LACIS Noticias de la Semana

Noticias de la Semana

November 15th - November 21st, 2009

Compiled by the Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program

http://lacis.wisc.edu/

Greetings,

LACIS is pleased to announce our fabulous stainless steel water bottles!

They are available for just $10 each!

More details regarding how to purchase your bottle are available here: http://www.lacis.wisc.edu/index.php?q=node/410. Also, if you're a LACIS student you will receive one for free as you near graduation.

Thank you!

Sarah Ripp (LACIS Outreach Coordinator/Undergraduate Advisor)

[email protected]

THIS WEEK...

Sunday, November 15
Explorando las ciencias 2:00p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Space Place, en Villager Mall 2300 South Park St Una feria de ciencia con: -Actividades para ninos y adultos -Cientificas que hablan espanol -La ciencia demuestra -Apertivos Para informacion en espanol, llame a Janet a 263-4686 o escriba [email protected]

Monday, November 16

Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session

6:00 p.m.
Mezzanine AB, Red Gym, 2nd floor

WI Idea Undergraduate Fellowships provide opportunities for undergraduates to collaborate with a community partner and faculty/instructional staff sponsor to meet pressing community needs locally, nationally or internationally. Students earn three credits and receive a stipend (up to $3000 for individuals and $5000 for groups). Additional funding is also available to develop and implement the project.

The application deadline is Friday, February 12, 2010.

More information and application materials are available online at www.morgridge.wisc.edu/students/wif.html or at the Morgridge Center, 154 Red Gym.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Tryon, [email protected] or (608) 890-3334 .

The Conservative Gesture in Popular Music, and its Subversion

3:30 p.m.
Ingraham Hall 206

Presented by: Music Race Empire Research Circle

Timothy A. Brennan is Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He is a specialist in nineteenth-and twentieth-century
literatures of Europe and the Americas (especially the European and American novels and the
literatures of Latin America), and the relationship between comparative literature, "world"
literature, and global English. He has published widely in these areas and on issues of intellectual
history, theories of culture, the Marxist and phenomenological traditions, the avant-gardes,
imperial culture and colonial history, translation theory, and popular music. His books include
Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz (Verso, 2008), Wars of Position: The
Cultural Politics of Left and Right (Columbia UP, 2006), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (Harvard UP, 1997), Salman Rushdie and the Third World: Myths of the
Nation (1989). He is the editor and co-translator of Alejo Carpentier's Music in Cuba (U of
Minnesota P, 2001).

Readings
From: Timothy A. Brennan, Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz. New York:
Verso, 2008.
---Introduction
---Chapter 2, "Surrealism and the Son"
---Chapter 7, "Imperial Jazz"

For access to the readings and membership in the Music Race Empire Research Circle, contact
Scott Carter <[email protected]>. For more information, visit http://musicraceempire.global.wisc.edu/.

Tuesday, November 17

LACIS Lunchtime Lecture

Today's lecture has been canceled. Next week we do not have a lecture scheduled due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Therefore, our next regularly scheduled Lunchtime Lecture will be December 1st. We hope to see you there!

Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session

5:00 p.m.
Room 154 Red Gym, 1st floor

Wednesday, November 18
La mesa de conversaci�n 5:00-7:00 p.m. Rathskeller, Memorial Union All levels of Spanish are welcome are welcome to join informal Spanish conversation sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Thursday, November 19

Brazilian Literary Networks - Conference Hosted by UW Brazil Initiative

5:00 p.m.
Pyle Center

5:00 p.m.
Abertura do Encontro: Severino Albuquerque (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Jo�o Almino (Escritor, Consulado Brasileiro - Chicago), Magdalena Hauner (University of Wisconsin - Madison / Associated Dean College of Letters and Science), Guido Podest� (University of Wisconsin - Madison / Division of International Studies), Jo�o Cezar de Castro Rocha (University of Manchester).

6:00 p.m.
Recep��o

Please visit: http://brazil.wisc.edu/events.php for more information about the Brazil Initiative.

National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft

Time & Location TBA

Program will include:

- Local workers speaking about the different aspects of wage theft (withheld checks, subminimum wage, non-payment of overtime, etc).
- Community and faith leaders speaking about the effects wage theft has in Madison.
- Students relating it all back to our campus and other labor struggles that happen around us every day.

Wage theft is rampant across the country. A recent study of low-wage workers found that 26 percent of them were paid less than minimum wage, while 76 percent were not paid overtime. I hope that you can help us raise awareness of this issue and to organize students to take concrete action to put a stop to it.

