Institute of Latin American Studies – ILAS Weekly Digest: December 3, 2012
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DATE/TIME: Wednesday, December 5, 2012/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Movie Screening: COCAINE UNWRAPPED
SPEAKER(S): Rachel Seifert, Film Director
MODERATOR(S): Paul Gootenberg, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Description:
Cocaine Unwrapped is a documentary by Rachel Siefert. It is a riveting mix of front-line reportage and unprecedented access to the political leaders of Latin America. While Western demand for cocaine reaches record levels so the bloodshed at every stage of the global trade in the drug. Cocaine Unwrapped takes on the global economy and human toll of the 'war' on cocaine. From the farmers in Bolivia who grow coca leaves as their livelihood to Bolivian single mothers who are drug mules out of crippling poverty to the violence of the Mexican trafficking trade where thousands die every year, the film explores the international network of violence, imprisonment, poverty, and addiction that the drug causes in its wake. The film documents the effects on the consumers, from gang dealers in Baltimore who face longer imprisonment sentences than violent offenders to users in London who are apathetic, or unaware, as to how cocaine reached them.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 6, 2012/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Book Presentation: DECENTRALIZATION AND POPULAR DEMOCRACY: GOVERNANCE FROM BELOW IN BOLIVIA
SPEAKER(S): Jean-Paul Faguet, Reader in the Political Economy of Development, London School of Economics.
MODERATOR(S): Juan Antonio Morales, Tinker Visiting Professor, Columbia University.
Description:
Decentralization is meant to deepen democracy, improve public services, and make government more accountable. But evidence from across the globe is contradictory. Is it all empty fashion? A giant mistake? Jean-Paul Faguet uses the remarkable case of Bolivia to investigate reform over a generation. Public investment shifted dramatically towards primary services and resource distribution became far more equitable. Change was driven by Bolivia's smaller, poorer municipalities prioritizing their needs. Many municipalities responded to decentralization with transparent, accountable government, but others suffered ineptitude, corruption or both. Why? Faguet combines broad econometric data with deep qualitative evidence to plumb the social underpinnings of governance. He shows how civic groups and firms interact to determine the quality of local decision-making. To understand decentralization, Faguet argues, we must understand governance from the ground up. He concludes with a discussion of the potential benefits of decentralization and recommendations for structuring successful reform.
DATE/TIME: Friday, December 14, 2012/ 9:00am – 7:00pm
LOCATION: Faculty House, Columbia University, Presidential Room 1 (64 Morningside Drive, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies and the Columbia University Seminars on Latin America
EVENT – Symposium: FRANK TANNENBAUM AND LATIN AMERICA STUDIES: A HISTORICAL SYMPOSIUM
SPEAKER(S):
Stuart Schwartz, Yale University
Maria Pallares-Burke, Cambridge University
Alejandro de la Fuente, University of Pitsburgh
Alan Knight, Oxford University
Pablo Piccato, Columbia University
Marc Hertzman, Columbia University
Chris Brown, Columbia University
Seth Fein, Columbia University
Elisa Servin, INAH- Mexico
Servando Ortoll, Universidad de Mexicali
Description:
This symposium will bring together experts from Europe, Latin America and the United States, to discuss Frank Tannenbaum’s legacy as a Latin American historian and as a key actor in the complex academic and political relations between Latin America and the United States during the twentieth century. The symposium will consider Tannenbaum's work as a scholar of Mexico and of slavery, and will discuss his work as a builder of the field of Latin American studies, both within Columbia and beyond. His intellectual legacy includes books, like Slave and Citizen and Mexico: The Struggle for Peace and Bread, which had a great impact on the development of research and debates about the past and contemporary societies of Latin America. The panels will put Tannenbaum's work in context and reflect on the transformation of the fields they contributed to open. This event is part of a series of meetings during the 2012-2013 academic year intended to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
More info:
Program:
9am – 12 pm: Session I: Slave and Citizen
Opening Remarks: Pablo Piccato, Columbia
Chair: Chris Brown, Columbia
Panelists: Stuart Schwartz, Yale; Maria Pallares-Burke, Cambridge
Commentator: Alejandro De La Fuente, U. of Pittsburgh
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room 1
12-pm – 2pm: Break
2pm – 5pm: Session II: Tannenbaum and Mexico
Chair: Pablo Piccato, Columbia
Panelists: Alan Knight, Oxford; Elisa Servín, INAH-Mexico; Servando Ortoll, Universidad de Mexicali
Commentator: Seth Fein, Columbia
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room 1
5pm – 7pm: Public Reception/Exhibit
Curated by: Seth Fein and Karina Garibay
Location: Faculty House, Garden Room 2
Affiliated Talks/Conferences/Screening
DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 6/ 6:30pm
LOCATION: James Room, 4th Floor, Barnard Hall (3009 Broadway, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) and the Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
EVENT – Panel: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PANEL: SONIA PIERRE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CITIZENSHIP IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SPEAKER(S):
Manuela (Solange) Pierre, Founder of Grupo Afrodescientes
Ninaj Raoul, Executive Director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
Monisha Bajaj, Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College
Miriam Neptune (moderator) is a video producer of Birthright Crisis
Description:
Sonia Pierre (1963-2011), mobilized communities in the Dominican Republic to advocate for citizenship and human rights for Dominicans of Haitian descent. At age 13, Pierre led strike to improve working conditions for sugar cane cutters in the batey where she was born. As the director of Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitiana (MUDHA), she used legal challenges in domestic and international courts to defend the citizenship rights of first and second generation children born on Dominican soil. This panel will highlight the activism of young women who are moving forward with Sonia Pierre’s work on behalf of Dominicans of Haitian descent, and address the question of how international pressure impacts efforts by marginalized groups to demand recognition.
