CLAS E-Bulletin: October 20, 2011

1-CLAS and Other Events at SDSU

To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War

Book Presentation and Discussion with author, John Gibler

Combining on the ground reporting and in-depth discussions with people on the frontlines of Mexico’s drug war, To Die in Mexico tells behind the scenes stories that address the causes and consequences of Mexico’s multibillion-dollar drug-trafficking business.

www.citylights.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
AT 5:00 PM
Love Library 430

The San Diego State University School of Music and Dance and the Center for World Music proudly present Brazilian Music and Dance

With Sol e Mar
Directed by Mark Lamson

Monday, October 24, 2011 – 6:00 & 7:30pm
Smith Recital Hall

Founded in 1987, Sol e Mar (Sun and Sea) was San Diego’s first ensemble dedicated to the carnival music of Brazil. Over the years, Sol e Mar has performed at countless events throughout southern California such as: The World Cup Soccer Tournament; San Diego Street Scene; San Diego Carnaval; Holiday Bowl Parade; San Francisco Carnaval Parade, and the Hollywood Palladium Carnaval. Additionally, Sol e Mar has opened for The Neville Brothers, Olodum, Ivan Lins, Moraes Moreira, and performed with Sergio Mendes and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

For more information on Sol e Mar, visit http://www.solemargroup.com/.

LASSO (Latin American Studies Student Organization) Meeting

October 25 2011
AL 377
7:00 P.M.

For more information: lassosdsu@gmail.com

Intersection, «Myths, Realities & Morality of Immigration»

You cordially invited to attend the second meeting of Intersection, Thursday, Oct 27, 4-5 p.m., in AL 132.

Dr. Kristen Hill Maher, from the Department of Political Science, will lead a discussion on «Myths, Realities, and Morality of Immigration.»

These are informal discussions in which everyone can participate.

CLAS and LASSO present: Lotri for Haiti A Raffle of a Photograph by Robert Bear Guerra

Enter Lotri for Haiti and win an unframed photograph of your choice from the exhibit «Photographs from Haiti: 2008 –2010» by internationally renowned photojournalist Bear Guerra.

Lottery tickets are only $5 per entry.

All proceeds will be donated to Lambi Fund of Haiti, a non-profit which funds community-based organizations that promote social and economic empowerment.

The winner will be the holder of the ticket whose number matches the mega number in California’s MEGA Millions Lottery.
Lotto Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Lotto Time: 7:45 PM

Purchase Tickets: Center for Latin American Studies, Arts and Letters Bldg., Rm. 377

Contact: classtdy@mail.sdsu.edu

Stop by CLAS to view Guerra’s exhibit «Photographs from Haiti: 2008—2010.»

Visit www.bearguerra.com and www.lambifund.org for more information about Guerra and Lambi Fund.

Thesis Deadlines

• November 1 – Final day for submission of thesis without risk: Thesis will be reviewed in time to make required corrections and obtain final clearance from Montezuma Publishing by the December 16th noon deadline. The thesis signature page and electronic document should be submitted to Montezuma Publishing (IT-104).

• After November 2 – Thesis will be accepted on at-risk basis. By submitting completed thesis for review to Montezuma Publishing at risk students are not guaranteed that their thesis will be reviewed in time to be published by the final noon deadline on December 16th noon deadline.

The Comprehensive Examination for Latin American Studies schedule for Fall 2011 is as follows:

Date 3: Friday, November 4, 2011 -2 weeks prior to exam – last day to confirm date for oral exam- see date 5 below

Date 4: Friday, November 11, 2011 – 1 week prior to exam – last day for faculty to submit actual exam question to CLAS (Elizabeth)

Date 5: Friday, November 18, 2011 – exam date for closed exams (9am to 2:00pm), final due date for analytical essay

Date 6: Monday, November 21 through Tuesday, December 6, 2011 – oral exams

Date 7: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 – last day for faculty to submit CE results to the Center for Latin American Studies

For more information: Procedures and Dates for the Comprehensive Exams (CE)

Native Peoples of Mexico: A Glimpse of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya, and Nahua Cultures / Pueblos Originarios de México: Una Mirada a Las Culturas Mixteca, Zapoteca, Maya, y Nahua

San Diego State University
SDSU Love Library, Donor Hallway
September 8, 2011 – December 9, 2011
Free to the public
Visiting hours: 8 – 5

Come explore “Native Peoples of Mexico: A Glimpse of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya, and Nahua Cultures,” a fascinating exhibit presented by SDSU’s Center for Latin American Studies. 

The Latin American Studies Department created “cultural discovery boxes” to educate K-12 level school children about Mexico’s four largest ancient indigenous communities through the introduction of everyday objects. The artifacts contained in the cultural discovery boxes—which are all on display—are available on a loan basis to educators following the exhibition.  Although these boxes were put together with school children in mind, their artifacts will intrigue adults as well. Please join us in witnessing the emergence of extraordinary cultures through the exploration of everyday objects.

