CLAS@Pitt Weekly Newsletter -- March 13, 2019

CLAS@Pitt Weekly Newsletter -- March 13, 2019

             



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Educator Opportunities

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Employment Opportunities

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Trivia Question
What is the capacity of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium? 

a)  200,000 
b)  95,000 
c)  70,000
d)  150,000 

The first people to e-mail clas@pitt.edu the correct answer will win a CLAS mug, water bottle, and other prizes! Please note: to collect your prize you will need to visit our office at 4200 Posvar Hall.

The answer to this question will be featured in next week's newsletter.
To see the answer to last week's question, click here.

Reminder! If you would like to add a CLAS sponsored event to your Outlook or Google calendar(s), visit: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/events/list and search by event or date.
CLAS Events
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
                                                                              
The Center for Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Institute for Humane Studies Pre-Conference Lecture: 

“State owned enterprises in Latin America: old problems, new solutions.”

4130 Posvar Hall
12:30 p.m.

Professor: Aldo Musacchio

Associate Professor of Business in the International Business School (IBS) at the Brandeis University; Chair of the Undergraduate Business Program; Program Director of the Master’s in International Economics and Finance; and Director of the Brazil and Latin America Initiatives.

This talk was made possible through a partnership between Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies and the Institute for Humane Studies (www.theihs.org).

For more information
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/laspp

March 19, 2019

Dead Capital
Diana Taylor
(New York University)

Grad Student Workshop
12 - 2 pm •  William Pitt Union 527
Text: Performance, (Duke UP, 2016)

Main Lecture: Dead Capital
4 - 6 pm • UClub Conference Room B

“Bom Retiro 958 metros,” a performance by Brazil’s theatre company, Teatro da Vertigem, leads us on a walk through São Paulo’s phantasmagoric world of things things in a state of consumer glory, in use, in disuse, and in various stages of disintegration. This experiential piece challenges many of our assumptions about the desire to accumulate, transform, archive, and collect ‘things’ as we move through the underside of an immigrant neighborhood. What circulates? What remains, and what we assume disappears from culture?

Diana Taylor is University Professor and Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish at New York University. She is the award winning author of multiple books, among them: Theatre of Crisis (1991), Disappearing Acts (1997), The Archive and the Repertoire (2003), and Performance (2016). Her new book, ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence, is forthcoming with Duke University Press. Taylor is director of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics which she helped found in 1998. In 2017, Taylor was President of the Modern Language Association and was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/events/list

For more information contact Dr. David Tenorio: dtenoriog@pitt.edu

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
 
Mexico’s Forgotten Muralist
The Fragmented History of Lola Alvarez Bravo’s Photomurals of the 1950s

a lecture by James Oles -Wellesley College

 2:30–3:45p
Frick Fine Arts 202 -University of Pittsburgh 

Please contact Jennifer Josten (jej40@pitt.edu) for more information 

 
March 26, 2019 
 
Post-anthropocentrism
and the Global Crisis of Sovereignty
that Challenges the Cultures of the Anthropocene 

(A Trans-Andean Inquiry)

The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures is pleased to announce an International Workshop on Post-Anthropocentrism tailored to advance ways of understanding the relationship between post-anthropocentric reflections and the metaphor of the Anthropocene within the context of Trans-Andean cultural traditions, in which all forms of life, including non-human entities are perceived as “subject of rights” and enjoy a cognitive status. If postcolonial studies have transformed critical thinking in the humanities and social sciences, post-anthropocentric reflections deepen and problematize the gesture and remap the field of cultural theory at large.

Event sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies, Hewlett International Grant, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Year of Pitt Global and the University Center for International Studies (UCIS)

ONLINE REGISTRATION will be available to faculty, graduate and undergraduate students

Contact person:  Elizabeth Monasterios, elm15@pitt.edu

For more information, click here

March 29 - 30, 2019

  23rd Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference 

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes faculty and students to the 23rd Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference. At the conference, researchers can present their scholarly work related to social and public policy in Latin America.
 