Bio:
Manuela (Solange) Pierre is Sonia Pierre’s eldest daughter and founder of Grupo Afrodescientes, a cultural group dedicated to raising awareness about the experience of Black Dominicans.
Ninaj Raoul is the Executive Director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, a Brooklyn-based group that collaborated closely with MUDHA for 15 years to organize disaster relief efforts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Monisha Bajaj is Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College. She is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Peace Education and the author of a teachertraining manual on human rights education written while she was a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic
Miriam Neptune (moderator) is a video producer who documented collaborations between Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees and the Movement of Haitian Dominican Women from 2004 to 2010. Her video Birthright Crisis is an award-winning documentary depicting the cycle of deportation and violence faced by Dominicans of Haitian descent. She is currently an Instructional Media Specialist at Barnard College.
More info:
http://bcrw.barnard.edu/event/human-rights-day-panel-sonia-pierre-and-the-struggle-for-citizenship-in-the-dominican-republic/
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: BOLIVIA: 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: Friday, December 7/ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (doors open at 6:00pm)
LOCATION: Cowin Auditorium, Teachers College, (Enter at 525 120th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) at Teachers College, Colombia Consulate of New York, Bogota Festival Internacional de Piano, President’s and Provost’s Student Event Fund at Columbia University, Office of Community and Diversity Affairs at Teachers College, Office of Student Activities at Teachers College, Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), Teachers College Student Senate, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University, Coalition of Latino Scholars (CLS) at Teachers College, Peace Education Network (PEN) at Teachers College
EVENT – Concert: TRANSFORMING VIOLENCE INTO MUSIC (NEW)
SPEAKER(S): Cesar Lopez, World Renowned Peace Activist and Musician
Description:
This is a concert by Cesar Lopez, world renowned peace activist and musician, inventor of the escopetarra. The escopetarra is an assault rifle used during the Colombian armed conflict that Cesar Lopez transformed into a guitar. The escopetarra is so much a symbol of peace and hope that is on display at the United Nations and has been gifted to a number of peace activists around the world.
At this concert, Cesar Lopez will perform on his escopetarra and will share the stories behind each of the songs that he will play. He will speak of the conflict and events that inspired him to reinvent this instrument of destruction into one of peace. He will be accompanied by award-winning pianist Henry Martinez, also from Colombia.
For More Info:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4470465282#
This concert is free and open to the public.
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: POLITICOS, PROSTITUTES, AND SCOUNDRELS: 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.
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: HUMAN RIGHTS: CHALLENGES OF THE PAST/ CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
SPEAKER(S):
Katherine Hite, Vassar College
Mark Ungar, CUNY
Cynthia Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Monique Segarra, Bard
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.
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
Outside Talks/Conferences/Screening
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: Saturday, December 1/ 8:00pm – 2:00am
LOCATION: Ava Lounge (210 West 55th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Karen Miller and Saks
EVENT – Fundraising Party: RECURSO’S WORLD AIDS DAY FUNDRAISER (NEW)
SPEAKER(S): H.E. Rodney Charles, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
Recurso (www.recursointernational.org) is hosting a World AIDS Day Fundraiser this Saturday, December 1st at 8pm at AVA Lounge at the Dream Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. There will be a 1-hour open bar from 8-9pm & gourmet hors d'oeuvres for the night. Additionally, H.E. Rodney Charles Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago will be present along with other LATAM Ambassadors.
People can buy tickets directly by purchasing them on:
http://recursointernational.org/2012/blog/recursos-world-aids-day-and-birthday-fundraiser-2012/
***All proceeds will help buy antiviral treatments for children in "El Hospital del Niño" in Lima, Peru.
More Info:
Recurso, a Spanish word for “resource or refuge”, is a 501(c)(3) international non-profit organization that began in May 1999. Recurso is dedicated to improving the human condition by empowering students across the nation to provide direct sustainable development and aid. Recurso’s three areas of concentration are: health, water, and education. This includes promoting primary education, quality health care, dental hygiene education, the building of schools and providing school supplies to our global community partners.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, December 1/ 7:30pm
LOCATION: UnionDocs (322 Union Avenue, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, NY)
SPONSOR(S): UnionDocs
EVENT – Film Screening: THE POETICS AND POLITICS OF GLAUBER ROCHA AND THE CINEMA NOVO: MARANHAO 66 AND CINEMA NOVO (NEW)
SPEAKER(S):
Marc A. Hertzman, Columbia University
Micaela Scheweidson Kramer, Rutgers University
Sandra Kogut, Brazilian Filmmaker
COMMENTATOR(S): Marcia Mansur, UnionDocs
Description:
The Cinema Novo movement is a fascinating period in film history which emphasized social equality in Brazilian and Latin American cinema in the 1960's and 70's. Saturday evening we will present three important works from this period: two short pieces by cinema legend Glauber Rocha (Maranhao 66 and a clip from his television series Abertura), and Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's essential document of the era Cinema Novo, produced for German Television in 1967. Following this, filmmaker Sandra Kogut will join Portuguese and Brazilian historians Marc A Hertzman and Micaela Schweidson Kramer for a group discussion on the period.
