April 25 - 29, 2016

CLACS Newsletter – Week April 25-29 ANNOUNCEMENTS LECTURES FELLOWSHIPS / OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCES / CALL FOR PAPERS IN THE MARKET OUTREACH / IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS [back]   _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IPRH PRIZES FOR RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES, 2015–16  Congratulations to our Faculty Co-winner Eduardo Ledesma (Spanish and Portuguese), "The Poetics and Politics of Computer Code in Latin America: Codework, Code Art, and Live Coding," published in Revista de Estudios Hispánicos 49.1 (March 2015).    Honorable Mention to Michael Silvers (Music: Musicology), "Birdsong and a Song About a Bird: Popular Music and the Mediation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Northeastern Brazil," published in Ethnomusicology 59.3 (Fall 2015): 380-397. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COURSES SUMMER 2016 ·         Online summer course: LAST 170 Introduction to Latin American Studies Interdisciplinary introduction to the ways of life of Latin American peoples, their origins and current expressions; discusses social, economic issues, and domestic and international policies related to them in the context of other societies in developing countries. Class Schedule Information: Students must register for one discussion and one lecture section. ·         Online summer course -- UP335: Cities and Immigrants This course introduces students to the experiences of foreign-born residents living in U.S. cities, towns, and rural communities. We examine the local policies that both welcome and integrate immigrants as well as those policies that restrict and exclude immigrants. By the end of the course, students will better understand the reasons for anti-immigrant backlash, the economic opportunities of immigration, and ways in which immigrants claim their right to the city. Students will have the option to participate in several half-day field trips in the Chicago area. FALL  2016 ·         SLCL 303: Introduction to research methods Fall 2016, Thursdays, 2-4:20pm Instructors: Jonathan Ebel, Tania Ionin, Mariselle Melendez This course covers the basics of research design, archival methods, data collection, data analyses, and analytical writing appropriate for the disciplines represented in the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL). The course will be divided on three units, on (1) research methods in cultural and literary studies; (2) quantitative research methods in linguistics and language acquisition; and (3) archival research methods in historical studies. Students will develop their own research proposals as part of the course. In addition to learning general and field-specific research skills, students will become familiar with the myriad resources available for humanities and social science research at the University of Illinois. Students will be taken on visits to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Spurlock Museum, SLCL research labs in the FLB, and other locations to be determined. The course is designed especially for majors in SLCL departments. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summer 2016 Latin American Studies Educators’ Workshop ·         June 6-10 (M-F) ·         9:00 am- 2:00 pm ·         University of Illinois campus The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is proud to announce our first one-week Professional Development workshop directed to Middle School, High School, and Community College Educators and Librarians interested in Latin American Studies.  TOPIC: Latin American Populations and Culture Register at the following link: Electronic LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES EDUCATORS WORKSHOP Registration Form: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/5096611 Registration Fee: $ 75.00 (includes snacks and materials) ·         Registration closes: May 10, 2016 ·         For more information visit: www.clacs.illinois.edu/outreach   ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1st High School Summer Bridge 2016 Programs ·         June 6 - 17 (M-F) ·         9:00 AM – 1:30 PM ·         University of Illinois campus The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is proud to announce our first two High-School Summer Bridge courses to learn about the language and culture of two important populations of Latin America: Quechua-Andean and Portuguese-Brazilian. For complete information  visit:  1st High School Summer Bridge 2016 Programs Register at the following link: REGISTRATION-HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER BRIDGE  https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/642918 Registration fee: $ 25.00 Course cost: Free Registration due: May 10, 2016   LECTURES [back] LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES Presents PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE ZIKA EDIPDEMIC: LESSONS FROM THE PAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TUE April 26 2:00 pm 101 ISB   The Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary panel on the Zika epidemic. In the midst of political crisis, Brazil is dealing with outbreaks of Zika along with increased reports of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome in babies born to mothers infected by Zika. This panel will start with an up-to-date report about Zika virus. Next a panel of experts will discuss the history of public policy responses to similar epidemics in the past that caused birth defects, the history of attempts to control the aedes egypti mosquito that carries