STONE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Events
of the Roger Thayer Stone Center
for Latin American Studies

Stone Center On-Line Calendar
Please visit the on-line calendar for the most up-to-date listings of events sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies.  This calendar is updated daily. If you have any questions regarding information not listed here, feel free to contact the Stone Center.

Photo Gallery 2003-2004

Please visit our photo gallery to view pictures of this year's events.

Symposia & Conferences

Between Race and Place: Blacks and Blackness in Central America and the Mainland Caribbean
Friday, November 12-13, 2004 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tulane University
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to challenge traditional notions of race and identity in Central America, Mexico and Colombia in both the colonial and postcolonial contexsts. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, inquire at raceconf@tulane.edu or see the conference website at http://www.tulane.edu/~jwolfe/rp. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies and is sponsored by Latin American Studies and Mount Holyoke College.

Summit on Haiti
Friday, April 23, 2004, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Tulane Law School, Room 110
The recent events in Haiti, including the American intervention, have brought this political and social crisis into the world spotlight. The World Affairs Forum at Tulane University has been presented with unparalleled access to leading commentators regarding the legality of the recent intervention and the future prospects for rebuilding Haiti. Further, we are fortunate enough to have available to speak individuals who experienced the recent crisis first-hand to provide insight into what really happened during these trying times. We look forward to presenting more insight into the situation in Haiti and the variety of opinions and visions for the future of this important country. This event is sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University Law School, Tulane Law School International Law Society, Foreign Lawyers at Tulane University, Tulane Law School Federalist Society, Payson Graduate Students Association, Tulane Law School Human Rights Society.

Panel One Subject: Intervention in Haiti
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM
MODERATOR: Professor Richard Watts, Tulane University
Dr. William Bertrand, Payson Center, Tulane University
Professor Pierre Marie Paquiot, President, State University of Haiti
Mr. Ira Kurzban, Attorney to Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Mr. Larry Birns, Council for Hemispheric Affairs
Mr. Herve Saintilus, Federation
Mr. Gervais Charles, Attorney, Group of 184

Panel Two Subject: Future of Haiti
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM
MODERATOR: Professor Winston Riddick, Southern University
James Morrell, Haiti Democracy Project (TBD)
Professor Günther Handl, Tulane Law School
Professor Gelin I. Collot, Dean, Haiti Law School
Ms. Jessica Leight, Council for Hemispheric Affairs
Professor Heberne Edmond, Professor Southern University
Mr. Rene Julien, Amicale des Jurists, Haiti
Mr. Beausejour Jean Coty, Interim National Coordinator for CITPAH

7th Annual Cultural Encounters Conference
Thursday, April 15 - Saturday April 17, 2004
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
Tulane University
The 7th Annual Cultural Encounters Conference, "Performing the Margins: Explorations of Identities and Cultural Expressions," explores issues of performance and marginality--including race and gender--in all areas and periods of Latin American, Spanish, or Brazilian culture, society, politics, language, literature and criticism in Latin America, Spain, Brazil, and the United States. Admission charged. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Michelle Nasser at 865-5518 or mnasser@tulane.edu respectively. The event is sponsored by: Graduate Students Association, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. For more information, please visit http://www.tulane.edu/~spanport/Events/7th%20Cultural%20Encounters%20announcement.htm

Haiti: Revolutionary Legacies, Contemporary Challenges
A Symposium Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Haitian Revolution, 1804-2004
April 13-14, 2004
Tulane and Loyola Universities
The symposium features keynote addresses by two scholars on Haiti: Nick Nesbitt, Associate Professor of French at Miami University of Ohio and 2003-2004 Mellon Fellow at Cornell University; and Michel Laguerre, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology at the University of California-Berkeley. It also features the work of Haitian historical painter Ulrick Jean-Pierre. All events are free and open to the public.

Haiti: A Graduate Student Roundtable
Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 3:30 -5:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall

Reception featuring the work of Haitian historical painter Ulrick Jean-Pierre
Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 6:00 -7:30 PM
Room 204, Woldenberg Arts Center, Tulane

Nick Nesbitt keynote address, “Universal Emancipation: Haiti and the Idea of 1804”
Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 7:30 PM
Stone Auditorium, Woldenberg Arts Center, Tulane

Roundtable A: "Historical, Cultural & Literary Meditations on the Haitian Revolution"
Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Amistad Research Center, Tulane

Roundtable B: "Meditations on Contemporary Haiti"
Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Hebert Hall, Room 201, Tulane

Michel Laguerre keynote address, "The Practice of Diasporic Politics: The Haitian Diaspora in the U.S."
Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 7:30 PM
Marquette Theater, Marquette Hall, Loyola
Reception preceding on the balcony of Marquette Hall or, in case of rain, outside the President's office.

