Institute of Latin American Studies – ILAS Weekly Digest: Week of April 16, 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
2012 ILAS SUMMER RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT – DEADLINE EXTENSION TO APRIL 16, 2012
Due to additional funds, ILAS is extending the 2012 ILAS Summer Research Travel Grant competition to Monday, April 16.
The grant is open to masters and doctoral students at Columbia University who wish to conduct independent research and/or pre-dissertation research in Latin America. The grant will cover up to $2,000 in travel related costs only for a period typically between six to twelve weeks during the summer.
For more information, guideline, and application form please go to ILAS website: http://ilas.columbia.edu/fundingopportunities/student_funding
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NAHUATL MEETING AT YALE – May 4 and 5, 2012
On May 4 and 5, 2012, the Northeastern group of Nahuatl Studies will host a conference and workshop at Yale. The schedule will include advanced Nahuatl study, group document translation, and papers by scholars. During the four days before the conference a crash course of Nahuatl will also be offered.
More details will be forthcoming as plans are made final.
If you are interested in attending the conference and/or in taking the Nahuatl mini-course, please contact the organizers
Organizers:
Louise Burkhart (burk@albany.edu)
Caterina Pizzigoni (cp2313@columbia.edu)
John F. Schwaller (schwallr@potsdam.edu)
John Sullivan (idiez@me.com)
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A NEW EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) is pleased to present a new exchange program for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Students between ILAS at Columbia University and the Latin American Institute at the Free University of Berlin. The purpose of this agreement is to support research and education of the highest academic quality on topics about Latin America in the areas of social sciences and cultural studies, provide for the doctoral and postdoctoral students international experience, and facilitate international networks among students and faculty.
Doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows from Columbia University and the Free University of Berlin who have interests in Latin American topics, and who have completed requirements for the MA or M.Phil. degrees, will have the opportunity to spend up to one semester of their program at the other institution. The financial support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows participating in the exchange program will be provided by their home institutions. Students participating in the exchange will have the same eligibility for support from their home institution as they would have had if they did not participate in the exchange. Tuition is waived by the host institution.
We expect a couple of students to arrive each semester at Columbia. Even though they will not be registered as students, we hope that they can audit some of your classes and establish productive interactions with faculty and students.
You can look at the full policies and procedures here.
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, April 18/ 6:00 pm – 8:00pm
LOCATION: 1512 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies and the Economic and Political Development Concentration at SIPA
EVENT – Book Launch: ALTERNATIVES FOR AMERICA'S LAST COLONY: PUERTO RICO
SPEAKER(S): Angel Collado-Schrwarz
MODERATOR(S):
Juan Lara, Chief Economist, Estudios Tecnicos Inc and Profesor of Economics at the University of Puerto Rico
Jose Antonio Ocampo, EPD Concentration, Director
Description:
Mr. Collado-Schwarz will address the more than a century-old relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States and present compelling decolonization strategies.
Bio:
Ángel Collado-Schwarz is the founder and chairman of the Fundación Voz del Centro, a cultural nongovernmental organization, and the producer and host of the radio program La Voz del Centro. He is the author of four books including Decolonization Models for America's Last Colony: Puerto Rico, Voces de la cultura 1, Voces de la cultura 2, Voces de la cultura 3, and Soberanías exitosas.
Additional Information:
Refreshments will be served.
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, April 25/ 12:00 pm – 1:00pm
LOCATION: 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies and the Latin American Student Association at SIPA
EVENT – Inside Latin America Series: LABOR COSTS, LABOR INFORMALITY, AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN COLOMBIA AND CHILE
SPEAKER(S): Fabio Sanchez Torres, Visiting Scholar at ILAS and Professor of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes
Bio:
Fabio Sánchez-Torres is a Professor of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. He has an extensive career working for institutions such as FEDESARROLLO, the main think tank on economic issues in Colombia, where he worked as a researcher. He has also worked as the head of the macroeconomic unit at the National Planning Department of Colombia, and as the Director of the Center for Economic Development Studies (CEDE). Furthermore, Dr. Sánchez-Torres has done research on the links between equity and macroeconomic issues, social policy and violence, and economic history, including his Ph.D. thesis on the effects of the Great Depression in Colombia.
