Friday, September 28, 2012

[RED DEMOCRATICA] ilas ILAS Digest: Week of October 1, 2012

 

Institute of Latin American Studies – ILAS Weekly Digest: October 1, 2012

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ILAS Announcements
ILAS Events
Affiliated Talks/Conferences/Screening
CLACS/NYU Talks/Conferences/Screening
Outside Talks/Conferences/Screening
Calls for Papers
Fellowships/Prizes/Grants
Programs and Classes
Jobs

 

 

ILAS Announcements

 

Call for Proposals for the Dr. Ruth Cardoso Visiting Chair at the Center for Brazilian Studies

The Center for Brazilian Studies is pleased to announce a call for proposals for The Dr. Ruth Cardoso Visiting Chair at Columbia University.  The Cardoso Chair is aimed at Brazilian teachers and researchers with proven experience in the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on Contemporary Brazil history, anthropology, political science and sociology.

 

Deadline of applications: November 30th, 2012.

 

Application Requirements:

-Must have completed doctorate in 2006 or earlier;

-Must have Brazilian nationality and not have U.S. citizenship

-Must be accredited as a teacher and mentor in a graduate program recognized by Capes;

-Must have been engaged under full academic activities, which must include teaching, guidance or co-supervision of dissertations or theses and / or participation in research projects in areas of Brazil's contemporary history, anthropology, political science and sociology;

-Have fluency in English, compatible with the proper performance in the activities planned, which includes classroom lectures;

-Must not have scholarship or receive financial benefit from other Brazilian agencies or entities toward the same goal;

-Must be living in Brazil at the time of application and throughout the selection process

 

Obligations:

-Devote full academic and research to the activities listed in the syllabus;

-Be able to teach a course each semester. The expectation is that one discipline has format of lectures and another presented in seminars;

-Return to Brazil within thirty days of the conclusion of the program;

-Send a final report, a minimum of fifteen (15) pages through the link "Send unattached document", available on the Program page Catedra Dr. Ruth Cardoso, located on CAPES’ website within thirty (30) days after the end of the scholarship. The report must contain a summary of activities undertaken during the period of the scholarship in the United States, and should be signed by the grantee;

-Reimburse FAPESP, CAPES and the Fulbright Commission of any investment made in the scholarship, with the incidence of default interest on the amounts to be repaid in the event of occurrence of revocation of the concession, motivated by willful act or omission or negligence of the awardee;

-Accept the scholarship at Columbia University for 1 semester (September 2013 to December 2014; January 2014 to May 2014) or two consecutive semesters (September 2013 to May 2014).

 

Benefits:

-Monthly stipend of $ 5,000, for up to nine months

-Assistance with moving costs, up to $ 2,000

-Health insurance

-Round-trip airfare

-On-campus Housing at no charge to the recipient and access to services and facilities of Columbia University, in accordance with the standards of Columbia University visiting faculty

 

If you have further questions, please contact Esteban Andrade (eaa2127@columbia.edu) at Columbia’s Center for Brazilian Studies

URL: http://www.fulbright.org.br/content/view/111/160/

 

ILAS Welcomes Second Tinker Visiting Professor for Fall 2012

ILAS would like to welcome our second Tinker Visiting Professor for the fall semester – Professor Juan Antonio Morales from Bolivia. 

 

Juan Antonio Morales is full Professor and Senior Researcher at the School of Economic and Financial Sciences at the Catholic University of Bolivia, where he returned after being president of the Central Bank of Bolivia. His tenure as president, from 1995 to 2006, was the longest in the history of the Central Bank of Bolivia since its creation in 1928. Dr. Morales had been visiting professor in several European, American, and Latin-American universities. Mr. Morales has written over forty scientific books and articles. He also contributes regularly to the Bolivian press.

 

He obtained his Master and Doctorate degrees in Economics at the Catholic University of Louvian – Belgium in 1967 and 1971 respectively.  He is fluent in Spanish, English and French.”

 

Prof. Morales was previously appointed a Tinker Visiting Professor at ILAS in the spring semester of 2009.

 

NEW Mini Course Announcement

Professor Juan Antonio Morales will be teaching a mini course, starting on October 17.  Please see the details before:

 

Course Number and Title:

REGN U6330: POST NEOLIBERAL POLICIES IN THE ANDES

 

Time/Date: Wednesdays 11:00AM -12:50PM

Location: 802 IAB

Instructor: Juan Antonio Morales, Tinker Visiting professor Fall 2012

 

**This is a seven week course, starting Wednesday, October 17 through Wednesday, December 5, 2012.  1.5 credits

 

Description:

The purpose of the course is to examine the origins and the scope of the post neoliberal policies adopted in the Andean region, particularly in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela.  The post neoliberal policies surged as a reaction to the policies of free markets and globalization encapsulated in the Washington Consensus and in the structural adjustment recommendations of the international financial institutions. Opposition to the neoliberal model is the signpost of the post-neoliberal policies together with a rejection of political parties and other institutions of representative democracy. The neoliberal model is blamed for the increase in inequality and the worsening of poverty in the 1990s.

 

The boldness of the current anti-market policies in the Andean region, e.g. nationalizations, would not have been possible without the windfall income brought by the abnormally high international prices for hydrocarbons and metals. We will discuss the management of natural wealth in the new policy setting, the redistribution issues, the efforts to include indigenous peoples, and the fight against corruption.

 

***Registration for this course will be done in person at SIPA’s Office of Students Affairs, located on the 6th Floor IAB. 

