Monday, March 31, 2014

March 31- April 6, 2014


CHECK OUR LATEST CLACS AND LEMANN INSTITUTE REVIEW NEWSLETTER  



  • GRADUATE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
The graduate minor in Latin American Studies will require the student to complete 12 graduate hours; 8 of the hours must be at the 500-level.
- Area Coursework: A minimum of 8 graduate hours at the 400/500-level from courses in two different departments approved by CLACS every semester. The Center updates and posts approved courses in our website and announce them through our listserv. Our Center has approximately 104 faculty affiliated from different departments in campus, and we approve their courses as part of our curriculum. The Center will record the approved courses on a master list to be kept in the unit that will be used to certify that students took approved courses during their studies in the minor. 
- Language Component: At least 4 hours in language coursework taken in any Latin American language (Portuguese, Spanish or Native American Language or Haitian Creole) while enrolled in the Graduate Minor program.  
- In the case that not enough or advance language courses are offered, The Center also accepts as equivalent area courses taught in these languages, i.e. literature class taught in Portuguese or Spanish. 
- If the chosen language course is at the 400-or 500 level it may count towards the required 12 hours for Graduate Minor. We anticipate that students registering in the Minor already have knowledge of Latin American language. 
- If the Student's Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals with a country from Latin America and the Caribbean, we advise students in this minor to speak with their advisor about including a committee member from the minor area. 
- We recommend that the courses taken for the minor not be applied to course requirements in the students' Master's or PhD program

  • CONSULT WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LIBRARIAN
Antonio Sotomayor, Latin American Librarian will be holding special office hours in CLACS every Thursday this from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in room 200, ISB. If you have any questions about research, finding sources, literature review, exploring a potential research topic, starting a paper, or anything else involving research, the library, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, please stop by the International Studies Building room 200 on a Thursday, 3:30-4:30pm. If these hours doesn’t work for you, just send me an e-mail and we’ll find another time to meet.
THIS WEEK: 4-5PM

HASTAC 2014: Hemispheric Pathways: Critical Makers in International Networks (Senderos Hemisféricos: Pensadores críticos en redes internacionales), the 6th international conference for the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.   HASTAC 2014 will be hosted by the Ministerio Cultura of Lima, Peru, making this event the first HASTAC conference to be hosted outside of North America.
2/19/14 - Registration is now open! Register at: https://www.regonline.com/hastac2014
Questions or comments can be sent to/ Para preguntas y comentarios, por favor dirigirse a: conference-team@hastac.org.

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THE CENTER FOR LATIN  A MERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES AND THE LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES
PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL WEEK AT ILLINOIS

MONDAY, MARCH 31
2-4PM
101 International Studies Building

BRAZILIAN MUSIC AND ITS HISTORY

Eliz Artz (singer), William Kubaitis (guitar player) and Bob McEntyre (drum player).
They are all members of the Ensemble Elis and they will be bringing their instruments to play some of the most famous Brazilian songs.

Elis Artz is a singer, psychologist and an artist from Brazil ( one of her paintings is being featured on the interior overhead panels of every MTD bus ) . Based in Champaign- Urbana, she is the lead singer of Desafinado band. Desafinado is a five - peace ensemble that plays a combination of Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB and has played in many venues in town such as Krannert Center for the Perfoming Arts and in Chicago Area. Elis is also in a new Brazilian Music Project called " Ensemble Elis " with William Kubaitis on Guitar, Ben Taylor on Acoustic Bass and Bob McEntyre on drums and percussion. Elis and members of " Ensemble Elis " will be performing a couple of tunes and talking about Brazilian Music and its History this Monday at 2pm. Come, warm up and  explore the History of Brazilian Music, the traditional rhythms and instrumentation of Brazilian music with Elis!

