CLAS E-Bulletin: December 15, 2011

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1-CLAS and Other Events at SDSU

Thesis Q & A sessions from Montezuma Publishing

Gradate Affairs set the dates for the Spring Thesis Q&A sessions. They will be doing two weeks worth to start; if they get a lot of interest they could be open to add additional sessions.

Montezuma Publishing is offering Thesis Q&A sessions for Spring on the following dates: 

• Monday, February 6th  – 3:00pm
• Tuesday, February 7th  – 10:00am
• Wednesday, February 8th  – 10:00am
• Thursday, February 9th  – 3:00pm
• Monday, February 13th  – 3:00pm
• Tuesday, February 14th  – 10:00am
• Wednesday, February 15th  – 10:00am
• Thursday, February 16th  – 3:00pm

Register for a session by calling 619-594-7551 between the hours of 8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday through Friday. Space is limited, students must register to attend.

Graduate Affairs encourage students graduating in Spring or Summer 2012 to attend. These sessions will address deadlines, tips on formatting, the review process, and publishing requirements. Sessions will last approximately 30-45 minutes. Sessions will be held in Montezuma’s office (IT 104).

Important Deadlines for Summer Abroad Programs 2012

April 2

• All Summer Abroad Program Applications due (Mixtec, Zapotec)
• LCTL Scholarship Application due -$100 nonrefundable deposit due

April 9

• Notification of acceptance to all study abroad programs

April 16

• Notification of LCTL Scholarship awards

April 23

• Participant Packets and fees due for ALL programs

Program Dates:

Six-week Program: June 18 – July 27
Four-week Program: June 18 – July 13
Two-week Program: June 18 – June 29

Thesis Information

December 16th (noon) is the deadline to submit thesis for final clearance by Montezuma Publishing assuring fall 2011 graduation. If this deadline is not met, you will need to reapply for spring 2012 graduation.

December 30th – Noon deadline – This is the final day to submit thesis to Montezuma Publishing for review, without having to reenroll in Thesis 799B the following semester. However, you will need to reapply for spring 2012 graduation.

Graduation

Application deadline for Spring/Summer February 2, 2012

Please note the applications for Spring/Summer graduation are now available on students "Web Portal" accounts. Graduate students who are planning to graduate either Spring or Summer 2012 semester "MUST" apply by the February 2, 2012 deadline.

2 - Events Outside SDSU

¡TURISTA LIBRE! ¡RAD TIJUANA TOURS!

Posada AMF 2011

December 17th at the Moustache Bar 9-2AM

Beach Fossils, Ibi Ego, Tropical Popsicle, Jablonsky, Inkjet

Show and Border Bus $10

Turista Libre Holiday Shop Hop 3PM $15

Show + Border Bus + TL Holiday Shop Hop $25

For more information: http://turistalibre.com/

8th Annual Enero Zapatistas 2012

January 6 Enero Zapatista Opening Event 5:30pm-9:30pm Location: Sherman Heights Community Center 2258 Island Ave. San Diego 92102 Join us for the first event of Enero Zapatista. The event will open with the film screening of “¡Viva México!” a new film that takes a look at the Zapatista movement and the current status of La Otra Campaña. There will be a discussion after the film and food throughout the night.

January 7 All Peoples Revolutionary Front Presents: The Co-Optation of Hip-Hop: Cultural Imperialism, Capitalism & Conscious Organizing 6pm Location: Lincoln High School in the Black box theater Join the Hip-Hop Community and listen to Artists speak on their personal experience in Hip-Hop as they explore it’s roots in struggle, what led to the co-optation of it’s culture and continuing a conscious movement to preserve the art form.

January 8 Zaptopistas - Computer Music Workshop 3:00-6:00pm Location: City Heights Free Skool / Activist Center 4246 Wightman St. San Diego, 92105 Zaptopistas - a Zapatista Orchestra of Laptops! Come make noise with computers; learn how to use music software, record your voice, play together. Bring your laptop if you have one. For more info visit zaptopistas.wordpress.com

January 13 Colectivo Zapatista Presents: Cipriana Jurado Herrera - NI UNA MAS! 6:00pm-8:30pm Location: Centro Aztlan Marco Anguiano 2078 Logan Ave. San Diego Cipriana Jurado has been a human rights defender for over twenty years. Much of her work has centered on victimization, kidnappings, murder and disappearances of women by the Mexican military. Join us for a presentation and dialogue with Human Rights defender Cipriana Jurado.

January 14 Al-Awda San Diego Rally and Vigil for Gaza 2:00pm Location: Balboa Park large Fountain (near Park Blvd.) A rally and vigil to mark the third anniversary of Israeli massacre of nearly 1,500 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in 2008-2009. Join us in solidarity as we remember those that were killed in this act of violence as part of the larger campaign to ethnically cleanse Palestine of its indigenous population.

January 14 Birth Roots Presents: Tlakatiliztli (film screening) 7:00pm Location: Birth Roots Women's Health & Maternity Center, 236 F St. Chula Vista 91910 (619) 409-4900 Tlakatiliztli is a grassroots documentary that chronicles the birth and parenting experience of 24 wombyn in the 'hoods of Los Angeles in a time where natural/home birth is a luxury. The film will be followed by Q & A with the filmmaker and the community based midwives and student midwives of Birth Roots. See Film Trailer Here http://www.birthrootsbabies.com

January 20 The Party for Socialism & Liberation Presents: Independence Cha-Cha: The Story of Patrice Lumumba, (film screening) 6:30pm Location: 4246 Wightman St. San Diego, (aka Freeskool in City Heights). Learn about this extraordinary African leader and how he was assassinated with CIA involvement. We will also be discussing the current state of Africa and the role of US.imperialism in the region through AFRICOM and NATO interventions. contact: sandiego@pslweb.org or 619-278-8608

January 21 Association of Chicana Activist Presents: "Corridos Sin Rostro" (film screening, *Spanish and English*) 5:00-9:00pm Location: Chicano Park "Corridos Sin Rostro", produced in 1995, a documentary that will take us through the daily life of Zapatistas in Chiapas through music and personal interviews. "Corridos Sin Rostro", producido en 1995, un documental que nos introducira a la vida diaria de l@s Zapatistas en Chiapas a travez de la musica y entrevistas personales. Para mas informacion contactenos por correo electronico/for more info contact us: sdsuacha@gmail.com

January 22 Peace and Dignity Journeys 2012/ Jornadas de Paz y Dignidad 2012 Presents: Honoring the Water 1:00pm Location: TBD As indigenous peoples honoring all water as sacred, is a way of life. The 2012 spiritual run will be dedicated to the water, it will begin on May 1 of 2012 in Alaska and in April in Argentina. The runners will meet in Guatemala, culminating their sacred journey on November 28 uniting as many indigenous nations from the “Americas”. Please attend if you would like to learn more about how you can participate in 2012. (619) 581-9004, sdcavefish@yahoo.com, http://www.peaceanddignityjourneys.com

January 22 All Peoples Revolutionary Front Presents “Understanding Whiteness with Radical Politics” 6:00pm Location: TBD A critically conscious discussion of political identity, discourse, and social experience that engages whiteness with a radical lens. Join people of color and white ally panelists as they share their thoughts, stories, and reflections on the meaning of white supremacy in their lives and the institutions around them.

January 26 Know Your Rights Event 3:00 pm Location: MAAC Community Charter School, 1385 Third Avenue, Chula Vista There will be a screening of the film "Ten Rules for Dealing with Police" followed by a question and answer session with lawyers: The film has subtitles in Spanish and dramatizes different situations, showing effective ways to assert your rights with law enforcement and immigration officials. See you there!

January 27 Indymedia Presents: Corazon del Tiempo (film screening) 7:00pm Location: Media Arts Center, 2821 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego San Diego Indymedia (sandiego.indymedia.org) will be showing Corazón del Tiempo (Heart of Time), a film about love within the context of Zapatista resistance. It was filmed in a Zapatista community in the heart of the Lacandón Jungle of Chiapas, Mexico. The actors are all non-professional Zapatista actors who uncovered their faces and opened their communities for the world to see. Spanish with English subtitles.

January 28 Enero Zapatista Closing Event 6:00pm-11:00pm Location: Centro Cultural de la Raza 2004 Park Blvd 92101. This is the last event of Enero Zapatista. There will be Art, Food, Vendors, and Performances by: Olmeca, Mujeres En Resistencia, Zaptopista, Cihuatl-Ce and more! Come join us for this celebration. For more info contact Fernanda: brujita8106@yahoo.com, or look us up on Facebook.