 

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ILAS Events

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 25/ to be announced

LOCATION:  Faculty House, 2nd Floor, Columbia University

 

SPONSOR(S):  The Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – First Joint Multidisciplinary Workshop, Free University of Berlin: GLOBALIZATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF SPACES 

 

SPEAKER(S): to be announced

 

Description:

More information to come

 

More info:

Please contact Esteban at eaa2127@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, December 14, 2012/ to be announced

LOCATION:  Faculty House, Columbia University

 

SPONSOR(S):  The Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Symposium:  FRANK TANNENBAUM AND LATIN AMERICA STUDIES: A HISTORICAL SYMPOSIUM

 

SPEAKER(S):

Pablo Piccato, Columbia University

Marc Hertzman, Columbia University

Chris Brown, Columbia University

Seth Fein, Columbia University

Alan Knight, Oxford University

Elisa Servin, INAH- Mexico

Servando Ortoll, Universidad de Mexicali

Alejandro de la Fuente

Maria Pallares-Burke

Stuart Schwartz

 

Description:

More information to come

 

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Affiliated Talks/Conferences/Screening

 

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, October 2/ 4:1pm – 6:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 1510 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Center for International Conflict and Resolution at SIPA

 

EVENT – Panel: ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND PEACEBUILDING

 

SPEAKER(S):

Marta Debolini: Land Management and Land Use Conflict Resolution in Peri-Urban Areas: a Geo-Agronomic Perspective

Fiorella Triscritti, More Gold or More Water? Corporate-Community Conflicts in Peru

Elizabeth Wishnick: Potential Conflict from Water-Related Risks in China

 

Robert Barnett, Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Jacqueline Klopp, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Earth Institute

Marc Levy, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Earth Institute

 

MODERATOR(S):

John Mutter, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and International and Public Affairs

 

More info:

Open to the public

Please RSVP to jrb2178@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 4/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: LINEAMIENTOS DE LA POLITICA-ECONOMICA-SOCIAL. IMPACTO EN LA ECONOMÍA CUBANA

 

SPEAKER(S): Armando Nova, Professor of Centro de Estudio de la Economía Cubana, Universidad de la Habana

 

Bio:

Armando Nova has a doctórate in Economics from the University of Havana.  He has worked at various governmental offices in Cuba including the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of the Economy and Planning.  He is the author or coauthor of six books on the Cuban economy and over 220 articles.  He has also served as an adviser to the FAO, as well as a number of governments other than the Cuban.

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.

 

This presentation will be in Spanish

The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 11/ 11:30am – 12:30pm 

LOCATION:  Milbank Chapel, Teachers College (120th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Association of Latin American Students at Teachers College; the Teachers College Office of International Affairs; the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College; the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS); and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER)

 

EVENT – Panel: EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND TRADE: OPENING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL

 

SPEAKER(S):

Francisco Sanchez, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and Head of the International Trade Administration

 

Henry Levin, Professor, Teachers College

Stace Gillett, Deputy Director of Innovation, New York City Department of Education

Eric Verhoogen, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

Amit Khandelwal, Professor, Business School

 

MODERATOR(S):

Jorge Balan, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

 

Description:

How can universities, the private sector and government best work together to harness the power of education, innovation and trade to expand economic, social and political opportunities around the world? How can policy makers, researchers and teachers best measure education- and trade-related contributions to future innovation? How can investment in education technology increase innovation and achievement by students of all backgrounds?

 

More info:

If you have any questions, please contact Chris at christopher.shephard@tc.columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 12/ 11:00am – 1:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 513 Fayerweather (1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Latin American and Caribbean History Workshop

 

EVENT – Workshop:

 

SPEAKER(S): Melissa Morris, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History, Columbia University

 

Bio:

Melissa Morris is a doctoral student in the History Department at Columbia.  She received her B.A. in History and Mass Communications and her M.A. in History from Miami University.  Her research interests center on the seventeenth century Atlantic, and specifically in places of contested authority, where imperial  powers and indigenous groups encountered one another and both  fought and collaborated.  Her research looks at how different  groups worked together in the earliest stages of the tobacco trade.   Her workshop paper, which focuses on St. Christopher (later known  as St. Kitts), is one she is preparing to present at the North  American Conference on British Studies in Montreal in November.

 

More info:

Papers will be sent out in advance.  To obtain a copy, please contact the coordinators Elizabeth Schwall at ebs2159@columbia.edu or Ariel Lambe at aml2160@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 17/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm  

LOCATION:  420 Hamilton Hall (1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

 

EVENT – Gallery Inauguration:  SUPERHEROES

 

SPEAKER(S): Dulce Pinzon

 

More info:

For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 24/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm  

LOCATION:  420 Hamilton Hall (1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

 

EVENT – Symposium:  RACE AND THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

 

SPEAKER(S):

Cornel West

Seth Stevens-Davidowitz

 

More info:

For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 24/ 6:00pm – 8:00pm 

LOCATION:  Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall (3900 Broadway at 117th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Forum on Migration

 

EVENT – Seminar: TRANSNATIONAL MUSICIANSHIP: A 1930’S CUBAN ALL WOMEN BAND IN HAVANA, NEW YORK CITY, PARIS, AND MEXICO

 

SPEAKER(S): Ingrid Kummels, Freie Universitat, Berlin

 

Description:

This presentation explores the contribution of Anacaona, a Cuban all-women jazz band founded in 1932,  to the “son revolution” and the “jazz craze” of the 1930s and 1940s, to the transnationalization of these genres, and to their shaping though modern performances. A theoretical approach that analyzes the attitudes and actions of individual band members and their international networks of musicians allows for assessing the band’s  creative dimensions.

Bio:
Ingrid Kummels is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Latin American Institute at the Freie Universität in Berlin.  She is a prolific filmaker and author, and recently co-authored Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band (New York, 2007).