For more information, please contact:

Cynthia Rodriguez
Special Events Coordinator
Center for Latin American Studies
Email: classtdy@mail.sdsu.edu

2 – Events Outside SDSU

In collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University and the House of Peru in Balboa Park: Visions of Peru October 26-27, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
3:30 – 5:30 pm

Retablo-making workshop with Claudio Jiménez Quispe

Open to children and adults.
Location to be announced
$10, includes tools and materials needed for workshop.

Thursday, October 27, 2011
6:30 -8:30 p.m.

Conversation with and exhibit of Peruvian Retablos by Claudio Jiménez Quispe, celebrated and world-renowned Peruvian retablista. Photographs of Ayacucho and poems by Monique Pineda.

$10 General Public.
IOA Members, free

Retablos will be for sale and Peruvian food and drinks will be provided. Retablos originated as altarpieces in eighteenth-century Catholic churches, but are no longer purely religious and have become a distinctly Peruvian art form. Retablos incorporate several artistic elements, and are typically formed by a painted and carved wooden backdrop with panels hinged and folded as in a triptych. Individual statuettes adorn the foreground in a scene that tells a story. Each retablo can take between two and four weeks to complete.

For more information: http://www.iamericas.org/emails/cepas/Retablos_Peruanos.html

Central America and the Reel Politik: A Film Festival at UCLA

Wednesday-Friday, October 19-21
Noon-8pm daily

Charles E. Young Research Libraruy
Main Conference Room

Admission is Free

Central America’s recent filmns emerge out of the ashes of political turmoil,war, immigration, and uneven development. To bring attention to the region and its issues as well as its vibrant culture and artisitic creativity, this festival presents films by both emerging and established artist. For a list of the film schedule: http://www.library.ucla.edu/news/898.cfm

Conserving Oaxaca’s Food and Agriculture Heritage, December 20 – 27, 2011

Register by Oct. 20th!

Learn first-hand about the threats to rural livelihoods and experience the unique holiday traditions of rural Oaxaca. On this delegation, you will learn about the cultural and historical context of food sovereignty in Oaxaca; build solidarity with peasant communities and peoples’ organizations working to conserve their traditional seeds, foods and agricultural practices; and share delicious meals that embody Oaxaca’s history of resistance.

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

A Conversation with Claudette Werleigh of Haiti

Thursday, October 20, 1 – 2 p.m.
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre at USD

RSVPs are not required for this event

From literacy education in rural Haiti to her post as Haiti’s first female prime minister and on to secretary general of the Catholic peace movement Pax Christi International, Claudette Werleigh of Haiti has witnessed conflict and worked for peace in all corners of the world, with people from every corner of society. She is a peacemaker at every level.

Life and Resistance in the northern border. Ciudad Juarez in the global network

Thursday, October 20, 2011

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte through the Northwest Regional conference invites artistic, academic and cultural rights: Life and Resistance in the northern border. Ciudad Juarez in the global network, which will be held on 20 and October 21 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

Context:
In the early nineties appeared something unnameable yet shook the world’s attention with a name: The case of femicide. As a mass doubled in language, this name has been staying murdered bodies found in mass so actual stock. The escalation of crime and poor young women like the announcement of what was coming.

With the appearance of tortured bodies, dumped in vacant lots, garbage dumps and clandestine cemeteries, a phenomenon which is initiated violence rests mostly focus on a population living in poverty, marginalization, social exclusion or non-hegemonic sexualities assumed.

While this level of conflict is the product of a local historical process marked by decades of corruption, in a class society of free human exploitation, in a border area, and in the middle of the migration and gender violence, which occurs today Juárez in society imposes itself as the single most acute levels of violence to which our sociality has come today.

The branching of power, the spillover effect of the violence, contagion, the vulnerable status of the object, the question always in effect for that singular misogyny, are some of the questions that animate this conference. If «the show ends the center,» today, Ciudad Juarez is an open question, thrown into the world.

The act of receiving the question of violence where it occurs, is also a way to «Stop!», An invitation to have an impact on violence.

The conference will participate, among others, Alfredo Nateras Autonomous Metropolitan University, Luis Antonio Payan, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez-UTEP, Luciana Ramos, National Institute of Psychiatry, Marisa Belausteguigoitia of PUEG-UNAM, María Jesús Izquierdo of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, University of California, Los Angeles, among other leading national and international specialists.

Also participate by Colef, researchers Cesar Fuentes, Julia Monárrez, Manuel Valenzuela, Socorro Tabuenca, and Salvador Cruz.