For updates visit: enerozapatista.wordpress.com & Enero Zapatista’s Facebook page

Cuba Organic: Revolution and Evolution, January 12 - 23, 2012

Explore the institutions and resources put into place in order to make Cuba's organic revolution possible on this food sovereignty "road trip" from Havana to Santiago de Cuba. With renowned agroecology expert Fernando Funes as your guide, you will examine the ongoing evolution of Cuba's agrarian revolution and learn firsthand about Cuba's struggle to take control of its food system in the face of global market exclusion.

Please contact Carol Steele with any questions about this trip. Call toll-free 1-800-497-1994 ext. 251 or carol@globalexchange.org

Trans-Border Institute Calendar of Events for 2012

Trans-Border Institute (TBI) at the University of San Diego (USD) for clear, reliable information and analysis. Here are a few of TBI's planned programs for 2012:

• TBI Media Roundtable – Feb. 7, 2012. Each year TBI provides briefings and analysis for leading U.S. and Mexican reporters to examine the issues they face in Mexico and the cross-border context;
  
  
• TBI's Border Film Week – March 26-29, 2012. TBI's annual film series promotes greater appreciation and understanding of the experiences of people crossing borders and living in the border region;
  
  
• 16th Annual Sister Sally Furay Lecture – May 3, 2012. Focused on cross-border social justice issues, this lecture honors the woman who helped create TBI and the Center for Community Service Learning. Dr. Denise Dresser, renowned political analyst, author and scholar, will deliver the 2012 keynote address

MMF Save the Date

Mark your calendars for the second installment of Mexico Moving Forward on Thursday, May 3rd at UC San Diego. Join us at this daylong symposium and engage with prominent scholars who will be addressing the economic prosperity of Mexico and the key determinants to further success: education, regulation and competition, and social protection.

For more information, visit: usmex.ucsd.edu/events/mmf

Mexican Modern Painting at the SD Museum of Art

Mexican Modern Painting at the San Diego Museum of Art, which was curated by Latin American Studies alumna, Amy Galpin!!

Mexican Modern Painting from the Andrés Blaisten Collection will be on view until February 19, 2012. This is one of the premiere collections of 20th-century Mexican art. Assembled over the last 25 years, the collection normally resides at its permanent home at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco. This exhibition features a selection of 80 paintings dated between 1907 and 1962 from this renowned collection as part of a traveling tour of the Blaisten Collection.

The exhibited artists include well-known painters María Izquierdo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, and many others. In addition to these important painters, there are several painters with works in the exhibition that might be new to San Diego audiences such as Alfonso Michel, Federico Cantú, and Angel Zárraga.

According to SDSU Emeritus Professor, Dr. Janet Esser, Sr. Blaisten is one of the hero collectors of our time. He has rescued some of the most important works (hitherto not well known) of the dynamic period after Mexico's social revolution. This is a supremely intelligent and important exhibition and not to be missed!

Also, a Mexican mural by Writerz Blok is in process in Gallery 15.

Bolivia: Llamas, Quinoa and Andean Food Sovereignty, March 10 - 19, 2012

Witness the extraordinary agricultural systems that have, and continue to, sustain rural communities in the highlands of Bolivia. Learn about quinoa and llamas, two products that have been at the heart of Andean food security for centuries. You will travel from the shores of Lake Titicaca to the Southern Altipano to gain a unique lens into the fascinating world of Andean food and agriculture.

For more information about this delegation to Bolivia contact Tanya at 510-654-4400 ext. 223 or tkerssen@foodfirst.org

Nicaragua: Sustainable Agriculture and the Campesino Movement, March 24 - April 4, 2012

For thirty years, the Campesino a Campesino (Farmer to Farmer) movement in Central America, now with several hundred thousand farmer-promoters, has helped farming families in the rural villages of Latin America improve their livelihoods and conserve their natural resources. On this delegation, join NICCA – the Nicaragua Center for Community Action on a tour of the breathtaking Matagalpa region to forge solidarity with Nicaraguan farmers and learn from the experiences of the Campesino a Campesino Movement.

For more information about this delegation to Nicaragua contact Suzanne at 510-654-8645 or nicca@igc.com

Miercoles Cubano—Atardecer de Danzon, Noche de Salsa y Mas

Todos los miercoles
Danzon de 7:00 a 10:30 p.m.
Salsa de 10:30 a 11:30
$ 50.00 pesos cover

Casa de Cultura Obrera
Calle Granados # 647, Fracc. La Mesa
A una cuadra del Soriana, por la Calle Arboles
Tel 622 42 69
http://casadeculturaobrera.org/

Musica en vivo con California Son baila con las mejores danzoneras de todos los tiempos

Cuban Mondays—Sunset Danzon, Salsa Night, and More

Every Monday
Danzon from 7:00 to 10:30 pm
Salsa from 10:30 to 11:30 pm
$50 pesos cover

Casa de Cultura Obrera
Calle Granados #647, Fracc. La Mesa
One block from Soriana, down Calle Arboles
Tel: 622 42 69
http://casadeculturaobrera.org/

Live Music with California Son Dance with the best danzoneras of all time!

3-Conferences and Calls for Papers

SDSU's Student Research Symposium 2012

The Student Research Symposium is a two-day even to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments of SDSU students.

The SRS provides a public forum where SDSU students present their research, scholarship or creative activities. Presentations, oral or poster, are organized by academic disciplines with divisions for undergraduates, master's and doctoral students. All SDSU students – including those who graduated after spring 2011 – are encouraged to submit an application with either preliminary or completed results from their original research.

Registration begins December 1, 2011 until February 3, 2012.

For more information visit: http://srs.sdsu.edu/

Call for Papers: History Department at Ohio State University

A graduate student in History at Ohio State University is looking to put together a panel for RMCLAS in March. The panel will focus on the Bourbon Reforms (papers on religious reforms would be ideal but any reforms would work). Current accepted papers deal with religious reforms during the Bourbon period (1700-1824). Specifically, examining the conflicts between the missionaries of Santa Rosa de Ocopa and the viceregal government during the Juan Santos Atahualpa Rebellion (1742-1755).

If you are interested, please contact Cameron Jones at jones.2618@buckeyemail.osu.edu or (614) 565-7825.

Call for Papers, SECOLAS/LAS Annual Conference

"The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America"
March 29-31, 2012
University of Florida Gainesville, FL

The 61st Annual Conference of the University of Florida's Center for Latin American Studies will serve as the 59th Annual Meeting of SECOLAS, and will take place on the UF campus in Gainesville, Florida, Thursday, March 29 to Saturday, March 31, 2012. Featured speakers will address the conference theme. Papers and panels that address the theme (broadly conceived) are also encouraged but not required. Panel proposals are preferred but individual paper proposals will also be accepted. Papers are invited from faculty members, independent scholars and graduate students.

2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the Cádiz Constitution that made Spain and its embattled empire a constitutional monarchy and the 100th anniversary of the Sáenz Peña electoral law that brought universal adult male suffrage to Argentina, two key steps along Latin America's tortuous road toward constitutional democracy. Although Latin America experienced what Paul Drake has called a "tsunami of democracies" from the 1970s to the 2000s, much remains to be done to strengthen and secure governments "of, by and for the people" throughout the region. Even more is required if one considers social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects of democracy along with the political and institutional.

Finally, as Latin American aspirations for democracy have not been confined to south of the Rio Grande/Bravo, la lucha for democracy by Latin Americans and Latina/os in the United States also merits serious attention. Thus we invite panels and papers on Chicano/a and U.S. (Afro)Latino/a struggles for democracy. Papers and panels that address social and political movements as well as artistic and literary work are encouraged.

Proposal Submission Deadline has passed.

Call for Publication: Op. Journal of Historical Research Center, number 20

Special Issue: Diaspora, migration and transnationalism / Special Issue: Diaspora, Migration, and Transnacionalism

Over the past two decades, the concept of diaspora became fashionable in various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, including history, literary criticism, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology and political science. Numerous scholars have adopted the term to question the notion of limited territorial nation state, citizenship, culture and language, which traditionally dominated the debate on migration. In turn, the global expansion of migrant populations, refugees, exiles and displaced dramatized the limitations of state control and surveillance on citizens and their cultural practices. Many researchers have reassessed their sedentary notions of nation states as the only containers of personal and group loyalties. Instead, the concept of transnationalism, understood as the development of social ties, cultural, economic and political across national borders, became a key dimension of many interpretations of postmodernity. The concern with the crossing of borders (both legal and administrative as symbolic and imaginary) is a recurrent theme in contemporary thought.