Affiliated Talks/Conferences/Screening
DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 19/ 4:10 pm
LOCATION: Milbank 237, Barnard College
SPONSOR(S): The Seminar in Politics, Ecology, Society and Development at ISERP
EVENT – Seminar: LAND GRABS, LAW, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS IN PANAMA
SPEAKER(S): Julie Velasquez Runk, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia
Description:
Additional Information:
Please contact Ariela at atz2103@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Friday, April 2012/ 8:45am – 7:30 pm
LOCATION: Faculty House (64 Morningside Drive at West 116th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): School of International and Public Affairs, Institute of Latin American Studies, Network on Inequality and Poverty and Grupo de Analysis para el Desarrollo and NIP
EVENT – Conference: XVIII Meetings of the LACEA/ IADB/ WB/ UNDP – Research Network on Inequality and Poverty (NIP)
SPEAKER(S): various
Description:
For more information on the agenda, please click here: http://ilas.columbia.edu/newsevents/page/research_network_on_inequality_and_poverty
Additional Information:
For more information please contact Professor Sara Calvo at sgc28@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21/ 4:00pm – 7:00pm and 10:00am – 6:00pm
LOCATION: Julius S Held Auditorium, Barnard Hall, Barnard College (3009 Broadway, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University, Department of Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College, Institute of Latin American Studies and Education Office at Consulate of Spain in New York
EVENT – Conference: METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TEACHING OF SPANISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE – A WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS, VI
SPEAKER(S): N/A
Description:
This conference seeks to review what for the last decade has been a very innovative trend in the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). It refers to teaching subjects such as science, history and geography to students through a foreign language. This year is dedicated to Integrated Learning and Foreign Language. The three workshops will be in Spanish and will cover different school settings, primary, secondary and university education. As always we will present ideas but also settled ongoing projects, there will be debate and space to think.
Additional Information:
Contact information: Guadalupe Ruiz Fajardo. Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Columbia University
For more information on the seminars, please check out the flyer: http://ilas.columbia.edu/newsevents/page/methodological_developments_in_teaching_spanish_as_a_second_language
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, April 24/ 6:00 pm
LOCATION: Diana Oval, Barnard College (Broadway at 117th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Forum on Migration & Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
EVENT – Lecture: AFRICA IN BRAZIL? SAMBA, HISTORY, AND THE ALLURE AND CHALLENGE OF DIASPORA
SPEAKER(S): Marc Hertzman, Columbia University
Description:
Rather than taking the African origins of samba as a given—as scholars and fans often do—Marc Hertzman examines how diasporic connections were both imagined and silenced by Brazilian musicians, writers, and historians, who put forth competing versions of the music's roots almost as soon as it became a recognizable, celebrated form during the 1920s and '30s. Of particular interest is the surprising, even paradoxical, lessons about the relationship between race and nation that we find by exploring the long, fascinating "history of samba's history."
Bio:
Marc Hertzman is an assistant professor of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University and the author of Making Samba: Race, Gender, Music, and Intellectual Property in Brazil, 1880s-1970s.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, May 3 / 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The University Seminar on Latin America
EVENT – Seminar: FALLING INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN LATIN AMERICA: WILL THE TREND CONTINUE?
SPEAKER(S): Thomas J. Trebat, Executive Director, Institute of Latin American Studies
Description:
Bio:
Additional Information:
To reserve a seat for dinner and drinks at the Columbia University Faculty House on Morningside Drive ($24 cash/check) starting at 5:30 pm. Please RSVP to Justin, the seminar rapporteur, at jce2124@columbia.edu with your name and reservation.