For more info:
http://www.uniondocs.org/2012-12-01-the-poetics-and-politics-of-glauber-rocha-and-the-cinema-novo/
DATE/TIME: Monday, December 3/ 5:30pm – 7:00pm
LOCATION: Americas Society/ Council of the Americas (680 Park Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Americas Society and the Council of the Americas
EVENT – Panel: IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THE NEXT ADMINISTRTATION (NEW)
SPEAKER(S):
Erica Gonzalez, Executive Director of El Diario La Prensa
Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition
Jorge Perez, Senior Vice President, Manpower North America
Muzaffar Chishti, Director, Migration Policy Institute Office at NYU School of Law
MODERATOR(S): Jason Marczak, Director of Policy, Americas Society/ Council of the Americas
Description:
Latino voters were decisive in the last election, giving renewed momentum for immigration reform in the next Congress. What would be the likely dimensions of immigration reform legislation? Where might the two parties compromise in order to move reform forward? What are the implications for the U.S. economy and labor market? Join Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the New York Immigration Coalition for a discussion on these issues and more.
More info:
For additional information and registration: http://www.as-coa.org/events/immigration-policy-next-administration
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, December 4/ 5:30pm – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Americas Society/ Council of the Americas (680 Park Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Americas Society and the Council of the Americas
EVENT – Panel: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR MICROFINANCE: MEASURING SOCIAL PERFORMANCE IN LATIN AMERICA (NEW)
SPEAKER(S):
Micol Pistelli, Director of Social Performance, Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX)
Jody Rasch, Senior Vice President, Social Performance Group, Moody’s Analytics
Rebecca Ruf, Manager of Strategy, Women’s World Banking
Carolina Velazco, Under-Director of International and Academia Relations, Group Compartamos
*Additional panelists to be confirmed
Description:
How significant has microfinance been in the realm of social and financial inclusion in Latin America? Measuring social performance is essential to not only empowering small business owners and enhancing their quality of life, but understanding the efficiency and long-term impact of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and assuring investor confidence in this sector throughout the region. MFIs have used various indicators to measure social performance in the past, and recent trends show the standardization of these indicators together with a range of tools to help MFIs measure and maximize these social returns. Organizations and leaders in the private sector have been implementing innovative and thorough assessments of social performance, aligning the social needs of clients with the business strategies under implementation. AS/COA will bring together experts in microfinance to discuss the importance of measuring the social impact of financial inclusion in Latin America.
More info:
For additional information and registration: http://www.as-coa.org/events/sustainable-solutions-microfinance-measuring-social-performance-latin-america
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)
Indo-Hispanic Dialogue: Bridging the Cultural Gap at Centre for Stud of Foreign Languages, University of Hyderabad
Deadline: December 15, 2012
March 6 – 8, 2013, Hyderabad
Centre for Study of Foreign Languages,
School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, India
Media Partner:
HISPANICINDIA, New Delhi
Hispanic Countries, particularly from the region of Latin America, have begun to occupy the attention they deserve in India’s official and private sector perception as against the traditional biases built up over the years for historical, geographic or commercial reasons. It is fact that the investments of the Indian companies in the South American market have increased drastically in recent times. For the growing bilateral and multilateral relations with these countries to have an enduring effect there is need for an academic engagement with the whole domain of mutual cultural understanding of the societies involved. How have we perceived each other, economically, socially, culturally, philosophically in the past and whether in the face of the changing country profiles vis-à-vis the global scenario there is a parallel shift in mutual awareness? Does that get reflected in our occupation in the private and public sphere (the print, electronic media, our class rooms, course contents in educational institutions) with each others’ output in various fields like foreign policy, environment, joint initiatives, cultural issues etc? From our perspective, we need to expand our interactive possibilities at the institutional level to strengthen our engagement with the Hispanic societies. What are the potential areas of culture, economy, trade etc. that can fruitfully be promoted for this purpose? Just for example, in cultural sphere Tagore and Neruda could be the central figures for our common approaches towards the achievement of a reconciled universal which could become the cornerstone of our future projections as pluri-cultural societies. Or is the literary piece “Vislumbres de la India” a product of the comparative understanding of Paz of Mexican past? Likewise, one can make comparative study of economic, political and social systems of Hispanic countries and India.
The Centre for Study of Foreign Languages, University of Hyderabad proposes to hold a three-day international conference to explore such areas that would contribute to strengthen the mutual understanding of our societies and cultures and create an awareness of the same in this area. Papers are invited tentatively in the following areas:
• Indian and Hispanic Literature
• Comparison of Indian and Hispanic Languages
• Teaching of Indian languages in Hispanic World and vice-versa
• Study of Translations
• Comparison of Folklore
• Influence of various Philosophic thoughts
• Cultures and Societies
• Language Endangerment
• Diasporas Studies
• Hispanic Policy and Culture
• Culture and Economic Relations with Hispanic countries
Working languages: English and Spanish
Format of presentations: The abstract should not exceed 300 words, while the full paper should be between 10-15 pages (including references, notes, and tables). Biographical data should not exceed 100 words. Your paper must be double-spaced and typed using 12 pt. Times New Roman font. With the abstract and paper submissions, please include: the title of your paper or poster display; your name and title; institution; e-mail address; and mailing address. If the abstract is in Spanish, an English version of the same can also be submitted.
Extended date of submission of abstracts: 15th December, 2012
The abstracts may be sent to the Director of the Conference with a cc to the Organizing Secretary. All papers will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the Conference. Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. **The conference committee reserves the right to edit typographical errors in the abstracts and papers prior to publication**
Registration fee: International Participants USD 75;
Indian National Participants INR 2,500
Registration fees include: Local hospitality during conference days and a conference kit. The registration fee may be paid at the venue of the Conference in Indian currency.
