CLAS and GEORGETOWN EVENTS
Elections - Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO)
Don't forget to vote for the new 2009 LAGO officers.Election polls close on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at Midnight. Send your vote to Craig Anthony Rychel at car63@georgetown.edu.
LAGO - Ice Skating
Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Come celebrate the end of the year with some winter fun at The Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art and Sculpture Garden's outdoor ice skating rink. Entrance $7 for adults or $6 for students (with valid id). Skate Rentals $3, we will be meeting at the ticket booth at 7:00pm.All questions should be directed to Craig Anthony Rychel at car63@georgetown.edu. For directions and more info: http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/skating.shtm
Small Group Portuguese Class
The class size will be 3-6 people. It will be $200 for 6 classes, that will be 2 hours each (that's $16.50 an hour!!). Wed 12/03 - 7:00 p.m; Sunday 12/07 - 1:00pm; Tues 01/27 -7:00 p.m; Saturday 01/31 - 1:00pm; Sunday 02/01 - 1:00pm; and Sunday 02/08 - 1:00pm. Interested in joining? Contact Shana Montrose '08 at shanamontrose@gmail.com
COMMUNITY EVENTS
International Food Policy Research Institute Nominations
A call for nominations for a few IFPRI initiative on "Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development." Please submit your nominations by December 31, 2008. For more information on the selection criteria, nomination process, and the Millions Fed project in general, and to submit nominations visit www.ifpri.org/millionsfed
Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 12:00pm -2:30pm
Linder family Commons, Room 602, Georgetown Washington University
Some Andean governments and the region's indigenous groups have sought to distinguish clearly between coca, a plant long used by indigenous peoples for health, religious and cultural purposes, and cocaine, an illicit drug. Yet both coca and cocaine have the same status in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The Bolivian government's aim of declassifying coca as a narcotic drug under the UN Conventions has sparked significant international debate. This seminar brings together distinguished experts to analyze the role of the coca leaf in indigenous cultures, scientific studies of its health and nutrition-related attributes, and international conventions and declarations related to anti-drug efforts and indigenous rights. Please RSVP to Rachel Robb at rrobb@wola.org no later than noon Monday December 8, 2008.
CONFERENCES, CALL for PAPERS, and FELLOWSHIP
The 2009 Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations
Deadline is Wednesday, February 11, 2009
For more information about this fellowship please visit the rosenthalfellowship.org
17th Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham-Southern College
April 17-18, 2009
Birmingham-Southern College
BSC Latin American Studies Program invites proposals for the this years conference aimed at promoting undergraduate research on Latin America. All topics pertaining to Latin America are welcome. The presentation should be 15 minutes in length. Papers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese will be considered. All participants have to register for the conference at a fee of $20. Deadline, January 31, 2009. For more information go to http://www.bsc.edu/academics/las/symposium.htm
Regional Identity in the Times of Globalization and Diaspora
April 2-3, 2009
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
An interdisciplinary conference combining issues of political economy, migration, art, and humanities. Papers and posters are invited on (but not limited to) the following topics: cultural representations; film and media about crossing borders; foundational quests; literature of the diaspora; new global orders; transatlantic studies; transnationlities; and wander poetics. Submission Deadline January 12, 2009. Send an abstract of 250 words or less, specifying preference for oral or poster presentation, to Treva Levine, Program Manager, LASP, tlv4@cornell.edu
Blackwell Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference: 'Breaking Down Barriers'
19-30 October 2009
The first Compass online conference aims to help break academic boundaries-
within and between disciplines, between theory and practice, approaches and
methodologies- by providing a space for multi and cross disciplinary review on
the theme of Breaking Down Barriers. Submission Deadline January 1, 2009. The abstract submission template is available at http://www.blackwell-compass.
The William Zitzmann Visiting Scholar Fellowship in Latin American Studies
Deadline for receipts of applications is February 28, 2009
The Fellowship is for one semester in residence at Johns Hopkins University. The fellow will teach one undergraduate course, present a paper on his or her research for PLAS faculty and students, participate in the PLAS colloquia series and annual conference, and otherwise engage in the intellectual life of the Program. The Fellowship offers a $20,000 stipend, health insurance for the Fellow, $1500 travel allowance, and a $1000 research fund. Completed applications may be sent electronically to PLAS@jhu.edu For more information please go to web.jhu.edu/plas