Institute of Latin American Studies – ILAS Weekly Digest: September 24, 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
Columbia’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library Announce The New Latino Arts and Activism Archive
NEW YORK, August 30, 2012— Today, Columbia University announced the launch of the Latino Arts and Activism Archive, a joint initiative of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, with the acquisition of the papers, videos and photographs of pioneering New York Puerto Rican community activist and writer Jack Agüeros.
The Agüeros Collection, to be housed at Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript library, marks the beginning of the Latino Arts and Activism Archive initiative that seeks to acquire the papers and records of Latinos and Latino organizations in New York that may be of enduring significance as research resources. Areas of principal interest include the arts, politics, and community-based organizations.
“New York has a very rich Latino cultural and political history,” says Frances Negrón-Muntaner, director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and a professor of English and comparative literature. “In addition to being an innovative writer, Jack Agüeros was a pivotal figure of New York’s Puerto Rican renaissance, a major cultural and political movement in the city in the late 1960s and into the 1980s,” she said. “To have these materials enriches our understanding of our present and our past.”
Jack Agüeros, who turns 78 on September 2, attended Brooklyn College after serving in the Air Force, spent the 1960s working with a variety of community groups. He moved from the Office of Economic Opportunity, a federal agency created by President Lyndon Johnson to fight the War on Poverty, to New York City's Community Development Agency (CDA), created by Mayor John Lindsay. As deputy commissioner of CDA, Agüeros was the highest ranking Puerto Rican in the City’s administration. Subsequently, he directed El Museo del Barrio from 1977 to 1986, the preeminent museum of Latino and Caribbean art in the United States, expanding its collection and moving the museum from a Third Avenue storefront to its present location on Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile.
Mr. Agüeros is also a poet, playwright, short-story writer, translator, and author of five books. But while some of Mr. Agüeros’s early work was published, notably his essay about growing up in East Harlem, “Halfway to Dick and Jane” (in “The Immigrant Experience,” 1971), his first book, “Correspondence Between the Stonehaulers”, didn't appear until 1991. His other books of poems include “Lord, Is This a Psalm?” (2002) and “Sonnets from the Puerto Rican” (1996). He is also the translator of “Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos” (1996) and the author of “Dominoes & Other Stories from the Puerto Rican” (1993). Mr. Agüeros has won numerous awards for his writing, including the 2012 Asan World Prize for Poetry, given by the Kumaran Asan Memorial Association of Kaikara in India. Materials included in the Agüeros Collection include early versions of his poems, plays and short stories; unfinished manuscripts; newspaper clippings documenting his political activities; documents and slides from his days as director of El Museo; and videos of interviews and readings in the early 2000s. Other highlights include his research about Julia de Burgos, a great 20th century Puerto Rican poet whose poems were compiled and translated by Agüeros.
“Documenting New York is one of the many things we do and documenting that which has not previously been documented is particularly important to us,” says Michael Ryan, director of the Rare Book and Manuscripts Library at Columbia University. “It’s important that a collection like this live in the context of a premier academic institution.”
The donation reflects the family’s strong relationship with Columbia and their desire to make the collection available to a wide audience. Agüeros’s daughter, Natalia Agüeros-Macario (GSAS’12), worked at Columbia’s Center for Environment, Economy and Society for three years and in May received her master’s degree in sustainability management. His youngest son, Marcel Agüeros, is a 1996 graduate of the College, did his post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia and is now an assistant professor of astronomy. “For my family, for my dad, the fact that we have this archive, that it’s going to be at Columbia and that people will be able to use it for research and to know his work, is wonderful,” says Marcel Agüeros. Mr. Agüeros now suffers from Alzheimer's disease and can no longer write. But he will continue to inspire students, writers, and literary scholars through the collection of papers, videos, and photographs he and his children are donating to the Columbia Libraries. The Latino Arts and Activism Archive is a joint initiative of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
ILAS Welcome Fall 2012 Tinker Visiting Professor
Gabriel Negretto is an associate professor of Political Studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City. He holds a Law degree from the University of Buenos Aires, and both a Master of International Affairs with specialization in Latin American Studies and a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University. He has been visiting associate professor at the University of Notre Dame, Princeton University, The New School for Social Research, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Negretto specializes on constitutional politics, institutional change and design, and Latin American political institutions. He has published numerous articles on these topics in American, European, and Latin American academic journals such as the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Law & Society Review, Comparative Political Studies, Latin American Politics and Society, Journal of Latin American Studies, European Journal of Sociology, Government and Opposition, and Desarrollo Economico, among others. His most recent work is the book Making Constitutions. Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America, forthcoming in Cambridge University Press.
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DATE/TIME: Wednesday, September 26/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – MARSLAC Seminar Series: THE CUBAN ECONOMY: CURRENT SITUATION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW GUIDELINES
SPEAKER(S):
Armando Nova, Professor of Centro de Estudio de la Economía Cubana, Universidad de la Habana
Margaret Crahan, Senior Research Scholar, Institute of Latin American Studies
Description:
The Cuban economy has begun an interesting and important process of economic adjustment that covers all sectors with important implications on social and political aspects of the nation. These changes were stimulated by the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy (Lineamientos) adopted at the VI Congress of the Cuban Communist Party in April 2011. Since then focus has been on strengthening agricultural and industrial production, as well as encouraging a non-state sector of small businesses. In addition, the number of public employees has been reduced. Considerable emphasis has been placed on encouraging workers to return to the agricultural sector, in part, through encouraging cooperatives and small farms.
Bio:
Professor Armando Nova of the Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy is widely regarded as Cuba’s leading expert on the agropecuarian sector, as well as issues relating to protecting the environment. He is currently analyzing the impact of the “lineamientos” on Cuba’s economic sustainability, as well as their political and social impact.
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This presentation will be in Spanish
DATE/TIME: Friday, September 28/ 10:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: 1512 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies; the Alliance Program; Mondes Americains, Societes, Circulations, Pouvoirs; and University de Paris I Pantheon- Sorbonne
EVENT – conference: THE THIRD ATLANTIC REVOLUTION: HISPANIC AMERICA, 1810 - 1830
SPEAKER(S):
Opening remarks
Alessia Lefebure, Director of the Alliance Program
Pablo Piccato, Institute of Latin American Studies.
