CLAS@Pitt Newsletter. October 2, 2019

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Director - Center for Latin American Studies    

As you may already know, the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) is conducting a Global Search for the next Director of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Pitt, a position currently held by Dr. James A. Craft.

The search committee expects to have the position filled by the start of the 2020-21 academic year. In the meantime, we are asking the CLAS community to spread the following Position summary far and wide so may have the strongest and most competitive candidate pool possible.

We also encourage you to reach out to us if you should think of a great candidate referral clas@pitt.edu 

Position: Director of Center for Latin American Studies, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh seeks a dynamic scholar to serve as director of its Center for Latin American Studies (https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas) beginning August 2020. Founded in 1964, the Center for Latin American Studies is the oldest center within the University Center for International Studies (UCIS), which now includes six area and thematic studies centers. The mission of CLAS is to promote global understanding through support for teaching, learning, and research in and on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diverse diasporic communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin in the United States and elsewhere. CLAS provides faculty with the resources and intellectual environment to realize cutting-edge research, and students with unequaled educational experience and a solid path to a successful career. Through its community engagement programs, the center shares its resources regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Candidates must be leading scholars in their field, holding the tenured rank of associate or full professor. The successful applicant will join the appropriate disciplinary home in one of three schools at the University: the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, or the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. For the initial six years of their appointment, the individual will serve as director of the Center and receive a corresponding reduction in teaching and service obligations to their department/school. Unless there is a renewal of that appointment (mutually agreeable to the faculty member, the department chair or dean, and the Director of UCIS), the successful applicant will resume full-time responsibilities in their home department or school thereafter.

For more information click  here

Application deadline:  November 1, 2019

https://facultysearch.as.pitt.edu/apply/index/Mjcw 

They will be required to upload the following: a comprehensive C.V.; a letter of interest that outlines their scholarly and administrative interests and skills; a one-to-two-page diversity statement, discussing how past, planned, or potential contributions or experiences relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion will advance the University of Pittsburgh’s commitment to inclusive excellence; and the names of three references.

Open meeting
Latin American Graduate Organization of Students (LAGOS)

For more information: pittlagos@gmail.com

7th Annual Sheth International Awards

University of Pittsburgh University Center for International Studies honors the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Faculty Award and Distinguished Young Alumni Award.

Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement:
Ronald A. Brand, J.D., Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg Professor, John E. Murray Faculty Scholar, and Academic Director of the Center of International Legal Education

Sheth International Young Alumni Achievement Award:
Silver Francis Oonyu, M.Ed. (EDUC '12G), Founder, Silver Memorial Inclusive Learning Center, SMILE School, first inclusive school in Teso region of Uganda

Please RSVP to the 2019 ceremony by emailing Jason Kane
 

A521 Public health -University of Pittsburgh 

Article: Raymond- Fisch, M et al. “There is no help out there if there is really hard to find”: A qualitative study of the health concerns and health care access of Latino “Dreamers.” J Adolescent Health 55(2014): 323-328.

For more information:

https://www.asgraduate.pitt.edu/events/annual-graduate-student-information-session-writing-effective-predoctoral-fellowship

The number one priority of the Center for Latin American Studies is its students. CLAS seeks to expand and enrich resources on the Latin American and Caribbean region at the University of Pittsburgh in order to offer its students multidisciplinary academic training programs of the highest quality that complement a degree in a discipline or profession.

Undergraduate Programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/ugrad_programs   
Graduate Programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/grad_certificates

To set-up an advising meeting with the CLAS Advisor go to: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/advising    

Spring 2020 Graduate Student Assistantship (GSA)

in Public History
 
WHC Call for Proposals – Graduate Student Assistantship (GSA) in Public History

The Pitt World History Center is offering two Graduate Student Assistantships (GSAs) in Public History for the Spring term of 2020.  We seek Pitt graduate students in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, at any stage of their program, who are eligible for university funding and interested in communicating to a non-academic audience about a topic in the transregional or global past.  Your proposed activity must have a significant world-historical component and result in a completed public-facing project. 
 
