From:
Lucy
Taylor [lft]
Sent:
21
October 2008 14:03
Subject:
SLAS
e-letter October 2008
Attachments:
Lecture 08 Flyer.doc;
Journal of Latin American Urban Studies.doc; Irish Migration Studies in Latin
America.doc; Transnational cinemas in Latin America.doc; CELAO Conference for LA
Studies.doc; LLAS mini-projects.doc; Populism in Latin America panel.doc;
Caldeira Masterclass.doc; ISA Seminars in October.doc; Central America
Globalization Conference.doc
Dear All,
Here’s the latest news: don’t forget the SLAS Annual Lecture in London and the SLAS Conference!
Scroll down also for information on lectures, journal news and funding opportunities.
Best wishes, Lucy.
SLAS EVENTS
SLAS
Annual Lecture: To take place
on Friday 7 November 2008, at 6pm at Canning
House. James Painter, a journalist for the BBC
World Service will speak on Climate Change and Latin America. A poster is attached.
The event is free for all SLAS members. It is necessary to pre-book (free) tickets online for the event - the process is simple.
1.
Register with
Canning House here http://www.canninghouse.com/content/register/
2.
E-mail corporate@canninghouse.com and they will book
a complimentary place for you.
If you are unable to
register online, call 020 7235 2303
ext 228/225/221
SLAS
Conference:
(Re) Invasions and
Inventions: Latin America Confronts the 21st Century. University of
Leeds, March 26-27 2009. This promises to be an exciting and
thought-provoking event with a range of academic and cultural events. Maxine
Molyneux, the new Director of ISA (Institute for the Study of the Americas in
London), will be the plenary speaker. Details can be found on their website. (If you cannot access the webpage then please
reply to this email and I will send a full text version.)
Deadlines
31 October for panel proposals click here
[Word]
31st December for paper abstracts
(submissions once panels are confirmed)
Panels and papers are invited on any subject. Panels and papers are invited to address the conference theme, though they are not obliged to do so.
CONFERENCES
7-8
November 2008 The
Role of Civil Society and Academia in Promoting a more Active Citizenship in
Central America in Response to the Challenges of Globalization
at Dublin City University. For more information, see poster attached.
Those attending must register at the seminar's web page: http://www.dcu.ie/conferences/cas/
11-12 December 2008 Contemporary Latin American Diasporas organised by JISLAC (Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean) and the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London. Speakers include Alejandro Portes, Luis Guarnizo, Caroline Moser, Adrian Bailey, Gioconda Herrera, Angeles Escriva, and Davide Pero among others. Further details, see the website:http://www.jislac.org.uk/#2008conf and the poster http://www.jislac.org.uk/DiasporasConfPoster.pdf.
To register email
olga.jimenez@sas.ac.uk or call 020
7862 8871
3-5 December
2008 Contemporary Latin America
and the Caribbean Consejo de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Asia y de Oceania
(CELAO), New Delhi. Hosted by Latin American Studies Programme of the School of
International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in association
with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Around 150 scholars and
specialists on Latin America and the Caribbean from Asia and Oceania, as well as
from the Americas, Africa and Europe would be participating in this Conference.
The details of the Conference can be looked up on its website: http://celao2008.com/. See attachment for further
details.
Contact: Abdul Naffey. Centre for Canadian, US &Latin
American Studies, School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi--110067, INDIA, Tel: +91-11-2670-4334.
Conference
panel Panel on
Populism, call for participants. School of Law and Government at DCU
(Dublin City university) wishes to organize a panel on populism in Latin America
for the IPSA Conference in Santiago de Chile next July (2009). Please find
attached the panel abstract. Please send details and a short abstract to barry.cannon@dcu.ie by Friday
October 24th. Those joining us on the panel will be responsible for
their own travel and registration funding and
arrangements.
26 & 27 February 2009 The Bicentenary: Approaching 200 Years of Latin American Independence Conference organised by PILAS (Postgraduates in Latin American Studies) at the University of Cambridge. The ‘Call for Papers’ is attached. Also, see website http://pilas.slas.org.uk/. Contact: pilasconference@gmail.com
JOURNAL NEWS
Call
for Submissions The editors of the
Journal of Latin American Urban Studies (JLAUS) invite authors
from all disciplines to submit manuscripts that study historical or
contemporary urban issues in Latin America. For further details, see attachment.
Editors Dr. Raúl
Galoppe, Spanish and GLBTQ Studies, Montclair State
University
Dr. Ken Mitchell, Political Science, Monmouth
University. Contact Information: jlaus@montclair.edu. http://depts.washington.edu/jlaus
Call
for Submissions Irish Migration
Studies in Latin America Call for Contributions - Volume 7, Number 1
(March 2009) "The Irish in Latin American Politics, Government and Diplomacy"
Guest Co-Editors: Jorge Cernadas Fonsalías (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Carolina Barry (Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero). Articles in English
must be emailed to the Guest Co-Editors no later than 21 January 2009
(articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French or German no later than 22 December
2008). Email: politics@irlandeses.org
http://www.irlandeses.org/0903cfc.htm
LECTURES AND EVENTS
ISA Seminars
The Institute for
the Study of the Americas: 35 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HA. Both events
take place 17.00-19.30. Both are free and open to the public, for details
contact Olga Jimenez: olga.jimenez@sas.ac.uk or 020 7862
8871. For the full programme, please visit http://www.americas.sas.ac.uk/events.php.
Thurs. 23 October
Jens Andermann
‘Tournaments of Value: Argentina and Brazil in the Age of Exhibitions’
Weds. 29
October Fiona
Macaulay ‘Exporting Innovative Social Policy in a Global Age: Brazil's
Community Prisons, HIV and Poverty Reduction Policies’
Other
Events
November 6th 2008 Masterclass for postgraduates with Teresa Caldiera ‘Studying Exclusion and Contestation in the Latin American City: Analytical and Methodological Challenges’, AMSTERDAM, CEDLA, 9:30 – 12:00. For further details, see attached poster.
18 November 2008 ‘Transnational cinemas in Latin America: the cases of Mexico, Argentina and Brazil’ by Professor Paul Julian Smith. 6.30pm. British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AH. See attachment for further details.
Attendance is
free, but space is limited and those wishing to attend should register
using the online booking form: http://www.britac.ac.uk/intl/lafilm-form.cfm
Part of the
7th Discovering Latin America (DLA) Film Festival. To learn more, please
visit http://www.discoveringlatinamerica.com/dlaff/
4th December, 2008 Inaugural lecture 'Rethinking Nationalism: The Pioneer Nations of Latin America' Nicola Miller, Professor of Latin American History, UCL, 6.30pm, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street. Followed by a reception (with Latin American drinks).
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY
Call for
‘mini-projects’ The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area
Studies (LLAS) is pleased to announce a call for 'mini-projects'. Bids for up
to £1,000 are available to undertake projects relating to the learning and
teaching of languages, linguistics or area studies in UK higher education. For
full details and how to apply, please visit http://www.llas.ac.uk/news/2839.
Contact: Dr Shoshannah Holdom, Academic Coordinator, Subject Centre for
Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. Tel: 02380 599637, Fax: 02380 594815,
http://www.llas.ac.uk/
Call for JISLAC Seminar JISLAC (Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America & the Caribbean) is welcoming expressions of interest to stage a seminar. It provides funding of £1500 per seminar for up to eight seminars per year in the UK for seminars on topics relating to Latin America and the Caribbean.
For further information, see http://www.jislac.org.uk/
Deadline:
5 November 2008
Dr Lucy Taylor
Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol / Department of International Politics
Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3FE
01970 62 27 01