Noticias de la Semana
 March 22nd to March 28th, 2015
  
 

Compiled by the Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program at UW-Madison

lacis.wisc.edu 

Greetings,

You may have noticed that the Noticias seem to be getting longer and longer; it's not your imagination -- they really are!  This week we have two lectures on Cuba (both on Monday); a lunchtime lecture featuring an author who talk about her book on Zapatista Women, and many other fascinating lectures on the schedule.

We have added a new section called "LACIS News" which will provide direct links to our latest blog postings, YouTube videos from our latest lectures, and other LACIS-related news. We hope you will take a peak!

If you're a K-12 educator, there are many upcoming opportunities for you and your students: "World Cinema Day" and the "Big Screens/Little Folks" programs which are both part of the Wisconsin Film Festival; a multi-day workshop and online course through U of Milwaukee's Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program this summer; two guided on-campus art exhibits which your student's can visit, and a summer travel course to Belize and Guatemala!

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions, concerns, etc.
Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Sarah Ripp ([email protected] or 608-262-0616)

LACIS Outreach Coordinator and Undergraduate Advisor

 

P.S. If you wish to submit an event or announcement for inclusion in the "Noticias de la Semana," please click HERE and complete our online submission form. Thank you!

  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Fri, 3/20: Flautistico
Sund, 3/22: Guest Recital: Featuring NAVE Visiting Scholar Juan Martinez and Golpe Tierra
Mon, 3/24: Cuba Today and Tomorrow
Mon, 3/23: Passing as Open Secret: Race and Fictions of Identity in Nineteenth Century Cuba
Mon, 3/23: LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising
Tues, 3/24: LACIS Lunchtime Lecture: Zapatista Women: Gender Transformations and Local Alternatives to Globalization
Tues, 3/24: Small Dreams and Magic Bullets: From Infrastructure to Humanitarian Design
Tues, 3/24 and Wed, 3/25: The Crossing Presents: Karen Leslie Hernández
Wed, 3/25: Saussure Didn't Say That (and other bumps on the road to a linguistic analysis of literature)
Wed, 3/25: Mesa Redonda
Wed, 3/25: Themes in Chinese Politics, Literature, and History...
Wed, 3/25: Mass Movements and Alternatives to Criminal Justice
Thurs, 3/26: How Fairness Affects Clientelism
Thurs, 3/26: Women and Water
Thurs, 3/26: LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising
Fri, 3/27: Liberation Theologies Discussion Group
ONGOING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
LACIS NEWS
EDUCATION, VOLUNTEER & JOB OPPORTUNITIES

This Week...  

Friday, March 20th
Flautistico!: Music From Latin America and Spain

When: 8:00 p.m.
Where: Overture Center
  
 

 

  

Stephanie Jutt, local flutist, Latina, and artistic director of Overture resident company Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, presents a concert celebrating Latin American and Spanish culture.

  

This one-time-only concert will feature music from Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, and Spain that has never been performed at BDDS concerts. Jutt will be joined by Venezuelan clarinetist Orlando Pimentel, Puerto Rican mezzo-soprano Yanzelmalee Rivera; and Madison's own fantastic pianist, Thomas Kasdorf. Spoken word will be woven throughout the evening, as well as dance by Ariel Juarez and tango by Jacques and Maria Saint-Cyr. An original art installation by Carolyn Kallenborn, including her film footage from Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico, will create a multi-dimensional concert evening. Seating is limited, so buy your tickets early for this singular event.

  

 Purchase Tickets HERE 
Sunday, March 22nd


When: 12:00 p.m.
Where: Morphy Hall

Twenty seven years ago, baritone Juan Tom�s Mart�nez sang his bachelor's degree voice recital at UW.  It is a great opportunity to be here today sharing the stage with his son Juan T. Mart�nez III, born in Madison while his father was studying here. The group of musicians performing today along with father and son are remarkable artists who kindly wanted to be part of this special celebration. The baritone's visit to Madison happens on the occasion of his grand-daughter's birth. Just a few days ago, Piaroa Mart�nez Franco was born here in Madison and she is the reason for the music and celebration today. Life has gone a full circle for this family around Madison. This concert is a way to say thank you to UW Madison and this wonderful city for its hospitality.


 

GOLPE TIERRA:
The irresistible acoustic groove of Golpe Tierra, which in Spanish means "beating the earth," bases its sound on just that philosophy.  When we all come together to beat the earth with our feet and hands we are truly celebrating the act of community.  Nick Moran, Juan Tomas Martinez and Richard Hildner make up this guerrilla-style ensemble employing the traditional Afro-Peruvian guitar-bass-caj�n set-up and embark on a musical journey throughout Latin-America flirting with shades of soul, blues and jazz, playing original and traditional music that is sure to get you out of your seat and dance.


