CLAS E-Bulletin: September 16, 2011
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1-CLAS and Other Events at SDSU
Deadlines
- September 20 – Last day to submit paperwork for fall 2012 Residency
- September 20 – Last day to apply for the Graduate Equity Fellowship Program
- November 1 – Last day to apply for the UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Thesis DeadlineNovember 1st —- December 30
Thesis Formatting Q & AMontezuma Publishing is offering Thesis Q&A sessions for Fall on the following dates:
Monday, September 12th – 3:00pm
Tuesday, September 13th – 10:00am
Wednesday, September 14th – 10:00am
Thursday, September 15th – 3:00pmWe encourage students graduating in Fall 2011 or Spring 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).
Register for a session by emailing thesis@montezumapublishing.com
with your name, department, and anticipated graduation date or by calling 619-594-7551. Space is limited.
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 NahuaSan Diego State University
SDSU Love Library, Donor Hallway
September 8, 2011 – December 9, 2011
Free to the public
Visiting hours: 8 – 5Come 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
Sustainability & the Arts — Harvesting the Music Tree Free EventWedneday Sep. 21
12-1PM – Smith Recital HallWorld renowned artist Brenda Schuman-Post will perform and present on the sustainability of the «Music Tree», the African Blackwood and the communities across the globe from orchestras to villagers in Tanzania that rely on wood.
Learn what is currently being done to life rural East Africans out of poverty by preserving, conserving, protecting, and replanting African Blackwood.
2 – Events Outside SDSU
Eco- Border Kites
11am-2p Sat Sep 17th, 2011
¡At friendship Park in the bi-national garden through the border fence!
San Diego/ Tijuana
- Take action to improve our shared environment!
- Find trash to make kites!
- Learn how at the bi-national kite workshop!
- Meet Special guest – Barefoot Eco-Runner Henry Sanchez!
This workshop is to culminate the mornings international cleanup efforts during California Coastal Cleanup Day!
Pre –Cleanup trash campaign
Start looking for trash now you could use to make a kite and bring it to the kite making workshop!
- Recommended trash: Plastic and paper bags, toilet paper dowels, plastic bottles, string (rope, thread, wire.), bamboo or some other type of light stick.
- It has to be trash! No buying or acquiring something. Has to be something that would’ve gone in the trash or, worse in the ocean! (no going to the market and getting new bags there). Pick up trash on the street and in your community!
Contacts: Daniel Watman 619.954.9710. www.borderencuentro.org; borderencuentro@gmail.com. Radio Nextel 125*13514*2.
Daniel Virden dvirden6942@pointloma.edu
TBI Welcomes Professor Miguel SarreThe University of San Diego Trans-Border Institute (TBI) and Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies welcome Professor Miguel Sarre as a visiting scholar for the 2011 fall semester. Professor Sarre has been a law professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM ) in Mexico City since 1977. His expertise is centered on international human rights, serving as a member of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. As well as acting as a representative for the academic sector on the Secretaría del Consejo de Coordinación para la Implementación del Sistema de Justicia Penal (SETEC). SETEC oversees the implementation of the Mexican criminal justice reforms passed in 2008.
Here are some the upcoming events that will feature Professor Sarre:
September 19, 2011
Public Lecture: Public Security and Human Rights in Mexico
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Location: Joan B. Kroc Theatre, University of San Diego
Please RSVP at transborder@sandiego.eduSeptember 22, 2011
Justiciabarometro Abogados Survey Presentation
Time: 3:00 – 5:00pm
Location: Joan B. Kroc building, Room H/I, University of San Diego
Please RSVP at transborder@sandiego.edu
Space is limited.September 22, 2011
TBI Reception
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Location: Joan B. Kroc building, Garden of the Sea, University of San Diego
Please RSVP at transborder@sandiego.eduProfessor Sarre will also have office hours in Room 283 of the Joan B. Kroc building during the following days:
- 9/13/11, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
- 9/14/11, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
- 9/15/11, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
- 9/19/11, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
- 9/21/11, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
- 9/22/11, 9:00 -11:00 am
If you would like to schedule a meeting time, you may also email him at miguelsarre@gmail.com.