Clément Thibaut, Université de Nantes, "Referencias norteamericanas y francesas en la revolución neogranadina (Colombia y Venezuela actuales)"
Geneviève Verdo, Université de Paris 1, "El imposible reparto del poder en el Río de la Plata"
Annick Lempérière, Université de Paris 1, "Los lugares del poder en la revolución chilena"
COMMENTATOR(S):
Pablo Piccato, Columbia University
Description:
This is the first meeting in the collaboration between the historians of Latin America at the Université de Paris 1, Pantéon-Sorbonne, and Columbia University. With the goal of encouraging student and faculty exchanges, this event will include an open conference on Friday, September 28 from 10am to 1pm.
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Please note that presentations and discussions will be in Spanish and English.
DATE/TIME: Friday, September 28/ 3:00pm – 5:00pm
LOCATION: 201 Casa Hispanica (612 West 116th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Center for Brazilian Studies, the Institute of Latin American Studies, and the Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies
EVENT – Panel: BRAZIL WORLD MUSIC DAY: WHOSE MUSIC IS IT, ANYWAY?
SPEAKER(S):
Carlos Sandroni, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
“The Archives of the Mission of Folklore Research, 1938 – 2012”
Dylon Robbins, New York University
“Music and Political Subjectivity in Cinema Novo”
Alejandra Bronfman, University of British Columbia
“Cosmopolitan Artifacts: Recordings and the Politics of Belonging”
COMMENTATOR(S): Aaron Fox, Columbia University
MODERATOR(S): Marc Hertzman, Columbia University
Description:
This will be a conversation about Property, Theft, and Archives in Brazil and the Americas, with the aim of exploring the relationship among music authors, ownership, and the construction of archival collections.
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Refreshments to follow
DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 25/ to be announced
LOCATION: Faculty House, 2nd Floor, Columbia University
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – First Joint Multidisciplinary Workshop, Free University of Berlin: GLOBALIZATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF SPACES
SPEAKER(S): to be announced
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DATE/TIME: Friday, December 14, 2012/ to be announced
LOCATION: Faculty House, Columbia University
SPONSOR(S): The Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Symposium: FRANK TANNENBAUM AND LATIN AMERICA STUDIES: A HISTORICAL SYMPOSIUM
SPEAKER(S):
Pablo Piccato, Columbia University
Marc Hertzman, Columbia University
Chris Brown, Columbia University
Seth Fein, Columbia University
Alan Knight, Oxford University
Elisa Servin, INAH- Mexico
Servando Ortoll, Universidad de Mexicali
Alejandro de la Fuente
Maria Pallares-Burke
Stuart Schwartz
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Affiliated Talks/Conferences/Screening
DATE/TIME: Thursday, September 27/ 10:00am – 7:00pm
LOCATION: 1501 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Latin American Student Association (LASA) at SIPA and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Conference: OVERCOMING OBSTACLES IN LATIN AMERICA
SPEAKER(S): Various
Description:
Agenda
Welcome and Opening by Dean Robert Lieberman (10am -10:30am)
The Politics of Policies in Latin America (10:30am – 12:30pm)
Crime as a Development Problem for Latin America (1:30pm – 4:00pm)
Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Opportunities and Challenges (4:00pm – 6:00pm)
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For the full agenda, please click here: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/students/lasa/
DATE/TIME: Thursday, September 27/ 12:00pm
LOCATION: BCRW, 101 Barnard Hall (3009 Broadway, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Barnard College
EVENT – Lecture: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PATERNITY TEST
SPEAKER(S): Nara Milanich, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College
Description:
For centuries, Western legal tradition relied on the assumption “pater semper incertus est” (“the father is always uncertain”). But starting in the early twentieth century, scientists began a quest for a biological marker of paternity that could unambiguously link a child to his or her progenitor. Prior to the advent of DNA testing, scientists from around the world experimented with fingerprints, dental evidence, ear shape, and blood typing. Nara Milanich, associate professor of history at Barnard College, examines the link between the history of the paternity test and the history of gender, family, and changing ideas about kinship. Although today paternity can be determined with over 99 percent accuracy, biological certainty by no means displaces legal and social constructions of family. In the age of modern biomedicine, the definition of parentage is arguably as “uncertain” as ever.
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For more information, please visit http://barnard.edu/events/global-history-paternity-test.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 4/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Seminar: LINEAMIENTOS DE LA POLITICA-ECONOMICA-SOCIAL. IMPACTO EN LA ECONOMÍA CUBANA
SPEAKER(S): Armando Nova, Professor of Centro de Estudio de la Economía Cubana, Universidad de la Habana
Bio:
Armando Nova has a doctórate in Economics from the University of Havana. He has worked at various governmental offices in Cuba including the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of the Economy and Planning. He is the author or coauthor of six books on the Cuban economy and over 220 articles. He has also served as an adviser to the FAO, as well as a number of governments other than the Cuban.
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For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.
This presentation will be in Spanish
The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.
DATE/TIME: Friday, October 12/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Room 513 Fayerweather (1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Latin American and Caribbean History Workshop
EVENT – Workshop:
SPEAKER(S): Melissa Morris, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History, Columbia University
Bio:
Melissa Morris is a doctoral student in the History Department at Columbia. She received her B.A. in History and Mass Communications and her M.A. in History from Miami University. Her research interests center on the seventeenth century Atlantic, and specifically in places of contested authority, where imperial powers and indigenous groups encountered one another and both fought and collaborated. Her research looks at how different groups worked together in the earliest stages of the tobacco trade. Her workshop paper, which focuses on St. Christopher (later known as St. Kitts), is one she is preparing to present at the North American Conference on British Studies in Montreal in November.
