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El Noticiero de IUPLR
INSIDE the February 2003
Noticiero de IUPLR:
- ILS and IUPLR are starting
a working paper series on "Latino Matters", a series of research
or statistical summaries and policy briefs
- CHANGE OF DATE. The 5th
CRI Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies will now be held
on October 29-November 1, 2003
- Visit the newly redesigned
Institute for Latino Studies web page at http://www.nd.edu/~latino/
- UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center recently released a Latino Policy & Issues Brief entitled:
Latina Equity in Education: Gaining Access to Academic Enrichment Programs
- Come join the Hispanic
Research Center at Arizona State University for the First Annual Latina/o
Art Auction and Symposia on May 2-4, 2003
- JSRI has recently released
its newest edition of NEXO, the official newsletter of the Institute.
- CMAS presents the Spring
2003 Doctoral Portfolio Plática Series
- The Congressional Hispanic
Caucus Institute announces its 2003 Fellowship Programs
- The MASRC at the University
of Arizona announces an Assistant Professor tenure-track position in
Mexican American Studies
- A Request for Proposals
(RFP) on Migration and Health has been issued by the California-Mexico
Health Initiative
- The Kellogg Center at Michigan
State University and the Julian Samora Research Institute invite all
to attend, Race In 21st Century America: A 3rd National Conference
IUPLR
HEADQUARTER NEWS
This is the Noticiero’s
7th year as an electronic informational outlet for the IUPLR network of
scholars and member centers. Be sure to visit the IUPLR web site at: http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr.
There, you can view past issues of the IUPLR Noticiero.
ILS and IUPLR are starting a working paper series on "Latino Matters",
a series of research or statistical summaries, and policy briefs of four
to ten pages each. Topics today include: Latino Access and Medicare Coverage
to Public Health; Poverty and Income Inequality; Rates of Immigration;
etc. If you have some good research questions or you know anyone who has
good research ideas but may need help acquiring appropriate data, please
do keep us in mind. Send us a question or topic that interests you and
we will respond with suggestions on data and ways to prepare a research
brief. In some cases we will work with you on the data. For more information,
contact Sung Chun at chun.1@nd.edu.
Please send your center updates, center events, faculty news, faculty
opportunities, fellowship opportunities, and publication news to vsaenz@prodigy.net.
CENTER
NEWS
Institute
for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame
Visit the newly redesigned Institute web page at http://www.nd.edu/~latino/.
Also, new at Galeria America, Espiritú Digitál (Digital
Spirit), The work of Fernando Salicrup. Here is the Institute’s February
Calendar of Events:
* February 4, 7pm
The Film Series Looking In/Looking Out: Urban Poetry/ Poesía Urbana
presents the film “Piñero.” “Piñero”
tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor
Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor
to rap and hip-hop. The film will be screened at the Hesburgh Center Auditorium.
This event is co-sponsored with the Kellogg Institute. For more info,
please go to: http://www.nd.edu/~kellogg/webseite/LAFilmseries.htm.
*February 18, 7pm
The Film Series Looking In/Looking Out: Urban Poetry/ Poesía Urbana
presents the film “El Lado oscuro del corazón.” From
the director of man Facing Southeast comes this parable about a narcissistic
poet in search of the perfect woman. This film will be screened at the
Hesburgh Center Auditorium. This event is co-sponsored with the Kellogg
Institute. For more info, please go to: http://www.nd.edu/~kellogg/webseite/LAFilmseries.htm.
* February 20, 5:30pm
Fr. Richard Prendergast will present a lecture, Christian Hospitality:
A Pastor's Reflects on Ministry in a Bi-cultural Community. Location:
Room 208, McKenna Hall.
* February 27, 5:30pm
Lecture & Book Signing by Anthony Stevens-Arroyo on his new book,
“Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key: The Pope's Visit and Civic Space
for Cuban Religion.” Location: Room 208, McKenna Hall.
Smithsonian
Center for Latino Initiatives, Smithsonian Institute
Visit the Center for Latino
Initiatives’ Calendar of Events web page at
http://latino.si.edu/latinsitio/explolatino/exploindex.html for the
most recent listing of sponsored events and exhibits around the country.