Sponsored by the Interfaith Worker Justice's National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft, UW Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC), the Madison Workers' Rights Center, and LACIS.

For more information about the national campaign: http://www.iwj.org/index.cfm/a-call-to-action-to-stop-wage-theft

For more information about SLAC: http://slac.rso.wisc.edu

Bate-Papo (Portuguese Language Table)

4:30 p.m.
Kollege Klub (corner of Lake and Langdon Streets)

Information Session for the Washington DC Semester in International Affairs

5:00-6:00 p.m.
Room 260 Bascom Hall

The Washington DC Semester in International Affairs is a Fall semester program combining an international Affairs focused internship with regular seminars with prominent speakers and distinguished UW-Madison alumni working in professional, academic and diplomatic fields related to international affairs.

Past internships have included:
UN Foundation; CSIS; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Corporate Council on Africa; Amnesty International; Voice of America; Sullivan Foundation; Manchester Trade; Peace Corps; National Academy of Sciences; International Fund for Agricultural Development; Center for Advanced Defense Studies; Vital Voices; Council of the Americas; Genocide Intervention Network; National Defense University, etc.

Learn more about the program at the upcoming information session or visit the website:
www.international.wisc.edu/WashingtonDC

Application Deadline is March 1, 2010

Friday, November 13

Brazil Literary Networks - Conference Hosted by Brazil Initiative

9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Pyle Center

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Tradu��o: Elizabeth Lower (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aileen El-Kadi (University of Texas at El Paso), Alison Entrekin (Literary Translator), Mediadora: Elizabeth Jackson (Wesleyan University)

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Produzindo S�nteses: Darlene J. Sadlier (Indiana University - Bloomington), Lu&iactue;s Madureira (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Earl Fitz (Vanderbilt University), Mediador: David Hildner (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Revistas & Conex�es Ita� Cultural: Ellen Sapega (University of Wisconsin - Madison - Luso-Brazilian Review), Severino Albuquerque (University of Wisconsin - Madison - Luso-Brazilian Review), Felipe Lindoso (Associa��o Cultural Bas�lio da Gama, Consultor Ita� Cultural), Mediador: Jo�o Cezar de Castro Rocha (University of Manchester)

For more information, visit http://brazil.wisc.edu/events.php

Sponsored by: The Brazil Initiatve

International Conversation and Coffee Hour

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
MSC Lounge, Red Gym and Armory.

Relax. Enjoy coffee, tea, sweets, and a break from studying. Mingle with international faculty, staff and community members in a fun, informal atmosphere.

Sponsored by: International Student Services

International Book Club Discussion - "Brother, I'm Dying" - UW Milwaukee

12:00pm - 1:00 pm
Garland 104,
UW-Milwaukee

Please join us for a discussion of Brother, I'm Dying, an award-winning memoir by Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat. Danticat will be at UW-Milwaukee on Monday, November 23, as part of the UWM Union's Distinguished Lecture Series.

Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-born author who has written several books including Brother, I'm Dying, which won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award. Danticat's writing has appeared in The New Yorker and other anthologies, and she has taught at New York University and the University of Miami. She was recently named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow.

Read about the book at: http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400041152

Cosponsored by the Institute of World Affairs/Center for International Education and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UW-Milwaukee. Free and open to the public. For more information: 414-229-5986 or [email protected].

Saturday, November 21

Brazil Literary Network - Conference Hosted by Brazil Initiative

10:30 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Pyle Center

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Machado & E�a: Rela��es Perigosas: Frank Sousa (University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth), Benjamin Abdala Jr. (Universidade de S�o Paulo), Mediadora: Ellen Sapega (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

10:30 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break

10:45a.m. - 12:15p.m.
Autor-Leitor: Jos� Lu�s Jobim (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Universidade Federal Fluminense), Jo�o Cezar de Castro Rocha (University of Manchester), Mediator: Mary Lou Daniel (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

12:15p.m. - 1:30p.m.
Lunch

1:30p.m. - 3:00p.m.
Apropria��es do Paradigma Ingl�s: Sandra Vasconcelos (Universidade de S�o Paulo), Earl Fitz (Vanderbilt University), Mediadora: Kathryn Sanchez (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Coffee Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
International Network Machado & E�a: Pr�ximos passos?:Participants Meeting. Mediador: Jo�o Cezar de Castro Rocha (University of Manchester)

