2013 Summer Institute for Oregon Middle School and High School Teachers

We have extended the deadline to apply for the 2013 Summer Institute for Oregon Middle and High School teachers to APRIL 15, 2013.

Summer Institute 2013 Invitation Letter

Understanding the Many Faces of Latin America through Art and History: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

We are excited to invite Oregon teachers to apply to participate in our 2013 Summer Institute for Oregon Middle School and High School Teachers titled, Understanding the Many Faces of Latin America through Art and History: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. The Institute will take place at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, from June 23-28, 2013. Completed applications are due by April 15, 2013. We anticipate selecting around 20 teachers to whom we will offer a modest stipend of $250 for their participation, room (for out of town participants who have to travel more than 60 miles) and board, as well as 30 hours of professional development credit. We will let selected teachers know by May 1, 2013.

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CLLAS Grad Grantee Presentation—Carolina Caballero (Dance)

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“Dancing Identities: Disrupting the Latina Myth”

Carolina Caballero (Dance)
February 28, 4-5:30 p.m.
Jane Grant Conference Rm
330 Hendricks Hall

Carolina Caballero Segura’s works seek to debunk stereotypical images of Latina women as represented in American popular culture. The critical thinking behind her creative projects stems from a desire to disrupt and subvert existing regimes of representation.  In the United States, it is undeniable that the mass media and Hollywood dominates the popular perception of what Latinas are.  By evoking the kinesthetic and symbolic power of dance in the media, these means have evoked images of an ethnic “other.” Caballero Segura’s work critically explores such dominant, hegemonic assumptions about dance and Latina identity.

Performance:  “Not about me.”

Carolina Caballero (Dance)
March 1, 8 p.m.
Dougherty Dance Theater
3rd Floor, Gerlinger Annex

“The Future of Latin American and Latino Studies in the United States” — a Roundtable

Browsing Room
Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.

Dear colleagues:

The Latin American Studies Program and the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies cordially invite you to a public roundtable on “The Future of Latin American and Latino Studies in the U.S.,” with the participation of prominent scholars in the field. Our speakers will discuss the place of Latin American and Latino Studies within a rapidly changing U.S. political, cultural, demographic, and linguistic scenario and a growing trend towards “global studies” in academia. This conversation should be of interest for faculty and students in International Studies, Ethnic Studies, Romance Languages, Geography, Education, and other humanities and social sciences disciplines.

The event will take place on Friday, March 1, at 3:30 pm (Browsing Room, Knight Library).

The following scholars will be joining us:

• Lorraine Bayard de Volo, [1]Director, Latin American Studies Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Rebecca Horn [2], Director, Latin American Studies Program, University of Utah
• Rodolfo Dirzo, [3]Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University
• Kevin Terraciano [4], Director, Latin American Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
• Adam Warren [5], Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, University of Washington › Continue reading