TUESDAY , APRIL 1
2PM
101 International Studies Building

FRANCISCO H G FERREIRA, Chief Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank and IZA
ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THE RISE OF LATIN AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS

After decades of stagnation, the size of the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean recently grew by 50 percent—from approximately 100 million people in 2003 to 150 million (or 30 percent of the continent’s population) in 2009. Over the same period, the proportion of people in poverty fell from 44 percent to around 30 percent. Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class investigates the nature, determinants, and possible consequences of this remarkable process of social transformation. The authors propose an original definition of the middle class, tailor-made for Latin America and centered on the concept of economic security. By this definition, the largest social group in the region at present is neither poor nor middle-class: they are a vulnerable group sandwiched between the poverty line and the minimum requirements for a more secure, middle class lifestyle.


THURSDAY, APRIL 3
12PM
101 International Studies Building

MARCH CHERNICK, Director Center for Latin American Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Director, Georgetown-Los Andes Program on Conflict Resolution and Human Rights, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia


NEGOTIATING PEACE IN COLOMBIA: ENEMIES, ADVOCATES , AND THE IMPACT OF ELECTORAL POLITICS

Following parliamentary elections on March 7, President Santos won a firm mandate to continue with his peace agenda.  At the same time, former president Alvaro Uribe won a significant block of seats in the upper house, not enough to block Santos' agenda, but sufficient to stir up opposition. The presence of a hard right parliamentary opposition is new in Colombian politics.

As the presidential elections scheduled for May 25th move forward, a new cleavage has emerged with the destitution of the Mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, himself a former demobilized guerrilla, for reasons that appear to be ideologically motivated. Despite the unprecedented issuance of protective measures by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordering the Colombian Government to protect the rights of the former mayor and to suspend the process against him,  Mayor Petro was removed from office.  The action sent a chill across the peace table in Havana and may have dealt a severe blow to the Interamerican System of Human Rights.

This talk then, will review the intersection of electoral and peace politics in Colombia as the country attempts to put an end to more than sixty years of continuous armed conflict.  The talks in Havana represent the best --and perhaps the last -- chance to find a negotiated end to one of the world’s most protracted internal armed conflicts.  However as the recent moves against the Bogota mayor reveal, peace is not inevitable and the construction of a post-conflict scenario will be fraught with challenges if a final peace accord is signed.

Dr. Marc Chernick is Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and is Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He also serves as Director of the Georgetown -Los Andes Program on Conflict Resolution and Human Rights at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

He previously taught and served as Acting Director of the Latin American Studies program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and earlier as the Assistant Director of the Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies at Columbia University, and worked for several years as a professor at the University of Los Andes and the National University of Colombia, both in Bogota, and as a Visiting Professor/ Researcher at FLACSO-Ecuador in Quito and the Institute of Peruvian Studies in Lima.

He has written widely on issues of violence, guerrilla insurgencies and peacemaking in Colombia and in Latin America, and has recently published Acuerdo posible: Solucion negociada al conflicto armado colombiano (Bogota, revised 3rd edition 2012), as well as two book chapters in English on the FARC: "The FARC at the Negotiating Table" and "The FARC: From Liberal Guerrillas to Marxist Guerrillas to Post-Cold War Insurgents."

He has served as a consultant for the World Bank, UNDP, USAID, the governments of Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, and for other international organizations and NGOs on issues of human rights, democracy, early warning and conflict resolution in Colombia, as well as in Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Central America, Zambia, Sudan, and Nigeria. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.


 CINEMA SERIES  
                                                                             
THURSDAY, APRIL3
7:15pm
LUCY ELLIS  LOUNGE

UN CUENTO CHINO/ CHINESE TAKE-AWAY (Argentina)
Argentina’s national treasure, Ricardo Darín, is best known for his intense dramatic performances in films such as Nine Queens, The Aura, and the Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes, but his brilliant comic timing in this instant classic helped make Chinese Take-Away the biggest home-grown box office success of 2011 in Argentina. Darín plays Roberto, a gruff, anti-social loner who lords over his tiny hardware shop in Buenos Aires with a meticulous sense of control and routine, barely allowing for the slightest of customer foibles. After a chance encounter with Jun, a Chinese man who has arrived in Argentina looking for his only living relative, Roberto takes him in. Their unusual cohabitation helps Roberto bring an end to his loneliness, but not without revealing to the impassive Jun that destiny’s intersections are many and can even explain the film´s surreal opening sequence: a brindled cow falling from the sky.
Sur Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
- Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
Goya Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain
- Best Ibero American Film
Havana Film Festival
- Special Mention, Best Film
Rome Film Festival
- Audience Award, Golden Marc’Aurelio Award to Best Film
Worldfest Houston
-Best Foreign Film & Best Theatrical Feature
Ojai Film Festival
-Best Narrative Feature