 

Nick Moran (Bass) has performed with a diverse collection of internationally renowned acts, including Jorge Drexler, Ben Sidran, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Clyde Subbelfield, David 'Fathead' Neuman (Ray Charles' sax player), Ana Laan, Juan 'Cotito' Medrano (Susana Baca, Novalima), dance hall pioneers Chaka Demus and Pliers, and hip hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc. In 2001, Nick was honored to record and perform with master of afro cuban percussion and Grammy Award winner Roberto 'Vizcaino" Guillot.

Juan Tom�s Mart�nez (vocals and caj�n) with a 20 years musical career has participated in more than seven CDs as a percussionist, vocalist and arranger. He has seasoned his musical talent on the madrilean nightlife with an Afro-Caribbean attitude, has been part of the world-touring spanish band Canteca de Macao for almost ten years, combining it with other projects like Blueskank and El Sombrero del Abuelo. He has performed at various music venues around the world, from Argentina to Morocco, from Chicago to Berlin and shared the stage with well known artists in the world music scene such as Aureliano Martinez or Toto La Momposina. Currently is playing for the Dance Department at UW and its stable residence in his hometown Madison.


 

Richard Hildner Armacanqui (guitar) has studied and played extensively with one of the leading world exponents of the Afro-Peruvian cajon, Juan 'Cotito' Medrano and also studied in Peru with the legendary Afro-Peruvian guitarist/bassist/composer, the late Maestro Carlos Hayre. He currently plays with a wide range of musical groups such as the Acoplados Latin acoustic duet, the Brazilian Pagode band Grupo Balanca and is the guitarist for Natty Nation.


 

Free & Open to the Public

Sponsored by LACIS, the Nave Visiting Scholar Program and the School of Music.


Monday, March 23rd



Hear Carmen  on Sunday, March 22nd @ 5:30 p.m., "Third World View," WORT Radio, 89.9 FM 
 


 



FREE & Open to the Public.
Monday, March 23rd
Passing as Open Secret: Race and Fictions of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Cuba

When:
3:30 p.m.
Where: 212 University Club

Presented by Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Victor Goldgel Carballo

Passing is often understood as a divergence between the private and the public identities of a given subject - with the public identity perceived as fraudulent or as a simulacrum that aims at keeping the private one secret. The study of late nineteenth-century Cuba, however, reveals the need for an alternative analytical model, one that allows us to conceptualize those cases in which this divergence is disregarded or disavowed, and in which an ostensibly false identity is validated by social norms. The project focuses on a kind of passing that depended on open secrets, investigating the active forms of not-knowing - ranging from tactful silence and reserve to hypocrisy and disavowal - at the core of racial constructions at a pivotal moment in Cuban history. Victor Goldgel-Carballo's corpus includes novels, theater, court cases, and advertisements.


 

V�ctor Goldgel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at UW-Madison. His research and teaching focus on 19th-century Latin American literature, media history, visual culture, and race studies. He is the author of Cuando lo nuevo conquist� Am�rica. Prensa, moda y literatura en el siglo XIX (Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 2013), the recipient of the Latin American Studies Association's "Premio Iberoamericano," an international prize awarded to the best book on Latin America in the social sciences and humanities published in Spanish or Portuguese. He is at work on a book entitled Passing as Open Secret: Race and Fictions of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Cuba. 


 

Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Free & Open to the Public
Monday, March 23rd
LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising

When: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Where: 331 Ingraham

Tuesday, March 24th
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture
When: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: 206 Ingraham 

"Zapatista Women: Gender Transformations and Local Alternatives to Globalization"
 

Presented by Hilary Klein, author of "Companeras: Zapatistas Women's Stories"

Hilary will talk about women's participation in the Zapatista movement, a grassroots social movement fighting for political, economic, and social equality for the indigenous population of Chiapas, Mexico -- a population which has been marginalized for more than five hundred years and devastated by globalization. She spent six years in Chiapas, working with women's projects in Zapatista communities. Hilary will talk about how women's involvement helped shape the Zapatista movement and how the Zapatista movement, in turn, created opportunities for dramatic transformations in gender roles and women's rights. She will also talk about potential lessons for organizing for social justice in this country.

 

About the presenter: Hilary Klein spent six years in Chiapas, working with women's projects in Zapatista communities. After she compiled a book of Zapatista women's testimony to be circulated in their own villages, women in the Zapatista leadership suggested that Hilary compile a similar book for an outside audience. Hilary has been engaged in social justice and community organizing for twenty years. For the last five years, she worked at Make the Road New York, a membership organization that builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities. She is originally from Washington, DC, and received her BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley. 

 

Co-sponsored by the Communications Department at UW-Madison, Edgewood College, Outside the Bean, and Just Coffee Cooperative.

 

Can't make this Lunchtime Lecture, or want to know more about the Zapatista movement? Join Hilary for two other events this week! Check out below for her events on Wednesday and Thursday! 