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Papers will be sent out in advance. To obtain a copy, please contact the coordinators Elizabeth Schwall at ebs2159@columbia.edu or Ariel Lambe at aml2160@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 17/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm
LOCATION: 420 Hamilton Hall (1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
EVENT – Gallery Inauguration: SUPERHEROES
SPEAKER(S): Dulce Pinzon
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For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 24/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm
LOCATION: 420 Hamilton Hall (1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
EVENT – Symposium: RACE AND THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
SPEAKER(S):
Cornel West
Seth Stevens-Davidowitz
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For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 24/ 6:00pm – 8:00pm
LOCATION: Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall (3900 Broadway at 117th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Forum on Migration
EVENT – Seminar: TRANSNATIONAL MUSICIANSHIP: A 1930’S CUBAN ALL WOMEN BAND IN HAVANA, NEW YORK CITY, PARIS, AND MEXICO
SPEAKER(S): Ingrid Kummels, Freie Universitat, Berlin
Description:
This presentation explores the contribution of Anacaona, a Cuban all-women jazz band founded in 1932, to the “son revolution” and the “jazz craze” of the 1930s and 1940s, to the transnationalization of these genres, and to their shaping though modern performances. A theoretical approach that analyzes the attitudes and actions of individual band members and their international networks of musicians allows for assessing the band’s creative dimensions.
Bio:
Ingrid Kummels is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Latin American Institute at the Freie Universität in Berlin. She is a prolific filmaker and author, and recently co-authored Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band (New York, 2007).
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http://barnard.edu/events/transnational-musicianship
DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 25/ 6:00pm
LOCATION: Room 523 Columbia University’s Butler Library (535 West 114th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
EVENT – Launch: JACK AGUEROS – THE AGUEROS ARCHIVE: PRESERVING NEW YORK’S LATINO HERITAGE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S ACQUISITION OF THE PAPERS OF PIONEERING NEW YORK COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND WRITER JACK AGUEROS
SPEAKER(S): N/A
Description:
This event will mark the launch of the “Latino Arts and Activism Archive,” a joint initiative of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.
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For more information, please contact CSER at cser@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 1/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Seminar: THE INDIGENOUS EMERGENCE: FROM UNDERCLASS TO NEW POLITICAL ACTORS
SPEAKER(S): Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, El Colegio de Mexico
Description:
The rise of indigenous movements stems from a long history of colonization, social exclusion and cultural assimilation endured by indigenous communities, and can also be seen as a by-product of the process of democratization that occurred in Latin American countries over the latter part of the twentieth century. New actors in these events were the Miskitos in Nicaragua, the Mapuche in Chile, the Maya in Guatemala, the Zapatistas in southern Mexico, the Quechua in Ecuador, and the election of an Aymara indigenous president in Bolivia. These movements challenge the mainstream view, widely held among academics a few decades ago, that indigenous peoples would disappear under the impact of modernization and state indigenist policies. Marxist analysis, on the other hand, projected the transformation of traditional Indian communities into a revolutionary class poised to overthrow existing power structures. Neither of these scenarios worked out as predicted. The new indigenist movements adopted the language of human rights and cultural identities and worked at the national and international levels to obtain a number of significant constitutional reforms, the recognition of their cultural heritage and increased participation in the public affairs of their countries. The concepts of cultural diversity, multiculturalism and inter-cultural education penetrated the new political discourse. International human rights law has increasingly been invoked in the defense and protection of indigenous peoples. This progress notwithstanding, they continue to be the victims of major human rights violations especially in relation to territorial and land rights, the use of natural resources, the administration of justice, as well as, more recently, within the framework of the war on drugs and questions of national security.
Bio:
Rodolfo Stavenhagen is professor emeritus of sociology at El Colegio de Mexico. He was trained at the University of Chicago (BA), the National School of Anthropology in Mexico (MA) and the University of Paris (PhD). In 2001-2008 he was the first United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He has also been Assistant Director General of UNESCO, in charge of social sciences and their applications. He has also been visiting professor at the Universities of Chicago (2011), Harvard (2000-2001) and Stanford (1990-1993). Among his books in English:
Making the Declaration Work: the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2009; Ethnic Conflicts and the Nation-State, 1996; The Ethnic Question: Development, Conflict and Human Rights, 1990; Social Classes in Agrarian Societies, 1975. Three volumes of his essays are being published by Springer Publications in the series Briefs on Pioneers of Science and Practice (2012).
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For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.
The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.
DATE/TIME: Friday, November 2/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Room 513 Fayerweather (1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Latin American and Caribbean History Workshop
EVENT – Workshop:
SPEAKER(S): Nina Schneider, Visiting Scholar in the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University
Bio:
Nina Schneider is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Essex, U.K., and worked at the Department of European and Extra-European History at the Open University of Germany. Her research interests focus on the history of (post-)authoritan Brazil, politics of memory and human rights, and propaganda. She has received grants from the European Union, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Recent publications include: "Breaking the Silence of the Military Regime: New Politics of Memory in Brazil?" in Bulletin of Latin American Research (2011; "The Supreme Court's recent Verdict on the Amnesty Law: Impunity in Post-authoritarian Brazil" in European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (2011); "Truth no more? The Struggle over the National Truth Commission in Brazil" in Iberoamericana (2011).
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Papers will be sent out in advance. To obtain a copy, please contact the coordinators Elizabeth Schwall at ebs2159@columbia.edu or Ariel Lambe at aml2160@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 8/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm
LOCATION: Teachers College, Room TBA (525 West 120th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Teachers College
EVENT – Round Table: A CONVERSATION ON EDUCATION ACROSS THE AMERICAS
SPEAKER(S): TBA
Description:
Save the date: Teachers College celebrates 50 years of Latin American Studies
We invite you to join us in the university-wide celebration of 50 years of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. A roundtable of exceptional Teachers College alumni will share insights on their active engagement with research and policy in various aspects of education throughout the Americas.
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Reception to follow
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, November 14/ 5:00pm – 7:00pm
LOCATION: 420 Hamilton Hall (1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
EVENT – CSER Latino Speaker Series: ANTI-LATINO RACISM
SPEAKER(S): Linda Martin Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College
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DATE/TIME: Friday, November 30/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: Room 513 Fayerweather (1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Latin American and Caribbean History Workshop
EVENT – Workshop:
SPEAKER(S): Tanya Harmer, Academic Director, London School of Economics and Columbia University Dual Degree Program
Bio:
Tanya Harmer is a specialist on the Cold War in Latin America who earned her Ph.D. in International History from the London School of Economics, where she now teaches. She is the Academic Director of LSE's dual Master's degree program with Columbia in International and World History. Her book Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War (University of North Carolina Press, 2011) focuses on the international history of Chile during the presidency of Salvador Allende with particular reference to Chile's foreign relations with Cuba, the United States, and Brazil during this period.
