Opportunities
- Associate Director. University Conneticut (CLACS)
- Consortium for Latin American StudiesLibrary Visiting Scholarships
- Call for Papers for annual conference in Managua, Nicaragua
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Latin American Studies
- Illinois Program For Research In The Humanities
- Zapotec Language and Culture Instructor
- Call for Papers and Panels: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean: The Work of Gordon K. Lewis
- Grassroots Development Fellowships for 2010-2011
- Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions: 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
- Convocatoria de artículos para la Revista de Educación y Humanidades (Chile)
- University of Florida LAS Library Travel Grants
- Short-term library visiting fellowship: YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY – LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION
Associate Director and Instructor/Assistant Professor in- Residence
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of ConnecticutThe Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Connecticut (CLACS) is seeking an Instructor/Assistant Professor in-Residence to serve as Associate Director of the Center beginning the Spring semester of 2010. The person to be appointed will teach four courses per academic year, including an introduction to Latin American Studies, the Senior Seminar, and a course in the applicant’s field. In addition, the Associate Director will advise Latin American and Caribbean Studies students, participate in the recruitment, admission and financial aid decisions for graduate students, oversee co-curricular and public outreach programs, and participate in grant writing and grant administration. Minimum qualifications for appointment as Assistant Professor in-Residence include: Ph.D. in related field; or for appointment as Instructor in-Residence, Ph.D in related field by August 22, 2010; teaching experience in any field with a Latin American and Caribbean Studies emphasis; and command of Spanish and/or Portuguese. This is a 10-month, non-tenure track position, renewable annually.
CLACS, the only program in New England granting an undergraduate major, minor and Master’s degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, collaborates with over sixty affiliated faculty members in six colleges and twenty-two departments. While continuing to support faculty in their traditional area studies relationships, CLACS collaborates with the Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies to develop new academic initiatives that seek to integrate older area and ethnic studies models with a transnational, hemispheric orientation of the Americas.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a syllabus for a Latin American and Caribbean Studies introductory course in a single pdf file to:
Beth Fletcher (Beth.Fletcher@uconn.edu)
or via mail to:
Associate Director Search Committee, c/o Beth Fletcher
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
University of Connecticut, Office of International Affairs
2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1182
Storrs, CT 06269-1182.
Review of applications will begin immediately, and continue to be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled. (Search# 2010152)
The University of Connecticut actively solicits applications from minorities, women, and people with disabilities.
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Consortium for Latin American Studies
Library Visiting Scholarships
Applications for for residency between January 1- May 31, 2010
to print the application , please click here
Appilcation deadline, December 1, 2009
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Call for Papers for the annual conference that will be in Managua, Nicaragua, February 16-20, 2010
AAPLAC, the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, has posted the Call for Papers for the annual conference that will be in Managua, Nicaragua, February 16-20, 2010.
Check it out, and think about participating!
http://www.aaplac.org/conference/.
Deadline for submissions of proposals for panels or abstracts is 1 December 2009.
Elizabeth Mahan, Ph.D.Interim Executive Director
Office of International Affairs
2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1182
Storrs, CT 06269-1182
Phone: 860-486-2908
Fax: 860-486-2963
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Latin American Studies
Institution: Penn Lauder Center for International Education & Research (CIBER), University of Pennsylvania
Description: The Penn Lauder Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER) seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher in the area of Latin American Studies either for the spring and fall semesters of 2010, or for the fall and spring semesters of the 2010-2011 academic year. The holder of this position must have earned a recent PhD or doctorate in a relevant social science discipline (e.g. economics, history, political science, sociology, anthropology), be actively engaged in research on Latin America, and speak fluently Spanish and/or Portuguese. S/he will be expected to reside in the greater Philadelphia area, to develop and teach a one-semester, graduate-level course on the political economy of Latin America, to meet regularly with graduate students and provide them with advice regarding their research projects and language proficiency development, and to attend events and participate in other relevant projects or activities organized by the Penn Lauder CIBER and the Lauder Institute. The Postdoctoral Researcher will have shared office accommodation at the Penn Lauder CIBER facility but will hold an appointment through the relevant academic Department at the University of Pennsylvania. The stipend for the academic year will be $40,000.
Deadline: Applications will be considered beginning December 1, 2009.
Minimum Requirements: PhD or doctorate and fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese.
Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of the Latin American political economy.
Documents Required: A brief letter summarizing the applicant's qualifications for the position, evidence of previous teaching accomplishments, a current CV, and three letters of recommendation.