As a starting point for discussion, we understand the scattering of a diaspora population outside its territory of origin, which has multiple ties to the territory through time and space. Beyond its etymology, the term "diaspora" also evokes a wide range of connotations, including movement, travel, displacement, dislocation, rootlessness, hybridity and nomadism. We are particularly interested in examining how the concept of diaspora and transnationalism closely related, sometimes used almost as synonymous with-help to understand the concrete experience of different groups in different places and times, especially in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean after the World War II.

More even, we seek partnerships that allow specifying how they arise and develop the diaspora, how they relate to their ancestral homelands and how they fit in their societies of settlement. Finally, we invite contributors to comparatively analyze the causes, forms and consequences of the spread of human populations.

Deadline for submission has passed.

To submit manuscripts or request further information, please contact the guest editor at the following address or e-mail:

Dr. Jorge Duany
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Puerto Rico Section 23345
San Juan Puerto Rico 00931-3345
jduany@gmail.com

Call for Papers for the 70th Annual MPSA Political Science Conference, April 12 - 15, 2012, in Downtown Chicago

Poster Proposal Deadline has passed.

Visit our website here www.mpsanet.org

Call for Papers: Student Journal of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

The Student Journal of Latin American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin is accepting papers from both graduate and undergraduate students. We ask that you forward this to any party that may be interested in submitting an article. It is an online student journal in its third year of publication.

The deadline for submission has passed.

Those interested in contributing to the Student Journal of Latin American Studies or reading it will find more information on our website: http://www.SJofLAS.org.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at sjoflas@gmail.com

Call for Papers: "Between Poetics and Politics in the Hispanic World"

March 23rd and 24th 2012 at Texas A&M University

"Comprendo que no existe el camino derecho. Sólo un gran laberinto de encrucijadas múltiples."

The life's work of Federico Garcia Lorca exemplifies the complex relationship between two of these intersecting crossroads, that of poetics and politics. In the spirit of Lorca's example, the Hispanic Studies Department at Texas A&M University invites proposals that explore the interplay of poetic and political spheres of influence in the Hispanic world. In the humanities today, one often hears talk of the 'political turn' that followed from the linguistic turn of structuralist and post-structuralist thought that dominated critical theory from the 1960s onwards. The political turn arises in part from the desire to break away from the limits of language and poetics in order to think in a uniquely political register. With the Hispanic archive as our tool – which we must not forget that nowadays encompasses large sectors of the United States itself – our 2nd Annual Graduate Symposium proposes precisely to explore the relation between the poetic and the political. Must the two be necessarily considered separately? Indeed, has the history of poetics in Latin America not precisely revealed that the two are intimately tied? And how are we to understand this relation when we consider the poetics of performance or of visual studies? Or of digital culture? What can linguistic theory reveal to us today about the relation between the poetic and the political? Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Hispanic authors, works, movements or theories in the areas of poetry, literature, cinema, language-nation and identity, and theatre.

Confirmed key note speakers: Guillermo Reyes and José Pratts Soriol

Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies Conference

RMCLAS 2012 Annual Conference, Park City, Utah

The 59th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies will be held at the Yarrow Hotel in Park City, Utah, on Wednesday, March 28th, through Saturday, March 31, 2012. The RMCLAS Annual Conference provides an opportunity for scholars and graduate students to share original research on Latin America. The conference hotel will be the Yarrow Hotel in Park City.

Call for Papers:
The RMCLAS Program Committee is now accepting panel and paper proposals on general topics in Latin American Studies. We encourage presentations from all disciplines including, but not limited to, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Cultural Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethnomusicology, Film Studies, Gender Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Political Science, and Sociology.

We suggest that panels consist of a chair, at least three presenters, and a commentator (one of whom may be the chair and/or commentator) and a commentator. Papers can be in English or Spanish. Please fill out the panel proposal form by using the link below. This form will also accommodate single-paper proposals. The deadline for panel and paper proposals is December 15, 2011.

Here is the link to the proposal form. Be sure to hit "submit" when you are done. It is probably wise to prepare your panel proposal in your word processing program, then paste it into this form (to avoid losing info etc.). You should have a backup of your proposal in any case.

Also remember that if your panel/paper is accepted, membership in RMCLAS and conference registration is required to participate in the conference.

Michelle Johnson Vela, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and a colleague would like to propose a panel entitled "Cinematographic and Literary Representations of Border Epistemologies," but need one more paper to complete the panel. If anyone is interested, please respond to Michelle.Johnson-Vela@tamuk.edu with your paper proposal.

2011 Call for Proposals. Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução

The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University

The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2011.

Please submit materials to: Latin America in Translation Series, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke University, John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Box 90254, Durham, NC 27708-0254. (Please use zip code 27705 for courier service such as FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc.)

In the English-speaking world, Latin Americans are more often written about than read. As a result, the educated public in the United States continues to learn most of what it does know about the region from Latin Americanists who are themselves foreigners to the national realities they study. Since October 1990, the UNC and Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies has undertaken an effort to address this imbalance by establishing an ongoing editorial series, "Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução."

The Latin America in Translation Series is a joint initiative of the UNC and Duke Consortium, Duke University Press (DUP), and the University of North Carolina Press (UNCP) and is directed by an editorial committee of faculty members and editors from the three sponsoring institutions. Since 1993, approximately thirty-five books have been published in the series with more forthcoming regularly.

The Series translates and publishes in English outstanding books in a wide range of fields by important Latin American writers and scholars. While most topics in the social sciences and humanities (including literature) are considered, books with an inter- or multidisciplinary outlook are encouraged.

The committee gives highest consideration to those works that, once translated, will be most likely to attract a significant readership in English. The committee also has much interest in the translation of works that can be used in the classroom. It is for this reason that nonfiction has a better chance of being selected than fiction. Those who submit works of fiction or poetry are encouraged to provide an explanation of how these works are relevant in their respective field(s) and might be adapted to classroom use. The committee does not normally select highly specialized works that will likely be of interest to a relatively small audience of specialists, most of whom could read the book in the original language.

The Consortium has limited funds to support this series. In the case of larger or longer projects, any contributions or suggestions of sources of funding are welcome.

Nomination Procedures: Interested scholars or authors are encouraged to nominate a title for consideration in the series. Only complete submissions will be accepted. Please include the following:

1. A complete copy of the book. If a printed copy is unavailable, a photocopy of the book will be accepted. If requested, all copies will be returned upon completion of the selection process.

2. A brief statement of the book's importance within Latin America and for an English-language audience. This may come from the author or anyone interested in nominating a title for consideration.

3. (Optional) Published editorial reviews of the book. If including newspaper or magazine reviews please include the complete reference for the source.

The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2011.

Please submit materials to: Latin America in Translation Series, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke University, John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Box 90254, Durham, NC 27705.

For further information on the Series, please contact Program Coordinator, Amy Vargas-Tonsi (av71@duke.edu) The Consortium in Latin American & Caribbean Studies

http://www.uncdukeconsortium.org/translation_series.html

Call for Papers: Tulane University Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference

The conference will take place March 23-24, 2012. The conference's theme will be "Spaces Written in Violence / Violence Written in Spaces." We welcome submissions in English, Spanish or Portuguese examining Iberian, Transatlantic and Latin American literatures and cultures. Keynote Speakers will be Juan Pablo Dabove from the University of Colorado at Boulder as well as visiting Tulane professor Yuri Herrera.

The deadline for abstract submissions is January 15, 2012.

For more information, please contact Adam Demaray at ademaray@tulane.edu

"Balancing Societies: Social Justice and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean"

Tulane University
Stone Center for Latin American Studies
LAGO Graduate Student Conference
January 19-21, 2012

Abstract deadline has passed.

This year's Keynote Speaker is John Gibler.

John Gibler is a writer based in Mexico and California, the author of To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (City Lights Books, 2011), Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt (City Lights Books, 2009), and a contributor to País de muertos: Crónicas contra la impunidad (Random House Mondadori, 2011). He is a correspondent for KPFA in San Francisco and has published in magazines in the United States and Mexico, including Left Turn, Z Magazine, Earth Island Journal, ColorLines, Race, Poverty, and the Environment, Fifth Estate, New Politics, In These Times, Yes! Magazine, and Contralínea.

Much has been done in the last few decades in terms of social justice and combating inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean socially, economically, politically and culturally. Domestic and international actors have been working together to keep Latin American and Caribbean society in balance in social, economic, political, and cultural arenas. Throughout history and today, people approach questions of social justice and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean through various methodologies in a variety of fields. This conference invites scholars from all disciplines to examine the actors, trends and changes occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve the quality of life. We encourage submissions from the liberal arts, social sciences, and professional fields spanning historical and contemporary time periods to address the issue of society in flux in Latin America and the Caribbean and how we, as agents of change, utilize various methodologies and lenses to analyze these issues.

