Arts & Humanities Inaugural Lecture:
Ana Puga & Katherine Borland
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On Thurs, March 23, 4-6 PM in the Faculty Club Grand Lounge, CLAS faculty affiliates Ana Puga and Katherine Borland will give a joint lecture as part of the 2022-23 Arts & Humanities Inaugural Lecture series which celebrates faculty who have been promoted to the rank of professor.
Ana Puga is a Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film, & Media Arts and Department of Spanish & Portuguese. Katherine Borland is a Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies, as well as Director of the Center for Folklore Studies. Their joint lecture will explore their work on performance, migration, pilgrimage, and solidarity activism across the borders of the Western Hemisphere.
Learn more and register to attend here.
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Oye Como Va: Sound, Voice, & Movement
in the Americas
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The Latin American Studies & Caribbean Studies Center and the LACS Graduate Collective at the University of Maryland, College Park invite you to their 15th Annual Student Conference themed "Oye Como Va: Sound, Voice, & Movement in the Americas" to take place on May 4-5, 2023. The Call for Proposals is available here.
Submission deadline: March 24
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Tinker Field Research Highlight:
Taylor Klass
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Taylor Klass, a PhD student in the Department of Plant Pathology, received a 2020 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant awarded by CLAS.
Taylor's dissertation research focuses on bacterial wilt disease and bacterial spot disease, which are detrimental to Guatemalan tomato production. Although the pandemic made travel to Guatemala impossible, Taylor found creative ways to advance her dissertation research and support her Latin American collaborators from a distance.
First, Taylor used Tinker funds to purchase and ship two tomato disease diagnostic and management resource guides to Dr. Amilcar Sanchez-Perez. These guides will be used by researchers, students, and extension educators at the University of San Carlos to enhance their skills in tomato disease diagnostics and management.
Second, Taylor provided Dr. Amilcar Sanchez-Perez with a genome sequencer and sequencing reagents, which will be used to obtain complete genomes of the pathogens that cause bacterial wilt and bacterial spot. Taylor plans to hold a virtual workshop with collaborators at the University of San Carlos to train them in this process and subsequent analyses, ultimately leading to submission of the genomes to the National Center for Biotechnology Information database, where they will be publicly available for future research.
We congratulate Taylor on her excellent work and wish her luck with her continued research!
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Brazil Initiation Scholarship
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The Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) invites graduate students to apply for the Brazil Initiation Scholarship, a one-time travel scholarship of $3,000 to do exploratory research in Brazil or in the US. One student based in the US and one student based in Brazil will be awarded.
For US-based students the Brazil Initiation Scholarship should contribute to the student’s initial trip (for a period of at least 3 weeks) to develop contacts with Brazil-based students and professors and initiate original research related to Brazil. For Brazil-based students the BIS should contribute to the student’s initial trip (two weeks minimum), to develop contacts with US-based students and professors and conduct research in support of a project focused on Brazil.
Application deadline: March 31, 2023
Awards anounced by April 17, 2023.
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Global Americans: Internships and
Call for Submissions
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Global Americans is now accepting applications for their Summer 2023 internship cohort, which provides students with the opportunity to leave their mark on the Latin America and Caribbean policy space. Internships can be fully remote for students unable to come to DC. Find additional details here.
Global Americans is also accepting submissions of articles on Hemispheric affairs or Latin American and Caribbean politics for publication on their website. Find more details here.
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Cornell International Affairs Review:
Call for Submissions
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The Cornell International Affairs Review is seeking manuscript submissions for its Spring 2023 issue. The Review, a student-run, peer-reviewed, and biannually published academic journal at Cornell University, is dedicated to publishing undergraduate, postgraduate, and expert scholarship on contemporary international affairs.
Papers should address events and trends that are not well-established in current scholarship, yet have immediate global relevance and engage a broader and more diverse audience beyond the traditional academic sphere. The Review welcomes submissions from any relevant field of study and particularly encourages papers that seek to address historically underrepresented demographics, as well as lesser-studied regions, trends, and events. Also encouraged are papers that utilize non-English language secondary scholarship or primary source research. Find complete submission guidelines here.
Submission deadline: March 14, 2023.
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Scholarships for graduate international study or research
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The Office of International Affairs is seeking applications for two scholarships that support graduate and professional students in international research or travel. The Sonkin-Bergman-Wasserman Families' Scholarship focuses on research that contributes to the pursuit of international understanding and peace, and the Phyllis Krumm Memorial International Scholarship is awarded for research or study in a European country or China.
Deadline to apply is Friday, April 7.
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| The Ohio State University |
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