See link for Columbia University campus map - http://www.google.com/imgres?q=columbia+university+campus+map&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1125&bih=674&tbm=isch&tbnid=PQZiYyLIT50zMM:&imgrefurl=http://www.math.columbia.edu/~neumann/&docid=7vVk2aqZMqITFM&w=865&h=816&ei=381yTrT0AYfj0QGzvZTsCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=390&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=168&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=100&ty=116
CLACS/NYU Talks/Conferences/Screening
DATE/TIME: Monday, April 30/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Auditorium, KJCC, New York University (53 Washington Square South, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): 2012 Colloquium Series at NYU
EVENT – Conference: REBOARDING THE JUNO: THE SECOND LOOK AT THE MOMENT IN THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION
SPEAKER(S): Julius Scott, University of Michigan
Bio:
Professor Julius Scott visits us from the University of Michigan, where he teaches in the Department of History and the Program in Afroamerican and African Studies. His research focuses on the Caribbean world in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; slavery and emancipation; and the Haitian Revolution and its impact in Afro-America. Among his publications are "Afro-American Sailors and the International Communication Network: The Case of Newport Bowers,"
in Jack Tar in History: Essays in the History of Maritime Life and Labour, ed. Colin Howell and Richard Twomey (1991) and "Crisscrossing Empires: Ships, Sailors, and Resistance in the Lesser Antilles in the Age of Revolution," in The Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion, ed. R.L. Paquette (1996).
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: Monday, April 16/ 6:00pm
LOCATION: Commons West, Marymount Manhattan College (221 East 71st Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Department of History at Marymount Manhattan College
EVENT – Lecture: TELEVISING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD: SERIALIZING DEVELOPMENT TO CASTRO WITH KENNEDY IN THE 1960S
SPEAKER(S): Seth Fein, Director of Graduate Studies at ILAS and Visiting Assistant Professor at Barnard College
Description:
In what ways did U.S. foreign policy makers use Latin American television to help America win the Cold War? Come hear historian Seth Fein explore the relationship between media and international relations during the 1960s, a decade marked by a newly communist Cuba, a nuclear missile stand-off, and an American presidential assassination.
Bio:
Seith Fein is the Director of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Barnard College. His work focuses on the crossborder Americas and audiovisual culture. Before moving to Columbia he was a professor of history at Yale (2002-2010) where he taught graduate and undergraduate course on the international and transnational histories of the Americas. His book, Transnational
Projections: The United States in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, will be published by Duke. He is now completing the research and writing of a collection of essays, The Idea of the Western Hemisphere, and directing a documentary film on the topic called Our Neighborhood.
Additional information:
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, April 18/ 1:00pm
LOCATION: Campus Center, Bard College
SPONSOR(S): Hannah Arendt Center fro Politics and Humanities at Bard College
EVENT – Conference: CUBA TODAY AND TOMORROW: THE INDIVIDUAL CAUGHT BETWEEN NATIONS
SPEAKER(S): Seth Fein, Director of Graduate Studies at ILAS and Visiting Assistant Professor at Barnard College
Description:
1:00 PM-1:30 PM-Cuban Bard students speak of their experience in coming to the U.S., MPR
1:30 PM-2:00 PM – Study Abroad office & Bard students who studied in Cuba offer a video/slide presentation, MPR
2:00 PM-3:00 PM – Cuban music & dance, MPR
3:30 PM-5:00 PM – Screening and discussion of Brin-Jonathan Butler's documentary film, "Split Decision" about the defection of Cuban boxing legend, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Weis
5:15 PM - Reception with Hors D'Oeuvres, Weis
5:30 PM – Keynote Address by Ruth Behar & Carlos Eire, Weis
6:30PM - Panel Discussion, "Cuba Today & Tomorrow" with Carlos Eire, Scott Price, Ruth Behar, Brin-Jonathan Butler, moderated by Edie Meidav, Weis
7:30 PM – Book sale and signing with participants, Weis
Additional Information:
Contact: Bridget Hollenback, bhollenb@bard.edu or at 845-758-7878
Website: http://bard.edu/hannaharendtcenter
DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 19/ 6:00pm – 8:00pm
LOCATION: Conference Room 529, the New School (80 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Janey Program in Latin American Studies at New School and the History Department at Eugene Lang College
EVENT – Lecture: COLONIAL LAWAND NATIVE CUSTOMS: INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS IN COLONIAL SPANISH AMERICA
SPEAKER(S): Tamar Herzog, Stanford University
Description:
Bio:
Prof. Herzog's work "centers on the relationship between Spain, Portugal, Portuguese and Spanish America and the ways by which Iberian societies changed as a result of their involvement in a colonial project." See more at: http://history.stanford.edu/herzog_tamar
Additional Information:
*Free and open to the public*
For more information, please send an email to janeyprogram@newschool.edu
DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 19/ 6:30pm – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Americas Society/ Council of the Americas (680 Park Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Americas Society and the Council of the Americas
EVENT – Panel: AMERICAS QUARTERLY FIFTH-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
SPEAKER(S):
Ricardo Lagos, former president of Chile
Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru
*Additional speakers and live music to be confirmed.
