Centro de Estudios
Demográficos y de Desarrollo Urbano, 2003. 417 p. ISBN: 968-12- 0143-4.
Salud Reproductiva y sociedad. Resultados
de investigación.
México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, 2000. 403 p. Co-coordinador(es): Claudio
Stern. ISBN: 968-12-0964-8.
Encuesta Nacional sobre Violencia contra
las Mujeres 2003, Cuernavaca,
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003. pp. 132, Gustavo Olaiz
(Coordinador), Co-colaboradoras: Blanca Rico, Aurora del Río.
Lecture
co-sponsored by the Program of Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
- SPANISH & PORTUGUESE COLLOQUIUM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
4-5pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB 1080
ANTONIO
SOTOMAYOR, Assistant Professor, University Library
THE
TRIANGLE OF EMPIRE: SPORT, RELIGION, AND IMPERIALISM IN PUERTO RICO’S YMCA,
1898-1926
This talk studies the intersection of sport, religion, and imperialism through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an extension of United States expansion into Puerto Rico after the Spanish American War of 1898. The YMCA’s emphasis on “muscular Christianity” and sports made it attractive to some locals who welcomed this feature of U.S. Americanization. This article seeks to challenge notions of imperialism and Americanization (through sport and religion) as a process not clearly defined by the dyad oppressor and victim. To the contrary, the story of the YMCA in Puerto Rico shows the ways in which YMCA leaders sought to bring progress to an “oppressed” people, while many locals welcomed a progressive institution of modern sports. My argument blurs the line between resistance and acculturation and instead proposes to see the YMCA and the early development of sport in Puerto Rico as a process of negotiations over power, identity, and culture. Ultimately, the work undertaken by the YMCA in Puerto Rico laid the ground for the island’s sport culture and institutional infrastructure, which reverberated into a growing sense of national identity within a colonial relationship. Overall, the study of the YMCA in Puerto Rico serves as an example of the role this institution played in the dynamics of religion, sport, and imperialism at the turn of the twentieth century in Latin America.
- THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Presents
Prof.
MICHELLE WIBBELSMAN, Assistant Professor. Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
The Ohio State University
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
12PM
101 International Studies Building
INDIGENOUS
TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION AND THE POLITICS OF DESTINATION
With a longstanding history
of geographical mobility since before the Spanish and Inka conquests, today’s
Quichua-speaking inhabitants of Northern Ecuador’s Otavalo Valley are among the
most internationally traveled and cosmopolitan indigenous populations of Latin
America. In this paper I explore mobility as a deeply held Otavalan value
and repeat return migration as a traditional way of life among these
communities. Ethnographic interviews and migrant narratives collected in summer
of 2014 clearly differentiate indigenous mobility from general population migration
trends and, beyond this, underscore a pronounced heterogeneity of experiences
within indigenous migration itself—ranging from successful music production and
performance ventures abroad to failed businesses; from international,
intercultural families to broken homes; from slave trade to drug trafficking.
The “politics and poetics of destination” play a role in the diversity of
experiences, opportunities and qualities of life people encounter abroad. The
narratives I share in this presentation bring into relief contrasting
experiences in different receiving communities. Reference to different
destinations and the global networking paths they enable sheds light on
processes of re-imagining communities and identities both in Otavalo and
abroad, and reveals the unevenness of processes of migration and globalization
among Otavalans along with the social changes to which they have given way.
Each destination, moreover, opens distinct lines of theoretical and
ethnographic inquiry and raises a series of methodological challenges in terms
of analyzing the ways by which people creatively and selectively bridge
cultural differences, adapt, resist and integrate.
Michelle Wibbelsman (PhD. Cultural
Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2004). Her research
interests and areas of specialization include South American indigenous
cultures, ethnographic studies and ethnomusicology. Her work in Andean
Ecuador since 1995 has focused on symbolic and semiotic analytical approaches
to indigenous performances, ritual practices and politics. She is the author of
Ritual Encounters: Otavalan Modern and Mythic Community (U. Illinois P,
2009). Her current research explores Otavalan musical diversity and indigenous
transnational migration, diaspora and cosmopolitanism.
This lecture is possible with the support of
the Dorothea
S. and Norman E. Whitten Endowment Funds
- LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
2pm
101 International Studies Building
ANTONIO LESSA, Associate
professor of International Relations at the University of Brasilia (UNB)
THREATENING THE TRADITIONS;
BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE WORKERS’ PARTY GOVERNMENTS
An assessment of the foreign policy in
action under Lula da Silva (2003-2010) and Dilma Roussef (2011- ) governments´
is also a speculation on the rise and fall of the Party of Workers´
international project. What are the causes of the loss of efficiency of this
project that can be verified in the last years? I propose, in this talk, an
analysis of the Brazilian Foreign Policy based on the perspective of
international possibilities, domestic institutional limits and of the personal
idiosyncracies of Lula da Silva and Roussef.
