June 21, 2008

Meeting
"Amigos de la Frontera Desayuno en Austin"

A bi-monthly gathering of friends interested in the northern frontier of New Spain will meet for breakfast and to share ideas, information, and camaraderie.

For more info., e-mail dolitl@mail.utexas.edu.

June 20, 2008

Exhibit Opening
"The Aztec and Maya Revival"

An exhibit illustrating the reemergence of Pre-Columbian iconography in Mexican fine and decorative arts from the early part of the 20th century.

For more info., contact the Mexic Arte Museum at 512.480.9373.

June 19, 2008

Lecture
"Memory and Reconciliation: Civil War and Trauma in El Salvador"

Ricardo Ainslie, Department of Educational Psychology

For more info., call 512.471.8944.

June 6, 2008

Exhibit Opening
"WorkSpace: Fabian Bercic"

Argentine artist Fabian Bercic will provide a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional Zen Garden in his site-specific installation for WorkSpace.

For more info., visit the Blanton Museum of Art website.

May 22, 2008

Lecture
"Ominous Parallels: El Salvador as Foreshadowing"

Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, Department of Journalism

For more info., call 512.471.8944.

May 8, 2008

Lecture
"Destiny's Children: L.A. Gangs in Post-war El Salvador"

Donna De Cesare, Department of Journalism

For more info., call 512.471.8944.

May 2, 2008

Fundraiser
"UT Ethnomusicology Ensembles"

Enjoy mariachi, conjunto, bereket, Caribbean, and South American music while helping the UT Ethnomusicology Ensembles raise funds to purchase new instruments. General admission $8, student admission $5.

April 30, 2008

Curator's Tour
"Inside El Salvador"

David Coleman, Curator of Photography, leads a gallery tour of the Ransom Center's new photography exhibition of more than 100 images concerning El Salvador's civil war and its aftermath.

For more info., visit the Harry Ransom Center website.

April 28, 2008

Conference
"What's Left of the Latin American Left?"

An exploration of the era of armed revolutionary violence in Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala, and Chile, how those movements evolved, disappeared, or became neutralized, and what legacy remains of them in Latin America today.

For more info., call Paola Bueche at 512.232.2405.

April 25, 2008

Open House
"Brazil Center"

Join the Brazil Center for a celebration of this Spring's great events, interesting visitors, and the many awards won by students as well as the inauguration of the new Brazilian association CARAMBOLA.

For more info., e-mail Luis Fujiwara.

April 25, 2008

Graduate Symposium
"New Directions in Anthropology"

Keynote address by Keisha-Khan Perry, Brown University. Topics include Social Anthropology, Archaeology, and Physical Anthropology.

For more info. and a symposium schedule, e-mail the conference coordinators.

April 24, 2008

Festival
"Fandango"

Enjoy spoken word, flamenco, and son jarocho and learn the history of the pinata. Presented by Grupo Flor y Canto.

For more info., e-mail Grupo Flor y Canto.

April 24, 2008

Conference
"Brazil: Gender, Sexuality, Violence, and the Racial State"

For more info., contact the Center for African and African American Studies at 512.471.1784.

April 17, 2008

Conference
"Image, Memory, and the Paradox of Peace: Fifteen Years after the El Salvador Peace Accords (1992-2007)"

A gathering of key photojournalists, academics, and activists past and present to discuss the Salvadoran civil war, not merely as an episode in history, but also as a legacy whose effects linger in the country to this day.

For more info., call Paloma Diaz at 512.232.2409.