 

LACIS is proud to serve fair trade coffee from Just Coffee, as well as a variety of light snacks
FREE & Open to the Public

Tuesday, March 24th
Small Dreams and Magic Bullets: From Infrastructure to Humanitarian Design

When: 4:00 p.m.
Where: Varsity Hall 3, Union South
 

Presented by Peter Redfield, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 

  

A leading expert on medical humanitarianism and author of Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders (Univ. of California Press, 2013), Peter Redfield will discuss recent efforts to respond to conditions of disaster and endemic poverty with innovative objects and small-scale designs. Partly decoupled from both states and standard infrastructure, these innovations suggest a material twist at the intersection of humanitarianism, development and global health, along with a reconfiguration of social problems and imagined futures. 

  

 Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Global Health Institute, with funding generously provided by the University Lectures Committee  

 
FREE & Open to the Public
Tuesday, March 24th and Wednesday, March 25th

Wednesday, March 25th
Lecture: "Saussure Didn't Say That (and other bumps on the road to a linguistic analysis of literature)"

When: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Where: 254 Van Hise


 

Presented by Professor Patricia Lunn

(Professor Emerita of Spanish Linguistics, Michigan State University)


 Abstract: Derrida's use of Saussure provides a negative example of the contribution of linguistics to an understanding of texts. It can be demonstrated, however, that data-based linguistic description can facilitate close reading. This positive use of linguistics sheds light on meaning, and also suggests a way of training students to notice and interpret detail.

Patricia Lunn (Professor Emerita of Spanish Linguistics, Michigan State University) has published in several fields, including cognitive linguistics, literary linguistics and pedagogical grammar. She has co-authored textbooks on Spanish grammar and applied translation, and has published translations of literary texts from Spanish and Catalan. She is currently working on a manual for using Spanish as a springboard for learning French, and vice-versa. Dr. Lunn was a Visiting Professor of Spanish in our department during the fall semesters of 2008 and 2009, during which she offered two popular graduate seminars: The Grammatical Tradition: Linguistic Grammar and Pedagogical Grammar and Spanish Dialectology, and offered Introduction to Spanish Linguistics to undergraduates. 

This lecture is part of the Spanish and Portuguese 2014-15 Lecture Series and is made possible by generous funding from the Anonymous Fund of the College of Letters and Science and the Jay C. & Ruth Halls Visiting Scholar Fund.
Wednesday, March 25th
Mesa Redonda: "Lo letrado m�s all� de la academia: nuevos circuitos del libr en Am�rica Latina"

When: 5:00 p.m.
Where: 336 Ingraham 

A Conversation with:
Marcy Schwartz of Rutgers University
Jaime Vargas Luna of the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Tinker Visiting Professor, V�ctor Vich of Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica del Per� 

Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Letters & Science and LACIS.

Fair Trade Coffee, Tea and light snacks will be served -- courtesy of LACIS.
Wednesday, March 25th
Themes in Chinese Politics, Literature, and History

Where: Red Gym's Maisley Media Room 
 

Free cookies and punch!  
Wednesday, March 25th
Mass Movements and Alternatives to Criminal Justice
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: 4070 Vilas Hall

Panel with Hilary Klein, M. Adams - Young, Gifted and Black, and Ananda Mirilli - YWCA Restorative Justice Program

Co-Sponsored by LACIS and Outside the Bean
Thursday, March 26th
How Fairness Affects Clientelism: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mexico
 
When: 12:00 p.m.
Where: 422 North Hall
 
Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar Ana De La O, Professor of Political Science, Yale University
 

About the presentation: Scholarship on clientelism predicts that a poor voter sells his or her vote when the value of the broker's gift is greater than the expressive value of voting. Yet, the extent of vote buying around developing countries suggests that not all poor people are willing to trade their votes for gifts or favors, even in cases when candidates are ideologically similar. Ana and her research partners argue that voters and politicians have interdependent preferences. That is, voters also compare the value of the broker's offer to the share of the rent-seeking resources that politicians keep for themselves.  With this formulation, they explain why a poor voter rejects a clientelist offer, and they shed light into the determinants of the price per vote. This conclusion is made with evidence from a field experiment in Mexico. They show that information about incumbent corruption, which gives voters a sense of the amount of resources available for rent-seeking, influences voters' vote buying decisions. All else equal, exposing rampant corruption decreases people's willingness to sell their vote for cheap gifts and increases their willingness to sell it for more expensive gifts and favors. Overall, their findings reveal a new mechanism through which social preferences shape political attitudes and behavior.  


 

About Ana: Ana is an associate professor of Political Science at Yale. She also affiliated with the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, the Institution of Social and Policy Studies, and the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Her research relates to the political economy of poverty alleviation, clientelism and the provision of public goods. Her articles have appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, and the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. She earned her PhD in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. 