Director of the Conference:
Prof. J. Prabhakara Rao,
E-mail: pjandhyala1@gmail.com;
Tel.: +91 40 2313363; 23133661; Fax: + 91 40 23010356
Organizing Secretary:
Mr. Ranjeeva Ranjan,
E-mail: r.ranjeev@gmail.com;
Mobile: +91-8897253603
Venue: Centre for Study of Foreign Languages, University of Hyderabad, India
More details available at website of HISPANICINDIA (Media Partner)
Beyond the Lungs of the World: Perspectives on Ecological Thought in Latin America at Johns Hopkins University
Deadline: January 15, 2013
Keynote Speaker: LIZABETH PARAVISINI-GEBERT (Vassar College)
Conference Theme:
In response to current environmental concerns, scholarship has taken a decisively ecological turn to examine the interactions between humans, other animals, and their physical environments from a multidisciplinary perspective. This theoretical turn promises to offer particularly innovative insights in studies on Latin America, a region long understood in relationship to received discourses on its peoples and resources. In 1590, José de Acosta wrote that Divine Providence had attracted explorers to the mineral wealth of the New World so that Spain would have the means to defend the Catholic Church in Europe. This legacy of Latin American regions as resource fields for the extraction of commodities continues to reverberate even in some current ecological discourses. For example, the idea of the Amazon as the “lungs of the world” limits the function of a diverse and immense region to a single purpose serving the world outside of it. Meanwhile peoples across Latin America have demanded the protection of their environments and a reevaluation of state and international environmental standards even at the expense of fiscal gains. Many academics and politicians have heard these concerns and are calling for an earnest consideration of local knowledges as they relate to sustainability.
We invite papers that reflect on how the peoples of Latin America have interacted with, conceived of, and shaped their environments throughout space and time. We invite scholars across all disciplines to consider new ways of understanding Latin America’s past, present, and future as they relate to environmental concerns.
Possible Topics
Ecocriticism and Ecology • Human-Environment and/or Human-Animal Dichotomies & Hierarchies
• Climate Change and Natural Disasters • Change and Continuity in Human Relationships with the
Environment • Alternative Paradigms to Development• Creative Strategies for Surviving Scarcity •
Agency and Resistance in the Face of Environmental Destruction • Citizenship Education •
Application of Local Knowledges • Political Responses to Resource Depletion • Engineering for
Sustainability • Movements of Peoples Including Forced Migration, Immigration, and Urbanization •
Environmental Law
Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2013
Please e-mail a title, an abstract (about 200 words), academic affiliation, and contact information in a word document to jhuplas@gmail.com.
The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay Contest
Deadline: January 23, 2013
Dear Columbia Students,
The Journal of International Affairs is seeking submissions for the Spring 2013 Cordier Student Essay Contest for its upcoming issue on Latin America. The author of the winning article will receive $500 along with publication alongside noted scholars in the Journal.
Published by Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, the Journal of International Affairs is one of the oldest and most respected foreign affairs periodicals and past issues have included articles by notable figures such as Noam Chomsky, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter, Condoleezza Rice, and Kenneth Waltz among others.
Submission Deadline: January 23, 2013. Interested authors can send submissions or questions to: David Abrahamson (Cordier and GPPN Editor) at dha2111@columbia.edu.
Spring 2013: Latin America
The Spring 2013 issue will examine the region of Latin America and its transition from predominantly low-middle-income to high-income countries. The geopolitics, economics, institutional, and social developments that have emerged within the last two decades in Latin America have profound implications for the region's future landscape. There are a plethora of dimensions impacting the future of the region and our aim is to give attention to the diverse implications for Latin American countries and their relations with the international community.
Submission Guidelines:
All contest submissions must relate to the topic of our next issue on Latin America.
The Cordier Essay Contest is open to all currently enrolled students of Columbia University and affiliated schools.
Essays cannot have been previously published, but need not be written specifically for the contest. Papers submitted for academic credit are welcome, provided they are relevant to Latin America.
Papers should not exceed 4,000 words.
Citations should be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style 16th ed.
DEADLINE: Essays are due January 23, 2013 at 11:59 P.M.
About the Journal: jia.sipa.columbia.edu
Commodities, Capitalism and Culture Conference: Latin America and Global Links at Stony Brook University
Deadline: February 8, 2013
The Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center at Stony Brook University announces Commodities, Capitalism and Culture: Latin America and Global Links
Keynote Speaker: Marcy Norton, George Washington University
CALL FOR PAPERS:
The Latin American and Caribbean Center at Stony Brook University invites proposals for its 12th annual Graduate Student Conference to be held on Friday, April 12th, 2013 at Stony Brook Manhattan.
From the sixteenth century to the present, Latin America has been profoundly shaped by its relationships with globalization. The material goods and cultural artifacts produced in Latin American regions have connected with different social settings and diverse acts of consumption in the Atlantic world. We use this year’s theme, “Commodities, Capitalism and Culture: Latin America and Global Links” for rethinking the dynamics that have shaped class, gender, and race in the regions where commodities were produced and consumed. Among the questions we ask are:
How important were class, gender, race, and regional variations in shaping production, marketing and consumption?
How did global commodities link producers, intermediaries and consumers, even if the actors involved did not always recognize it?
