Events Calendar
January 2008
January 22
Department of American Studies Guest Lecture
Dr. Alan McPherson (Howard University) will deliver a lecture on anti-Americanism in Latin America and globally.
Woodburn Hall 100, 5pmJanuary 24
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Stacey King from the Department of Anthropology will present the first Brown Bag Series talk of 2008 titled "Zapotec and the Mixe identity and long-term history in south eastern Oaxaca, Mexico.".
Noon-1pm in La Casa.
February 2008
February 5
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"O maior amor do mundo" (The greatest love of all)
Director Carlos Diegues's film about a Brazilian professor that discovers he has an incurable illness when teaching in the United States and returns home to search for his true parents. Awarded Best Film in the Montreal Film Festival.
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 6
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag Series
Jason McGraw from the Department of History will present his Brown Bag Series talk titled "Candelario Obeso and the Challenge of Afro-Columbia."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.February 7
CLACS, Latino Studies, Dept. of History, etc.- "The Sugar Babies" Film Event with Director Amy Serrano
"The Sugar Babies" examines the moral price of sugar --present and past -- from the perspective of the conditions surrounding the children of sugar cane cutters of Haitian ancestry in the Dominican Republic, and the continuing denial of their basic human rights.
2-4pm at the Monroe County Public Library on KirkwoodCLACS, Latino Studies, Dept. of History, etc.-"The Sugar Babies" Panel Discussion
Join IU Faculty and Director Amy Serrano for a Panel Discussion about issues raised in the film.
4-5pm at the Monroe County Public Library on KirkwoodFebruary 7-9
Grupo de Teatro VIDA presents (non-CLACS sponsored Event)
MAGIA, MISTERIO, AMOR Y DESAMOR (Magic, Mystery, Love and Indifference) A presentation of three one-act plays in Spanish: "La cueva de Salamanca" by Miguel de Cervantes, Spain, 1615; "Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín" by Federico García Lorca, Spain, 1931; "Vayamos a lo profundo" by Griselda Gámbaro, Argentina, 1995.
John Waldron Arts Center, 8 pm Tickets: $10, $8 Seniors and StudentsFebruary 12
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus " (Cinema, Apsirins and Vultures)
Director Marcelo Gomes's film about a young German and Brazilian that travel through 1942 Brazil and bring the magic of cinema to rural villages.
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 15
Minority Languages and Cultures Graduate Symposium
February 19
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"O ano que meus pais sairam de ferias" (The Year my Parents went on Vacation)
Director Cao Hamburger's film set in 1970 tells the story of two parents that drop their son off with their grandfather before they go on vacationa and promise to return before Brazil's first game in the world cup. Nominated for Best Film at that 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 21
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag Series
Steven Selka from African American and African Diaspora Studies will present his Brown Bag lecture titled "A Holy War in Brazil? Conflicts and Continuities Between Evangelical Christians and Candomble Practitioners in Bahia."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.February 26
IU Portuguese Program Presents 2008 Brazilian Film Festival
"Favela Rising"
Directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mocahry's film documents Anderson Sa and his movement through hip-hop, dance, and the rhythms of the street to raise his community in resistance to the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by police corruption
Swain East- SE 140 7:00pmFebruary 28
Tinker and Mendel Research Presentations
Indiana University Graduate Students that received Tinker and Mendel grants for research this past summer will present their research built around the theme: "Local Economies, Global Environmental Impact."
2:30-4:30 in Ballantine Hall 004Minority Languages and Cultures and CLACS Film Presentation
"Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration over Rivers"
This Documentary is a collaboration between Laura Graham and two indigenous filmmakers, David Hernández Palmar and Caimi Waiásse, that details the indigenous campaign to protect a river from the impacts of soy cultivation.
Director Laura Graham will lead a discussion of the film after the presentation.
7:30-9:30pm in Fine Arts 102February 29
Minority Languages and Cultures lecture by Laura Graham
"Gender and the Public Representation of Indigeneity in Native Amazonia: The Xavante of Central Brazil." Through the lens of gender, this essay examines contemporary public displays of indigeneity among the Xavante of central Brazil. Pimentel Barbosa and Abelinha are two communities that differentially use gendered expressive forms and gender participation as part of distinct political projects that assert Xavante in national and international arenas.
9:30 -11 a.m. in Wylie Hall 105
March 2008
March 6
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Micol Seigel for the Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies/American Studies) will present his Brown Bag lecture titled "The New Imperialism and the New Cold War: U.S. Police in Latin America Today."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.March 7
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa, Latin American Music Center, and the Brazilian Association at IU- Brazilian Music Performance
Oscar N. Mesquita, who studied with the famous professor Isaías Sávio in São Paulo, will come to IU to share his Brazilian music styles "Choro," "Samba" and "Bossa Nova." He will perform with his son, Leonardo Mesquita, who is a graduate student here at IU.