MODERATOR(S): Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society and Council of the Americas
Description:
Join us to celebrate the fifth-year anniversary of Americas Quarterly. This special event will include a discussion with two former presidents on political and economic changes and challenges in our hemisphere. Following the discussion, guests are invited to a reception featuring live music.
Registration: 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Presentation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Reception: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Additional Information:
Prior registration is required. Registration Fee: $15.00 for AS* and COA Members; $25.00 for all other AS members and Non-Members. Students will receive complimentary passes to the event.
To register please email wescarfuller@as-coa.org.
Please follow this link to register: http://coa.counciloftheamericas.org/calevent.php?id=1284
Please contact Wilda Escarfuller at wescarfuller@as-coa.org or 212-277-8387 or please visit www.as-coa.org.
Press Inquiry: Please contact Alex Andrews at 212-277-8384 or aandrews@as-coa.org.
Cancellation Policy: By email, jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org by 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
DATE/TIME: Friday, April 20/ 9:00am – 11:00am
LOCATION: Inter-American Development Bank, Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center (1330 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC)
SPONSOR(S): The Council of the Americas and the Inter-American Development Bank
EVENT – Panel: FINANCIAL MARKETS INTEGRATION IN LATIN AMERICA
SPEAKER(S): TBA
Description:
SAVE THE DATE: Financial Markets Integration in Latin America
The Council of the Americas, in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, will hold a public panel discussion on the integration of capital markets in Latin America (MILA), which will create the largest exchange in the region by market capitalization and the second-largest by number of issuers.
Concurrent with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings, the goal of this discussion is to analyze the benefits and mechanics of the integration of the Colombian, Chilean, and Peruvian stock markets and the interest by other regional exchanges (such as Mexico) in integrating with the MILA exchange; to discuss the opportunities for investors, issuers, and intermediaries; and to outline the market and regulatory challenges, based on similar experiences in other parts of the world.
Additional Info:
Council Of The Americas: http://coa.counciloftheamericas.org
Americas Society/Council of the Americas
New York: 680 Park Ave., New York, NY 10065 • 212-628-3200
Washington: 1615 L St, NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20036 • 202-659-8989
Miami: 2655 LeJeune Road, 5th Floor, Coral Gables, FL 33134 • 305-779-4816
DATE/TIME: Friday, April 20/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room TBA (365 5th Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): New York City Latin American History Workshop
EVENT – Latin American History Workshop: PERUVIANS IN HIGH PLACES: AERIAL MODERNITY'S SURPRISE LANDING IN THE ANDES, 1910- 1911
SPEAKER(S): Willie Hiatt, Long Island University at C.W. Post
Additional Info:
To join the NYCLAHW mailing list or for more information, contact Julia del Palacio at ajd2128@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Monday, April 23/ 12:30 PM
LOCATION: The Graduate Center, Skylight Room (365 Fifth Avenue @ 34th Street)
SPONSOR(S): The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
EVENT – Seminar: CHURCH AND STATE INA CHANGING CUBA
SPEAKER(S): Roberto Veiga González. Editor, Espacio Laical Havana Catholic Magazine
MODERATOR(S): Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Description:
Since its founding in 2005, the Catholic magazine Espacio Laical has provided a widely read channel for critical reflection on Cuban reality and national reconciliation. Published online under the auspices of Catholic Church in Havana, it has included Cuban academics from the island and outside. These authors offered diverse views on the political, social, economic and cultural challenges faced by Cuban society. Current and past issues can be found in www.espaciolaical.org
Bio:
Roberto Veiga González received his Law degree from the University of Havana. Currently he serves as editor of the catholic magazine Espacio Laical as well as Professor at Seminario San Carlos y San Ambrosio in Havana, and national vice-coordinator of the Unión Católica de Prensa in Cuba. He is affiliated with the Commission of Peace and Justice in the Archdiocese in Havana. In addition, he is the official notary of the Tribunal Eclesiástico. Veiga González is author of numerous publications and articles regarding social and political affairs in Cuba
Additional Information: Reservation is required. Please send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu |
DATE/TIME: Monday, May 7 and Tuesday, May 8/ TBA
LOCATION: Washington, DC (TBA)
SPONSOR(S): Council of the Americas and the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
EVENT – Conference: GLOBAL RECOVERY: THE REGIONAL VIEW
SPEAKER(S):
Vice President Amado Boudou, Argentina
Speaker of the House John Boehner, U.S. House of Representatives
Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative
Chairman and President Fred Hochberg, U.S. Export-Import Bank
Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Roberta Jacobson, U.S. Department of State
Description:
How has Latin America continued to grow within a sluggish global economy? Are there lessons that can be learned? Will growth continue? What does the future hold?