Antônio Carlos Lessa is associate professor
of International Relations at the University of Brasilia (UNB). He holds a
Ph.D. (2000) in History (History of International Relations) from the
University of Brasília, and post-doctoral studies at the Université de
Strasbourg, France (2008-2009). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Revista Brasileira
de Política Internacional (RBPI) and of Bulletin Meridiano 47. He is a former
Deputy Secretary (2007-2013) and Secretary General of the Brazilian
Association of International Relations - ABRI.
He was a Professor at the Rio Branco
Institute (Brazilian Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and
Visiting Professor at Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) and at the
Universidad de la República (Uruguay). He was an associate fellow at the Centre
d'Etudes sur le Brésil at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne (1996-1997). Since
2008 he is associate fellow at the Laboratory of History of International
Relations "Frontières, Acteurs et Représentations de l'Europe" at the
University of Strasbourg, France. Antônio Carlos Lessa collaborates with
different graduate studies programs in International Relations in Brazil and
abroad and with several initiatives related to science communication and the
organization of teaching and research in International Relations in Brazil.
He is a member of the Editorial Boards of
several scientific journals on International Relations published in Brazil and
abroad. His research interests are related to contemporary Brazilian Foreign
Policy and History of International Relations.
- THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Presents
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
12PM
101International Studies Building
ALE
PÅLSSON, Ph.D. student at the Centre for Maritime Studies and Department of
History at Stockholm University
SWEDES
AND “SWEDES:” POLITICAL CULTURE AND NATIONALITY IN THE SWEDISH-CARIBBEAN COLONY
OF ST. BARTHELEMY, 1800-1825
The small island of
St. Barthélemy in the Lesser Antilles holds a unique place in Caribbean
history. In 1784-1878 it was a Swedish colony, obtained from France in exchange
for trading rights. Since the island was too small for sugar cultivation,
Sweden founded the free port of Gustavia, allowing merchants and mariners from
the United States, the Caribbean and Europe to become neutral Swedish subjects.
In a time of continuous warfare between European and American powers, St.
Barthélemy became a popular safe haven for goods and trade to move between
imperial borders. Yet not just goods travelled through the colony, but
information, culture, discourse and ideology as well. For the inexperienced
Swedish colonial administration, managing differing notions of rights,
political involvement, nationality and ethnicity became in some ways a larger
challenge than that of the surrounding imperial powers. For the new Swedes as
well, becoming Swedish was a matter of diplomacy, communication and assertion,
to clarify their legitimacy as Swedish citizens. I examine how the meeting of
political cultures manifested itself in political activity, petitioning,
discourses of race, nationality and gender, as well through physical violence,
material symbols and rituals of celebration.
Ale Pålsson is a
graduate student at the Centre for Maritime Studies and Department of History
at Stockholm University. He is researching the political culture of the
Swedish-Caribbean colony St Barthélemy and its free harbour Gustavia during the
early 19th century, in particular the global mobility of political discourse,
especially in relation to nationality, gender and race. His research interest,
beyond the Caribbean, lies in early Swedish-American connections and
Scandinavian positions within global historical currents.
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CONFERENCES/CALL
FOR PAPERS
- · CANANDIAN MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue 2017
Indigenous Language Teaching, Learning, and Identities
The
Canadian Modern Language Review (CMLR) invites
submissions for the 2017 special issue, “Indigenous Language Teaching,
Learning, and Identities”.
Investigating
Indigenous language education, teaching, and learning — especially as these
relate to constructions of identity and community under conditions of
political, economic, and social transformation —is both timely and relevant to
the field of language education and can assist in understanding Indigenous-language
education programs and in improving educational outcomes. Such investigation
should be of interest to, among others, language researchers, educational
specialists, and theoretical and applied linguists working with educators and
community members in Indigenous language contexts.
The
CMLR welcomes empirically-based and practice-oriented papers from researchers,
language educators, and learners addressing Indigenous language teaching,
learning, and speaker identities from a broad range of Indigenous contexts and
methodological orientations, We are especially interested in papers that make
use of methods specific to working in Indigenous contexts and that critically
examine issues related to Indigenous language learning, teaching, retention, revitalization,
standardization, and promotion. We welcome papers from Indigenous contexts
within and outside of Canada, with the idea that the research will have
implications for or applications to Canadian and other Indigenous contexts.
Possible
topics include: the construction and negotiation of identities in different
Indigenous language contexts; Indigenous literacies, writing systems and
standardization; immersion and bilingual education; language learning and
language revitalization; cultural and collective knowledge and memory in
language-learning and teaching; language ideologies as related to social,
linguistic, moral, and political relationships and language-learner choices,
expectations, and identities; notions of “authentic” language use and their
influence on ideologies and practices of language use; codified, standardized,
and institutionalized language and their relation to spoken language;
assessment and measurement in language teaching and learning; linguistic,
cultural, and intercultural resources in Indigenous language learning; and the
use of new media.
Submission
deadline: June 30, 2016
Submissions
should be sent electronically through PRESTO: http://bit.ly/cmlrPresto
Receipt
of all manuscripts will be acknowledged via PRESTO.
