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 2005-2006

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

Symposia & Conferences

Fourth Annual Maya Symposium and Workshop: Murals and Painted Texts by Maya Ah Tz'ibob
Tulane University
February 2- February 4, 2007
This symposium offers a glimpse of Maya life through images and hieroglyphic texts painted by Maya scribes called ah tz’ibob. Murals from the northern Maya area will be the focus of discussions by archaeologists, epigraphers, and art historians, with additional examples from elsewhere in the Maya world. We will explore the earliest murals, recently discovered at Late Preclassic San Bartolo, to the latest pre-Columbian examples from the Late Postclassic sites of Mayapán and Tulum. For more information, contact Denise Woltering or visit http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/MayaSymposium/
Please note: The 2005 symposium was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.

January 30
Justin Wolfe (History): “‘Here no man is born servile’: Race, Politics and Filibustering in Nicaragua”
Discussant 1: Rosanne Adderley (History)

March 20

David Wand (Payson Center), “The Relationship Between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Political P arties in Ghana: Issues of Sampling and Measurement”

April 3

Ludovico Feoli (Political Science): “Elite Fragmentation, Institutional Change and Governance: The Case of Costa Rica”

April 24

Edith Wolfe (Latin American Studies): “Noble Savage or Cultural Cannibal? The Paradoxes of Postcolonialism in Brazil”

Student Events 

Graduate Student Breakfast Meeting
April 13, 2006, 9-10 am
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100 Jones Hall
A breakfast meeting with Grad Students returning in Fall 2006 will be held in the Greenleaf Conference Room at Jones Hall. The goal of the meeting is to discuss hopes and interests for next year, especially in terms of what kinds of special events or programming you would like plan and/or see happen, as well as to discuss the future of LAGO, the Latin Americanist Graduate Organization.

New Graduate Student Orientation
January 13, 2006
Please see schedule for more information or contact the Stone Center.

Thesis Writers Roundtable
Greenleaf Conference Room, 100 Jones Hall
Every Monday, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
All Thesis writers should note on your schedules that we will be conducting a weekly workshop every Monday, from 2-3pm, in the Greenleaf Conference Room, starting next Monday. We'll go until the end of March, or later if needed. All non-thesis writers interested in seeing what their thesis-writing colleagues are doing are welcome to come and to share feedback and thoughts on each thesis project. For more information, please contact Jimmy Huck at <jhuck@tulane.edu>.

The Eleventh Marcia Monroe Conery Lecture
Thursday, April 27, 2006, 7:30 pm
Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel
(Broadway, between Freret & Willow Streets)
Dr. John Terborgh, James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Sciences at Duke University will present his lecture: “When Top-down Becomes Bottom-up: the Topsy-turvy World of Predator-free Islets in Lago Guri, Venezuela.” This event is sponsored by the Department of Ecology and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. There will be a reception following the lecture at the Patio & Adjoining Corridor, Jones Hall. For more information contact Tom Sherry, Dept. EE Biology, Tulane University (tsherry@tulane.edu; (504) 862-8296)

No Exit: Brazilian Cultural Politics in 2005
Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Newcomb 407
The department of Spanish and Portuguese will host a lecture entitled NO EXIT: BRAZILIAN CULTURAL POLITICS IN 2005. The speaker is Camillo João Penna, one of the leading voices of literary criticism and cultural studies from Brazil. He is a Professor of Brazilian Literature at Faculdade de Letras, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the author of several articles and books of criticism, including Sobre viver (entre Primo Levi e Giorgio Agamben), Espaços da (in) segurança nacional, and Estado de exceção. He is currently finishing his book on the Brazilian popular culture icon Carmen Miranda. He is also a co-director of La Promesa, a documentary about the pilgrimage of Saint Lazarus-Babaluayê (Cuba). This event is being sponsored by the department of Spanish and Portuguese and Latin American Studies.