Friday, March 29th, 2019

12:00 p.m.
Ballroom B, University Club

The Seventeenth Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Latin American Social and Public Policy Keynote Speaker for this year is: Dr. Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

(Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; Editor-in-Chief, Latin American Research Review; and Co-editor, Kellogg Series in Democracy and Development)

Saturday, March 30th, 2019

12:00 p.m.--332 CL

 Special Roundtable: The Challenges of the Policy Cycle in Brazilian Politics

 
For more information, visit: 
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/laspp/

April 11-13, 2019

Representations of Afrolatinidad in Global Perspective 

University of Pittsburgh

Conference Convened by the Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Initiative

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Juliet Hooker, Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Dr. Nancy Mirabal, Associate Professor, American Studies, Director of the US Latina/o Studies Program, University of Maryland-College Park

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez at mbr31@pitt.edu and include “Afrolatinidad Conference” in the subject line. 

Register here: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/representations-of-afrolatinidad-2138722388

For more information, visit:  
https://www.africanastudies.pitt.edu/Call%20for%20Papers%3A%20Representations%20of%20Afrolatinidad

Cosponsors: University of Pittsburgh Office of the Chancellor, Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Initiative, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Year of Pitt Global, Humanities Center, Center for Latin American Studies, and the Department of Africana Studies

Emerging Latino Communities Reading and Publishing Group

1154 Public Health (130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261)
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

 April 12

The Center for Health Equity, with the support of the Center for Latin American Studies, invites you to explore 1) the problems Latinos in small yet rapidly growing populations face, and 2) how to solve those problems. We will read articles and offer feedback to those who are writing manuscripts. We hope to get new writing and research collaborations going!

Open to all interested: students, faculty, staff, and practitioners from Pitt and beyond. We will meet over coffee and light snacks in a relaxed atmosphere. If you want to get extra network time, we will be there 30 before and after the meeting time.

For more information, visit healthequity.pitt.edu or e-mail Chantel Durrant cjd13@pitt.edu

Saturday, April 13, 2019

The 39th Latin American
& Caribbean Festival

PITTSBURGH—The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for International Studies will be hosting the 39th Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival from noon to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2019 in the Galleria, and Patio of Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 230 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213.

Beginning at noon, the festival will feature Latin American and Caribbean food, arts, crafts, and information on local and regional organizations. Latin American vendors also will offer handmade and authentic Latin American products. Music and dance performances from Latin America and the Caribbean will take place throughout the day.

For more information, contact: clasfestival@pitt.edu

Learn more and join our community: https://www.facebook.com/events/2237162249898508
www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/festival

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Pitt Other Events
Let us know about events going on in the Pitt community! To submit events, click here.
Monday, March 18, 2019

 

Cities on the Global Edge
Provost Ann E. Cudd in conversation with
 
Ariel Armony & Alejandro Portes
Provost Suites, 2500 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
5pm Program / 6:15pm Reception

This special event led by Provost Cudd is a discussion about the many ways cities are being shaped by the forces of globalization.
This unique program will use Vice Provost Ariel Armony's new University of California Press book, The Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century, co-authored with Alejandro Portes, as a launching point to explore the social, economic, and cultural transformation of Miami and Pittsburgh – past and present.
Portes (Princeton University and University of Miami) will join in discussing issues of social justice, economic development, technology, migration, and the environment that arise from globalization as cities are built and rebuilt. The dialogue will allow for ample time for audience participation.

For more information: 
https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/cities-global-edge 

March 19, 2019
 "Gender and Resistance In The Time Of The Butterflies"
 
 

Panel Discussion with Adriana Ramirez, Elizabeth Rodriguez Fielder, and Ricardo Vila-Roger 
Moderated by Dan Kubis

Based on the book by Julian Alvarez
7:00 - 8:15 pm

602 Cathedral of Learning 
University of Pittsburgh

Presented by CCAC and the Humanities Center 

For more information: 
https://www.humcenter.pitt.edu/event/gender-and-resistance-time-butterflies

 
Friday, March 22

Maroon Queen, Mother of the Nation, & ‘Science Woman’: Using the Physical, Social, and Metaphysical Sciences to Interrogate the History of Queen Nanny of the Jamaican Maroons

DR. HARCOURT FULLER
Associate Professor, Georgia State University

4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
2–4 p.m.

Saturday, April 27

Community-based Workshop on DNA and African-American History co-sponsored by African American Program, Senator John Heinz History Center and The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)

Location and time to be determined.

For more information, click here.

March 22, 2019

Civil Society Response to Latino Immigrant Issues

1149 Public Health, Foster Conference Room
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 

 

Panel Discussion:

Guillermo Perez, Founder, Pittsburgh Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). 

Monica Ruiz, MSW, Executive Director, Casa San José. 