Zika virus in Brazil, and the current epidemiology of the Zika virus. The experts will explore the implications of past experiences for the current epidemic in Brazil. Participants Professor Brian Allan, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois Professor Leslie Reagan, Department of History, University of Illinois Doctor Jaime Benchimol, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil (participating via Skype) Professor Mary Arends-Kuenning, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics Professor Noreen Sugrue, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program Biographies Dr. Brian Allen ’s scientific research combines interests in the ecology of infectious diseases, conservation biology, and the influence of global change on human and animal health. Dr Allen’s research laboratory investigates the consequences of anthropogenic change for a diversity of vector-borne disease systems, including mosquito-borne diseases, particularly West Nile Virus, in the U.S. Dr. Leslie Reagan’s areas of specialization are U.S. medicine and public health and the history of women and gender. One of her current research projects is titled, “Monsters in the News: Thalidomide, Gender, and the Media.” Her prize-winning book, Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities and Abortion in Modern America, published by University of California Press, tells the story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and “dangerous” babies.  Dr. Jaime Benchimol is an historian at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he has authored several books on the life sciences, medicine, public health and urban history since 1986, including two on the history of yellow fever. In 1996, he became the scientific editor of História, Ciência, Saúde – Manguinhos, one of the most important journals in Latin America dedicated to the history of science and health. ******************************************************************************************* Center for Advanced Study MillerComm2016 THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GLACIERS OF PATAGONIA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO JORGE RABASSA George A. Miller Endowment Visiting Professor and Director, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Tuesday, April 26, 2016 4:00 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 South Gregory Global warming is changing the glaciers. Since 1978, the mountain glaciers of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego have been undergoing rapid glacial recession, ice thinning, rise in snow line elevation, and permafrost reduction. Most of the mountain glaciers of this region may soon disappear. Global warming is known to cause glacial melting, but the true nature of global warming is not yet clear and may be more complex than expected. Hosted by: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Geology, Prairie Research Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey In conjunction with: Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, College of Education, Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, School of Earth, Society & Environment, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois Extension _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES Presents ANNA MARIA CABALLE MASFORROLL, Prof Spanish, University of Barcelona. Tinker Faculty at the University of Chicago LA UTOPIA SE DEMORA: BALANCE DEL CENTENARIO DE JULIO CORTAZAR (1914-2014) THURSDAY, APRIL 28 12pm 101  International Studies Building   Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS AND LANGUAGES IN EMERGING MARKETS SYMPOSIUM The Business and Languages in Emerging Markets Symposium will take place on Friday, April 29 in Room 405 Illini Union. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring people from diverse backgrounds (language instructors, business professionals, and students) together to explore the role that languages and language learning play in emerging markets.  The symposium will help to inform business students and students of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) such as Portuguese about the importance of learning languages of the countries where global/multi-national companies are located, in order to engage in successful business practices. This symposium will also provide instructors with guidance on designing successful business language curricula. Participants will gain a better understanding of the importance of languages for business and will make connections with the real-life implications of learning languages. FREE REGISTRATION HERE: https://illinois.edu/blog/view/6559/349763   ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES INTERSECT CULTURES OF LAW IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Friday, April 29, 2016 9am-4pm Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 FLB 707 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana 9:00 am-10:15am Reforming the Other: Reconciliation, Vagrancy, and the Limits of Law Nathan Tye (History) Consider the Vagrant: Poverty, the Law, and Policing the Boundaries of Urban Belonging Juan Bernal (Law and Philosophy) Building Peace After Achieving Peace: What the World Can Learn From Colombia’s Path to Cultural Reformation 10:30-11:45am Africans, Native Peoples, and the Law in the Early Modern Atlantic World Ryan Bean (History) In and Out of the Walled Barrio: Native Andeans, Law, and the Emergence of a Frontier City in Sixteenth Century Lima Rebecca Schumann (Anthropology) Overcoming the Silence: Race, Law, and Archaeology 1:30-3:15 pm The Law in Global Migrations