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Papers will be sent out in advance. To obtain a copy, please contact the coordinators Elizabeth Schwall at ebs2159@columbia.edu or Ariel Lambe at aml2160@columbia.edu
DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 6/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Seminar: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GOVERNANCE
SPEAKER(S): Juan Antonio Morales, Professor of Macroeconomics, Catholic University of Bolivia and Tinker Visiting Professor, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
Description:
Bolivia has been experiencing one of the most radical shifts in economic policy in Latin America under the government of Evo Morales. Two themes dominate the agenda of change: first, rejection of conventional development policies and market-based approaches and, second, measures for a full inclusion of the indigenous people that are the majority in Bolivia. For this, a new constitution was promulgated. Morales’ development model is state-led and inward-looking. Despite this, Bolivia has been following more orthodox fiscal and monetary policies than the other countries grouped in the Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA). Bolivia shares with the ALBA countries the same anti-capitalist, anti-globalization view. Bolivia´s economic performance indicators are the best in ALBA.
Bio:
JUAN ANTONIO MORALES is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia and professor of macroeconomics in the program Maestrías para el Desarrollo at the Catholic University of Bolivia, La Paz. In 2008 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, Catholic University of Bolivia. He has also served as President of the Central Bank of Bolivia from September 1995 to April 2006. He holds the title of Docteur en Sciences Economiques from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium in 1971. As a visiting professor, he has taught in universities in Latin America, Europe and the United States. He has published extensively in Spanish, English and French.
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For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.
The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 6/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Seminar: UNDERSTANDING CUBAN MACROECONOMIC REALITIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
SPEAKER(S): Ricardo Torres, Professor of Economics, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, Universidad de Habana, and Adjunct Research Scholar, Institute of Latin American Studies
Bio:
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
Bio:
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For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.
The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 4/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Panel: HUMAN RIGHTS: CHALLENGES OF THE PAST/ CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
SPEAKER(S):
Katherine Hite, Vassar College
Mark Ungar, CUNY
Speakers to be confirmed:
Thomas G. Weiss, CUNY
Monique Segarra, Bard
Cynthia Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Bio:
More info:
For more information, please contact Laura Vargas at lxv2000@columbia.edu.
The meetings will begin with dinner at 6 pm in the Faculty House with the seminar following at 7 pm in the Tannenbaum Room 802 International Affairs Building. The University Seminars Office has asked that all payments from those who confirm that they would like to have dinner prior to the Seminar that checks be made out to Columbia University in the amount of $25 – NO CASH will be accepted – The seminar rapporteur Laura will collect your checks prior to dinner that day.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, May 2/ 7:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Room 802 IAB (420 West 118th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): University Seminar on Latin America and the Institute of Latin American Studies
EVENT – Seminar: POLITICOS, PROSTITUTES, AND SCROUNDELS: RETHINKING LATIN AMERICAN MYTHS
SPEAKER(S):
Adriana Perez, CUNY
Anne Hayes, CUNY
Alejandro Quintana, St. John’s University
Ilan Ehrlich, Bergen Community College
Bio:
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
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Outside Talks/Conferences/Screening
DATE/TIME: Thursday, September 27/ 12:30pm
LOCATION: The Graduate Center, The Skyligh Room (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Bildner Center at CUNY
EVENT – Lecture: CUBA TODAY: CHANGE TO REMAIN UNCHANGED?
SPEAKER(S): Jose Viera Linares, Former Cuban Diplomat and Policy Advisor
Description:
Change to Remain Unchanged?", a lunchtime conversation with José Raúl Viera Linares on the evolving process of reform in Cuba. Viera served as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1990, often participating in cabinet meetings, and represented Cuba at high level international conferences. He received a Law degree from Havana University, a Certificate of English studies at Louisiana State University, and a Certificate of Studies of Property Rights in Cuba from the Union of Cuban Lawyers.
After the revolution Viera served as a voluntary teacher with the Institute of Agrarian Reform and as manager of a sugar mill. His diplomatic career included postings in Spain, Honduras, Chile, Bolivia, Counselor at the Cuban Mission to the UN (1966-1970), and Deputy Minister in charge of International Organizations. He served as legal adviser to three state companies, concluding his professional work with Inmobilaria del Tourismo (Tourism Real Estate) from 1998 to 2010. Viera and his wife Maria Cecilia Bermudez have translated into Spanish for publication in Cuba two books by Dr. Louis A. Perez, Jr. of the University of North Carolina, _On Becoming Cuban. Identity, Nationality & Culture and Cuba in the American Imagination_. In his talk he will share his entirely personal perspective on Cuba today, the history of his generation, and the impact of US policy today
More info:
Please reserve by sending an email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu
DATE/TIME: Thursday, September 27/4:00 pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: The Orozco Room (66 West 12th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and the New School
EVENT – Lecture: STRUCTURAL CHANGE FOR EQUALITY
SPEAKER(S): Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean
INTRODUCTION:
David Van Zandt, President of The New School
DISCUSSANT(S):
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School for Public Engagement
William Milberg, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics at The New School for Social Research
Description:
Alicia Bárcena will present the new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC). This report is an important new initiative on rethinking economic policy in the face of the global economic crisis and was submitted to Latin American governments in El Salvador in August 2012.
Ms. Bárcena assumed office as the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on 1 July 2008
More info:
The event is in English, free, and open to the public
Seating is limited, RSVP by September 24 to ola@newschool.edu
For more information, visit the OLA website
DATE/TIME: Friday, September 28/ 3:00pm
LOCATION: Quad Cinema (34 West 13th St # B, New York, NY 10011)
SPONSOR(S):
EVENT – Documentary Screening: HARVEST OF EMPIRE
SPEAKER(S): N/A
Description:
The documentary Harvest of Empire, which is based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist Juan González chronicles the untold history of Latinos in America and is set to premier at the Quad Cinema in New York City on September 28th 2012. Featuring real life stories and rare archival footage, the film examines the political events, social conditions, and U.S. government actions that led millions of Latino families to leave their homelands in an unprecedented wave of migration over the past six decades. Interviewees featured in the documentary include Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Junot Díaz, Mexican historian Lorenzo Meyer, journalists Maria Hinojosa and Geraldo Rivera, Grammy award-winning singer Luis Enrique, and poet Martín Espada. At a time of heated and divisive debate over federal immigration policy, producers Eduardo López and Wendy Thompson-Marquez felt it was important to offer a rare and powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely-noted triumphs of the millions of Latino immigrants who are transforming the cultural and economic landscape of the nation.