Speaker biographies:

Nick Nesbitt is author of Voicing Memory: History and Subjectivity in French Caribbean Literature (Univ. of Virginia, 2003). He is currently working on a book entitled Universal Emancipation: The Haitian Revolution and the Globalization of the Enlightenment.

Michel Laguerre is the author of numerous books on Haiti, including American Odyssey: Haitians in New York City (Cornell, 1984), Military and Society in Haiti (Univ. of Tennessee, 1993), and Diasporic Citizenship: Haitian Americans in Transnational America (Macmillan, 1998).

Sponsored by the Deep South Regional Humanities Center at Tulane

Conference on Critical Perspectives of Neoliberal Reform in the
Americas
Saturday, March 27th, 2004, 9:00AM - 4:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
Tulane University
In the 1980s and 90s, Latin American governments, under pressure from
the United States and international financial institutions such as the IMF
and World Bank, implemented a wave of social and economic reform policies.
These policies, known as Neoliberal reforms, entailed the opening of economies to foreign investors and companies, elimination of trade barriers in the
interest of “free” trade, privatization of state-owned companies, and slashing
of social spending in order to balance the budget and repay debt. This conference takes a critical look at Neoliberalism, analyzes why the reforms have failed the Latin and North American people, and explores the alternatives to Neoliberalism. Presenters include Mark Weisbrot who will speak on “Implications of Latin America's Economic Growth Failure Over the Last Quarter-Century,” Thomas Palley who will speak on “Reshaping Development Policy in the Wake of the Washington Consensus,” and Arturo López-Calleja who will speak on “Cuba, Lessons from a Non-neoliberal Transition.” In addition, there will be roundtable discussions on alternatives to Neoliberalism and the effects of Neoliberalism in Louisiana (e.g. shrimp and sugar industries, spending cuts in health care, education, and public housing). This event is free and open to the public. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Joseph at jwildera@tulane.edu or 861-7448.

Second Annual Gulf South Summit
Wednesday, March 24 - 26, 2004, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Orleans, Louisiana
Admission charged. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Barbara Moely at 504.862.3322 or moely@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies.

Caribbean Soundscapes: A Conference on Caribbean Musics and Culture
March 12-14, 2004, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tulane University
Popular music has often been singled out as a central defining
characteristic of the Caribbean imaginary. This conference responds to the
need to expand our scholarly paradigms in this area, recognizing intense
regional transnationalization and change in the region in recent years.
Speakers and participants will address several key questions: what is the
significance of the Caribbean as a specific locale for the production and
circulation of popular music? What role does popular music play in the
creation and continued performance of national identities throughout the
circum-Caribbean and other zones, such as continental Latin America,
northern North America, and Europe? The conference will feature several
plenary speakers, among them Prof. Gerard Béhague (University of Texas at
Austin) and Prof. Juan Flores (Hunter College, CUNY). Further details
about the conference will be available on line at http://cuba.tulane.edu
Admission charged. This event is open to the public. For more information,
call or e-mail Ana M. López at 504.862.8629 or lopez@tulane.edu
respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is
sponsored by: Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute and the Department of
Music.

Second Annual Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop: Cities and Towns of the Ancient Maya North in Classic Times
October 31-November 2, 2003
You are invited to join archaeologists and specialists in hieroglyphic decipherment in New Orleans for a weekend of lectures, discussions, and workshops focusing on recent discoveries about the Classic Period (A.D. 250-900) in the Northern Maya Lowlands. Click here for complete schedule and registration information.

Information on the 2004 Maya Symposium is now available.