We take the term public history broadly.  We require only that your project’s target audience extend beyond undergraduate majors or scholars in your discipline and field.  Your application should explain how your project addresses the interests of a particular audience outside the university and should detail your current connection to that audience. For examples of past GSA in Public History projects, please visit the WHC education page.        
 
By October 4th, please submit to whc@pitt.edu:
• 1) a 500-word document that describes a proposed project in terms of its intellectual significance and its relationship to the field of world history.  Proposal should demonstrate a familiarity with the research topic, explain how work you have already completed will allow you to complete your proposed project within one semester, and describe the relationships that you have built with the non-academic audience you seek to reach.
• 2) a 250-word description of a one-semester workplan that will result in a completed project 
• 3) a well-justified budget of up to $1000 for project-related costs
• 4) a C.V.
 
History students will receive preferential consideration, but we welcome applications from students in any discipline or program in the Dietrich School whose proposal substantially concerns world history.  The time commitment and remuneration for this position are equivalent to those for a TAship.  WHC Director Ruth Mostern and Associate Director Molly Warsh will offer intellectual supervision and guidance as you complete your project, and WHC Center Coordinator David Ruvolo will provide logistical support.  This position is an opportunity for you to use materials and themes from your own dissertation research to create a public-facing project that can become a distinctive piece of your professional portfolio. 
 
For more information:
 https://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/call-proposals-spring-2020-graduate-student-assistantship-gsa-public-history
 

Grant Opportunities: https://www.nalac.org/programs/grants

Pitt's National Scholarship Mentors can help you craft competitive applications for national and international scholarships, fellowships, awards, and grants. 

Explore your scholarship options: Schedule a 1-on-1 appointment on Pitt Pathways with Lesha Greene, Josh Cannon, Dave Fraser, or Aidan Beatty. 

For more resources here: https://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/national-scholarship-advising/scholarship-resources
 

Browne Leadership Fellows Program 2020 Application is open! 
The Browne Leadership Fellows Program is an interdisciplinary fellowship aimed at preparing students to be engaged civic leaders working for economic and social justice. The fellows program in social work reflects our mission: to advocate for social policies and resources to meet basic human needs; to create accessible, responsible, and accountable human service programs; and to deliver quality services to those in need of support.  To apply here 

https://www.socialwork.pitt.edu/academics/bachelor-arts-social-work-basw/browne-leadership-fellows-program

Dean's Tuition Scholarships are a very limited number of tuition scholarships awarded by the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Office of Graduate Studies, typically for the final term of graduate studies. The primary criteria for such awards are financial need and academic achievement. Students with TA, TF, GSA, GSR, PROVISIONAL and SPECIAL graduate status are not eligible for these funds. Receiving TA, TF, GSA, or GSR support voids Dean's Tuition Scholarship. These scholarships cannot be provided for beginning students. Students who received a Dean's Tuition Scholarship previously are ineligible to receive it again except under special circumstances as discussed with Briea St. Clair. Priority is given to students who have exhausted all University of Pittsburgh and personal resources and who are required to be registered in order to receive a degree from the Dietrich School. This is a TUITION-ONLY SCHOLARSHIP; students are responsible for any other required fees.

Please download the Spring 2020 Dean's Tuition Scholarship Application. Applications can also be obtained from departmental graduate administrators or from 5141 Sennott Square. In additional to completed applications, a letter of recommendation from the student's advisor is required in order to be considered for this scholarship. The letter should comment briefly on the student's academic achievements, progress toward degree, anticipated completion and graduation dates, and financial need. Completed applications and letters of recommendation should be sent to the Dietrich School Office of Graduate Studies, 5141 Sennott Square.  

For more information:
https://www.asgraduate.pitt.edu/financial-support/financial-support-additional-resources

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions 
 

For more information and to apply here: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/ 

Application Deadline by October 18, 2019
For more information click here

The Portuguese Language is open! 

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. 
 

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation has opened its 2020 competition for several fellowships that support either dissertation completion or junior faculty progress toward tenure. Recipients not only receive support for their work, but also join a 75-year-old network of some 27,000 Woodrow Wilson Fellows—a select group with an impressive collective record of scholarship, teaching, service, and public influence.