How were the meanings ascribed to material and cultural products assimilated, translated, and/or
reimagined during transatlantic exchanges?
What were the social, economic, cultural, and environmental consequences at both ends of the commodity chain?
To what extent did trade in commodities generate long-term economic development?
How did science, technology and medicine impact the production, circulation and consumption of material and cultural artifacts?
How are commodities represented in fictions, films, advertising and political discourses?
In the spirit of opening dialogue and crossing borders, we welcome submissions from all disciplines on any related topic including, but not restricted to:
Sociology
History
Anthropology
Literary, Film and Cultural Studies
Gender and Women Studies
Rural History and Peasant Politics
Environmental and Urban Studies
Public Health
Regional and Global Studies
Presentation proposals should be 200 to 300 words in length, in either Spanish or English, and should include a cover page with name, academic affiliation, and contact information. Panel proposals will also be considered.
Please submit proposals electronically to laconfestony@gmail.com (Maria-Clara Torres).
Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships
Deadline: December 5, 2012
The Sodexo Foundation, which works to ensure that every child in the United States grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to fuel a healthy and productive life, is inviting applications for its Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarship program. The national program honors the efforts of students — from kindergarten to graduate school — who are working to end hunger in the United States.
The program honors students working to build awareness and mobilize youth as catalysts for innovative solutions to ending hunger in U.S. communities in their lifetime.
To be eligible, students must be enrolled in an accredited education institution in the United States and be able to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to hunger-alleviation activities in their community.
Up to five students will be selected as national winners, with each receiving a $5,000 scholarship and a $5,000 grant for their anti-hunger charity of choice. In addition, scholarship recipients and two family members will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the awards ceremony in June. The Sodexo Foundation also will recognize twenty regional honorees with a $1,000 donation for their preferred hunger charity.
For complete program guidelines and to submit an application, visit the Sodexo Foundation Web site.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships for 2013-2014
Deadlines:
Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2013
Boren Scholarship: February 13, 2013*
The applications for the 2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website.
Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.
National Application Deadlines
Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2013
Boren Scholarship: February 13, 2013*
*Many institutions have an earlier on-campus deadline. Visit our website for information about your campus deadline and Boren campus representative.
For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visitwww.borenawards.org. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.
The Boren Awards are initiatives of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and are administered by the Institute of International Education.
Indigenous Studies Summer Program: On Indigenous People's Rights and Policy
June 3-14, 2013
The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) is now accepting applications from researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students who wish to participate in an intensive two-week summer immersion program at Columbia University on indigenous peoples’ rights and policy. The program runs from June 3-14, 2013.
The program provides an overview and analysis of the major questions in indigenous affairs today, as they have emerged globally in the last decades. The program has an interdisciplinary approach and incorporates lectures and workshops on the most recent and innovative academic research and policy debates on indigenous peoples’ issues. It is complemented by visits and lectures at the United Nations and state and indigenous peoples' institutions.
Academic Program Configuration
Columbia University faculty, UN representatives and external experts deliver the academic lectures and are available for discussions and consultations with the participants throughout the duration of the program. Participants are to be immersed in daily 4-6 hours of lectures and workshops. Some topics are presented in the form of panel discussions and practical workshops are organized around the daily topics to encourage further examination and analysis. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants at the end of the program.
Travel Component
Program participants will travel to meet with authorities of a Native American nation.
Requirements
Interested applicants are required to:
-Be fluent in English (all lectures and visits are conducted in English)
-Complete enclosed application
-Send a copy of CV along with application
-Send two recommendation letters along with application
All applications and further inquiries may be sent via email to Teresa Aguayo at ta2015@columbia.edu. Additionally, you can reach the Indigenous Studies Summer Program by phone at 212-854-0510.
Cost
The cost of the entire two-week program is $2,500 per person. This includes breakfast and lunch (served on the premises) Scholarships are available. Additionally; Columbia University offers single housing arrangements on campus for the duration of the program. The additional housing cost is $700 per person.
Summer Intensive Nahuatl Language Class at Yale
The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at Yale University, in partnership with IDIEZ (the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, Mexico) offer the opportunity to study Classical and Modern Nahuatl at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels in a summer intensive course that will be held at Yale in 2013.
Dates of Course: June 24 – August 2, 2013.
Please apply for NHTL 125 through the Yale Summer Sessions online application at: https://apply.summer.yale.edu
Tuition for three credits is $5,000 and must be paid to Yale University by May 1, 2013. Room and Board are not included. Financial aid is available (see below).
Financial Assistance: Yale’s CLAIS and its partners make every effort to ensure that financial constraints are not an obstacle for participating in the Summer Nahuatl Language program. If you are in need of financial assistance for the Summer Nahuatl Language course, please send a short statement of need to Jean Silk at Yale. Financial aid may also be available in the form of FLAS fellowships through your own institution or another Title VI funded National Resource Center for Latin American Studies.
Housing: Housing is available on campus in undergraduate dorms through Yale Summer Sessions. Students can find information about apartments off campus to sublet through University Housing http://www.yale.edu/livingnh/community/rental.html and through various websites, including apartmentslist@panlists.yale.edu and YaleInternational@yahoogroups.com.
For more information, contact Jean Silk, at jean.silk@yale.edu or by phone at 203/432-3420 or John Sullivan at john.sullivan@yale.edu or by phone at +52 (492) 925-3415.