For more info:
SNEAK PEEK: http://harvestofempireonline.com/pages/trailer.html
Harvest of Empire Online: http://harvestofempireonline.com/index.html
Harvest of Empire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarvestOfEmpire
Harvest of Empire Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaofEm
DATE/TIME: Friday, October 5/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: The Graduate Center, Room 9206/07 (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Bildner Center at CUNY
EVENT – Seminar: FORMS OF PROPERT IN THE CUBAN ECONOMY: AGRICULTURE
SPEAKER(S): Armando Nova, University of Havana
DISCUSSANT(S): Mario Gonzalez-Corzo, Lehman College, CUNY
MODERATOR(S): Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Bio:
Armando Nova is a senior researcher and professor at the Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy at the University of Havana. He earned his doctorate degree in economics at the University of Havana in 1989 and his BA in economics at the University of Havana in 1969. He has conducted more than 84 research studies on the Cuban economy and has published more than 65 articles in different Cuban and international journals. He is the author of La agricultura en Cuba: evolución y trayectoria, 1959-2005 (Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2006), Aspectos económicos de los cítricos en Cuba (Editorial Científico-Técnica, 1988) and a third book as well as co-authored two other volumes.
Mario González-Corzo (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Lehman College of The City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in economics and finance and serves as Director of the Master of Science (M.S.) in Business Program. His research interests and areas of specialization include Cuba's post-Soviet economic developments, the role of remittances in the Cuban economy, and Cuba's banking and agricultural sectors. Dr. González Corzo also works as Contributing Editor for the section on Cuban political economy and economics of the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) published by the Library of Congress. He is also a Research Associate at the Cuba Transition Project in the Institute of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami (FL), where he publishes Enfoque Económico.
Mauricio Font is director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and professor of sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. His research examines problems of development and reform in Brazil, Cuba and Latin America as well as international cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.
More info:
Please reserve by sending email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu
DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 11/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: The Graduate Center, Room C201/02 (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): Bildner Center at CUNY
EVENT – Book Launch: TRIBES OF THE AMAZON: PROTECTING THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
SPEAKER(S): Scott Wallace, Writer, Producer and Photojournalist
Bio:
Scott Wallace is a writer, producer and photojournalist who specializes in hard-hitting reportage of world and national affairs. His assignments have taken him from the deepest Amazon to the Alaskan Arctic, from clandestine arms bazaars in post-Soviet Russia to raids on suspected fedayeen hideouts in the slums of Baghdad. In his most recent work The Unconquered, Wallace tells the extraordinary tale of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet’s last uncontacted indigenous tribes.
More info:
*Mr. Wallace will be available for a book signing at the end of the event.
Please RESERVE by sending an email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu
DATE/TIME: Friday, October 19/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.
EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: ACROSS SEAS AND BORDERS: CHARTING THE WEBS OF RADICAL INTERNATIONALISMS AND EXILE IN THE GREATER CIRCUM-CARIBBEAN, 1918-1940
SPEAKER(S): Barry Carr, LaTrobe University
More information:
Free and open to the public. Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 8 to Tuesday, December 11
LOCATION: Carnegie Hall
SPONSOR(S): Carnegie Hall
EVENT – Performances: VOICES FROM LATIN AMERICA
SPEAKER(S): N/A
Description:
From the irresistible rhythms of Afro-Cuban jazz to the sophistication of Brazilian samba, from the passionate intensity of Mexican rancheras to the infectious joy of Venezuela’s El Sistema social-action movement, Latin American culture has captured the world’s imagination. In Voices from Latin America—from November 8 through December 11, 2012—Carnegie Hall pays tribute to these cultures that have fueled the world’s imagination in a citywide festival.
Under the guidance of Osvaldo Golijov (holder of this season’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair), Carnegie Hall has invited three internationally acclaimed performers to curate series of concerts that spotlight their vibrant musical cultures—singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil and Brazilian popular music, pianist-composer Chucho Valdés and Afro-Cuban jazz, and conductor Gustavo Dudamel and El Sistema in Venezuela.
In addition, a citywide celebration of Mexican music and culture will be presented in partnership with Celebrate México Now, culminating in a tribute to legendary singer Chavela Vargas at Carnegie Hall.
With more than 60 events, the festival includes music, dance, film, art, photography, and more. Voices from Latin America includes four weeks of events and exhibitions at Carnegie Hall and partner organizations throughout the city.
For more information:
So see the complete list of events, please click the link: :
http://www.carnegiehall.org/ch/pages/1-3-1-3-1-3-1.aspx?pageid=10737418903
DATE/TIME: Friday, November 2/ 4:00pm – 6:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9206/07 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
EVENT – Seminar: RAUL CASTRO’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC REFORMS IN CUBA: EVALUATION OF RESULTS
SPEAKER(S): Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh
MODERATOR(S): Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Bio:
Carmelo Mesa-Lago is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and has been a visiting professor or researcher in Argentina, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, United Kingdom and the United States, as well as a lecturer in 39 countries. Author of 82 books/phamplets and 275 articles/chapters published in 7 languages in 34 countries, on the Cuban economy, social security and comparative economic systems; founder/editor for 18 years of Cuban Studies. His most recent books: Market, Socialist and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), Cuba's Aborted Reform: Socioeconomic Effects, International Comparisons and Transition Policies (with J. Perez-Lopez, University Press of Florida, 2005), Reassembling Social Security (Oxford University Press, 2012), and Cuba en la era de Raul Castro: Reformas economico-sociales y sus efectos (Editorial Colibri, 2012). He has worked throughout Latin America as regional advisor for ECLAC, consultant with most international financial organizations, several U.N. branches and national/foreign foundations. Was President of the Latin American Studies Association, is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and has received the ILO International Research Prize on Decent Work, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Senior Prize, two Senior Fulbrights, Arthur Whitaker and Hoover Institution Prizes, the Distinction of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, the Bicentennial Medallion of the University of Pittsburgh, Homage for his life work on social security (OISS, CISS) and the Cuban economy (Revista Encuentro) and other awards/grants; was finalist in Spain's Prince of Asturias Prize on Social Sciences 2009.