Chicano Studies
Research Center, UCLA
UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center recently released a Latino Policy & Issues Brief entitled:
Latina Equity in Education: Gaining Access to Academic Enrichment Programs.
The Brief, written by Daniel G. Solórzano, María C. Ledesma,
Jeannette Pérez, María Rebeca Burciaga, and Armida Ornelas
of the UCLA Department of Education, discusses how Latinas account for
nearly half of kindergarten through twelfth grade female students in California,
yet they remain excluded from academic enrichment programs that affect
graduation rates and college admissions. For more information, visit the
CSRC website at http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/csrc/,
or e-mail Wendy Belcher at chicanol@csrc.ucla.edu.
Hispanic Research
Center, Arizona State University
Come join the Hispanic
Research Center at Arizona State University for the First Annual Latina/o
Art Auction and Symposia on May 2-4, 2003, in Tempe, Arizona. The event
will feature:
*May 2, 2003 Art Symposia
Chicana/o Art: Scholars Look at Four Decades of Achievement
* May 3, 2003 Auction of Latina/o Art
Auctioning of up to 1,000 pieces of art in-person on the Arizona State
University campus, or via the Internet from anywhere in the world!
* May 4, 2003, Tour of the Hispanic Research Center Gallery and art archives.
For more information or to register, http://www.latinoartcommunity.org.
Bilingual Review/Press at Arizona State University announces the January
2003 release of “Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit,” by journalist
Ron Arias. Ron Arias, a Los Angeles staff correspondent for People magazine,
is the author of the novel “The Road to Tamazunchale,” nominated
for a National Book Award. “Moving Target” is an exploration
of his childhood, the search for his father, and the fruit of his desire
for a connection between his past and present. For ordering info, contact
Miguel Murphy at tkuticka@asu.edu.
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
Mas Alla Del Mar (Beyond The
Sea), a full-length documentary on the Mariel boatlift, premiered on the
opening night of the Made in Miami Film Festival, January 10, 2002, at
Miami's historic Tower Theater. Produced, filmed, and edited by Lisandro
Pérez-Rey, with support of FIU's Cuban Research Institute and the
Ford Foundation, the 80-minute documentary presents the story of one of
the most dramatic episodes in the history of human migrations. In a few
short weeks in 1980, nearly 130,000 Cubans left their homeland in an unrelenting
stream of vessels bound for Key West. More than two decades later, the
personal stories surrounding the boatlift, filmed for this documentary,
continue to resonate with an energy that can only be described as surreal,
powerful. Weaving together these riveting stories along with rare, historical
images, and footage from present-day Cuba, this film recreates this "explosion
of 1980," a crisis that shook Cuban as well as American society.
For more information, consult the Made in Miami Film festival website
at: http://www.madeinmiami.org/.
CHANGE OF DATE. The
5th CRI Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies will now be held
on October 29-November 1, 2003, at the University Park Campus of Florida
International University. They will consider all papers, but strongly
encourage the submission of proposals for panels, especially on "the
transnational nation". Deadline for submission of all paper and panel
proposals is still February 15, 2003. For further details on this or other
CRI activities, please check their website at http://lacc.fiu.edu/cri.
For more information or to send your abstract, contact: Lisandro Pérez,
Director (perezl@fiu.edu) or Uva de
Aragón, Associate Director (aragonu@fiu.edu)
at: Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, DM 363,
University Park, Miami, FL 33199, or be phone at (305) 348-1991.
The Julián
Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University
JSRI has recently released
its newest edition of NEXO, the official newsletter of the Institute.
The newest edition features stories on the changing demographic trends
of the Midwest, as well as the results of a health study in the region
To access the NEXO newsletter online, please visit:
http://www.jsri.msu.edu/RandS/nexo/w03/nexo.html.
JSRI was honored recently as the first institutional recipient of the
East Lansing Capital Area Hispanic Community Representatives’ annual
achievement award. The award is typically presented to two individuals,
one each to the area’s most notable man and woman who have made meaningful
contributions to the area’s growing Hispanic communities. Rep. Belda
Garza and the late Manny Gonzales are this year’s individual recipients,
with JSRI garnering the first-ever award presented to an organization.
