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Center for Engaged Scholarship- Dissertation Fellowships

We are accepting applications from Ph.D students in the social sciences who have already completed all departmental and institutional requirements for the Ph.D. degree, including approval of the dissertation proposal. The only requirement not completed must be the writing and where required, the defense, of the dissertation.Following areas accepted: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, social psychology and sociology. Work inspired by these disciplines carried out in interdisciplinary programs such as ethnic studies, women's studies, or American studies is also accepted. Requirements and how to apply: http://cescholar.org/dissertation-fellowships/#
Deadline: December 15, 2016
 

International Dissertation Research Fellowship- SSRC

The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Sixty-eight fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $21,000. The fellowship includes participation in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop upon the completion of IDRF-funded research.
For more information: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/idrf-fellowship/
Deadline: November 1, 2016


Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation. 

2017 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
Competition is NOW OPEN and accepting applications

2017 Predoctoral application deadline:
November 17, 2016
(5:00 PM EST) 
2017 Dissertation and Postdoctoral application deadlines:
November 10, 2016
(5:00 PM EST) 
Supplementary Materials receipt deadline (all levels):
January 10, 2017
(5:00 PM EST)  

For more information click here
 

Haga click para obtener boletos gratis: https://cityofasylumpittsburgh.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0F3100000MP7M5EAL     Carlos Patiño Pereda y Hensli Rahn Solórzano son escritores venezolanos invitados por el Programa Internacional de Escritura de la Universidad de Iowa (International Writing Program, IWP).  Estar en Estados Unidos les llevó a pensar inmediatamente en el escritor exiliado Israel Centeno, quien además de ser escritor residente de City of Asylum Pittsburgh, es maestro admirado de Patiño Pereda y referente para Rahn Solórzano. En seguida surgió la idea: Sería genial organizar un panel donde participaran los tres. Los deseos, a veces, no sólo se cumplen, sino pueden iniciar conversaciones únicas,  cruciales y reveladoras. Gracias a la Universidad de Iowa, los tres escritores compartirán el escenario en City of Asylum @ Alphabet City. Patiño Pereda y Rahn Solórzano leerán fragmentos de los libros de cuentos Te Mataré dos veces y Dinero Fácil respectivamente. A continuación, Centeno moderará una discusión que intentará responder preguntas como ¿Es posible ficcionar Venezuela? ¿La realidad sobrepasa la ficción? ¿Se puede hablar de libertad de expresión en la narrativa Venezolana? ¿Cuáles son las tendencias de la literatura en un país tan convulso? ¿Es la autocensura un recurso cotidiano?      Israel Centeno (Caracas, 1958) es novelista y cuentista venezolano. Además, es editor y profesor de escritura creativa.  Es uno de los principales narradores venezolanos de este cambio de siglo, y una de las voces más interesantes de América Latina. Prestigioso editor, poeta y narrador, entre sus novelas, publicadas todas ellas en importantes editoriales, podemos destacar Calletania (Monte Ávila, 1992. Premio CONAC), Criaturas de la noche (Alfaguara Venezuela, 2000) o Bengala (Norma Venezuela, 2005). En 1996, la sucursal venezolana de la editorial Planeta publicó en un solo volumen dos novelas, Hilo de cometa y otras iniciaciones, que habían obtenido el Premio Bienal de Guayana en 1994 y que pronto se convertirían en obra de culto para las nuevas generaciones de lectores latinoamericanos. Israel es escritor residente de City of Asylum Pittsburgh desde 2011.   Carlos Patiño Pereda (Escritor de ficción, Venezuela). Abogado, activista de Derechos Humanos y ex Presidente del sindicato nacional Sintrainces. Autor del libro de cuentos Te mataré dos veces (Editorial Ígneo, 2014). Ganador en 2015 del concurso de cuentos de mayor tradición en Venezuela, la 70° edición del premio El Nacional, con Los círculos concéntricos. Participante del International Writing Program de la Universidad de Iowa (IWP 2016).   Hensli RAHN SOLÓRZANO (músico y escritor; Venezuela) es autor de los libros de narrativa Crónicamente Caracas (2008) y Dinero fácil (2014), nombrado el mejor libro de cuentos venezolano de 2014 por el diario El Universal. Ha sido colaborador de blogs literarios, como Prodavinci y Sacven. En 2016 es invitado al International Writing Program por la Universidad de Iowa. Como cantautor, junto a su grupo Autopista Sur editó el álbum Caracas se quema (2008). Actualmente reside en Berlín, Alemania.