Mauricio Font is director of the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and professor of sociology at The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York. His research examines problems of development and reform in Brazil, Cuba and Latin America as well as international cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.
More information:
Please reserve by sending email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu
DATE/TIME: Friday, November 16/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.
EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: DID OIL EXPROPRIATION KILL AGRARIAN RADICALISM?: LAND REFORM AND THE POLITICAL CONTROL OF 1930S VERACRUZ
SPEAKER(S): Julia del Palacio, Columbia University
More information:
Free and open to the public. Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.
DATE/TIME: Friday, January 25/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.
EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: CRIME AND EDUCATION IN BRAZIL: IMPERIAL PAST AND CURRENT DEBATE
SPEAKER(S): Ernesto Pimentel, Universidade Federal da Paraiba
More information:
Free and open to the public. Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.
DATE/TIME: Friday, February 22/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.
EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: FIGHTING THE ‘CONJRA ROJA’: THE ANTICOMMUNIST CRUSADES IN MEXICO, 1952-1972
SPEAKER(S): Luis Herran Avila, New School University
More information:
Free and open to the public. Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.
DATE/TIME: Friday, March 22/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9207 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.
EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: FOUNDING FATHERS, FORGOTTEN MOTHERS: RACE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND AMERICAN ICONS
SPEAKER(S): Bruno Carvalho, Princeton University
More information:
Free and open to the public. Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are circulated one week prior to each meeting.
DATE/TIME: Friday, April 19/ 11:00am – 1:00pm
LOCATION: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 8301 (365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY)
SPONSOR(S): CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in History, the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the SUNY-Stony Brook University History Department, and the New School University Historical Studies.
EVENT – New York City Latin American History Workshop: CULTURA Y POLITICA EN EL MOVIEMIENTO ESTUDANTIL URUGAYO DE 1968
SPEAKER(S): Vania Markarian, Universidad de la Republica, Montivideo
More information:
Free and open to the public. Discussions are based on pre-circulated papers prepared by each presenter. Please contact ajd2128@columbia.edu to be placed on the mailing list to receive the papers, which are
circulated one week prior to each meeting.
DATE/TIME: Monday and Tuesday, May 10 and 11/
LOCATION: Yale University
SPONSOR(S): Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at Yale University
EVENT – Conference: NORTHEASTERN GROUP OF NAHUATL STUDIES 2012-2013
SPEAKER(S): To be announced
Description:
Northeastern Group of Nahuatl Studies 2012-13
Annual meeting at Yale
On May 10 and 11, 2013, the Northeastern group of Nahuatl Studies will host the Third Annual Conference and Workshop at Yale. The schedule will include advanced Nahuatl study, group document translation, and papers by scholars.
As with past meetings, the conference will include two sessions. In one session, scholars will gather to work collectively on the translation of documents which will be shared before the meeting. Please contact the organizers if you wish to present a document for study, to make arrangements for its distribution.
The second session will include the presentation of papers on aspects of the Nahuatl language and linguistics, Nahuatl texts, or Nahua ethnohistory. Scholars interested in offering a paper should contact the organizers for inclusion. Papers may deal with any aspect of Nahuatl or Nahua studies, from pre-contact up to the modern era.
Please consider joining us in this exciting weekend, with a document for study, with a paper, or simply by attending. More details will be forthcoming as plans are made final.
In addition in the week following the conference, Dr. John Sullivan is offering intensive courses on Nahuatl. These will include both introductory and intermediate courses on colonial and modern Nahuatl. Please contact him for further details.
The organizers include:
Caterina Pizzigoni (cp2313@columbia.edu)
John Sullivan (idiez@me.com)
Louise Burkhart (burk@albany.edu)
John F. Schwaller (schwallr@potsdam.edu)
Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures
Deadline: November 2, 2012
Please mark your calendars and plan on being with us for the 10th Annual Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures (SECCLL).
In honor of our 10 year Anniversary, the conference will be held at the Hilton DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia, March 28 - 29, 2013.
The deadline for proposal submission is November 2, 2012. Please note, that we are only accepting electronically filed submissions.
Please follow this link to submit your paper - http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/seccllpapers.html
Remember that those whose proposals are accepted and who present in person at the conference are eligible to submit an article for The Coastal Review. Details about our online journal are also available through the conference website - http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/flseccll/index.html
Once again, remember to mark your calendars and we appreciate your willingness to forward this information to your colleagues!
Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies at Lehigh University
Deadline: November 28 for first consideration
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Latin American Studies Program at Lehigh University invite Ph.D. candidates specializing in Latin America, with a clear contemporary Latin American cultural studies focus, to apply for a two-year predoctoral / postdoctoral fellowship, beginning Fall 2013. Applications are welcome from candidates whose research concentrates in any of the following areas: social movements, identity (gender, ethnic, religious, etc.), transnational migration, and/or urbanization. Successful candidates will also demonstrate breadth and depth of cultural and Spanish language experience, and ability to create and offer a Latin American Studies introductory course.
TERMS
The two-year award carries a stipend of $25,000 in the first year. It is renewable for the second year, with a $40,000 salary, provided the fellow completes his/her Ph.D. in time to meet all requirements for the home institution’s spring graduation. The fellowship also provides health benefits, carries up to $1,500 in moving expenses, and $1,500 in research/travel support in the first year and $3,000 in the second year.
ELIGIBILITY
Completion of all requirements for the Ph.D., except the dissertation, by May 15, 2013. Demonstrated potential to complete all Ph.D. requirements in time for Spring 2014 graduation.
CONDITIONS
Renewal of award
Renewal of the award depends on the predoctoral fellow’s completion of all Ph.D. requirements in time for Spring 2014 graduation and meeting all expectations below.
Residence and employment
The fellow must be in residence at the University for the duration of the award period. He/she may accept no employment, fellowships, or consulting obligations during the term of the fellowship.
Teaching load
- One course during the first year as a doctoral candidate and 2 courses during the second year as a postdoctoral fellow.
