From:
Lucy
Taylor [lft]
Sent:
20
April 2009 15:53
Subject:
SLAS
e-letter April 2009
Attachments:
Irish Latin American
Research Fund.doc; Europe Meets Latin America.doc; transnational cinemas.pdf;
Otras Américas.doc; Ageing Conference flyer.pdf; Ageing in Latin America.doc; Mi
pueblo UEA conference.doc; Transnational Art.pdf; Arte Transnacional.pdf;
Nottingham taught-masters.pdf; Anarchism and Sexuality.doc; New Journal -
Poverty & Public Policy; Dorothy Severin Research Fellowship.doc;
Representaciones e identidades.doc; Int J of media and cultural politics.doc;
Colombia workshop leaflet.pdf; Colombia Workshop Registration Form 1
(2).doc
Dear All,
This is the last e-letter that you will receive from me, Lucy Taylor. Silvia Posocco from the LSE will be taking over shortly; you can contact her on slasweb@live.com to advertise your events, opportunities and news.
Thank you for your support over the last two years – I wish you all the best for the future!
Lucy
RESEARCH
FUNDING
Irish Latin
American Research Fund
The objective of the Irish Latin American
Research Fund is to support innovative and significant research in the different
aspects of relations between Ireland and Latin America. See attachment and
website: http://www.irlandeses.org/09grants1.htm
Deadline: Thursday,
30 April 2009.
LASA
Otras Américas/ Otros Saberes A collaborative
research initiative on Justice Reform and Citizenship Rights from the Latin
American Studies Association. Aims to enhance citizen-focused collaborative
research between academy and civil society-based intellectuals. Research
grants up to US $20,000 to support basic research expenses over the period of
one year, beginning August 2009. See attachment or website for details: https://webmail.london.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/members/news/otrossaberes2.asp
Deadline
for proposals: April 30, 2009.
Dorothy Sherman-Severin Research Fellowship for
Early-Career Researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies.
The Executive Committees of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI) and Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies (WISPS) invite applications. Designed to address the needs of talented early-career researchers in Luso-Hispanic Studies (broadly understood); grant of up to £1500 and a formal mentoring relationship with an experienced colleague. See attachment.
Deadline for applications is June 1st
2009.
CONFERENCES
April 24-25, 2009
New Approaches to Latin American Popular Culture, International
Symposium. University of Cambridge. Keynote: Alberto Moreiras.
Full programme
available at: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/761/programme/
Registration at: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/761/
May 21-22, 2009 A Non-negotiated Solution to the Colombian Conflict? The implications for sustainable peace and democracy. University of Bradford. See attached flyer and registration form.
May 26th – 31st, 2009 Europe Meets Latin America: A Forum for Young Leaders. Week-long seminar in Berlin. Further information see attachment and website: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?en_program_next-weeklong-seminars
July 2-3, 2009 Ageing in Latin America: Developing the Research Agenda Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford. Conference attendance is free, registration is mandatory; deadline for registrations is 1 June 2009.
For details see attachment and website: http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/events/conferences-workshops
2-5 September 2009 Representaciones e identidades Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca. See attachment for details. Resumen (150 Palabras) antes del 4 de Mayo.
Sept. 11-12, 2009 Mi pueblo me hace cantar: La nueva canción latinoamericana/Latin American New Song: a 21st Century View. University of East Anglia. See attachment for details. Abstracts (300 words) to Hazel Marsh hazel.marsh@uea.ac.uk. Deadline 31st May 2009.
November 6-7, 2009 Meeting Margins: Transnational Art in Latin America and Europe, 1950-1978 International Graduate Forum,
University of Texas
at Austin. The call is particularly aimed at current doctoral candidates,
post-doctoral researchers who completed their doctorate in the past 3 years, and
emerging scholars with equivalent experience. THREE travel bursaries
are available for applicants from Caribbean and Central/South American
countries. See attachments (English and Español) and website: http://www2.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/meeting_margins
Deadline:
Send 500 word
abstract by 5 May, 2009 to Ian Dudley at idudle@essex.ac.uk
February 19 2010 Anarchism and Sexuality in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, University of Leeds. See attachment for details. Send abstracts (200 words) or expressions of interest to Gwendolyn Windpassinger (G.Windpassinger@lboro.ac.uk) or Richard Cleminson (R.M.Cleminson@leeds.ac.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday, 30th of
June, 2009.
SEMINARS AND
WORKSHOPS
24 April
2009
Labour Standards and Social Justice: Theory and Practice in Latin America and
the Caribbean
Workshop convened
by Kevin J. Middlebrook and Caterina Perrone, Institute for the Study of the
Americas
Time: 13:15 -
17:00
Venue: Institute
for the Study of the Americas, 35 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HA To view the
programme, please go to http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=5634
JOURNAL NEWS
Transnational
Cinemas
Call for papers from this new film journals seeking articles, interviews, visual
essays and reports on film festivals and conferences. See PDF flyer
attached.
Poverty and Public
Policy
Call for papers for
new journal. See attachment.
International
Journal of Media and Cultural Politics Call for papers,
see attachment and here
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17408296
POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
University of Nottingham Abbey Santander Scholarships - 9 full tuition fee scholarships for new students from Latin American countries registering on Taught Masters programmes at The University of Nottingham in September 2009 – any subject area. Further details, see attachment.
Deadline 29 May 2009
University of Leeds AHRC-sponsored Ph.D. scholarship in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. See http://www.leeds.ac.uk/smlc/documents/AHRC%20BGP%20Results.pdf.
Deadline: must be received in Leeds by 24th April.
Dr Lucy Taylor
Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol / Department of International Politics
Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3FE
01970 62 27 01
lft@aber.ac.uk