4:00 p.m. - 4:15PM
Coffee Break

4:15PM - 5:45PM
Editoras: Sheila Leary (University of Wisconsin Press), John O'Brien (Dalkey Archive Press), Mediador: Jo�o Almino

8th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
TrippCommons, Memorial Union
University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Open a Door... Open a Book... Open your Mind... to the World"

Featuring: Sylviane Diouf, Rachna Gilmore, Kelly Herold, James Rumford

This celebration is an annual workshop for educators, librarians, student teachers and children's literature enthusiasts, with an aim to internationalize statewide reading curriculum. Each author will discuss the stories that they have written and highlight the work they feel is most suitable for classroom discussion. Two authors will speak in the morning and two following lunch. In conclusion, we will have a reception and book signing.

This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) in observance of International Education Week 2009. International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

For more information and to register, please go to: http://www.wioc.wisc.edu/childlit/2009/registration09.htm
Please register and pay by Monday, November 13, 2009. We are not able to accept payments on location at the Memorial Union.
For more information call (608) 262-9224, or e-mail: [email protected]

Field Trip to Milwaukee Museum to view Pre-Columbian Collection

8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Christiane Clados, a research associate of the Free University of Berlin and a post-doctoral fellow (anthropology) at UW-Madison who is currently teaching art history 390-Pre-Columbian Art, is organizing a bus trip to Milwaukee to see the Pre-Columbian exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. There are still seats available - first come, first served. The costs for the bus plus entrances to the Milwaukee Public Museum is $30 cash if paid by Nov. 6th. Cost after Nov. 6th, will be $20.00 and you will have to purchase your entrance ticket at the museum.

People can bring the $30 ($20 after Nov. 6th - exact change only please), to the Art History Office, 232 Elvehjem Bldg.

Buses leave: UW Memorial Union, Nov 21, 8:30 AM, (spot time 8:15 AM)

Buses return: From Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233. Arrive Madison approximately 4:30 PM.

The Milwaukee Public Museum website is: www.mpm.edu/

UPCOMING EVENTS...

Upcoming Writing Center Events

Writing Resumes and Cover Letters

December 4, 2009 - 1:30-3:00 p.m.

Come to this workshop to learn what employers say they want in resumes and cover letters and how to meet those criteria impressively.

Writing Applications and Statements of Purpose for Graduate School

November 20, 2009 - 1:30-3:00 p.m.

For those applying to masters and doctoral programs in the sciences, social sciences, or humanities, this class will explore general principles for writing convincing and persuasive essays and statements-ones that review your undergraduate work and emphasize your research interests.

All workshops will be held at the Writing Center, 6171 Helen C. White.

For more information, visit www.writing.wisc.edu or call 608-263-1992.

Wisconsin Idea Fellowship Info Sessions

December 1, 4:30pm (Room 154 Red Gym, 1st floor)

Feminisms, Democracy and Diversity in Latin America in the XXI Century

December 2, 2009

12:00-1:00 p.m.

105 Ingraham Hall

Presented by Tinker Visiting Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Virginia Vargas

*Professor Vargas comes to UW-Madison from Catolica Universidad, Lima, Peru.
 For Professor Vargas' biography, visit http://womenstudies.wisc.edu/CRWG/Visitingscholarscurrent.htm


 Co-sponsored by LACIS, TARGET Research Circle (Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training), Gender & Women's Studies.

World Literature: The Allophone, the Differential, and the Common

December 4
(Time & Location TBA)

Lecture presented by NAVE Visiting Scholar Djelal Kadir, Professor of Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University as part of of the symposium "In a Few Wor(ld)s: A Conference on World Literature/s"

Co-sponsored by the LACIS NAVE Fund, Division of International Studies, Anonymous Fund, Center for German and European Studies, Center for European Studies and UW's German Department.

Global Studies Graduate Workshop: Rio's Other Gang? The Cult of the Special Police Forces (BOPE)

December 2, 2009

12:00 p.m.

Presented by: Erika Robb Larkins (Anthropology)

The Global Studies Graduate Workshop offers an informal, stress-free environment where graduate students of all levels can meet to discuss their work. Each session, one student presents a dissertation chapter, job talk, conference paper, or similar item for discussion. Papers are normally circulated prior to the meeting so that participants can read them ahead of time. However, there is no required reading or other preparation needed in order to participate. The workshop has proven to be a useful venue precisely because of its interdisciplinarity. People from a variety of departments bring their perspectives to share with others who also come from places where perhaps international/global studies are not the main focus. Any UW-Madison graduate student is welcome to participate in any or all of the workshop meetings. We provide some food, you provide the intellectual nourishment.

