[RED DEMOCRATICA] ilas ILAS Digest: Week of January 14, 2013

 

Institute of Latin American Studies – ILAS Weekly Digest: January 14, 2013

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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

 

 

ILAS Announcements

 

MARSLAC Call for Applications

The application season is around the corner!  We will start accepting applications for our MA Program in Regional Studies – Latin American and Caribbean (MARSLAC).  The deadline is February 1 for financial assistance consideration and April 1 for general admissions.  For more information, please check our website: http://ilas.columbia.edu/marslac

 

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ILAS Events

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, January 30/ 12:00 pm – 1:30pm    

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

 

SPONSOR(S):   Institute of Latin American Studies and the Center for Brazilian Studies

 

EVENT – Information Session:  2013 STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS

 

SPEAKER(S): Eliza Kwon-Ahn, Student Affairs Coordinator

 

Description:

Come learn about the Institute of Latin American Studies Research and Internship

Travel Grants for 2013.

We’ll answer questions about the application process, deadlines and requirements. These grants are open to all Columbia University Graduate and Undergraduate students.

 

More info:

Please contact Eliza Kwon-Ahn at ek2159@columbia.edu

 

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, February 6/ 6:00 pm   

LOCATION: Barnard Hall 3rd floor (3009 Broadway at West 117 Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):   Institute of Latin American Studies, Center for Brazilian Studies & Forum on Migration

 

EVENT – Lecture: PORTUGUESE IMMIGRATION IN BRAZIL

 

SPEAKER(S): Herbert S. Klein, Stanford University

 

Description:

The Portuguese forged the first European overseas empire and their movement to Brazil, stretching from the early 1500s to the 1970s, represents one of the longest-lived transoceanic migrations in human history. Herbert Klein examines the causes and consequences of this movement, painting a compelling portrait of the Portuguese’s subsequent integration and acculturation into Brazilian society.

Bio: Herbert S. Klein is Gouveneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History from Columbia University and professor of history and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University. He is also the author of 17 books on the history of the Americas. 

 

More info:

http://www.barnard.edu/fom

 

 

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 12/ 6:00 pm   

LOCATION: Barnard Hall 3rd floor (3009 Broadway at West 117 Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):   Institute of Latin American Studies, Center for Brazilian Studies & Forum on Migration

 

EVENT – Lecture: HOW ARABS BECAME JEWS IN BRAZIL

 

SPEAKER(S): Jeffrey Lesser, Emory University

 

Description:

While the majority of contemporary narratives cast Arabs and Jews in oppositional roles, many Brazilians have a different understanding of the relationship, believing that Arab and Jewish “blood,” for better or worse, is a component of Brazil’s national character. As a result, Arabs and Jews have had a special place among the Brazilian elite as both friend and enemy, exotically different yet somehow familiar.

 

Bio:

Jeffrey Lesser is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History and chair of the department of history at Emory University, and the author of several books on Brazilian identity and  immigration, most recently Immigration, Ethnicity and National Identity in Brazil

 

More info:

http://www.barnard.edu/fom

 

 

DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 28/ 6:00 pm   

LOCATION: Barnard Hall 3rd floor (3009 Broadway at West 117 Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):   Institute of Latin American Studies, Center for Brazilian Studies & Forum on Migration

 

EVENT – Lecture: JAPANESE-BRAZILIAN MUSIC & ETHNIC IDENTITY IN THE POST-DEKASEGI ERA

 

SPEAKER(S): Shana Lorenz, Occidental College

 

Description:

Japanese Brazilians comprise the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan. Shanna Lorenz explores how circular migration between Brazil and Japan since 1990 has led Japanese-Brazilians to push back against the stereotypes that have circumscribed their participation in Brazilian society and assert even more forcefully their allegiance with the Brazilian nation. At the forefront of these social changes are musicians, who have used their art to redefine perceptions of the Nikkei, or diasporic, community in Brazil, reshaping the musical resources and national mythologies of both Japan and Brazil.

 

Bio:

Shanna Lorenz is a professor of music and Latino/a and Latin American Studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

 

More info:

http://www.barnard.edu/fom

 

 

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, March 26/ 6:00 pm   

LOCATION: Barnard Hall 3rd floor (3009 Broadway at West 117 Street, New York, NY)

 

SPONSOR(S):   Institute of Latin American Studies, Center for Brazilian Studies & Forum on Migration

 

EVENT – Lecture: AFRICA IN BRAZIL

 

SPEAKER(S): João J. Reis, Universidade Federal da Bahia

 

Description:

Africans represent the single largest group of arrivals in Brazil. João J. Reis discusses their ethnic origins, geographical distribution after arrival, and contribution to the formation of a national culture, as well as the experience of the Yoruba and other arrivals from the Bight of Benin in Bahia, their main destination in Brazil.

 

Bio:

João J. Reis is professor of history at the Universidade Federal da Bahia. He is the author of Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia and Death is a Festival: Funeral Rites and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century Brazil, among other works.

 

More info:

http://www.barnard.edu/fom

 

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Affiliated Talks/Conferences/Screening

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

More info:

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

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

More info:

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

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

EVENT – Panel: POLITICOS, PROSTITUTES, AND SCOUNDRELS: RETHINKING LATIN AMERICAN MYTHS

 

SPEAKER(S):

Adriana Perez, CUNY

Anne Hayes, CUNY

Alejandro Quintana, St. John’s University

Ilan Ehrlich, Bergen Community College

 

More info:

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

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

SPEAKER(S):

Katherine Hite, Vassar College

Mark Ungar, CUNY

Cynthia Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Monique Segarra, Bard

 

More info:

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

 

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

 

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CLACS/NYU Talks/Conferences/Screening

 

For events at CLACS:

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

 

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Outside Talks/Conferences/Screening

 

DATE/TIME: Monday, January 14/ 10:30am – 12:15pm   

LOCATION:  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Root Room 2^nd Floor (1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC)

 

SPONSOR(S):  Americas Society and the Council of the Americas

 

EVENT – Roundtable: VENEZUELA’S UNCERTAIN FUTURE

 

SPEAKER(S):

Charles Shapiro, President, Institute of the Americas, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela

Russell Dallen, President and Editor-in-Chief, Latin American Herald Tribune, Caracas

Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

 

Description:

The potential for political transition has created uncertainty in Caracas and put Venezuela back on the forefront of the hemispheric conversation. What are the prospects and possible scenarios for change? What will be the implications for Venezuela’s economy, politics, and foreign policy? How should the United States and other hemispheric countries respond?

