Latin American & Caribbean Studies

International Institute, University of Michigan

Preliminary Schedule, January 2002

Thursday, January 17, 4 pm, 210 East Hall
MLK Lecture
Judith Carney (Professor of Geography, University of Southern California): "Rice, Slaves, and Landscapes of Cultural Memory in the Americas."
The 2002 Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture is cosponsored by LACS, the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, and the Atlantic Studies Initiati

Friday, January 18, 10 am, CAAS Conference Room, 210 East Hall
Judith Carney (Professor of Geography, University of Southern California): Graduate Seminar.

Thursday, January 24, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Karen Faulk

Tuesday, January 29, 4-6 pm, room 1644, International Institute/SSW bldg
Education Fair: "Pathways to an International Experience."
This fair provides an opportunity for undergraduates to learn how to expand their horizons in the foreign sphere.

Thursday, January 31, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. June Komisar

Thursday, February 7, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Juliet Serenyi Erazo

Wednesday, February 13, 2-5 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
WORKSHOP. International Labor Relations.
Details TBA.
Cosponsored by the School of Social Work and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Friday-Saturday, February 15-16, room 2609, International institute/SSWB bldg
CONFERENCE: "Comparative Slaveries"
Participants:
Sibylle Fischer (Romance Studies and Literature Program, Duke University)
Michele Wallace
Judith Jackson Fossett
Penny Von Eschen (History and CAAS, UM)
Catherine Benamou (Film and Video and Romance languages, UM)
In collaboration with ASI and CAAS

Sunday, February 17, 7 pm, Michigan Theater
Premiere Screening: "Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love)."
A personal documentary about Cuba's Sephardic Jews by UM Anthropology Professor Ruth Behar. Screening followed by Q & A with Ruth Behar (8:30-9 pm) and a Cuban-Jewish reception with tamales and baklava in the Michigan Theater's mezzanine (9-10 pm). Open to the public. Free admission

Monday, February 18, 4-7 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS Proseminar Invited Lecture. Beatriz Gonzalez-Stephan (Lee Hage Jamail Chair of Latin American Studies, Rice University).
Lecture title TBA.

Thursday, February 21, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Katherine Worboys

Thursday, March 7, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Naila Moreira

Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9, Michigan League (details TBA)
11th Annual Charles Fraker Conference: Romance Studies at the University of Michigan. The goal of this annual conference is to provide graduate students with an open forum to present their papers and ongoing research.

Friday, March 8, time and place TBA
Michigan Anthropology Graduate Association (MAGA) Visiting Speaker Series
Joanne Rappaport (Professor of Spanish, Georgetown University) will speak on "Anthropological Research and Ethnic Pluralism: Doing Collaborative Research in Colombia." This talk will explore the implications of the appearance of indigenous intellectuals for the relationship between ethnographers and the populations they study.

Friday, March 15, 5-7 pm, Gallery at the International Institute
INTERVIEW. Interview with the Muñequitos de Matanzas. A reception will follow.

Saturday, March 16, 9am-3 pm, room 1636, International Institute/SSW bldg
Workshop. Global education Workshop for K-12 Teachers: "Arts and Literature in Latin America"
Participants: Nerea Llamas, Muñequitos de Matanzas, Capoeira Master Caboquinho
Workshop participants must register in advance.

Thursday, March 21, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Zacharias C. Sifuentes

Thursday, April 4, 3 pm, location TBA
LECTURE. Jaime Breilh
4th annual Distinguished Lecture in Public Health and Human Rights
"Health Inequities in Ecuador: The Assault on Human Rights and the Resilience
of the Andean Dream."

Friday-Saturday, April 5-6 and 12-13, 7-9 pm, Natural Sciences Auditorium
LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
LACS film festival featuring titles from the 2002 Chicago Latino Film Festival. Titles TBA.

Friday-Sunday, April 5-7, time TBA, Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union.
CONFERENCE: "Relocating Ethnography: Theory, Practice, Use"
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: José Limón (professor of Anthropology, English and Mexican Studies at the University of Texas-Austin)
PARTICIPANTS:
Conrad Kottak (Anthropology, UM)
Ruth Behar (Anthropology, UM)
Bruce Mannheim (Anthropology, UM)
Michael Taussig (Anthropology, Columbia University)
Roberto Arévalo (founder of the Boston-based Mirror Project)
John Jackson (Ph.D. in anthropology, Columbia University)
Mark Kramer (Writer-in-Residence and Director, Program in Narrative Journalism, The Nieman Foundation of Harvard University)
Steve Zeitlin (Executive director of City Lore, New York)
Richard Kurin (Director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution)
Meredith Burns (Director of The Center for Anthropology and Science Communication)
Kirin Narayan (Anthropology, University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Thursday, April 11, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Luis Vazquez

Wednesday, April 17, 4-5:30 pm, School of Public Policy (room TBA)
Citigroup Lecture
Former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias Sánchez will speak at UM. Details forthcoming.

Thursday, April 18, 12-1 pm, room 2609, International Institute/SSW bldg
LACS BROWNBAG SERIES. Umi Vaughan

For more information on events as they draw nearer call LACS at 763-0553
or e-mail at lacs@umich.edu. This page created January 18, 2002 by David Frye.
Copyright 2002, Regents of the University of Michigan.