Questions
about the special issue may be addressed to the co-editors:
Donna
Patrick
Peter Jacobs
Carleton
University
University of Victoria
- REVISTA INVESTIGACION CUALITATIVA
Llamado a presentar trabajos
Les invitamos a someter trabajos para el primer número de la revista
electrónica Investigación Cualitativa (e-ISSN en trámite),
publicación del Grupo de Interés Especial
(SIG) de Investigación Cualitativa en Español y Portugués
de la Asociación Internacional de Investigación Cualitativa (IAQI).
La revista Investigación Cualitativa ha sido creada como un espacio
pluralista, crítico y democrático que promueve,
en nuestros idiomas, la reflexión
sobre metodologías cualitativas y la apertura
a la diversidad de acercamientos de investigación cualitativa que circulan
actualmente en nuestros
países en el mundo.
Investigación Cualitativa se interesa
especialmente en manuscritos que incluyan
propuestas metodológicas críticas y experimentales orientadas a la justicia social y a la descolonización disciplinaria. Investigación Cualitativa recibe artículos
centrados en aspectos
metodológicos y no investigaciones temáticas.
La
fecha última para recibir artículos es el 30 de noviembre del 2015.
Los trabajos deberán ser enviados al
correo electrónico de la revista:
revistaadisp@gmail.com,
siguiendo las normas que se especifican en el siguiente apartado. La notificación de aceptación para revisión se realizará
durante el mes de diciembre de 2015. A más tardar el 15 de febrero del 2016 se notificará si fue o no aceptado. La publicación de este número,
será en el mes de abril del 2016.
Información para la preparación de las contribuciones
La Revista Investigación Cualitativa acepta el envío para publicación de manuscritos escritos en español y portugués y que no hayan sido publicados anteriormente en otra revista. Los manuscritos son sometidos a revisión ciega de pares expertos en los distintos enfoques metodológicos de investigación cualitativa. Los pares revisores pueden recomendar su aceptación, su aceptación condicional a cambios propuestos por los pares revisores, o rechazarlos. En cada caso los autores recibirán los comentarios realizados por los revisores, junto con la notificación por parte de los editores, de aceptación, aceptación condicional o rechazo de su manuscrito.
Los manuscritos
presentados a la Revista de Investigación Cualitativa deben ajustarse a los
siguientes aspectos formales para ser considerados
para revisión:
1.
Los manuscritos deben
estar escritos en Word office.
2.
Los manuscritos deben estar escritos en letra New Time Roman, tamaño 12, a espacio
simple, con márgenes regulares, con texto justificado y en tamaño en página tamaño
carta.
3.
El título y subtítulos
debe estar centrado, en negritas,
y con las palabras principales en mayúscula. Los apartados al
interior de los subtítulos deben estar justificados a la izquierda,
en negritas y cursiva.
4.
Debajo de
cada título, subtitulo, y párrafo debe dejarse
un espacio antes del texto que le
sigue.
5.
Los manuscritos deben ajustarse
en sus citas y referencias a las normas APA (Sexta edición).
6.
Debe tener presente que al someter un artículo
para su publicación deber contar con los derechos
para reproducir cualquier
material que sea propiedad
de terceros, sean figuras, dibujos, fotografías, música. Esto incluye los materiales publicados en Internet.
7.
En caso de requerirlo, use notas a pie de página y no al final. Solo se utilizarán las notas, para comentar o explicar algún concepto o idea. No para realizar
citaciones textuales o contextuales.
8.
Los manuscritos deben
seguir la siguiente estructura:
a. Primera
página:
i.
Título
en español,
portugués e inglés.
ii.
Nombres de él, la, los o las autores o autoras.
iii.
Grado y
afiliación institucional de él, la, los o las autores
o autoras.
iv.
Dirección postal y electrónica de él,
la, los o las autores o autoras.
v.
Breve nota biográfica de él,
la, los o las autores o
autoras
b. Segunda
página:
i.
Resumen, con
una extensión
entre 100 y 150 palabras,
estar escrito en español, portugués e inglés. Iniciando
con el idioma original
del trabajo y finalizando en inglés.
ii.
Cada resumen
debe ser seguido
de 3 a 5 palabras
que deberán colocarse
inmediatamente después del resumen en la versión del idioma correspondiente.
c. El texto principal
puede variar en estructura
debido a la variedad
de formas de escritura que hoy en día incorpora la investigación cualitativa. Con todo se recomienda la siguiente estructura: Introducción, texto principal, conclusión.
d. Las
referencias deben
ser
incluidas al final del artículo.