Please join Council of the Americas at a roundtable discussion on the choices facing Venezuela.

 

More info:

To register, please email Jorge Merino at jmerino@as-coa.org

 

To find out more about the event and to listen to live webcast, please click here: http://bit.ly/VsIYo0

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

More information:

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

More information:

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

SPEAKER(S): Bruno Carvalho, Princeton University

 

More information:

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

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

More information:

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

 

 

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

LOCATION:  Yale University

 

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

 

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

 

SPEAKER(S): To be announced

 

Description:

Northeastern Group of Nahuatl Studies 2012-13

Annual meeting at Yale

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Calls for Papers

Beyond the Lungs of the World: Perspectives on Ecological Thought in Latin America at Johns Hopkins University

Deadline: January 15, 2013

 

Keynote Speaker: LIZABETH PARAVISINI-GEBERT (Vassar College)

 

Conference Theme:

In response to current environmental concerns, scholarship has taken a decisively ecological turn to examine the interactions between humans, other animals, and their physical environments from a multidisciplinary perspective. This theoretical turn promises to offer particularly innovative insights in studies on Latin America, a region long understood in relationship to received discourses on its peoples and resources. In 1590, José de Acosta wrote that Divine Providence had attracted explorers to the mineral wealth of the New World so that Spain would have the means to defend the Catholic Church in Europe. This legacy of Latin American regions as resource fields for the extraction of commodities continues to reverberate even in some current ecological discourses. For example, the idea of the Amazon as the “lungs of the world” limits the function of a diverse and immense region to a single purpose serving the world outside of it. Meanwhile peoples across Latin America have demanded the protection of their environments and a reevaluation of state and international environmental standards even at the expense of fiscal gains. Many academics and politicians have heard these concerns and are calling for an earnest consideration of local knowledges as they relate to sustainability.

 

We invite papers that reflect on how the peoples of Latin America have interacted with, conceived of, and shaped their environments throughout space and time. We invite scholars across all disciplines to consider new ways of understanding Latin America’s past, present, and future as they relate to environmental concerns.

 

Possible Topics

Ecocriticism and Ecology • Human-Environment and/or Human-Animal Dichotomies & Hierarchies

• Climate Change and Natural Disasters • Change and Continuity in Human Relationships with the

Environment • Alternative Paradigms to Development• Creative Strategies for Surviving Scarcity •

Agency and Resistance in the Face of Environmental Destruction • Citizenship Education •

Application of Local Knowledges • Political Responses to Resource Depletion • Engineering for

Sustainability • Movements of Peoples Including Forced Migration, Immigration, and Urbanization •

Environmental Law

 

Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2013

 

Please e-mail a title, an abstract (about 200 words), academic affiliation, and contact information in a word document to jhuplas@gmail.com.

 

Lo Comun XXI NYU-Columbia Graduate Conference (April 26-27, 2013)

Deadline: January 20, 2013

 

The variety of collective subjects and communal practices that have emerged in recent decades complicate, displace, and relocate the categories of people, nation, and civil society. A plurality of approaches has reconfigured the study of community and brought to the forefront questions of the common. Studies merging aesthetics, culture, and politics have played an important role in visualizing these new communities.

This conference hopes create a space for the discussion of research that engages the problem of community and the common in cultural production within various historic and geographic frameworks. Additionally, the conference will include working groups—The Commons—in which we will explore different approaches to the topic at hand. These groups, as explained below, will have an experimental and open format and will welcome participation by artists and activists. With respect to the panels, the conference committee proposes the following possible themes:

· Early Modern intellectual communities

· (Post)national discourses

Sexuality and politics

New technologies and practices of sociability

Aesthetic practice and alternative communities

· Collective imaginaries of space

Imagined futures and temporalities of the common

 

We also welcome comparative approaches from a range of disciplines questioning the historical, linguistic, and geopolitical boundaries that shape our understanding of the common. And indicate, if possible, which of the above themes they address. They should be no more than 250 words and include the author's name, institutional affiliation, and contact information. Papers in Spanish, Portuguese, and English are welcome.

Proposals should be sent to by January

20, 2013

conferencenyucol@gmail.com

 

The Commons (Working Groups)

We hope to open up the conference to art collectives and activist groups who will share their experiences and, together with conference participants, work to develop new collaborative projects. The format of these working groups is open and flexible, without any pre-established format. We invite those who are interested to define the trajectory of the working groups. Groups could, for example, consider new forms of activism, reflect on common goods, or address communitarian cultural production. To participate in these working groups or receive more information, please contact cjd326@nyu.edu or

icc229@nyu.edu

 

 

The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay Contest

Deadline: January 23, 2013

 

Dear Columbia Students,

The Journal of International Affairs is seeking submissions for the Spring 2013 Cordier Student Essay Contest for its upcoming issue on Latin America. The author of the winning article will receive $500 along with publication alongside noted scholars in the Journal. 

 

Published by Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, the Journal of International Affairs is one of the oldest and most respected foreign affairs periodicals and past issues have included articles by notable figures such as Noam Chomsky, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter, Condoleezza Rice, and Kenneth Waltz among others.

 

Submission Deadline: January 23, 2013. Interested authors can send submissions or questions to: David Abrahamson (Cordier and GPPN Editor) at dha2111@columbia.edu.

 

Spring 2013: Latin America

 

The Spring 2013 issue will examine the region of Latin America and its transition from predominantly low-middle-income to high-income countries. The geopolitics, economics, institutional, and social developments that have emerged within the last two decades in Latin America have profound implications for the region's future landscape. There are a plethora of dimensions impacting the future of the region and our aim is to give attention to the diverse implications for Latin American countries and their relations with the international community.

 

Submission Guidelines:

 

All contest submissions must relate to the topic of our next issue on Latin America.

The Cordier Essay Contest is open to all currently enrolled students of Columbia University and affiliated schools.

