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| Title | Date & Time | Location | Description | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture ''The Coyolxauhqui Journey: Immigration, Generational Detachment and Getting (Re)membered in Mexico'' | September 9, 2008 12:00 PM-1:30 PM | Santa Rita Room, Texas Union 3.502 | Angela Valenzuela, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement | Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, CMAS, COLA |
| Reading ''Mexican Enough: My Life between the Borderlands'' | September 10, 2008 12:00 PM | LBJ Room, CMA 5.160 | Stephanie Elizondo Griest reads from her latest book, a memoir of her travels in Mexico and the United States in a search for identity. Book signing to follow. A light lunch will be served. For more information, contact the Mexican Center at 512.232.2423. | Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, LLILAS, Mexican Center |
| Film Screening ''Missing'' | September 11, 2008 5:30 PM-8:30 PM | Auditorium, MEZ 1.306 | A screening and discussion with Joyce Horman and Peter Kornbluh to discuss the events surrounding the coup and the making of the film by Ed Horman. Free and open to the public. | Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS |
| Panel Discussion ''Pinochet and the Pursuit of Justice: Chile 35 Years Later'' | September 12, 2008 12:00 PM | Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room, Benson Latin American Collection | A discussion featuring Joyce Horman, Peter Kornbluh, and Elizabeth Kornfeld. Free and open to the public. | Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS |
| Lecture ''LGBT Studies in Mexico: Some Feminist Reflections on LGBT Research and Activism in Mexican Society'' | September 12, 2008 4:00 PM-6:00 PM | Chicano Culture Room, Texas Union 4.206 | Gloria Careaga, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | LLILAS, CWGS, Department of Sociology |
| Meeting ''Brazil Center and Mexican Center Happy Hour'' | September 12, 2008 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Scholtz Garden, Trinity and 16th Street | A celebration of Dia da Independencia do Brasil (September 7) and Dia de la Independencia de Mexico (September 16). Join us for light appetizers and a free prize raffle. LLILAS alumni and visiting scholars welcome. For more info., call Gail Sanders at 512.232.2423. | Mexican Center, Brazil Center, LLILAS |
| Celebration ''Celebracion de la Independencia'' | September 16, 2008 5:00 PM-9:00 PM | Main Mall, UT Campus | Join us for live music and free food in celebration of several Latin American countries' independence. Organized by Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority. For more information, e-mail Alexis Fernandez. | LLILAS, CMAS |
| Lecture ''The 'Invention' of Indigenous Music: A Critical History of Studies on Indigenous Music in Mexico'' | September 18, 2008 11:00 AM-1:00 PM | MRH 3.134 | Marina Alonso Bolanos, National Museum of Anthropology and History Presented as part of the LLILAS Visiting Resource Professor Program. For more info., contact Paola Bueche at 512.232.2405. | LLILAS, School of Music |
| Lecture ''Diversity of Indigenous Musical Expression of Mexico: An Overview'' | September 23, 2008 11:00 AM-1:00 PM | MRH 3.134 | Marina Alonso Bolanos, National Museum of Anthropology and History Presented as part of the LLILAS Visiting Resource Professor Program. For more info., contact Paola Bueche at 512.232.2405. | LLILAS, School of Music |
| Lecture ''Collective Remittances and the State: The 3x1 Program in Mexican Municipalities'' | September 23, 2008 12:30 PM-2:30 PM | BAT 5.108 | Covadonga Meseguer, CIDE-Mexico Presented as part of the LLILAS Visiting Resource Professor Program. For more info., contact Paola Bueche at 512.232.2405. | LLILAS |
| Lecture '''Sin musica no hay fiesta, no hay nada:' An Anthropology of Indigenous Music in Southern Mexico'' | September 25, 2008 11:00 AM-1:00 PM | MRH 3.134 | Marina Alonso Bolanos, National Museum of Anthropology and History Presented as part of the LLILAS Visiting Resource Professor Program. For more info., contact Paola Bueche at 512.232.2405. | LLILAS, School of Music |
| Lecture ''Beyond the Civil Society Agenda: 'Civic Participation' and Practices of Governance, Governability, and Governmentality in Latin America'' | September 29, 2008 3:00 PM-5:00 PM | Hackett Room, SRH 1.313 | Sonia Alvarez, University of Massachusetts, Amerherst | LLILAS, Department of Sociology, and Department of Spanish and Portuguese |