An Oreo in Chocolate City: C. Ray Nagin and the End of Black Political Power in New Orleans
Thursday, April 20, 2006, 5:30 pm
Norman Mayers 101
Leonard N. Moore is associate professor of history at Louisiana State University. He is also the former director of the African and African-American Studies Program and the Pre-Doctoral Scholar's Institute. The Cleveland Heights, Ohio, native is a 1993 graduate of Jackson State University and he earned his Ph.D. in American History at The Ohio State University in 1998. He joined the faculty at LSU in 1998 and he was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2002. His major research interests center around the black urban experience since World War II. His book, Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power, was published in 2002 by the University of Illinois Press. He currently has another manuscript under review by the University of Illinois Press, entitled "American Gestapo: African-Americans and the New Orleans Police Department." He has just begun a third project tentatively titled "Chocolate City: The Political Career of C. Ray Nagin". In 2004 The National Urban League awarded him with the Whitney M. Young Urban Leadership Award for Education. He has been featured in a number of media outlets including the New York Times, which did a feature story on him in 2004, USA Today, National Public Radio, ESPN Radio, Sporting News Radio, and Tony Brown's Journal. As of today he has received over 160 hate e-mails for his recent comments in a March 30, 2006, USA Today cover story regarding the Barry Bonds controversy. In response to the furor over his comments he has just launched a website, www.blacksportscommentator.com, which will focus on race and sport.

Ritual Space, Regional Cults, and the Rise of an Andean Polity
Middle American Research Institute, 4th Floor Dinwiddie Hall
Friday, April 7, 2006, 4.00 - 5.00 PM
Dr. Janusek is an archaeologist at Vanderbilt University interested in the development of complex societies in the South American Andes. He will presenting the reseach he has been carrying out for many years at the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia. Refreshements will be served at 3.30 PM.

Latinos, the American South, and Remaking Community Engagement
Anna E. Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Hall
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 4.30- 6.30 PM
George Sanchez is Professor of History and Director of the Center for American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on historical and contemporary topics of race, gender, ethnicity, labor, and immigration. He is the author of the award winning Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900 - 1945 and co-editor of Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures. Currently, he is completing a book on the impact of contemporary Mexican migration on the culture and politics of Los Angeles, and a historical study of the ethnic interaction of Mexican-Americans, Japanese-Americans and Jews in the Boyle Heights area of East Los Angeles.

Y Siguen Festejando: Popular Music, Commodification and the Afroperuvian Festejo
152 Dixon Annex (Recital Hall)
Tuesday, April 4, 2006, 4.45- 6 PM
Javier Leon, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Newcomb Department of Music will present his lecture entitled: “Y siguen festejando: Popular Music, commodification and the Afroperuvian Festejo.” This presentation will deal with the musical development of one of the two main Afroperuvian genres, the festejo from the time of the Afroperuvian revival of music and dance in the 1950s to the present. The talk will be focused on the various ways in which musicians of different generations have sought to introduce particular changes and innovations into the festejo in response to how they perceive their relationship to the mass media and the role that the mass media has had in promoting this music among non-Afroperuvian audiences.
A reception will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Javier Leon at 505-862-3214 or jleon@tulane.edu. This event is being sponsored by the Music Department.

Making a Living in a Fragmented Forest: Red Howling Monkeys in Central Amazonia
Middle American Research Institute, 4th Floor Dinwiddie Hall
Friday, March 24, 2006, 4.00 - 5.00 PM
Dr. Kellen Gilbert, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Southeastern Louisiana University will be speaking about his research on howling monkeys in Central Amazonia. Refreshements will be served at 3.30 PM.

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Distinguished Visitors & Special Events

"Brazil and New Orleans" - A Lecture by Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture of Brazil
Freeman Auditorium
Friday, May 12, 2006, 3:30 PM
Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture of Brazil and world-renowned musician and composer, will speak on Brazilian culture and its relation to New Orleans. His Excellency will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts at Tulane University's Commencement. Gilberto Gil Moreira is an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter, public intellectual, and administrator. He has recorded more than forty albums that have had a profound impact on the popular music of Brazil and beyond. Emerging as a professional musician in the mid-1960s, he was a voice of resistance against the military dictatorship and a leader of the influential Tropicália movement. Since the return of democratic rule in Brazil in 1985, Gilberto Gil has been active in his country's civic and political life. Sine 2003, as the most prominent Minister of Culture in his country's history, he has traveled abroad extensively to promote Brazilian culture and explain its significance for the contemporary world. Among Gilbertos Gil's numerous honors are Grammy Awards for both Latin and World music, the order of Rio Branco for service to Brazil, the National Order of Merit and the Order of Arts and letters from France, and the UNESCO Artist for Peace Award. He holds a bachelor degree in business from the federal University of Bahia, which also awarded him a honorary doctorate degree in 2005. This event is sponsored by the Office of the President of Tulane University, Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Brazilian Studies Council.