Dr. Israel Cuéllar, JSRI’s director, was on hand to receive
the award.
Visit the Latino News section of the JSRI website. It is updated often
and offers insightful articles to Latino news around the globe. The link
is: http://jsri.msu.edu/cgi-bin/news/index.cgi.
Chicano Studies
Research Program, University of Texas at El Paso
* Tuesday, February 4, 7pm
"A Conversation with Elena Poniatowska." Elena Poniatowska is
one of Latin America's most acclaimed, innovative and socially conscious
writers. Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 116. Reception will follow
presentation. Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the Bilingual
MFA Program in Creative Writing and Chicano Studies.
* Friday, March 28, Noon
Lecture and Book Signing of Las Hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed, by
Josie Méndez-Negrete, Professor of Sociology at U. T. San Antonio
and memoir writer. Location TBA. Sponsored by Women's Studies, Chicano
Studies and English Department.
For more info on Center events, contact (915) 747-5462, or visit their
website at http://www.utep.edu/chicano/events.htm.
Centro de Estudios
Puertorriqueños, Hunter College-CUNY
Spring 2003 Brown-Bag Lectures:
*Wednesday, February 19, 2003, 12-2pm
Frank Guridy, from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,
will present "Transnational Racial Uplift: Cuban and Puerto Rican
Students at Tuskegee Institute, 1898-1930." The Lecture will be held
at Hunter College, East Building Room Solarium.
* Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 12-2pm
Yasmín Ramírez, from the Graduate Center of The City University
of New York, will present "Nuyorican Arts activism in New York City,
1960's and 1970's." Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm. The Lecture will be held
at Hunter College, East Building Room Solarium.
Center for Mexican
American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
CMAS presents the Spring 2003
Doctoral Portfolio Plática Series, Wednesdays at Noon throughout
the Spring at the Texas Union:
* February 5. Pete Haney, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology with a
portfolio in Mexican American Studies, will present a talk entitled "Greater
Mexican Doble Sentido and the Dialectic of Desire and Respect." Chicano
Culture Room, 4.206.
* February 26. Pablo González, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology
with a portfolio in Mexican American Studies, will present a talk entitled
"Estación Libre: Reflections on Race, Gender, Privilege, and
Space within Chicano Internationalism." Eastwood Room, 2.102.
* March 5. Gilbert Rosas, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology with a
portfolio in Mexican American Studies, will present a talk entitled "Barrio
Libre: Contaminated Knowledges and Surviving La Crisis at the Mexico-U.S.
Border." Eastwood Room, 2.102.
* April 16. Julie Dowling, a doctoral candidate in Sociology with a portfolio
in Mexican American Studies, will present a talk entitled "An(other)
Shade of White?: Mexican American Racial Identity and the Census."
Eastwood Room, 2.102.
FACULTY
PUBLICATIONS
The Julian Samora Research
Institute at Michigan State University has produced 14 new publications
in the last couple of years, all of which are available on the web. Among
this list of publications are six working papers, three research reports,
three occasional papers and two Cifras Breves, or statistical briefs.
With the addition of this new research, JSRI’s publications now total
almost 160. The vast majority of them are available in both printed form
and on the web in text and PDF format. For a complete list, go to www.jsri.msu.edu
on the web.
The Center for Comparative
Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University announces their Race
and Ethnicity in California: Demographics Report Series is underway, with
thirteen completed issues, several of which are regionally focused. Launched
in the Fall of 2001. The objective of this series is to document the current
social, economic, educational, and demographic status of ethnic and racial
minority populations in California. Census 2000 data are being used to
examine racial/ethnic diversity, residential segregation, household and
family composition, citizenship, language use, educational attainment,
occupation and work status, income, and poverty. The CCSRE Race and Ethnicity
in California: Demographics Report Series is written for a wide-ranging
audience, including researchers, policymakers, community activists, the
media, and members of the public. In addition to hard copy dissemination,
the series is available on-line at the CCSRE website: www.stanford.edu/dept/csre.
Please direct questions about the series to Dr. Alejandra Lopez, Center
for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, Stanford,
CA 94305-2152.