Creole Legacies: The Current Status and Future Prospects of Creole Studies Research
October 23-25, 2003, All Day
Tulane University and the Radisson New Orleans
The Creole Studies Consortium, a partnership of Tulane University's Deep
South Regional Humanities Center and Northwestern State University's
Louisiana Creole Heritage Center, is pleased to host the conference
"Creole Legacies: The Current Status and Future Prospects of Creole Studies Research." The conference is interdisciplinary in nature and will include Creole
family history exhibits as well as scholarly presentations on a wide range
of topics, including music, art, architecture, history, literature,
language, and folklife. The conference will begin with a keynote address
by Nick Spitzer, host of the syndicated radio music show "American Routes"
and a specialist in Louisiana Creole culture. Dr. Spitzer's address will
take place in Tulane's Freeman Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 4:00
p.m., with a reception following. The keynote address is free and open to
the public. The conference will continue on October 24 and 25 at the
Radisson New Orleans. It will conclude on Saturday evening with a Creole
Soirée featuring music by Al 'Lil Fats' Jackson and zydeco great Willis
Prudhomme. For more information or to register for the conference, visit http://www.nsula.edu/creole/

Twelfth Annual Symposium on Business and Society- "Public Corruption and Private Enterprise"
Friday, October 24, 2003, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Dixon Hall
Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call A. B. Freeman School of Business at 865.5662. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by the A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Latin American Film Series
Spring 2004
Latin American Studies Annual Film Series continues this semester with a new selection of noteworthy films and documentaries. The LAS Film Series is scheduled for most Thursday evenings at 7pm in 102 Jones Hall. For more information and a list of upcoming films visit the LAS Film Series web page.

 

Highlights this Spring include:

• April 1- Four Days in September - A group of Brazilian students kidnap the American ambassador as an act of resistance against their right-wing military government, but the emotional tension soon wears a crack in their starry-eyed idealism. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards.
• April 22- Balseros - This Documentary began as a Spanish TV newsmagazine story covering 15 Days in August 1994, when Fidel Castro allowed Cubans to sail off the island in homemade vessels. Documentarians Carles Bosch and Jose Maria Domenech followed the progress of seven Cubans as they received exit visas and job offers courtesy of the USA Catholic Conference.

Political Economy of Neoliberal Reform in Latin America
Saturday, March 27, 2004
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
Thomas Palley of the Open Society Institute, Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Arturo Lopez-Levy, a Cuban economist, will lecture as a follow-up seminar on the Political Economy of Neoliberal Reform in Latin America. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, e-mail Monika Gerhart at bellcreekme@YAHOO.COM. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: GSSA, LAGO, and the Political Science Graduate Organization.

Pedro Guibovich Perez Seminar (in Spanish)
Thursday, March 25, 5:30 pm - 7:00 PM
Latin American Library, 4th Floor
Howard Tilton Memorial Library
Dr. Pedro Guibovich Perez will conduct the seminar "Para una historia del libro y la lectura en América española, siglos XVI-XVIII" (in Spanish). Enrollment is limited to twenty; please mail sign-up requests to jcharles@tulane.edu. Guibovich Pérez (Ph.D., Columbia) is a leading historian of colonial Spanish America, distinguished faculty member in the Department of Humanities at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and 2003-2004 research fellow of the Center for Study of the History of the Book and Media at Princeton University. He has edited and authored numerous publications on colonial conquest and evangelization, the Peruvian Inquisition, and the early modern book trade, including "La inquisición y la censura de libros en el Perú virreinal (1570- 1813)"(Lima: Ediciones del Congreso de la República, 2000). Admission is free of charge. This event is open only to members of the Tulane Community. For more information, call or e-mail John Charles or Hortensia Calvo at 862-3407, 865-5681 or jcharles@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Department of Spanish and Portuguese and The Latin American Library.

Casa Argentina Film Series
Friday, March 5, 2004, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Jones Hall, Room 102
"Herencia" es una comedia dramatica sobre la vida de 2 inmigrantes que llegan a Buenos Aires en epocas diferentes. Olinda, llega de Italia despues de la segunda guerra mundial, siguiendo los pasos de un amor que nunca encontrara. A pesar de su fracaso, adopta a Buenos Aires como su ciudad y trabaja en una fonda humilde que es de su propiedad. Peter, llega de Alemania buscando un amor que conocio anos atras. En su busqueda se cruza a Olinda, y su intercambio de experiencias hace que puedan rehacer sus vidas buscando un lugar en el mundo. Escrita y dirigida por Paula Hernandez y cuenta con las actuaciones de Rita Cortese, Adrian Witzke, Martin Adjemian y Hector Anglada entre otros.La pelicula cuenta con subtitulos en ingles.