XXXII Annual ILASSA Student Conference

February 2-4, 2012

Abstract deadline has passed.

Find us on Facebook ILASSA 32: Annual Student Conference on Latin America

The Conference

The Student Conference on Latin America, organized by the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association (ILASSA) at The University of Texas at Austin, is an interdisciplinary forum for students involved in Latin American research topics. The conference provides students with the opportunity to present research activities, develop presentational skills, exchange ideas and information, and meet other scholars from around the world. The conference, now in its 32nd year, is the oldest and largest student's conference in the field of Latin American Studies.

Stony Brook University Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center 11th Annual Graduate Conference

April 20, 2012

Call for Papers: Trans-nationalizing Popular Culture

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center at Stony Brook University is pleased to announce its eleventh annual graduate student conference to be held on April 20, 2012 at Stony Brook Manhattan. We are looking for a wide range of popular culture topics and panels that explore the theme: "Trans-nationalizing Popular Culture." Popular culture often transcends national boundaries, and this conference seeks to engage in a discussion that will allow us to understand the actions, influences, and phenomena that have helped Popular Culture in Latin America cross those boundaries. Paper/panel proposals that do not explicitly address the conference theme will also be considered (if not necessarily prioritized).

To that end, we are interested in continuing to promote work in: Film, Television & Mass Media Studies, Cultural History, Comic books, Musical practices, Race, Gender, Class & Ability Studies, Theatre, Sports, Toys, and Games, Communication Studies, Visual History, or Queer Studies.

The conference provides students the opportunity to present their research in a forum devoted to discussion, as well as to the exploration of new perspectives. The conference is opened to all disciplines (i.e., history, political science, literature, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, etc).

Abstract (250-300 words) should be sent to laconfestony@gmail.com by February 1, 2012, either in English, Spanish or Portuguese, and must include a cover page with name, academic affiliation, and contact information.

The final schedule will be available by February 28, 2012. Students invited to participate should submit their final paper by March 31, 2012.

For additional information, please visit: www.stonybrook.edu/lacc

2012 AAPLAC Conference in San Cristobal

23rd Annual AAPLAC Conference

The Study Abroad Experience in Latin America: An Opportunity to Create Social Awareness

February 15-18, 2012 • San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

AAPLAC will hold its 23rd Annual Conference February 15-18, 2012, in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The conference venue will be the Aula Magna in the Facultad de Derecho (College of Law) at the Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH). The College of Law is a lovely colonial building located right in downtown San Cristóbal, close to hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, etc.

AAPLAC Conference registration is now open! https://secure.aaplac.org/conference/registration.php

The conference program and details about logistics are available online as well: http://www.aaplac.org/conference/

SDSU's V International Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Student Colloquium

CROSS/WORDS-CROSS/ROADS: An intersection of Language, Art & Culture

April 21, 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS: Spanish & Portuguese Language, Arts & Cultures

The colloquium calls for papers with an interdisciplinary focus that cover areas of Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and indigenous Latin American literatures, linguistics, and cultural studies including but not limited to: cinema, music, theater, dance, pop culture or related fields.

Participants should send their abstracts to sdsugradsp@gmail.com. The subject of the email should read "Colloquium Abstract". Please include in the body of the email but NOT on the abstract: title of presentation, author, academic affiliation, email address & any audiovisual accommodations required. Abstracts, written in any of the three languages mentioned, should not exceed 250 words and should be attached as a word or pdf document. We encourage students to submit abstracts as soon as possible.

The deadline for abstract submission is February 17th, 2012. Presentations may be up to 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of discussion and questions. The conference registration fee is: $20. Any inquiries regarding the colloquium may be direct to: sdsugradsp@gmail.com.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Latin American Studies in Practice: Theory Beyond the Academy

2012 Indiana University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Graduate Student Conference

April 13-14, 2012

The Indiana University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is proud to host the inaugural CLACS Graduate Student Conference on April 13-14, 2012 on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. This year's conference aims to bring together a diverse group of graduate students to facilitate interdisciplinary and inter-institutional cohorts within the field of Latin American Studies.

During the past year, the Chilean student movement has generated a popular social mobilization that challenges key structures of the neo-liberal state in that country; environmental activists in Ecuador garnered one of the largest environmental settlements in history from the oil giant, Chevron; and, new market reforms in Cuba have brought significant changes to daily life on the island. This year's theme, "Latin American Studies in Practice," encourages participants to consider the relationship between scholarship and human practice beyond the academy. How does scholarly work contribute to and/or reflect movements for social change in Latin America? How can scholarship engage with contemporary professional practice in business, public policy, law, and non-governmental organizations? Do scholars have an obligation to respond to pressing social, political, environmental, and economic problems in the present? How can historical and literary approaches inform our understanding of contemporary issues?

They welcome individual submissions and panel proposals from all disciplinary and professional backgrounds including, but not limited to, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, Public and Environmental Affairs, Public Health, Business, and Law. Papers may address diverse topics from any Latin American or Caribbean context but should do so in a way that articulates with this year's theme.

Graduate students must submit a title, an abstract (300 word maximum) and CV by February 1, 2012. Proposals are welcome from individuals and from panels whose participants plan to address a common theme. SEVERAL TRAVEL GRANTS ranging from $200-350 will be available on a competitive basis for students coming from outside Indiana University Bloomington; those students who apply for a travel grant must also submit a rough budget to aid in allocation of funds. Please download the proposal form from the CLACS website - http://www.indiana.edu/~clacs/gradconf2012.shtml - and send all documents as attachments in a single email to clacs@indiana.edu with the subject line "CLACS Graduate Student Conference 2012." For panel proposals, a designated chair should gather presenters' proposal materials and send all documents in a single email, with a brief, one-paragraph statement describing the panel.

All applicants will be notified about acceptance and panel assignment (for individual applicants) no later than February 27, 2012.

This year's conference will feature a reception, two days of panels, a Friday keynote speech by Bernardo Mendel Professor of History, Daniel James, and a Saturday screening of Jeffrey L. Gould's 2011 documentary The Word in the Woods. An IU Bloomington faculty member will serve as commentator on each student panel.

Call for papers: The 20th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham-Southern College

April 20th and 21st, 2012

Please plan to celebrate Birmingham-Southern College's 20th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium by presenting a paper on any topic related to the Americas. Since 1992, Birmingham-Southern College has been proud to host students and faculty from institutions in the Southeast and beyond. Over the years hundreds of undergraduate students have met with their peers from as many as 30 different Latin American Studies programs to engage in an exchange of ideas and present their research to an audience beyond their own classrooms or institutions. For many students this conference helped paved the way for future professional endeavors in many different fields related to Latin America.

To commemorate two decades of outstanding undergraduate scholarship, we are fortunate to have the Symposium's founder, Dr. Gama Perruci, as our keynote speaker.

A native of Brazil, Dr. Gama Perruci has a Ph.D. in political sciencefrom the University of Florida and a master's in international journalism (M.I.J.) from Baylor University in Texas. Aside from his research and administrative duties as Interim Provost, Dean of the Faculty, and Dean of the McDonough Leadership Center at Marietta College, Ohio, Dr. Perruci also serves as a consultant to many colleges and corporations. He also serves as the Interim Chair of the International Leadership Association, Inc. (ILA) Board of Directors.

The presentations are limited to undergraduate students only. All topics pertaining to Latin America are welcome. The presentations should be approximately 15 minutes in length. We encourage proposals of panels and invite faculty members to serve as panel chairs and discussants. It is the responsibility of the discussants to ensure that each and every presenter has an equal opportunity to summarize the most important points in his or her paper—and not read the entire paper. Papers in English, Spanish and Portuguese will be considered. Please send panel/paper proposals to the address below or submit online.

The Deadline for Proposals is February 10th, 2012.

By Mail: Dr. Barbara Domcekova
Latin American Studies Symposium, Director
Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL 35254
Phone: (205) 226-4975
Fax: (205) 226-3089
Online: http://www.bsc.edu/academics/las/symposium.cfm

EMRIP: Call for submissions on indigenous peoples' languages and culture

The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is calling for submissions on the role of languages and culture in the protection and promotion of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, its current mandated study in accordance with Human Rights Council Resolution 18/8 (September 2011), from:

• indigenous individuals and peoples and/or their representatives
• non-state actors including non-governmental organisations
• national human rights institutions
• any other relevant stakeholders

Submissions will need to be submitted by 17 February 2012 to be taken into account in the Expert Mechanism's study, a draft of which will be finalised in early April 2012 in preparation for the Expert Mechanism's fifth session in July 2012.