For more information:
Avenida Insurgentes No. 3708, Col. Los Nogales Chihuahua Juarez CP 32350
Tel +52 (656) 616 8578
dgrno@colef.mx

Back from Tomboctou Events

Kites for the Souls

A photo Exhibit of the Giant Kite festival for Day of the Dead in Guatemala
By Nancy Richards Wolfing and Maribel Siman- Delucca
October 21st—November 13th

Please join us for a celebration and opening Saturday October 22nd 4.00– 7.00

You will be amazed at the beauty of these giant kites made out of tissue paper. We will also present cemetery photos of this celebration of the souls.

Mexican Craft Workshops

• Oct. 22nd Saturday 10:30-12:00 Sugar Skull
• Oct. 23rd Sunday 10.00-12.00 Skull Painting
• Oct 23rd Sunday 1.00-3.00 Personalized Box Altar
• Oct. 29th Saturday 3:30-5.00 Sugar Skull (just added)
• Oct 30th Sunday 10.30-12.00 Personalized Box Altar ( just added)

Altar Presentation by Danza Coatlicue

Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011, 7pm to 9pm

Danza Coatlicue Cemilitzli, in conjunction with Back from Tomboctou, invite you to a Dia de los Muertos celebration. Join us, as we celebrate our Mexican traditions and customs, as we build altars to honor our ancestors and loved ones. Altar tour/explanation begins at 7. You are invited to bring offerings, candles and small food offerings for the souls to enjoy. Come enjoy the altars, pan dulce y chocolate. Please join us on this night of remembrance.

Back from Tomboctou
3564 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA. 92116
Www.backfromtomboctou.com
(619) 282-8708
backfromtomboctou@cox.net

Permanent Seminar on International Migration

We invite you to the eighth session of the series 2011 of the Permanent Seminar on International Migration (SEPMIG) on Friday October 21 at 9:30 am (Pacific time) on the grounds of Tijuana Colef which will be presented in the conference:

Paradox Latino / Hispanic on Aging, Mortality and Health in the United States by Dr. Kyriakos S. Markides, University of Texas Medical Branch.

The presentation will be in English and will be broadcast by videoconference from El Colegio de Mexico at the Aula Magna of the COLEF Raul Rangel and the other institutions that collaborate in the organization of the 2011 cycle Sepmig (Ecosur, COLMICH, Ciesas, Instituto Mora) .

Also be webcast through the page Colef.

«The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz»

The San Diego Museum of Man and Mata Ortiz Productions would like to invite you to the San Diego premiere of the incredible documentary «The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz» at the Museum of Man on October 22. It’s the amazing story of how an intrepid American adventurer and a brilliant self-taught Mexican artist transformed a dying desert village into a home for world-class art.

When social anthropologist Spencer MacCallum walked into a second-hand store in Deming, New Mexico, in 1976 and bought three pieces of pottery, he had no idea that he was about to embark on a journey that would help lead to the revival of an ancient art form and change thousands of lives. This is an inspirational story of an artist who overcame extraordinary poverty to become recognized worldwide for his incredible creativity and ingenuity.

«The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz» reveals how Spencer MacCallum encouraged the self-taught budding master Juan Quezada to further innovate on the traditional designs of Paquimé ceramics, leading to the phenomenal and award-winning post-modern styles of younger artist Diego Valles.

Spencer MacCallum (subject of the film) and Producer/Director Scott Petersen will be there to do a Q&A after the movie. Don’t miss this opportunity to see how two people from different sides of the border collaborated to revive a dying town right here in San Diego! Veteran trader Jerry Boyd will have some great pottery from Mata Ortiz for sale.

Open to the public, with a suggested donation of $15.

To reserve your space, email rsvp@museumofman.org and indicate the number of people and write «Mata Ortiz» in the subject line, or call 619-239-2001, ext. 10

For more information about the screening and to make a free reservation: http://www.museumofman.org/renaissance-mata-ortiz-film-screening-and-pottery-sale

To see a trailer: http://www.helpfundmymovie.com/page10/trailer.html

5:00 pm
Saturday, October 22, 2011
San Diego Museum of Man, Gill Auditorium 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park San Diego, CA 92101

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3-Conferences and Calls for Papers

Invitation to International Conference at UT Austin

The University of Texas at Austin wants you to know about the unique opportunity for a small group of students from SDSU, to attend a 2-day Border Workshop to be held on the University of Texas at Austin campus in November. This conference on Mexico-US border issues is open to undergraduate as well as graduate students from all majors and aims to promote job creation, creativity, and innovation.

Jornadas Fronterizas (Border Workshop) is an inspiring two-day conference that brings together university students from both sides of the Mexico-US border to promote innovation, creativity and job creation. This event, hosted by the IC² Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, will include presentations by leaders from government, industry and academia from both sides of the border, with a focus on immigration, security, job creation and education.