Join the Council of the Americas for our 42nd annual Washington Conference on the Americas as we bring together senior government and business leaders to explore these issues in depth.
Additional Info:
To view registration and hotel information, please click here.
To view last year's conference highlights please click here.
For more information about past conferences please click here.
For registration or sponsorship information, please contact the Council of the Americas 202-659-8989 or email: sdavis@as-coa.org
Call for Papers: Althusser in Latin America
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Organized by the Departments of Philosophy and History, and the Network for the Study of the Latin American Left (REIAL), Universidad Michoacana (UMSNH)
Morelia, Michoacán: Monday, May 21 and Tuesday, May 22, 2012
In this international colloquium, open to scholars, students, independent researchers, and political activists, we seek to explore the reception of Louis Althusser's work in Latin America.
The call for papers encompasses, but is not limited, to the following topics:
• The impact of Althusser's work on Latin American social theory
• 1960s–1970s: Althusser's reception by the Latin American New Left
• Althusserianism: internal tensions and methodological problems
• The early and the late Althusser: silences and theoretical promises
• Between philosophy and politics: Althusser's relevance for the analysis of Latin
American social movements in the XXI century
Selection Process
Please email a one-page abstract of the paper, preferably in Spanish, by March 31, 2012 to:
ap2071@columbia.edu and miguelangelurrego@yahoo.com.
Organizing Committee
Anna Popovitch, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, UMSNH Fernanda Navarro, Philosophy Department, UNAM and Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, UMSNH
Miguel Ángel Urrego, Department of History, UMSNH y REIAL
Fulbright Awards
Deadline(s): vary
Sponsor: Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Title: Fulbright
Web Site: http://www.cies.org/
SYNOPSIS: The sponsor will provide teaching, teaching/research, research chair, and study abroad opportunities throughout the world.
Inspire Fellows Program (Summer 2012)
Youth Organizations Umbrella (Y.O.U.) is pleased to announce its Inspire Fellows Program for the summer of 2012. The fellowship offers graduate and upper-undergraduate students a full-time opportunity to learn best-practices in youth development and to prepare for a career in youth development, education, or the non-profit sector.
Inspire Fellows serve as workshop leaders and counselors for Y.O.U.'s 9-week summer program. Fellows are chosen to develop and facilitate specific workshops in one of three areas: arts and literature, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), or recreational activities. Additionally, all fellows help lead discussions and workshops on life skills topics.
Primary responsibilities of Inspire Fellows include:
· Develop and facilitate youth activities in your chosen area that promote academic, social, and emotional development.
· Supervise youth activities in a safe, sensitive, developmentally appropriate, positive manner.
· Maintain positive, supportive relationships with youth.
· Nurture supportive relationships with parents, school administrators, teachers, students, and community representatives.
· Develop and maintain good working relationships with supervisors, coworkers, and volunteers within Y.O.U., and with others in the community who offer information about, resources for, or services to young people in Evanston.
· Maintain timely and accurate records concerning youth participation and outcomes.