 

More info:

http://barnard.edu/events/transnational-musicianship

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 25/ 6:00pm

LOCATION:  Room 523 Columbia University’s Butler Library (535 West 114th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

 

EVENT – Launch:  JACK AGUEROS – THE AGUEROS ARCHIVE: PRESERVING NEW YORK’S LATINO HERITAGE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S ACQUISITION OF THE PAPERS OF PIONEERING NEW YORK COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND WRITER JACK AGUEROS

 

SPEAKER(S):  N/A

 

Description:

This event will mark the launch of the “Latino Arts and Activism Archive,” a joint initiative of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.

More info:

For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 1/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: THE INDIGENOUS EMERGENCE: FROM UNDERCLASS TO NEW POLITICAL ACTORS

 

SPEAKER(S): Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico

 

Description:

The rise of indigenous movements stems from a long history of colonization, social exclusion and cultural assimilation endured by indigenous communities, and can also be seen as a by-product of the process of democratization that occurred in Latin American countries over the latter part of the twentieth century. New actors in these events were the Miskitos in Nicaragua, the Mapuche in Chile, the Maya in Guatemala, the Zapatistas in southern Mexico, the Quechua in Ecuador, and the election of an Aymara indigenous president in Bolivia. These movements challenge the mainstream view, widely held among academics a few decades ago, that indigenous peoples would disappear under the impact of modernization and state indigenist policies. Marxist analysis, on the other hand, projected the transformation of traditional Indian communities into a revolutionary class poised to overthrow existing power structures. Neither of these scenarios worked out as predicted. The new indigenist  movements adopted the language of human rights and cultural identities and worked at the national and international levels to obtain a number of significant constitutional reforms, the recognition of their cultural heritage and increased participation in the public affairs of their countries. The concepts of cultural diversity, multiculturalism and inter-cultural education penetrated the new political discourse. International human rights law has increasingly been invoked in the defense and protection of indigenous peoples. This progress notwithstanding, they continue to be the victims of major human rights violations especially in relation to territorial and land rights, the use of natural resources, the administration of justice, as well as, more recently, within the framework of the war on drugs and questions of national security.

 

Bio:

Rodolfo Stavenhagen is professor emeritus of sociology at El Colegio de Mexico. He was trained at the University of Chicago (BA), the National School of Anthropology in Mexico (MA) and the University of Paris (PhD). In 2001-2008 he was the first United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He has also been Assistant Director General of UNESCO, in charge of social sciences and their applications. He has also been visiting professor at the Universities of Chicago (2011), Harvard (2000-2001) and Stanford (1990-1993). Among his books in English:

Making the Declaration Work: the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2009; Ethnic Conflicts and the Nation-State, 1996; The Ethnic Question: Development, Conflict and Human Rights, 1990; Social Classes in Agrarian Societies, 1975. Three volumes of his essays are being published by Springer Publications in the series Briefs on Pioneers of Science and Practice (2012).

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.

The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, November 2/ 11:00am – 1:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 513 Fayerweather (1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Latin American and Caribbean History Workshop

 

EVENT – Workshop:

 

SPEAKER(S): Nina Schneider, Visiting Scholar in the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University

 

Bio:

Nina Schneider is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study  of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia.  She holds a Ph.D. in History  from the University of Essex, U.K., and worked at the Department of  European and Extra-European History at the Open University of  Germany.  Her research interests focus on the history of  (post-)authoritan Brazil, politics of memory and human rights, and  propaganda.  She has received grants from the European Union, the  Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the German  Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  Recent publications include: "Breaking the Silence of the Military Regime: New Politics of  Memory in Brazil?" in Bulletin of Latin American Research (2011;  "The Supreme Court's recent Verdict on the Amnesty Law: Impunity in Post-authoritarian Brazil" in European Review of Latin American and  Caribbean Studies (2011); "Truth no more? The Struggle over the  National Truth Commission in Brazil" in Iberoamericana (2011).

 

More info:

Papers will be sent out in advance.  To obtain a copy, please contact the coordinators Elizabeth Schwall at ebs2159@columbia.edu or Ariel Lambe at aml2160@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 8/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm  

LOCATION:  Teachers College, Room TBA (525 West 120th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Latina/o and Latin American Faculty Working Group and the Office of Alumni Relations

 

EVENT – Round Table: A CONVERSATION ON EDUCATION ACROSS THE AMERICAS

 

SPEAKER(S): TBA

 

Description:
Join us in the university-wide celebration of 50 years of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. A roundtable of exceptional Teachers College alumni will share insights on their active engagement with research and policy in various aspects of education throughout the Americas.

 

More information:

For more information or to register, please visit www.tc.edu/events/11443

Reception to follow

 

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, November 14/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm  

LOCATION:  420 Hamilton Hall (1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

 

EVENT – CSER Latino Speaker Series:  ANTI-LATINO RACISM

 

SPEAKER(S):  Linda Martin Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College

 

More info:

For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, November 30/ 11:00am – 1:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 513 Fayerweather (1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Latin American and Caribbean History Workshop

 

EVENT – Workshop:

 

SPEAKER(S): Tanya Harmer, Academic Director, London School of Economics and Columbia University Dual Degree Program

 

Bio:

Tanya Harmer is a specialist on the Cold War in Latin America who  earned her Ph.D. in International History from the London School of  Economics, where she now teaches.  She is the Academic Director of  LSE's dual Master's degree program with Columbia in International  and World History.  Her book Allende's Chile and the Inter-American  Cold War (University of North Carolina Press, 2011) focuses on the  international history of Chile during the presidency of Salvador  Allende with particular reference to Chile's foreign relations with  Cuba, the United States, and Brazil during this period.