Course Description:
The course seeks to: 1) develop students' oral comprehension, speaking, reading, writing and knowledge of language structure, as well as their cultural wisdom and sensibility, in order to facilitate their ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in everyday situations; 2) provide students with instruments and experiences that demonstrate the continuity between past and present Nahua culture, through the study of colonial and modern texts and conversation with native speakers 3) penetrate into the historical, economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Nahua civilization; and 4) prepare students to take university level humanities courses taught in Nahuatl alongside native speakers.
Students will have class five hours per day, Monday through Friday: three hours of Modern Nahuatl immersion with native speaking instructors, and two hours of Classical Nahuatl taught by John Sullivan. Additionall,y each student will have three hours per week of individual tutoring with a native speaker in order to work on a research project of the student’s choice. Students who wish to enroll at the intermediate or advanced level must demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of two hours per week on Modern Nahuatl conversation with a native speaker during the entire previous academic school year. Contact John Sullivan (john.sullivan@yale.edu) for options concerning the completion of this requirement.
Full class attendance is required. Students who are absent for reasons other than illness will be asked to withdraw from the Institute.
Course materials: All students must have personal copies of the following texts:
Karttunen, Francis. 1983. An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl. Texas Linguistics Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. $26.95 @ amazon.com
Lockhart, James. 2001. Nahuatl as Written. Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl,with Copious Examples and Texts. Stanford: Stanford University Press. $25.43 @ amazon.com
Molina, Alonso de. 1977(1555-1571). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana. Colección “Biblioteca Porrúa” 44. México: Porrúa. Students may purchase this book directly from Editoria Porrúa or through IDIEZ at a cost of approximately $25.
Two weeks before class begins students will be sent, free of charge, electronic copies of the exercise manuals, grammar charts, vocabulary lists and manuscripts which will be studied.
CLIMATE AND CULTURE CHANGE IN THE ANDES Intersession Dec. 26th 2012 – Jan. 13th 2013
The Center for Social Well Being celebrates 12 years offering our 3 week training program in interdisciplinary qualitative field methods, as well as Spanish and Quechua language classes, in the Peruvian Andes. The combined undergraduate and graduate level seminar is held at the center's rural base, an adobe lodge on an ecological ranch in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Callejón de Huaylas, 7 hours northeast of Lima. Coursework provides in-depth orientation to theory and practice in field investigation that emphasizes methods in Participatory Action Research and Andean Ethnography centered on themes of Climate Change with respect to Ecology, Health, Education, Community Organization and related topics. Students have the opportunity to actively engage in ongoing investigations in local agricultural communities to develop effective field research techniques, and to acquire language skills. In addition, the program provides excursions to museums, archaeological sites, glacial lakes and hotsprings; optional recreational activities include hiking, mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, rock climbing and trekking. Total cost is $3,500 US dollars. This includes all in-country travel, food and accommodations at the rural center, and course materials. The program is under the direction of Applied Medical Anthropologist, Patricia J. Hammer, Ph.D., and Ecologist, Flor de María Barreto Tosi. Program dates: New Year’s Intersession December 26th 2012 through January 13th 2013
Please contact us for other potential program dates for 2013.
Request an application: phammer@wayna.rcp.net.pe
Center for Social Well Being-Peru www.socialwellbeing.org
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
Jobs, Internships, Volunteer Opportunities
(Posts will be available for 4 week)
Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art History at University of Mexico (Posted on November 16)
POSITION: Full-time, Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art History, probationary appointment leading to a tenure decision. Service on committees and other responsibilities will be expected.
SALARY: $50,000
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in history of art, or related discipline, with a specialization in Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art, by the time of appointment. Demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art History. Demonstrated ability to teach in a secondary area at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Evidence of scholarship. Demonstrated familiarity with and application of critical theory in Art History. Demonstrated knowledge of current ethical concerns related to indigenous people and Modern and Contemporary Latin American scholarship. Demonstrated ability to teach general introductory Art History survey classes.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Publication record. University teaching experience beyond the TA level. Knowledge of computing and applications to teaching. Collegiality.
APPLICATION: All applicants must apply online at the University of New Mexico web site: https://unmjobs.unm.edu, Posting #0817776. Please attach as part of the application in the UNMJobs system: a letter of application; course syllabi; CV with names and complete addresses (mailing, telephone, and e-mail) of three recommenders. Please mail to us writing samples/published work (not to exceed 50 pages) to: Chair, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art History Search Committee, Department of Art and Art History, MSC04 2560, 220 Yale Blvd. NE, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001. Phone 505.277.5861. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want materials returned.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: For best consideration, all application materials must be received by December 3, 2012. The position will remain open until filled.
APPOINTMENT DATE: August 12, 2013.
The University of New Mexico is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city of 600,000 on the Rio Grande at an altitude of 5,200 feet. Albuquerque’s historical pluralism gives the city a fascinating mix in terms of its arts, cuisine, languages, and values. The University of New Mexico is a large, diverse state university with a faculty of over 3,000 serving approximately 32,700 students. The Department of Art and Art History offers the B.A., B.F.A., M.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. degrees.
UNM's confidentiality policy ("Recruitment and Hiring," Policy #3210), which includes information about public disclosure of documents submitted by applicants, is located at http://www.unm.edu/~ubppm.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER AND EDUCATOR.
Foundation Relations Manager at WOLA (Posted on November 9)
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) seeks a Foundation Relations Manager to work in a three-person development team that is responsible for securing the organization’s $2 million and growing annual operating budget. We seek someone who has several years of successful grant writing experience, a desire for a long-term career in fundraising, and a passion for human rights and social justice. This individual must be an exceptional and ambitious writer, an analytical thinker, and a highly-motivated team player.