Cualquier consulta
en relación con la
revista Investigación Cualitativa deberá dirigirse a
nuestro correo electrónico ( revistaadisp@gmail.com )
- CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE LITERATURA CENTROAMERICANA
March 30- April 1,
2016
Caceres (Extremadura, Spain)
Caceres (Extremadura, Spain)
Conference devoted to the study of all aspects of Central American Literature; dialog between scholars and writers
Proposal deadline: January 31, 2016
Contact
information: Jorge
Roman-Lagunas (Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Purdue
University Calumet)
Phone Number 219 989 2379; e-mail: roman@purduecal.edu
Phone Number 219 989 2379; e-mail: roman@purduecal.edu
- IDEAS & TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE AMERICAS
28 - 29 April 2016
UCL Institute of the Americas, 51 Gordon Square, London, WC1H OPN
UCL Institute of the Americas, 51 Gordon Square, London, WC1H OPN
The UCL Americas
Research Network invites graduate students and early career researchers working
on any aspect of the Americas to participate in our 2nd International
Conference: ‘Ideas & Transformations in the Americas,’ featuring keynote
speeches by Prof Maxine Molyneux (UCL Institute of the Americas) and Prof Diane
Negra (University College Dublin). With important elections coming up across
the region in 2015-16 it is essential to pause and consider how ideas can
transform the political, economic, social and cultural landscape across the
Americas. We welcome papers from international researchers working across the
humanities, the social sciences and beyond in order to create a dynamic,
interdisciplinary conference that will showcase the depth and quality of
emerging research on the Americas.
Proposal deadline: 14 December 2015
Contact
information: uclamericasresearchnetwork@gmail.com
Additional
information:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/research-fields/uclia-resnet/ideas_transformations_2016
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/research-fields/uclia-resnet/ideas_transformations_2016
- 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
- · ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AFRO-LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES - Davidson College
Studies
Program seek to hire a tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in the
African Diaspora in Latin America and/or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.
Specialization not limited to, but might include diverse areas of study such as
migration and the African diaspora in the Americas, colonialism and
postcolonial studies, slavery, social movements, citizenship and the meaning of
democracy, health and healing practices and/or ethnic identity politics in the
Afro-Latin world.
Teaching
load is four courses in the first year, and five thereafter, and related
responsibilities will be shared between Africana Studies and Latin American
Studies. The candidate must be able to teach the introduction to Africana
Studies and the introduction to Latin American Studies as well as introductory
and upper level courses on Afro-Latin cultures and/or the Caribbean diaspora.
Candidates will be expected to have an on-going research program related to Latin America and/or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and to publish regularly in their field.
Additional responsibilities include advising of undergraduates, participation in college committees and departmental tasks, and directing student research.
Candidates will be expected to have an on-going research program related to Latin America and/or the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and to publish regularly in their field.
Additional responsibilities include advising of undergraduates, participation in college committees and departmental tasks, and directing student research.
Additional Duties: Working Conditions General academic and classroom environment
Required Qualification: Fluency in Spanish
or Portuguese is required.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in a related social science or humanities field by August 2016 and will demonstrate a record of excellence in research as well as evidence of demonstrated or potential excellence in and enthusiasm for undergraduate teaching. Preferred Qualifications Special Instructions to Attach a cover letter, CV, writing sample, and a teaching philosophy statement as it applies to the African diaspora in Latin America. Please also provide names and contact information for three or more references who have agreed to provide letters of recommendation. Do not send letters of reference until requested.
The application deadline is November 2.
For questions about this position or additional information, you may contact Caroline Beschea-Fache and Patricio Boyer, Selection Committee Chairs at AFRLASSearch@davidson.edu or 704-894-2356.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in a related social science or humanities field by August 2016 and will demonstrate a record of excellence in research as well as evidence of demonstrated or potential excellence in and enthusiasm for undergraduate teaching. Preferred Qualifications Special Instructions to Attach a cover letter, CV, writing sample, and a teaching philosophy statement as it applies to the African diaspora in Latin America. Please also provide names and contact information for three or more references who have agreed to provide letters of recommendation. Do not send letters of reference until requested.
The application deadline is November 2.
For questions about this position or additional information, you may contact Caroline Beschea-Fache and Patricio Boyer, Selection Committee Chairs at AFRLASSearch@davidson.edu or 704-894-2356.
- · ASSISTANT PROFESSOR- AFRICAN DIASPORA IN LATIN AMERICA/THE CARIBBEAN (Social Scientist) -University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Faculty members in the department teach four undergraduate courses per academic year (2-2): three in the faculty member’s area of expertise and one introductory course in African American and Diaspora Studies.
Deadline: Review of
applicants will begin on November 7th, 2015 and will continue until the
position is filled.
Minimum
Requirements:
PhD in a social science discipline (e.g. Anthropology, Geography, Political
Economy, Political Science, Sociology), or a related interdisciplinary field.
All requirements for the PhD must be completed by July 1, 2016.
Preferred
Qualifications:
Candidates must be able to demonstrate a record of excellence in research, and excellence or potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to teach a course on Blacks in Latin America. An active program of research and publication, and participation in departmental and university service are also required.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate a record of excellence in research, and excellence or potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to teach a course on Blacks in Latin America. An active program of research and publication, and participation in departmental and university service are also required.
Documents Required:
Applications must be submitted online at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/84771. Applicants should upload a cover letter, C.V., research statement and statement of teaching experience and interests (as one document), and a writing sample (such as a published article, article under review, or dissertation chapter).
At the time of application, candidates are required to identify the names, titles, email addresses, and phone numbers of four professional references. Reference providers identified by the applicant will be contacted via email with instructions for uploading their letters of support.
The minimum number of references required are 4 with a maximum of 4 reference letters.