 

More info:

Papers will be sent out in advance.  To obtain a copy, please contact the coordinators Elizabeth Schwall at ebs2159@columbia.edu or Ariel Lambe at aml2160@columbia.edu

 

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 6/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GOVERNANCE

 

SPEAKER(S): Juan Antonio Morales, Professor of Macroeconomics, Catholic University of Bolivia and Tinker Visiting Professor, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University

 

Description:

Bolivia has been experiencing one of the most radical shifts in economic policy in Latin America under the government of Evo Morales. Two themes dominate the agenda of change:  first, rejection of  conventional development policies and market-based approaches and, second, measures for a full inclusion of the indigenous people that are the majority in Bolivia. For this, a new constitution was promulgated. Morales’ development model is state-led and inward-looking. Despite this, Bolivia has been following more orthodox fiscal and monetary policies than the other countries grouped in the  Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América  (ALBA). Bolivia shares with the ALBA countries the same anti-capitalist, anti-globalization view.  Bolivia´s economic performance indicators are the best in ALBA. 

 

Bio:

JUAN ANTONIO MORALES is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia and professor of macroeconomics in the program Maestrías para el Desarrollo at  the Catholic University of Bolivia, La Paz. In 2008 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, Catholic University of Bolivia. He has also served as President of the Central Bank of Bolivia from September 1995 to April 2006. He holds the title of Docteur en Sciences Economiques from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium in 1971.  As a visiting professor, he has taught in universities in Latin America, Europe and the United States. He has published extensively in Spanish, English and French.

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.

 

The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 6/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: UNDERSTANDING CUBAN MACROECONOMIC REALITIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

 

SPEAKER(S): Ricardo Torres, Professor of Economics, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, Universidad de Habana, and Adjunct Research Scholar, Institute of Latin American Studies

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.


The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, March 7/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: THE CUBAN STORY

 

SPEAKER(S): Mirta Ojito, Professor, School of Journalism, Columbia University

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.

 

The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 4/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Panel: HUMAN RIGHTS: CHALLENGES OF THE PAST/ CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE

 

SPEAKER(S):

Katherine Hite, Vassar College

Mark Ungar, CUNY

 

Speakers to be confirmed:

Thomas G. Weiss, CUNY

Monique Segarra, Bard

Cynthia Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.

 

The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, May 2/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm 

LOCATION:  Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: POLITICOS, PROSTITUTES, AND SCROUNDELS: RETHINKING LATIN AMERICAN MYTHS

 

SPEAKER(S):

Adriana Perez, CUNY

Anne Hayes, CUNY

Alejandro Quintana, St. John’s University

Ilan Ehrlich, Bergen Community College

 

More info:

For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.

 

The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.

 

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CLACS/NYU Talks/Conferences/Screening

 

For events at CLACS:

For more information on other CLACS events, please access the website: http://clacs.as.nyu.edu/page/events

 

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Outside Talks/Conferences/Screening

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 5/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm 

LOCATION:  The Graduate Center, Room 9206/07 (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Bildner Center at CUNY

 

EVENT – Seminar: FORMS OF PROPERTY IN THE CUBAN ECONOMY: AGRICULTURE

 

SPEAKER(S): Armando Nova, University of Havana

 

DISCUSSANT(S): Mario Gonzalez-Corzo, Lehman College, CUNY

 

MODERATOR(S): Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

 

Bio:

Armando Nova is a senior researcher and professor at the Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy at the University of Havana. He earned his doctorate degree in economics at the University of Havana in 1989 and his BA in economics at the University of Havana in 1969. He has conducted more than 84 research studies on the Cuban economy and has published more than 65 articles in different Cuban and international journals. He is the author of La agricultura en Cuba: evolución y trayectoria, 1959-2005 (Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2006), Aspectos económicos de los cítricos en Cuba (Editorial Científico-Técnica, 1988) and a third book as well as co-authored two other volumes.

 

Mario González-Corzo (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Lehman College of The City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in economics and finance and serves as Director of the Master of Science (M.S.) in Business Program. His research interests and areas of specialization include Cuba's post-Soviet economic developments, the role of remittances in the Cuban economy, and Cuba's banking and agricultural sectors. Dr. González Corzo also works as Contributing Editor for the section on Cuban political economy and economics of the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) published by the Library of Congress. He is also a Research Associate at the Cuba Transition Project in the Institute of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami (FL), where he publishes Enfoque Económico.

 

Mauricio Font is director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and professor of sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. His research examines problems of development and reform in Brazil, Cuba and Latin America as well as international cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.

 

More info:

Please reserve by sending email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 10/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm 

LOCATION:  The Graduate Center, Room C201/02 (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Bildner Center at CUNY

 

EVENT – Seminar: ART AND TRANSFORMATION IN CUBA

 

SPEAKER(S):

Elvis Fuentes, El Museo del Barrio

The Artist as Cultural and Commodity Producer

 

Yuneikys Villalonga, Lehman College Art Gallery

Cuban Art in the Wake of State Re-structuring

 

MODERATOR(S):

Ana María Hernández, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

 

Bio:

In El Museo del Barrio, Elvis Fuentes organized the first installment of the Permanent Collection Galleries (2009), two biennials of New York Latino Contemporary Art (The S Files 2007, 2011), and the blockbuster exhibition, Caribbean: Crossroads of the World (2012). Graduated from the University of Havana, School of Arts and Letters, Fuentes served as curator at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, and The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Art History at Rutgers University.