- The fellow is expected to design and teach an introductory course to Latin American Studies each year.
Other expectations
- Contribution to programming of Latin American Studies events and lectures.
- Active presence on campus and establishment of links with faculty and students.
- Periodic presentations of the fellow’s research to the larger Lehigh academic community.
APPLICATION MATERIALS
- Letter of application stating reasons for interest in the program and indication of objectives to be accomplished during the fellow’s time at Lehigh.
- CV, including the following: personal information; date(s) and location(s) of degree(s) earned; honors and awards; lectures and conference presentations; publications; courses taught; names and telephone numbers of referees.
- Project description, NOT TO EXCEED THREE DOUBLE-SPACED PAGES. This should include a dissertation abstract, dissertation outline, and schedule for completion.
- Three confidential letters of reference to be sent directly by persons qualified to evaluate the candidate. (Original only)
- Send application materials to:
Latin American Studies Program
Predoctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowship
C/O Office of Interdisciplinary Programs
Maginnes Hall, Suite 490
Lehigh University
9 W. Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
- Address inquiries to:
Matthew Bush
Director, Latin American Studies Program
matthew.bush@lehigh.edu
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)
Internship Opportunity in Peru through Vive Peru (NEW)
Want to Visit Peru this Winter? Volunteer and Make a Difference!
Vive Peru is in need of volunteer interns experienced in the areas of Clinical Medicine, Social Work, Teaching Music, Teaching English and Engineering to support our partner organizations and adopted communities in Northern Peru! Work side-by-side with doctors in local clinics and hospitals, volunteer with underprivileged children, share your love for music or languages with the children of Peru. In your free time, explore one of the most ecologically diverse and historically rich countries in the world. Interested? Apply by September 29, 2012 for the experience of a lifetime! Applications available online at www.viveperu.org/apply.php
Winter 2012 December 20, 2012 - January 6, 2013. Program Fee $1500
**Summer, Fall and Spring Program Dates available online at www.viveperu.org/costs.html
What is Vive Peru? Why do I have to pay to volunteer?
Vive Peru is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status dedicated to fostering understanding of Latin American and Peruvian culture and providing much-needed aid to Peruvian communities. We work to promote cultural understanding and implement innovative and self-sustainable programs in the areas of health, education, social work and engineering. Our programs, outreach work and direct donations are funded completely through volunteer donations, which allow our work to continue and our program to be self-sustainable. In the past 18 months, 173 university students from across the country have joined us to donate 17,660 volunteer hours and over $20,700 in donated materials and outreach programs to communities in need in Peru. At local medical campaigns on the coast and in the Andes, we were able to attend to 1431 patients with medical consultations and medications.
Contact Us!
Online at www.viveperu.org
Videography Internship Available (NEW)
World Can’t Wait was founded in 2005, World Can't Wait is a national movement formed to halt and reverse the terrible program of war, repression and theocracy that was initiated by the Bush/Cheney regime and the ongoing crimes that continue to this day.
We are currently seeking an intern to work under the auspices of our War Criminals Watch project.
What? Intern needed to help fund and create an amazing new publication project. Individual will work on producing an interactive, media-rich ebook entitled Redact This! Artists Against Torture.
Duties will include:
· scheduling and coordinating interviews with artists, activists, writers,
and other individuals involved in the struggle to create awareness about torture.
· creating small video documentary for use in crowd-funding campaign.
Experience required:
· video editing experience
· crowd-funding experience
· experience in After Effects a plus
To apply for this position, please send your resume to Stephanie@worldcantwait.org.
Assistant Director at the Center for Democracy in the Americas (Posted on September 14)
Start date: October 15, 2012
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Full time, with minimum 2-year commitment
DESCRIPTION
The Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization that is focused on reforming and improving U.S. policy toward Cuba and Latin America and opposing efforts to root the U.S. relationship with the region in the Cold War policies of the past.
CDA is a small, vibrant, women-led organization that organizes fact-finding missions to the region, does trailblazing research and reports, hosts events, and disseminates what we learn and believe via the news media and the Internet. CDA has country programs for Cuba and Venezuela, but our work also embraces issues facing U.S. policy toward the region more broadly. (www.democracyinamericas.org)
CDA’s staff consists of 3-5 full-time employees, 3 consultants and 1-3 interns. The Assistant Director works directly with the Executive Director and is involved in virtually every aspect of the CDA. He/she shares responsibility for the success of the organization as a whole and for the execution of specific program activities. The Assistant Director’s job includes planning, writing and editing, research, analysis, advocacy, outreach, management, and associated administrative and clerical tasks. It is a great opportunity for an individual passionate about reforming U.S. policy and interested in one day running his/her own advocacy organization.
Specific responsibilities for this job include:
With help from interns and staff, compile, draft, edit, and disseminate the weekly Cuba Central e-newsletter.
Help organize and staff up to 5 CDA trips to the region per year. This work includes: invitation/pre-trip communication with participants; pre-trip briefing and preparation of briefing book; logistics (flights, hotels, transport, tracking of expenses, congressional ethics process); outreach to in-country contacts, agenda planning; trip accounting, note-taking and final report; follow-up correspondence and recording of new contacts into CDA database.
Help organize CDA-sponsored meetings and briefings for U.S. Congress, staff, and foreign policy community.
Coordinate with CDA’s senior analysts the timely editing, translation, and dissemination of monthly publications El Salvador Update and Caracas Connect.
Help coordinate the research, writing, editing, production and dissemination of CDA’s 21st Century Cuba series.
Help generate material and supervise upkeep of CDA website, Facebook and Twitter.
Oversee CDA work plans and master calendar; coordinate and lead staff meetings; manage executive director’s meeting schedule.
Help organize annual meeting and quarterly conference calls of Board of Directors.
Supervise maintenance and upkeep of Salesforce contact database for use in tasks outlined above.
Work closely with the executive director, communications consultant, and program staff to coordinate and help execute CDA’s fundraising plan, including the annual fundraising event, fundraising trips, and the writing and preparation of grant proposals and reports.
Help executive director engage program staff, consultants and board in the design and implementation of CDA’s strategic plan.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Strong interest in Latin America and an open-minded approach to learning the politics and policies of the region.