• Organized in partnership between the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin and Espacio de Vinculación A.C. (EVAC), a non profit organization based in Mexico that promotes communication between the academic community, businesses, and government.

• Anticipated participant size is 80 university students plus panelists and guests.

• Ongoing interaction: 15 of the students who participate in the Austin workshop will be selected to attend a separate conference in Washington, D.C. in May 2012.

• Media Coverage: Portions of the workshop will be filmed by Televisa and broadcast across Latin America as well as in the United States on Univision.

This pilot workshop is the first in an annual series of dynamic Border Workshop events to support novel methods to promote economic development and wealth creation. And much more!

For more information contact:
Gustavo Rivera
IC2 Institute
University of Texas at Austin
grivera@mail.utexas.edu

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4-Study Abroad and Summer Programs

Center for Latin American Studies and San Diego State University present: Study Abroad Intersession Program in Guatemala

January 4 – 16, 2012

Deadline to apply is October 28th!! Space limited to 20 students, so hurry!!

Earn 3 semester units while working to support the local community!

• 2 Mandatory orientation meetings prior to the trip.
• Hands-on service learning, research and lectures on-site.
• Follow up seminar and research papers due after the trip.
• The Program Includes:
  • Tuition for 3 Units (graduate and undergraduate credits)
  • Lectures and Educational Excursions
  • Sites: Guatemala City, Antigua, San Martín Jilotepeque, Santiago Atitlán
  • Tour of Mayan Ruins, coffee tour, and volcano hike.
  • All Meals and Lodging

Estimated Price: $2,700 (This price is an estimate and subject to change)

AS Study Abroad Scholarships available!!

Deadline October 14th!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Michael Hilburn (Instructor), Center for Latin American Studies, (619) 594-8748 or profhilburn@gmail.com

US-Mexico Border Immersion Program, January 9 – 14, 2012

PJS 594 or PJS 494 – The US-Mexico Border Immersion course offers one unit of credit in Peace and Justice Studies at the graduate (PJS 594) or upper division undergraduate (PJS 494) levels. It is coordinated jointly with the Franciscan School of Theology (FST) in Berkeley, CA and is held over the course of one week during the January intersession. The interdisciplinary nature of the course addresses political, economic, social, and theological perspectives on the border and bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico, providing students with a diverse educational experience. The course combines seminar lectures and various site visits to relevant destinations on the US-Mexico border in the San Diego/Tijuana binational region. Site visits typically include the border fence, a maquiladora, the Casa del Migrante, the Centro Cultural de Tijuana, and the US Border Patrol, among others.

Course Goals: We envision this class as a forum for sharing experiences, trying out new ideas, cultivating our capacities for self-knowledge and integrating diverse ways of understanding. This approach to adult learning will not only support our acquisition of knowledge, but provides a setting for immediate experience, reflection, and integration.

Learning Objectives

• To understand the complexity of identity and opportunity at the US-Mexico border through an applied field experience and diverse perspectives on (in US-Mexico) border issues.

• To enhance awareness of community, national, and binational needs and concerns regarding immigration and other border and bilateral issues.

• Through principles of conflict resolution, spirituality, social justice, and human rights, to integrate or seek to reconcile the diversity of views that will be presented.

• To become more sensitive to the reality of personal borders and enhance our capacity to meet the «stranger.»

Costs: The full cost of the program is $1,380 ($200 tuition + $1,180 program fee) to be billed upon submission of the online application.

Application Process: Deadline: November 1, 2011

1. Submit the online application by November 1, 2011: http://tiny.cc/BorderImmersion

2. Submit the Agreement and Release Form to TBI no later than November 1, 2011. You may submit the form by fax, mail, PDF scanned email, or in person.

3. Submit a copy of your passport and US visa (if applicable). You may submit the copies by fax, mail, PDF scanned email, or in person.

*Non-USD graduate students must fill out the Special Student Application and send the completed form to both the Office of Graduate Admissions (Monica Mahon, mmahon@sandiego.edu) and the Trans-Border Institute.

Non-USD upper division undergraduate students: to be determined

For more information contact:
Trans-Border Institute, KIPJ 238
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110

Phone: (619) 260-4090
E-mail: transborder@sandiego.edu

http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/tbi/projects/US-MexicoBorderImmersionProgram.php

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5-Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities

Ford Foundation Fellowships

Starting September 1, 2011 Applications will be accepted for the 2012 Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching.  For more information regarding full eligibility requirements and the online application please visit their website.

• U.S. Citizen or National
• Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based filed of Science, social science or humanities

Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows.

Approximately 60 pre-doctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies.
Application Deadline Dates:
Pre-doctoral:  November 14, 2011
Dissertation:   November 17, 2011
Postdoctoral:  November 17, 2011

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6-Internships, Volunteer, and Job Opportunities

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/

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7-Articles, Publications, Books

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/