Please email submissions to Claire Charters at ccharters@ohchr.org http://www.iwgia.org/news/search-news?news_id=379 http://www.ohchr.org/SP/Issues/PIndigenas/EMRIP/Paginas/EMRIPIndex.aspx

Latin American Social and Public Policy Student Conference

February 24-25 at the University of Pittsburgh

Abstract deadline has passed.

http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/events/laspp.html

XI International Congress of Hispanic Literature

The conference is to be held in Cusco, Peru, between 7 and March 9, 2012. Paper proposals/abstract deadline has passed.

www.lhup.edu / CILH

Humanities Education and Research Association

Annual Conference, March 8 - 10, 2012
Salt Lake City, Utah Crossroads

Abstract deadline has passed.

In keeping with HERA's mission of promoting the study of the humanities across a wide range of disciplines, we invite presentations exploring any form of artistic representation---literature, the visual arts, music, theatre, opera, dance, film, photography, architecture et al---from any world culture, using an interdisciplinary "crossroads" approach to enrich and deepen our understanding of these cultural artifacts and the societies that produced them. Presentations on interdisciplinary approaches to teaching the humanities are also welcome.

Proposals for papers, panels, or workshops must be submitted through the conference web portal on the HERA website at www.h-e-r-a.org. Questions may be directed to the conference organizers, Francesca Lawson (francesca_lawson@byu.edu) or Michael Call (michael_call@byu.edu).

BALAS 2012 Annual Conference

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 28-30, 2012

Hosted by PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
PUC-Rio (www.puc-rio.br)
IAG Business School (www.iag.puc-rio.br)

IAG Business School, PUC-Rio Program Chair: Jorge Carneiro

Latin American Firms Competing in the Global Economy

Global competition is well-known to Latin American firms. As their domestic market has been contested by foreign competitors, opportunities abroad have also emerged and been exploited.

While there have been noteworthy setbacks as well as remarkable triumphs, several challenges and prospects still remain. From both theoretical and managerial perspectives, it is important to understand what mistakes have been made, what courses have paid off, and what lessons have been learned.

For the BALAS 2012 conference, we are particularly interested in contributions about the pattern of internationalization of Latin American firms – their trajectories and their management of geographically dispersed operations. Also, a discussion of the similarities and differences of Latin American firms vis-à-vis those of other continents as well as across Latin American firms themselves would be enlightening.

Advancement of the implications for academic research, managerial practice and public policy would be greatly welcome.

Besides inviting you to submit to the Conference Theme Tracks, BALAS also encourages submissions to the General Latin American Business Tracks.

41st Annual Congress of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

For the 41st Annual Congress of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, CALACS, being held from the 18-20th of May, 2012, at the UBC Okanagan Campus in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, we invite you to present potential proposals for a session entitled: “Indigenous Self-Determination and Autonomy in Latin America and Canada: New Horizons in the Struggle for Decolonization” (Tentative Title).  The session’s objective is to seek a balance regarding the experiences and process of Indigenous self-determination and autonomy in Latin America and Canada, taking into account the contemporary relations with nation-States, domestic and international legislation, the practices and visions of the Peoples, as well as their multiple struggles for decolonization.

Abstract deadline has passed.

If you would like more information about the CALACS Conferences, as well as opportunities for funding, visit the following site:

• In Spanish
• In English (including information about funding

2012 Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference at South Padre Island, TX

Call for Panels, Roundtables, and Papers 25th Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network Hosted by UT-Brownsville and Stephen F. Austin State University

May 17-20, 2012

Abstract deadline has passed.

THEME
Exploring Borders: New Realities, Challenges, and Solutions

For this conference, we examine, deconstruct, and interrogate "borders" in the field of public administration. Here, borders refer to physical, geographical, metaphorical, philosophical and/or ontological spaces that tend to delimit and separate us or, alternatively, bring us closer together. Borders can be hard and they can be porous or liminal. Indeed, much of what we need to accomplish in public administration needs to take place at the borders that separate and unite us.

Within these sometimes fluid and sometimes invariable fields of action we call borders, new political, social, economic, global, and technical realities have challenged governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and humanity to respond. Public administration theory has a unique opportunity to go beyond established thinking to interpret these realities, acknowledge the challenges, and assert solutions. This conference seeks to build new theoretical groundings in ways that create inclusive communities, increase citizen/public collaboration, improve governance, boost administrative prowess, and enhance understanding of border relations. Approaches to this theme may include antiessentialism, critical theory deconstructive methods, dialectics, discursive practices, hermeneutic interpretation, phenomenological approaches, post-structuralism, and social constructivism.

The Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) invites scholarly papers from diverse perspectives that inspire new theoretical discussions and build from the past insights and structures to allow us to confront new realities, challenges, and solutions. The Program Committee will also consider proposals unrelated to the theme, but advance theoretical thinking in administrative, behavioral, policy, and political arenas.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Conference sessions begin Friday, May 17th, 2012 and end at noon on Sunday, May 20th, 2012. There will also be a Ph.D. student pre-conference workshop. The conference will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn on South Padre Island, Texas.

Questions about the hotel, registration, or conference events should be sent to the Site Committee Chair, Terry Garrett, at Terence.Garrett@utb.edu.

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Questions about program substance or proposals for panels, papers, and roundtables should be addressed to the Program Committee Chair Rick Herzog at PAT.Net2012@gmail.com.

More information: http://patnet2012.wordpress.com/about/

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference

The Mohegan Sun Convention Center
1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard
Uncasville, Connecticut 06382
June 3-6, 2012

The NAISA Council invites scholars working in Native American and Indigenous Studies to submit proposals for individual papers, panel sessions, or roundtables. All persons working in Native American and Indigenous Studies are invited and encouraged to apply. Proposals are welcome from faculty and students in colleges, universities, and tribal colleges; from community-based scholars and elders; and from professionals working in the field. To access the templates for individual papers, panels, and roundtables, click on http://www.regonline.com/NAISA2012callforpapers .

4-Study Abroad and Summer Programs

The Yucatec Maya Summer Institute: Summer Intensive Courses in Yucatec Maya

Beginning-Intermediate-Advanced

June 10 – July 20, 2012

Students in this program will have the unique opportunity to take a comprehensive look at the Yucatan through a combination of classroom and field activities. Students visit a range of important historic and cultural locations.

There are three levels of study available. Total combined enrollment for all three levels is limited to 20 students. Students are encouraged to apply early. Applications are invited from anyone who wishes to study. Application deadline is March 15.

For Applications Contact: The Study Abroad Office, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, FedEx Global Education Center CB# 3130 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3130, 919-962-7002 http://studyabroad.unc.edu/programs.cfm?pk=1883

For more information visit: http://isa.unc.edu or contact Beatriz Riefkohl Muniz at riefkohl@email.unc.edu

Decolonizing Knowledge and Power Summer School, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain

The Center of Study and Investigation for Global Dialogues (Barcelona, Spain) is now accepting applications for its two-week summer institute (TAUGHT IN ENGLISH) open to advanced undergraduate/graduate students, post-doctoral candidates, junior faculty and professionals on decolonial thought and knowledge.

DECOLONIZING KNOWLEDGE AND POWER: POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES, DECOLONIALHORIZONS Barcelona, Spain - July 9-19, 2012

http://www.dialogoglobal.com/barcelona

First Round Application Deadline: February 1, 2012

The international Summer School, "Decolonizing Knowledge and Power: Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Horizons" will be in its fourth year and aims at enlarging the scope of the conversation (analysis and investigation) of the hidden agenda of modernity (that is, coloniality) in the sphere of knowledge, power and higher education.

The professors invited for the 2012 Decolonizing Knowledge and Power Summer School are drawn from our affiliated faculty and cover different thematic fields of study, historical periods and regions of the world: Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the US.

Affiliated faculty include: Boaventura de Souza Santos, Linda Martin Alcoff, Emma Perez, Salman Sayyid, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Stephen Small, Michael Omi, Ramón Grosfoguel, Kwame Nimako, Tiffany Ruby Patterson, James Cohen and Daphne Taylor-Garcia

The course is offered in English.