 For doctoral candidates completing dissertations:
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships 
Designed to encourage original and significant study of religious and ethical values in fields across the humanities and social sciences, the 2020 Newcombe Fellowships are available to Ph.D. and Th.D. candidates who expect to complete their dissertation between April and August 2021.  
The competition deadline is November 15, 2019. Questions may be directed to hogans@woodrow.org

The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies encourage research about women and gender that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Recent Fellows have explored such topics as reproduction in the context of chronic disease, algorithmic detection of child abuse images, and changing feminist visions at the UN from 1975 to 1995.
The competition deadline is October 15, 2019  Questions may be directed to hogans@woodrow.org

For junior faculty:
The Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award supports tenure-track junior faculty as they work toward achieving tenure. Applicants must successfully pass their third-year review no later than January 31, 2020. The program is open to faculty in any field of the humanities or social sciences; preference will be given to those working on 20th- and 21st-century American history, politics, culture, and society, with emphases including African American issues, women’s issues, and/or higher education. 
The competition deadline is December 2, 2019. Questions may be directed to facultyleaders@woodrow.org

WOLA’s Sally Yudelman Internship Program seeks to give interns hands-on experience and broad exposure to human rights advocacy and the foreign policy-making process.
 

Please submit all application materials via email to Cayla Spear at internapp@wola.org or on Handshake.

Deadlines:
November 3: Spring Internship (mid-January through May), selections will be made in mid-November.

For more information: 
https://www.wola.org/get-involved/internships/?fbclid=IwAR25ArR5BQnnZhHV7CAABXO6a7HcbQC3AZmw0PtmcZjxra9CvsLLrHf2U_M

with Chef Andrea Murdoch (Venezuela)
 

​Join Community Kitchen + The Wild Rose Collective in welcoming Chef Andrea Murdoch for a one-of-a-kind private dinner and  exploration of indigenous cuisine.

Thursday, October 10th, 2019
6:30 - 9 pm at Community Kitchen PGH
107 Flowers Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15207
 

Operation Walk Pittsburgh

Spanish Interpreter Needed! 

Operation Walk Pittsburgh is a private, not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization which provides free surgical care for patients that have no access to life-improving care for arthritis or other debilitating bone and joint conditions in Latin American countries. Operation Walk also educates in-country orthopedic surgeons, nurses, physical therapists and other healthcare professionals on the most advanced treatments and surgical techniques for diseases of the hip and knee joints. This is done in conjunction with surgeries to help create a lasting contribution to patient care in developing countries. 

The Operation Walk Pittsburgh chapter was started by Dr. Tony DiGioia, Medical Director of the Bone and Joint Center at Magee-Womens Hospital, in 2009 as an initiative of the AMD3 Foundation. To date, Operation Walk Pittsburgh has completed nine successful, international missions to Guatemala, Panama, Honduras and Cuba and given the gift of mobility back to nearly 500 patients in need. The team will return to Antigua, Guatemala in October of 2019 to mark its 10th mission and 10th anniversary. Each year, a team of surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, other healthcare professionals, interpreters and general volunteers is recruited for Operation Walk’s volunteer travel team. 

We are currently accepting applications for our 2019 mission and are in need of Spanish interpreters. Spanish bilingual speakers are preferred but applicants processing advanced Spanish will also be considered. Professional experience in healthcare is also a plus, but not required. Applicants must be available to travel September 28 - October 5th, 2019 and must agree to a modest fundraising commitment. If you’d like to learn more or are interested in applying to our travel team, please visit www.operationwalkpgh.org. You can also email Nick nick@amd3.org with general questions.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh hosts various clubs, classes, and conversation groups related to Spanish. These including "Spanish for Beginners," "Spanish Conversation," and "Spanish II."

To browse events related to Spanish offered by the library, click here: 
https://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/?tribe-bar-category=217&tribe-bar-location=All+Locations&tribe-bar-age-group=All+Ages&tribe-bar-date=&tribe-bar-date-day=&tribe-bar-date-to=&tribe-bar-search=spanish&submit-bar=Find+Events
 
These classes are for adult learners and are FREE.
You do not have to register for the classes or bring anything.
New participants are welcome at any time.