At least 3 years experience in a non-profit advocacy/policy organization or congressional office.
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in political/social sciences, international relations, Latin American Studies, or other related field.
Academic study of and/or travel in Cuba a very strong plus.
Exceptional organizational and management skills, ability to work on/supervise many different projects at once.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Spanish.
Commitment to producing the highest quality work and discipline to meet deadlines.
Energetic, fast-paced and collaborative work style.
Outgoing and professional style; ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals, including foreign government authorities, grassroots and civil society, academics, CDA funders and Board members, U.S. Congress, and the media.
Experience organizing foreign travel for groups a plus.
Experience with Salesforce or similar database a plus.
APPLICATION
Please send a letter of application, résumé, 3-5 page pertinent writing sample, and names of three references with daytime telephone numbers to: lisa@democracyinamericas.org.
Technician Position at GSAS: $20 per hour (Posted on September 7)
Our Faculty Desktop Support Group (FDS) has several openings for graduate student hires. Aside from the technical knowledge required (see below), it is helpful if the student is familiar with research methods and research fields in general in the Social Sciences and Humanities. As a member of FDS, the student will work one-on-one with faculty from various disciplines in the Arts and Sciences who need assistance with software, hardware, and web applications in order to enhance and enable their teaching and research.
The FDS group is located in 105 Low and receives administrative support and funding from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences.
Requirements:
Availability approximately 8-10 hours per week
Strong people skills and abundant patience
Experience in technical support, training, or teaching
Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting PC and/or MAC technical problems
Initiative and research skills to find solutions to problems
Familiarity with a broad range of PC and MAC hardware and software, operating systems, modems, and printers
Basic understanding and familiarity with web-based design tools and languages
Interested students should send a resume or short bio to fds@columbia.edu.
Emmy Award-winning Film Company Seeks Intern (Posted on September 7)
An award-winning Harlem-based production company is looking for qualified interns to work on a feature length, historical film for PBS.
The position is a great opportunity to gain experience in a creative environment and learn production skills.
The ideal candidates are grad students who have excellent research skills, are detailed oriented and are familiar with library archives, Proquest as well as other online research sources.
In addition, knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, computer scanners and FileMaker Pro database are a plus. Undergrad students are welcome to apply. Where appropriate, we can offer class credit.
This is a part-time, unpaid position. We welcome the interns to become part of the team.
Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to: freedomsummer2014@gmail.com
Please put FREEDOM SUMMER INTERN in the subject.
Paid Internship Opportunity - Security in the Americas (Posted on August 30)
iJET Intelligence Risk Systems seeks a fall intern to assist the Americas team with day-to-day monitoring and assistance with the preparation of client-facing materials.
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Duration: September through December, with possibility of extension
Commitment: Full- time (35 hours/week)
Pay: $10/hr
Responsibilities include:
Monitoring US and international press in English, Spanish and Portuguese and identifying information relevant to security and business resiliency in the Americas (North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean)
Assistance with processing this information into situation reports, alerts, standing intelligence, and bespoke reports
In-depth research for client projects
Drafting reports, summaries, and other items of interest
Maintaining and updating information and information-gathering processes
Other office duties as assigned
Ideal Candidates will have:
Excellent English writing skills; ability to write in a clear and precise manner
High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office products
Working knowledge of written and spoken Spanish. Knowledge of Portuguese is a plus
Familiarity with geopolitics and security-related matters in the Americas
Strong research skill-set, including utilization of social media, RSS feeds, and blogs in addition to traditional sources
Interested candidates should direct a resume and cover letter to Elizabeth Reavey: ijet.americas@gmail.com
International Development Internship Available at the Resource Foundation (Posted on August 24)
The Resource Foundation (TRF) seeks qualified interns, especially upper-level undergraduates or graduate students with a background in international development, Latin American studies, communications, and/or fundraising, as well as proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience at an international non-profit organization with 25 years of experience in the field.
The intern’s main duties include assisting TRF staff with:
-Tracking impact data
-Translating and editing grant reports
-Event planning
-Communications tasks
Other potential duties vary, depending on the intern’s interests and strengths, as well as TRF’s needs; however, they may include:
-Communicating with local organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean
-Special research projects
-Web development
Qualifications:
-Exceptional English writing and editing skills
-Proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese
-Knowledge of and interest in Latin America and the Caribbean
-Knowledge of and interest in international development issues in this region
-Computer expertise, including Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel)
-Internet research skills
-Strict attention to detail
-Ability to work independently and with a team
-Flexibility and a sense of humor
-Prior grant writing/nonprofit experience preferred
-Prior communications experience
About TRF:
The Resource Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit organization that helps donors support effective, locally driven development programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Founded in 1987, The Resource Foundation provides tailored advisory, consulting and grant administration assistance to corporations, individuals, and foundations interested in supporting high-impact programs throughout the region. Donors rely on our regional expertise, multilingual staff, and knowledge of the region’s nonprofits and programs to safely and securely support projects that make a difference.
Through partnerships, technical assistance, and grants to carefully vetted organizations in 28 countries, The Resource Foundation fulfills its mission to empower the disadvantaged so that they can have the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to improve their lives.
Through The Resource Foundation's network of 41 affiliated organizations in 17 countries and 232 associated organizations in 28 countries, it has the ability to support programs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
If interested, please send an email to Lisa Schohl lschohl@resourcefnd.org
Outreach Program Coordinator Position at Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Posted on August 24)
The Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies invite applications for the position of Outreach Program Coordinator.
The Outreach Program Coordinator is responsible for developing, coordinating and providing educational outreach services to promote understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean to the educational community (including K-12, 4-year and community colleges, historically black colleges and universities). The Outreach Program Coordinator will also design and provide outreach programs to the general public, media and business community interests, and local community organizations. See the attached job description for more details on the job responsibilities, as well as the minimum experience and training, and skills and abilities required for the position.
Interested parties should submit a cover letter, resumé, and a list of 3 references, as e-mail attachments (Word or PDF, please), to njh@duke.edu. All application materials must be received by September 10, 2012 to ensure consideration. Interviews to be conducted in September, with a target starting date of early- to mid-October. Applicants must also apply via the Duke online HR system, <http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/main.html>. Be sure to apply for Requisition # 400639694. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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