· Identify and recommend opportunities for continuous improvement in Y.O.U. programming.
The Fellowship experience offers a unique opportunity for growth for students thinking about a career in youth development, education, the arts, or non-profits. Fellows have close supervision of their work and are provided with both formal and informal feedback to help them grow. In this way, fellows develop their leadership skills, enhance their understanding of youth development, and build their non-profit management skills.
The Fellowship runs full time from June 11 through August 17. The first week offers Fellows a comprehensive orientation and training on Y.O.U., non-profit management, and positive youth development. The next nine weeks consist of high-impact summer programming.
The Fellowship offers a stipend of $1,000. (Y.O.U. is also glad to provide documentation to any students who receive support from their universities for summer employment with a non-profit organization).
For more information, visit www.inspirefellowsprogram.org or contact kathryn.cai@youevanston.org.
Excelencia in Education Award for Departments
Deadline: April 16, 2012
Sponsor: Excelencia in Education
Program Number: 03240
Title: Examples of Excelencia
E-mail: nominations@edexcelencia.org
Web Site: http://www.edexcelencia.org/initiatives/examples-of-excelencia/full
SYNOPSIS: Excelencia in Education provides an award to identify and honor programs and departments at the forefront of increasing academic opportunities and improving achievement for Latino students at the Associate, Baccalaureate and Graduate levels.
We are looking for programs and departments with the following characteristics:
•Record of achievement in graduating Latino students
•Evidence of effectiveness in serving Latino students
•Leadership with demonstrated commitment to accelerating Latino student achievement by measuring progress and implementing practices and policies to achieve the goal
•Strong networks with other stakeholders, including schools and colleges, clinics, other community-based organizations, practitioners, and professionals
•Professional staff focused on addressing the needs of Latino students and all students
•Services and programs that integrate Latino culture and enhance Latino students' navigation between their homes, community, schools and their professions
How do I nominate?
Nominations for the 2012 Examples of Excelencia are accepted from January 25 to April 16, 2012. Please join us for the Celebración de Excelencia in Washington, DC on October 2, 2012 to recognize the 2012 Examples of Excelencia.
Programs or departments need to be nominated and a profile needs to be completed to be considered for the 2012 Examples of Excelencia. Click here to nominate.
If you are nominating your own program/department, click here to complete your program/department profile.
Click here to download Frequently Asked Questions and Profile Submission Instructions.
Deadline(s): 04/16/2012
Link to full program description: http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spin_prog.asp?03240
2012 ASCE GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD COMPETITION
Deadline: May 20, 2012
The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) is a nonpolitical, professional international association dedicated to the study of the Cuban economy in its broader political, social, and cultural context.
The Jorge Pérez-López Student Award Competition
ASCE Student Award Committee is accepting nominations for the 2012 Jorge Pérez-López Student Award Competition. Anyone can nominate original papers authored by undergraduate and graduate students in good standing. The papers should address topics related to Cuba's domestic issues, its foreign relations, or Cuba in comparative perspectives. Papers cannot be co-authored with an instructor. At a minimum, all papers must outline a thesis statement, present evidence or data supporting it, confine to 5000 words double-spaced length, and follow one of the standard academic writing and citations styles. Self-nominations are also welcomed. All correspondences must be accompanied by a letter stating the name, school affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and email of the nominee as well as a brief statement describing the merits of the nomination.
Graduate Awards
First prize $ 150, up to $600 travel, and publication in Cuba in Transition.
Second prize Honorary Mention.
Undergraduate Awards
First prize $100, up to $400 travel, and publication in Cuba in Transition.
Second prize Honorary Mention.
All students who enter the competition will receive a one year complimentary membership in ASCE, which will entitle them to receive our publications and newsletter. If they wish to attend the annual meeting in Miami, they will also receive a complimentary conference and key speaker luncheon invitation (but no travel allowance, except to the first prize winners).
Deadline
Papers received or postdated by May 20, 2012 will be considered. The winner of the competition will be announced in June.