Contact Information: Director, Penn Lauder CIBER, c/o kanorton@wharton.upenn.edu
Additional Information: The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status or any other legally protected class status in the administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or other university-administered programs or in its employment practices. questions or complaints regarding this policy should be directed to the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs, Sansom Place East, 3600 Chestnut Street, Suite 228, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106; or (215) 898-6993 (VOICE) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD)
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Complete fellowship application guidelines for 2010-11 will be posted on the IPRH website in late August 2009
Deadline for applications will be Wednesday, December 2, 2009
For more information about the IPRH Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowship program,
please visit the IPRH on the web at http://www.iprh.illinois.edu.
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Zapotec Language and Culture Instructor
Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University
One course per semester (four hours a week)
The candidate must:
Be native speaker (preferably from the Isthmus)
Have teaching experience (preferred, but willing to train)
Bilingual Spanish-Zapotec, with preference for Trilingual in English, Spanish and Zapotec.
Please send a copy of your resume and any certificates you may have via mail, fax, or email to:
Elizabeth Sáenz –Ackermann
Center for Latin American Studies
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, MC 6038
San Diego, CA 92182-6038
E-mail address: esaenz@mail.sdsu.edu
Fax: 619.594.5474
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Call for Papers and Panels: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean: The Work of Gordon K. Lewis
UWI, Mona, June 3-5 2010The Centre for Caribbean Thought (CCT) UWI, Mona, in association with Africana Studies at Brown University and the Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras is proud to host the VIIth Caribbean Reasonings Conference entitled Freedom and Power in the Caribbean: the Work of Gordon K. Lewis, to be held June 3-5, 2010 at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
Professor Gordon K. Lewis, (1919 – 1991) taught for many years at the University of Puerto Rico and wrote path-breaking books on the Caribbean’s history, politics and intellectual development. Texts such as Puerto Rico: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean (1963), The Growth of the Modern West Indies (1968), and Main Currents in Caribbean Thought: the historical evolution of Caribbean society in its ideological aspects (1983), exemplify the breadth of his interests as well as the range and quality of his output. Lewis’ work transcended the region’s linguistic fragmentation and was consistent with the view that “No one could really claim to be a full practitioner in Caribbean Studies until he came to write ultimately, on the Caribbean as a whole.” (Main Currents in Caribbean Thought, (1983) Maingot, introduction vi).
This conference in 2010 will reopen inter-territorial networks to enable studies across language barriers, a goal the Centre for Caribbean Thought has articulated and continues to realize since 2001 through several conferences and the “Caribbean Reasonings” book series with Ian Randle Publishers. It will also seek to introduce the seminal work of Gordon K. Lewis to a new generation of young scholars, interested in moving beyond constricting national barriers, in order to study the region in its entirety. There is limited space on the conference programme for individual papers and panels, thus we are suggesting that proposals that fall within the following broad categories will be given serious consideration
- Critical examination of Gordon K. Lewis’s scholarship, particularly The Growth of the Modern West Indies; Main Currents in Caribbean Thought; Puerto Rico: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean; and Grenada: the Jewel Despoiled.
- Critical work on the present state and the future of social sciences research in the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on pan-Caribbean research and inter-disciplinary studies.
- Critical exploration of the state of Caribbean Thought in the contemporary period beyond Lewis’ assessment in Main Currents in Caribbean Thought
- The state of politics in the Caribbean, forty years beyond The Growth of the Modern West Indies.
- The existential condition of Caribbean Intellectuals and intellectualism in the 21st century.
- Reflections on the Grenada Revolution and Lewis’s assessment of its collapse in Grenada: the Jewel Despoiled.
- Critical reflection on the state and status of Puerto Rico, beyond Lewis’ analysis in Puerto Rico: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean.
- Critical analysis of the state and future of Pan Caribbeanism and integration movements.
- Sports, culture and the future of Caribbean unity.
Abstracts should be sent as a Word attachment to Beverley Sutherland Lewis at: cct@uwimona.edu.jm
FINAL date for submission: December 15, 2009
.Hosted by: The Centre for Caribbean Thought, UWI, Mona, The Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras and the Africana Studies Department, Brown University, Rhode Island
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Grassroots Development Fellowships for 2010-2011
IAF PhD Grassroots Development Fellowship Program
The Inter-American Foundation, a United States government agency that funds grassroots development in Latin America and the Caribbean, announces its 2010-2011 Fellowship cycle.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2009
IAF Fellowships support dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean undertaken by students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in a university in the United States. Fellows must be U.S. citizens or citizens of the independent Latin American countries. Proficiency in the language(s) appropriate to the research proposal is required.
Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria.
Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information on the following topics:
• Organizations promoting grassroots development among the poor;
• the financial sustainability and independence of such organizations;
• trends affecting historically excluded groups,i.e., African descendants, indigenous peoples, women, and others;
• transnational development;
• the role of corporate social responsibility in grassroots development;
• the impact of globalization on grassroots development;
• the impact of grassroots development activities on the quality of life of the poor.
The Fellowship includes:
• round-trip international transportation to the research site;
• a research allowance of $3,000;
• a monthly stipend of $1,500 for up to 12 months;
• health insurance;
• expenses related to required attendance at a mid-year conference.
For more information on this exceptional grant opportunity, including application instructions and additional information on the deadline, visit www.iie.org/iaf.
About Us
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has partnered with the IAF to administer its Grassroots Development Fellowship Program.
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) was created in 1969 by the United States Congress to fund the self-help initiatives of the organized poor in Latin America and the Caribbean and the groups that directly support them. To complement its work, the IAF has reinstated its Fellowships for candidates for Ph.D. degrees from United States universities as they conduct their dissertation research. IAF's Fellowships are intended to increase awareness of grassroots development efforts while building a community of professionals and scholars knowledgeable in the subject. Fellows examine the efforts of the rural and urban poor to improve their lives, their methods of organization and production, and the policies and programs designed to alleviate their poverty. The IAF disseminates research findings of its Fellows to a broad audience concerned with development.
Are you interested in other IIE programs?
The Institute of International Education, an independent non-profit organization founded in 1919, is a world leader in the exchange of people and ideas. IIE administers over 200 programs serving more than 20,000 individuals each year. The Global Exchanges Unit of IIE, based in Washington, DC administers other professional development programs that may be of interest. Please visit our Programs Portal for a full list.
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Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions: 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
June 2 - 5, 2010
Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA
Submission Deadline: January 22, 2010
(Submit well in advance of the above deadline if you wish to take advantage of our new Early Bird Rate. See website for details.)
Sponsored by:
University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
Web address: http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm
Email address: social@hicsocial.org
The 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be held from June 2 (Wednesday) to June 5 (Saturday), 2010 at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from social sciences related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines.
Topic Areas (All Areas of Social Sciences are Invited):
*Anthropology
*Area Studies (African, American, Asian, European, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, and all other cultural and ethnic studies)
*Communication
*Economics
*Education
*Energy Alternatives
*Ethnic Studies/International Studies
*Geography
*History
*International Relations
*Journalism
*New Urbanism
*Political Science
*Preservation and Green Urbanism
*Psychology
*Public Administration
*Social Work
*Sociology
*Sustainable Development
*Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
*Urban and Regional Planning
*Women’s studies
*Other Areas of Social Science
*Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas
Submitting a Proposal:
You may submit your paper/proposal by using our online submission system! To use the system, and for detailed information about submitting see: http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm
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Convocatoria de artículos para la Revista de Educación y Humanidades (Chile)
La REVISTA DE EDUCACIÓN Y HUMANIDADES es una publicación electrónica de edición semestral adscrita a la Facultad de Educación y Humanidades de la Universidad de La Frontera (Chile) y orientada a la generación de diálogo académico y la difusión de conocimiento y resultados de investigación en Educación, Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Su formato, normas de publicación y evaluación se ajustarán a lo establecido por la comunidad científica y académica nacional para estos fines. Estará compuesta por un comité de redacción y un comité científico de expertos de carácter nacional e internacional, responsables de la evaluación y aprobación de trabajos para su publicación.
La REVISTA DE EDUCACIÓN Y HUMANIDADES se compone de tres secciones: artículos, reseñas y colaboraciones. A través de la presente convocatoria, invitamos a la comunidad nacional e internacional a enviar sus artículos, reseñas y colaboraciones.
La REVISTA DE EDUCACIÓN Y HUMANIDADES, acepta artículos escritos en castellano, portugués o inglés. A su vez, los trabajos deben estar relacionados con las siguientes áreas temáticas:
EDUCACIÓN; CIENCIAS SOCIALES; HUMANIDADES
Con la certeza de que la Revista de Educación y Humanidades será un espacio para la promoción y democratización del conocimiento en el ámbito de la Educación, Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades.
Plazos para la recepción de trabajos y colaboraciones:
- 31 de Agosto 2009, 2º Semestre 2009
- 01 de Abril 2010, 1º Semestre 2010
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University of Florida LAS Library Travel Grants
The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies will sponsor Library Travel Research Grants for summer 2010.