 

Yuneikys Villalonga joined the curatorial team of Lehman College Art Gallery in 2011. Graduated from University of Havana, School of Arts and Letters, she served as curator at The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (1999-2003), and Habana Cultura, a platform for contemporary art sponsored by Habana Club International. As a freelance curator, Villalonga organized a series of Invisible Curatorships in Havana, and collaborative projects at Havana Biennial, Tirana Biennial, Albania, Glasgow International Festival, Scotland, and museums and universities in Sweden and England.

 

Fuentes and Villalonga co-curated with Glexis Novoa the groundbreaking exhibition, Killing Time, presented at Exit Art, New York, in 2007.

 

Ana María Hernández (Ph.D., Comparative Literature, New York University) specializes in Caribbean and River Plate studies and is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at LaGuardia Community College, The City University of New York. Her publications have focused on Julio Cortázar, Horacio Quiroga, Julio Herrera y Reissig, Felisberto Hernández and Antonio Benítez Rojo. Her recent publications include an annotated edition of Fantoches 1926: Folletín Moderno por Once Escritores Cubanos (Stockcero, 2011), and an anthology of tales by Felisberto Hernández, Las Hortensias y Otros Cuentos (Stockcero, 2011). She is presently working on an edition of Cirilo Villaverde's novel Cecilia Valdés o La Loma del Angel. (Spring 2013More info:

 

*Mr. Wallace will be available for a book signing at the end of the event.

 

More info:

Please RESERVE by sending an email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 11/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm 

LOCATION:  The Graduate Center, Room C201/02 (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Bildner Center at CUNY

 

EVENT – Book Launch: TRIBES OF THE AMAZON: PROTECTING THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

 

SPEAKER(S): Scott Wallace, Writer, Producer and Photojournalist

 

Bio:

Scott Wallace is a writer, producer and photojournalist who specializes in hard-hitting reportage of world and national affairs. His assignments have taken him from the deepest Amazon to the Alaskan Arctic, from clandestine arms bazaars in post-Soviet Russia to raids on suspected fedayeen hideouts in the slums of Baghdad. In his most recent work The Unconquered, Wallace tells the extraordinary tale of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet’s last uncontacted indigenous tribes.

 

More info:

*Mr. Wallace will be available for a book signing at the end of the event.

 

Please RESERVE by sending an email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 19/ 11:00am – 1:00pm   

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.

 

EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: ACROSS SEAS AND BORDERS: CHARTING THE WEBS OF RADICAL INTERNATIONALISMS AND EXILE IN THE GREATER CIRCUM-CARIBBEAN, 1918-1940

 

SPEAKER(S): Barry Carr, LaTrobe University

 

More information:

Free and open to the public.  Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 26/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm 

LOCATION:  The Graduate Center, Room 9206/07 (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Bildner Center at CUNY

 

EVENT – Seminar: SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATIONS: CUBA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 

 

SPEAKER(S):

Armando Nova, University of Havana

Planning and Market in the Cuban Economy*

 

David Jancsics, PhD Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center

Revisiting Eastern European Transformation

 

MODERATOR(S): Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

 

Bio:

Armando Nova is a senior researcher and professor at the Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy at the University of Havana. He earned his doctorate degree in economics at the University of Havana in 1989 and his BA in economics at the University of Havana in 1969. He has conducted more than 84 research studies on the Cuban economy and has published more than 65 articles in different Cuban and international journals. He is the author of La agricultura en Cuba: evolución y trayectoria, 1959-2005 (Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2006), Aspectos económicos de los cítricos en Cuba (Editorial Científico-Técnica, 1988) and a third book as well as co-authored two other volumes.

 

David Jancsics is a PhD candidate in sociology at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. His research interests include corruption, organizational networks, social and political changes in Eastern Europe, and elite groups. His dissertation examines how people at different organizational and social class levels view and deal with corruption in post-communist Hungary.

 

Mauricio Font is director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and professor of sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. His research examines problems of development and reform in Brazil, Cuba and Latin America as well as international cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.

 

More info:

Please RESERVE by sending an email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu

 

*Armando Nova's presentation will be in Spanish with a translated PowerPoint presentation

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 8 to Tuesday, December 11   

LOCATION:  Carnegie Hall

 

SPONSOR(S):  Carnegie Hall

 

EVENT – Performances: VOICES FROM LATIN AMERICA

 

SPEAKER(S): N/A

 

Description:

From the irresistible rhythms of Afro-Cuban jazz to the sophistication of Brazilian samba, from the passionate intensity of Mexican rancheras to the infectious joy of Venezuela’s El Sistema social-action movement, Latin American culture has captured the world’s imagination. In Voices from Latin America—from November 8 through December 11, 2012—Carnegie Hall pays tribute to these cultures that have fueled the world’s imagination in a citywide festival.

 

Under the guidance of Osvaldo Golijov (holder of this season’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair), Carnegie Hall has invited three internationally acclaimed performers to curate series of concerts that spotlight their vibrant musical cultures—singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil and Brazilian popular music, pianist-composer Chucho Valdés and Afro-Cuban jazz, and conductor Gustavo Dudamel and El Sistema in Venezuela.

In addition, a citywide celebration of Mexican music and culture will be presented in partnership with Celebrate México Now, culminating in a tribute to legendary singer Chavela Vargas at Carnegie Hall.

With more than 60 events, the festival includes music, dance, film, art, photography, and more. Voices from Latin America includes four weeks of events and exhibitions at Carnegie Hall and partner organizations throughout the city.