Basis for Award
A panel of scholars on the basis of relevance, originality, quality, contribution, and clarity of presentation will judge papers. The 5000 words limit for the essay will be STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Submission and Information
Please send an electronic MS Word or PDF attachment of the paper to:
Dr. Enrique S. Pumar,
Chair Student Award Committee
Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy
pumar@cua.edu; asce@ascecuba.org.
COLUMBIA'S CSER LAUNCHES INDIGENOUS STUDIES SUMMER PROGRAM
The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) is launching the Indigenous Studies Summer Program (ISSP) at Columbia University this coming May 21, 2011. A two-week intensive program aimed at researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students; ISSP provides an overview and analysis of the major questions in indigenous affairs today, as they have emerged globally in the last decades. This is the first program of its kind in the history of Columbia University.
CSER Director Frances Negrón-Muntaner described the program as a "significant contribution to the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and Columbia at large." She added: "Not only does the program consolidate the Center's reputation as a thriving space for Native American and indigenous studies, it will enable global collaborations between Columbia and other institutions around indigenous studies and policy."
Led Columbia professor and former Chief of the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Elsa Stamatopoulou, ISPP has been designed as an interdisciplinary program, incorporating 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 to the United Nations and to key US institutions to meet with government officials on indigenous affairs. The program will examine how indigenous peoples have impacted and continue to impact thinking and policies at various levels, including in relation to human rights, development, environment, climate change, intellectual property, health, education, lands, resources and self-determination. "Since the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007," professor Stamatoupolou pointed out, "there is renewed interest in indigenous peoples' issues among practitioners and researchers alike. This program will address an important need not only in the New York area but at the national and international level as well."
The program runs from May 21 through June 1, 2012. For a detailed description and application form, please see enclosed attachment. ISPP is now accepting applications through April 15, 2012.
For more information, please contact the Center of the Study of Ethnicity and Race at cser@columbia.edu or 212-854-0507.
Huaylas Quechua Program
The Center for Social Well Being offers a 6 week Intensive Quechua Language course in the north-central Peruvian Andes. The program is designed for students who require class instruction and Quechua immersion contexts to develop language proficiency. FLAS Foreign Language and Area Studies grantees are eligible to apply.
Course Content, Structure and Activities
Beginning, intermediate and advanced courses are offered that provide concentrated class hours focused on grammar, vocabulary and the development of speaking skills and listening comprehension of Huaylas Quechua, native to the region. The Center for Social Well Being is affiliated with the Regional Academy of Ancash Quechua, an association composed of bilingual school teachers, historians, writers, folklorists, musicians, poets and other professionals dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of the Quechua language. All university-trained in intercultural education, our team of Quechua instructors offer an academically rigorous program, complemented with an orientation to Quechua creative expressions of local myths, legends, songs and poetry. The program is structured into 4 hour classroom sessions each morning, and a 2 hour workshop of conversation, songs and poetry every afternoon. The 6 week session provides 180 contact hours with native speakers, equivalent to 1 year of university study. Our teachers guide students to their home communities and the schools where they teach for in-context language practice and skills acquisition. A highlight of the program is student participation in fiestas and the revitalization of Andean rituals in honor of the spirits of the earth and cosmos. Program site The Center for Social Well Being is located on an ecological ranch in the Quechua-speaking community of Cajamarquilla, nestled in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Callejón de Huaylas, 7 hours northeast of Lima. Students lodge here for the duration of the program to fully engage in rural activities where there are plenty of opportunities to practice Quechua conversation. Excursions to archaeological sites, glacial lakes, hotsprings and impressive mountain passes are available. The program is under the direction of Applied Medical Anthropologist, Patricia J. Hammer, Ph.D., and Ecologist, Flor de María Barreto Tosi.
Total Program Cost: $6,000 US dollars that includes all program tuition and fees, food and accommodations at the rural center, and course materials.
Please contact us for 2012 program dates. Shorter 3 week programs may also be scheduled.