Exhibition Opening
Paradoxes of Play: Concrete and Conceptualist Proposals from Brazil and Beyond,
 
Please join us on Fri., Nov. 4, 2016, from 4–6pm in the University Art Gallery in the Frick Fine Arts Building for a festive opening for two concurrent exhibitions organized by HAA students and faculty: Paradoxes of Play: Concrete and Conceptualist Proposals from Brazil and Beyond, this year’s undergraduate Museum Studies exhibition, and Chinese Apartment Art: Primary Documents from Gao Minglu's Archive, 1970s-1990s, organized by graduate students from HAA 2600 Special Topic on Chinese Art Seminar.
 
Both exhibitions will run through December 9, 2016. 
 More information: http://uag.pitt.edu 


 

Free Event

Join us for a screening of Within Formal Cities, a new documentary film that takes viewers deep into the urban fabric of five South American cities. Pittsburgh native Brian Gaudio and Abe Drechsler document housing and infrastructure projects in Lima, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Bogotá. During their travels, they interviewed more than 40 architects, designers, community members, and government agencies to learn about the housing crisis and the innovative ways designers are addressing it.

Brian Gaudio will introduce the film and conduct a Q&A following.

This screening is a program of Building Optimism: Public Space in South America at CMOA's Heinz Architectural Center.

http://cmoa.org/event/film-screening-within-formal-cities/

Image: Film still, Within Formal Cities, 2016, Courtesy of Brian Gaudio

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21th Latin American and Social Public Policy (LASPP) Conference
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)- University of Pittsburgh
March 17-18, 2017

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh, welcomes everyone in the community to the 21th Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March18, 2017.

The LASPP conference is a student-organized event where undergraduate, graduate students, and faculty members can present their scholarly work involving social and public policy in Latin America. This year's presentations will be organized around,but not limited to, the following topics:

a) Public and Social Policy: Economics development, health, education, environment energy, gender, urban studies decentralization, LGBT, ethnic policies. 

b) Political systems and institutions: Democratic challenges, political economy, state building, public opinion, social-military relations, civil society, political parties and movements, political history, legislative studies, judicial studies, electoral systems, parties and party systems, comparative politics, ideology, subnational politics. 

c) Social, political and economic instability: Violence and crime, illegal economies, peace and conflict studies, conflict resolution, transitional justice, social movements. 

d) Arts, humanities, and cultural studies: linguistics, literature, media & film studies, cultural industry, musicology 

The LASPP Conference was first held in 1996 and has been held annually since then. It has been organized by the graduate students from the LASPP Graduate Certificate Program at CLAS at the University of Pittsburgh. We welcome all students, undergraduate and graduate, and faculty members who are enthusiastic about social and public policy in Latin America to submit paper proposals, panels, posters and participate in the conference. As every year, it is a great space for discussing the current issues in Latin America and gets to know more friends and colleagues interested in the region.

To learn more about this year's conference and submit paper proposals, please click http://www.lasppconference.com/

Please don't hesitate to contact us : 

 Jose Incio  j.incio@pitt.edu; Pamela Loayza pal77@pitt.edu
 

LACS Graduate Student Conference 
University at Albany.  
The conference will take place March 3-4, 2017.  All are welcome to submit any type of presentation format.  
Submission deadline: Dec 15, 2016.
See conference description and keynote speakers in attached PDF and following link: https://lacsgradstudents.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/call-for-submissions-lacs-conference-march-2017/ 
 

2017 Thinking Andean Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference
University of Pennsylvania
February 10-11, 2017
Submission Deadline: November 20, 2016
 