Boss of bosses. Narco corridos in MexicoTuesday, September 20, 2011
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte invites the submission of the book: Chief of Chiefs. Narco corridos in Mexico, on Tuesday 20 September at 18:00 in Colef House, Mexico City.
The book will be presented by Dr. Catherine Héaus, a researcher at the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH), Dr. Luis Astorga Almanza, a researcher at the Institute for Social Research at the UNAM and with the participation of the author, Dr. Manuel Valenzuela Arce, a researcher at the Department of Cultural Studies Colef.
The strong dose of violence and death that creates the expanding illegal narcotics trade and narcotics is one of the most disturbing phenomena in contemporary society. In particular space-Mexico border, the situation is recreated in chronicles that make up a large production of songs, popularly known as run, which define, justify or condemn drug into the world of the subaltern, underclass, unemployed, rural landless.
This poetic and musical expression of deeply rooted in Mexican popular culture, is the analysis center boss of bosses. Narco-culture and in Mexico, a transgressive text, controversial and interdisciplinary offers an interesting perspective for the treatment of a traditional genre of sustained relevance synthesis repertoire of collective memory and identity.
Admission is free.
For more information: casacolef@colef.mx + 52 (55) 5554-3390
XX Meeting of the Economic History of Northern MexicoWednesday, September 21, 2011
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte through the Northeast Regional Directorate and the Economic History Association of Northern Mexico (AHENME) invites the XX Meeting of Economic History of Northern Mexico: History and crisis. Retrieving the economic past in shaping the future of 21 to 23 September in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
The meeting is to analyze past economic experience to understand the present and shape the future of the country. Also, the meeting aims to reinforce the importance of historical studies in the institution.
The inaugural event will be held on Wednesday 21 at 17:00 pm at El Colegio de San Juan Siglo XXI, in the city of Matamoros, with the participation of Dr. Maria Eugenia Romero (UNAM) and the keynote the dictate Casey Walsh, University of California-Santa Barbara.
Among the participants are: Antonio Pena (El Colegio de Mexico), Octavio Herrera Perez (Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas), Arnoldo Hernandez (Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila), José Oscar Avila Juarez (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro), Juan Jose Gracida Romo (Centro INAH Sonora) and other leading academics. By researchers involved Colef Lawrence Taylor, Araceli Almaraz and Cirila Quintero.
For event details and the full program please enter the following link: http://bit.ly/opc1EF
For more information: colefmatamoros@colef.mx + 52 (868) 813-4559
Democracy, elections and citizenship course to 2012Thursday, September 22, 2011
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte invites his seminar: The chiaroscuro of democracy in Mexico: political, electoral and citizenship, on Thursday September 22 at 10:00 am in House Colef, transmission México.Con City videoconference to regional headquarters Colef in Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Monterrey and live online through the portal: www.colef.mx
The objective of this seminar is to reflect on the major challenges facing democracy in the face of Mexican presidential election of 2012. The next year’s federal elections are the third occasion to be held continuously in the presidential election in a democratic legal framework in the country’s recent history.
This should be a clear sign of strengthening the regime in Mexico. However, the approaching election will take place in an environment marked by political tensions, violence and insecurity, the weakness of the institutional oversight bodies elections and the lack of constitutional reforms to the political regime. These circumstances make it necessary to discuss in detail the risks and opportunities that lie ahead for public life in the country.
Participants:
- Claudia Calvin (Women Building)
- Alberto Aziz Nassif * (CIESAS)
- Marco Antonio Cortés Guardado (General Rector, University of Guadalajara)
- José Antonio Crespo (CIDE)
- Edmund James (Executive Secretariat of IFE)
- Ciro Murayama (UNAM)
- Diana Guillén Rodríguez (Instituto Mora)
- Jorge Javier Romero (UAM-Xochimilco)
- Héctor Tejera Gaona (UAM-I)
Enter the following link to view the program: http://bit.ly/pDspua
free admission
in Tijuana
+52 (664) 631.6300 Ext. 1155
informes@colef.mx
Mexico City: +52 (55) 5554-3390
casacolef@colef.mx
USD Trans-Border Institute (TBI): Justiciabarometro Abogados Survey PresentationSeptember 22, 2011
Location: University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc building, Room H/I
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pmOctavio Rodriguez and David Shirk will discuss the report “Justiciabarometro: Survey of Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Defenders in Nine Mexican States,” a ground-breaking study of Mexican judges, prosecutors, and public defenders working in the country’s criminal justice system. The survey examined respondents’ demographic profile, professional background, and attitudes toward a wide variety of issues pertaining to the administration of justice in Mexico. This report provides an overview of the survey’s findings on a range of questions, from gender and family status to professional bar membership and the efficacy of the Mexican criminal justice system.