 

For more information:

So see the complete list of events, please click the link: :

http://www.carnegiehall.org/ch/pages/1-3-1-3-1-3-1.aspx?pageid=10737418903

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, November 2/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm    

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9206/07 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

 

EVENT – Seminar: RAUL CASTRO’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC REFORMS IN CUBA: EVALUATION OF RESULTS

 

SPEAKER(S): Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh

 

MODERATOR(S): Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies

 

Bio:

Carmelo Mesa-Lago is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and has been a visiting professor or researcher in Argentina, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, United Kingdom and the United States, as well as a lecturer in 39 countries. Author of 82 books/phamplets and 275 articles/chapters published in 7 languages in 34 countries, on the Cuban economy, social security and comparative economic systems; founder/editor for 18 years of Cuban Studies. His most recent books: Market, Socialist and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), Cuba's Aborted Reform: Socioeconomic Effects, International Comparisons and Transition Policies (with J. Perez-Lopez, University Press of Florida, 2005), Reassembling Social Security (Oxford University Press, 2012), and Cuba en la era de Raul Castro: Reformas economico-sociales y sus efectos (Editorial Colibri, 2012). He has worked throughout Latin America as regional advisor for ECLAC, consultant with most international financial organizations, several U.N. branches and national/foreign foundations. Was President of the Latin American Studies Association, is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and has received the ILO International Research Prize on Decent Work, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Senior Prize, two Senior Fulbrights, Arthur Whitaker and Hoover Institution Prizes, the Distinction of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, the Bicentennial Medallion of the University of Pittsburgh, Homage for his life work on social security (OISS, CISS) and the Cuban economy (Revista Encuentro) and other awards/grants; was finalist in Spain's Prince of Asturias Prize on Social Sciences 2009.

 

Mauricio Font is director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and professor of sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. His research examines problems of development and reform in Brazil, Cuba and Latin America as well as international cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.

 

More information:

Please reserve by sending email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, November 16/ 11:00am – 1:00pm   

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.

 

EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: DID OIL EXPROPRIATION KILL AGRARIAN RADICALISM?:  LAND REFORM AND THE POLITICAL CONTROL OF 1930S VERACRUZ

 

SPEAKER(S): Julia del Palacio, Columbia University

 

More information:

Free and open to the public.  Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, January 25/ 11:00am – 1:00pm   

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.

 

EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: CRIME AND EDUCATION IN BRAZIL: IMPERIAL PAST AND CURRENT DEBATE

 

SPEAKER(S): Ernesto Pimentel, Universidade Federal da Paraiba

 

More information:

Free and open to the public.  Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, February 22/ 11:00am – 1:00pm   

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.

 

EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: FIGHTING THE ‘CONJRA ROJA’: THE ANTICOMMUNIST CRUSADES IN MEXICO, 1952-1972

 

SPEAKER(S): Luis Herran Avila, New School University

 

More information:

Free and open to the public.  Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, March 22/ 11:00am – 1:00pm   

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.

 

EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: FOUNDING FATHERS, FORGOTTEN MOTHERS: RACE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND AMERICAN ICONS

 

SPEAKER(S): Bruno Carvalho, Princeton University

 

More information:

Free and open to the public.  Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Friday, April 19/ 11:00am – 1:00pm   

LOCATION:  CUNY Graduate Center, Room 8301 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):  CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.

 

EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: CULTURA Y POLITICA EN EL MOVIEMIENTO ESTUDANTIL URUGAYO DE 1968

 

SPEAKER(S): Vania Markarian, Universidad de la Republica, Montivideo

 

More information:

Free and open to the public.  Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are

circulated one week prior to each meeting.

 

 

DATE/TIME: Monday and Tuesday, May 10 and 11/   

LOCATION:  Yale University

 

SPONSOR(S):  Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at Yale University

 

EVENT – Conference: NORTHEASTERN GROUP OF NAHUATL STUDIES 2012-2013

 

SPEAKER(S): To be announced

 

Description:

Northeastern Group of Nahuatl Studies 2012-13

Annual meeting at Yale

On May 10 and 11, 2013, the Northeastern group of Nahuatl Studies will host the Third Annual Conference and Workshop at Yale.  The schedule will include advanced Nahuatl study, group document translation, and papers by scholars.

As with past meetings, the conference will include two sessions. In one session, scholars will gather to work collectively on the translation of documents which will be shared before the meeting. Please contact the organizers if you wish to present a document for study, to make arrangements for its distribution.

The second session will include the presentation of papers on aspects of the Nahuatl language and linguistics, Nahuatl texts, or Nahua ethnohistory.  Scholars interested in offering a paper should contact the organizers for inclusion.  Papers may deal with any aspect of Nahuatl or Nahua studies, from pre-contact up to the modern era.

Please consider joining us in this exciting weekend, with a document for study, with a paper, or simply by attending.  More details will be forthcoming as plans are made final.

In addition in the week following the conference, Dr. John Sullivan is offering intensive courses on Nahuatl.  These will include both introductory and intermediate courses on colonial and modern Nahuatl.  Please contact him for further details.

The organizers include:
Caterina Pizzigoni (
cp2313@columbia.edu)
John Sullivan (
idiez@me.com)
Louise Burkhart (
burk@albany.edu)
John F. Schwaller (
schwallr@potsdam.edu)

 

 

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Calls for Papers

Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures

Deadline: November 2, 2012

 

Please mark your calendars and plan on being with us for the 10th Annual Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures (SECCLL). 

In honor of our 10 year Anniversary, the conference will be held at the Hilton DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia, March 28 - 29, 2013.

 

The deadline for proposal submission is November 2, 2012. Please note, that we are only accepting electronically filed submissions.

Please follow this link to submit your paper - http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/seccllpapers.html

 

Remember that those whose proposals are accepted and who present in person at the conference are eligible to submit an article for The Coastal Review.  Details about our online journal are also available through the conference website - http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/flseccll/index.html

 

Once again, remember to mark your calendars and we appreciate your willingness to forward this information to your colleagues!