Let's Speak English

If English is not your first language and you would like a place to practice, come to the Library! Join other non-native English speakers for friendly, low-stress conversation.

Mondays  |  6:30 p.m.
CLP - East Liberty

Tuesdays  |  6:45 p.m.
CLP - Brookline

Tuesdays  |  6 p.m.
CLP - Squirrel Hill

Tuesdays  |  6:45 p.m.
CLP - West End

Wednesdays  |  5 p.m.
CLP - Main (Oakland)

Thursdays  |  5:30 p.m.
CLP- Carrick

Fridays  |  1 p.m.
CLP - Downtown & Business

Want to know more? carnegielibrary.org

Casa San Jose 

Extended Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Casa San Jose esta extendiendo sus horas de oficina en nuestro segundo local en East Liberty.

Si quiere hacer cita o comunicarse con esa oficina por favor llame al (502) 682-4540.

For more information on Casa San Jose, visit: casasanjose.org

Clínicas Pediátricas y de Vacunación Gratuitas
Segundo Sábado de Cada Mes
8:30 AM to 12 PM*
Lugar: Salvation Army (Centro de Donaciones) 54 S. 9th Street South Side Pittsburgh, PA 15203
865 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
No se necesita cita o seguro de salud

Clínicas Pediátricas Gratuitas
Cuarto Martes de Cada Mes
2 PM to 3:40 PM
Lugar: Salvation Army (Centro de Donaciones) Calles Carson y 9 South Side
(Carson Street and 9th Street) Pittsburgh, PA
54 S. 9th Street South Side Pittsburgh, PA 15203
865 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
No se necesita cita o seguro de salud

Para hacer cita y para confirmar que la clínica no ha sido cambiada de fecha
llamar al 412-692-6000 opción 8

Mayor información: 412-692-6000, opción 8
http://www.chp.edu/saludparaninos
 
Más información: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/245884769436f3da161023045/files/896de567-dab2-44ef-9bf4-2648307d678f/SALUD_PARA_NIÑOS_flyer_2019.doc

For more information about events and information by LFC please CLICK HERE

Is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Its mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship.   http://www.as-coa.org/
 

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States and the first global think tank. For updates and information about events and topics visit: http://carnegieendowment.org/programs/
 

For more information about tickets and events visit: http://www.music.pitt.edu/ or http://www.music.pitt.edu/events
 

Founded in 1975, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), a nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information organization, was established to promote the common interests of the hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. In 1982, COHA’s board of trustees voted to expand its mandate to include monitoring Canadian/Latin American relations.

Since its inception, COHA has been one of the most active and broadest-based U.S. private bodies dealing with the entire spectrum of political, economic and diplomatic issues, as well as responding to the economic and political challenges confronting the nations of this hemisphere. From its beginnings, COHA’s board consisted of the leadership of some of this country’s most important trade unions, professional organizations and religious groups, as well as distinguished civic and academic figures, who joined together to advance their common belief in support of representative government and pluralistic institutions throughout the hemisphere.
For more information contact: http://www.coha.org/
 

Global Links is a medical relief and development organization dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship and improving health in resource-poor communities, primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our two-fold mission provides hospitals with a socially and environmentally beneficial alternative to sending hundreds of tons of still-useful surplus materials to landfills.

Hospitals and clinics in under-served communities often lack the supplies and equipment necessary to provide even basic care to their patients, resulting in needless suffering and deaths. At the same time, the US healthcare industry generates a staggering amount of medical surplus which, without intervention, is destined to pile up in our landfills.