Essays cannot have been previously published, but need not be written specifically for the contest. Papers submitted for academic credit are welcome, provided they are relevant to Latin America.

Papers should not exceed 4,000 words.

Citations should be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style 16th ed.

DEADLINE: Essays are due January 23, 2013 at 11:59 P.M.

 

About the Journal: jia.sipa.columbia.edu

 

 

Commodities, Capitalism and Culture Conference: Latin America and Global Links at Stony Brook University

Deadline: February 8, 2013

 

The Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center at Stony Brook University announces Commodities, Capitalism and Culture: Latin America and Global Links

Keynote Speaker: Marcy Norton, George Washington University

 

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Latin American and Caribbean Center at Stony Brook University invites proposals for its 12th annual Graduate Student Conference to be held on Friday, April 12th, 2013 at Stony Brook Manhattan.

 

From the sixteenth century to the present, Latin America has been profoundly shaped by its relationships with globalization. The material goods and cultural artifacts produced in Latin American regions have connected with different social settings and diverse acts of consumption in the Atlantic world. We use this year’s theme, “Commodities, Capitalism and Culture: Latin America and Global Links” for rethinking the dynamics that have shaped class, gender, and race in the regions where commodities were produced and consumed. Among the questions we ask are:

 

How important were class, gender, race, and regional variations in shaping production, marketing and consumption?

How did global commodities link producers, intermediaries and consumers, even if the actors involved did not always recognize it?

How were the meanings ascribed to material and cultural products assimilated, translated, and/or

reimagined during transatlantic exchanges?

What were the social, economic, cultural, and environmental consequences at both ends of the commodity chain?

To what extent did trade in commodities generate long-term economic development?

How did science, technology and medicine impact the production, circulation and consumption of material and cultural artifacts?

How are commodities represented in fictions, films, advertising and political discourses?

 

In the spirit of opening dialogue and crossing borders, we welcome submissions from all disciplines on any related topic including, but not restricted to:

 

Sociology

History

Anthropology

Literary, Film and Cultural Studies

Gender and Women Studies

Rural History and Peasant Politics

Environmental and Urban Studies

Public Health

Regional and Global Studies

 

Presentation proposals should be 200 to 300 words in length, in either Spanish or English, and should include a cover page with name, academic affiliation, and contact information. Panel proposals will also be considered.

 

Please submit proposals electronically to laconfestony@gmail.com (Maria-Clara Torres).

 

 

ALAS XI Annual Education Across the Americas Conference at Teachers College

Deadline: February 20, 2013

 

The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) at Teachers College, Columbia University is pleased to host its XI Annual Education Across the Americas Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University on April 18th, 19th and 20th, 2013. We are currently soliciting proposals for paper presentations.

 

Call for Paper Abstracts

The XI Annual ALAS Conference is a space for analysis, dialogue, critique, and exchange between scholars, educators, students, and thinkers about the role of education in the Americas. Over the past ten years, the conference's objective has been to provide a unique opportunity for scholars to present their research, ideas, and concerns within the realm of education. As a region, Latin America represents a multicultural and heterogeneous landscape of social practices. This conference is an event that seeks to explore these practices.

 

We invite students and scholars pursuing research related to Latin America to share their work and unique perspectives. The conference encourages the participation of researchers with diverse epistemological and methodological approaches, from neo-experimental models of inquiry to new critical forms of research.

 

The field of education has been informed and developed by various disciplines that allow the capacity of its discourse to continuously expand. This conference aims to illustrate the transcendence of boundaries through transdisciplinary practices and discourses. It aims to create a space to examine political, economic, and social movements in Latin America and further explore how these movements are impacted by, and in turn impact, philosophy and education in Latin America. How does Latin American philosophy and education respond to and influence past and present political, cultural, and economic contexts? Where are these contexts located and enacted in Latin American communities today, and how do these events serve as vehicles for change and reflection in Latin America and the rest of the world? The current issues in education throughout Latin America have prompted a need to reevaluate and revalue the conditions, expectations, and accessibility of education there. Addressing these issues is critical to strengthening the mission of education, the promotion of social justice.

 

We invite students and scholars pursuing research related to Latin America to share their work and unique perspectives at this conference.

 

This year ALAS hopes to highlight the relationship between Latin American philosophies and theories  of education and their impact on educational practices throughout the region. However, submitted papers need not address the theme. All papers, regardless of their approach will be considered.

 

A vibrant approach towards philosophy and education exists in Latin America that is largely unknown within the United States. The regional diversity of contexts within Latin America requires educators, researchers, and policymakers alike to consider a multitude of approaches to the application and implementation of education. The focus of this conference is to offer and analyze various Latin American philosophies and theories of education, as well as demonstrate how these ideas impact educational experiences across Latin America. In short, the conference this year seeks to address the question of how educational philosophy and theory impacts educational practice in Latin America, and how Latin American philosophy and education might influence educational philosophy, theory, and practices in the North?

 

Proposal Submissions

The Program Committee will review only submissions made in accordance with the instructions below.

Individual/ panel paper proposal should include:

 

-Title, author(s), institutional affiliation(s), phone number, and e-mail address of primary contact.

-An abstract of maximum 200 words. Depending on the method/discipline of your research, abstracts should include a purpose, research questions and/or hypotheses, methods, and results; questions, arguments, applications, observations, and praxes. We simply ask that your abstract includes a developed structure of organization of your research.

-All proposals should be submitted by email to: alas.conference.2013@gmail.com

-The submission deadline is February 20th

Paper Proposals should be submitted in the following format:

-Word document (only)

-12-point font, Times New Roman, one-inch margins, double-spaced

-The proposal can be in Spanish or English.

Participation limits on paper submission.

 

All applicants are limited to submitting one individual paper. Participants may be listed as co-authors for one more accepted paper proposal and may perform a variety of other roles at the conference.

Multiple reviewers will review papers blindly. Final decisions on manuscripts rest with the Program Chair. Criteria for review include quality of argument, links to relevant literature, standards for research validity, quality of expression, and importance of the contribution.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be e-mailed by March 1st, 2013.

 

The ALAS team would appreciate help distributing this call for papers. We know there are many people interested and we would like to reach as many of them as possible.  