Documentary Prescreening: Soy Andina
2006 Gilbert Chase Memorial Lecture in Latin American Music
Dixon Annex Recital Hall
Monday, March 27, 2006, 12:00 AM
Film director Mitch Teplitsky will present a pre-screening of his documentary Soy Andina at Tulane University for the 2006 Gilbert Chase Memorial Lecture in Latin American Music on March 27 at noon in the Dixon Annex Recital Hall. There will also be a discussion with the director and live dance performance by film star Nelida Silva. This presentation is free and open to the public.
Soy Andina ("I Am Andean") chronicles the true stories of two New York women - an immigrant folk dancer from the Andes, and a Latina modern/hip hop dancer from Queens - who journey to Peru in search of their roots. The film is a cross-cultural road trip as it follows the women on their respective journeys - from New York, to Lima, up the Peruvian coast and into remote mountain villages. Each place offers distinctive culture, music and dance.
The Gilbert Chase Memorial Lecture series is named after the noted musicologist and former Tulane professor credited with establishing Tulane University as a forerunner in Latin American musical studies in the 1960s. For more information about this film, visit http://www.soyandina.com

 

"Brazil and Latin America: the Road Ahead" -A Luncheon Program
featuring H.E. Roberto P. Abdenur, Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
Pimsoll Club, 30th Floor of the World Trade Center
Thursday, January 26, 2006, 11:30 - 1:30 PM
Roberto Abdenur was named Brazil's ambassador to the United States by President Lula da Silva in April of 2004. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1942, Ambassador Abdenur went on to study law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and later economics at the London School of Economics. A career diplomat, he has held a variety of positions at the Ministry for External Relations in Brasilia, including Deputy Minister for External Relations. He also has served as Ambassador to Ecuador, China, Germany, and Austria. He speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, and German. This event is sponsored by the World Trade Center and Honorary Consulate of Brazil , and is co-sponsored by Louisiana Economic Development, City of New Orleans, Con-Tech International, Fowler Rodriguez & Chalos, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans Board of Trade, Port of New Orleans, and Whitney National Bank.

Pachanga
Jones Hall Patio
January 26, 2006, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Please join us for the New Year's first Pachanga in the patio of Jones Hall. Our musical guest will be Freddy Omar con su banda. This event is free and open to the public. Food and drinks will be available.

Study Abroad Open House and Pachanga
100 Jones Hall/Jones Hall Patio
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 4:00 - 6:30 PM
This event may take place at the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute or the Greenleaf Conference Room depending on the readiness/availability of the Institute. At this event, students will have the opportunity to meet with representatives of the four 2006 SCLAS summer programs and other study abroad options available through CIS and other Tulane departments. In conjunction with this event, a Pachanga en el Patio will be held in either the courtyard behind the CCSI or the Jones Hall patio (if the event is held in the GCR). Please check back for updates.

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Professional Development

For more Professional Development opportunities or information about the above events, visit the Latin American Resource Center.

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Performances & Exhibits

2nd Annual Celebración Latina
Laurence Square, Corner of Magazine and Napoleon
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 11:00 - 6 PM
Celebración Latina will feature food, music, and other entertainment, all with a Latin flavor. Join us for Latin and Caribbean musical performances by Curtis Pierre, the Samba Man; Ovi-G and the Froggies; Vivaz; and Fuerza Latina. Mensaje volunteers will be selling some of their most popular Latin dishes. Celebración Latina will also have a children’s area hosted by the Pebbles Center and the New Orleans Public Library. Our “Community Partner” tent will showcase several non-profit and community organizations, many of whom are working with Tulane University, to make a difference in New Orleans. For more information, please contact Brian Knighten at (504) 862-3143, or visit http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/CelebracionLatina/.