Call for volunteers
Do you have a conference presentation that you would like to polish? A job talk you need to try out? Or maybe you have a paper you would like to submit for publication or a dissertation chapter that isn't quite ready to show your advisor? If you have any of these or any other sort of written document that deals with international issues and would like to have it looked at by like-minded graduate students, this is your chance! Global Studies continually accepts volunteers to present at upcoming meetings of the Global Studies Graduate Workshop. We aim for two workshops per semester, but dates are flexible and can be determined by the presenters. What we need are people who would like to run their work by a group of friendly internationally minded graduate students.

RSVP to [email protected] for location of each workshop and to access the papers. Additional information on the Workshop and other Global Studies activities is available at: www.global.wisc.edu.

18th Annual Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative $2,000 Rural Health Prize
Deadline April 15, 2010 The Hermes Monato, Jr. Prize of $2,000 is awarded annually for the best rural health paper. It is open to all students of the University of Wisconsin (any campus). Students are encouraged to write on a rural health topic for a regular class and then to submit a copy to the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative as an entry by April 15. Previous award winners as well as judging criteria and submission information are available at http://www.rwhc.com/Awards/MonatoPrize.aspx For more information, contact Jane Yahr Shepard at 608-263-7561 or [email protected]

Joaquim Nabuco Award

The Brazil Initiative of the Division of International Studies and the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program announce the creation of the Joaquim Nabuco Award, to be given annually to the best essay on Brazil (any field) by a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate or undergraduate student. The prize includes a cash amount of $1,000 and round-trip airfare to Brazil. Submissions for the 2010 Joaquim Nabuco Award will be accepted until May 3rd, 2010.

Please visit: http://brazil.wisc.edu/joaquim_nabuco_award.php for further details.

Good Luck!

VOLUNTEER & JOB OPPORTUNITIES...

Volunteers needed to tutor native Spanish-speaking students in Verona
The Schools of Hope Program in Verona seeks volunteers to tutor native Spanish-speaking students in Spanish literacy. The time commitment is at least a half-hour per week working one-on-one with students. For more information, contact Kristen Huschitt at [email protected] .

BuckyNet is replacing eRecruiting to better serve you! It is an online system that allows you to search for jobs and internships from hundreds of employers, participate in on-campus interviews, plus much more!

Two Ways to Register:*

Online at www.lssaa.wisc.edu/careers (click on Powerpoint Orientation)

In person -- Tuesdays - 5pm, Suite 205, Thursdays - 12:30pm, Room 102, Middleton Building , 1305 Linden Drive

*NOTE: Economics majors must attend the Economics Majors Orientation to register - 7324 Social Sciences - 2pm on Wed. 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21 or at 9:30am Tues. 9/15, 9/29, 10/13, 10/27

Sponsored by: L&S

Sign up for Goinglobal
Goinglobal is a great reference for resumes and cover letters for anyone considering working abroad, and lists global job opportunities. To register, stop by the Letters & Science Career Services office (1305 Linden Drive, Suite 205) anytime 8AM-4:30PM, Monday-Friday, and sign up for Goinglobal (http://online.goinglobal.com/). To schedule an appointment with a Career Adviser, call 262-3921.

Go Global! International Careers Advising

Interested in looking into international work for the se mester? The summer? Following graduation? Looking for a summer internship? A volunteer opportunity over break? Post-graduation work abroad? Internationally-oriented work here in Madison? Washington, DC?

Go Global! is pleased to offer drop-in advising for those interested in looking into international work opportunities of all sorts.

Fall 2009 drop-in advising hours are:
Tuesdays 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Thursdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Advising is not available every Tuesday and Thursday. Complete details on drop-in availability and how to set up an appointment are available at http://go.global.wisc.edu/advising.htm

Go Global! is in 301 Ingraham Hall. You can also reach an advisor by email ([email protected]) and phone (608.265.6070). For information on Go Global! visit http://goglobal-uw.blogspot.com or http://twitter.com/Go Global

If you would like to submit an event to the LACIS Noticias de la Semana, or wish to be removed from our mailing list, please send an email to LACIS' Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Ripp at: [email protected] or 608-262-0616.

http://lacis.wisc.edu/

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