 

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Fellowships/Prizes/Grants

 

Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies at Lehigh University

Deadline: November 28 for first consideration

 

The College of Arts and Sciences and the Latin American Studies Program at Lehigh University invite Ph.D. candidates specializing in Latin America, with a clear contemporary Latin American cultural studies focus, to apply for a two-year predoctoral / postdoctoral fellowship, beginning Fall 2013. Applications are welcome from candidates whose research concentrates in any of the following areas: social movements, identity (gender, ethnic, religious, etc.), transnational migration, and/or urbanization. Successful candidates will also demonstrate breadth and depth of cultural and Spanish language experience, and ability to create and offer a Latin American Studies introductory course.

 

TERMS

The two-year award carries a stipend of $25,000 in the first year. It is renewable for the second year, with a $40,000 salary, provided the fellow completes his/her Ph.D. in time to meet all requirements for the home institution’s spring graduation. The fellowship also provides health benefits, carries up to $1,500 in moving expenses, and $1,500 in research/travel support in the first year and $3,000 in the second year.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Completion of all requirements for the Ph.D., except the dissertation, by May 15, 2013. Demonstrated potential to complete all Ph.D. requirements in time for Spring 2014 graduation.

 

CONDITIONS

                Renewal of award

Renewal of the award depends on the predoctoral fellow’s completion of all Ph.D. requirements in time for Spring 2014 graduation and meeting all expectations below.

Residence and employment

The fellow must be in residence at the University for the duration of the award period. He/she may accept no employment, fellowships, or consulting obligations during the term of the fellowship.

Teaching load

- One course during the first year as a doctoral candidate and 2 courses during the second year as a postdoctoral fellow.

- The fellow is expected to design and teach an introductory course to Latin American Studies each year.

 

 

 

Other expectations

- Contribution to programming of Latin American Studies events and lectures.

- Active presence on campus and establishment of links with faculty and students.

- Periodic presentations of the fellow’s research to the larger Lehigh academic community.

 

 

APPLICATION MATERIALS

-              Letter of application stating reasons for interest in the program and indication of objectives to be accomplished during the fellow’s time at Lehigh.

-              CV, including the following: personal information; date(s) and location(s) of degree(s) earned; honors and awards; lectures and conference presentations; publications; courses taught; names and telephone numbers of referees.

-              Project description, NOT TO EXCEED THREE DOUBLE-SPACED PAGES. This should include a dissertation abstract, dissertation outline, and schedule for completion.

-              Three confidential letters of reference to be sent directly by persons qualified to evaluate the candidate. (Original only)

-              Send application materials to:

 

Latin American Studies Program

Predoctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowship

C/O Office of Interdisciplinary Programs

Maginnes Hall, Suite 490

Lehigh University

9 W. Packer Avenue

Bethlehem, PA 18015

 

Address inquiries to:

Matthew Bush

Director, Latin American Studies Program

matthew.bush@lehigh.edu

 

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Programs and Classes

Duke in the Andes program is accepting applications for Spring 2013

The "Duke in the Andes" program takes an interdisciplinary approach to area and cultural studies, centered around a core seminar that encompasses sociological, anthropological, historical, and cultural aspects of globalization and colonial legacies in the Andean region. In addition to the mandatory core seminar(s), students choose their remaining courses from program courses and selected regular course offerings at the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana or the cursos abiertos at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)

 

If you can, we would like to ask you to advertise our program in your department. The deadline for Spring 2013 is October 1. Here is the link for our website so that you can read more about "Duke in the Andes." http://studyabroad.duke.edu/home/Programs/Semester/Duke_in_the_Andes  


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Jobs, Internships, Volunteer Opportunities

(Posts will be available for 4 week)

 

Internship Opportunity in Peru through Vive Peru (Posted on September 21)

Want to Visit Peru this Winter? Volunteer and Make a Difference!


Vive Peru is in need of volunteer interns experienced in the areas of Clinical Medicine, Social Work, Teaching Music, Teaching English and Engineering to support our partner organizations and adopted communities in Northern Peru! Work side-by-side with doctors in local clinics and hospitals, volunteer with underprivileged children, share your love for music or languages with the children of Peru. In your free time, explore one of the most ecologically diverse and historically rich countries in the world.  Interested? Apply by September 29, 2012 for the experience of a lifetime! Applications available online at www.viveperu.org/apply.php

 
Winter 2012   December 20, 2012 - January 6, 2013. Program Fee $1500
**Summer, Fall and Spring Program Dates available online at www.viveperu.org/costs.html

 

What is Vive Peru? Why do I have to pay to volunteer?
Vive Peru is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status dedicated to fostering understanding of Latin American and Peruvian culture and providing much-needed aid to Peruvian communities. We work to promote cultural understanding and implement innovative and self-sustainable programs in the areas of health, education, social work and engineering. Our programs, outreach work and direct donations are funded completely through volunteer donations, which allow our work to continue and our program to be self-sustainable. In the past 18 months, 173 university students from across the country have joined us to donate 17,660 volunteer hours and over $20,700 in donated materials and outreach programs to communities in need in Peru. At local medical campaigns on the coast and in the Andes, we were able to attend to 1431 patients with medical consultations and medications.

Contact Us!
Online at www.viveperu.org

 

 

Videography Internship Available (Posted on September 21)

World Can’t Wait was founded in 2005, World Can't Wait is a national movement formed to halt and reverse the terrible program of war, repression and theocracy that was initiated by the Bush/Cheney regime and the ongoing crimes that continue to this day.

 

We are currently seeking an intern to work under the auspices of our War Criminals Watch project.

 

What? Intern needed to help fund and create an amazing new publication project. Individual will work on producing an interactive, media-rich ebook entitled Redact This! Artists Against Torture.

