“Is the cultural project of the Latin American Indigenous Movement in crisis?”
The Program in Latin American Studies is pleased to start its Spring 2009
Colloquia Series with a talk by Carmen Martinez, Professor of Anthropology
at FLACSO, Ecuador, and currently Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins
University.
Professor Martinez’s work explores the articulations among indigenous
identities, institutions and intellectuals both in Mexico and Ecuador.
Her talk is entitled “Is the cultural project of the Latin American
Indigenous Movement in crisis?”, and the colloquium will take place on
Thursday, February 5 at 4.15 PM in Greenhouse, room 113. A reception will
follow.
Mexican Cultural Institute photography exhibition
Photography exhibit showing works from the protest that unfolded in Prague, Paris and Mexico in 1968.
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
From 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Mexican Cultural Institute 2829 16th NW, Washington, DC 20009
Please RSVP at icmdc@instituteofmexicodc.org
For carpooling contact me at lgoulias@umd.edu
Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 academic year
Apply by December 1, 2008, for early notification; March 1 is the final deadline.
Writers’ House students:
- Live together, forming a vibrant literary community in centrally located Dorchester Hall,
- Major in all fields, may be transfers or moving in from off-campus, and may be freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors,
- Partipate in a myriad of literary activities including:
- publication of Stylus,
- TerPoets Open Mics,
- meetings with Writers Here and Now visiting authors,
- writing workshops,
- field trips,
- one-on-one manuscript advising,
- poetry service-learning project
- literary study abroad
- Lannan Fellowships
If you’re interested but have some questions please don’t hesitate to call the Director, Johnna Schmidt, directly at 301-405-0671.
You can access an application at our website, which is under construction: www.writershouse.umd.edu
GALA Hispanic Theatre presents La edad de la ciruela / The Aging of the Plum
Celebrate Community Day & Hispanic Heritage Month
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Only $10.00
(Please mention promotion when you make reservation)
September 18-October 12, 2008 – Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
For more Ticket Info visit www.galatheatre.org
GALA Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20010
one block from the Columbia Heights Metro Station
Secure parking at Giant on Park Rd.
EVENT: Bodies of Marvel, Monsters and Women at H & F Fine Arts
Mount Rainier, Maryland—Bodies of Marvel, Monsters and Women, opens on September 4 – September 28, 2008 at the H&F Fine Arts Gallery located at 3311 Rhode Island Avenue, Mount Rainier, MD. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, September 6, from 5-8pm.
Curated by Marvette Pérez and Tonya Jordan, eight women artists explore ideas of the grotesque and other worldly, the monstrous, the unimaginable, the uncanny, and the strange through painting, woodcut, installation, mixed media, video, photography, and illustration. Robbi Behr, Deidra Defranceaux, Andrea Meyers, Michelle Morby, Marta Pérez García, Kharlla Piñeiro, Raquel Quijano Feliciano and Lisa-Renee Thompson present work focused on the dark side of the human psyche and the humorous side of the grotesque.
Bodies of Marvel features internationally renowned artists from the East and West Coasts and Puerto Rico, who have exhibited in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. From kinetic sculptures, Caribbean Baroque woodcuts of hybrid beings, a video game inhabited by women and their tormentors and victims, to images of mental hospitals; these artists force us to come to terms with disturbing and fantastical themes. From monsters and wondrous creatures, women with superpowers, culture bending Ganguros, and Possible Mothers—this exhibit showcases the magnificent talent of this group of female artists.
For this month long exhibit, the H&F Fine Arts Gallery will become a mythic territory where destroyers, tormentors, protectors, creators, hybrid creatures, and tortured souls challenge perceptions of personal truths and the dualities of creation and destruction.
For information contact Marvette Pérez at 240.535-0278/marvetteperez@verizon.net or Tonya Jordan at 202.297-1053/tjordan226@hotmail.com.
Lecturers needed for Fall semester
UNIT: School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
STARTING SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.
DUTIES: The School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC) of the University of Maryland, College Park, seeks to hire part-time non-tenure track faculty to provide language instruction in Spanish language at various levels. Especially desirable is the ability to teach Spanish Heritage language learners, Spanish applied linguistics, Latin American studies core courses for non-specialists, translation or business language.
QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified candidates will have at least an M.A. in the discipline area, with a PhD. preferred, and teaching experience.
TO APPLY:Â For best consideration, please send a curriculum vitae and contact information for at least three references to: Heather Ettus, Coordinator for Academic Affairs, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, 1105 Jimenez Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 20742 by July 15, 2008.
The University of Maryland, College Park is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.