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOUR STUDENTS
The Congressional Hispanic
Caucus Institute announces its 2003 Fellowship Program. Each year, the
fellowship program offers up to 22 promising Latinos from across the country
the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the federal level in the
public policy area of their choice. The program structure and requirements
are the same for all participants; only placements differ according to
fellows' interests. Prospective applicants should have graduated from
a college or university with a BA/BS or graduate degree within one year
of the application deadline, or be currently enrolled graduate students.
Targeted fields include Public policy (General Public Policy Fellowship),
public health administration (Edward Roybal Public Health Fellowship),
telecommunications policy (Telecommunications Fellowship), financial services
(Financial Services Fellowship) and public-private partnerships (Corporate
Fellowship). Applications must be postmarked by February 28, 2003. For
more info, call the CHCI Fellowship Program at (202) 543-1771, or visit
their website at http://www.chci.org.
Public/Private Ventures, a
national not-for-profit program development and research organization
is announcing its 2003 summer internship program. P/PV has offices in
Philadelphia, PA, Oakland, CA and New York, NY. Its mission is to improve
the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives
through research, program development and technical assistance. The internship
program is designed to inform students about these efforts and involve
them in day-to-day operations of the organization. Internships will be
awarded to outstanding college graduates and/or graduate students with
backgrounds in social policy or related areas such as sociology, psychology,
economics, urban development or human development. Minority applicants
are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should send a
cover letter, resume, writing sample, contact information for three references
and a list of courses completed to P/PV no later than February 18, 2003.
Interviews will be held at P/PV’s Oakland, CA offices in early March
and final decisions will be made in early April.
For more info, please consult their website at www.ppv.org, or call Kirk
Melton at 510.273.4600 or e-mail kmelton@ppv.org.
Visit the Hispanic Heritage
Awards website at www.HispanicHeritageAwards.org
for information on their 2003 Scholarship Program. Scholarship application
deadline is March 6, 2003.
The Academy of Alternative
Journalism, supported by alternative papers, seeks experienced minority
journalists and students (college seniors and up) for a paid summer writing
program at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Chicago.
The eight-week program (June 23-August 15, 2003) aims to recruit talented
minority writers into the alternative press and train them in magazine-style
feature writing. Ten participants will be chosen and paid $3000 plus housing
and travel allowances. For application information, write to: Academy
for Alternative Journalism, Northwestern University, Medill School of
Journalism, 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208. For more info, contact
the Academy at altacademy@northwestern.edu.
Application deadline: February 7, 2003.
The Center for Latin American
Studies at the University of Florida will once again offer Library Travel
Grants. Available for the summer 2003, these are funded by a grant from
the U.S. Dept. of Education. The purpose of the Library Travel Grants
is to enable researchers from other U.S. universities to use the extensive
resources of the Latin American Collection in the University of Florida
Libraries, thereby enhancing its value as a national resource. The UF
Libraries Latin American Collection contains one of the finest collections
of Latin American materials in the United States. It consists of over
325,000 volumes, some 55,000 reels of microfilm (many unique and very
scarce), and a growing amount of access to computer-based electronic information
resources. For further information regarding the Latin American Collection,
write to: ricphil@mail.uflib.ufl.edu.
The deadline for all application materials is April 02, 2003. For more
information on the Library Travel Grant, call (352) 392-0375.
FACULTY
OPPORTUNITIES
Mexican American Studies &
Research Center at the University of Arizona announces an Assistant Professor
tenure-track position in Mexican American Studies, to begin August 2003.
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses
with a particular focus on Mexican American culture, history, public policy
(e.g., immigration, education, economic development, civil rights) and/or
border health. Required qualifications include a Ph.D. in History, Anthropology,
Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Economics, Urban Planning, Demography,
Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, Public Education or Education
by hire date. For full details and qualifications see posting at www.hr.arizona.edu/jobs.
To apply, please submit a cover letter (citing job #24867) that includes
a description of research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae,
a writing sample of 30 pages or less, and three letters of recommendation
to Antonio Estrada, Chair, MASRC Search Committee, The University of Arizona,
PO Box 210023, Tucson, AZ 85721-0023. Review of materials will begin 2/14/03
and will continue until position is filled.
The Smithsonian Institution
is accepting applications and nominations for Director of the Smithsonian
Center for Latino Initiatives. The Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
was established to promote the inclusion of the Latino experience in appropriate
Smithsonian programs and exhibitions. The Center’s purpose includes
coordinating and providing linkages among Smithsonian Latino-related initiatives
in the areas of research, exhibitions, and educational outreach, and providing
a point of access for external Latino constituencies, including Latino
organizations. The Director, SCLI, provides leadership in fulfilling the
Center’s mission of fostering understanding and appreciation of the
Latino foundations of American society and culture through the generation
and diffusion of new knowledge based on the collections resources of the
Smithsonian, its unique research environment, its tradition of public
scholarship, and its diverse education and public programs, both in Washington,
D.C. and throughout the nation. The Director reports to the Under Secretary
for American Museums and National Programs (USAMNP). The incumbent also
works closely with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Board for
Latino Initiatives. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover
letter to: Thomas Lawrence, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th Street NW,
Suite 6100, Washington DC 20560-0912. For more information, call (202-275-0944)
or send an email to: lawrencet@hr.si.edu.
NEWS, EVENTS, CONFERENCES, SUBMISSIONS, OTHER
The Kellogg Center at Michigan
State University as well as the Julian Samora Research Institute invite
all to attend, Race In 21st Century America: A 3rd National Conference.
The conference, in East Lansing, Michigan, will be held April 2-4, 2003.
It will feature multiple panels and keynote speakers, plus roundtable
discussions. It emphasizes racial, ethnic, and ideological inclusiveness,
and encourages new thinking about race in the United States. For more
information, please call 517-353-6750 or fax a request to 517-432-1804.
Email: raceconf@jsri.msu.edu.
The Mexico-North Research
Network will hold its next annual members meeting on February 28 and March
1, 2003, in San Antonio, Texas. Mexico-North’s 2002 activities and
current status will be presented by members of its board of directors
and evaluated by representatives of its member institutions. These representatives
will then establish priorities for Mexico-North’s 2003 programming
activities. Interested participants should respond to Ms. Greta De León
(Director of Programs, Mexico-North Research Network) at: gretadeleon@att.net.
Ms. De León can also be reached by phone at 210-229-1055, by fax
at 210-229-9667, and by regular mail at: Mexico-North Research Network,
318 W. Houston Street, Suite 220, San Antonio, TX 78205.
The 5th CRI Conference on
Cuban and Cuban-American Studies will be held on October 29-November 1,
2003, at the University Park Campus of Florida International University.
Deadline for submission of all paper and panel proposals is February 15,
2003. For further details on this or other CRI activities, please check
their website at http://lacc.fiu.edu/cri.
Rising Moon is currently seeking
bilingual Spanish / English picture book manuscripts for children ages
4-8 by Latino authors. Their multicultural mission is to create books
that work to preserve Latin American culture in the United States; books
that value the strong language heritage brought to our country by children
from Latin America, and books that promote bilingualism and will expand
a child's cultural knowledge and perspective. They are especially interested
in themes that deal with the contemporary bicultural experience of living
in the United States, the retelling of Latin American stories and folklore,
and stories that feature contemporary Latin American role models. You
may send submissions to: Theresa Howell, Editor, Rising Moon, 2900 N.
Fort Valley Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Please visit their website at www.northlandpub.com
for more information about our submission guidelines.
The fourth Trapped by Poverty/Trapped
by Abuse National Research Conference will take place October 17-19, 2003
at the University of Texas in Austin. Researchers, advocates, public officials
and service providers should mark their calendars now for this event,
sponsored by the Center for Impact Research, the University of Michigan
School of Social Work, and the University of Texas School of Social Work.
The conference explores how domestic violence makes and keeps women poor
through interference with economic self-sufficiency, drug and alcohol
abuse, physical and mental health problems, and sabotage of control of
reproduction, and discusses best practices and policy responses. Proposals
for presentations at the conference are due March 1, 2003. More information,
including required request for proposal forms, are now available at www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped.
IUPLR E-mail Update
compiled by:
Victor Saenz
vsaenz@prodigy.net
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