Deadline for Applications: February 1, 2012.

http://www.dialogoglobal.com/barcelona/application.php

Costs for the July 9-19 intensive seminars:

• 1st Option: Tuition only: €1,300
• 2nd Option: Tuition + Shared Room (1-2 other participants): €1,600

Location: Barcelona, Spain (important social and cultural center of Spain and the Catalonia region, right on the Mediterranean Sea)

You can write to the following email address if you have any questions: decolonialknowledge@dialogoglobal.com

OSEA: Spend Summer 2012 in the Maya World, Yucatán, Mexico

Summer 2012 Programs:

• Heritage Field Study & Ethnography
• Teach English Service Learning
• Maya Language Immersion
• Intensive Spanish Immersion

OSEA Field School Programs are based in Pisté and Maya Communities surrounding Chichén Itzá, One of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

OSEA Field School Program Fees include:

• Direct Enrollment with Accredited University Transcript
• Food & Lodging, Homestays with Maya families in Pisté
• Local Field Trips to Chichén Itzá, Ek Balam, Yaxuna, Cenote Dzitnup, & jungle caves
• Mid-Program Break (4-night/5 day) to allow participants free-time to explore Yucatán on their own (not included in program fees).

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: Open to Undergraduates in sophomore year and higher, with any social science & humanities major Open to Graduate Students in any social science and humanities fields (send us an email to ask about grad rates) GPA of 2.5 or higher

Write to contact@osea-cite.org for more information, or visit us at www.osea-cite.org!

Study Abroad in Mexico

Study Abroad in Mexico The Mexico Solidarity Network study abroad experience offers a dynamic, student-centered pedagogical approach combined with direct interaction with some of Mexico’s most important social movements.

Chiapas/Tlaxcala/Mexico City: January 30 - May 7 (Spring application deadline was Nov. 1, But don't despair- there are 3 spots left for the spring program that will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. )

For more information, please visit http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/

Study Abroad, Intern or Volunteer with ProWorld in Latin America

Interested in studying, interning or volunteering abroad in Latin America? ProWorld offers service-based study abroad programs, internships and volunteer positions in Peru, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Brazil. As an intern or volunteer, you can gain hands-on experience anytime year-round and involve yourself in a project surrounding community development, healthcare, women's empowerment, education or environmental conservation. As a Study Abroad student, you can gain academic credit Fall, Spring or Summer semester and work on a community-driven service project. Feel free to visit the website to find out which project may be best for you: www.proworldvolunteers.org.

Autonomous University of Social Movements (AUSM)

Our Mexican Social Movements semester and summer study abroad programs allow students to live with and learn from the very social movements they read about building autonomy, resisting neoliberalism, and changing the way we do politics. Whether it's in indigenous communities in Chiapas, in campesino communities in Tlaxcala, or the country's largest urban land reclamation movement in Mexico City, students will gain first-hand experience that speaks volumes.

The 13-week, 16-credit semester program is accredited at the undergraduate and graduate level by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and our US school of record is Hampshire College. Transcripts have been accepted by over 100 US colleges and universities.

See our website and apply today! http://mexicosolidarity.org/ausm

Threads of Peru Volunteers

A sustainable tourism (trekking) company in Cusco, and their affiliated NGO, Threads of Peru, which works with weavers in several remote communities in the region, are looking for volunteers. The positions are flexible, and would probably work for anyone interested in Andean culture, Quechua (the communities are Quechua speaking), weaving, tourism, and marketing. For more information, contact Amanda Zenick at threads.schedule@gmail.com

Links: http://apus-peru.com and http://www.threadsofperu.com/

Haitian Creole Language Instruction Opportunity

Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) at Florida International University is currently accepting applications for its 14th Annual Haitian Summer Institute in Miami, Florida. The Institute features intensive language training in Haitian Creole at both the Beginning/Intermediate and Intermediate/Advanced levels, as well as a Haitian Studies Seminar Series and a FLAC Lecture Series.

The program is FLAS-approved.

Eligible non-FIU students who are interested in enrolling in the Institute are invited to apply for FIU FLAS Fellowships in Haitian Creole by contacting Joanne Virgille, Coordinator, LACC Academic Programs at jvirg001@fiu.edu Students are encouraged to apply ASAP.

For more information, please visit: http://casgroup.fiu.edu/lacc/pages.php?id=719

5-Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities

Fulbright Public Policy Fellowships

The deadline for submission of the Fulbright U.S. Student Online Application is February 1, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. These are for graduate students only. See: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-public-policy-fellowships.html

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State will inaugurate a new Fulbright award in academic year 2012-13. The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship will provide opportunities for U.S. citizens to build mutual understanding and contribute to the strengthening of the public sector abroad.

The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship will allow fellows to serve in professional placements in foreign government ministries or institutions and gain hands-on public sector experience in participating foreign countries while simultaneously carrying out an academic research/study project.

Fulbright Public Policy Fellowships will be offered in the following countries:

• Bangladesh
• Dominican Republic
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Ivory Coast
• Jamaica
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Nigeria
• Thailand
• Tunisia

Embassies, Fulbright Commissions (where applicable), and host country governments will coordinate appropriate professional placements for candidates in public policy areas including, but not limited to, public health, education, agriculture, justice, energy, environment, public finance, economic development, information technology, and communications.

The goal of these assignments is to build the Fellows' knowledge and skills, provide support to partner country institutions, and promote long-term ties between the U.S. and the partner country. The U.S. Embassy, with the Fulbright Commission (where applicable), will provide administrative support and oversight during the Fellow's program.

Fulbright Public Policy Fellows will serve in a capacity similar to a "special assistant" for a senior level official. Successful applicants must have a strong service orientation, flexibility and resourcefulness, outstanding organizational skills, a wide range of competencies including strong writing, communication and IT skills, and an ability to work behind the scenes in a supportive role. Fellows may be responsible for activities such as policy and budget development and analysis; program monitoring and evaluation; drafting speeches, talking points, and correspondence; record keeping and note taking; and general project management. Fellows will have the opportunity to use their subject area expertise, language fluency, and other skills, such as IT proficiency, during the program to support the achievement of host institution goals. Responsibilities will be finalized after the placement is made. Participants will also be expected to carry out an academic component, such as an independent research project or related coursework. Fulbright Public Policy Fellows will spend approximately 32 hours per week in their professional assignment and 8 hours per week pursuing a related academic project.

The Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Fellowships

Funding Ph.D. Dissertation Research

Visit www.iie.org/iaf for eligibility criteria and how to apply.

2012-2013 APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 17th, 2012

IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. Fellows must be U.S. citizens or citizens of the independent Latin American countries. Proficiency in the language(s) appropriate to the research proposal is required.

Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria. Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information on the following topics:

• Organizations promoting grassroots development among the poor;
• the financial sustainability and independence of such organizations;
• trends affecting historically excluded groups such as African descendants, indigenous peoples, women and others;
• transnational development;
• the role of corporate social responsibility in grassroots development;
• the impact of globalization on grassroots development;
• the impact of grassroots development activities on the quality of life of the poor.

The Fellowship includes:

• round-trip international transportation to the research site;
• a research allowance of up to $3,000;
• a monthly stipend of $1,500 for up to 12 months;
• emergency health insurance;
• expenses related to required attendance at a mid-year conference.

For more information on this exceptional grant opportunity, including application instructions and additional information on the deadline, visit www.iie.org/iaf. For more information on the IAF, visit www.iaf.gov.

Sally Casanova Pre-doctoral Program

The Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Program is designed to increase the diversity of the pool of potential university faculty by supporting the doctoral aspirations of individuals who are: Current upper division or graduate students in the CSU, Economically and educationally disadvantaged, U.S. citizens or permanent residents, Leaders of tomorrow

For more information and an application, please visit: http://www.calstate.edu/PreDoc/index.shtml

The Graduate Student Travel Fund (GSTF) supports travel associated with scholarly research and creative activities.

AWARD The maximum award is $1,000 and must be used within twelve months of the allocation. Approximately $7,000 will be granted during each review cycle (fall, winter and spring).

ELIGIBILITY The Graduate Student Travel Fund is available to all degree-seeking SDSU graduate students with an accumulated grade point average of at least 3.0. An eligible graduate student may submit one application for each review cycle.

CRITERIA FOR REVIEW The GSTF applications are evaluated by a sub-committee that includes representation from Associated Students, Graduate Student Association, the Graduate Council and the Division of Research Affairs. The primary criteria used in evaluating applications for funding are as follows:

• Relevance or merit of professional activity to support student's research/scholarship in designated major field of study
• Appropriateness of scope and budget
• Contribution to completion of a thesis or dissertation

TO APPLY Complete the GSTF application, including required signatures, at: http://gra.sdsu.edu/grad/research/docs/GSTF_Application.doc

Save as a single low-resolution PDF file (files exceeding 5 MB and multiple PDF files will not be accepted) and e-mail the document to the Division of Research Affairs (dra@mail.sdsu.edu). No paper submissions will be accepted. Decisions for funding will be announced within one month of the submission deadline.

Deadlines for fall, winter and spring are October 1st, February 1st and May 1st respectively.