• SEPTEMBER 12- The new Frida, directed by Julie Taymor (Titus, 1998) starring Salma Hayek.
• OCTOBER 9 - Senorita Extraviada, by director Lourdes Portillo (Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza De Mayo, 1985) investigates the disappearance of nearly 200 women along the US-Mexico border in this award winning documentary.

Hidden In Plain Sight
Thursday, October 16, 2003, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Freeman Auditorium
Director John Smihula will be on hand to discuss
the SOA, activism and film making. His film looks at the School of the
Americas (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation)
through a gripping account of the atrocities that happen at the hands of
its graduates. Narrated by Martin Sheen, Hidden in Plain Sight has
received praise across the country for its depiction of the SOA and how
Father Roy (of Lafayette, LA) and hundreds of others descend of this Fort
Benning, Georgia training facility each year to protest its existence.
Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more
information, call or e-mail Elizabeth Van Sant at 504.865.5164 or
evansa@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin
American Studies, and is sponsored by: TIDES.

Student Events 

Pre-Ph.D. Workshop
Friday, April 30, 2004, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail James Huck at 504.865.5164 or jhuck@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies.

Model OAS Panel Presentation
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
The delegation of 8 undergraduate students who represented the country of Honduras in the university Model of the Organization of American States in Washington, DC April 4-9 of this year will present a panel discussion of their experience. This is the first delegation Tulane has sent to the Model since 1990 and this year's team was generously funded by Newcomb and Tulane Colleges, the AB Freeman School of Business, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Student Affairs, and the Stone Center and has received the support of the Honduran Consul in New Orleans and the Honduran Mission to the OAS. Tulane was one of approximately 25 universities from the US, Canada, Guatemala, and Argentina that participated in the model at the OAS headquarters. The Tulane/Honduras team invites everyone to come and hear about their preparations for and participation in the Edgar Maya Model of the Organization of American States. Refreshments will be served. This event is open to the public. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies.

Latin American Studies Honors Student Roundtable
Friday, April 16, 2004, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Robert Cudd Hall
Latin American Studies honors students Kimberlyn Owens-Hughes, Wendy Blake, Matt Tavares, David Kinney, and Leah Spivey will present their research at an informal roundtable over lunch. Topics range from representation of women in Isabel Allende's novels to the drug culture in urban Brazil. Po-boys will be served. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Stone Center for Latin American Studies at 865-5164 or rtsclas@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by the Honors Program.

Study in Latin America Summer 2004 - Open House
Tuesday, March 9 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM
100A Jones Hall
Summer Program Application Deadline: March 26, 2004
Information - dramil@tulane.edu
To download applications and more information:
http://stonecenter.tulane.edu

Mexico - June 13 to July 17, 2004
Explore Guadalajara's colonial architecture, exquisite arts and crafts, and countless museums and learn about Mexican culture and society through direct involvement via community service projects
$2,990 for 6-7 academic credits - Program led by Prof. James D. Huck

Chile - June 27 to July 31, 2004
Exciting five-week opportunity in Valparaíso, Chile, located on the coast due west of the capital of Santiago, studying the development, economy, and society of Chile
$3,850 for 6-7 academic credits - Program led by Prof. Elizabeth Van Sant

Development Internship in Ecuador - Dates Flexible
Volunteer in a clinic in the rural, coastal town of San Pedro Vicente Maldonado Pursue projects with a focus on primary health care and/or regional cultural issues $3,400 for 3 credits; $3,600 for 6 credits - Program led by Prof. Ana López

Maya Language in Guatemala - June 14 to July 23, 2004
Study Kaqchikel, one of the principal Mayan languages, spoken by more than a million people in highland Guatemala; course features cultural activities, discussions about Maya life, and lectures by Maya scholars, activists, educators, and health professionals while visiting Kaqchikel communities throughout Guatemala including the beautiful highland city of Antigua $3,000 for 3 credits; $3,200 for 6 credits; housing not included in this program. Program led by Prof. Judith Maxwell

Brazil - June 26 to July 17, 2004
Study three of Brazil's most historic cities - Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Prêto, and Salvador, Bahia, on this unique opportunity to explore the culture, history, and architecture of Latin America's largest country.
$3,200 for 6 credits - Program led by Prof. Chris Dunn, Prof. Eugene Cizek, and Adjunct Prof. Mark Thomas

