Events and initiatives supported by SURCLA
Independence! Two Centuries of Struggle
IX Biennial Association of Iberian & Latin American Studies of Australasia Conference
7-9 July 2010
Manning Clark Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies
Call for Papers
Original 20-minute papers on Latin American and Iberian culture and society are sought. Please submit an abstract by 31 March 2010 to:
For more information on the conference and registration please visit:
www.anclas.anu.edu.au/ailasa-conference-2010
(Link to the conference flyer)
Indigenous Knowledges Symposium
Registration closes on October 30, 2009.
December 14 - 15, 2009
The University of Sydney Indigenous Knowledges Research Group (IKRG), in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts has invited some key Indigenous scholars to join with us in a conversation about change as it applies to the role of Indigenous Australians and their culture in the academy. This is envisaged as a means of developing constructive dialogue about Indigenous Knowledges (IK) approaches to teaching, learning and research and of beginning strategies for ways forward to progress developments on this campus.
For full details visit
http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/registration.php?cf=29
Sydney Spanish Choir
The Sydney Spanish Choir's next 8 week Term starts on the 12th October 2009 .
When: Mondays from 6.30pm to 8.30 pm
Venue: The actors College for Theatre and Television
505 Pitt st Sydney (Opposite central)
There will also be a Public Performance on the 13th December 2009 at 264 Pitt St Sydney (Uniting Church).
For more details Email or call 0433098469.
Visit their website at http://www.sydneyspanishchoir.com
Download the flyer!
PhD grants from the Freie Universität, Berlin
The International Research Training Group (IRTG) "Between Spaces. Movements, Actors, and Representations of Globalization" at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin invites applications for 15 PhD grants (approx. 1.200,- EUR per month) and 2 Postdoctoral grants (approx. 1.400,- EUR per month) to commence at the earliest possible date. The interdisciplinary IRTG (1571/1) is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and is hosted by the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. The IRTG cooperates closely with Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam, El Colegio de México, Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México and the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social in Mexico City.
Visit the website at www.lai.fu-berlin.de/entre-espacios
Free Tango, Meditation or Exercise
For the treatment of anxiety/depression
Volunteers are required for a University research project using tango dance, exercise, classes or meditation sessions to reduce stress, depression and anxiety.
To be eligible, participants must be 18 years or older and have felt sad or depressed recently.
Trial begins early October 2009 at Surry Hills and participant numbers are limited. To express your interest please contact Rosa Pinniger (researcher):
Email: rpinnige@une.edu.au
Mobile: 0405 090 430
Note: All information is kept strictly confidential, with no cost associated with the participation
This project has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of New England (Approval No HE09/082), and supported by the Argentinean Consulate Sydney
Transcultural Mappings : emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies
April 9 - 11, 2010
University of Sydney
Abstract Deadline: December 11, 2009
Paper Deadline: March 1, 2010
In our hyper-globalised age of shifting borders and hybridised identities, we nonetheless continue to map the world, sociopolitically and culturally as much as physically. What conceptual tools might emerge from an exercise of “transcultural mappings”? Can it represent a possible way through a certain postmodern and postcolonial impasse? What factors might determine how these mappings occur and how they evolve? “Transcultural Mappings : emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies” aims to track why and how such debates have gained prominence in transnational, area and comparative cultural studies as well as to consider the methodological and ideological implications of such theoretical reworkings.
Download full details from http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=28
Independence!
AILASA 2010 Conference
7-9 July 2010
20-minute papers are sought for the IX biennial conference of the
Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia.
For full Conference details visit http://cass.anu.edu.au/anclas/ailasa2010.php
CUBA FUTURES: Past and Present
International Symposium
March 31 – April 2, 2011
Call for Papers!
Since the early part of the 19th century, Cuban intellectuals, political leaders, civil society organizations and institutions have created multiple visions, projects and blueprints for building an independent Cuba. External and transnational groups, including governments, have also participated in generating schemes for shaping or improving Cuban society. These efforts continue today. This international symposium invites interested academics, both young scholars and established specialists, to submit paper and panel proposals on actors, processes, ideas, institutions, and prospects/outcomes in these efforts. The symposium is organized by the Cuba Project at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies (The Graduate Center, CUNY).
Visit the website at http://bildner.org
ANCLAS
The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS) exists to
develop research and teaching in Latin American Studies, particularly in the
fields of the social sciences and humanities, business and economics. ANCLAS
aims to promote mutual interest and exchange between Australian and Latin
American scholars and to raise broader public awareness and understanding of
Latin America in Australia.
For ANCLAS full programme of activities visit http://cass.anu.edu.au/anclas/index.php
For ANCLAS Visiting Fellowship Programme visit http://cass.anu.edu.au/anclas/Fellowships_available.php
Southern Perspectives: A lateral dialogue of ideas
The aim of this site is to promote a south-south dialogue of ideas. It profiles individuals and organisations that explore a southern perspective on a broad range of disciplines, including creative arts, humanities, professions, social and physical sciences.
For more information about this network go to www.southernperspectives.net
The Australia Latin America Leadership Program
The Australia Latin America Leadership Program (ALALP) is an important and
unique new leadership development program scheduled to be staged in
Australia in September/October 2009.
This initiative is supported by the Australian Government's Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) and plans to bring together 36 high calibre mid-career managers and officials (18 from each of Australia and Latin America) drawn from business, government, trade unions, education, the arts, the community service sector including NGO’s etc for a practical and intensive leadership program over a 12 day period.
For more information about this program go to www.alalp.com/