 

Co-sponsored by CPC, LACIS, the Political Economy Colloquium, and the Nave Visiting Scholar Program

FREE & Open to the Public.
Thursday, March 26th
"Women and Water"
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Chocolaterian Cafe, 2004 Atwood Avenue

Companeras: Zapatistas Women's Stories"" reading by Hilary Klein and presentation of water projects in Chiapas with Outside the Bean

Co-Sponsored by LACIS and Outside the Bean
Thursday, March 26th
LACIS Undergraduate Drop in Advising

When: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: 209 Ingraham

Friday, March 27th
Liberation Theologies Discussion Group

When: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Where: The Crossing - 1127 University Avenue

Interested in social justice, human rights, poverty, politics, or theology? The Liberation Theology group is an opportunity to learn and share ideas about the role of the church and faith in combating injustice in politics and economics. The message of Liberation Theology - that the role of Christians is to eliminate oppression of the poor and work towards a fair society - is relevant today in the US (and especially Madison), as we face increasing inequality and tensions. The group will first discuss the history and politics of Liberation Theology and then delve into different Liberation Theologies - queer, women's, Latino, African American, and Palestinian Liberation Theologies. It will include a guest speaker and will culminate in us drafting our own personal theologies of liberation. Anyone with an open mind is welcome, whether you have heard of Liberation Theology before or are totally new to the ideas!

Friday, March 27th

Ongoing Events...

February 23rd to April 30th
Art Exhibit: Cartonera Crossings: From Cardboard Books to Cultural Identity
 
  
 
Where: Circulation Desk, 129 Memorial Library, 728 State Street
 
This exhibit features libros cartoneros, hand-crafted books that utilize covers fashioned out of reused cardboard. They have been the result of a series of creative workshops held in the fall of 2014 with 8th grade students from the Spanish Language Arts class at Cherokee Heights Middle School. The bilingual texts compiled here under the title "Mi mundo /My World" offer the students' particular vision on several topics such as self-confidence and self-perception, education, leadership, immigrant farm labor, illegal immigration, family memories, animal mistreatment, gangs, and contemporary issues like the mass kidnapping of students in Iguala, Mexico, or the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. These books were created with the students, using techniques from cartoneras (cardboard-cover book presses originated in Latin America), and following the publication format of Kutsemba Cart�o (Mozambique-US).

The project "Cartonera Crossings", led by Sayl�n �lvarez Oquendo (Spanish and Portuguese, UW-Madison) and partnered with Kristen Scott (Bilingual teacher, Cherokee Heights Middle School), was made possible thanks to a 2014-2015 HEX Grant awarded by the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison. 
 
LACIS is pleased to provide support for K-12 outreach activities related to this exhibit through a Title VI grant provided by the US Department of Education. 
 
March 6 to June 21, 2015
Art Exhibit: Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today 
 
Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today explores the way photography is used, understood, and experienced in Cuba in times of transition. It includes photography-based installations, digital photomontage and "intervened photography" by eight contemporary Cuban artists. The premise of the exhibition is to explore how photography and photographic practice have changed on the island over the last two decades and how it creates meaning in light of the technological, philosophical and aesthetic changes of the last decades. In contrast with the highly stylized documentation of the young Revolution, the new Cuban photography aims to shape reality by creating a syntax of expressive artifacts, one in which the printed image becomes one element in a complex discursive practice. New Cuban photography-based art creates an imaginary space of aesthetic openness-apertura in Spanish-against or in play with what is perceived to be an artificially stagnant political reality. 
 
Visit the Chazen Website for more details!
 
These events are free and open to the public. Funding provided by the UW-Madison Anonymous Fund, University Lectures Fund and by the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program with support from the US Department of Education's Title VI Grant Program. 

Upcoming Events...

Monday, March 30th
Children, Death, and Adjacent Worlds

  

When: 3:30 p.m.
Where: 8417 Social Science  

 
Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar Clara Han, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University  

  

How do children learn death? And how are the dead present to children? What might children teach us about the ways in which life is made and remade? In this paper, I explore these questions as they emerged in a complex of conditions - urban poverty, police occupation, and neighborhood feuds - in a low-income neighborhood in Santiago, Chile. Through an extended case study of a single child and her enmeshment in relationships, I revisit the idea of loss as that which can be "experienced": I ask how a child's hearing of her dead father can reveal how loss is not only experienced, but also inexperienced. That is, how the echoes of loss may be registered in affects that are present, but separate, as if in an adjacent world.

Clara Han is a
core faculty member of the Critical Global Health seminar series, an interdisciplinary seminar between Anthropology, History, History of Medicine at the School of Medicine; International Health and Health, Behavior and Society at the School of Public Health. She also has an appointment at the School of Public Health in the Dept. of Health, Behavior, and Society. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors of The Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and on the Advisory Council of the Program in Latin American Studies.
 
Co-Sponsored by LACIS, the Nave Visiting Scholar Program, the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and the AnthroCircle.

