Lecture Series

CLACS Lecture Series
FALL 2009

PLACE: 101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St. Champaign
TIME: All sessions begin at NOON or as announced

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TH September 3
Irene Small, Assistant Professor, Art History
The Cell and the Plan

TH September 10
Shane Green, Assistant Professor,  Anthropology. Indiana University, Bloomington
Spearing the State: Political Violence and Indigenous Politics in Peru

FRI September 11
CLACS Annual Reception

TH September 17
Dain Borges, Director, CLAS, Assoc. Prof. History. University of Chicago
Religions and Political Legitimacy in Transforming Brazil, 1880-1920

TH September 24
Bret Gustafson, Assistant Professor, Anthropology. Washington Univ. St. Louis
Corruption, Populism,or Revolution? Natural Gas and Redistributive Politics in Bolivia

TH October 1
Karen-Chapman-Novakotski, Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Comparison of metabolic and nutritional profiles among Mexican children living in México, Mexican children living in the US, and non-Hispanic white children in the US

MON October 5, 5:30pm
Amy Buono, Assistant Professor, Art History. Southern Methodist University
Feathered Identities and Plumed Performances

TH October 8
Ellen Tillman, Ph.D. Candidate, History
Threads of Power, Fraying Ends: U.S. military occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1918)

TH October 15
Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies Inauguration

BRAZIL’S RISING STATU IN THE 21st CENTURY, Roundtable Discussion
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: Auditorium, Room 1122 National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
1205 W. Clark Street, Urbana
Participants:
Senator Tasso Jereissati
Governor Yeda Crusius
Federal Deputy Mauricio Rands
Alexandre Tombini, Central Bank of Brazil
Edmund Amann, University of Manchester
Carlos Azzoni, University of São Paulo

INAUGURATION CEREMONY AND RECEPTION
Time: 5pm
Place: NCSA Auditorium

TH October 22
Terry McCoy, Latin American Studies, UIUC
The 2009 Latin American Business Environment: Waiting for the Recovery

TH October 29-30
100 Years of Latin American History at the UI, 1909-2009: In Memory of William Spence Robertson

Thursday, 10/29, 7:30 pm, place TBA.
Keynote address: Prof. Eric Van Young, Dept. of History, University of California at San Diego:
"Latin America 1810-1825: Revolutions or Wars of Independence in Historical Memory",

Friday, 10/30, 10-12 am, place TBA.
Roundtable Discussion:
From 'Making the World Safe for Democracy' to 'Decentering Europe'? Changing Historical Perspectives on Latin America and Other 'Non-Western' World Regions Over the Past Century"

FRI-SAT October 30-31
Tinker Workshop. 8:30am-5:00pm. 101 International Studies Building

TH November 5
Richard Potter, Ph.D. Candidate, Communications
Venezuelan Communications Policy in the Fifth Republic: Notes from the Ground

TH November 12
Edna Viruell-Fuentes, Assistant Professor, Latino/a Studies
Social Ties, Migration and Health: The Case of Mexican Immigrants to the Midwest.

TH November 19
Irene Coromina, Assistant Professor, Spanish. Eastern Illinois University
No Honor, no Shame: Picaresque Traces in the Tango

TH December 3
Paul Gootenberg, Professor, History. Stony Brook, New York
The Pre-Colombian Epoch of Drug Trafficking in the Americas: the Birth of Illicit Cocaine, 1945-1973