 

Please email us at alas.tc.columbia@gmail.com to request any additional information.

 

This conference receives financial support from:

The President’s and Provost’s Student Event Fund at Columbia University; the Office of Student Activities and Programs at Teachers College, Teachers College Student Senate, The Office of the Vice-president's for Diversity and Community Affairs and the Institute of Latin American Studies.

 

Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable accommodations including, but not limited to sign language interpretation, Braille or large print materials, and a campus map of accessible features.

 

 

Call for Symposium Proposals for the First Meeting of the International Congress on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America, 19th-21st Centuries. Advances, Perspectives, and Challenges

Deadline: March 1, 2013

 

 La Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, el Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales, A.C., El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., El Colegio de Sonora, El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., el Colegio Profesional de Antropólogos de la Región Lima, el H. Ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez, el Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, el Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, The Institute for The Study of the Americas (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (the University of Texas at Austin), la Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, la Universidad de Buenos Aires, la Universidad de Cartagena, La Universidad de La Frontera, la Universidade Federal Fluminense y la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa.

 

INVITATION TO

First Meeting of the International Congress on “The Indigenous Peoples of Latin America, 19th-21st  Centuries: Advances, Perspectives, and Challenges,” to be held from 28-31 October 2013 at the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Oaxaca City, Mexico.

 

1. First Call: Call for Symposium Proposals

Call for symposia for the First Meeting of the International Congress on “The Indigenous Peoples of Latin America, 19th-21st  Centuries. Advances, Perspectives, and Challenges,” to be held from 28-31 October 2013 at the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca in Oaxaca City, Mexico.

 

Describing and understanding the “Other” has been a constant objective for over 500 years; yet the concepts of the indigenous that were established in the 16th and 17th centuries are very different to those that were elaborated in the 18th and 19th century and subsequently reconstructed in the 20th and 21st centuries. Diachronic and comparative analysis can bring us closer to these concepts and so help us to understand historical and contemporary processes, even though our visions of the past and the present diverge and are often contradictory, both as expressed by contemporary students of the indigenous question and by social actors themselves. Nonetheless, it would seem that there is a common goal: that is, to understand and explain societies which, from the various disciplinary perspectives of the social sciences and humanities, form a vital part of the social structure. For all this, the merely partial analysis of a fragment of a society, in this case indigenous people, creates more problems for understanding the past, the present, and the prospective future, given that interactions involving other social component are lacking. Many of these social components both influence, and are deeply influenced by their interactions with indigenous people, for example, the Church, the State, the Army, private landowners, or social intermediaries; in socio-ethnic terms, we should also include indigenous of partially African descent, mulattos, mestizo, and whites. For this reason, we should emphasize the importance of these interactions to the objective study of indigenous peoples, while paying special attention to the proposals articulated by indigenous peoples themselves and their conception of society at large, both now and in the past.

 

This said, we believe that it is important to conduct an analysis of the political, economic, social, and cultural roles that were played by the various societies that developed post-Independence from the captaincies and viceroyalties of Spanish America; this analysis should continue through Latin America’s many republican phases, address the construction and gradual recognition of multicultural societies, and register the demands made by many indigenous organizations and intellectuals as constitutive parts of a broad contemporary debate about indigenous peoples.

 

Call for Symposium Proposals

The themes around which symposia will be organized are as follows:

-  Social Movements and resistance

-  Education

-  Postcolonial Studies

-  Agrarian Studies

-  Territorialities

-  Identities

-  Indigenismo

-  Multiculturalism

-  Interculturalism

-  Meanings of citizenship

-  Natural resources

-  Migration

-  Gender

 

1.        Symposium Proposals

 

a)      In this first stage, we invite symposium proposals involving a maximum of five participants, including the coordinator. Subsequently, we will seek individual paper proposals for consideration and inclusion in the symposia approved by the Organizing Committee.

b)      The coordinators of each symposium will be responsible for organizing and submitting their proposal and, once the call for individual papers has been made, for selecting the five members of the symposium.

c)       Proposals for symposia must be registered on the Congress website www.congresopueblosindigenas.org following its publication on 22 October 2012 and before 1 February 2013.

d)      Coordinators of symposium proposals will receive a confirmation email.

 

2.       Approval of symposia

 

a)      Proposals for symposia will be reviewed by an Academic Committee of recognized specialists drawn from the co-organizing institutions. Proposals for symposia will be considered on the basis of the Congress’s main themes and using the following additional criteria: clear argumentation and thematic development; intellectual coherence; clarity of presentation; relevance of content.

b)      The list of approved symposia will be published on the Congress website www.congresopueblosindigenas.org on 1 March 2013. The second Call for Individual Papers for inclusion in the symposia will be made on the same date and remain open until 30 June 2013. All decisions are final.

 

For more information, please click the link: www.congresopueblosindigenas.org

 

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Fellowships/Prizes/Grants

 

Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship at the Social Science Research Council

Deadline: January 20, 2013

 

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

The Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) fellowship program supports research on drug policy, citizen security and democratic governance, as well as associated topics across the social sciences and related disciplines. The fellowship seeks to develop a concentration of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant outcomes and membership in a global interdisciplinary network.

 

FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH AGENDA

DSD funded research must address the theme of drugs and at least one of the other two themes of security and democracy in Latin America or the Caribbean. These topics may include, but should not be limited to, the following issues and areas of study: political economy, anti-democratic strategies used by communities or states, legal frameworks and analyses, the impact on vulnerable groups, and the role of elites.

 

The program encourages interdisciplinary and comparative projects and those that address transnational and trans-regional issues. We encourage research in or about countries or themes that have been underrepresented in the program’s previously funded projects. Please click here for a list of funded projects from 2011 and 2012.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Applications are welcome from graduate students and postdoctoral researchers conducting research that addresses the theme of drugs and at least one of the other two themes of security and democracy in Latin America or the Caribbean. Eligible applicants will fall into one of the following two categories:

Dissertation Fellowship: This competition is open to PhD and JSD candidates worldwide who have an approved dissertation prospectus by July 1, 2013, but have not completed writing for final submission.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: The competition is open to PhD and JSD recipients worldwide who have completed their PhD within 7 years of the application deadline.