FREE & Open to the Public.
Tuesday, April 7th
LACIS Lunchtime Lecture - Two Guest Speakers!
When: 12:00 p.m.
Where: 206 Ingraham

"The Autoethnographic Weave of Plantation Poker: The Merkin Stories by Joscelyn Gardner"


Presented by Nicole Fadellin, PhD Candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

This presentation will explore postcolonial autoethnography through a series of lithographs created by Canadian/Caribbean visual artist Joscelyn Gardner. Plantation Poker: The Merkin Stories critically engages with the Enlightenment ideals of progress and the pursuit of knowledge that legitimized colonial endeavors in the Anglophone Caribbean. Gardner subverts the rhetorical techniques of natural histories of the mid-eighteenth century as she weaves together dispassionate quotations from the diary of a Jamaican plantation manager, instruments of torture, and meticulous engravings suggestive of merkins, pubic wigs used by prostitutes in Europe at the time. Such a critique acquires new meaning in a 21st-century context of international art circuits, sex tourism, and spectacularly violent media. In this way, Plantation Poker not only denounces colonial atrocities but also makes disconcerting parallels with the present-day.

"Objects and Memory: Looking at Martinican colonial history and identity through Jean-Fran�ois Bocl�'s Art"

Presented by Jeanne Essame, Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department. She specializes in African Diaspora history, Caribbean history, and Visual Culture.

This presentation will discuss how Martinican artist Jean-Fran�ois Bocl�'s use of collected objects enables him to perform the history of Martinique, engaging with the memory of the enslavement, exploitation, and misrepresentations. "Boat," an installation whose primary medium are used cardboard boxes, revisits the multilayered visualities of the boat motif that has been explored over and over again in black diaspora visual art. In this powerful piece that refers to multilateral journeys not only to and from the old world but also in between diasporic spaces, Bocl� forces the viewer to rethink consumerism and interrogate the presence and absence of the human factor both as consumer and commodity. Other pieces, such as "The Tears of Bananaman," "Tu me copieras," "Consommons Racial!," also explore the tensions between colony and metropole.  All in all, Bocl�'s work brings awareness to the issues stemming from the colonial system that still affect Martinique today.

LACIS is proud to serve fair trade coffee from Just Coffee, as well as a variety of light snacks

FREE & Open to the Public
Thursday, April 9th
Lecture: "Sailors as Region-Makers: Seafaring and the Configuration of a Transimperial Greater Caribbean during the Age of Revolutions"

When:
12:00 p.m.
Where: 260 Bascom Hall   


Presented by Nave Visiting Scholar Ernesto Bassi, Assistant Professor of History, Cornell University  

  

In this lecture, Ernesto will use the professional trajectories of several sea captains and some common sailors who spent their lives navigating Caribbean and Atlantic waters, frequently crossing political borders, to argue that sailors-through their frequent mobility-created a geographic space (a region) that Ernesto calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean. Focusing on the lives of seamen who sailed the seas between the 1780s and the 1810s, the presentation will demonstrate the existence of a transimperial space of social interaction and will characterize this space as malleable, flexible, and boundless.
 
Ernesto Bassi is Assistant Professor of history at Cornell University. His work explores the role of mobility in the configuration of geographic spaces during the Age of Revolutions and the ways in which those on the move (as well as those who stayed in place) used these geographic spaces to envision potential paths toward the future. In the archives, he follows ships and sailors as they crossed political borders and, in the process, drew their own geographies. In the classroom, he teaches Latin American, Caribbean, and Atlantic history. His book, Creating Spaces, Envisioning Futures: A Transimperial Greater Caribbean from New Granada's Shores, 1760s-1860s is under contract with Duke University Press.
 
Sponsored by LACIS and the Nave Visiting Scholar Program. 
FREE & Open to the Public.
April 9 - April 16
 
Films from Latin America, the Caribbean or Iberian Peninsula: 


The Boy and The World (Brazil) (Trailer)
Friday, April 10th at 3:45 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1) and Saturday, April 11th at 1:45 p.m. (The Marquee at Union South)


Chimes at Midnight (Spain, France, Switzerland) (Trailer)
Saturday, April 11th at 1:00 p.m. (Capitol Theater)


G�eros (Mexico) (Trailer)
Friday, April 10th at 6:45 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 5) and Sunday, April 12th at 9:30 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1)


Ciencias Naturales/Natural Science (Argentina) (Trailer)
Saturday, April 11th at 3:45 p.m. (The Marquee at Union South) and Monday, April 13th at 3:30 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1)


The Second Mother (Brazil) (Trailer)
Sunday, April 12th at 7:00 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1) and Thursday, April 16th at 12:30 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1)


La Voz en Off/Voice Over (Chile) (Trailer)
Friday, April 10th at 5:45 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1) and Sunday, April 12th at 12:00 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1)



Speculation Nation (Spain) (Trailer)
Friday, April 10th at 2:15 p.m. (UW Cinematheque) and Saturday, April 11th at 11:30 a.m. (Sundance Cinema 5)



Western (Mexico) (Trailer)
Saturday, April 11th at 6:15 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 5) and Wednesday, April 15th at 8:45 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 5)


Wisconsin's Own en Espa�ol - Sunday April 12th at 11:00 a.m. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
The Wisconsin Film diaspora extends all over the world. As evidence, this vibrant and diverse program of Spanish Language short films made by talented filmmakers with Badger State roots takes us to San Francisco, Lima, Buenos Aires, and the jungles of Colombia. Short Films.