International Food and Music Festival
The Pavillion
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 6 - 10 PM
Food samples are $1 each! Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, e-mail Whitney Glover Richards at wglover@tulane.edu. The event is being hosted by: the Center for International Students and Scholars.

Classical Guitar Concert
Dixon Hall
Saturday, April 8, 2006, 8- 9 PM
Cuban guitarist Ernesto Tamayo will give a concert. Admission is free of charge. This event is open to the public. For more information, call or e-mail Diane Banfell at 862-3214 or dbanfel@tulane.edu respectively. The event is being hosted by: the Music Department.

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Hurricane Katrina Related Events

'Renewal Series' Presentation by Madeleine Albright
June 25, 2006 1;30 PM
Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center
Madeleine Albright, our country’s first female secretary of state and the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government, will speak June 25 at 1:30 p.m. in the Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center. Secretary Albright’s appearance, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Renewal Series, an effort by Tulane, Dillard, Loyola and Xavier universities to bring high-powered individuals to New Orleans. The Renewal Series is made possible with the assistance of the Aspen Institute, whose president, Walter Isaacson, is a native New Orleanian and a member of our Board. Secretary Albright will make remarks, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Afterwards, there will be reception where she will sign copies of her book “The Mighty and the Almighty - Reflections on America, God and World Affairs” in Woodward Way, just down the hall from Freeman Auditorium.

Katrina Happened. What Happens Now?
Fridays in January and February, 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Law School, Weinman Hall, Room 110
Tulane Law School is sponsoring a six-part series entitled "Katrina Happened. What Happens Now?" The Katrina lecture series features leading Louisiana scientists, historians and political leaders discussing the causes, consequences and responses to the hurricane. All sessions will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 110, Weinmann Hall. The lectures are open to the public and refreshments will be served following each presentation. For more information and upcoming topics, please click here.

January 27, "The Walls Come Down: Aug. 28, 2005"
February 3, "New Orleans and its People: Then, Now and Tomorrow?"
February 10, "Acadiana: The Louisiana Coast and Its Choices"
February 17, "Rebuilding New Orleans";
February 24, "Rebuilding South Louisiana."

New Orleans and Its Environment Before and After Katrina
Nunemaker Auditorium, Loyola University
February 9, 2006
Panelists:
John Barry (author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America)
Richard Campanella (Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research and author of Time and Place in New Orleans)
Craig Colten (Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography & Anthropology at LSU and author of An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature)
Carlton Dufrechou (Executive Director, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation)
Mark Schleifstein (Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental reporter, Times-Picayune)
Robert Thomas (Loyola Chair in Environmental Communications)
Maura Woods (Senior Louisiana Representative, Sierra Club)

Moderator:
Craig Hood (professor of biological sciences, Loyola University New Orleans)

The Rebuilding of Kobe: Lessons for New Orleans & the Gulf Coast
Port of New Orleans, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place
March 22, 2006, 5:30- 7:30
On March 22nd we in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast will have a unique
opportunity to be guided in our own recovery efforts by experts on the Kobe
disaster. "The Rebuilding of Kobe: Lessons for New Orleans & the Gulf Coast," with Dr.
Haruo Hayashi, Professor at Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention Research
Institute, and Dr. Shigeo Tatsuki, Senior Research Scientist at the Disaster
Reduction and Human Renovation Institute in Hyogo, Japan. Dr. Hayashi will discuss his government's response to the earthquake and the insights gained from this experience in his presentation titled "Strategy for Holistic Recovery." Dr. Tatsuki will outline how citizens handle the aftermath of natural disasters and suggest what steps can be taken in a society's recovery. In 1995, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck Kobe, a city of 1.5 million people, the second largest port and center of the second most populated and industrialized area in Japan. Over 5,000 people died, nearly 33,000 people were injured from the earthquake and ensuing fires, and more than 45,000 homes were destroyed, leaving over 300,000 people homeless
in winter. Damage over $200 billion was caused to roads, houses, factories
and infrastructure.

 

STONE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
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New Orleans LA 70118

ph: (504) 865-5164; fx:(504) 865-6719; rtsclas@tulane.edu

Please report updates to
Brian Knighten

Monday, June 19, 2006
12:30:15 AM