SATURDAY, APRIL 5
3:15PM
LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE

DIVÃ/ IN THERAPY (Brazil)
In Therapy” stars Lilia Cabral as Mercedes, a happily married 40-something with two children, who out of curiosity decides to see a psychoanalyst. Her sessions on the therapist’s couch lead her on a comic, and at times, dramatic journey of transformation, with young lovers, rave parties and a life she never knew she was missing. Her best friend Monica eggs her on, and Mercedes’ plain, middle-class life takes both surreal and poignant turns. Mercedes’ husband Gustavo adds to the comic tone - complaining she always has a drama when the football’s on tv - lending a “typical” Brazilian male perspective to the story.



ECUADORIAN FILM SERIES (Spring)

LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE

8 pm. 
FRIDAY, April 4

EL SABOR DE LA VIDA
Ariana Andrade. 11 min. 2013

EN EL NOMBRE DE LA HIJA
Tania Hermida. 102 min. 2011
More info: peguez2@illinois.edu
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CONFERENCES  
  •      ILLINOIS LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS SOCIETY
6TH CONFERENCE
April 4-6
The Illinois Language and Linguistics Society’s 6th Conference will be hosted on our Urbana-Champaign campus on April 4-6, 2014( This coming weekend!!). For those of you who are not familiar with the conference, this is an annual graduate student-run conference on topics pertaining to language and linguistics. As a student run conference, it is fully dependent and enriched by the participation of students such as yourself, and is free to all UIUC affiliates! Even if you are not a graduate student, we would be delighted to have you! Undergraduates, post-docs, professors, and anyone in between is welcome!

This year Professors Susan Herring (Indiana), Deryle Lonsdale (BYU) and Paula M. Winke (MSU) are our invited speakers. Professor Hasegawa-Johnson from our own university will also be presenting along with a number of competitively selected international graduate students. This year’s special topic is Language and Technology, although papers on a variety of topics will be presented. Here is a link to the website for more information.http://ills.linguistics.illinois.edu/

Registration is open until the day of the conference; however, to help with scheduling we would greatly appreciate it if you register by April 1, 2014. For more information about registration for the conference and the reception, please click the link. http://ills.linguistics.illinois.edu/registration.html

Even if this is your first time hearing about the conference, we encourage you to come and participate for your own academic benefit and for the benefit of your colleagues who will be presenting. For those of you who have participated in the past, we are grateful for the precedent you have set for this conference and we hope to see you there again this year. We all know that conferences are beneficial for personal academic development and can be included on professional CVs. This conference is free, readily accessible and provides insight into the work of experts and soon to be experts in our field. We hope to see you there and to see your work presented at the conference in years to come! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! Direct your questions to Philothe Kabasele at kabasel2@illinois.edu.
  •        JOINT AREA  CENTERS SYMPOSIUM 2014
CHILDREN AND GLOBALIZATION: ISSUES, POLICIES AND INITIATIVES

APRIL 10-12, 2014
3rd FLOOR LEVIS FACULTY CENTER



 Each year the International and Area Study Centers and Center for International Business Education and Research join together to sponsor a Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS) on a theme of common interest. This year's theme, "Children and Globalization" and, reflects concerns among parents, educators and public policy officials worldwide about the impact of the global economy, migration, global media, war and social change on the socialization and rights of children. This symposium promises to be an exciting event that will bring together scholars and experts from many different disciplines to discuss the meaning of childhood today, the experiences of children in diverse contexts, the impact of child labor and war on children's lives, and debates about children's rights.
This year's JACS conference is free and open to the public.
Teachers can received up to 20contact hours (20 Illinois CPDU's and 2.0 general University CEU's) of professional development recognition. Click here to register as an educator!
Sponsors: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for African Studies, the Program in Disarmament, Arms Control and International Security, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the European Union Center, the Center for Global Studies, the Center for International Business Education and Research, the International Forum on U.S. Studies, the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies, the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and the Program in Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
  