WOLA is a 38-year-old human rights organization with a full-time staff of 17, with seven interns, and six senior fellows.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Work with program staff to develop and write high-quality grant proposals and reports while meeting funder requirements, deadlines, and specifications.
Identify and research new sources of foundation funding, keep up to date on giving trends.
With program staff, cultivate relationships with foundation program officers and effectively steward relationships with current funders.
Accurately and confidently represent WOLA’s programming to foundation audiences.
Assist in the management of WOLA’s donor database, helping to input accurate data, create connections, generate reports, and create new systems and protocol to increase efficiency.
Support team efforts around hosting WOLA’s annual gala, soliciting sponsorships and assisting in event planning.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Exceptional writing and editing skills (in English).
Strong research abilities and familiarity with foundation research tools.
Experience in grant writing and a proven ability to write successful foundation grants.
Superior interpersonal skills and an ability to cultivate effective relationships with foundation staff as well as work collaboratively with WOLA staff.
Experience with fundraising contact management systems.
Interest in international human rights, particularly in Latin America, and non-profit management.
Extreme attention to detail and an ability to maintain organized and accurate records.
Ability to work well under deadlines.
Problem solving skills, critical thinking, and troubleshooting abilities.
High level of maturity and ability to act as a team player.
Bachelor’s degree, fluency in English required, proficiency in Spanish highly desirable.
SALARY: Commensurate with experience. Full health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance; three weeks annual vacation.
START DATE: Immediately
TO APPLY: Please submit the following in one PDF document electronically to employment@wola.org:
Cover letter
Resume
2 page English writing sample, preferably a foundation proposal
A list of two references with daytime telephone numbers and email addresses
For more information, please visit www.wola.org
Only candidates authorized to work in the U.S. without any restrictions need apply.
- No phone calls please-
WOLA encourages application by minority candidates and is an equal opportunity employer.
Internship Opportunities at UNDP – Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office (Posted on November 9)
La Oficina Regional del PNUD para América Latina y el Caribe en Nueva York invita a candidatos/as cualificados/as a presentar sus candidaturas para realizar un internship o práctica en el área de Desarrollo Humano, Reducción de la Pobreza y Objetivos del Milenio.
Bajo la guía del equipo de equipos Reducción de la Pobreza del Bureau Regional para América Latina y el Caribe del PNUD, los candidatos seleccionados serán responsables por:
Apoyar en el procesamiento de material analítico relacionado con la discusión sobre una agenda post-2015 de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe, para su difusión periódica mediante la revista online Humanum y medios asociados.Apoyar la elaboración de documentos de investigación sobre temas de género y juventud con evidencia empírica sacada de encuestas de hogares.
Para aplicar visitar UNDP jobs (deadline 20 de Noviembre)
http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=33812
Assistant Professor of Political Science Position at CIDE, Mexico (Posted on November 9)
The Department of Political Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE, Mexico City) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting in August 2013. We seek candidates specializing in one or more of the following areas: comparative politics, political economy, and political theory.
CIDE is primarily a research institution in the social sciences. Its Department of Political Studies is the department of political science in Latin America with the highest scientific production and impact according to a recent study published by David Altman in European Political Science. The Department currently has fifteen faculty members working in the following areas: political parties and party systems, public opinion, political institutions, executive-legislative relations, judicial politics, democratization, comparative political economy, social movements, formal modeling, normative political theory, and history of political thought.
Candidates should have a solid formation in theory and methods, and their research interests should include topics of relevance for Mexico and the region. The successful candidate is expected to have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D. by August 1, 2013. Spanish is the language of instruction. The teaching load is normally two courses per year. We offer a competitive salary in Mexican pesos. Applications by candidates trained in disciplines other than political science are welcome.
To apply, candidates should submit the following: a) letter of application explaining research plans, b) curriculum vitae, c) two letters of reference, d) two writing samples, and e) teaching evaluations. The material should be sent via email to the Search Committee (ingreso.politicos@cide.edu) by December 14, 2012. We will send a confirmation email when a candidate’s application is complete. Please submit any questions to Dr. Claudio López-Guerra (claudio.lopezguerra@cide.edu).
The University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies seeks applications for the position of Associate Director (Posted on November 2)
To apply, visit https://jobopportunities.uchicago.edu and search by requisition number (below).
Requisition Number: 091211
Job Title: Associate Director
Type of Position: Staff
Division: Social Sciences
Department: 23318-SSD-Center for Latin American Studies
Standard Summary
Manages the day-to-day activities of the Center. Supervises the staff, coordinates the workflow, and ensures efficient operation of the Center. Assists in setting Center goals and planning educational programs and initiatives. Works with the Director and working committees to evaluate programs and/or research proposals and identifies and implements new Center priorities. Develops, coordinates, and supervises events and programs, including seminars, conferences, workshops, public lectures, visiting scholars programs, and outreach activities. Manages the Center's budget and exercises financial oversight on all endowed funds and grants from private foundations and individual donors. May assist with fundraising efforts. Seeks other new funding opportunities. Writes grant proposals in collaboration with the Center's director. May develop short and long term programmatic and administrative goals. Writes and edits communication materials. May conduct research in accordance with scholarly interests. Serves as a liaison with other Centers on campus and with related professional associations and community groups. Typically manages Center facilities. Recruits and supervises student volunteers as necessary.