                              Un Jardin Adentro de la Violencia (USA & Colombia)         La Solitude (USA & Mexico) 
                                             Information HERE                                                   Information HERE

                             Clean Lima (Peru) Information HERE       The Day I Grew Up (USA) Information HERE
                           Avenue of Light (Argentina) Infomation HERE        Father and Son (Argentina) Information HERE

New This Year at the Wisconsin Film Festival!
Big Screens, Little Folks: Shorter and Sweeter - Sunday, April 12th at 1:00 p.m.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Family friendly programing that offers award-winning short films from all around the world and introduces children to a variety of cinematic techniques and styles. These films are geared towards children ages 5-8, but will bring delight to those of all ages!

Big Screens for Teens - Natural Sciences - Saturday, April 11th at 3:45 p.m. (The Marquee at Union South) and Monday, April 13th at 3:30 p.m. (Sundance Cinema 1)
Recommended for 12 and older

All events co-sponsored by LACIS. 

Full Schedule and Details HERE
May 3rd-August 31st
Art Exhibit: "Cuba Today: Caminando Por La Calle"


LACIS News...

The Latest LACIS Blog Posts, YouTube Videos, and Campus News!
  • LACIS Professor, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies Professor Michael W. Apple has received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Universtiy of La Coruna in Spain
  • LACIS Core Faculty Member, Jane Collins, Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies, has been chosen for the prestigious Hilldale Award! Read more HERE
  • Joanna Crow's LACIS Lunchtime Lecture, "Speaking Across Nations: Chilean-Peruvian Intellectual Encounters" is on YouTube HERE and Jack Laun's LACIS Lunctime Lecture "What Evo Morales' Win Means for Bolivia and the Region" is available HERE.
Education, Volunteer and Job Opportunities...
Bilingual Volunteers Sought for the Latino Workers Project 

 

The Workers' Rights Center will be launching our door-to-door surveying for the Latino Workers Project to gather information about working conditions.  We are partnering with a class at the UW and will launch on Monday, March 23.  Many of the students are monolingual English speakers or limited Spanish speakers, so we are looking for people who can partner with them to assist with the surveying.  We will be going out a few times per week in targeted neighborhoods and sites where we will be able to complete surveys.  We will be starting each shift with a training and a review of the survey.

 

We would like to have up six to eight, English / Spanish, bilingual volunteers per shift...And other shifts and times will become available depending on special events...if interested please call 608.255.0376 or email Carlos:

 

Monday, April 6
      2PM-4PM
      4PM-6PM

 

Tuesday, April 7

      5pm-7pm

 

Wednesday, April 8

      3pm-5pm

      5pm-7pm

 

Monday, April 13
      2PM-4PM
      4PM-6PM

 

If you are available to help out, please let us know.  If you are interested, but the first week doesn't work for you, still let us know so we can keep you posted about future opportunities.  Thanks!

 

Please contact Carlos Miranda to sign up at 608.255-0376 or email [email protected]

 

Our website can be found here: wrcmadison.org

Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Workers-Rights-Center/138170739541406


Guest Bloggers Sought for LACIS Blog!
Did you study abroad or intern in a LACIS country? Are you following a particular current event? Did you attend a LACIS event? We want to hear what you think! Write a brief post, include pictures or videos, and we will share it on the LACIS blog! (Please note that your blog posting may be edited down for size or content, if needed.)

Contact the LACIS social media intern, Bette Benson ([email protected]), with any questions or with your finished product! 
K-12 Educators Register for Wisconsin Film Festival "Big Screen, Little Folks"
This year the Wisconsin Film Festival is proud to present three events geared towards children: "Short and Sweet," "Shorter and Sweeter," and "Screens for Teens." All films are followed by workshops that relate directly to the movies that are being screened! While regular film festival tickets are $10, the films for children and teenagers, as part of the Big Screens series, are priced at $5 for all seats (including for adults). Check out the website HERE for full details! Contact Karin Kolb ([email protected]) with any questions!

Our family friendly program offers award winning short films from all around the world and introduces children to a variety of cinematic styles. While the films are geared towards 8-11 year olds, we guarantee they will be enjoyed by viewers of all ages. We are thrilled to provide families, friends, and classmates the opportunity to experience this inspiring program of short films together and on the big screen. Ain't No Fish director Tom Gasek is scheduled to appear at the earlier screening of this program. Please join us to meet the biggest brother on earth, a really mean toad; see a unique friendship between a rabbit and a deer, how the hedgehog saves the day; fear for the life of a really cool potato from outer space and hum along with singing seals to save the ocean.

 

Please note: This program is a mix of short films of different lengths. Two of the shorts are shown in their original languages with English subtitles, the others are in English or have no dialogue.