 

Duties will include:

·               scheduling and coordinating interviews with artists, activists, writers,

and other individuals involved in the struggle to create awareness about torture.

·               creating small video documentary for use in crowd-funding campaign.

 

Experience required:

·               video editing experience

·               crowd-funding experience

·               experience in After Effects a plus

 

To apply for this position, please send your resume to Stephanie@worldcantwait.org.

 

 

Assistant Director at the Center for Democracy in the Americas (Posted on September 14)

Start date:  October 15, 2012

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Full time, with minimum 2-year commitment

DESCRIPTION
The Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization that is focused on reforming and improving U.S. policy toward Cuba and Latin America and opposing efforts to root the U.S. relationship with the region in the Cold War policies of the past.

 

CDA is a small, vibrant, women-led organization that organizes fact-finding missions to the region, does trailblazing research and reports, hosts events, and disseminates what we learn and believe via the news media and the Internet. CDA has country programs for Cuba and Venezuela, but our work also embraces issues facing U.S. policy toward the region more broadly.  (www.democracyinamericas.org)


CDA’s staff consists of 3-5 full-time employees, 3 consultants and 1-3 interns.  The Assistant Director works directly with the Executive Director and is involved in virtually every aspect of the CDA. He/she shares responsibility for the success of the organization as a whole and for the execution of specific program activities. The Assistant Director’s job includes planning, writing and editing, research, analysis, advocacy, outreach, management, and associated administrative and clerical tasks.  It is a great opportunity for an individual passionate about reforming U.S. policy and interested in one day running his/her own advocacy organization.

 

Specific responsibilities for this job include:
With help from interns and staff, compile, draft, edit, and disseminate the weekly
Cuba Central e-newsletter.

Help organize and staff up to 5 CDA trips to the region per year.  This work includes: invitation/pre-trip communication with participants; pre-trip briefing and preparation of briefing book; logistics (flights, hotels, transport, tracking of expenses, congressional ethics process); outreach to in-country contacts, agenda planning; trip accounting, note-taking and final report; follow-up correspondence and recording of new contacts into CDA database.

Help organize CDA-sponsored meetings and briefings for U.S. Congress, staff, and foreign policy community.

Coordinate with CDA’s senior analysts the timely editing, translation, and dissemination of monthly publications  El Salvador Update and Caracas Connect.

 

Help coordinate the research, writing, editing, production and dissemination of CDA’s 21st Century Cuba series.

 

Help generate material and supervise upkeep of CDA website, Facebook and Twitter.

Oversee CDA work plans and master calendar; coordinate and lead staff meetings; manage executive director’s meeting schedule. 

 

Help organize annual meeting and quarterly conference calls of Board of Directors.

Supervise maintenance and upkeep of Salesforce contact database for use in tasks outlined above.

 

Work closely with the executive director, communications consultant, and program staff to coordinate and help execute CDA’s fundraising plan, including the annual fundraising event, fundraising trips, and the writing and preparation of grant proposals and reports.

  Help executive director engage program staff, consultants and board in the design and implementation of CDA’s strategic plan.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Strong interest in Latin America and an open-minded approach to learning the politics and policies of the region.

At least 3 years experience in a non-profit advocacy/policy organization or congressional office.

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in political/social sciences, international relations, Latin American Studies, or other related field.

Academic study of and/or travel in Cuba a very strong plus.

Exceptional organizational and management skills, ability to work on/supervise many different projects at once.

Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Spanish.

Commitment to producing the highest quality work and discipline to meet deadlines.

Energetic, fast-paced and collaborative work style.

Outgoing and professional style; ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals, including  foreign government authorities, grassroots and civil society, academics, CDA funders and Board members, U.S. Congress, and the media.  

Experience organizing foreign travel for groups a plus.

Experience with Salesforce or similar database a plus.

 

APPLICATION
Please send a letter of application, résumé, 3-5 page pertinent writing sample, and names of three references with daytime telephone numbers to: 
lisa@democracyinamericas.org.

 

 

Technician Position at GSAS: $20 per hour (Posted on September 7)

Our Faculty Desktop Support Group (FDS) has several openings for graduate student hires. Aside from the technical knowledge required (see below), it is helpful if the student is familiar with research methods and research fields in general in the Social Sciences and Humanities. As a member of FDS, the student will work one-on-one with faculty from various disciplines in the Arts and Sciences who need assistance with software, hardware, and web applications in order to enhance and enable their teaching and research.

 

The FDS group is located in 105 Low and receives administrative support and funding from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences.

 

Requirements:

Availability approximately 8-10 hours per week

Strong people skills and abundant patience

Experience in technical support, training, or teaching

Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting PC and/or MAC technical problems

Initiative and research skills to find solutions to problems

Familiarity with a broad range of PC and MAC hardware and software, operating systems, modems, and printers

Basic understanding and familiarity with web-based design tools and languages

 

Interested students should send a resume or short bio to fds@columbia.edu.

 

 

Emmy Award-winning Film Company Seeks Intern (Posted on September 7)

 An award-winning Harlem-based production company is looking for qualified interns to work on a feature length, historical film for PBS.

 

The position is a great opportunity to gain experience in a creative environment and learn production skills.

 

The ideal candidates are grad students who have excellent research skills, are detailed oriented and are familiar with library archives, Proquest as well as other online research sources.

 

In addition, knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, computer scanners and FileMaker Pro database are a plus. Undergrad students are welcome to apply. Where appropriate, we can offer class credit.

 

This is a part-time, unpaid position.  We welcome the interns to become part of the team.

 

Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to: freedomsummer2014@gmail.com

 

Please put FREEDOM SUMMER INTERN in the subject.

 

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