Costa Rica - May 30 to June 26, 2004
Study tropical ecology and environmental policy in the vibrant "green republic" of Costa Rica with course offerings featuring the ecological wealth, environmental policies and political development of Costa Rica and surrounding countries and including visits to cloud forests, rain forests, coastlines and other ecosystems $3,850 for 6 academic credits

Peru - June 11 to July 16, 2004
Study the Norte Chico region of Peru, an area that has gained recent fame for its prehistoric complexity and late Chimu occupation while learning archaeological field survey methods and analysis techniques.$3,600 for 6 credits - Program led by Prof. Kit Nelson

Trinidad & Tobago - July 12 to August 7, 2004
Study the music, cultural performances, and art of this twin-island English-speaking Caribbean state
$3,500 for 6 academic credits - Program led by Prof. Pamela Franco.

Thesis Writing Workshop
Thursday, January 22, 4:00-5:00 PM, Greenleaf Conference Room
January 23, 2:00 -3:00 PM, Greenleaf Conference Room
At these workshops we will go over deadlines, committee selections, scheduling, etc., and will answer any technical or content questions students may have. Current thesis writers as well as future thesis writers are all welcomed. Please RSVP if you plan to attend and which of the sessions you will attend. Both workshops will cover the same information.

First Annual Tulane Undergraduate Conference on Latin America
Fall Semester 2003 (Please schedule for discussion topics)
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
This month-long conference will showcase the latest research of the undergraduate majors in Latin American Studies at Tulane University. Graduating seniors have been grouped into thematic panels and perspectives from which to investigate what they have identified as the most pressing issues facing modern Latin America. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Elizabeth Van Sant at 504.865.5164 or evansa@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies. Schedule for Tulane Undergraduate Conference on Latin America.

Brown Bag Series Summer Field Research Presentations
Monday, November 10, 2003, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more
information, call or e-mail Trevor Top at 504.813.7138 or
trevtop@yahoo.com respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin
American Studies.

TULASO Meeting
Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 6:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
Tulane University Latin American Studies Organization will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, September 9, 2003. For more information, call or e-mail Elizabeth Van Sant at 504.865.5164 or evansa@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies and is sponsored by TULASO.

New Graduate Student Orientation
August 25-26, 2003
Please see schedule for more information or contact the Stone Center.

Julio Tavares Lecture
Wednesday, May 5, 2004, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
Julio Tavares lecture on Brazilian Hip Hop. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Christopher Dunn at 504.865.5518 or cjdunn@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Dr. Tom Turner Lecture
Friday, April 30, 2004, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Alcee Fortier Hall, Room 301
Dr. Tom Turner of the University of New Mexico will present "Demography
and Conservation Genetics of the Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow."
Refreshments will be served prior to the lecture. Admission is free of
charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or
e-mail Dr. Hank Bart at 865-5191 or piscine@tulane.edu respectively. The
event is sponsored by: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

How do Languages Find the Best Word Order?
Thursday, April 8, 2004, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
George Aaron Broadwell will give the lecture "How Do Languages Find the Best Word Order? A Look at Optimality Theory and three MesoAmerican Languages -- Kaqchikel, Trique, and Zapotec." Professor Broadwell is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the State University of New York at Albany. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Martha Huggins at 862-3012 or mhuggins@tulane.edu, or Judie Maxwell at 862-3046 or maxwell@tulane.edu. The event is being hosted by Latin American Studies.

Huggins and Avelar Lecture
Tuesday, April 6, 2004, 4:00 - 6:00PM
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
Professors Idelber Avelar and Martha Huggins will give lectures in an event entitled "Violence: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue." Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Idelber Avelar at 865-5518 or iavelar@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Brazilian Studies Council.

Syto Cavé Lecture
Thursday, April 1, 2004, 4:00 - 5:30PM
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
The third installment for the African and African Diaspora Studies Spring 2004 Lecture Series will feature Haitian writer and director, Syto Cavé. Mr. Cavé will read an excerpt from one of his plays and will also talk about the recent political events transpiring in Haiti. A reception will follow in the Jones Hall patio. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Dean’s Center for Scholars, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies; Department of Theater and Dance; Department of French and Italian; Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute; and African and African Diaspora Studies. For more information, please contact adst@tulane.edu or 862-3550.