and Exchanges Peggy Brennan (History) A Land with an Eternal Summer: Mapping a Refuge in Colonial North America Brenda Nyandiko Sanya (Global Studies in Education, EPOL) Exceptionalism as Evidence: Immigration Law, Visas, and Surveillance Thornton Miller (Musicology) Alternative Forms of Compensation for the Soviet Publication of Benjamin Britten’s Music in the Early 1960s KEYNOTE: Frederick Hoxie, CAS and Swanlund Professor of History, Law, and American Indian Studies Friday, April 29 4:00pm Illini Union Rm A 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana If American Indians have rights in the United States, where did they come from? And what do they mean? While Native Americans enjoy the rights of United States citizens, they also have rights as members of indigenous communities. In many instances, Native Americans have privileged access to natural resources, operate businesses that are exempt from local regulation, and organize government and social welfare organizations that serve and protect their communities. All of these activities take place in a nation whose Constitution’s opening phrase, “We the people,” was not originally written to encompass the needs and desires of Native peoples. How did this happen? Dr. Hoxie will describe how a succession of Native American leaders— lawyers, diplomats, writers and politicians—forged a vision of American citizenship that could accommodate indige-nous people and recognize their unique place in the na-tion’s history and political life. Their victory—the creation of a legal space for Indian people within the legal framework of the United States—saved democracy, both for Native Americans and for everyone else and has implications for other indigenous peoples in the world. Hosted by the INTERSECT Program, Graduate College FELLOWSHIPS / OPPORTUNITIES [back] ·         2016 GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES SUMMER RESEARCH LAB AT ILLINOIS The Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to announce fellowships and development grants to support the internationalization of community colleges nationwide. We invite applications from faculty, librarians, and administrators interested in expanding global studies curricula, instruction in less commonly taught languages, library collections or international education programs at their home institutions. Fellows will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with international and area studies reference librarians and explore the unlimited print and online resources of the University of Illinois Library.                         To apply, please submit an online application by May 2, 2016.  http://cgs.illinois.edu/summer-research-lab-for-community-college-faculty/?utm_source=Webtools&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=NRCs&utm_campaign=GAS_SRL2016 The 2016 Global and Area Studies Summer Lab is open from July 18 until July 29. Fellowships will cover travel, housing, and parking costs and a research honorarium for select participants. Participants will be eligible to receive subsequent development grants. For more information on awards, eligibility, and instructions to apply, visit our website.  Now that this opportunity is available for community college faculty, librarians, and administrators, the Center for Global Studies would like to ask for your assistance in publicizing this call for applications. Our center would greatly appreciate if you could forward this announcement to interested parties through your institution's resource pages, newsletters, social media outlets and listservs. The Center for Global Studies partners with the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) to promote the internationalization of community college curricula. Follow this link for more information on fellowships and the Summer Research Lab at REEEC. Participants in the two programs will be invited to share their work and establish collaborations in a joint workshop on July 22.  Are you interested in exchanging ideas on international partnerships and engagements with representatives of higher education from around the world? Participate in the Conference on Global Collaboration in Higher Education at Illinois, August 1-2, 2016. Additional funding may be available for Summer Lab participants. This program is made possible by generous funds from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program and co-sponsorships from the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFERENCES / CALL FOR PAPERS [back] XII JORNADAS ANDINAS DE LITERATURA LATINOAMERICANA (JALLA) 8-12 de agosto, 2016 La Paz, Bolivia Son, como su nombre lo indica, jornadas andinas de literatura, pero a lo largo de los años han ido cubriendo la región de América Latina en su totalidad y el espacio de sus preocupaciones actuales excede el ámbito de la literatura para extenderse hacia la cultura en general. Llamamos, por lo tanto, a entender las jornadas que se realizarán en La Paz en 2016 en estos términos, como jornadas literarias y culturales de un modo amplio y cuyo foco es Latinoamérica como un todo. En este mismo sentido, convocamos a participar a los interesados en los temas que esta propuesta involucra cualquiera sea su lugar geográfico o epistemológico de proveniencia. Proposal deadline: 30 de abril, 2016 Contact information:  jalla@jalla-al.org elm15@pitt.edu __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TIES THAT BIND: LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD, Annual conference of the North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA) November 4-5, 2016 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse NCCLA invites proposals for panels, round tables, and papers from all disciplines that highlight potential common themes shaping Latin American History, Politics, Anthropology, Art, Economics, Literature, and more.  