About the Unit
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) is an inter-disciplinary and integrative site for faculty and student research and teaching on Latin America. Currently, CLAS supports approximately fifty affiliated faculty from the Divisions of Social Sciences and Humanities and a smaller number from the Harris School for Public Policy Studies, Booth School of Business, and the School for Social Service Administration, with significant faculty concentrations in history, anthropology, romance languages, political science, and art history. The Center directly administers degree programs, including an undergraduate B.A. Major and Minor in Latin American Studies and an inter-Divisional M.A. in Latin American Studies. CLAS also engages a large cohort of doctoral students, approximately 10% of the total doctoral student population in the Divisions of Social Sciences and Humanities, through active grants, fellowships, and professionalization opportunities. The Center directly administers language programs in Haitian Creole and several Amerindian languages, and coordinates non-language teaching on Latin America, including the on-campus Introduction to Latin American Civilizations course sequence. CLAS also hosts numerous Visiting Professors from Latin America who spend brief one or two quarter residencies teaching and researching at the University of Chicago.
The Katz Center for Mexican Studies was founded in 2004 and named in honor of Friedrich Katz, one of the world's leading scholars of Mexican history. The Katz Center sponsors academic conferences and public lectures, hosts visiting scholars, and coordinates academic exchange programs with Mexican institutions.
Unit Job Summary
Associate Director: Responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient operation of the Center for Latin American Studies and Katz Center for Mexican Studies, including working closely with the faculty directors to develop programmatic and strategic goals. Charged with program planning and implementation, policy-making, supervision of administrative staff, and development and oversight of the budget and communications. The Associate Director also serves as the principal liaison to administrative units of the University, including offices of the Deans of Students, Alumni Relations & Development, and the Business Center, among others. The Associate Director must maintain familiarity with the teaching and research projects of affiliated faculty in order to design informed programming, function as an experienced manager capable of simultaneously managing multiple projects, exercise excellent interpersonal skills and the capacity to work closely with a diverse faculty and student population, and confidentially handle sensitive information.
Center Operations (25%)
Provide leadership in developing short- and long-term programmatic goals for the Centers in conjunction with Directors; present quarterly reports to the Steering Committee.
Develop and manage Center budgets
Develop and implement procedures for efficient administration of Center operations.
Manage Center staff and coordinate workflow.
Hire, evaluate, promote, discipline, and discharge Center administrative staff in consultation with the Directors of CLAS and the Katz Center.
Academic Programs (25%)
Serve as Center liaison with Deans of Students in the Social Science Division, Humanities Division, and Social Science Collegiate Division related to BA and MA curriculum, MA admissions/aid, and FLAS Fellowship and Tinker Field Research Grant programs; serve as Center liaison with the College Study Abroad Office for the Mexico in Latin American Civilizations program.
Manage the CLAS indigenous language programming to ensure alignment with University regulations and targeted national programs. Indigenous language programming includes academic year and summer teaching programs and instructional materials development.
Sponsored Projects, Professional and Community Linkages (50%)
In consultation with Directors, develop programming to meet grant and Center priorities, and supervise Program Coordinator in implementation of events. Current grant and fellowship programs include the Title VI/National Resource Center (NRC), Tinker Visiting Professorship, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships, and Tinker Field Research Grants; other programs of opportunity may arise.
Seek new funding opportunities informed by the teaching and research projects of lead faculty affiliated with the Center; develop new funding proposals in collaboration with Directors, lead faculty members, and staff.
Establish post-award grants management and internal financial tracking procedures with Center’s financial administrator in the SSD Local Business Center in order to ensure compliance with University and funding agency requirements.
Ensure systems for tracking and measuring program outcomes for performance evaluation.
Prepare grant reports by specified deadlines.
Serve as primary liaison with Program Officers at funding agencies, and with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (consortium partner for the Center's Title VI/NRC grant)
Serve as liaison with other related university units (e.g. Alumni Relations & Development, Office of International Affairs, Deans of Students, Study Abroad).
Foster linkages with other institutions including professional associations, cultural institutions, community groups, and universities.
Prepare annual reports in consultation with the Directors.
**Occasional evening and weekend work**
Application review will begin November 12, 2012 and continue until the position is filled.
Education
Bachelor's degree required.
Master's degree strongly preferred.
Strong academic background and demonstrated interest in Latin America preferred.
Experience
Minimum of three years of experience in a position of comparable responsibility and initiative required.
Minimum of one year experience working with grants initiatives required.
Minimum of one year of experience working with finances and/or budgets required.
Minimum of one year of supervisory experience required.
Competencies
Capacity to implement major initiatives such as conferences, grant proposals, exchange programs, and public engagement activities required.
Ability to collaborate well in a small staff environment and to lead in a manner conducive to positive staff morale required.
Ability to prioritize and execute multiple tasks simultaneously required.
Capacity to cultivate strong relationships with a large and varied set of constituencies required.
Familiarity with the process and content of undergraduate and graduate training required.
Proficiency in a major Latin American language required, preferably Spanish.
Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet and database programs required, preferably in MS software required.
Superior organizational and human relations skills required.
Familiarity with simple graphic design and desktop publishing programs preferred.
Willingness to continue professional training expected.
Required Job Seeker Documents
Resume
Cover Letter
Writing Sample
Work Location
Campus - Hyde Park
Work Schedule
Full-Time
Hours/Week: 37.5
M-F, 8:30am-5:00pm
Benefits Eligible
Pay Range: Depends on Qualifications
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