The aim of the second edition of this gathering is to develop an interdisciplinary network of scholars working in the growing field of Andean Studies, as well as to help foster a mentoring relationship between established and emerging scholars. The event will provide a space for participants to share their research through paper presentations and roundtable discussions, showcasing the increasing number of scholars in the US conducting research in and about the Andes. Moreover, we hope to investigate whether it is possible to theorize a voice “from the Andes,” which might include rural and urban areas of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, as well as certain areas of Argentina and Chile, and engage in a wide distribution of topics.
Papers from any theoretical perspective and examining any aspect of the Andes are welcome, including but not restricted to: cultural studies, cultural policy, literature, indigenous studies, language planning and policy, bilingual education, decolonization, colonial studies, anthropology, sociology, cultural heritage, political science, linguistics, media studies, critical race theory, ethnomusicology, and history. Ideally, papers will engage in some fashion with the question of whether Andean Studies could constitute a theoretical perspective beyond a focus on a given geographic region.
Please submit a paper title and 200-250 words abstract to Marlen Rosas at mrosas@sas.upenn.edu . Responses will be made available by December 11th to all who submitted.
 For more info, please visit: http://web.sas.upenn.edu/quechua
 

"Colombias globales" - XX Congreso de la Asociación de Colombianistas
 3-5 de agosto de 2017
 University of San Diego, San Diego, California, EE.UU.

La Junta Directiva de la Asociación de Colombianistas y la Universidad de San Diego invitan a investigadores, académicos, educadores y estudiantes de posgrado a presentar propuestas individuales y de mesa sobre el tema “Colombias globales”. Se plantean tres dimensiones del tema como sugerencias para orientar las propuestas: I. ¿Cuáles son algunos de los temas y aproximaciones más actuales acerca de las (re)configuraciones de lo colombiano en contextos internacionales y globales? Se trata de examinar lo colombiano—tal como se manifiesta en la producción cultural, las comunidades de colombianos radicados en el exterior, etc.—que se encuentra más allá del territorio nacional, desde los países vecinos hasta otros continentes. II. ¿Cómo se estudia Colombia en relación con otros contextos internacionales y al expandir las ópticas disciplinarias? Aquí se trata de estudios que se centren en realidades y fenómenos colombianos del contexto nacional, tanto históricos como actuales (y futuros)—el conflicto armado, articulaciones del periodo posconflicto, etc.—pero examinados mediante acercamientos comparados y/o perspectivas interdisciplinarias que abarquen aspectos extranacionales. III. ¿Cuáles son algunos de los elementos, influencias e instancias de lo extranjero en Colombia que necesiten más estudios académicos? Mientras que estas tres dimensiones sirven para señalar algunos enfoques generales, también se considerarán propuestas con distintos acercamientos y temas de estudio. 

Se pueden presentar sugerencias para temas de mesa a partir del 1 de agosto de 2016. Véanse los detalles en www.colombianistas.org
Proposal deadline: 1 de febrero de 2017
Contact information: colombianistas2017@gmail.com y www.colombianistas.org

 Job Opportunities    (Back to top)

• History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Latin America, San Jose State University
  San Jose State University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor whose research specialty is in post-World War II United States history with an emphasis on relations with Latin America. Candidates should be able to teach upper-division undergraduate courses in 20th-century American political and diplomatic history, borderlands history, and/or the history of immigration, topical courses in their areas of expertise as part of our US and World History MA programs, and occasional lower-division surveys. Ph.D. in History and teaching experience are required. For full position announcement: http://www.sjsu.edu/facultyaffairs/unit3/tenuretrack/Employment/index.html Deadline: November 30, 2016.
  Minimum Requirements: Ph.D. in History and teaching experience are required.

• Latino/a/x Literature and Culture, Assistant Professor, Tenure Track- Princeton University

  Princeton University’s Department of English invites applications at the assistant professor level from scholars specializing in Latino/a/x literature and culture. We welcome applicants working in all areas, periods, and critical approaches. 
  Please apply online at: http://www.princeton.edu/jobs with a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, a dissertation or book abstract, writing sample (under 30 pages), and a statement of teaching philosophy. For full consideration, please submit your application by November 25, 2016. Anticipated start date, September 1, 2017.
   Deadline:November 25, 2016
  Minimum Requirements:Ph.D. by September 1, 2017
  Any questions can be directed to the English@princeton.edu