3pm in Ford HallMarch 19
CLACS, IDC, Communication and Culture, IU Law School present- "¿Peudo Hablar? May I Speak?" Film Event with Director Christopher Moore
The documentary offers its audience a portrait of a Venezuelan society at a crossroads; a re-elected President Chavez, challenged by a mounting opposition; a divided state, but one from which the Sol team manages to extract glimmers of hope for renewed dialogue and a bridging of the political gap.
4-6:30 PM in Ballentine Hall 109"¿Peudo Hablar? May I Speak?" Panel Discussion
Join IU Faculty Jeff Gould, Christiana Ochoa, Shane Greene, Jeff Issac and Director Christopher Moore for a Panel Discussion about issues raised in the film.
Immediately following screening of film in Ballentine Hall 109AAADS, The Black Film Center Archives, and CLACS Present: "Sisters of the Good Death" Film Event with Filmmaker Yoruba Richen
Sisters of the Good Death is a documentary that follows the filmmaker's journey to the town of Cachoeira in the northeast of Brazil to uncover the origins of a 3-day Catholic festival that has taken place for more than 200 years. What she discovers is that the festival is actually the longest running celebration of emancipation from slavery in the Americas and deftly mixes Catholicism with the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé. The result is a celebration of freedom, women's resistance and Afro-Brazilian culture.
7:00 pm in Woodburn Hall Room 111March 21
Opening Reception for "Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul"
In Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul, curator Selina Morales has recreated a botánica based on the one her Puerto Rican grandmother owned from 1985-1991. Collectively, the objects in this exhibit tell a meaningful story of family, community, individuality, creativity, and faith. The reception will include Puerto Rican food and drumming by Sancocho.
5:30-7:30pm at the Mathers MuseumMarch 21-30
Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival
The annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international non-fiction media in the United States. The Festival features a broad spectrum of cultural documentaries, both in form and subject matter. Each year the Mead Traveling Festival brings highlights from the Mead Festival to sites throughout the United States, with films organized around six thematic presentations. For film descriptions and showings please visit the Mathers Museum Events Calendar.March 26
Spanish and Portuguese, American Studies, CLACS, etc.: Guest Lectures
Claire Fox (University of Iowa) will give a lecture on "Latin American Universalism," and Sophia McClennen (Pennsylvania State University) will give a lecture on "The Global Phenomenon of the 'Three Amigos': The Border Crossing of Recent Mexican Cinema."
4:00pm in Ballantine Hall 208March 27
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Erick Carballo from the Music School will present his Brown Bag lecture titled "Latin American Popular Music in the "Classical" Concert Hall."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.
April 2008
April 4-5
Conference: Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean
This conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the ways in which constructions of race have influenced culture, art, politics, ideas of gender, and nation-building efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean.
See Conference Page for more information.April 10
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Marian Tres from the Department of Fine Arts will present her Brown Bag talk titled "Mariana Tres: Recent Work."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.Horizons of Knowledge Lecture presented by CLACS, History, and American Studies
Steve Palmer (University of Windsor, Ontario) will deliver a lecture titled “The Medical Ingenio: Cuban Doctors, Science and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century.”
7pm in Ballantine Hall 005
April 17-18
Conference: Rethinking Race in the Americas: Anthropology, Politics, and Policy
This symposium will bring to Indiana University an internationally renowned group of scholars from diverse sub-fields within the discipline of anthropology to present their latest research and debate the concept of race, its relation to anthropology, and its relevance to the politics of the present across the Americas.
See Conference Page for more information.April 19
A Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Program (MLCP) Presentation
Nancy H. Hornberger (University of Pennsylvania) will present her paper "Voice and Biliteracy in Indigenous Language Revitalization: Contentious Educational Practices in Quechua, Guarani, and Maori Contexts."
10:00 am - 12:00 noon in Folklore Building (501 N. Park)April 24
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Spring 2008 Brown Bag
Professor Gustavo Gordillo (Workshop for Political Theory and Analysis) will present a Brown Bag talk titled "What's Left in Latin America Today ."
Noon-1pm in La Casa.Office of International Affairs, CLACS, La Casa, Latino Studies, CIBER- Center for International Business Education and Research, and the Center for the Study of Global Change Guest Lecture
Former Mexican Ambassador Alejandro Garcia Moreno will present a lecture on "Latin America from a Mexican Perspective."