Adriana Sanchez-Solis, Latin American Cultural Union LACU), Board Vice President. 

Guillermo Velazquez, MBA, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation.

March 26, 2019

Global Migration and Labor Activism:
Perspectives from Asia and Latin America

3911 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
4:00 p.m.

This panel discussion will feature Eni Lestari, Chairperson of International Migrants Alliance, and Natividad Obeso, President of the Association of United Migrant and Refugee Women in Argentina. The speakers will discuss the work of their respective organizations and how the work of scholars and activists can most productively intersect around the issues that matter for migrant women workers.

Click here for more information.

April 4 - 6, 2019

CONFERENCE 

Organized by The Department of Hispanic Languages & Literature  

Empire and its Aftermath:
Transhispanic Dialogues on Disapora

Our conference on the Iberian empires and their aftermath will bring a much-needed interdisciplinary focus on the realia and the imaginary of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial world. We will think about the construction and naturalization of an imperial regime that produced hierarchized and racialized ways of being, thinking, knowing, and belonging in society, and interrogate and excavate it, with a view to defamiliarizing and "delegitimizing" the regime and its aftereffects, particularly in light the present-day iterations and manifestations of the latter. Taking the institutionality of colonial governance as our point of departure, as seen through the historical action of not only church and state, but also of labor and capital, we want to reveal how empire works in the creation of social relations and racialized identities, especially those relating to diasporan "blackness." The taxonomy of racial "types" of Latin America's colonial casta paintings, to take the paradigmatic example, not only reflects a vertical distribution of power in real terms. It constitutes a state-originated artifact whose referents and their racially determined places in society, are reinforced in the textuality of colonial laws and edicts, and reappear in literary discourse, visual culture, theater and the performing arts, and in other areas of material cultural production, while also having a determinative role in the emerging fields of ethnography and anthropology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In examining the longue durée  of modem raciology and its effects on black diasporan subjectivity during and after the Iberian empires, we will take both a transhistoric and a translocal approach to critiquing and denaturalizing an inherited regime of truth in many of its discrete instances across the Renaissance, the Colonial, and the Contemporary periods. 

Participantshttps://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/events/empire-and-its-aftermath/participants
Program: https://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/Empire%20and%20Aftermath%20Draft%20Program.pdf
For more information: https://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/events/empire-and-its-aftermath

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Student Events, News, & Opportunities
Certificate information for undergraduate and graduate students:

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    

Students at Pitt - Coalition meeting

Attention all advisors, presidents, vice presidents, and events coordinators of each language or cultural student organization at the University of Pittsburgh. This is an invitation to your student organization to come to our next Pitt Language Coalition meeting.
 
On March 8th, the Pitt Language coalition had its first meeting. The clubs that were able to attend, agreed on creating a Facebook page to communicate events. Join using the Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/838043983205946/
 
After our first coalition meeting, we agreed that we needed to build a solid foundation. Please add your best available time you can meet for our second Pitt Language meeting by answering the Google pool.
 
Time/ Date: https://goo.gl/forms/QMwcy0C99kbX2o8i1
Location: TBD
 

March 21, 2019

Pitt Immigrant Restaurant Speaker Series
5:00-6:30 pm
630 William Pitt Union- University of Pittsburgh 


 
 

Welcome to Brazil Nuts!

Brazil Nuts is an active student organization at the University of Pittsburgh. Since its creation in 1998, the group's primary goal has been to expose students to Brazilian culture and the Portuguese language, creating environments for the students to practice their Portuguese outside of the classroom and to interact within the Brazilian community.

The club's activities provide students with unique opportunities to learn more about Brazil and its people. Weekly dance classes are offered where participants can enjoy themselves while learning about axé, samba and other forms of Brazilian dance, while movie nights provide viewers with a chance to witness the art of Brazilian cinema. The club also offers Bate-Papo, a weekly conversation table where students of all levels can practice Portuguese with peers and native Portuguese speakers.

Membership is open to anyone who is interested in the Portuguese language and learning about the cultures where Portuguese is spoken. Take a look at our site, learn about some of our activities and find out about other events occuring in the Pittsburgh area!

Visit the Brazil Nuts Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/brazilnutsatPitt/

 

Pitt Caribbean and Latin American Student Association (CLASA)

For more information
pittclasa@gmail.com or https://www.instagram.com/pitt_clasa/

Our purpose at Pitt Spanish Club is to immerse students in the culture and language  of Spanish-speaking countries. We collaborate with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and other organizations to host many events. 