Applications must be submitted online at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/84771. Applicants should upload a cover letter, C.V., research statement and statement of teaching experience and interests (as one document), and a writing sample (such as a published article, article under review, or dissertation chapter).
At the time of application, candidates are required to identify the names, titles, email addresses, and phone numbers of four professional references. Reference providers identified by the applicant will be contacted via email with instructions for uploading their letters of support.
The minimum number of references required are 4 with a maximum of 4 reference letters.
Contact
Information:
http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/84771
http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/84771
- · TENURED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE -University of Oklahoma
The University of
Oklahoma, a Carnegie R-1 comprehensive public research university, is home to
the international literary magazine World Literature Today, the South Central
Modern Languages Association, the Fred Jones Museum of Art, and the Sam Noble
Museum of Natural History. Norman, OK has been ranked the 6th best small city
in the United States by CNN Money Magazine and offers a wide variety of
activities in the arts and athletics. For information about the Department of
Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, please visit http://modlang.ou.edu/
OU announces a
tenured position in 20th and 21st century Brazilian literature and culture.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a relevant area, a strong record of
peer-reviewed publications in respected venues, a native or near-native command
of Portuguese, and a demonstrable commitment to excellence in teaching and
program development. The successful candidate will teach two courses per
semester at all levels of the curriculum and develop a minor in Portuguese to
complement the programs in Latin American literature and culture. The
hire will work in collaboration with the OU in Rio study abroad program, actively
recruit students into the new Portuguese minor, and plan and carry out cultural
events for student recruitment and retention. Salary and internal research
funding opportunities are very competitive.
To apply: Please
send a dossier, electronically and in hard copy, including: letter of
application outlining ideas for creating a successful Portuguese minor,
curriculum vitae, the names and contact information of five recommenders, two
samples of published work, and complete sets of recent teaching evaluations to
Dr. Luis Cortest lcortest@ou.edu,
Portuguese Search Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and
Linguistics, University of Oklahoma, 780 Van Vleet Oval, Room 202, Norman,
Oklahoma, 73019. Review of materials will begin November 2, 2015 and
will continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will
be conducted by Skype; the appointment begins August 16, 2016. Women,
minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are
encouraged to apply. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity
institution www.ou.edu/eeo.
- · PROFESSOR/ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES -University of Florida
The Center for Latin
American Studies at the University of Florida invites applications and
nominations of social scientists for a position in Latin American Studies at
the rank of Professor or Associate Professor, to begin in August 2016. We seek
candidates whose work engages the Caribbean (Cuba is of particular interest),
and who will advance the Center’s commitment to cross-disciplinary
collaborations among faculty and students, and to transdisciplinary
partnerships that extend beyond the academy. Applicants should demonstrate an
international scholarly reputation, a record of rigorous field research,
sustained external grant/fellowship funding, excellence in teaching, and
capacity for mentoring graduate student research across a broad range of
topics. We welcome candidates with innovative approaches to research and to
undergraduate and graduate teaching, and those with enthusiasm for building
programs, including one or more of the Center’s interdisciplinary research and
training initiatives. The successful candidate will hold a full-time
appointment in the Center and will report to the Director of the Center for
Latin American Studies, with tenure in a relevant disciplinary department.
The UF Center for
Latin American Studies is the oldest and one of the largest Latin American
Studies programs in the United States. The Latin American program was formed in
the 1930s and renamed the Center for Latin American Studies in 1963. It was
among the first institutions in the country to be designated a National
Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and to receive
assistance through fellowships and the USDE’s Title VI program. Today, the
Center is ranked among the best in the world, and UF libraries host a
world-class collection of Latin American and Caribbean materials. Students can
choose from among 350 Latin American and Caribbean area and language courses
routinely offered by 50 departments at UF.
The Center offers a
Masters of Arts in Latin American Studies (MALAS), a Masters of Arts in
Sustainable Development Practice (MDP), graduate and undergraduate
certificates, an undergraduate minor, and a joint law degree. The Center is
linked to departments with strong PhD programs including those where the
faculty member for this position will have tenure. More information about the
Center can be found at: http://www.latam.ufl.edu/
Applicants should
apply through the University of Florida’s on-line applicant tracking system at:
http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/493695/asofull-professor
and submit: a letter of interest (indicating research and teaching interests),
curriculum vitae, and a list of three references. Review of applications will
begin December 15, 2015, and continue until an applicant pool has been
established.
The University of
Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, women and those from
other underserved groups are encouraged to apply. The selection process will be
conducted in accord with the provisions of Florida “Government in the Sunshine”
and Public Records laws. Search Committee meetings and interviews will be open
to the public; and all applications, CV’s and other documents related to the
search will be available for public inspection. All candidates for employment
are subject to a pre-employment screening which includes a review of criminal
records, reference checks, and verification of education.
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING -University of New Mexico
Deadline: Best Consideration
Date: October 30, 2015
Minimum
Requirements:
1) Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning or a terminal professional degree in planning or a related field; 2) demonstrated teaching experience; and 3) research or practice experience in community development planning or a related field.
1) Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning or a terminal professional degree in planning or a related field; 2) demonstrated teaching experience; and 3) research or practice experience in community development planning or a related field.
Preferred
Qualifications:
1) demonstrated current research agenda in Latin American development planning theory and practice, 2) ability to teach at undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral levels, 3) a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities, and 4) direct and current experience with community based practice in Latin American settings. 5) Candidates should have the ability to work in interdisciplinary and collegial settings, and 6) bring established scholarly and professional networks in Latin American planning to the UNM CRP program. 7) Preferred candidates will have a Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Economics or a related field. 8) Preferred candidates will show promise for distinguished scholarship and applied research or professional practice.
1) demonstrated current research agenda in Latin American development planning theory and practice, 2) ability to teach at undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral levels, 3) a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities, and 4) direct and current experience with community based practice in Latin American settings. 5) Candidates should have the ability to work in interdisciplinary and collegial settings, and 6) bring established scholarly and professional networks in Latin American planning to the UNM CRP program. 7) Preferred candidates will have a Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Economics or a related field. 8) Preferred candidates will show promise for distinguished scholarship and applied research or professional practice.
Documents Required:
All interested candidates must submit a letter of intent, CV, and a list of four references, including name, address, telephone number, and email of each. Submit these materials online at https://unmjobs.unm.edu, posting #0832009. Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit copies of selected work.
All interested candidates must submit a letter of intent, CV, and a list of four references, including name, address, telephone number, and email of each. Submit these materials online at https://unmjobs.unm.edu, posting #0832009. Short-listed candidates will be asked to submit copies of selected work.
Contact
Information:
https://unmjobs.unm.edu, posting #0832009
https://unmjobs.unm.edu, posting #0832009
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY -University of California, Santa Barbara
Description: Colonial Latin
American History (1492-1825)
Applicants should apply at: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00557
The University of California at Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants should apply at: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00557
The University of California at Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Deadline:11-15-2015
Minimum
Requirements: Colonial
Latin American History (1492-1825)
Applicants should apply at: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00557
The University of California at Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants should apply at: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00557
The University of California at Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Preferred
Qualifications: Preferred
given to candidates who have demonstrated effectivness in teaching.
Documents Required:
Cover
Letter, CV, Writing Sample, and Three Letters of Reference
Contact
Information:mendez@history.ucsb.edu
Additional
Information: For
more information on the History Department, visit our website at: http://www.history.ucsb.edu
- TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPANISH -Sonoma State University
Description:
The position will include teaching responsibilities in both lower division and upper division courses, as well as opportunities to teach in the Spanish M.A. program. Experience with and commitment to teaching heritage language learners and the ability to teach language, literature and culture, as needed. See SSU employment website for complete description.
The position will include teaching responsibilities in both lower division and upper division courses, as well as opportunities to teach in the Spanish M.A. program. Experience with and commitment to teaching heritage language learners and the ability to teach language, literature and culture, as needed. See SSU employment website for complete description.
Deadline: November 30, 2015
Minimum
Requirements:
A Latin American generalist with a strong focus in the Colonial period and its relevance to post-colonial contexts. The candidate must have a Ph.D. by time of appointment and two years university-level teaching experience. Evidence of scholarly potential is also required.
A Latin American generalist with a strong focus in the Colonial period and its relevance to post-colonial contexts. The candidate must have a Ph.D. by time of appointment and two years university-level teaching experience. Evidence of scholarly potential is also required.
Preferred
Qualifications:
A Trans-Atlantic specialty with the ability to teach Golden Age Literature is a plus. Experience with and a commitment to teaching heritage language learners and the ability to teach language, literature and culture, as needed. The selected candidate will have some background or interest in interdisciplinary teaching and collaborative curriculum development. The candidate should possess native or near-native fluency in Spanish, evidence of successful teaching experience at the university level, and familiarity with and interest in innovative pedagogies for liberal arts education. The candidate should demonstrate an interest and/or experience in international education, such as study abroad.
A Trans-Atlantic specialty with the ability to teach Golden Age Literature is a plus. Experience with and a commitment to teaching heritage language learners and the ability to teach language, literature and culture, as needed. The selected candidate will have some background or interest in interdisciplinary teaching and collaborative curriculum development. The candidate should possess native or near-native fluency in Spanish, evidence of successful teaching experience at the university level, and familiarity with and interest in innovative pedagogies for liberal arts education. The candidate should demonstrate an interest and/or experience in international education, such as study abroad.
Documents Required:
Application letter; Curriculum vitae; Statement of Research Interests; Teaching Philosophy; Student Evaluations; Contact Information for 3 References
Application letter; Curriculum vitae; Statement of Research Interests; Teaching Philosophy; Student Evaluations; Contact Information for 3 References
Contact
Information:
Application procedures available at http://www.sonoma.edu/aa/fa/prospective/tenure-track.htmlsn
Application procedures available at http://www.sonoma.edu/aa/fa/prospective/tenure-track.htmlsn
- ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, MODERN LATIN AMERICAN (since 1800)-PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
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
- GLOBAL REARCH AREA STUDIES PROGRAMS (GRASP)
Call for Proposals for Summer 2016
The Global
Reach Area
Studies Program
is a new initiative of the Title VI International Area Studies Centers of the University of Illinois. Open to secondary
school students (entering) grades 7-12 as well as recently graduated seniors, the program offers a diverse array of interdisciplinary international area studies courses for 6 weeks in June and July. A new program
of the Center for Global Studies (CGS), Illinois-Northwestern African Studies Consortium (CAS-PAS), European Union Center (EUC), and Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), GRASP promotes global perspectives, foreign language learning, and cosmopolitan perspectives through an intensive program of academically challenging enrichment offerings.