Our family friendly program offers award winning short films from all around the world and introduces children to a variety of cinematic styles. While these films may be geared to children ages 5 to 8, they are guaranteed to delight viewers of all ages. We are thrilled to provide families, friends, and classmates the opportunity to experience this inspiring program of short films together and on the big screen. Experience the adventures of a little bird, meet the biggest brother on earth, and the coolest potato from outer space. See how balloons make everything better, and much more.

Please note: Most of these shorts have no dialogue or are in English.

Program length: 72 minutes







All information HERE
K-12 Educators Register for World Cinema Day
When: Thursday, April 9th at 9:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Where: Marquee Theater, Union South

 
 
Featuring
GIRLHOOD (French with English subtitles)

A group of tough and spirited girls navigate their world of the the Paris banlieues.

Introduction and post-film discussion led by a faculty expert of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Register today!

Registration deadline: March 27

Event is free to registered high school groups. Seats are limited. Registration first-come, first served.

This high school program is presented by Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium and the Wisconsin Film Festival at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Info HERE 
 
Summer 2015 Educator Trip to Belize & Guatemala!

 

Priority Application Deadline is April 15th.

 

 

 

 

The Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico, and The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago are excited to announce a summer 2015 educator travel opportunity to Belize and Tikal (Guatemala)! We are working with GEEO which is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and assisting as many teachers as possible to travel abroad and then share their experiences with their students upon their return to the classroom.

 

Follow in the footsteps of Mayan warriors to lost cities cloaked in jungle mists. This adventure offers an intriguing mix of ruins, beaches, wildlife and the rich cultures of Belize and Guatemala. It's a perfect blend of activity and relaxation-spend three days canoeing deep in the jungle and snorkeling the crystal-clear turquoise-blue waters before easing into the laid-back Belizean lifestyle while relaxing on the beach.

This trip will be led by knowledgeable local guides arranged by GEEO. Participants can earn 3 graduate credits while traveling with GEEO.

 

This trip is open to:

  • K-12 teachers
  • Pre-service teachers
  • Post-secondary educators including community college instructors
  • Retired educators

Dates: July 12th to July 26th, 2015

Cost: $1804.00 per/person 

What's Included in the Cost?

  • Tikal guided tour. Jungle canoe trip (3-day, fully guided). Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Belize Barrier Reef snorkeling trip (full-day). Caye Caulker stay. All transport between destinations and to/from included activities.

  • G Adventures tour leader throughout, local guides.

  • Public bus, private van, canoe, water taxi.

  • Hotels (13 nts), basic lodging (2 nts, multi-share).

  • 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners. (Allow USD 300-400 for meals not included.)

What's Not Included in the Cost?

  • International Airfare.

  • Insurance.

  • Incidental expenses.

  • Applicable visas.
  • Tips/Gratuities.
  • Beverages.
  • Meals not mentioned above.
  • Optional tours/admissions.
  • Airport Taxis.

Learn more HERE 

Also, please feel free to contact Sarah Ripp, LACIS' Outreach Coordinator, with any questions: 608-444-3725 or [email protected].  

 

Summer Teacher Institute: "Essential Themes in Latin American History for Teaching World History"

CLACS Summer Teacher Institute

Essential Themes in Latin American History for Teaching World History

July 6th-8th, 2015

UW-Milwaukee

 

Application Deadline is May 30th, 2015

 


 

 

This summer institute introduces high school educators to important content about Latin America's significance in World History. The program explores innovative sources and approaches that scholars are using to engage students in learning about the region and its integration into a larger world system. The institute will largely focus on three eras: Latin America before the Europeans, Latin America's Integration into the World Economy and the Struggle for Democracy and Human Rights.

 

Cost:  $75 in-service teachers / $25 Education students (includes continental breakfasts, lunches, and materials)

 

Dorm housing is available for $55/night.

 

1-3 graduate credits (History) available for additional cost through the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (will require subsequent online discussion and curriculum development work).  To request full informational and registration packets please contact the Credit Outreach office at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, [email protected] or (800) 621-5376.

 

Institute application available at clacs.uwm.edu

 

For more information, contact:  Julie Kline ([email protected] or 414-229-5986)

 

A collaboration between UW-Whitewater, UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS) and the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS).   CLACS and LACIS are a consortial Title VI National Resource Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  

 

Global Cafe: Exchange Ideas

2015 Call for Submissions for the Joaquim Nabuco Award
 

The Brazil Initiative of the Division of International Studies in collaboration with the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program sponsors the Joaquim Nabuco Award, given annually to the two best essays on Brazil (any field) by a University of Wisconsin-Madison student. The essay may be written in English or Portuguese and should have at least 15 double-spaced pages. The competition is not open to previous Joaquim Nabuco Award winners. The prize, a lump-sum cash award of $2000, is given to one graduate and one undergraduate student each. The winners are encouraged to use the award for a research trip to Brazil. Applications should include a cover letter stating the student was enrolled at UW-Madison during the academic year. Only electronic submissions are accepted. Deadline for submissions is May 8, 2015. Please direct questions and send electronic submissions to [email protected] 

Apply! 