Pedro Guibovich Perez Lecture
Friday, March 26, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Latin American Library, 4th Floor
Howard Tilton Memorial Library
Dr. Pedro Guibovich Perez will give the lecture "Conflicting Customs: Forbidden Books and Inquisition in Late Colonial Peru." Guibovich Pérez (Ph.D., Columbia) is a leading historian of colonial Spanish America, distinguished faculty member in the Department of Humanities at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and 2003-2004 research fellow of the Center for Study of the History of the Book and Media at Princeton University. He has edited and authored numerous publications on colonial conquest and evangelization, the Peruvian Inquisition, and the early modern book trade, including "La inquisición y la censura de libros en el Perú virreinal (1570-1813)" (Lima: Ediciones del Congreso de la República, 2000). Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail John Charles or Hortensia Calvo at 862-3407, 865-5681 or jcharles@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and The Latin American Library.

John W. Scott Lecture
Thursday, March 25, 2004, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Freeman Auditorium, Room 205, Woldenberg Art Center
Dr. John W. Scott will present "William Spratling and the French Quarter Renaissance" complementing the on- going exhibition at the Newcomb Art Gallery entitled "Maestros de Plata: William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance." Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call Newcomb Art Gallery at 865-5328. The event is sponsored by: Newcomb Art Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center, Latin American Library.

Katherine Donato Lecture
Wednesday, March 24, 2004, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Favrot Room in the McAlister Auditorium Building
Katherine Donato will be giving a lecture entitled, "Sex Differences in Child Health: Essects of Mexico-U.S. Migration". This event is free of charge and open to the public. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call Beth Fussell at (504) 865-5820. This event is sponsored by: Beth Fussell.

Patricia Mohammed Lecture
Monday, March 22, 2004, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
Dr. Patricia Mohammed of the University of the West Indies will give the lecture "A Different Imagination: Reinterpreting Caribbean Visual Iconography Incorporating a Gender Lens." There is a linear progression of a visual metaphor from Boticelli's Venus to the popular Caribbean stereotype of the "native washer women" and "market women". This lecture discusses and decodes some images from the 18th century to contemporary 20th century taking its point of departure from this European Renaissance construction of woman in art, reading this from the view of an emergent Caribbean iconography. Dr. Mohammed is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Dr. Mohammed holds a BA in Arts and General Studies from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine; M.Sc. Sociology from the University of the West Indies and Ph. D. Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Stone Center for Latin American Studies at 865-5164 or rtsclas@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Newcomb Art Gallery, Art Department

Gage Averill Lecture
Monday March 22, 2004, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
Gage Averill will deliver the lecture "Alan Lomax in Haiti". Averill is an internationally renowned ethnomusicologist and current chair of the Department of Music at New York University. He is the author of A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti (University of Chicago Press. 1997) and most recently Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American Barbershop Harmony Harmony (Oxford University Press. 2003). Additionally, Dr. Averill edits a series on global popular music for Routledge and is editor of The Alan Lomax 1936-7 Haitian Recordings for Rounder Records. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Christopher Dunn at 865-5518 or cjdunn@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies.

Aurelio de los Reyes Lecture
Monday, March 22, 2004, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
207 Newcomb Hall
Dr. Aurelio de los Reyes will give the lecture "Latin America and Hollywood: The Case of Delores Del Rio." Reyes is a professor of film history at the Universidad Nacional de México, Mexico City. He has been recognized as a pioneer scholar for his many books on the Mexican cinema, among them are three volumes on "Cine y sociedad en México" and one on Delores Del Rio. Reyes is one of the first researchers to apply a methodology of historical analysis to the Mexican cinema. The lecture will be in Spanish. Professor Roberto Rodriguez Moya will serve as translator. Admission is free of charge. This event is open only to members of the Tulane Community. For more information, call or e-mail Center for Latin American Studies at 865-5164 or rtsclas@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies.

Rapping Orishas: Afro-Cuban Religious Influence in Cuban Hip Hop
Thursday, March 18, 2004, 5:00 PM
Tilton Hall, Room 301
Cuba is becoming a major force in the international Hip Hop movement with high profile grammy award winning artists like "Orishas". Afro-Cuban culture has been a defining factor in Cuban national identity and now Cuban Hip Hop artists are redefining what it means to be Black in Cuba. Join poet, writer and cultural researcher Alan West-Durán of Northeastern University to explore Hip Hop and Cuban national identity. Funded by the Dean's Center for Scholars
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tulane University

Katherine Donato Lecture
Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100a Jones Hall
Katherine Donato will be giving a lecture entitled, “Sex Differences in Child Health: Effects of Mexico-U.S. Migration. Mexican Migration and Health Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call Beth Fussell at 504.865.5820. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: LAGO.