Visit our website: https://pittspanishclub.weebly.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PittSpanishClub/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSOj7iHbRt/?taken-by=pittspanishclub


Panther Tango Club

Free lessons on Tuesdays

Posvar Hall, First floor lobby by escalators

 

6:30 p.m. -- Beginner Tango
7:45 -- Experimental Tango & Practice

Beginners welcome! No partners needed.

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Internships, Fellowships, & Funding Opportunities
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture

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

Operation Walk Pittsburgh

Spanish Translators 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, translators 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 translators. Spanish bilingual speakers are prefered 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.
 


Graduate Student Internship Opportunity!

Interested in healthcare, international mission work, and non-profit management? Operation Walk Pittsburgh is currently accepting applications from qualified graduate students for its Program Coordinator and Marketing Internship. The successful applicant could begin working with Operation Walk Pittsburgh as soon as May, 2019. This will be a paid internship. For more information, please see the attached job description. 

Microsoft Scholarships

Microsoft awards tuition and conference scholarships each year to encourage students to further their learnings in Computer Science and related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines. Recipients for the scholarship will be awarded in recognition of their demonstrated passion for technology, academic excellence, and leadership while working to push the software industry forward.

We strongly encourage underrepresented groups to pursue STEM fields of study as we greatly value a broad range of perspectives and contributions. We are especially committed to offering scholarships to those individuals from backgrounds that may have historically been underrepresented in the technical field. We prioritize scholarship applications that demonstrate exceptional leadership work in the promotion of diversity in STEM disciplines at their university.

Diversity Conference Scholarship

  • Recipients receive paid registration to one of the following diversity conferences:
    • Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
    • National Society of Black Engineers Conference
    • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Conference
    • Tapia Conference
  • Travel, hotel, and meal stipend of $1,200 USD.
  • These funds are not transferable to other individuals.

If you have any questions, contact us at scholars@microsoft.com. 

The Conference Scholarship application period is from 1st February 2019 to 29th March 2019.

For more information, visit: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/usscholarshipprogram
 


City Internships 2018/19
Study and Intern Abroad Programs

For this academic year, we'll be offering Winter, Spring and Summer Programs in 9 locations: London, Paris, New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston & San Francisco.

All of our Programs feature a series of career-readiness classes, workshops and events centered around an internship placement at a leading company in an industry of interest to a student. 

Our programs are open to students from any year and with any major, and they may choose a placement in one of 9 career fields: Banking & Financial services; Consulting & Professional services; Law & Politics; Technology & Engineering; Marketing, Advertising & PR; Media, Entertainment & Journalism; Art, Fashion & Design; Start-ups & Entrepreneurship; Charities, NFPs & NGOs.

Students may be directed to apply now at: https://city-internships.com/apply
Programs and Offerings Prospectus: City Internships 2018/19 Prospectus.
 


Global Wordsmiths: 
The Language Access Project Internship

Global Wordsmiths, a start-up language interpretation and translation company located in East Liberty, aims to serve immigrants and refugees in Pittsburgh by eliminating language access barriers through the Language Access Project. It does so by recruiting, training, and pairing bilingual university students with small, local nonprofits. 

They are seeking near-native or very advanced bilingual, highly motivated interns to assist in translating and interpretation services.

For more information, contact Meredith Bapir ambapir@globalwordsmiths.com

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Paid Internship opportunity:
Smithsonian Libraries Education
Smithsonian Libraries’ Education Department is seeking two interns to assist in creating an interactive classroom resource centered on Latinx cultures and contributions told through images and music. Interns will select materials from the Smithsonian collections and author lesson plans for P-12 students.
Candidates should be proficient in Spanish and English. Stipend up to $7,000 for 10 weeks, summer 2019.
Application due:  March 22nd
For more information:  https://library.si.edu/education 
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Fall Project Funding for Your Undergraduates

Pitt Honors fall fellowship applications are now open.

The fellowships fund undergraduates to work on an independent research or creative project of ANY type,
under the guidance of a faculty mentor.