This
new program
seeks to
use experiential learning, critical pedagogy, and project-based approaches to blend international area studies with STEM, the humanities, social sciences, and the arts for a challenging (credit-bearing) summer college experience that will expand perspectives and give students
an advantage in the global marketplace.
The
program offers
four types of courses:
(1)
Intensive, immersion
foreign language classes (offered daily)
(2)
Intermediate International
Area Studies classes across the disciplines
(3)
Advanced Area Studies classes
across the disciplines
(4)
Practicums that
combine area studies
and cultural exploration learning
with acquisition of research and/or skills for scientific inquiry, or training
in the use of technology,
grass roots organization, civic activism, etc.
GRASP
requests proposals
from faculty,
advanced graduate
students, and
academic staff
to develop and
teach Intermediate, Advanced, and Practicum summer courses.
Courses may focus on
a single area (region) of the world (e.g., Africa,
Asia, Europe, Latin America), or take a more global approach (e.g., transnational movements, globalization, internationalization, etc.). Although we are interested in proposals that examine a particular topic, even in a particular culture (e.g., Manga in Japan or German Expressionist Film) courses that take project-based, hands-on approaches to explore
transnational issues of global
importance are preferred. Priority will be given to proposals
that blend serious and advanced study of disciplines with the cultural exploration of real-world problems and dilemmas. We are looking for courses
that examine contemporary problems that cross lines of disciplinary study. Some possible examples might include the following:
(1)
“Power Africa”—a course that blends
the
physics of electrical engineering and electrical grids with the social/political challenges of rural electrification in Africa
(2)
“English Education in Asia”—a course that examines
the
cultural, political, and economic drive to learn
English as an International Language
(3)
“Rule of
Law in China”—a cross-cultural comparative exploration of changes to China’s legal system
with relation to democratic conceptions of civil
society
(4)
“Sustainable Futures”—a
course that
blends agricultural
education, biology, environmental politics, and food
security
(5)
“Transnational Musical
Movements”—an ethnomusicology
approach combined with
media and/or communication
studies to explore the global
impact of musical
phenomena
(6)
“Comparative Literature:
Poetry and Democratic
Movements from Latin
America to Asia”
(7)
“H2O, You
Don’t Know?”—a course that combines
the
science and engineering of water purification with study of safe global
water programs in developing Latin America, Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world
(8)
“Europe’s Ethnic
Minorities in Schools”— a course blending
education, sociology, religious
studies, and political science
(9)
For
examples of similar summer programs
see: http://www.afrst.illinois.edu/outreach/sawbo/ http://cgs.illinois.edu/activities/global-studies-summer-workshop/
4 –week Course Options:
·
Intermediate Courses are appropriate for middle school
and younger high school students and meet
for
8 sessions: 2 days/week
for 2 hrs/day for a total for 16 contact
hours (no college credit)
·
Advanced Courses are
appropriate for high
school students and meet for 12 sessions:
3 days/week for 2 hrs/day for
a total of 24 contact
hours (students
can earn 3 college credits)
·
Practicums may
be tailored to
either middle school
or high school audiences
(but not both) and meet for 12
sessions: 3 days/week
for 3 hrs/day for a total of 36 contact
hours (students can earn 3 college credits)
GRASP
encourages applicants
to be inventive and interdisciplinary and to try new approaches with regard to the format of the course.
Incorporating field experiences and visits to or work in University labs, museums, Institutes, and other centers
of study are preferred, as are classes that require students to develop
research and writing skills. Although courses should be academically rigorous, teachers should
be mindful of the age of the audience when
designing a course.
Faculty, lecturers/instructors,
advanced graduate
students, and
Academic Staff
(academic professionals)
holding a PhD are eligible to submit proposals.
Proposals to
develop and
teach a
course in the Summer 2016 GRASP program (roughly 6/15-7/30 with exact dates TBD) are currently being accepted. Length of proposed
courses, audience, and contact hours may deviate from the prescribed rubric above provided that a good academic
justification is given
in the proposal.
Stipends
to develop and teach a GRASP course are based on instructor qualifications, experience, and type of course:
(1)
Intermediate
Courses:
Faculty; lecturers/instructors/Academic Staff with PhDs: $3,500 Advanced Graduate students: $3,000
(2)
Advanced Courses:
Faculty; lecturers/instructors/Academic Staff with PhDs: $4,000 Advanced Graduate students: $3,500
(3)
Practicums:
Faculty; lecturers/instructors/Academic
Staff with
PhDs: $4,000
Advanced
Graduate students: $3,500
Please
use the following
proposal format to
prepare your submission. Proposals must be submitted electronically to:
Terri Gitler,
tgitler@illinois.edu by Friday, November 20, 2015.