For an application contact: phammer@wayna.rcp.net.pe
Further information available at www.socialwellbeing.org
2012 UCLA Travel Study – Salvador Bahia, Brazil
UCLA is offering Portuguese Language in the Brazilian Context through the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The program runs from June 23 to August 4, 2012. For more information, please access the link to the flyer: http://www.ieo.ucla.edu/travelstudy/pdf/flyer/FlyerPortuguese-Brazil.pdf
Jobs, Internships, Volunteer Opportunities
(Posts will be available for 4 weeks)
Manna Project International Summer Internships in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala (NEW)
Who: Current college students & recent grads
What: 4 or 8-week summer internships for current students
Where: In Guatemala, Ecuador, or Nicaragua!
When: Summer internships run from May 12 to July 8
Why: Immerse yourself in a new culture while learning Spanish and gaining more leadership & service experience than you can fit on your resume.
How: To learn more about these exciting opportunities, or apply, visit our internship page today!
Manna Project International Program Director Position in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala (NEW)
Who: Current college students & recent grads
What: 13-month Program Director positions for recent graduates
Where: In Guatemala, Ecuador, or Nicaragua!
When: Program Director positions run from July 2012 - August 2013.
Why: Immerse yourself in a new culture while learning Spanish and gaining more leadership & service experience than you can fit on your resume.
How: To learn more about these exciting opportunities, or apply, visit our Program Director page today!
Four Graduate Assistant Positions at CC and SEAS Office of Multicultural Affairs, Columbia University (Posted on March 9)
Deadline: April 27 at 5pm
Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Affairs – Leadership and Advisement
Graduate Assistant of Multicultural Affairs – Diversity Education and Training
Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Affairs – LBGTQ Programming and Training
Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Affairs – Intercultural Resource Center
**Please note all positions will begin August 2012 and require 15-20 hours commitment per week. Hourly rate is commensurate with experience.**
Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Affairs -- Leadership and Advisement
The GA will support the OMA Assistant Director with the advisement of student organizations and cultural heritage months (specifically Black Heritage Month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Months) by providing guidance on event management, University policies and procedures, and leadership development to student leaders. Additionally, the GA will assist with the programming associated with the opening receptions for each heritage month.
The GA will work with the OMA Assistant Director in hosting and facilitating regularly scheduled discussion groups that explore various political and social themes targeted to specific communities – for instance women of color, racial/ ethnic communities, or membership of a student club. The GA will be responsible for assisting with constituency-based outreach.
The GA may support in office projects, such as conducting research and maintaining contact with other colleges and universities to keep the office abreast of current trends within multicultural affairs in higher education.
The GA will participate in Multicultural Affairs and Student Affairs committees, trainings, retreats and general campus activities that are supportive of Multicultural Affairs and Student Affairs as needed.
The GA must be available for frequent evening and weekend programs and meetings.
Graduate Assistant of Multicultural Affairs – Diversity Education and Training
The Graduate Assistant will assist the Office of Multicultural Affairs with the development and implementation of diversity education programs and trainings for CC, SEAS, & GS students, and with the administration and advisement of the Respecting Ourselves and Others Through Education (ROOTEd) Program.
ROOTEd is a peer facilitation program focusing on student-run conversations on issues of social power and privilege. Responsibilities will include assisting with participant selection, two weekend-long training retreats in fall and spring, curriculum development, scheduling, team development, supervision and advisement of the co-coordinators, and program evaluation. The general advising component for the (appx) 15 ROOTEd student facilitators will include weekly attendance at their Monday night program, weekly meeting with the group, and one-on-one mid-year and end-of-the-year meetings with facilitators to assess team process and offer constructive feedback.
The GA may be asked to prepare or assist in preparing reports and in-house publications relating to diversity education as well as gathering up to date research in the area.
Additionally, the GA will participate in Multicultural Affairs and Student Affairs programs, trainings, retreats, and general campus activities that are supportive of Multicultural Affairs and Student Affairs.
The GA for Diversity Education and Training must be available for evening programs (particularly Monday nights) and occasional weekend trainings.
Candidates with a strong background in group facilitation, facilitation training and multicultural/diversity training are preferred. PhD students are highly encouraged to apply.
If interested, please send your resume and cover letter to multicultural@columbia.edu. In your cover letter, please specify which position(s) you are applying to.
Deadline to apply is Friday, April 27, 2012 at 5pm
To learn more about the OMA, please visit: www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/multicultural/
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