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OPPORTUNITIES
  •    PRO-BONO TRIALS IN BRAZIL 
The ABA-UNDP International Legal Resource Center (ILRC) has received a request from the ABA Center for Human Rights Justice Defenders (JD) Program  for  pro bono attorneys to observe a trial in Brazil. The JD Program provides pro bono legal assistance to human rights defenders who are the subject of harassment.  Specifically, the program: a) advises and supports embattled human rights advocates by providing international and comparative legal research, and consulting on litigation strategies and b) observes and raises public awareness of trials and provides analysis of sensitive issues. 

The JD Program is observing the trial in Brazil of persons alleged to have murdered an attorney who was investigating human rights abuses by Brazilian security forces. The JD Program is seeking a number of pro bono attorneys to observe legal proceedings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  A pro bono attorney is needed to travel to Brazil to observe the trial.

·         Deliverable
Proceedings are expected to begin sometime in the next two months and may continue for a year.   Each observer will be asked to observe proceedings for one week. The observer is expected to prepare a report on the proceedings upon completion of the observation mission.

·         Logistics
The anticipated schedule for observations will be once every 2 weeks for the next two to three months. Each trip will average three (3) days.  Volunteers will be asked to indicate their availability several weeks in advance and will be informed of the exact hearing schedule the week before the hearing.  The trial is expected to begin sometime within the next two months. 

·         Costs
This is a pro bono assignment based in Brazil to commence once observer(s) are selected. The JD Program will cover the cost of travel. 

S/he must have a:)an advanced university degree in Law or other fields relevant to the assignment; b) at least 5 or more years of legal experience post-graduation; c) demonstrable knowledge of criminal law matters; c) previous experience working in Latin America and knowledge of the context of the Brazil and political landscape; d) strong interpersonal skills in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity; e) excellent communication, analytical, and writing skills; e) fluency in Portuguese (required).

**Candidates with less experience are welcome to submit their CV for future reference.  Portuguese proficiency is required.

The application deadline is Friday, April 4,  at 5pm (EDT).  Application materials must include a CV and a detailed cover letter. Please note that this is NOT a paid opportunity.

We would be most appreciative if you would review and determine whether you, anyone you know or any organization with which you are affiliated may have any knowledge of experts who might be good candidates. If you or members of your organization are interested in working with the ABA Center for Human Rights and the JD Program, please email updated CV and cover letter* (attached as word or PDF documents) byFriday, April 4th, 2014 at 5pm (EDT).  As always, we appreciate your assistance and please do not hesitate to contact us for more information or if you have any questions.

Completed applications must be sent to Jacqueline.Gichinga@americanbar.org.
  
  •      VOLUNTEER AT THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (LASA) 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN CHICAGO
MAY 2014

The Latin American Studies Association is looking for volunteers to assist with all on-site meeting services. The LASA2014 International Congress will be held in Chicago, IL from May 21st to May 24th of 2014.

Volunteers should expect to work in half-day (6 hour shifts). Please let us know if you can work more than one shift. Shifts are available Wednesday, May 21st through Saturday, May 24th. Available shifts are as follows:

Wednesday, May 21st:
12:30 pm – 6:30 pm
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Thursday, May 22nd:
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Friday, May 23rd:
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
11:30 am – 5:30 pm
1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Saturday, May 24th:
7:30 am – 1:30 pm
11:30 am – 5:30 pm

Volunteers will be listed in our system and receive a program book, name badge holder, and a certificate noting your participation in the Congress as well as their name badge which is required for access to the Congress.

Volunteers receive full access to all of the Congress’ sessions and events provided at least one shift is worked. Access to the events will require the proper name badge be displayed.

A manual detailing the information for the Congress and volunteer duties will be sent with your schedule. Note that duties range from directing and escorting attendees to and from sessions and guiding attendees through registration lines to preparing Congress materials. These duties may require extensive walking or standing and some light lifting.

