Captured in the Cordillera Blanca in the Northern Andes of Peru by undergraduate student Gregory Strine,  "A Day in the Life", named Honorable Mention in the People category of the 2015 International Photography Exhibition

	Ryan Crumley conducting research in Peru, 2014.

Date: Friday, February 9, 2018

Time: 4:00 pm

Place: Hagerty Hall 255

 

517 YEARS OF COLONIAL GHOSTS

 

Join the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Latin American Studies for a lecture from the Portuguese writer, Alexandra Lucas Coelho. Her newest book, Deus Dara, studies the colonial history between Portugal and Brazil. Copies of the novel will be available for signing at the lecture. Ms. Coelho will address topics such as: 

 

- The resistance to this debate in Portugal in 2017

- The novel as a transgender text: structure, language and resources

- The novel as a terreiro (the grounds of the Afro-Brazilian religions where ancestors, spirits and divinities are embodied)

The second Symposium on Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Latin America (ILCLA), organized in conjunction with the fourth Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (STLILLA 2018) brings together instructors, practitioners, activists, indigenous leaders, scholars and learners who study indigenous languages and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. 

ILCLA/STLILLA will take place October 25-28, 2018 at Ohio State. Proposals are now being accepted for individual presentations and group panels related to one of eight thematic tracks. Proposals are due  March 15, 2018. More information about the thematic tracks and application process can be found at:  https://clas.osu.edu/ilcla/call-papers-eng

The Stanford University Center for Latin American Studies and the Stanford University Libraries are offering library access grants for faculty from qualified U.S. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and community colleges to conduct research relating to Latin America using Stanford University Libraries. The Stanford University Library System is one of the largest academic and research libraries in North America, and the Latin American collection is one of the most comprehensive in the country. A sampling of the primary sources available in Special Collections can be found listed  here.

Application Deadline: February 15, 2018

For more information, visit: https://clas.stanford.edu/educators/community-college/library-access-grants

All graduate students conducting research abroad this summer are encouraged to apply for the Global Gateway Graduate Student Research Abroad Grant.

Funded by the Office of International Affairs, the Graduate School and the Council of Graduate Students, the grant encourages and promotes the professional and academic development of graduate student researchers at Ohio State by providing financial support allowing students to undertake thesis or dissertation research abroad.

For more information about the Global Gateway Grant, contact  Liz Koss or visit the  Council of Graduate Students website.

On  Monday, February 12th at 12:45 pm , filmmaker Alexandra Cuesta will be screening a selection of her award-winning short films at the Gateway Theater House #4. Alexandra Cuesta's work combines experimental film traditions and documentary practices. She commences from the public sphere and explores poetic and subjective representations of reality. Social structures, instances of displacement, and cultural diasporas, are some of the recurring concerns present in her work. 

This event is sponsored by The Global Mobility Project at Ohio State and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

The Global Health Initiative at OSU is a student group dedicated to increasing awareness and providing educational opportunities related to global health issues to help our members find their passion within the vast field of public health. The organization is looking for students who are interested in participating in their international service trip to Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala City, and Huehuetenango. 

If you or your students are interested in learning more about the program, please visit the Global Health Initiative website or contact the organization at osughi.iv@gmail.com. 

The University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) and the University Libraries are pleased to invite applications for the Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar travel award. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 31, 2017 at 5:00 pm (MT).

Attached is the Call for Applications. For more information and to apply, go to http://laii.unm.edu/funding/greenleaf-visiting-library-scholar-funding.html.

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) calls for nominations for its sixth annual CLASP Teaching Award for Junior Faculty. The award recognizes excellence in teaching Latin American Studies designated courses. For more information about the nomination process, please visit:  http://claspprograms.org/news/detail/66/Call-for-Nominations-for-the-2018-CLASP-Junior-Faculty-Teaching-Award-for-Professors.   

Nominations will be accepted through Friday, February 9th, 2018. 

The 8th Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Social Sciences ( CLACSO) will take place in Buenos Aires, November 19-23, 2018. CLACSO is the first international forum on critical thinking and will offer over 500 accommodation and travel grants for participants. Abstracts may be submitted in any of 36 thematic areas in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. 

General registration closes April 12th, 2018 and selections for individual, group, or institutional lectures at the open panel discussion will be released beginning June 12, 2018.

The Office of International Affairs is seeking applications for a scholarship that supports graduate and professional students in international research or travel. The deadline to apply for the Sonkin-Bergman-Wasserman Families' Scholarship is Friday, February 23.

The Sonkin-Bergman-Wasserman Families' Scholarship for International Understanding and Peace provides one or more awards for deserving graduate and professional students active in research or study that contributes to the pursuit of international understanding and peace. Students focused on international problems from any department or field are encouraged to apply.

For more information about the application, visit: https://oia.osu.edu/grants-and-scholarships/graduates/137-sonkin-bergman-wasserman-families-scholarship.html

The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University invites applications for the Edmundo O'Gorman Scholars Program. Appointments are available for any four to eight-week period in 2019.  Preference will be given to projects that stress collaboration with Columbia faculty and use of available research resources at Columbia University and in New York City. Applicants may represent any academic discipline or professional school. 

  For more information, please visit http://ilas.columbia.edu/about-ilas/scholars-fellows/#ogorman. Applications are due  April 8, 2018.

The Brazilian Graduate Students & Scholars Conference (BRASCON) will be held at Ohio State on June 23 and 24th. Those interested in presenting either a talk or a poster are welcome to submit abstracts through February 15, 2018. More information is available at http://www.brasconference.org/submission/

The Office of International Affairs is seeking applications for its Academic Enrichment Research Grants, which supports activities with lasting impact across the globe. The grant competition is open to faculty, graduate and undergraduates whose applications focus on research projects that address global issues, connect discipline-specific research to programs in diverse cultural settings, explores the languages, cultures, arts, social sciences and area studies and/or promotes active collaborations with institutional partners.  Deadline to apply is February 9. Contact: oia-grants@osu.edu .

Each year, the Mershon Center for International Security Studies holds a competition for Ohio State faculty and students to apply for research grants and scholarship funds. The deadline for all applications is 5 p.m. on  Wednesday, February 28, 2018 .

Applications for Faculty Research and Seed Grants and Graduate Student Research Grants must be for projects related to the study of national security in a global context.  In recent years the center has funded several dozen faculty and graduate student research projects with grants for travel, seminars, conferences, interviews, experiments, surveys, library costs, and more.

The Mershon Center has also established International Security Scholarships for Undergraduate Theses and Study Abroad to support undergraduates whose professional career plans lie in the field of international security and who would benefit doing research for an undergraduate thesis or studying in a foreign country.