FALL
1998 CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
Octavio
Getino and Susana Velleggia
Un
dialogo sobre el espacio audiovisual en America Latina
Lecture
by Octavio Getino, filmmaker and media critic based in Buenos
Aires, and Susana Velleggia, sociologist in educational technologies
and a documentary filmmaker.
Co-sponsored
by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Friday,
September 18, 12:00 p.m.
Spanish and Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall
Eduardo
Stein
The
Peace Process: Transforming a Nation
Lecture
presented by Dr. Eduardo Stein, Guatemala's Minister of Foreign
Relations. Minister Stein will discuss the implementation and
progress of the Guatemala Peace Accords.
Monday,
September 28, 4:00 p.m.
Geballe Room,Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall
Lorenzo
Meyer
U.S.-Mexico
Relations: A Historical Perspective
Colegio
de México
Professor Lorenzo Meyer, a leading scholar on U.S.-Mexico relations,
will discuss the history of the two countries' relationship
in the context of Mexico's current political and economic transformation.
Thursday,
October 1, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser
Mexico's
Transition to Democracy: Recent Political Changes
The
first independently elected Senator in Mexican history, Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser, will provide a candid discussion of the current
developments in the Mexican Congress.
Tuesday,
October 13, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Ariel
Dorfman
Heading
South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey
Ariel Dorfman
has been hailed as one of the most important Latin American novelists and
social critics of this century. He is the author of Konfidenz, Mascara,
and Death and the Maiden, which Roman Polanski made into a feature
film in 1995. Dorfman will be reading from his memoir in which he explores
the many exiles of a life torn between the United States and Latin America,
between revolution and repression.
Thursday,
October 15, 3:00 p.m.
The Toll Room, Alumni House
Article
from Newsletter
Noon Concert with
Isabel Parra
Isabel Parra
is a talented and sensitive singer, guitarist, and composer who has made
outstanding contributions to the Chilean New Song, both in Chile and during
her many years of exile. Isabel will be performing with her daughter Tita
Parra.
Wednesday,
October 21, 12:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Jorge Carrillo
Industrial/Manufacturing
Changes: The role of exports in the Mexican economy
Colegio de la
Frontera Norte Professor Jorge Carrillo will talk about the restructuring
of the export sector in Mexico. Carrillo is a leading expert on the Mexican
automobile sector.
Thursday,
October 22, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Nora
Hamilton
Central Americans
in California
Professor Nora
Hamilton, from the Department of Political Science, University of Southern
California, will speak about the migration experiences of Central Americans
in California.
Friday,
October 23, 12:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Enrique
Dussel Peters
Liberalization
Strategy and Social Outcomes
National Autonomous
University of Mexico Professor of Economics Enrique Dussel Peters recently
published a book entitled Economy of Polarization: The Theory and Evolution
of Structural Change in Mexican Manufacturing, 1988-1996. He will discuss
the outcomes of the Mexican economic model and the sources of polarization
in the Mexican economy.
Monday,
October 26, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Adolfo
Gilly
The First Year:
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
Adolfo Gilly
is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University
of Mexico (UNAM) and the Evaluation Coordinator for the government of Mexico
City. He will be speaking about the first year of the Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
administration.
Thursday,
October 29, 12:00 p.m.
Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall
Adolfo
Gilly
The
Conservative
Revolution in Mexico
National Autonomous
University of Mexico Professor and Evaluation Coordinator for Mexico City
Adolfo Gilly will talk about the neoliberal revolution in Mexico in the 1980s
and the regional and local impacts of the current political transition in
the country.
Thursday,
October 29, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Helio
Santos
Race Relations
in Brazil
Discussion
of Brazilian attitudes towards race and color led by Professor Helio
Santos of the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de
Campinas and
coordinator of the Intergovernmental
Working Group on the Advancement
of the Black Population,
and by Dr. Dulce Pereira, President of the Palmares
Foundation and director
and anchor of the weekly radio program "The Black World
of BRASILAMEFRICARIBE."