Let your students know about these reputable opportunities:

THINK ($1,000) – for any research, creative, or scholarly project in any field
ACT  ($2,000) – for community projects (runs 2 semesters)

Deadlines: May 13

If you’re interested in working with Honors students on their fellowship projects now or in the future, please reach out to Jason, Director of Pitt Honors Research and Creative Programs, at jason.sepac@pitt.edu

Pitt Scholarships

Schwarzman Scholarship 
Event info: Tuesday, March 26 at 4:30 p.m.
Gates Hillman Complex, Room 4307

Full-ride master's program: global leadership in Beijing, China. Meet a member of the Admissions Team + 2 recent winners from Pittsburgh at the info session:
Schwarzman is open to undergraduates and recent alumni/young professionals.

Fulbright study/research abroad
Applications open soon. Pitt is a top producer of Fulbright Scholars worldwide — so let us help with your application! Contact Scholarship Mentor Lesha Greene (LEG78@pitt.edu)

Fulbright is open to undergraduates, graduates, and recent alumni/young professionals.

Call for Papers, Training & Conference Information 
Saturday, April 20, 2019

The 10th Annual La Academia del Pueblo
Latino/a and Latin American Research Conference

Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (LAS) at Wayne State University announces this year’s theme:

"¡Presente!: Navigating Identity and Visibility in Academia and the Work World"

The 10th Annual La Academia del Pueblo seeks to deliberately establish connections between the academy, engaged citizens and urban communities. We welcome proposals from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, artists, activists, independent scholars, and community members. This year's theme invites participants to explore the historical and contemporary ways that Latina/o/x and other marginalized communities have navigated identity and visibility in academia and the work world and to consider how cultural declarations in "unconventional" spaces serve to challenge and transform our society.

Morning Plenary Speakers

Chris Cardenas-Graham is a High Voltage Battery Manufacturing Engineer at Ford Motor Company and a WSU Alumna.
Laura L. Chavez-Wazeerud-Din is a Bank Officer at Flagstar Bank and a CBS/WSU Alumna
Carlos Jurado, Esq. is the Co-founder/Partner at Chammas Jurado PC |  The Immigration Attorneys 
Salvador Rojas, MD practices Internal Medicine at Great Lakes Medicine, PLC and is a CBS/WSU Alumnus

Afternoon Keynote Speaker

Ingrid J. Guerra-López  is interim dean of Wayne State University’s Graduate School as well as a professor of Learning Design and Technology. Her area of expertise is in learning and performance systems, with an emphasis on strategic alignment, evaluation, and continuous improvement and has served as a key advisor to major international development organizations such the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development.She has written eight books, including the award winning Partner for Performance: Strategically Aligning Learning and Development and the best-seller Needs Assessment for Organizational Success. She has also worked with students, leaders, and organizations in over 35 countries disseminating evidenced-based performance improvement practices.
For the official call for papers, which includes sample topics, or more information please visit go.wayne.edu/la-academia and/or contact conference coordinator Tamara Serrano Chandler at (313) 577-4378 or by email: tamaraserrano@wayne.edu 

Deadline for Submission: March 29th, 2019

Submit Proposal
 
To register for this free conference please visit the following link:
10th Annual La Academia del Pueblo
 
CALL FOR PAPERS  

The Latin American Library-  Tulane University

I am pleased to announce the call for proposals for the Richard E. Greenleaf Fellowships at the Latin American Library, Tulane University, for researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean, for 2019-2020.
 
Research fellowship information & forms: http://lal.tulane.edu/happenings/fellowships
 
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Me complace anunciar la convocatoria para enviar propuestas para las becas de investigación Richard E. Greenleaf en la Biblioteca Latinoamericana de la Universidad de Tulane, en la ciudad de Nueva Orleans (EE.UU.) para el año académico 2019-2020.
 
Información sobre las becas y formularios: http://lal.tulane.edu/happenings/fellowships
(hacer clic en el botón arriba “en español”)
 
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Tenho o prazer de anunciar que está aberta a convocatória para a submissão de propostas ao programa de bolsas de pesquisa "Richard E. Greenleaf" da Biblioteca Latino-Americana da Universidade de Tulane, em Novo Orleans [E.U.] para o periodo 2019-2020.
 
Informações sobre as bolsas e formulários: http://lal.tulane.edu/happenings/fellowships
(clique no botão “Português”) 

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For Faculty
March 19 and April 9

Faculty Networking: The Global Salon

Noon – 1:30 p.m.
William Pitt Union, Lower Lounge

The Year of Pitt Global announces the launch of the Global Salon! 

All University of Pittsburgh faculty, tenure stream and non-tenure stream, are invited to a special series of networking oppportunities made possible by the Year of Pitt Global. This Global Salon series brings together faculty and researchers from across the University to build relationships and share proposed or ongoing research. The Salons are organized around the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in five themes: People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace, and Partnership

Goals for the Global Salon: Increase local networks, build new relationships, form working groups; encourage open dialogue across disciplines and develop common research agendas; highlight efforts Pitt faculty undertake to address global issues. Additionally, Global Salon participants may be eligible for seed grant funding to advance multi-disciplinary research projects.

The Global Salons are free of charge, and lunch is provided, but registration is required. Register here.

Each Global Salon allows faculty to enjoy lunch while discussing their research informally through conversation groups. All faculty, regardless of full-time, part-time, or tenure status, are welcome to register.

For more information, visit:
https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/faculty_networking_the_global_salon_2511?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=University+of+Pittsburgh#.XGw_WOhKjIU

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Educator Opportunities
SmartSTART at South Fayette School District

Great schools need great teachers.  Whether you’re thinking about a career in education, returning to the workforce, or just looking to give back, SmartSTART has employment opportunities for you at South Fayette Township School District.   Become a substitute teacher today and enjoy the benefits that can last a lifetime.  For detailed information please click HERE.    To apply, on SmartSTART please visit  https://smartstart.aiu3.net.  If you have any questions, please contact Alice Gillenberger at 412-394-5860 or alice.gillenberger@aiu3.net.

The South Fayette School District Pays:

$90.00 for 1 – 30 days

$100.00 for 31 + days

*Please note – A substitute training session is planned for September 20, 2019, however, depending on the amount of sign-ups, earlier training sessions are being planned.  Please reach out to alice.gillenberger@aiu3.net for future training dates not yet advertised.

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Community Events
Let us know about events going on in the community! 
To submit events, visit: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/content/community-events-form
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Events

For more information about event sponsored by the PMAHCC please CLICK HERE

POETICS IN DIVERSITY 
Art Exhibition & Sale

Description: Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican artists exhibition at the Covestro Brightspace,
Location: 1st floor of the Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219  
Dates: March 18th-22nd, 2 - 8 pm daily with Public Reception Tuesday, March 19th 6-8 pm
 

Confirmed times for student and faculty round tables with the artists:
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:00pm Thursday,
March 21, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Friday, March 22, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Please let us know if the faculty would like to provide students the opportunity to participate in these sessions.
Date: Tue, 2019-03-19
Time: 6:00 pm

Contact E-mail: lvavro@psu.edu
Organization: Numerous organizations led by Pittsburgh-Matanzas Sister Cities Partnership

Capoeira Association of Pittsburgh

Capoeira Class & Roda

Kids (ages 6-10): Thursday, 6 - 6:50 p.m. 
Adults: Mondays and Thursdays, 7 - 9 p.m.

$10/session

Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT), Old St. Benedict Moor School
2900 Bedford Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

With Instructor Akinlana "Preguiça" Lowman

For more information, contact nikelola04@gmail.com

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

 

SALUD PARA NIÑOS

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
 
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La Clínica Móvil del Squirrel Hill Center 

Atención: Todos los miércoles, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM 
Lugar: 1660 Broadway Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15216
En frente de la oficina del Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation

Para más información: https://www.facebook.com/pittsburghhispanicdevcorp/

 

Monday, June 17, 2019

7th Annual Corporate Equity & Inclusion Roundtable Conference

7:00am - 12:00pm
Duquesne University Charles Dougherty Power Center Ballroom

Register here so we know who's coming! 

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Employment Opportunities
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

For job listings through LASA, visit: http://careers.lasaweb.org/jobs/browse


University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
at the University of Pittsburgh

Global Hub Manager - https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_staff_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=19001525&tz=GMT-05%3A00

Program Coordinator, Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC) -https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_staff_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=19001533&tz=GMT-05%3A00

 

Novus Group  

Bi-Lingual Customer Service Representative (up to $39,300; Full-Time/Direct Hire)

www.facebook.com/job_opening/2578690425690796/?source=attached_post_newsstand&__tn__=HH-R
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JML Landscape Management
Landscape Laborer JML Landscape Management is looking for Full-Time Landscape Laborers at ALL LOCATIONS (Cranberry Twp, Fox Chapel, Monroeville and South Fayette) – Seeking reliable team players to join our landscaping crews while following instructions and paying close attention to detail. Valid driver’s license is preferred but not necessarily required. Job description requires landscaping duties including but not limited to: use hand/power tools & other equipment, lay sod, mow, trim, plant, water, fertilize, dig, rake; install mortarless masonry wall units. Must be able to lift/carry 50lbs when necessary. Potential for winter hours would consist of snow removal.
Compensation: Hourly rate is a minimum of $13.77/hr. Overtime is available.

Tools, supplies, equipment and uniform provided at no cost. Potential deduction for reasonable cost of lodging, voluntary medical / dental / vision and / or retirement plan may apply. Employer may assist to secure worker-paid lodging if necessary.

You can also fax to 412-767-5211 or email hr@jmllandscape.com
You can find our employment application on our website: http://www.jmllandscape.com 

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Duquesne University’s current job openings

Administrative/Professional Openings
 
FULL-TIME POSITIONS:
Scholarly Communications and Systems Librarian
Head of Teaching and Learning 
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs 
Supervisor, Building Services - Facilities Management
Web Design Manager - Marketing & Communications
Executive Director - Thomas R. Kline Center for Continuing Judicial Education 

PART-TIME POSITIONS
Part-time Administrative Clinical Pharmacist 
Part-time Research Assistant - School of Pharmacy 
Part-time Chemistry Instructors - Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Support Staff Openings
 
FULL-TIME POSITIONS:
PT Temporary HRIS Specialist
Police Officer 
Office Assistant II - Desk Attendant - Residence Life 
Clinic Office Coordinator - Speech-Language Pathology Clinic

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Lecturer

Center for Latin American Studies- University of Chicago
 
The Division of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago invites applicants for a position as Lecturer in the Center for Latin American Studies. This is a full-time, career-track teaching position beginning in the 2019–20 academic year. The initial one-year appointment is renewable with opportunity for promotion. The Lecturer is responsible for teaching in the Latin American Studies curriculum, providing academic and career advice to students, and contributing to the academic administration of the Center’s degree programs.
 
The Lecturer will teach five courses in the Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) curriculum. One course will be an existing or newly-designed lecture-style course with broad appeal, intended to introduce undergraduate students to a foundational topic in Latin American Studies. One or two course(s) will be a required thesis-writing seminar at the BA or MA level. The remaining two to three courses, at least one of which will be undergraduate-only, will be in the candidate’s area of expertise.
 
In addition to teaching, the Lecturer will also: work collaboratively with CLAS leadership to refine the curricular requirements and administer the LACS degree programs; develop and lead co-curricular programming to support the academic goals of the degree programs, including a mandatory thesis research and writing workshop during winter and spring quarters; advise LACS students; design and lead activities to promote and enrich the Latin American Studies degree program; participate in MA program admissions and student recruitment; advise a limited number of BA and MA theses; and contribute the administrative needs of the Center for Latin American Studies.

Lecturers must have the PhD in hand prior to the start date. Teaching experience is required, and preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated experience guiding students on thesis research and writing. Applicants must have demonstrated experience advising students with a broad range of social science and humanities interests. A track record of interdisciplinary scholarship and/or relevant experience in the policy or NGO arenas is preferable.
 
Applicants are required to apply online through the University of Chicago’s Academic Career Opportunities website at https://tinyurl.com/yxam8dbh.  Applicants are required to upload the following materials: (1) cover letter; (2) curriculum vitae (3) list of three proposed courses, and syllabus of one proposed course; (4) dissertation abstract; and (5) up to three writing samples/publications. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  
 
Review of applications will begin on April 5, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled or until the application deadline of April 30, 2019.
 
The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the Service Employees International Union and the SEIU.
 
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination at http://www.uchicago.edu/about/non_discrimination_statement/. Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-0287 or email ACOppAdministrator@uchicago.edu with their request.
 

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Organizations
NOTE: These are organizations based locally, nationally, and internationally. We recommend that you visit each website for more detailed information about each organization and its services.
 
Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA)
Americas Society (AS)

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/
 


Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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/
 


Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh

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


Council Hemispheric Affairs

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

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/
 


Latin American Council of Social Science

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

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/
 


Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

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
 


Latin American Research Review (LARR)

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)

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

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

Trivia Answer
(From 3/4/19)  Lima, Perú.

To learn more about Otto and his skateboarding skills click here
 

Congrats to the winners: Elí Andrade and Miranda Sousa

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