 

If you are proposing to conduct research in a non-native language, you should provide evidence of the necessary proficiency to carry out the project.

 

The program strongly encourages citizens and residents of Latin America and the Caribbean to apply.

 

FELLOWSHIP TERMS

The DSD Program provides support for a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 12 months of research. Candidates based outside of Latin America or the Caribbean must spend at least three months conducting research in the region. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan; however, support will be provided for travel and living expenses as well as associated research costs based on a budget reviewed by the SSRC. The fellowship is intended to support an individual researcher, regardless of whether that individual is working alone or in collaboration with others.

 

Recipients of the DSD Fellowship are expected to devote themselves full-time to their DSD research during the tenure of the fellowship.

 

The fellowship includes mandatory participation in two interdisciplinary workshops, one preceding fellowship research and one upon completion of the fellowship tenure. Workshops will be organized by the SSRC and held in Latin America in late July or early August. Travel and accommodations will be provided.

 

For more information, please see the link: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dsd-fellowship/

 

 

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships for 2013-2014

Deadlines:
Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2013

Boren Scholarship: February 13, 2013*

 

The applications for the 2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.

 

Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website.  

 

Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.

 

National Application Deadlines

Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2013

Boren Scholarship: February 13, 2013*

 

*Many institutions have an earlier on-campus deadline. Visit our website for information about your campus deadline and Boren campus representative.

 

For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visitwww.borenawards.org. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.

 

The Boren Awards are initiatives of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and are administered by the Institute of International Education. 

 

 

Call for Applications 2013-2014 at the Center for US-Mexican Studies

Deadline: February 13, 2013

 

The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX) at the University of California, San Diego invites applications for fellowships for the 2013-2014 academic year. The Center's Visiting Fellows Program is the largest residential fellowship program in the United States for research on Mexico.  Each year the program brings together scholars from the social sciences, history, and related fields.

We in particular encourage University of California graduate students to apply to the program. The majority of the fellowship awards are for residential periods between 4 and 9 months in duration. Fellowships generally start at the beginning of the academic year and are not given over the summer months (July-September). Stipends are determined by UC general policies and funding availability.

Priority will be given to proposals on social policy, public health, governance, discrimination and poverty and local development; although, the Center will consider supporting research in other more general studies. For a current list of visiting fellows and their research projects click here. Awards have been given in the past supporting research on contemporary Mexico, Mexican history, and U.S.-Mexican relations. Comparative studies with a substantial Mexico component are also encouraged.

We are currently not accepting postdoctoral applicants. Please click on the button above for information about a funding opportunity through UCMEXUS.

 

The deadline for receipt of all application materials, including letters of reference, is Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 4pm Pacific Standard Time. 

 

For Visiting Professor Applicants: http://usmex.ucsd.edu/programs/visiting-professor-applicants.htm

 

For Predoctoral Applicants: http://usmex.ucsd.edu/programs/predoctoral-applicants.htm

 

For Prodoctoral Applicants: http://usmex.ucsd.edu/programs/postdoctoral-applicants.htm

 

For additional information, please contact:

Greg Mallinger
Program Coordinator
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
University of California, San Diego
Tel: (858) 822-1696, Fax: (858) 534-6447
E-mail: gmallinger@ucsd.edu

 

 

International Programs Fellowship at the Population Reference Bureau (NEW)

Deadline: February 25, 2013

 

Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is now accepting applications for its International Programs Fellowship at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Fellowship is a full-time position lasting for two years and will begin in summer 2013. The Fellowship is sponsored and managed by PRB and funded through PRB’s IDEA Project (Informing Decisionmakers to Act), a cooperative agreement between PRB and USAID. The Fellow will work within USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health in Washington, D.C., which works to advance and support voluntary family planning and reproductive health programs worldwide. The Fellowship is intended for recent graduates with a B.A. or B.S.; candidates with advanced degrees are ineligible.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the Senior Policy Advisor and members of office management.

Respond to external and internal requests for information on U.S. family planning requirements and agency family planning activities.

Support efforts to improve compliance monitoring of family planning requirements within the USAID program.

Complete administrative duties as assigned.

 

Other duties and activities will be determined by the interests of the selected Fellow and the needs of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health.

 

REQUIREMENTS

B.A., B.S., or other undergraduate degree by June 2013.

Education and/or work experience related to international population/reproductive health policy or public health.

Strong writing, analytical, and communication skills; ability to effectively manage time and work with diverse personalities.

Skills in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Dedication to advancing family planning and reproductive health issues and programs in developing countries.

Demonstrated ability to rapidly assume additional responsibilities and complete tasks with limited oversight.

 

In addition, experience living outside of the United States and foreign-language facility (especially French) is highly desirable. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or hold an appropriate work visa and will need to get a security clearance.

 

The PRB International Programs Fellowship pays a stipend of $35,000-$40,000 per year plus benefits. The position is subject to the availability of funds. The Fellowship may involve foreign travel.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 Interested individuals should email a cover letter and resume directly to the address below. The cover letter should describe the candidate’s professional goals, her or his interest in the field of population and international development, and why she or he is suited for the Fellowship. In addition, the candidate must arrange for two letters of recommendation from employers or professors to be sent by email to the same address.

 

All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be emailed to PRB no later than Feb. 25, 2013.

 

Selection of the PRB International Programs Fellow will occur by late spring 2013. All candidates will be notified of the selection decision by email.

 

Applications should be emailed to: IPFellows@prb.org

 

 

Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar program, 2013-14

Deadline: March 29, 2013

 

The Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) and the University Libraries’ Latin American Collections at the University of New Mexico are pleased to invite applications for the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar award for 2013-2014. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 29, 2013 by 5:00 p.m.

About. Each year, the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar award provides three individuals the opportunity to work as visiting researchers with the University of New Mexico's Latin American library collections, one of the largest and most complete Latin or Spanish American collections in the country.  Applicants are encouraged to search the University Libraries' online Catalog @  http://libros.unm.edu/search~S7/X; and pay special attention to more rarefied manuscript and microfilm material types.  Preference is given to applications addressing Latin American and Spanish Colonial history. For this reason, the LAII welcomes applications from scholars researching Southwest studies, border studies, or diaspora studies, who can demonstrate their work as integral components of these histories. The award honors Dr. Richard E. Greenleaf, distinguished scholar of colonial Latin American history, and his extensive career in teaching, research, and service.  