Upon receipt of this email, please share with us the days/times in which you are available to help with our Congress as well as any languages you may speak.

Deadline: May 1, 2014

Contact information:
lasacong@pitt.edu
  •        UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN
The University Language Academy for Children will offer summer camps for children ages 4-11 at the Children's Research Center in June and July. Classes meet five days a week with three options: 8:30 a.m.-noon, 1:30-5 p.m. or 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration by May 31 preferred. For more information, visit the link above or contact sip-ulac@illinois.edu.



  •    INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
The National and International Scholarships Program will be conducting informational meetings for students who are interested in obtaining scholarships for the pursuit of prestigious internships, teaching English abroad, or graduate studies or research at world-class institutions. Sessions will begin with an overview of the scholarships available (including Beinecke, Churchill, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, George Mitchell, Goldwater, Luce Scholars, Marshall, Rhodes, Truman, and Udall). Juniors and seniors are encouraged to attend one of the first eight sessions that focus on crafting and compiling quality application materials. First and second year students should plan to attend one the subsequent ten meetings regarding strengthening a student’s candidacy for these opportunities. All sessions will be held in conference room 514 in the Campus Center for Advising and Academic Services at 807 South Wright Street.

The following meetings are targeted generally towards juniors and seniors (those graduating before August 2015).

Monday, March 31   1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30- 4:00 or 4:00-4:30
Tuesday, April 1      1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30- 4:00 or 4:00-4:30

These sessions are primarily for freshmen and sophomores (those graduating after August 2015).

Wednesday, April 9:  5:00-5:30
Friday, April 11: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30- 4:00 or 4:00- 4:30
Tuesday, April 15: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:00-3:30, 3:30-4:00 or 4:30-5:00

For more information, contact the National and International Scholarships Program at topscholars@illinois.edu or visit the website at www.topscholars.illinois.edu

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IN THE NEWS        

Brazil grows wary of Venezuela under Maduro, reduces support  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/28/us-brazil-venezuela-idUSBREA2R0ZP20140328

Cuba approves foreign investment law http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26805254

Bolivians clash at protest over anti-drugs military HQ  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26778388


The “Protest of all Protests” Calls for Constitutional Reform in Chile http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/03/25/the-protest-of-all-protests-calls-for-constitutional-reform-in-chile/

Remembering Brazil's decades of military repression  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26713772


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Angelina Cotler, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
201 International Studies Building
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Ph: (217) 333-8419
Fax: (217): 244-7333

Monday, March 17, 2014

March 17-23, 2014

CHECK OUR LATEST CLACS AND LEMANN INSTITUTE REVIEW NEWSLETTER  


  
  • GRADUATE MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
The graduate minor in Latin American Studies will require the student to complete 12 graduate hours; 8 of the hours must be at the 500-level. 

  • Area Coursework: A minimum of 8 graduate hours at the 400/500-level from courses in two different departments approved by CLACS every semester. The Center updates and posts approved courses in our website and announce them through our listserv. Our Center has approximately 104 faculty affiliated from different departments in campus, and we approve their courses as part of our curriculum. The Center will record the approved courses on a master list to be kept in the unit that will be used to certify that students took approved courses during their studies in the minor.
  • Language Component: At least 4 hours in language coursework taken in any Latin American language (Portuguese, Spanish or Native American Language or Haitian Creole) while enrolled in the Graduate Minor program.
  • In the case that not enough or advance language courses are offered, The Center also accepts as equivalent area courses taught in these languages, i.e. literature class taught in Portuguese or Spanish.
  • If the chosen language course is at the 400-or 500 level it may count towards the required 12 hours for Graduate Minor. We anticipate that students registering in the Minor already have knowledge of Latin American language.
  • If the Student's Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals with a country from Latin America and the Caribbean, we advise students in this minor to speak with their advisor about including a committee member from the minor area.
  • We recommend that the courses taken for the minor not be applied to course requirements in the students' Master's or PhD program


  • CONSULT WITH THE LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARIAN
Antonio Sotomayor, Latin American Librarian will be holding special office hours in CLACS every Thursday this from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in room 200, ISB. If you have any questions about research, finding sources, literature review, exploring a potential research topic, starting a paper, or anything else involving research, the library, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, please stop by the International Studies Building room 200 on a Thursday, 3:30-4:30pm. If these hours doesn’t work for you, just send me an e-mail and we’ll find another time to meet.