4pm in the Coronation Room (inside the Tudor Room) at the IMU.
Past Events
September 2007
September 14
National Hispanic Heritage Month
Reception 4pm at Neal-Marshall Black Cultural CenterSeptember 14
"Democracy Redux: Mexico's Voters and the 2006 Presidential Race"- Presentation by Prof. Roderic Camp (Claremont McKenna College).
Sponsored by CLACS, Chicano-Riqueno Studies, Dept of History, Dept of Political Science, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese, American Studies, and Latino Studies
2pm Maple Room, IMUSeptember 15
Festival Latino
1-6pm Dunn MeadowSeptember 20
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Fall 2007 Brown Bag
Dr. Santiago David Schnell (Informatics)
Mathematical models add more options for life sciences.
noon-1 pm LaCasaSeptember 21
Sounds of Brazil- Performance by Valeria de Castro (Brazilian vocalist, guitarist and composer).
Sponsored by Brazilian Association at IU, La Casa, Mathers Museum of World Cultures & Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center
7pm Mathers Museum
October 2007
October 4
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Fall 2007 Brown Bag
Dr. Zobeida E. Bonilla, Ph.D., MPH
Promising Intersections: A perspective from within on Latinas' Health and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective by Zobeida E. Bonilla, PhD, MPH
noon-1 pm La CasaOctober 17
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Fall 2007 Brown Bag
Dr. David Delgado Shorter (Folklore)
"So Easy, Even A Caveman Can Do it," or How Americans Like Indians Represented
noon-1 pm La CasaOctober 23
CLACS, Latino Studies, and La Casaand Career Development Center
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Career Night
6:30-8:30pm Career Development Center 625 N. Jordan AveOctober 26
Indiana Democracy Consortium
Caroline Yezer (College of the Holy Cross), Cynthia Horne (Western Washington University) and Jonathan VanAntwerpen (Social Science Research Council)
Social Context and the Process of National Reconciliation
4-6pm IMU Oak Room
Spanish and Portuguese, CLACS, Horizons of Knowledge and the Office of International Programs
12th Annual Merle E. Simmons Distinguished Alumni Lecture with Michael A. Schnepf
Galdos Studies in the 21st Century: Progress, Polemics, Pornography and Suicide
4pm IMU University Club
November 2007
November 1
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Fall 2007 Brown Bag
Ed Chamberlain (Comparative Literature)
When Caretaking is Critical: Discourses of Affect, Gender and Resistance in Kincaid's My Brother
noon-1 pm La Casa
Department of Religious Studies Guest Lecture
Dr. Todd Ramon Ochoa (UC-Berkeley)
Manufacturing Influence: Force and Fated Debt in Cuban-Kongo Praise
4:15pm Education Building 1225
CLACS and Foster Residence Hall
Dia de la Raza
Day of the Dead Celebration including cemetery traditions, community altar and artistic projects
7-9pm Foster Residence HallNovember 8
College of Arts and Humanities Institute, West European Studies, CLACS, the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, etc.
Guest Lecture by Alain Badiou (Ecole Normal Superieure)
Politics, Universalism and the Legacy of the 1960s: For a Revival of the Communist Hypothesis
5:30pm Swain Hall West 119
CLACS, Dept. of History
Guest Lecture by Dr. Claudia Guarisco
Indians and Local Participation during the Spanish Imperial Crises
7:30pm IMU Maple RoomNovember 9
Dept. of Anthropology and Journalism present the Department of Anthropology Skomp Distinguished Lecture Series
Guest Lecture Jean Comaroff
Ethnicity, Inc
3:30pm School of Journalism, Ernie Pyle AuditoriumNovember 15
CLACS, Latino Studies and La Casa -Fall 2007 Brown Bag
Dr. Jim Biles (Geography)
Food for thought: globalization of retailing and the livelihoods of campesinos in Yucatan, Mexico
noon-1 pm La CasaNovember 26
Indiana University FLAS Advising Session
Representatives from all of IU's FLAS granting centers will give brief presentations and be on hand to answer questions.
4:00-5:00pm Woodburn Hall 101Guest Lecture sponsored by CLACS, Minority Languages and Cultures, Latino Studies, Anthropology, etc.
Working with Mel - Hilario Chi Canul (Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo) will speak about the role of Maya Language Training in the Production of Apocalypto.
7:30pm Swain Hall East, Room 140November 28
Monroe County Library and IU Dept of Spanish and Portuguese present the CubAmistad Film Series
Love and Suicide - Directed by Luis Moro and Lisa France
7pm Monroe County Public Library Auditorium