Eligibility.  Invited to apply are scholars (U.S. and international), junior faculty (U.S.) and graduate students (U.S.) who specialize in Latin America. 

 

Duties and responsibilities.  Recipients of the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar award will work to promote scholarly use of the Latin American collections, including research materials available through the Colonial Latin American or New Mexican and Southwest documentary collections at Zimmerman Library’s Center for Southwest Research.  Scholars are expected to give a presentation of their research to the UNM community and to submit a brief 3-5 page summary of their research findings and any modifications made to their original proposal. LAII will assist awardees in identifying and networking with UNM scholars in relevant fields.

 

Terms of the award.  Through the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar fund, the LAII provides three separate awards: one long-term (minimum three months) award for $10,000.00 and two short-term (minimum two weeks) $2,000.00 awards to help defray travel and housing costs for Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Proposed research may be conducted any time between June 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014. Awards will be announced by April 15, 2013.

 

Award criteria.  The LAII’s Operations Committee will award the grants based on the relevance of the proposal to the unique holdings of UNM University Libraries, the merits and significance of the project, and the applicant’s scholarly qualifications.  Potential scholars are invited to learn more about the collections by searching the catalog @ http://libros.unm.edu/search~S7/X or contacting the Latin American Collections Curator @schadl@unm.edu.

Attached, please find the application form. Further information is available online at the LAII website: http://laii.unm.edu/funding/visitor.php

Questions may be directed to: Ashley Valenzuela-Ruesgen, LAII Graduate Assistant for Grants and Awards,  Commlaii@unm.edu, (505) 277-7049.

 

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Programs and Classes

Weatherhead Institute and ILAS’ Global Scholar Program Study in Beijing & Santiago

Deadline: February 1, 2013

 

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, in collaboration with the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia Global Centers and the Office of Global Programs, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2013 Columbia University Global Scholars Program Summer Research Workshop. This 5-credit summer course offers competitively selected Columbia University undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct comparative social science research in Beijing, China, and Santiago, Chile, under the guidance of Professors Pablo Pinto, Xiaobo Lu and Xiaodan Zhang.  

The 2013 program will focus on the theme of "Pathways to Development." Students will explore how politics, economics, labor, and other transnational issues influence development in real-world settings through visits with the government, the business sector, and organizations and individuals involved in urban and rural labor. Upon return, students will take a capstone seminar based on their summer research experience and will conduct in-depth, comparative analysis focusing on various aspects of development in Asia and South America.

 

 This year's program runs from June 9 to July 21, 2013.

 

Limited financial aid and scholarships are available to qualified students.   

 

Program requirements:

- Must be a currently enrolled undergraduate rising junior or rising senior in good academic standing of all disciplines from the College, General Studies, Barnard, and SEAS.  

- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA  

- Students should demonstrate some prior knowledge of the research theme and/or the primary countries of research. Knowledge of the local language(s) and/or research methodologies will be a competitive advantage but we expect the final cohort will have a complementary range of differing language abilities and research experience.

We are currently accepting applications and the deadline is February 11, 2013.

Please forward this e-mail widely.

Please visit our website for details about the program here.

For more information, contact Kim Palumbarit, Student Affairs Officer at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, at kp2449@columbia.edu or call 212-854-9206

 

Indigenous Studies Summer Program: On Indigenous People's Rights and Policy

June 3-14, 2013

 

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) is now accepting applications from researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students who wish to participate in an intensive two-week summer immersion program at Columbia University on indigenous peoples’ rights and policy. The program runs from June 3-14, 2013.

 

The program provides an overview and analysis of the major questions in indigenous affairs today, as they have emerged globally in the last decades. The program has an interdisciplinary approach and incorporates lectures and workshops on the most recent and innovative academic research and policy debates on indigenous peoples’ issues. It is complemented by visits and lectures at the United Nations and state and indigenous peoples' institutions.

 

Academic Program Configuration

Columbia University faculty, UN representatives and external experts deliver the academic lectures and are available for discussions and consultations with the participants throughout the duration of the program. Participants are to be immersed in daily 4-6 hours of lectures and workshops. Some topics are presented in the form of panel discussions and practical workshops are organized around the daily topics to encourage further examination and analysis. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants at the end of the program.

 

Travel Component

Program participants will travel to meet with authorities of a Native American nation.

 

Requirements

Interested applicants are required to:

-Be fluent in English (all lectures and visits are conducted in English)

-Complete enclosed application

-Send a copy of CV along with application

-Send two recommendation letters along with application

 

All applications and further inquiries may be sent via email to Teresa Aguayo at ta2015@columbia.edu. Additionally, you can reach the Indigenous Studies Summer Program by phone at 212-854-0510.

 

Cost

The cost of the entire two-week program is $2,500 per person. This includes breakfast and lunch (served on the premises).  Scholarships are available. Additionally; Columbia University offers single housing arrangements on campus for the duration of the program. The additional housing cost is $700 per person.

 

Summer Intensive Nahuatl Language Class at Yale

The Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) at Yale University, in partnership with IDIEZ (the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, Mexico) offer the opportunity to study Classical and Modern Nahuatl at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels in a summer intensive course that will be held at Yale in 2013. 

Dates of Course:  June 24 – August 2, 2013.

Please apply for NHTL 125 through the Yale Summer Sessions online application at:  https://apply.summer.yale.edu

 

Tuition for three credits is $5,000 and must be paid to Yale University by May 1, 2013.  Room and Board are not included.  Financial aid is available (see below). 

 

Financial Assistance: Yale’s CLAIS and its partners make every effort to ensure that financial constraints are not an obstacle for participating in the Summer Nahuatl Language program. If you are in need of financial assistance for the Summer Nahuatl Language course, please send a short statement of need to Jean Silk at Yale.  Financial aid may also be available in the form of FLAS fellowships through your own institution or another Title VI funded National Resource Center for Latin American Studies. 

Housing:  Housing is available on campus in undergraduate dorms through Yale Summer Sessions.  Students can find information about apartments off campus to sublet through University Housing http://www.yale.edu/livingnh/community/rental.html and through various websites, including apartmentslist@panlists.yale.edu and YaleInternational@yahoogroups.com.