HASTAC 2014: Hemispheric Pathways: Critical Makers in International Networks (Senderos Hemisféricos: Pensadores críticos en redes internacionales), the 6th international conference for the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.   HASTAC 2014 will be hosted by the Ministerio Cultura of Lima, Peru, making this event the first HASTAC conference to be hosted outside of North America.
2/19/14 - Registration is now open! Register at: https://www.regonline.com/hastac2014
Questions or comments can be sent to/ Para preguntas y comentarios, por favor dirigirse a: conference-team@hastac.org.
  
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LEMANN INSTITUTE FOR BRAZILIAN STUDIES

Presents

TUESDAY, MARCH 18
2pm
101 International Studies Building

BRODWYN FISHER, History, University of Chicago

URBAN HISTORY AND THE HISTORICAL PARADIGMS OF CITIZENSHIP: A VIEW FROM BRAZIL


In the 1980s, citizenship emerged as a language of radical re-alignment for the global left.  In the decades since, it has emerged as an important paradigm among historians, and particularly among those concerned with inequality, social movements, and political struggle . This talk will explore the possibilities and limitations of the citizenship paradigm as it relates to the urban experience of Brazil and the global south, highlighting the divergent experiences of Recife and Rio de Janeiro from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries.

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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES


Presents

SAMUEL ARAUJO, Ethnomusicology, School of Music of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)


COLD WAR POLITICS AND THE ARTS IN BRAZIL: REAPPRAISING GUERRA-PEIXE’S EMPIRIICAL RESEARCH ON NORTHEASTERN TRADITIONAL MUSIC (1950-1952)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19
2pm
LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE ( Foreign Language Building)

Close at the time to ideals of folklore stylization in art forged around the Cold War, composer Guerra-Peixe's conducted groundbreaking studies of traditional music in Northeastern Brazil between 1950 and 1952, largely under self-developed working methods, but also informed by readings of authors such as R. Waterman and M. Kolinski.
In 1954, when the International Folk Music Council held its world conference in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, Guerra-Peixe's had already published several articles on musical traditions as well as his major book on the maracatus. This congress was mainly focused on the definition of folklore vis-à-vis commercialized popular music, and several of its well-known names explored the difficulties in establishing the differentiating criteria between both concepts. Curiously Guerra-Peixe did not present a paper, although participating in the event as musical program director. Only in a 1958 article ("Sputnik and Folklore") Guerra-Peixe finally tackles the issue, sustaining a definition based on use (immediacy of elaboration, metaphoric transformation) as opposed to emphasizing the medium (orality) or the content (theme, structure) as hegemonic at the time among Western scholars.
This article examines both the ideological and musical aspects of Guerra-Peixe's distinctive position facing the issue of traditionalizing knowledge, As argued in the paper, his view on the issue clarifies the contours of a cultural praxis that processes reality in multiple, complementary or even antagonistic levels.

Prof. Araujo main research area is the ethnography of musical practices; to understand musical processes through ethnographic approaches to its more encompassing social processes, highlighting the articulation between their micro and macro conditions.  received his  M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. From 2005-12 he was a member of the Advisory Council of tje Colegio Brasileiro  de Altos Estudios (Brazilian College for dvanced Studies) and coordinator of the Ethnomusicology Laboratory at UFRJ

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20
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JOINT AREA  CENTERS SYMPOSIUM 2014
CHILDREN AND 

GLOBALIZATION: ISSUES, POLICIES AND INITIATIVES

APRIL 10-12, 2014
3rd FLOOR LEVIS FACULTY CENTER


 