Space is limited, please register at transborder@sandiego.edu.
USD Trans-Border Institute (TBI): ReceptionSeptember 22, 2011
Location: University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc building, Garden of the Sea
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pmWe encourage you to join the USD Trans-Border Institute for a TBI Reception to welcome the new academic year and to celebrate Mexico’s Independence. Come learn about TBI’s new projects and upcoming event programming.
Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and raffle prizes.
Free and open to the public.
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3-Conferences and Calls for Papers
Binational Forum: Human development in the region borders
Sonora-Arizona
Thursday, November 17, 2011The Government of the State of Sonora, H. Nogales City Hall, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, the Municipal Institute of Research and Planning, Nogales, the University of Sonora, El Colegio de Sonora, Center for Food Research and Development, Arizona State University, Center for Studies higher state of Sonora, the University of Arizona, Sonora and Arizona Commission convene the binational orum: Border Human Development in the Region Sonora-Arizona.
The forum will be held at the University of Sonora, Nogales Campus and the Hotel Plaza Nogales 17 and November 18, 2011, with the aim to promote reflection on human development and identify the challenges arising in the field collaboration trans / Sonora-Arizona border, through the exchange of experiences among stakeholders in an effort to achieve through dialogue and compromise social benefits for the region.
Based on the above calls for stakeholders to participate in the delivery of initiatives, posters, films and experiences that can be inserted into any of the themes of the working groups: education, family and youth, urban development and social Productive , economic and financial, environment and sustainability, health, nutrition and food dependency, citizenship, democracy, human rights and public security, social mobility, migration and deportation of vulnerable groups, development of science and technology, socio-cultural context.
Important dates:
- Deadline for submission of abstract of work: September 15, 2011
- Notification of accepted abstract: September 30, 2011
- Deadline for submission of written disclosure Publication: October 30, 2011
Reports and receiving documents:
Salado Jose Rosales
Graduate Center of the State of Sonora
Phone: (662) 2895920 and 2895900 Ext. 117
jose.salado@cesues.edu.mxJustin Dutram
DeArizona University
Phone: (520) 3435623
jdutram@arizona.edu
The Political Economy of Undocumented Migration to the United StatesSeventh session of the series 2011 of the Permanent Seminar on International Migration – Friday September 23 at 9:30 pm in the auditorium Raul Rangel Colef, Tijuana. Webcast (www.colef.mx) and by video-conference to the participating institutions.
Participants: Douglas Massey, Princeton University – «The political economy of undocumented migration to the United States» and Jorge Durand, University of Guadalajara – «Migration studies in Mexico. Balance and Perspectives».
Free admission, more information: www.colef.mx/sepmig
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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 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
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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
Graduate Equity Fellowship ProgramApplication Deadline September 20, 2011.
The Graduate Equity Fellowship is a California grant program administered by Graduate and Research Affairs. Award amounts range from $500 to $4,500 per year for up to four semesters.
Qualification Guidelines
- California resident
- Enrolled fulltime (minimum 9 units a semester) as a classified, conditionally classified, or certificate–program student
- Maintains a 3.00 GPA
- Economically disadvantaged – Need to show a minimum of $1000 in financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Complete Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- A brief essay
Applications for the Graduate Equity Fellowship are available from the Graduate and Research Office or on-line
Student awards will be announced October, 2011 for both incoming and continuing students. Students will be notified by the Scholarship office of their awards.
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6-Internships, Volunteer, and Job Opportunities
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
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7-Articles, Publications, Books
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
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