For more information, contact Jean Silk, at jean.silk@yale.edu or by phone at 203/432-3420 or John Sullivan at john.sullivan@yale.edu or by phone at +52 (492) 925-3415.

Course Description:

The course seeks to: 1) develop students' oral comprehension, speaking, reading, writing and knowledge of language structure, as well as their cultural wisdom and sensibility, in order to facilitate their ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in everyday situations; 2) provide students with instruments and experiences that demonstrate the continuity between past and present Nahua culture, through the study of colonial and modern texts and conversation with native speakers 3) penetrate into the historical, economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Nahua civilization; and 4) prepare students to take university level humanities courses taught in Nahuatl alongside native speakers.

Students will have class five hours per day, Monday through Friday: three hours of Modern Nahuatl immersion with native speaking instructors, and two hours of Classical Nahuatl taught by John Sullivan. Additionall,y each student will have three hours per week of individual tutoring with a native speaker in order to work on a research project of the student’s choice. Students who wish to enroll at the intermediate or advanced level must demonstrate that they have worked a minimum of two hours per week on Modern Nahuatl conversation with a native speaker during the entire previous academic school year. Contact John Sullivan (john.sullivan@yale.edu) for options concerning the completion of this requirement.

 

Full class attendance is required. Students who are absent for reasons other than illness will be asked to withdraw from the Institute.

 

Course materials: All students must have personal copies of the following texts:

Karttunen, Francis. 1983. An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl. Texas Linguistics Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. $26.95 @ amazon.com

Lockhart, James. 2001. Nahuatl as Written. Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl,with Copious Examples and Texts. Stanford: Stanford University Press. $25.43 @ amazon.com

Molina, Alonso de. 1977(1555-1571). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana. Colección “Biblioteca Porrúa” 44. México: Porrúa. Students may purchase this book directly from Editoria Porrúa or through IDIEZ at a cost of approximately $25.

Two weeks before class begins students will be sent, free of charge, electronic copies of the exercise manuals, grammar charts, vocabulary lists and manuscripts which will be studied.

 

CLIMATE AND CULTURE CHANGE IN THE ANDES Intersession Dec. 26th 2012 – Jan. 13th 2013

The Center for Social Well Being celebrates 12 years offering our 3 week training program in interdisciplinary qualitative field methods, as well as Spanish and Quechua language classes, in the Peruvian Andes. The combined undergraduate and graduate level seminar is held at the center's rural base, an adobe lodge on an ecological ranch in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Callejón de Huaylas, 7 hours northeast of Lima. Coursework provides in-depth orientation to theory and practice in field investigation that emphasizes methods in Participatory Action Research and Andean Ethnography centered on themes of Climate Change with respect to Ecology, Health, Education, Community Organization and related topics. Students have the opportunity to actively engage in ongoing investigations in local agricultural communities to develop effective field research techniques, and to acquire language skills. In addition, the program provides excursions to museums, archaeological sites, glacial lakes and hotsprings; optional recreational activities include hiking, mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, rock climbing and trekking. Total cost is $3,500 US dollars. This includes all in-country travel, food and accommodations at the rural center, and course materials. The program is under the direction of Applied Medical Anthropologist, Patricia J. Hammer, Ph.D., and Ecologist, Flor de María Barreto Tosi.  Program dates: New Year’s Intersession December 26th 2012 through  January  13th 2013

Please contact us for other potential program dates for 2013.

 

Request an application: phammer@wayna.rcp.net.pe

Center for Social Well Being-Peru www.socialwellbeing.org

 

Duke in the Andes program is accepting applications for Spring 2013

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

 

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

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Jobs, Internships, Volunteer Opportunities

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Undergraduate Research Assistantships and Internships at the Earth Institute, Columbia University (NEW)

 

Undergraduate Research Assistantships

 

1.       Climate Change Impacts on forest biodiversity

2.       The role of climate change and hypoxia in the sudden emergence of blooms of the dinoflagellate Noctiluca miliaris in the Arabian Sea

3.        History and policy in global malaria control: understanding the history of malaria control efforts to design better public policies

4.       Arsenic mobilization from bedrock to groundwater

5.       Climate information for public health: the role of the IRI climate data library in an integrated knowledge system in Africa

6.       Effect of climate change on regional crop insurance

7.       A climate and health partnership to inform the prevention and control of meningoccocal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: the MERIT Initiative

8.       Enterococci in the Hudson River: Sources of Contamination at 125th St.: Environmental Issues and Policy Recommendations for the Waterfront Development in Manhattanville

9.       Anthropogenic radionuclides in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

10.   Developing Methods for Laser-Based C14 Analysis

11.   2011 Mississippi Floods: Understanding the climatic context and the disaster response

12.   Analysis of how alternative means of visualizing climate and epidemiological data affect the decisions of malaria makers

 

Internships (Open to graduate and undergraduate students)

1.       Socioeconomic Data Center: Gridded Population of the World Version 4

2.       Reassessing a Suburban Transit Orientated Community: Maplewood, NJ

3.       Processing Dataset: Public Health Facilities, Water Points, and Schools in Nigeria

4.       Spring Funding Initiatives Internship

5.       Climate Center Administrative Support

6.       Communications and Administration

7.       Dynamical Systems Theory (DST), Peace and Conflict Innovation Lab

8.       Supporting the Millennium Cities Initiative

9.       Communications, Outreach, and Event Planning for Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (LCSE)

10.   Climate Change Hazard Mitigation Intern

11.   Extractive Industries & Sustainable Development Executive Training Program

12.   Analysis of alternative means of visualizing quantitative data for decision making by policy makers in developing countries

 

The Research Assistantships are only offered to Columbia and Barnard undergraduates and the Internships are available to any Columbia or Barnard undergraduate, graduate, or PhD students.  Each of these positions is funded at a rate of $15 per hour for 10 hours per week up to 120 hours for the semester.

 

Students who are awarded these positions will be expected to participate in the Earth Institute Student Research Showcase in April 2013.

 

For more information on the Research Assistantships please click here: http://bit.ly/10ZYikm and for more information on the Internships please click here: http://bit.ly/13f7fFO.  Information about each position, the hiring centers, and how to apply can be found at each of the above websites.