The Cultural Politics of Diaspora: Ways of Being Jewish in Brazil
Monday, March 15, 2004, 4:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100a Jones Hall
Nelson Vieira, Professor of Jewish Studies at Brown University is a leading figure in Luso-Brazilian Studies in the United States, having founded and developed the only Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies in the country. Professor Vieira was Director of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown from 1980 to 1991 and is also an affiliate of the Center for Judaic Studies at that institution.

Penny C. Morrill Lecture and Reception
Thursday, March 4, 2004
Freeman Auditorium, Room 205, Woldenberg Art Center
Dr. Penny C. Morrill will present the opening lecture entitled "The Artistry of Modern Mexican Silver" to introduce the exhibition "Maestros de Plata: William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance" on display at the Newcomb Art Gallery March 4 - May 23, 2004. Dr. Morrill will lead a walk-through of the exhibition, and there will be a book signing session following the lecture. Admission is free of charge. Attendance is by invitation only. For more information, call Newcomb Art Gallery at 865-5328. The event is sponsored by: Newcomb Art Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center and the Latin American Library.

"Aztec Palaces" and "Ancient Earthworks at Tikal: Big and Getting Bigger"
Friday, February 20, 2004, 4:00 PM
Middle American Research Institute
Dr. Susan Evans and Dr. David Webster will present as a part of the Anthropology Colloquium. This event will take place at the Middle American Research Institute, located on the 4th floor of Dinwiddie Hall. This colloquium is being sponsored by the Middle American Research Institute, the Tulane Anthropology Student Association, and the Graduate School Student Association.

"Reinventing Carnival in the Americas"
Thursday, February 12, 2004, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Latin American Library Conference Room, 4th Floor
Howard Tilton Memorial Library
Fred Góes will present "Reinventing Carnival in the Americas," a lecture complimenting the on-going exhibit on the same theme curated by Fred and Graça Góes. The exhibit will be open February 6-26, 2004 in the Latin American Library located on the fourth floor of the Howard Tilton Memorial Library. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Krystin Krause at 865-5681 or croaker29@yahoo.com respectively.

"REBEL: A Woman Soldier of the American Civil War"
Maria Agui Carter, Rockefeller Fellow at Tulane University 2003-2004
Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 4:00 PM
Anna E. Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Hall
Documentary filmmaker Maria Agui Carter will screen a trailer and discuss her new film REBEL about a Cuban-American teenager from New Orleans who fought as a soldier in the American Civil War. The story of Loreta Janeta Velazquez has been considered a hoax for over a hundred years, but new research indicates she did indeed exist. Who was this woman and why isn't she part of the national narrative about the Civil War?

"Ruidos da música popular brasiliera"
100A Jones Hall, Greenleaf Conference Room
Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Prof. Beatriz Resende of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro will present "Ruidos da música popular brasiliera." Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Dr. Christopher Dunn at 865-5518 or cjdunn@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Brazilian Studies.

"Factory Takeovers, Blockades, Piquetero Television:
Resistance Against the Neo-Liberal State in Argentina"
Sunday, January 25, 2004, 7:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room
Kenny Litzenberger, activist and social documentarian, has lived and
worked in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the past seven years. He will screen his short films addressing current social movements in Argentina, including worker self-management in recovered factories. In addition, he will also discuss the role of independent media, including film and pirate TV, in the upsurge of social activism in Argentina. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Joseph Wilde-Ramsing at 861-7448 or jwildera@tulane.edu

"Host-parasite patterns in avian malaria"
Friday, January 23, 2004, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
3rd Floor, Alcee Fortier, Room 301
Dr. Robert Ricklefs will lecture on "Host-parasite patterns in avian malaria". Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Tom Sherry at 865-5191 or tsherry@tulane.edu respectively. This event is sponsored by: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

