CLAS E-Bulletin: September 16, 2010

1-CLAS and Other Events at SDSU

Fulbright Workshop

There will be a special Fulbright Information Session on Monday, Sept. 20 at 1:00 PM for students.

Mr. Tony Claudino, Outreach Director for the New York Student Fulbright program will make a presentation and respond to questions. Students planning to apply now, or those who are thinking of a Fulbright grant for next year, are welcome to attend.The SDSU Student Fulbright deadline is Sept. 27. There is still time to apply for an English Teaching Assistant grant (there are 600 ETA grants).

Location: Arts & Letters room 102

Please reserve a spot by email to fulbright@mail.sdsu.edu

Brown Bag Bate Papo (BBBP)

Join a group of «Brazilphiles» to learn, improve, and practice your Portuguese!

Mondays from 12:30 to 1:30pm Scripps Cottage Area

Portuguese instructor extraordinaire, Nadjla Sahyoun Bowie, is leading this group!

A gente se ve lá! ~ See you there

Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Revitalization in Baja California

Two distinguished indigenous elders of Baja California­Teodora Cuero (Kumiai) and Leanor Farlow (Kiliwa)-0-will share stories and discuss ancient and contemporary lifeways of Baja California’s native groups. Anthropologist Michael Wilken will describe the lands and the people of their cultures through a presentation of photographs from 1890 to the present.

Thursday, September 23

7:00 p.m.

West Commons 220

Save the Date!

The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to its first monthly happy hour Friday, September 24th at 5:00 pm. Location to be announced.

The Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University Cordially Invites you to our 40th Anniversary Finale Dinner and additional Finale Weekend Activities

Saturday October 2, 2010, 6 PM

Come Celebrate With Us!

Details of events and registration below

Please sign up for the Saturday evening dinner on our events web site: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/wsweb/. The site will include all of the latest event information schedules and updates. Dinner (at cost) $45; $40 for current students. Maps are linked to SDSU venues. Please address any questions to our event e-mail address: ws40thfinale@gmail.com

Please note that we have an RSVP deadline of this Friday, September 10.

Zapotec Language Course

Our very own Zapotec language course was recently featured on KPBS news. To read the article, please visit the KPBS website.

2 – Events Outside SDSU

The Brilliance of Mexican Composers In celebration of La Independencia de Mexico

Thursday September 16 at Dizzy’s San Diego Wine & Culinary Center

Harbor Club Towers ground floor 2nd & J Street

For more information please see http://www.coralmacfarlandthuet.com

The Mexican Revolution of Independence, El Bicentenario 1810-2010

The History of the Insurgents, 1810-1821, and the History That Mexicans are Writing Today

La historia de los y las Insurgentes, 1810-1821, y la historia que los mexicanos hoy están escribiendo

Enrique Davalos

16 de Septiembre, 2010

Room A 213, 11:10 am

San Diego City College

El actual Grito de Dolores

Thursday, September 16 from 6pm to 10pm at the Centro cltural de la Raza.

Some of the artists representing most of the nations south of our border have come from Argentina, Honduras, Mejico, Peru among others showing up specially for tomorrows opening. This is a fundraiser for the Centro where the art will be auctioned all month from Sept 15th to Oct 15 when we will have a closing reception sponsored by the Consulate de Mexico.

There will be brindis and latin food available.

For more information please contact Mario Torero 858-774-1286

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3-Conferences and Calls for Papers

RMCLAS 2011 Annual Conference

The 58th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Wednesday, April 6 through Saturday, April 9, 2011.

The RMCLAS Program Committee is now accepting panel and paper proposals on general topics in Latin American Studies.

Please provide us with your name, affiliation, electronic address, the paper title, and a short abstract (not to exceed one page). The deadline for panel and paper proposals is December 15, 2010.

Please send proposals to rmclas@austin.utexas.edu

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4-Study Abroad and Summer Programs

Haitian Creole Language Instruction Opportunity

Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) at Florida International University is currently accepting applications for its 13th 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.

5-Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans for Graduate Study

The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields.

For more information please go to http://www.pdsoros.org

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6-Internships, Volunteer, and Job Opportunities

Research job and PhD study in the Netherlands

Nijmegen University School of Management and Utrecht University Faculty of Geosciences are currently advertising a 4-year, full-time PhD studentship on Borders, Leisure and Unfamiliarity.

For more information please see

http://www.uu.nl/geowetenschappen/uru

http://www.ru.nl/ncbr

You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 27.15.10) before 6 October 2010 by sending your application -preferably by email- to:

Radboud University Nijmegen, P&O Department P.O. Box 7005, 6503 GM NIJMEGEN, NL

Telephone: +31 24 3611173

E-mail: vacatures@dpo.ru.nl

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7-Articles, Publications, Books

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

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