Call for Submissions: 2

015 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Paper Award Competition - 

The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE)

 

Deadline: May 20th, 2015

 

ASCE Student Award Committee is accepting nominations for the 2015 Jorge P�rez-L�pez Student Award Competition.  A panel of scholars will judge all submissions on the basis of relevance, originality, quality, contribution, and clarity of presentation. Papers should not be co-authored with an instructor or teaching assistant.  At a minimum, all papers must outline a thesis statement, present evidence or data supporting it, not exceed 5,000 words double-spaced length, and follow one of the standard academic writing and citations styles. The 5,000-word limit for the essay will be STRICTLY ENFORCED.

Self-nominations are welcomed.  All correspondence must be accompanied by a letter stating the name, university affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and email address of the nominee, as well as a brief statement describing the merits of the nomination.  A condition of submission is that the paper will be considered for publication in Cuba in Transition at the discretion of the committee if it wins any prizes and whether or not the author is able to present it at ASCE's meetings.  However, authors are free to submit revised copies of their papers elsewhere.  All submissions are expected to conform to ethical and publication guidelines published by the professional association of the author/s field of study.

 

 

Graduate Awards

       First prize $600 & up to $600 for domestic travel or $800 for overseas travel.

       Second prize $150 & up to $600 travel.

Undergraduate Awards

       First prize$400 & up to $600 domestic travel or $800 for overseas travel.

       Second prize$100 & up to $400 travel.

  

All participants receive a one year complimentary ASCE membership and may attend the annual meeting in Miami including the luncheon for free.  First and second prize winners will also receive an additional two years of complimentary ASCE membership.

 

 

Submission and Information

Send MS Word or PDF via email to:

Dr. Enrique S. Pumar,

Chair Student Award Committee

Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy - [email protected] & [email protected].


Learn Portuguese This Summer!


2015 Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute @ UW-Madison

 
Application HERE (Deadline is May 8th, 2015)

English and Cultural Immersion at the University of Wisconsin

 

International visitors can enjoy the summer in a peaceful, natural setting as they live and learn on the UW-Madison campus. Participants experience 3 weeks of cultural immersion, English language instruction, and interesting activities in and around Madison, plus a 1-day trip to Milwaukee and free time for recreation. Participants stay in University Residence Halls. Most meals and local transportation are included.

Register HERE
Program Website HERE

For additional information, contact Becky Tarver Chase at 608-890-3253
Spanish & Portuguese Courses through UW Continuing Studies
 

Contact Julie Dahl, [email protected], 608-262-5929 for with questions!
 
Sa, Apr 11-25, 9am-2pm  *  $225
Sa, Apr 11-25, 9am-2pm  *  $225
F, Apr 17-May 15, 4-5:30pm  *  $130
Th, Apr 23, 1:30-3:45pm  *  $45

Language Conversation Tables

Meet new people and practice a foreign language while taking advantage of the Spanish & Portuguese Department's informal conversation tables.

 

La Mesa de Conversaci�n (Spanish)

Beginning on the second Tuesday of the the academic semester, La mesa is held weekly from 5-7pm in the Rathskellar of the Memorial Union. All levels of Spanish are welcome at this informal conversation table. For more information please contact Steve Fondow [email protected]

 

Bate Papo (Portuguese)

Bate Papo meets on Thursdays from 4:30pm until 6:30pm at the Kollege Klub, 529 North Lake Street (corner of Lake and Langdon). Please contact Ellen Sapega [email protected] with questions.

 

For more information on language tables for other languages, visit the Language Institute's website. 

International Internship Program Walk in Advising

Mondays: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. in 301 Ingraham
Thursdays: 1:00-3:00 p.m. in 259 Bascom Hall
Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in 259 Bascom Hall

Have questions about an internship opportunity offered by IIP? Looking for an internship on your own and need guidance? Looking into funding or credit options for your experience? Stop by IIP walk-in advising to get questions answered. IIP also has appointments available and take questions via email at [email protected]
International Reach
International Reach is a unique volunteer program that places international speakers in schools, campus venues and community organizations for short presentations. It provides interesting opportunities for individuals to share perspectives on their home countries with teachers, students and area residents for the purposes of furthering global education and intercultural dialogue. International Student Services (ISS) coordinates the International Reach Program.

BRIDGE International Friendship Program

 BRIDGE

BRIDGE (Building Relationships in Diverse Global Environments) pairs new international students with American students for a whole semester based on similar interests, personalities and needs. BRIDGE provides new international students with a friend, ally, resource person, and cultural navigator. The program offer numerous cross-cultural activities, learning experiences and fun. To learn more, visit www.iss.wisc.edu/bridge.

Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project

 MDGAP

MDGAP educates the campus about eight United Nations development goals on poverty, hunger, education, gender eqaulity, global health and the environment. The project also links students with hands-on , goal-related research, internships and volunteer opportunities in order to further job skills, foster global competency, and advance the goals. For details, visit www.iss.wisc.edu/mdgap.

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