 Each year the International and Area Study Centers and Center for International Business Education and Research join together to sponsor a Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS) on a theme of common interest. This year's theme, "Children and Globalization" and, reflects concerns among parents, educators and public policy officials worldwide about the impact of the global economy, migration, global media, war and social change on the socialization and rights of children. This symposium promises to be an exciting event that will bring together scholars and experts from many different disciplines to discuss the meaning of childhood today, the experiences of children in diverse contexts, the impact of child labor and war on children's lives, and debates about children's rights.
This year's JACS conference is free and open to the public.
Teachers can received up to 20contact hours (20 Illinois CPDU's and 2.0 general University CEU's) of professional development recognition. Click here to register as an educator!
Sponsors: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for African Studies, the Program in Disarmament, Arms Control and International Security, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the European Union Center, the Center for Global Studies, the Center for International Business Education and Research, the International Forum on U.S. Studies, the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies, the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and the Program in Women and Gender in Global Perspectives


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OPPORTUNITIES

·         VOLUNTEER AT THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (LASA) 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN CHICAGO
MAY 2014

The Latin American Studies Association is looking for volunteers to assist with all on-site meeting services. The LASA2014 International Congress will be held in Chicago, IL from May 21st to May 24th of 2014.

Volunteers should expect to work in half-day (6 hour shifts). Please let us know if you can work more than one shift. Shifts are available Wednesday, May 21st through Saturday, May 24th. Available shifts are as follows:

Wednesday, May 21st:
12:30 pm – 6:30 pm
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Thursday, May 22nd:
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Friday, May 23rd:
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
11:30 am – 5:30 pm
1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Saturday, May 24th:
7:30 am – 1:30 pm
11:30 am – 5:30 pm

Volunteers will be listed in our system and receive a program book, name badge holder, and a certificate noting your participation in the Congress as well as their name badge which is required for access to the Congress.

Volunteers receive full access to all of the Congress’ sessions and events provided at least one shift is worked. Access to the events will require the proper name badge be displayed.

A manual detailing the information for the Congress and volunteer duties will be sent with your schedule. Note that duties range from directing and escorting attendees to and from sessions and guiding attendees through registration lines to preparing Congress materials. These duties may require extensive walking or standing and some light lifting.

Upon receipt of this email, please share with us the days/times in which you are available to help with our Congress as well as any languages you may speak.

Deadline: May 1, 2014

Contact information:
lasacong@pitt.edu

  •        UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN
The University Language Academy for Children will offer summer camps for children ages 4-11 at the Children's Research Center in June and July. Classes meet five days a week with three options: 8:30 a.m.-noon, 1:30-5 p.m. or 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration by May 31 preferred. For more information, visit the link above or contact sip-ulac@illinois.edu.






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  • INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
The National and International Scholarships Program will be conducting informational meetings for students who are interested in obtaining scholarships for the pursuit of prestigious internships, teaching English abroad, or graduate studies or research at world-class institutions. Sessions will begin with an overview of the scholarships available (including Beinecke, Churchill, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, George Mitchell, Goldwater, Luce Scholars, Marshall, Rhodes, Truman, and Udall). Juniors and seniors are encouraged to attend one of the first eight sessions that focus on crafting and compiling quality application materials. First and second year students should plan to attend one the subsequent ten meetings regarding strengthening a student’s candidacy for these opportunities. All sessions will be held in conference room 514 in the Campus Center for Advising and Academic Services at 807 South Wright Street.

The following meetings are targeted generally towards juniors and seniors (those graduating before August 2015).

Monday, March 31   1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30- 4:00 or 4:00-4:30
Tuesday, April 1      1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30- 4:00 or 4:00-4:30

These sessions are primarily for freshmen and sophomores (those graduating after August 2015).

Wednesday, April 9:  5:00-5:30
Friday, April 11: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30- 4:00 or 4:00- 4:30
Tuesday, April 15: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:00-3:30, 3:30-4:00 or 4:30-5:00

For more information, contact the National and International Scholarships Program at topscholars@illinois.edu or visit the website at www.topscholars.illinois.edu
  •  ECUADORIAN FILM SERIES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
      Lucy Elis Lounge, FLB.
8 pm. 
 