Interdisciplinary and comparative analyses are most welcome. Proposals may focus on any region and may be written and presented in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Teaching panels concerning pedagogical strategies, teaching and learning methods, and in-class or long distance innovative approaches are especially invited. Papers and panels are encouraged that link a common theme in Latin America across several disciplines. Papers are also encouraged that highlight how trends and tendencies in Latin America influence Latinos in the United States.  Proposals (250-300 word abstracts) must be submitted by July 10. Please enclose a cover sheet stating professional affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of each participant. Please also state need for audiovisual support. E-mail submissions are preferred.  Graduate and advanced undergraduate students are encouraged to participate. The NCCLA is especially interested in presentations of faculty-student collaborative research. A limited number of student travel grants of up to $200 each are available. Grants are for full-time students who are not professionally employed. See application at http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/nccla/awards.cfm  .Conference presenters are eligible for NCCLA Research and Teaching Awards. Proposal deadline:  July 10, 2016 Contact information:  Professor Pedro G. dos Santos  NCCLA Program Chair 2016  nccla2016@luther.edu  700 College Dr. Decorah, IA 52101  (563) 387-1250 Additional information:  http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/nccla/conference16/pdf/callpapers16.pdf  IN THE MARKET [back] ·         Assistant Director for Administration, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida is conducting a search for an Assistant Director for Administration. Primary responsibilities are to execute the programmatic activities of the Center in a professionally efficient and effective manner, in compliance with university, federal and foreign granting agency requirements. These duties include but are not restricted to grant and budget management, preparation of grant reports and applications, administrative management of the Center’s office, and supervision of Center staff. Additional responsibilities may include event planning, advising students, writing and editing a variety of materials, coordinating fellowship and grant competitions, and coordinating evaluation initiatives. Minimum qualifications: Master’s degree in appropriate area of specialization and two years appropriate experience or a bachelor's degree in appropriate areas of specialization and four years of experience, preferably in higher education, and experience managing budgets and grants. Preferred qualifications: A Master's degree in area relevant to Latin American Studies, administrative experience in a higher education setting, experience managing budgets and grants, strong written and verbal communication skills, some supervisory experience, knowledge of HR processes, strong attention to detail, good organizational skills, fluency in Spanish or Portuguese, and computer literacy in Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, internet browsers, social media, and e-mail. Salary range is $46,500-65,000. To apply: http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/497048/assistant-director-administrative-services. Application deadline: May 18, 2016. The UF Center for Latin American Studies is a nationally visible Title VI-funded center with a range of language and area-studies programs related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino Studies. The position reports directly to the Director of the Center for Latin American Studies. IN THE NEWS [back]   Mexico’s government obstructed the investigation of the 43 disappeared students http://www.wola.org/news/mexico_s_government_obstructed_the_investigation_of_the_43_disappeared_students Ecuador declares national mourning as quake death toll rises to 646  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36122648 Rousseff seeks help from Mercosur and Unasur against his impeachment  http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Carlos Melendez: "Keiko made the biggest political machinery of Peru"  http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Belize-Guatemala incident reignites standing border dispute; OAS calls for a 'lasting peace'  http://en.mercopress.com/2016/04/25/belize-guatemala-incident-reignites-standing-border-dispute-oas-calls-for-a-lasting-peace The opposition march to election offices in every city in Venezuela  http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Cuba following the visit of Obama and Congress of the CCP  http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://infolatam.com/&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 Brasil: es preciso repensar el juicio politico  by Anibal Perez-Linan http://www.clarin.com/opinion/Brasil-preciso-repensar-juicio-politico_0_1564643616.html Cuba and the future: A great debate has just begun  http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/25/cuba-and-the-future-a-great-debate-has-just-begun/   Follow Us on Facebook Angelina Cotler, Ph.D. Associate Director Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 201 International Studies Building 910 S. Fifth Street Champaign, Il 61820 Ph: (217) 333-8419 Fax: (217): 244-7333 www.clacs.illinois.edu