Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Brown Bag
Thursday, Sept. 26, noon –1pm, International institute/SSW bldg. Room 2609
Rebekah Pite
“Una buena ama de casa”: Doña Petrona and the Relationship between Gender and Food Preparation and Consumption in Argentina, 1928-1969.”

Brown Bag
Thursday, Oct. 24, noon –1pm, International institute/SSW bldg. Room 2609
José Amador
“Cosmopolitan Sciences and the Geographical Imagination in Puerto Rican and Brazilian Intellectual Thought, 1890-1910.”

LACS/UMS Study Clubs
Mon, Oct 28, 7-9 pm, Michigan League Vandenberg Room (911 North University, 2nd Floor)
Brazilian Culture
Led by Keila Grinberg, Associate Professor of History at the University of Rio de Janeiro.
For more information see Brazil Series link on LACS webpage

Roundtable
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2:30-5:00pm, International institute/SSW bldg. Room 1636
Licit and Illicit Encounters: Spaces of Sociability, Legal Culture, and the World of Slavery.

Participants:
Martha S. Jones (History/CAAS, University of Michigan) “The Antebellum Courthouse as an Interracial Social Space: Baltimore, 1850-1860.”
Jean Hébrard (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris):
“ Administering Slavery Through Writing: The Effect of Administrative Texts on the Social and Juridical Standing of Slaves in 19th Century Brazil (The Province of Bahia).”
Keila Grinberg (History, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil):
“Manumission, Gender and the Law in Nineteenth-Century Brazil: Liberata’s Legal Suit for Freedom.” [Available under Resources on the Course Tools site]
Rebecca Scott (History/Law, University of Michigan):
"The Right to Have Rights: The Claims-Making of Former Slaves in Cuba, 1872-1909." [co-authored with Michael Zeuske, University of Cologne, Germany]

DISCUSSION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION AT 5 PM.

Papers are available from the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program office, SSWB.

Co-sponsors: Research Group on Slavery, Freedom, and the Law (CAAS/History)
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS)
The Atlantic Studies Initiative (ASI)

This roundtable is open to the public, and is also part of a new UM course, "The Law in Slavery and Freedom." For more information see the course syllabus posted as a public resource on the course homepage: https://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/2002/fall/history/498/001.nsf.

LACS/UMS Symposia
Wed, Oct 30, 11 am – 4 pm, Michigan Theater (603 East Liberty)
Art Music from Brazil Symposium
11-12:30 pm Orquestra de São Paulo Open Rehearsal
1:30-2:30 pm Maestro John Neschling and Quarteto Amazônia
2:30-4 pm “Search for a National Voice: 100 Years of Brazilian Art Song ” by Luiz Ballestero.
For more information see Brazil Series link on LACS webpage

LACS/UMS BRAZILIAN DANCE SYMPOSIUM
Thu, Oct 31, 2:30-5:30 pm,International Institute, Room 1636
2:30-4 pm Brazilian Dance Study Club
Led by Lúcia M. Súarez, former dancer, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Michigan, and Faculty Associate at the UM Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.
4-5 pm Panel Discussion/Interview with Grupo Corpo
5-5:30 pm Reception with Grupo Corpo
For more information see Brazil Series link on LACS webpage

MASTER CLASSES
Thu, Oct 31, 11-12:30 pm, UM Dance Building, Studio A (1310 North University Court, 2nd Floor)
Grupo Corpo Dance Master Class
Thu, Oct 31, 1-2:30 pm, Michigan Theater (603 East Liberty)
Banda Mantiqueira Percussion Master Class
For more information see Brazil Series link on LACS webpage

PARTY!
Thu, Oct 31, 10:30 pm (after the Banda Mantiqueira concert), Zanzibar Restaurant (216 South State Street).
Brazil Community Party
A community party for Orquestra de São Paulo and Grupo Corpo. Music by local Brazilian music group Sonamó. Cash bar and light food provided. To attend, show a ticket to any performance on UMS’s Brazil series or the official Brazil Community Party invitation.
For more information see Brazil Series link on LACS webpage

Brown Bag
Thursday, Oct. 31, noon –1pm, International institute/SSW bldg. Room 2609
John Thiels
"Our Own Thing" Versus "Cultura Universal": Locating Pro-Spanish Language Ideologies in Paraguay.”

Brown Bag
Thursday, Nov. 7, noon –1pm, International institute/SSW bldg. Room 2609
Juan R. Hernández García
"All that Is Solid Melts into (Cyb)air(space): Nation, Computers, and Internet in Brasil."

LACS/UMS Study Club
Wed, Nov 13, 7-9 pm, Michigan League Koessler Room (911 North University, 3rd Floor)
Brazilian Music
Led by Mary Catherine Smith, host of WEMU’s weekly radio program, “Brazilian Sol.”
For more information see Brazil Series link on LACS webpage

Brown Bag
Thursday, Nov. 21, noon –1pm, International institute/SSW bldg. Room 2609
Luis A. Vazquez
“The Return of the Prodigal Musician: Protestant Christianity in Puerto Rican Popular Music.”

Conference
Nuestro Ambiente: Latina/os and Environmental Justice

Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 23-24, The Educational Conference Center, SSW Room 1840

An international conference about Latino/a and Latin American activism and inquiry in environmental justice will be held November 23-24, 2002 in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. The conference—which is free and open to the public—is organized by the Environmental Justice Initiative of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, and the Latina/o Studies Program in American Culture.
The conference entitled Nuestro Ambiente [Our Environment]: Latina/os and Environmental Justice, will examine the historical, scientific, social, legal, cultural, and political complexities of the relationships between the Latina/o community and the built and natural environment. Panel topics include: Environmental Injustices, Cross Border Issues, Community Organizing and Environmental Justice, The Struggles for Land and Water as Basic Resources, and Looking Into the Future, Searching for Alternatives.
Special attention will be given to exploring the integration of academic inquiry with grassroots activism. The conference proceedings will be recorded and compiled into a manuscript to educate policymakers, lawmakers, health professionals, industry leaders, and the general public about environmental inequalities, and effective action to ameliorate harmful environmental conditions.
This two day conference is co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Health, Trade and Ecology Initiative of the International Institute, the Rackham Graduate School, and the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
For more information, visit www.snre.umich.edu/ambiente
Contact: Ivette Perfecto, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Phone: (734) 764-1433 E-mail: perfecto@umich.edu
Conference location: The Educational Conference Center, Room 1840 School of Social Work, 1080 South University St. (at East University St.) Ann Arbor, MI 48109