Global Links' innovative model of recovery and reuse connects these two social problems in a way that helps to solve both, creating a "virtuous circle" that converts an environmental burden to a life-saving purpose. For information about events and programs visit: http://www.globallinks.org/
 

The Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO is a non-govermental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. We currently bring together 394 research centers and graduate school in the field of social sciences and humanities n 26 Latin American countries, North America and Europe.
http://www.clacso.org.ar/
 

Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. For more than forty years, it has published timely, progressive analyses of the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America. http://latinamericanperspectives.com/
 

The fall 2018 issue of the LASA Forum is now available for viewing online at: https://forum.lasaweb.org/

This issue features timely articles on the current situation in Nicaragua, collected by Juliet Hooker, and an update from Wayne Cornelius on the US administration’s actions to restrict entry of migrants fleeing violence in Central America.

From the 2018 LASA Congress in Barcelona, we offer presentations given at the presidential session “Revisiting 1968 in Latin America: 50 Years Later,” as well as an account of the pre-Congress program of the Otros Saberes Section by Adriana Pou Hernández.
 

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 writers, editors, and international correspondents. http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5
 

The Latin American Research Review (LARR) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
The Latin American Research Review now has a blog, hosted by the information platform Panoramas at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, highlighting recent and forthcoming articles: see the LARR blog.
 
LARR was founded in 1965 by a consortium of U.S. universities. When the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was established the following year, LARR and LASA merged, with the journal becoming the association's official scholarly journal.

Starting at University of Texas at Austin in 1965, the editorship moved to the University of North Carolina in 1974, and then to the University of New Mexico in 1982 before returning to the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.Dr. Philip Oxhorn at McGill University was editor in chief from 2006 to 2016. The new editor in chief, starting in 2017, is Professor Aníbal Pérez-Liñán at the University of Pittsburgh.
 
Beginning in 2017, LARR is open access and online-only at larrlasa.org. No subscription is needed to access new content. 

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programas Fall (NRIEP) Fall 2018 Newsletter is now available:  https://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/documents/NRIEP%20Newsletter%20Fall%20%202018_v2.pdf

OLA (Observatory in Latin America—Observatorio Latino Americano)
The broad objectives of OLA are to: Improve academic and public understanding by observing and studying the processes of political and economic change underway in Latin America; Foster a public dialogue between and within the United States and Latin America about the challenges of building social democracy in a globalized world, including creating opportunities for Latin American leaders to directly express their views to audiences in the United States, and; Collaborate with Latin American institutions to further these objectives within countries across the Hemisphere by linking and mobilizing ideas and institutions.

For events visit: http://observatorylatinamerica.org/

The Economic Commission for Latin America CEPAL (news)

The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) -the Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. The scope of the Commission's work was later broadened to include the countries of the Caribbean, and by resolution 1984/67 of 27 July 1984, the Economic Council decided to change its name to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); the Spanish acronym, CEPAL, remains unchanged.
 
ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purpose of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world. The promotion of the region's social development was later included among its primary objectives.
 
In June 1951, the Commission established the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico City, which serves the needs of the Central American subregion, and in December 1966, the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean was founded in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, ECLAC maintains country offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogotá, as well as a liaison office in Washington, D.C. https://www.cepal.org/en 

The World History Center, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh

The World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh emphasizes research, teaching, and international collaboration on the global past, with attention to policies for the global future. The Center, directed by Patrick Manning, is located in the Department of History and is affiliated with the Global Studies Center and the University Center for International Studies.
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/index.php

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of key contemporary international issues throughout Western Pennsylvania. Established in 1931, the Council is committed to informing opinion leaders and decision-makers about developments around the world as they unfold, and to educating them about the relevance of such developments to the region.

The Council also has a special focus on secondary schools throughout the region, and works to give students and teachers a more nuanced understanding of the global issues of our time. https://www.worldpittsburgh.org/

The Humanities Center at the University of Pittsburgh

The Humanities Center has been running for seven years.  Its vitality derives from the energy of Pitt’s faculty and students in the humanities and associated departments. Thanks to all the hundreds whose scholarly and intellectual passions generate the proposals and fuel the participation that together make a flourishing center. For more information: http://www.humcenter.pitt.edu/

Revista Hallazgos

We invite you all to read our latest issue / Lo invitamos a todos a leer nuestro último número: 
http://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/hallazgos/issue/view/453
 

The Institute for Humane Studies is the leading institute in higher education dedicated to championing classical liberal ideas and the scholars who advance them.