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CALL FOR PAPERS  / CONFERENCES
                    
·         GLOBALIZATION: THE END OF U.S. HEGEMONY ?

12th Annual Global Studies Association Conference                                     
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology of Loyola University
June 6 - 8, 2014
Loyola's Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago near the Magnificent Mile.

Keynote speakers include: Beverly Silver, John Hopkins University; Lisa Brock, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo College; Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research; Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza, Consul General of Venezuela in Chicago. Plus Keynote panels on China, Latin America and Europe.

We will consider all abstracts on the topic of globalization. The GSA is a multi-disciplinary organization, therefore all relevant topics from any academic area or from activists are of interest.
Please send a 100-word abstract in the body of an email with the subject line GSA Conference Abstract to Jerry Harris at gharris234@comcast.net. Include your name, affiliation, and active email address.
If you wish to be removed from the announcement list for this once-a-year event, email carld717@gmail.com 
Deadline for abstracts is May 5, 2014.
For more conference information go to:
http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal

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IN THE MARKET

·         Program Assistant Job Opening at the Inter-American Dialogue

Reports to Program Director, Education
The Inter-American Dialogue seeks an entry-level staff person to join its education team. The Program Assistant will support the senior staff in a range of activities (see below). S/he will have initiative, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish. The position brings a committed individual into contact with an active group of civil society leaders, policymakers and academics in the field of education policy in Latin America and exposes them to cutting-edge policy issues in education.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The program assistant will, work under the direction of the Education Program Director. Specific responsibilities include:

*             Provide research support to senior staff for specific projects and presentations, as well as carry out independent analytical work on a selective basis.
*             Assist with the editing, translation, design, and publication of program reports, memos, press releases, and other materials. This includes drafting reports to funders and maintaining a record of program impacts.
*             Manage the logistics of public events, conferences, delegations and ad hoc meetings, as required, including drafting event agendas and making travel and lodging arrangements.
*             Oversee the selection and management of the program intern each semester.
*             Manage and write for the PREAL blog, and maintain the education pages of the Inter-American Dialogue website and the program’s social media accounts.
*             Coordinate the production of the weekly email bulletin, PREAL Enlaces.
*             Help manage financial logistics of the program, such as reconciliation of expenditures and sub-grants to partner organizations throughout Latin America.
*             Coordinate travel, meetings, and scheduling for senior staff.
*             Other responsibilities may include editing, commenting on, summarizing, or drafting documents in English or Spanish, responding to special requests from funders, and summarizing proceedings of program events, as assigned by the Program Director.

QUALIFICATIONS:
*             Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences.
*             Familiarity with issues in education and developing countries.
*             Experience (1 year preferred) living, working, and/or studying in Latin America.
*             Fluency in Spanish and English is required, Portuguese a plus.
*             Strong conceptual, oral, and written communication skills and attention to detail.
*             Proficiency with Microsoft Office; web design experience a plus.
*             High level of initiative as well as the ability to work in a team.

The Inter-American Dialogue is Washington’s leading forum for exchange among opinion leaders of the Western Hemisphere, and an independent, nonpartisan center for policy analysis on economic and political relations in the Americas. Its 100 members from the United States, Canada and Latin America include former presidents, prominent political, business, labor, academic, media, military and religious leaders.
The Inter - American Dialogue is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
For consideration, please submit your resume, a cover letter, one writing sample in English and one in Spanish to jobs@thedialogue.org. Please indicate last name and position for which you apply in subject line. If you prefer you may send the materials by mail to Human Resources, Inter-American Dialogue, and 1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036. No phone calls, please.
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IN THE COMMUNITY


MUSIC FROM THE ANDES WITH THE HATHAWAYS AND TOM TURINO 

Recently back from another tour in Peru, the trio performs traditional Andean music from Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina with kena (Andean flute), charango (a small Andean guitar), guitar, and vocals. The trio presents a variety of song and dance genres to demonstrate the richness of Andean mestizo music.

Friday, March 21
9pm
Iron Post


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