Their purpose is to enable faculty researchers from other U.S. colleges and universities to use the extensive resources of the Latin American Collection in the University of Florida Libraries, thereby enhancing its value as a national resource.
The grants are funded by a Title VI National Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Six or more travel grants of up to $1250 each will be made to cover travel and lodging expenses. Grantees are expected to remain in Gainesville for at least one week and, following their stay, submit a brief (2-3 pp.) report on how their work at UF Libraries enriched their research project and offer suggestions for possible improvements of the Latin American Collection. Researchers’ work at the Latin American Collection may be undertaken at any time during the summer, starting May 15, 2010. All travel must be completed by August 14, 2010. At least one grant will be made to a scholar from a Florida college or university. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.
The UF Libraries Latin American Collection
The UF Libraries’ Latin American Collection contains one of the finest collections of Latin American materials in the U.S. It consists of over 500,000 volumes, some 50,000 reels of microfilm (many unique and very scarce), renowned newspaper and government-document holdings, and a growing access to computer-based electronic information resources.
Areas of collection focus include all disciplines, although literature, the humanities and the social sciences are best represented. All regions of Latin America are also well represented, with the Caribbean, Circum-Caribbean and Brazil having the deepest holdings, while the Andean and Southern Cone regions are developing strengths. Particularly noteworthy are the Collection's holdings on religion in the Americas, including Santeria, Rastafarianism and the Ralph Della Cava Collection on Padre Cícero and Brazilian popular religion. Other units of the UF Libraries also contain important resources and researchers are encouraged to utilize them as well. The UF Map Library houses approximately 500,000 maps and atlases, some 50,000 of which deal with Latin American topics. The Science Library has important book and journal holdings on agriculture, tropical conservation, and development. The Special Collections Department has manuscript holdings such as the Rochambeau, Jeremie and the Braga Brothers Sugar Company papers, and the newly acquired Ramón Figueroa Collection of Mexican and Cuban film posters.
Information on the UF Latin American Collection is available at: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/lac. You can also e-mail Richard Phillips, Director of the Latin American Collection, for further information.
Application Deadline: March 2, 2010
Application Procedure
All applications must be filed electronically.
To apply for a Library Travel Grant, send a letter of intent, brief library research proposal, travel budget, and CV to:
Hannah Covert, Executive Director
Center for Latin American Studies
319 Grinter Hall
telephone: 352-392-0375, Ext. 825
e-mail: hcovert@latam.ufl.edu
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YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY – LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION
Library Visiting Fellowship Program 2010Yale University Library is pleased to invite applications for one short-term library visiting fellowship to promote scholarly use of its collections of Latin Americana. The fellowship includes a stipend of $12,000 plus modest funds towards the cost of travel and supplies which are meant to help defray expenses in traveling to and residing in New Haven, Connecticut during the tenure of the fellowship, which will be for three months. This fellowship is tenable from May to October 2010.
The deadline for applications is April 9, 2010.
The program is designed to provide junior scholars based in the United States and specializing in Latin America with the opportunity to work with one of the oldest and largest Latin American collections in the country. The Yale Library contains a wealth of research material, including monographs, serials, pamphlets, newspapers, government documents, manuscripts, maps, photographs and documentary film. A flexible program will be developed to balance the individual goals and interests of the visiting fellow with the needs of the Yale Library. Approximately 20% of the time spent at Yale will be devoted to a library project.
Candidates for this fellowship must have a Ph.D. and be U.S. citizens. Applicants (junior faculty, independent researchers) are asked to submit a research proposal not exceeding three pages in length and a resume to the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at the address given below. Applicants must also arrange for two confidential letters of recommendation (in English) to be sent to the same address.
The proposal should address specifically the relevance of the Yale University Library collections to the proposed research. Prospective fellows are invited to consult the Library's home page at http://www.library.yale.edu/ and its online catalog http://orbis.library.yale.edu/ for information about Yale’s collections. Applicants should have specific Yale resources in mind - not simply a desire to make use of a major research library - as they prepare their proposals.
A committee consisting of members of the faculty, the library staff, and the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies will award the fellowship on the basis of the relevance of the proposal to unique holdings of the library, the merits and significance of the project, and the applicant's scholarly qualifications. The Award will be announced by about May 1, 2010.
Application materials and letters of recommendation are to be sent to the attention of Jean Silk, Program Manager, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Suite 232, P.O. Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206. Electronic communications may be sent to jean.silk@yale.edu. All materials should be received by April 9, 2010.