From:
Lucy
Taylor [lft]
Sent:
18
August 2008 11:57
Subject:
SLAS
e-letter August 2008
Attachments:
Sao
Paulo Conference.doc; Central_America_Seminar_Call_Papers.doc; Nature as
Image.pdf; CommitteeMeeting200608-summary.doc; Ex Plus Ultra CFP.pdf; SLAS Liverpool Conference Report.doc; Jean
Franco Research Studentship.doc; Hispanic Studies Culture and Ideas.pdf; Flyer
Latin Americanists in Wales.doc; Flyer Latin Americanists in Wales
(Cymraeg).doc
Dear All,
Sorry to be sending this out late this month – just been on holiday.
SLAS
Business
Annual Lecture James Painter (Journalist) will give a talk on "Climate Change in Latin America and Press Coverage". Details of venue (in London) to follow. November 7th
Committee Minutes
Please find attached a summary of the minutes of the SLAS Committee meeting
held in June 2008.
Conference Report
Please find attached a report on the
Liverpool SLAS Conference, March 2008.
Conferences
17 October 2008
Borders and traffic - comparative perspectives on teaching the
Americas Subject Centre for
Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) and the Centre for Latin American
Studies at Swansea (CLASS), University of Swansea.
Registration is now
open on the workshop website: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/3055
This event is free to attend for employees and postgraduate students of publicly
funded UK educational institutions.
7-8 November 2008
Seminar on the Role of Civil Society and
Academia in Promoting a more Active Citizenship in Central America in Response
to the Challenges of Globalization, Centre for International Studies, Dublin
City University. See attachment for details.
Call for Papers:
Proposals should be accompanied by a short abstract (250-300 words)
outlining the main arguments and sent by e-mail to Victoria.diaz@dcu.ie by
September 15th, 2008.
14 November 2008
New Perspectives on Latin
America: Latin Americanists in Wales, Department of International Politics,
Aberystwyth University (a JISLAC Regional Seminar). Flyers attached. Deadline
for abstracts, 5 September 2008. Contact Lucy Taylor lft@aber.ac.uk.
28 November
2008 Nature as Image
and Resource in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Spanish America Spanish and
Portuguesse Studies, Queens University Belfast. See attached poster for details.
Call for Papers:
deadline 31 August 2008, to Fiona Clark at: f.clark@qub.ac.uk"
16th June, 2009 Latin America Today: International Symposium on Inequality and Identity University of São Paulo, Institute of Advanced Studies - Auditorio Alberto Carvalho da Silva. (This is immediately after the LASA Conference in Rio de Janeiro). For further details, see attachment or contact Szilvia Simai: szilvia@universia.com.br
Publications
Ex Plus
Ultra
New international postgraduate journal in colonial and imperial history and post
colonial theory. Call for papers for inaugural issue, deadline
31st October 2008. See attached poster for details.
Hispanic Studies
Culture and Ideas
Book series. Call for proposals and
list of publications attached. Contact, Claudio Canaparo, c.canaparo@exeter.ac.uk.
America Latina
Portal Europeo
Website with Europe-wide information http://www.red-redial.net/biblioteca-virtual.php
Studentships
Jean Franco
Research Studentship
Birkbeck, College, University of London. Available to applicants for the
M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes, covers full-time College fees and living expenses
according to need, up to the amount awarded by the UK Research Councils. Its
normal duration is three years full-time. Holders may be undertaking some
teaching at undergraduate level in their area of expertise. See attachment for
details. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2008.
Dr Lucy Taylor
Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol / Department of International Politics
Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3FE
01970 62 27 01