 

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities, please email me at nrudder@ei.columbia.edu.

 

 

Multimedia Intern, AS/COA Online Internship Available (posted on December 21)
Americas Society and Council of the Americas, New York

 

Americas Society and Council of the Americas (AS/COA) seek a multimedia intern to work on their website, www.as-coa.org. This internship requires multimedia and writing skills. Intern assignments include, but are not limited to: ongoing website administration and updates; general video processing and editing on Final Cut Pro; photo research and basic image editing and cropping; Livestreaming support; researching, writing, and editing website copy; and some design and layout work using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Please visit the Watch & Listen section of our website for examples of AS/COA's multimedia content.

 

The internship can be pursued as either a modestly paid position or for university credit. The internship will ideally begin in Spring 2013 and requires a commitment of at least three days a week. Please note: this position requires working in the afternoons rather than morning hours.

 

Key areas of focus during the internship will be:

Editing and posting videos, podcasts, or slideshows, as well as other multimedia content

Lending support to necessary online tasks, including coding and editing web pages

Proofreading, copyediting, writing, and research

Supporting social media efforts

Providing support for livestreamed events

Assisting in the publication of AS/COA’s promotional materials (using InDesign)

 

Qualifications

The candidate should be able to balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment under deadline pressure. Skills and qualifications include:

Attention to detail

Experience in the field of new media, multimedia journalism, video production

Ability to digitize, edit, and export video content around AS/COA events using Final Cut Pro

Good English-language writing skills with a working knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese

Experience with updating web content using a CMS

Experience using social media for promotion and distribution of content and events

Ability to design and layout materials using Adobe Creative Suite a plus

 

Application Submission: Please email a cover letter, resume, and one sample of video or design work you were directly involved in to: dgacs@as-coa.org. No phone calls please. Published writing clips, whether links or PDFs, are also welcomed.

 

About Us: The mission of the communications department and www.as-coa.org is to share news about AS/COA programs, publications, and events with members and the general public, as well as to serve as a forum for information related to the Western Hemisphere.

 

 

Human Rights Watch Internship Opportunity, Brazil Research (posted on December 21)

 

AMERICAS DIVISION

INTERNSHIP OPENING
Americas Division
New York or Washington, DC Office
Spring 2013
Apply Immediately

Spring 2013

email address: 

americasjobs@hrw.org

 

Internship Description: 

The Americas Division of Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking an undergraduate or graduate level intern for the spring of 2013, ideally to begin in January 2013.  The student will intern with staff by conducting research, responding to inquiries, and monitoring current events in Latin America. The internship will primarily entail performing research and writing assignments. It may also entail database and file management, mission support, and some translation assignments. The intern will be based in the Washington, DC or New York office.

The internship is unpaid. Students are often able to arrange academic credit, as HRW internships often offer direct exposure to the workings of an international human rights organization, close supervision by the HRW staff, interaction with other U.S. and international organizations and foreign and domestic government officials, and opportunities to attend lectures, trainings, and special events relating to human rights.  Students should check with their individual academic institutions for requirements.

 

Qualifications: The intern must be an enrolled student in either an accredited undergraduate program or a graduate program for the duration of the internship term.  Students in law school or other highly relevant graduate programs, preferably from professional schools, and individuals with journalism experience in Latin America are strongly encouraged to apply.  Applicants should be well-organized, self-motivated, and reliable.  Applicants must have a commitment to public service, and a strong interest in international human rights and current affairs in Latin America. 

 

Fluency or high level of proficiency in either Spanish or Portuguese is required. Familiarity with the region and relevant coursework, and specifically experience with and/or knowledge of Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and/or Brazil, are highly desirable.  Computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Office, Internet applications) are required.

 

Applicants who are offered an internship, but who are not US permanent residents, US citizens, or in possession of a valid student visa, must apply for a J-1 visa through a sponsoring organization.  This process can take several weeks and applicants will have to incur their own costs.

 

How to Apply:  Please apply immediately (no calls or email inquiries, please) by emailing a letter of interest specifying language skills, resume, two names or letters of reference, and a brief writing sample (unedited by others and no longer than 4 pages) to americasjobs@hrw.org. Please use “Americas Internship Application – Spring 2013” as the subject of your email.  It is preferred that all materials be submitted via email in a single word document. Only complete applications will be reviewed. Due to the large number of applications expected, we regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

 

Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.

Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.

New York or Washington, DC

Graduate

Undergraduate

 

 

Conflict-Sensitive Conservation Research Assistant Position (posted on December 21)

 

Position Description

Dr. Joshua Fisher is seeking a student research assistant to support a new initiative aimed at improving forest management and reducing social conflict in the Peruvian Amazon.  The Conflict-Sensitive Conservation in Peru (CSC-P) project is working with conservation organizations in Peru to examine the drivers of social conflict in and around forest concessions in the Amazon and identify opportunities for designing forest management strategies that mitigate conflict.  The CSC-P project is also working with partner organizations to develop strategies to improve working relationships between forest managers and affected stakeholders including indigenous groups, local communities, and extractive industries.

 

Duties

The research assistant will support the CSC-P project by liaising with program officers from partner organizations to collect baseline data on current conservation concession management strategies; current socio-economic conditions in traditional Amazonian communities; and livelihoods programs in the project area.  The research assistant will also assist with translation, transcription, interpretation, and report preparation.

 

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of/experience working in one or more of the following areas:

Conservation and livelihoods programming

Conflict resolution methods and techniques

Natural resource management

Indigenous rights issues in Peru

Experience conducting interviews with program officers and field staff to collect data

Excellent quantitative data management skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Task-oriented, with ability to work independently as well as on a team

Experience translating and Spanish-English and English-Spanish interpreting

Fluency in Spanish (written and verbal) is required

Must be enrolled as either half-time or full-time Columbia student

 

Compensation

Hourly rate will be commensurate with experience, and subject to Columbia University guidelines

 

Time Requirements

10-15 hours/week; ideal start date in early January

 

Application

Qualified candidates should submit a letter of interest and a CV in English and Spanish via email to: jf2788@columbia.edu

 

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