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| Title | Date & Time | Location | Description | Additional Info | Sponsor |
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| American Studies Graduate Student Conference ''Mongrel'' America | October 2, 2008 9:00 AM-5:30 PM | Texas Union, Various Rooms | Constructions and representations of America and American identity are fluid and contested. The conference theme, "Mongrel" America, plays on ideas of hybridity and melange, boundaries and transgressions, authenticity and artificiality. Presentations at the conference will examine ideas and aspects of America in the musical, literary, artistic, religious, political, visual, psychological, natural, built, social, and transnational realms, including work which looks beyond the political borders of the United States to the "Americas" and beyond. Professor Dick Hebdige, Professor of Film and Media Studies and Art Studio, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa Barbara is the scheduled keynote speaker. The keynote address, "Becoming Animal: Race, Terror and the American Roots", is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in Gearing Hall Room 105. Panels and presentations will take place Friday, October 3, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Texas Union. | Website for American Studies Graduate Student Conference | The Center for Mexican American Studies, the Department of American Studies, the Department of English, the Department of History, the Department of Radio-Television-Film, the Center for Asian American Studies, the Center for American Music, the George W. Jalonick III and Dorothy Cockrell Jalonick Centenniel Lectuership, the UT Humanities Institute, and the College of Liberal Arts |
| Dia de la Raza Celebration ''Today's Raza: Mexican Americans in the 21st Century'' | October 6, 2008 12:00 PM-10:00 PM | Texas Union, Various Rooms | The program for the celebration of Dia de la Raza 2008 is scheduled to include a luncheon with Frances Herrera, the first chair of the Mexican American Culture Committee of the Texas Union, a poetry workshop, an open mic session, guest speakers, a viewing of "Under the Same Moon" and a viewing/discussion of "Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream". | Web site for Mexican American Culture Committee (MACC) | Mexican American Culture Committee and the Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts |
| CMAS PláticArte ''Learning Conjunto'' Joel Guzman (Accordian) and JJ Barrera (Bajo Sexto) Instuctors of UT's new Conjunto Ensemble | October 9, 2008 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Texas Union, Theatre (2.228) | In the Fall 2007, the Butler School of Music began offering a conjunto ensemble course, taught by noted performers Joel Guzman and JJ Barrera. The course is offered as a practical introduction to the performance techniques of the diatonic button accordion and the 12-string bajo sexto. The course is open to all students, regardless of previous musical experience. Come hear Joel and JJ talk about the class and perform some Tex-Mex music. | The Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts | |
| Conversation ''Latinos '08: How Political Candidates and Advocacy Groups Try to Buy Latino Loyalty'' | October 20, 2008 12:00 PM-1:30 PM | Dorothy L. Gebauer Building, Dean's Conference Room (GEB 3.312) | Phillip Rodriguez, producer and director of "Latinos '08", will discuss his new film. The conversation will be moderated by Gerald Torres, LLM, Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law. Light refreshments will be provided. | School of Journalism, the College of Communications; the Center for Mexican American Studies, the College of Liberal Arts | |
| Screening ''Latinos '08: How Political Candidates and Advocacy Groups Try to Buy Latino Loyalty'' | October 20, 2008 5:00 PM-7:00 PM | Jesse H. Jones Communication Center Building B (CMB), Austin City Limits Studios 6F | A reception will follow provided by the School of Journalism will follow the screening of "Latinos '08". This event is free and open to the public. | The School of Journalism, the College of Communication; the Center for Mexican American Studies, the College of Liberal Arts | |
| Book Presentation ''El lindero que definó a la nación/The Border That Defined a Nation'' Octavio Herrera | October 22, 2008 6:00 PM-7:00 PM | Benson Collection Rare Books Room (SRH 1.108) | Introduction by Ambassador Rosalba Ojeda, Consul General of Mexico in Austin and Bryan Roberts, Ph.D., Director of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, UT Austin. Readings and discussion in English and Spanish by Jonathan Brown, Ph.D., LLILAS; Matthew Butler, Ph.D., Department of History; Marco Muñoz, LLILAS, and Emilio Zamora, Ph.D., Department of History and CMAS. For more information, please contact the Mexican Center at mexctr@uts.cc.utexas.edu or (512) 232-2423. | The Consulate of Mexico in Austin; the Mexican Center of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies; and the Center for Mexican American Studies, the College of Liberal Arts | |
| CMAS Graduate Portfolio Plática Title To Be Announced Lacey Donahue Doctoral Candidate in English with a Graduate Portfolio in Mexican American Studies | October 29, 2008 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (3.128) | The Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts | ||
| Reading and Booksigning There Once Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture Domino Renee Perez Department of English and the Center for Mexican American Studies, UT Austin | October 29, 2008 5:30 PM-7:30 PM | Follet's Intellectual Property Bookstore (W. 24 St. and Guadalupe), Austin, Texas | Refreshments will be provided. | The Center for Mexican American Studies and the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts | |
| CMAS PláticArte ''A Retrospective on The Serie Project, Inc.'' Sam Coronado Founder and Director, The Serie Project, Inc. | October 30, 2008 12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (3.128) | Sam Coronado will discuss the development of The Serie Project, Inc., a non-profit Latino arts organization that produces, promotes, and exhibits seriegraph (silk screen) prints created by established and emerging local artists. The Serie Project, Inc. is celebrating fifteen years of fostering artistic creativity and expression in Austin, Texas. | Web site for The Serie Project, Inc. | The Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts |