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Current Month
SPRING SEMESTER 2009
February 26
Eric Hershberg (Simon Fraser University, President of the Latin American Studies Association)
Eric Hershberg will be giving a lecture titled, "The Latin American Studies Association and Contemporary Scholarship: A View from the Presidency." All are welcome to attend.
4pm in the University Club Faculty Room.February 27
Eric Hershberg (Simon Fraser University, President of the Latin American Studies Association)
Eric Hershberg will be presenting a paper at Indiana University Conference: "Area Studies in the Future of Higher Education." The paper is entitled, "Porous Boundaries, Disciplinary Engagement: Foundations for a Reinvigorated Latin American Studies."
Time and Location TBDFrances Aparicio (University of Illinois at Chicago)
13th Annual Merle E. Simmons Distinguished Alumni Lecture by Frances Aparicio. The lecture is titled, "Cultural Twins and National Others: Allegories of Interlatino Subjectivities in U.S. Latino/a Literature." Reception to follow lecture.
2:30 in the State Room East (Indiana Memorial Union)March 27, 2009
Frank McCann- University of New Hampshire
The formal lecture is titled: "The Official Story Redux New Interpretations of 20th Century Brazilian History". Portuguese speakers: please plan also to attend a special cafezinho in Professor McCann's honor, to be held immediately after the talk in the IMU Starbucks.
3pm in Ballantine Hall 224April 1, 2009
Carmen Ochoa- University of Chicago
Carmen Ochoa will be delivering a talk titled "Professionals-Turned-Taxi-Drivers-and Sausage Vendors: Surviving in the Aftermath of Mexico's Neoliberal Economic Restructuring.
1pm in Oak Room (IMU)April 2, 2009
Masha Salazkina- Colgate University
Masha Salazkina will be giving a talk titled: "In Excess: Eisenstein's Mexico".
4pm in Woodburn Hall 007
Prior Semesters
FALL SEMESTER 2008
September 2008
September 15
September 18National Hipanic Heritage Month
September 15th marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month with events held on campus and throughout the Bloomington community. For a complete schedule of events see this schedule or visit La Casa's calendar."Platicas"- CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa Fall 2008 Brown Bag
Ellen Moodie (Anthropology, University of Illinois) will present her Brown Bag Lecture titled “Worse than the War: Democratic Disenchantment in El Salvador.” All are welcome to attend.
Noon-1pm in La Casa.September 19Guest Lecture by Professor Dionicio Valdés - Sponsored by Latino Studies, La Casa, College of Arts and Sciences, History, and CLACS
Dionicio Valdés (Michigan State University) will present his lecture titled: "World War I and the Federación Libre del Trabajo Agricultural Workers' Campaign in Puerto Rico." All are welcome to attend.
3pm in Ballantine Hall 004.Guest Presentation by Professor Dionicio Valdés - Sponsored by Latino Studies, La Casa, College of Arts and Sciences, History, and CLACS
Professor Dionicio Nodín Valdés (History, Michigan State) will lead this presentation titled: "“Mordidas y Comidas: Politics, Food and The Rise of the United Farm Workers” which will discuss how the United Farm Workers brought the discussion of food into the labor movement and made it political. All are welcome to attend.
Noon in La Casa.September 20
Festival Latino 2008
This festival is a free outdoor concert open to all campus and community. Held in IU's Dunn Meadow, the concert consists of Latino music groups. This year the festival features Grammy Award Nominee group Sones de Mexico. The event also provides the opportunity for individuals to visit the food, cultural activities and information booths set up throughout the meadow area. The festival is part of the National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and education programs.
Noon-6pm in Dunn Meadow
October 2008
October 2
"Platicas"- CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa Fall 2008 Brown Bag
Micol Seigel (African American & African Diaspora Studies/American Studies) will present a Brown Bag Lecture titled “The New Imperialism & the New Cold War: U.S. Police in Latin America Today.” All are welcome to attend.
Noon-1pm in La Casa.October 7
Film Screening Presented by CLACS, Jewish Studies, Latino Studies, La Casa, Spanish and Portuguese, and Communication and Culture
Alejandro Springall will present his film "My Mexican Shivah" (Morirse está en Hebreo) which provides a fascinating look into the life of a family in Polanco (a Jewish quarter in Mexico City) who mourns the death of a loved one. Surreal and sometimes humorous, the drama is filled with excellent performances by an ensemble cast. Springall will follow with a discussion and question and answer session following the screening.
7:30pm in Woodburn Hall 101.October 10
CLACS Guest Lecture by Aurolyn Luykx
Aurolyn Luykx will deliver a lecture titled "Socialism or Secession? Evo Morales and the Prospects for Democracy in Bolivia," with a discussion to follow the talk.
12pm with a location to be determined.October 11
Fiesta del Otoño 2008
The City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department proudly presents the third annual Fall Festival. Bring the whole family and learn about our Latin American neighbors at each festival booth where Latino artists and community members from over 15 different countries will showcase their talents, traditions, and diverse heritage. Learn from cooking demonstrations and enjoy authentic Latin foods, peruse the interactive booths and don't forget to dance along to salsa, merengue, reggaeton and more. Live performances from Mariachi Nacional. Free and open to the public.
Noon-4pm at Bryan Park. (Rain Date October 12th)October 24
Guest Lecture Presented by Spanish and Portuguese, CLACS, and International Programs
Jean-Philibert Mobwa Mobwa N'djoli (National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination in Mexico City) will present a historical overview of the presence of Afro-Mexicans in Mexico, and will comment on their identity or lack thereof, their confusion, and their marginalization in intellectual, political, and social spheres.
3 pm in Ballantine Hall 006.IU Homecoming Parade with La Casa, Latino Studies and CLACS
Interested in marching in the 2008 Homecoming parade with La Casa, Latino Studies and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. We will be decorating a truck and handing out Mexican candy to people along the parade route. We really want to have great representation at this year's parade, so join the fun! Please let me know if you want to participate, and your t-shirt size by October 20th. We will be making t-shirts for all the participants who march with us in the parade, otherwise they are $5. Please RSVP to mlcasill@indiana.edu as soon as possible if you like to join the fun!
5 pm along the parade line at 3rd and Rose.
November 2008
November 6
"Platicas"- CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa Fall 2008 Brown Bag
Serafin Coronel-Molina (Education) will present a Brown Bag Lecture titled “The Sociolinguistics of Indigenous Languages in South America in Contemporary Times.” All are welcome to attend.
Noon-1pm in La Casa.Richard Bauman Lecture in Performance and Ethnography presented by the Department of Communication and Culture
Inaugural Richard Bauman Lecture in Performance and Ethnography to be
presented by Professor Charles Briggs, Alan Dundes Distinguished
Professor in Folklore at the University of California, Berkeley.
Charles Briggs' presentation is entitled "Bats, Rabies, Reporters, and
the Wrath of the State."
5:30-6:45 in Swain Hall East, Room 140.November 8
Graduate students and faculty Brownbag with Professor Charles Briggs of the University of California, Berkeley
Graduate students and faculty are invited to join Professor Briggs for a brown bag discussion of his work and his longtime collaborations with Professor Richard Bauman. Light refreshments will be provided. Email James Paasche (jpaasche@indiana.edu) or come by the CMCL mailroom for copies of the readings to be discussed.
12 PM-1 PM, Classroom Office Building, Room 100 (800 E. 3rd St)November 9
"Singing for Social Justice: 1968's Legacy in the Americas" presented by Indiana University's Latin American Music Center, Latino Studies Program, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the African American Arts Institute, with support also from musicians, arrangers, singers, volunteers and other IU departments and organizations as well
Join the world in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the turbulent and unique year of 1968. "Singing for Social Justice" will feature artists Krista Detor, Curtis Cantwell Jackson, Luke Gillespie, Anya Peterson Royce, Yuriria Rodriguez, Hallie Orgel and Priscilla Borges. This musical event will remember the 40 years of the social and political activities of 1968 through songs of social justice of the era. The multi-departmental and community event will unite the three Americas through songs, narration, and pictures. The topics covered in the music are among the most critical issues that arose in 1968, such as civil rights, antiwar sentiments, gender equality, peace, inner city issues, poverty, identity, human rights, land rights, social justice, empowerment, democracy, work relations, social nonconformity, anti-government, student movements, and others.
6pm at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.November 13
Forum with Mexican Solidarity Network Presented by CLACS, Latino Studies, and La Casa
The Mexican Solidarity Network will hold a forum titled "Examining Immigration Policy History: The Bracero Guest Worker Program" in which they examine the post-World War II Bracero Guest Worker program and details the current struggles of workers to recover wages that were garnered for a retirement fund but never returned to the workers.
5pm in La Casa.Horizons of Knowledge Guest Lecture by Michael Renov Presented by Spanish and Portuguese, Communication and Culture, CLACS, Comparative Lit, Cultural Studies, and Film and Media Studies Program.
Michael Renov is Professor of Critical Studies and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Southern California. His recent work includes The Subject of Documentary and the forthcoming Time Past: The Archaeological Cinema of Peter Fogacs (with Bill Nichols). This lecture will be titled “Documentary, Contemporary Art and the Ethical Function.”
5:30pm in Swain Hall East 105.November 14
CLACS Symposium 1968 in Latin America: Events, Impacts, Legacies
CLACS invites you to join us for an interdisciplinary symposium on 1968 in Latin America. Panels will include:
Echoes: 1968 in Hemispheric Perspective
Luis A. González (IU Libraries):1968: An Era in A Year
Alfredo Minetti (IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs): Singing for Social Justice: Reflections and Roundtable Discussion on the Concert
Love-in, Love-out: Gender and Sexuality in 1968
Deborah Cohen (University of Missouri - St. Louis)
Lessie Jo Frazier (IU Department of Gender Studies ): Love-in, Love-out: 1968 Latin American Genders, Sex, and Sexualities in Comparative Persepctive
Emily Maguire (Northwestern University): Plus ça change...Gender and Revolutionary Ideology in Cuban Cinema of 1968
What's Left?: The Shifting Political Landscapes of 1968
Patrick Barr-Melej (Ohio University): "An Orgy of Drugs and Corruption": Rock, Counterculture, and Salvador Allende's Road to Socialism
Jeff Gould (IU Department of History): Solidarity under Siege: Old and New Lefts in the Latin American 1968
1:00-6:00pm in Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center CG 1032 (New Business School Building at 1275 E. Tenth Street)November 18
A Minority Languages & Cultures Program Working Group Session in colloboration with AAADS and American Studies
Olivia Gomes da Cunha (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) will present on the topic of "Afro-Atlantic Voices: Revisiting Lorenzo Dow Turner's 1941 Sound Archive" with Dr. Stephen Selka (AAADS) as a discussant.
4:30 pm in the IMU Walnut Room
December 2008
December 4
"Platicas"- CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa Fall 2008 Brown Bag
Archana Sridhar (Law) will present a Brown Bag Lecture titled “The Uncertainty of Death & Taxes: Tax Evasion & Nonprofit Regulation in Post-War Guatemala.” All are welcome to attend.
Noon-1pm in La Casa.
SPRING SEMESTER 2008
January 22
Department of American Studies Guest Lecture
Dr. Alan McPherson (Howard University) will deliver a lecture on anti-Americanism in Latin America and globally.
Woodburn Hall 100, 5pmJanuary 24
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Stacey King from the Department of Anthropology will present the first Brown Bag Series talk of 2008 titled "Zapotec and the Mixe identity and long-term history in south eastern Oaxaca, Mexico.".
Noon-1pm in La Casa.
February 2008
February 5
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"O maior amor do mundo" (The greatest love of all)
Director Carlos Diegues's film about a Brazilian professor that discovers he has an incurable illness when teaching in the United States and returns home to search for his true parents. Awarded Best Film in the Montreal Film Festival.
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 6
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag Series
Jason McGraw from the Department of History will present his Brown Bag Series talk titled "Candelario Obeso and the Challenge of Afro-Columbia."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.February 7
CLACS, Latino Studies, Dept. of History, etc.- "The Sugar Babies" Film Event with Director Amy Serrano
"The Sugar Babies" examines the moral price of sugar --present and past -- from the perspective of the conditions surrounding the children of sugar cane cutters of Haitian ancestry in the Dominican Republic, and the continuing denial of their basic human rights.
2-4pm at the Monroe County Public Library on KirkwoodCLACS, Latino Studies, Dept. of History, etc.-"The Sugar Babies" Panel Discussion
Join IU Faculty and Director Amy Serrano for a Panel Discussion about issues raised in the film.
4-5pm at the Monroe County Public Library on KirkwoodFebruary 7-9
Grupo de Teatro VIDA presents (non-CLACS sponsored Event)
MAGIA, MISTERIO, AMOR Y DESAMOR (Magic, Mystery, Love and Indifference) A presentation of three one-act plays in Spanish: "La cueva de Salamanca" by Miguel de Cervantes, Spain, 1615; "Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín" by Federico García Lorca, Spain, 1931; "Vayamos a lo profundo" by Griselda Gámbaro, Argentina, 1995.
John Waldron Arts Center, 8 pm Tickets: $10, $8 Seniors and StudentsFebruary 12
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus " (Cinema, Apsirins and Vultures)
Director Marcelo Gomes's film about a young German and Brazilian that travel through 1942 Brazil and bring the magic of cinema to rural villages.
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 15
Minority Languages and Cultures Graduate Symposium
February 19
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"O ano que meus pais sairam de ferias" (The Year my Parents went on Vacation)
Director Cao Hamburger's film set in 1970 tells the story of two parents that drop their son off with their grandfather before they go on vacationa and promise to return before Brazil's first game in the world cup. Nominated for Best Film at that 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 21
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag Series
Steven Selka from African American and African Diaspora Studies will present his Brown Bag lecture titled "A Holy War in Brazil? Conflicts and Continuities Between Evangelical Christians and Candomble Practitioners in Bahia."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.February 26
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"Favela Rising"
Directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mocahry's film documents Anderson Sa and his movement through hip-hop, dance, and the rhythms of the street to raise his community in resistance to the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by police corruption
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 28
Tinker and Mendel Research Presentations
Indiana University Graduate Students that received Tinker and Mendel grants for research this past summer will present their research built around the theme: "Local Economies, Global Environmental Impact."
2:30-4:30 in Ballantine Hall 004Minority Languages and Cultures and CLACS Film Presentation
"Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration over Rivers"
This Documentary is a collaboration between Laura Graham and two indigenous filmmakers, David Hernández Palmar and Caimi Waiásse, that details the indigenous campaign to protect a river from the impacts of soy cultivation.
Director Laura Graham will lead a discussion of the film after the presentation.
7:30-9:30pm in Fine Arts 102February 29
Minority Languages and Cultures lecture by Laura Graham
"Gender and the Public Representation of Indigeneity in Native Amazonia: The Xavante of Central Brazil." Through the lens of gender, this essay examines contemporary public displays of indigeneity among the Xavante of central Brazil. Pimentel Barbosa and Abelinha are two communities that differentially use gendered expressive forms and gender participation as part of distinct political projects that assert Xavante in national and international arenas.
9:30 -11 a.m. in Wylie Hall 105
March 2008
March 6
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Micol Seigel for the Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies/American Studies) will present his Brown Bag lecture titled "The New Imperialism and the New Cold War: U.S. Police in Latin America Today."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.March 7
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa, Latin American Music Center, and the Brazilian Association at IU- Brazilian Music Performance
Oscar N. Mesquita, who studied with the famous professor Isaías Sávio in São Paulo, will come to IU to share his Brazilian music styles "Choro," "Samba" and "Bossa Nova." He will perform with his son, Leonardo Mesquita, who is a graduate student here at IU.
3pm in Ford HallMarch 19
CLACS, IDC, Communication and Culture, IU Law School present- "¿Peudo Hablar? May I Speak?" Film Event with Director Christopher Moore
The documentary offers its audience a portrait of a Venezuelan society at a crossroads; a re-elected President Chavez, challenged by a mounting opposition; a divided state, but one from which the Sol team manages to extract glimmers of hope for renewed dialogue and a bridging of the political gap.
4-6:30 PM in Ballentine Hall 109"¿Peudo Hablar? May I Speak?" Panel Discussion
Join IU Faculty Jeff Gould, Christiana Ochoa, Shane Greene, Jeff Issac and Director Christopher Moore for a Panel Discussion about issues raised in the film.
Immediately following screening of film in Ballentine Hall 109AAADS, The Black Film Center Archives, and CLACS Present: "Sisters of the Good Death" Film Event with Filmmaker Yoruba Richen
Sisters of the Good Death is a documentary that follows the filmmaker's journey to the town of Cachoeira in the northeast of Brazil to uncover the origins of a 3-day Catholic festival that has taken place for more than 200 years. What she discovers is that the festival is actually the longest running celebration of emancipation from slavery in the Americas and deftly mixes Catholicism with the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé. The result is a celebration of freedom, women's resistance and Afro-Brazilian culture.
7:00 pm in Woodburn Hall Room 111March 21
Opening Reception for "Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul"
In Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul, curator Selina Morales has recreated a botánica based on the one her Puerto Rican grandmother owned from 1985-1991. Collectively, the objects in this exhibit tell a meaningful story of family, community, individuality, creativity, and faith. The reception will include Puerto Rican food and drumming by Sancocho.
5:30-7:30pm at the Mathers MuseumMarch 21-30
Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival
The annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international non-fiction media in the United States. The Festival features a broad spectrum of cultural documentaries, both in form and subject matter. Each year the Mead Traveling Festival brings highlights from the Mead Festival to sites throughout the United States, with films organized around six thematic presentations. For film descriptions and showings please visit the Mathers Museum Events Calendar.March 26
Spanish and Portuguese, American Studies, CLACS, etc.: Guest Lectures
Claire Fox (University of Iowa) will give a lecture on "Latin American Universalism," and Sophia McClennen (Pennsylvania State University) will give a lecture on "The Global Phenomenon of the 'Three Amigos': The Border Crossing of Recent Mexican Cinema."
4:00pm in Ballantine Hall 208March 27
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Erick Carballo from the Music School will present his Brown Bag lecture titled "Latin American Popular Music in the "Classical" Concert Hall."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.
April 2008
April 4-5
Conference: Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean
This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the ways in which constructions of race have influenced culture, art, politics, ideas of gender, and nation-building efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean.
See Conference Page for more information.April 10
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Marian Tres from the Department of Fine Arts will present her Brown Bag talk titled "Mariana Tres: Recent Work."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.Horizons of Knowledge Lecture presented by CLACS, History, and American Studies
Steve Palmer (University of Windsor, Ontario) will deliver a lecture titled “The Medical Ingenio: Cuban Doctors, Science and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century.”
7pm in Ballantine Hall 005
April 17-18
Conference: Rethinking Race in the Americas: Anthropology, Politics, and Policy
This symposium will bring to Indiana University an internationally renowned group of scholars from diverse sub-fields within the discipline of anthropology to present their latest research and debate the concept of race, its relation to anthropology, and its relevance to the politics of the present across the Americas.
See Conference Page for more information.April 19
A Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Program (MLCP) Presentation
Nancy H. Hornberger (University of Pennsylvania) will present her paper "Voice and Biliteracy in Indigenous Language Revitalization: Contentious Educational Practices in Quechua, Guarani, and Maori Contexts."
10:00 am - 12:00 noon in Folklore Building (501 N. Park)April 24
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Professor Gustavo Gordillo (Workshop for Political Theory and Analysis) will present a Brown Bag talk titled "What's Left in Latin America Today ."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.Office of International Affairs, CLACS, La Casa, Latino Studies, CIBER- Center for International Business Education and Research, and the Center for the Study of Global Change Guest Lecture
Former Mexican Ambassador Alejandro Garcia Moreno will present a lecture on "Latin America from a Mexican Perspective."
4pm in the Coronation Room (inside the Tudor Room) at the IMU.
