The San Diego State University Department of Geography and the Center for Latin American Studies Present: Dr. Alberto Diaz-Cayeros «Indian Identity, Poverty and Colonial Development in Mexico».
Thursday March 11, 2010 3:30 pm
Arts and Letters 101
Dr. Díaz-Cayeros is an associate professor at UC San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and director of Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX). Previously, he was an assistant professor at Stanford University. In 1997, Professor Díaz-Cayeros received his Ph.D. in
political science from Duke University. His research interests include poverty, development, federalism, clientelism, and patronage. He is cur-rently working on a book manuscript entitled Strategies of Vote Buying: So-cial Transfers, Democracy and Welfare in Mexico.
San Diego State University Department of Anthropology Forensic Program and Latin American Studies Present CLYDE C. SNOW
MARCH 12, 2010, 3PM
Invited Speaker -world renowned forensic anthropologist, Clyde Snow, will be speaking on his human rights work in Argentina and Guatemala, and the formation of forensic teams whose reputations extend beyond Latin America, with deployments to crises through out the world. A pioneer in his field, he has trained and supported a generation directly influencing the forensic protocols used in crime scene analysis and human rights work today. Included among his many projects are the identification of WWII criminal Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele, John F. Kennedy, victims of serial killer, John Wayne Gacey, King Tutankhamun, and the Oklahoma City Bombing.
For more information please contact amayes@mail.sdsu.edu
Madhavan Distinguished Lecture in Economic Development
San Diego State University Department of Economics in association with the Charles Hostler Institute on World Affairs, Center for Latin American Studies, and Center for Asian and Pacific
Studies Cordially invites you to attend the Madhavan Distinguished Lecture in Economic
Development
Dr. Eliana Cardoso Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank and Professor of Economics,
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil will speak on Comparing Developing Giants: Brazil and India Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.. in SDSU Aztec Athletic Center Auditorium, AZAT
1014
SDSU 3rd Annual Diversity Conference
“Diversity Pathways to Student Success”
Saturday, April 24, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS – PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Concurrent Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, March 12, 2010
SUGGESTED TOPICS
* Race, ethnicity, and nationality
* Health and disability
* Gender • Social justice, economics, politics & law
* LGBTQ
* Glass ceilings
* Religion
* Education
* Intersecting issues
* Other (Please specify)
TIME AVAILABLE
Presenters will have the option of conducting a 30 or 60 minute presentation. Presenters should
carefully think about the type of material to be presented, the number of presenters, and the need to
allow time for questions and/or discussion to fit the allotted time. For more information please visit
www.sa.sdsu.edu/intercultural
Seize the Sky
Simone Aaberg Kaern: Seize the Sky continues at the University Art Gallery of San Diego State
University through May 5, 2010. The exhibition is a fourteen-year survey of the Danish artist’s video works that address flight as a metaphor for individual freedom and examine the sky as airspace unbounded by political borders. Seize the Sky is Aaberg Kaern’s premiere exhibition on the West
Coast, and her first comprehensive solo exhibition in the United States.
Art, Aviation and Achievement: An International Symposium on Women’s Rights will be presented on Wednesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. in SDSU’s Hardy Tower 140. The symposium will be moderated by Jenni Prisk, president and founder of Voices of Women, and will feature an international roster of panelists, including Simone Aaberg Kaern, artist and pilot, Copenhagen; Jessica Cox, motivational speaker and pilot, Tucson; Loeky Droesen, senior program officer, Aim for Human Rights, Utrecht; Anh Hua, assistant professor, Department of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University; Lieutenant Chris Kieszek, pilot, United States Navy and assistant professor, Department of Naval Science, San Diego State University; and Captain Latifa Nabizada, pilot, Afghan National Army Air Corps, Kabul.
An Exhibition and Symposium Celebration will follow the symposium from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the University Art Gallery. The exhibition and events are free and open to the public.