Please direct questions to the Division of Research Affairs (dra@mail.sdsu.edu), (619) 594-5938.

6-Internships, Volunteer, and Job Opportunities

Border Environmental Justice campaign of the San Diego based organization the Environmental Health Coalition.

The Border Environmental Justice Campaign works both in San Diego and in the community of Chilpancingo in Tijuana to promote environmental justice on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The BEJC works to reduce toxic pollution caused by maquiladora (assembly plant) industries in Tijuana and to promote fair trade and globalization for justice. You can learn more about the Environmental Health Coalition at: http://www.environmentalhealth.org/ and the BEJC specifically at: http://www.environmentalhealth.org/BorderEHC/index.html .The Border Environmental Justice Campaign is in great need of an intern, to begin as soon as possible or at the beginning of the Spring Semester. Here is the information on what we are looking for:

Qualifications:

• Student must be in the last two years of their university career
• Student must have excellent reading and analytical skills
• Student must be able to read, write and speak proficiently in Spanish
• Student must have time to commit 5-10 hours to their project
• Student should preferably have some experience with doing research, especially in the fields of environmental law, urban studies, and environmental justice

Project Description: The Border Environmental Justice Campaign is currently working on a project to halt the channelization of an important environmental resource, the Alamar River in East Tijuana. The intern will be conducting research to advance this project, and will be investigating:

• Treaties or laws agreed upon both the U.S. and Mexican governments that outline standards for environmental health
• Mexican environmental laws surrounding public works and their responsibilities to the health of local communities
• Past case studies of urban development and its harmful effects on local communities
• Examples of tools that communities have used to resist urban development projects
• Any other valuable information/sources that can be used in combating the Channelization project

If you are interested in participating as an intern for the Border Environmental Justice Campaign, we can help you set up a way to get college credits. Please apply by sending me 2-3 paragraphs about why you are interested in the internship, how you are qualified and when you can start, along with a copy of your unofficial transcript to c.prado@berkeley.edu. Deadline is December 30, 2011.

Call for Postdoctoral Researcher-Editorial Manager

The Political Science Institute at the University of Luxembourg is seeking candidates for a two-year postdoctoral research position that is also associated with the peer-reviewed journal Regions & Cohesion (Berghahn Journals) which is based in the institute. The successful candidate will principally work on his/her own research project but the subject should broadly be related to the aims and scope of the journal (http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/reco/) which promotes the comparative examination of the human and environmental impacts of regional integration processes. The successful applicant will be expected to assist the editors with the daily operations of the journal including communications with authors and peer-reviewers. The University of Luxembourg is a multilingual and interdisciplinary institution so candidates with a Ph.D. in any of the social sciences can apply. Regions & Cohesion is published in English, Spanish and French so applicants should be fluent in at least two of these languages. Working knowledge of all three would be viewed favorably. For further information, please contact Dr. Harlan Koff (harlan.koff@uni.lu) or Dr. Carmen Maganda (carmen.maganda@uni.lu), Editors, Regions & Cohesion.

Research Assistant Job Opportunity from El Valor de Nuestra Salud

El Valor de Nuestra Salud [The Value of our Health] is a 5-year NCI-funded project to test the effectiveness of an intervention that changes the food environment of Latino grocery stores to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables among customers. We will identify 18 Latino grocery stores (or tiendas) in San Diego County and randomly assign them to intervention or control conditions. The intervention will consist of communication change strategies and structural change strategies with the goal of changing aspects of the social and physical environments of the tiendas to increase sales and consumption of produce. The intervention will include employee and manager trainings to promote the sales of fruits and vegetables and a food marketing campaign. The primary aim is to increase self-reported fruit and vegetable intake in a sample of 360 adult store customers between baseline and 6-month follow up. Intervention effectiveness will be evaluated at the employee, manager, and store levels.

Are you interested in working with our Latino community? El Valor de Nuestra Salud is a public health research study promoting healthy foods through grocery stores. We are currently seeking a Bilingual research assistant to recruit and conduct baseline evaluation activities with customers and employees of Latino grocery stores in San Diego County. Please submit your resume via email to Daisy Perez, Evaluation Coordinator, at dperez@projects.sdsu.edu or for more information & complete job description, call Daisy at (619) 594-2188 or email Daisy.

Mixtec Cultural Exchange Program: In San Diego

Tasks:

• Teach English or Spanish to Indigenous Mixteco Adults
• Provide tutoring and educational activities to Mixteco youths

This is a great opportunity to learn about the Mixteco culture, practice your Spanish, and gain practical experience in language instruction. No prior tutoring experience needed; this is a hands on learning experience for you and the Mixteco community.

Requirements: Must be available to teach on Tuesdays or Thursday evenings in Linda Vista from 5:30-8:30 and help with cultural workshops on two Saturdays over the course of the semester. Spanish preferred, but not required.

For more information, please contact Annika Adamson at clasintr@mail.sdsu.edu

Translation Internship at Federal Defenders of San Diego

Federal Defenders office in San Diego (FDSDI) is offering an internship program that offers students a specialized real world apprenticeship where they will apply their bi-cultural skills and gain practical insights toward becoming proficient working professionals.

TITLE: SPANISH/ENGLISH TRANSLATION INTERN DESCRIPTION OF

DUTIES: The Translation Intern will work in a legal office environment translating a variety of documents to be submitted to the Court in criminal cases.

HOURS: 8-12 hrs per week, 160 hrs credit Flexible schedule within the hours of 8 am to 6 pm M-F

QUALIFICATIONS: A high level of spoken and written Spanish and English fluency Bi-cultural background and education a plus Excellent comprehension and writing skills in both languages Word processing proficiency

INTERNSHIP COURSE INFORMATION: Independent study or course credit according to the specifications of each instructor or institution. Interns will learn about the responsibilities and operations of a legal office and will receive orientation on pursuing careers as court interpreters, translators, investigators, paralegals and/or attorneys.

A letter of evaluation and recommendation will be provided, based on performance and a 250-500 word essay on how cultural differences are revealed in translation from the perspective of any academic discipline of interest to the student, such as law, sociology, literature, linguistics or anthropology.

HOW TO APPLY: Submit a résumé and letter of interest to Yolanda France, Chief Interpreter, to Yolanda_France@fd.org

DEADLINE: Open until filled each school term throughout the year

Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation representing indigent persons accused of federal criminal offenses. Our close proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border has a strong influence on our caseload.

Our staff currently consists of over fifty trial attorneys and sixty support personnel, many of whom are bilingual and bicultural. Our attorneys are assisted by highly trained and dedicated investigators and interpreters.

NBC Building
225 Broadway Suite 900
San Diego, California 92101-5030
(619) 234-8467
FAX (619) 687-2666

San Diego Prevention Research Center

The San Diego Prevention Research Center's main focus is to evaluate a community-based obesity prevention program that promotes physical activity among Latinos in South San Diego County.

DESCRIPTION

Familias Sanas y Activas is the main project of the San Diego Prevention Research Center, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We train community members to be physical activity instructors, and they offer free exercise classes to community members.

BENEFITS TO YOU

• Gain valuable health promotion and research experience
• Earn course credit with a minimum of 180 hours
• Obtain data for thesis projects
• Receive professional recommendations

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of Spanish preferred Personal transportation, CA driver's license and insurance needed for some positions Willingness to work in and travel to South San Diego County for some positions MS Word Suite Skills

Send Resume or Contact:

Carolina Huerta, Intervention and Communication Coordinator 619-594-5768, chuerta@projects.sdsu.edu

Marisa Molina, Research Core Project Manager 619-594-2965, mmolina@projects.sdsu.edu

Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA)

Internships COHA is now accepting applications for summer internships in the field of U.S.-Latin American and Canadian relations. Every summer, COHA awards some 30 internships to applicants from a pool of roughly 300 candidates. COHA accepts applications on a rolling basis, but openings tend to be filled quickly. COHA is always looking for original, exacting scholars who possess an uncluttered writing style. We are looking for resourceful, sharp and motivated applicants who are seeking an opportunity to receive practical experience in the fields of policymaking and communicating with the media, and have a desire to advance progressive development on political, economic, and trade matters throughout Latin America and Canada. As the jockeying for internships can, at times, be rather competitive, in applying for such positions we ask potential applicants to send us the following documents to ensure we are recruiting the most qualified candidates: cover letter, résumé, writing sample, transcripts, 2 letters of recommendation, and a completed COHA internship application form. We look forward to receiving your application, which will be diligently scrutinized.