Proposals
will be reviewed by a committee
of Area Studies Centers affiliate faculty and
staff.
- BRAZILIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (BRASA)- BRAZIL INITIATION SCHOLARSHIP
The Brazil Initiation
Scholarship (BIS) is a key component of BRASA’s agenda to expand Brazilian
Studies in the United States. BRASA invites applications from graduate and
undergraduate students for a one-time $1,500 travel scholarship to do
exploratory research or language study in Brazil. This scholarship targets
aspiring Brazilianists with relatively little or no experience in Brazil. It
seeks to contribute to the student’s initial trip (for a period from six weeks
to three months), to heighten the student’s interest in Brazil, and deepen
his/her commitment to Brazilian studies in the United States. Students are
encouraged to combine this scholarship with other grants or awards.
The Brazilian Studies
Association (BRASA) is pleased to announce the recipients for the Brazil
Initiation Scholarship (BIS) Awards. We received a large number of very strong
applications, and the committee selected four scholars to receive a $1,500
award to perform field research in Brazil.
The committee was
chaired by Steven Butterman (Modern Languages & Literatures, Women’s &
Gender Studies, University of Miami) and included Victoria Langland (History
& Romance Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan), John
Burdick (Anthropology, Syracuse University), and Amy Nunn (Medicine &
Public Health, Brown University).
Application
Information
Eligibility:
Proposals for the BIS will be reviewed according to the following criteria:
Highest priority will
be given to applicants who are outstanding college seniors, recent college
graduates applying to graduate programs in Brazilian studies or in Latin
American studies with the intent of focusing on Brazil, or new graduate
students already focusing on Brazil.
Students from all
disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are eligible. In exceptional
cases, applications from the natural sciences will be given consideration (for
example, someone in environmental sciences who is writing a dissertation on the
Amazon or pollution in São Paulo and who plans to continue research on Brazil).
Preference will be
given to those applicants who have little or no in-country experience in
Brazil. A student requesting funding to undertake an exploratory research trip
should present evidence at the time of the application that he/she has achieved
at least an intermediate level of competence in the Portuguese language
sufficient to carry out the proposed research. Successful applicants may
combine BIS with other grants, scholarships, or awards, as long as he/she
specifies clearly how the funds are going to be spent (for example, the BRASA
scholarship might be used to cover travel costs, while a grant from another
source could be used for living expenses, etc.). Applicants are required to be
BRASA members at the time of submission.
Application Process:
A complete application (partial applications will not be considered) will
include the following documents: (NOTE THAT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE
TRANSCRIPTS AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AS ONE PDF OR WORD
DOCUMENT).
1.
The application cover page (download form)
2.
A two-page prospectus (double spaced, 12-point font)
3.
A two-page résumé or CV;
4.
A budget specifying how the $1500 will be spent
5.
In the case of undergraduates or recent college graduates, a letter of intent
to study Brazil in graduate school
6.
A two-page bibliography on the subject of study, and evidence that the
applicant has achieved at least an intermediate level of competence in
Portuguese (competence can be demonstrated by a transcript or a letter from a
university instructor of Portuguese)
7.
Proof of membership in BRASA
8.
Two letters of recommendation from professors
9.
Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts
The letters of
recommendation and transcripts may be mailed directly to BRASA at the address
below. All other materials should be submitted together either as PDF or Word
files in a single email to brasa@brown.edu. In the subject line write “BIS 2016
Submission + your name” and nothing else. (e.g. BIS 2016 Submission Smith,
Mary).
Evaluation Criteria
and Selection Process: In order to be considered for the scholarship, the
two-page prospectus should:
•
Clearly and coherently outline the project’s engagement with Brazil
•
Demonstrate as precisely as possible the feasibility of the proposed
exploratory research project and how it will contribute to the student’s
academic development
•
Briefly discuss the role the work undertaken in Brazil will play in shaping the
applicant’s future course of academic study (for instance, it could be the seed
project for a larger grant application, provide the basis of a paper prepared
for presentation at a BRASA conference, or serve as the foundation for future
research on Brazil)
Report: Upon
completion of the research experience in Brazil, recipients are required to
file a two-page, double-spaced report with the BRASA Executive Director
summarizing their activities and identifying relevant academic outcomes. In
addition, a statement accounting for the expenditure of funds must be sent to
the BRASA Executive Director. Following completion of studies in Brazil, BRASA
strongly encourages recipients to participate in a subsequent BRASA congress in
order to report on their activities.
Deadline for
application: November 15, 2015
Awards will be
announced by February 3rd, 2016. To submit a proposal and for all other
correspondence regarding this award, contact:
BRASA
Watson Institute for
International and Public Affairs
Brown University
111 Thayer Street,
Box 1970
Providence, RI
02912-1970
401.863.6884 (tel)
401.863.2928 (fax)
Email:
brasa@brown.edu
- 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.
- 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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