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E-NewsletterCenter for Latin American Studies Newsletter Brown President Ruth Simmons helped kickoff the Center for Latin American Studies’ exciting and eventful year of films, lectures, and scholarly colloquia by declaring 2007-2008 the “Year of Focus on Latin America.” This newsletter summarizes a few highlights and upcoming attractions in Brown’s Year of Focus on Latin America. Visit the Center for Latin American Studies website for up-to-date information on all events.
October 22, 2007: Peter Smith of the University of California, San Diego will present a lecture entitled, “Hugo and George: Latin America's Pink Wave and the United States” at the Watson Institute. Smith is the co-author (along with former Brown professor Thomas Skidmore) of Modern Latin America, now in its sixth edition and a selection of the History Book Club. (6:00-8:00 pm, Watson Institute) October 23 & 24, 2007: Former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso and former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos will each lead separate student study groups on October 23 and 24 respectively at the Watson Institute. Seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. Cardoso will lead a discussion in Portuguese on government and society in Brazil. Lagos will focus on the ways in which social policies implemented in the 1990s in Chile contributed to social cohesion following the military dictatorship. (6:30-8:30 pm, Watson Institute) October 29, 2007: Colombian Ambassador to the United States Carolina Barco Isakson will speak at Brown on Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Salomon Center. Isakson was appointed Ambassador in August 2006 by President Alvaro Uribe, having served previously as Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002-2006. (6:00-8:00 pm, Salomon Center) November 1, 2007: The John Hay Library will host an opening reception for Positivism in Brazil, a new exhibition that will highlight Brown’s recent acquisition of materials related to the Positivist movement in Brazil. The exhibition will be on display through Dec. 21, 2007. (6:30-8:30 pm, John Hay Library) November 2, 2007: Katherine Hagedorn of Pomona College will discuss “Improvisation and its Discontents: Geography, Race and Metaphors or Variability in Afro-Cuban Religious Performance.” (3:00-5:00 pm, Watson Institute) November 7, 2007: Susan Stokes of Yale University will discuss “Globalization, the Welfare Gap, and the Rise of the Left in Latin America.” (5:00 pm, Watson Institute) November 8, 2007: The Center for Latin American Studies Cuba Film Series will present The Cuban Hip Hop All-Stars (2004), directed by Joshua Bee Alafia. Alafia will deliver brief remarks before the screening of the film, which captures the quick rise of Cuban hip hop during its infancy on the island nation. (7:00-9:00 pm, Watson Institute) November 15, 2007: Lillian Guerra of Yale University will deliver a lecture entitled “To Condemn the Revolution is to Condemn Christ: National Redemption and the Sacrifice of Civil Society, 1960-1961.” Guerra is the principal author of an archival guide to the Cuban Revolution Collection, a collection of 5,000 original photographs and 60 unedited archival films in the Manuscripts and Archives division of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale. (7:00-9:00 pm, Watson Institute) PAST EVENTS September 24, 2007: Acclaimed Latin American film director Fernando Birri-- known as the Father of Latin American Cinema--spoke at the List Art Center, where he donated to Brown a collection of all his cinematic works. September 25, 2007: Barbara Weinstein, professor of history at New York University and 2007 President of the American Historical Association, delivered talk entitled “Erecting and Erasing Boundaries: Can We Combine the ‘Indo’ and the ‘Afro’ in Latin American Studies?” OTHER NEWS Brown Anthropology Professor Matthew Gutmann chaired a fact-finding delegation of the Do you have friends who would like to stay on top of CLAS events? Send us their email address and we will include them on this listserv. Email addresses to clas.brown@gmail.com. OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH & PUBLICATION, INTERNSHIPS The Center for Latin American Studies announces the availability of the CLAS Senior Research Awards to provide financial support for senior theses and projects in Latin American Studies (deadline: Nov 14, 2007). The organizing committee of the IV Transatlantic Conference at Brown University requests submissions of papers on the ideas, memoirs, travels, genres, narratives, and reinscriptions of the period of Latin American independences for its April 9-12 conference (abstract due November 20, 2007). The 16th Annual National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies Conference will be held at the Baton Rouge Marriot Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from February 11-16, 2008. Abstracts, not to exceed two pages, should be submitted by Friday, November 2, 2007 that relate to any aspect of the Hispanic and Latino experience. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many other subjects. English for Action, a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by a group of Brown University students and immigrant families, has several volunteer and internship openings available in its programs that serve Latino immigrant families in Providence through participatory English language and arts education. The Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC is accepting applications for its extensive internship program. Applicants are required to be fluent in both English and Portuguese, and have a strong interest in Brazilian-related issues. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS, VISIT www.watsoninstitute.org/clas/ or EMAIL clas.brown@gmail.com. Prepared by Christopher Hardy ‘10, Website and Newsletter Editor
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