For application forms and more information, please visit: http://www.coha.org/about-internships/

SNAP: Feeding America

A National anti-hunger organization called Feeding America. It is a campaign to help connect eligible households with the federal food stamp program (now called SNAP). An overwhelming majority of these households are Latino, many undocumented. Feeding America volunteers help demystify that process, challenge the myths, and encourage eligible families to seek assistance. They do outreach at various food distribution events, schools, clinics, and so forth. They have also successfully challenged rejections, so the interns learn something about the policy process as well as how assistance programs work and so on.

Internship specific requirements: The internship requires a one-semester commitment, availability of 4-5 hours a week to intern. Knowledge of Spanish is preferred but not required.

Internship Opportunities with Sustainable Bolivia

Sustainable Bolivia is a 501(c) 3 non profit organization whose specific goals are to provide Bolivian grass-roots organizations with much needed human and financial resources while providing international students and professionals the opportunity to gain practical work experience through internships and volunteer opportunities in Bolivia.

For more information, please visit: www.sustainablebolivia.org

US Department of State

The State Department is seeking students for internships. Please visit http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#SIP for more information.

7-Articles, Publications, Books

Wounded Border/Frontera Herida: Readings on the Tijuana/San Diego Region and Beyond

Edited by Justin Akers Chácon and Enrique Davalos, Professors of Chicano Study at City College

“Astute scholars from California examine the geopolitical dynamics of the U.S.-Mexican border in this eye-opening anthology.  They have not only studied, but given voice to those subjected to the inhumane conditions created by a geographical boundary and its attendant globalization policies    Each contributor combines  historical context and  analysis with fascinating narratives that deepen our understanding of topics such as the criminalization and trauma suffered by deportees; the horrors of daily living in Juarez; NAFTA’s environmental destruction; and the role of Mexican workers and immigrants in labor struggles in Mexico and the U.S.”-- Virginia Escalante, Pulitzer Prize recipient, and City College International Book Fair Director 

Get your copy today at www.cityworkspress.org

Cantar a los narcos by Juan Carlos Ramírez Pimienta

The book's title is the Cantar a los narcos: voces y versos del narcocorrido (Singing to the Traffickers: Voices and Verses of the Narcocorrido). Mexico: Editorial Planeta (Issues Today), 2011.

What has made a musical genre narcocorrido so popular and profitable? From its origins and great characters, the furor over singers like Chalino Sanchez, Los Tigres del Norte and Los Tucanes de Tijuana, to the emergence of musical groups specializing in playing narcocorridos Oaxaca, Song to the narcos is an interesting invitation to discover what is behind this music, especially in times of economic crisis, blooms and makes the traffickers into heroes.

More information about this book

Before the Revolution:Women's Rights and Right-Wing Politics in Nicaragua, 1821–1979

By Victoria González-Rivera

Those who survived the brutal dictatorship of the Somoza family have tended to portray the rise of the women's movement and feminist activism as part of the overall story of the anti-Somoza resistance. But this mythic depiction of heroic struggle conceals a much more complicated history, which Victoria González-Rivera unravels in this book. As early as 1837, she shows, some Nicaraguan women expressed interest in eliminating the tyranny of male domination, and this interest grew into full-fledged campaigns for female suffrage and access to education by the 1880s. By the 1920s a feminist movement emerged among urban, middle-class women and lasted for two more decades until it was eclipsed in the 1950s by a nonfeminist movement of mainly Catholic, urban, middle-class and working-class women who supported the liberal, populist, patron-clientelistic regime of the Somozas in return for the right to vote and various economic, educational, and political opportunities. Counterintuitively, it was actually the Somozas who encouraged the participation of women in the public sphere (as long as they remained loyal Somocistas), whereas their opponents, the Sandinistas and Conservatives, often appealed to women through their maternal identity. What emerges from this fine-grained analysis is a picture of a much more complex political landscape than that portrayed by the simplifying myths of current Nicaraguan historiography, and we can now see why and how the Somoza dictatorship did not endure by dint of fear and compulsion alone.

Order it at Penn State University Press

Recent Publications by LAS Faculty

Carruthers, David V. and David S. Sclosberg. 2010. Indigenous Struggles, Environmental Justice, and Community Capabilities." Global Environmental Politics, 10 (4): 12-35.

Clark Alfaro, Victor. 2008. Mixtecos en la Frontera. Comision Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas

Colston, Stephen. 2010. "Celluloid Conquistadors:  Images of the Conquest of Mexico in Captain from Castile (1947)," Camino Real:  Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas, 2 (3):  11-33.

Conway, Frederick J. 2010. Imaginándo la Cuenca del Río Tijuana. Culturales 6 (12): 75-96.

Farley, Kathleen A. 2010. Patways to Forest Transition: Local Case studies from the Ecuadorian Andes. Journal of Latin American Geography. 9 (2):7-26.

Loveman, Brian. 2010. No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/polsciwb/brianl/book18.html

Pérez, Ramona L. 2010. Narratives from the Other Side: the Revelations and Dynamics of a Binational Penpal Program. Special Edition, Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations: North American Stories of Young People’s Lives. Stuart Aitken, ed. Children’s Geographies. v. 8(4): 353-363.

Pérez, Ramona L., Margaret Handley, James I. Grieshop. 2010. Savoring the Taste of Home: The Pervasiveness of Lead Poisoning From Ceramic and its Implications in Transnational Care Packages. Special Issue, Anthropological Perspectives on Migration and Health. Craig Hadley, ed. NAPA Bulletin, v. 34(1):105-125.

Ramirez-Pimienta, Juan Carlos. 2010. Los corridos de Juan Meneses: dos antecedentes tempranos del narcocorrido en la frontera México-Estados Unidos. Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. 35(2).

Ramirez-Pimienta, Juan Carlos. 2010. Detección pública / detección privada: El periodista como detective en la narrativa policíaca norfronteriza. Revista Iberoamericana. April-June: 377-91.

Ramirez-Pimienta, Juan Carlos. 2010. En torno al primer narcocorrido: arqueología del cancionero de las drogas. A Contracorriente: Journal of Social History and Literature in Latin America. 7(3): 82-99. http://www.ncsu.edu/project/acontracorriente/

Ramirez-Pimienta, Juan Carlos. 2010. Chicago lindo y querido si muero lejos de ti: el pasito duranguense, la onda grupera y las nuevas geografías de la identidad popular mexicana. Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos. 26(1): 31-45.

Swanson, Kate. 2010. Begging as a Path to Progress: Indigenous Women  
and Children and the Struggle for Ecuador’s Urban Spaces. Geographies  
of Justice and Social Transformation book series edited by Nik Heynen,  
Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

Swanson, Kate. 2010. Pidiendo Caridad en la Ciudad: Mujeres y Niños  
Indígenas en las Calles de Ecuador.  Quito: Facultad Latinoamericana  
de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)-Abya Yala.

Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)

http://www.cepal.org/

Latin American Network Information Center (Lanic)

http://lanic.utexas.edu/

North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)

http://www.nacla.org

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

http://www.wola.org/

Indigenous farm workers in California

Here is the link to an excellent web page with comprehensive data on indigenous farm workers in California. It includes data on various regions of California and on the communities in Mexico from whence the workers come. A significant proportion of these workers are from Oaxaca.

The website is one result of a 2 ½ year study of indigenous farm workers in California. The site is in English and Spanish.

www.indigenousfarmworkers.org
For further information contact Rick Mines rkmines@volcano.net

LA VOZ

La Voz Community Events Newsletter over the last 12 years has worked towards keeping the San Diego non-profit, Latino, and community at large connected ~
LA VOZ Community Events Newsletter

Schools for Chiapas Newsletter

http://www.schoolsforchiapas.org/english.html

Council on Hemispheric Affairs Newsletter (COHA) Weekly Press Release

http://www.coha.org/

El Correo Fronterizo, Gaceta Electronica: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

http://www.colef.mx/gaceta/GacetaPorCorreo.asp

Programa de Las Américas: Un Nuevo Mundo de Acción Ciudadana, Análisis, y Alternativa Políticas

Articulo: "Catorce años de TLCAN y la crisis de la tortilla"
Ver este artículo y mas: http://www.ircamericas.org/

Semanario Bitácora: Periodismo Cultural Independiente

http://www.bitacoracultural.com/

CERLAC Update

To view News, Events, and Publications from the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University visit: http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/publications.htm#bulletins

The latest issue of SD City Beat

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/

El Boletín: IRC Programa de las Américas

Un nuevo mundo de ideas, análisis y opciones en políticas públicas." El Boletín Américas es un servicio gratuito del International Relations Center (IRC) que anuncia los últimos artículos. Para ver los artículos visita:http://www.ircamericas.org/

Latin American Theatre Review

Now available online! https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/latr