"Natural extinctions: lessons from [Caribbean] island birds"
Thursday, January 22, 2004, 7:30-9:00 PM
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, Room 205
The 2004 Edward Sturtevant Hathaway Lecturer in Natural History, Dr. Robert Ricklefs, "Natural extinctions: lessons from [Caribbean] island birds". Reception following the lecture, Woodward Way in Woldenberg Art Center. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Tom Sherry at 865-5191 or tsherry@tulane.edu respectively. The event is sponsored by: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

"Tejano Spice Girls: Mexican American Girls and the Production of the Next Selena"
Thursday, January 22, 2004, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Caroline Richardson Hall, 2nd Floor, Anna E. Many Lounge
Vicki Mayer lecture will lecture on the "Tejano Spice Girls: Mexican American Girls and the Production of the Next Selena". Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Newcomb College Center for Research on Women at 865-5238 or nccrow@tulane.edu respectively. The event is sponsored by: Newcomb College Center for Research on Women.

"Historical Features of Brazilian Popular Music and the Work of Fred Goes as Composer"
Thursday, October 2, 3:30 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
Rockefeller Fellow and Brazilian Popular Music composer Fred Goes will speak about his music and show through his compositions the different singularities of Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). Fred Goes is a 2003-2004 Rockefeller Fellow at Tulane University focusing on his research project - The New Orleans Mardi Gras and Rio de Janeiro Carnival: Similarities and Differences in the Kingdoms of Rex and Momo. Prof. Goes is on leave from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro where he is a professor in the postgraduate program in the Science of Literature in the Faculdade de Letras. He is also an accomplished songwriter of Brazilian Popular Music (MPB).

Nicaragua Medical Outreach Program Presentation
Wednesday, October 1, 2003, 5:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100A Jones Hall
As part of this program, 15 medical students from Tulane travel each spring
to a small rural town in Nicaragua and set up clinics offering free medical
care and public health education. For the last two years, the Stone Center
for Latin American Studies at Tulane has provided some support for the
Nicaragua Medical Outreach Program here at Tulane. In return for Stone
Center support, some of the medical students participating in this program
have offered to present the work of the Nicaragua Medical Outreach Program
and will be doing so this Wednesday.

"Globalization, Human Capital, and the Disappearance of Minority
Cultures: An Economic Analysis with Applications to the Maya of Guatemala"
Friday, September 19, 2003, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Tilton Hall, Room 301
This lecture by John Edwards is free and open to the public. Papers will be available in Tilton Hall, Room 206. For more information, call John Edwards at 504.865.5321. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Murphy Institute of Political Economy.

Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero Lecture
Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
102 Jones Hall
"CUBAN CINEMA: HISTORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AND POSTMODERNITY". Lecture by Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute invites you to attend this lecture by Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero, prize-winning Cuban film critic and journalist. Borrero will discuss the historiographic assumptions of how Cuban film history has been written. How has the idea of a "Cuban Cinema" been constructed? Is "Cuban Cinema" synonymous with the cinema produced by the Cuban Film Institute? In particular, he will explore the impact of other forms of audio-visual production, which he calls, "Submerged Cinemas," on the reconstruction of what we mean when we say "Cuban Cinema." Reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Debbie Ramil at 504.862.8629 or dramil@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: Latin American Studies, and is sponsored by: Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute.

"Massacre at Punta Lobos, Peru"
Friday, September 12, 2003, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Dinwiddie Hall 4th Floor
The Tulane Anthropology Student Association invites you to join us for the
first colloquium of the semester. Dr. John Verano will present, "Massacre at Punta Lobos, Peru." Refreshments will be served before presentation. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, contact Department of Anthropology. The event is being hosted by: Latin
American Studies, and is sponsored by: Department of Anthropology.

"Music and the Peruvian National Imagination in 20th Century Lima.
Part I: Indigenous and criollo music."
Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 9:30 - 10:45 AM
Dixon Recital Hall, Annex 152
Lecture and presentation of audio and visual materials, by Javier León. . This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Ray Taras at 504-862-8302. The event is sponsored by Tulane College's Duren Professorship Program.

October 29th
Julie Nullman
Karen Kase

November 5th
Shannon Leahy
*Second presentation is open for anyone who would like to discuss a topic.

November 12th
Pamela Thompson will be discussing Saki.
Corey Truesdale will be discussing Kudzu.

November 19th
Alyson Paz will discuss algae.
Kathy Hiteshew will be presenting information on Navajo peyote use.

December 3rd
Dr. Bradley C. Bennett, Florida International University