(In
English and Portuguese)
Co-sponsored by the Brazilian General Consulate of San Francisco
Monday,
November 2, 12:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Tomas
Sen Tecun
Mayan Activism
in Guatemala: From Protest to Proposal
Tomas Sen Tecun,
Legal Commission Coordinator of Defensoria Maya, an organization that promotes
the resolution of conflicts in accordance with Mayan law, will speak on the
Mayan struggle for democratic participation in the post-war era.
Co-sponsored
by the Department of Anthropology
Wednesday,
November 4, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch St.
Armando
Castanedo Abay
The Cuban Legal
System
Armando Castanedo
Abay, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Havana, will address innovations
in the area of mediation and U.S.-Cuban migration issues.
Co-sponsored
with La Raza Law
Students Association and La Raza Law Journal
Thursday,
November 5, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Boalt Hall School of Law, Room 140
Saskia
Sassen
Mexican Immigration
and Labor Migration
Professor
of Sociology at the University of Chicago and an
expert on migration and globalization,
Sassen will speak on Mexican immigration and labor migration
into the U.S. in the context of globalization.
Thursday,
November 5, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Helen
Mack
Human Rights
and the Rule of Law in Guatemala
Helen
Mack, founder of the Myrna Mack Foundation and a
key human rights leader in Guatemala,
will speak about human rights and the rule of law in Guatemala.
Named after the Guatemalan anthropologist killed
in 1990, the foundation focuses on judicial
reform and the establishment of the rule of law in Guatemala.
For her contribution to human rights, Helen Mack
was awarded the Stiftelsen Right Livelihood Award
by Sweden in 1992.
Friday,
November 13, 12:00 p.m.
IIS Conference Room, 223 Moses Hall
Analysis
and commentary for this event
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A Conceptual Multimedia Performance by Harry Gamboa, Jr.
Harry Gamboa,
Jr. is a pioneering figure of multimedia and conceptual art. His work encompasses
photography, video, performance, installation, essays, fiction, poetry, and
other forms of his own creation. A founding member of the Chicano multimedia
art group, ASCO (1972-1987), Gamboa, Jr.'s work has been exhibited at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian Institution, the Whitney
Biennial, the Robert Flaherty Seminar, and countless other venues. The University
of Minnesota Press has just published "Urban Exile. Collected Writings of
Harry Gamboa, Jr.," edited by Chon A. Noriega. The performance will include
readings from this collection as well as material written, videotaped, and
recorded specifically for this event.
Co-sponsored
by the Departments of Art Practice, Comparative Literature, Ethnic Studies,
Spanish
and Portuguese and the Townsend Center for the Humanities
Friday,
November 13, 2:00 p.m.
The George Gund Theater
University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2621
Durant Avenue
Lydia Nakashima
Degarrod
Imagining the
Land of Goodness and Beauty:
Watercolors of Mapuche Dreams of Heaven
Exhibit featuring
a series of watercolors by artist and CLAS visiting scholar, Lydia Nakashima
Degarrod. The watercolors are based on dream narratives recorded by the artist
during anthropological fieldwork with the Mapuche Indians in Chile.
Online Exhibit
Lecture: Tuesday, November 17, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
Exhibit: November 3 to December 18, 9:00-12:00 p.m. and 1:00-4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Noon Talk
with Francisco Zapata
Francisco Zapata
is a professor at El Colegio de México and Director of Sociological Studies.
Professor Zapata will speak on how recent changes in Mexico are affecting
workers and the labor movement in Mexico.
Co-sponsored by
the Center for Labor Research and Education and the Institute of Industrial
Relations
Thursday,
November 19, 12:00 p.m.
Director's Lounge, Institute of Industrial Relations, 2521 Channing Street
Francisco
Zapata
The Transformation
of the Confederación de Trabajadores
de México
(CTM) and Labor as an InstitutionA professor at
the Colegio de México
and the director of the Center for Sociological Studies, Francisco
Zapata will speak about the government-controlled Confederation
of Mexican Workers trade union federation (CTM) and the role of labor
unions in Mexico.
Thursday,
November 19, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS, 2334 Bowditch Street
Sergio
Aguayo
1968:
The Archives
of Violence
Colegio de México
Professor Sergio Aguayo, a leading expert and commentator on human
rights in Mexico, will speak on his new book, 1968: The Archives
of Violence.
The
book features never-before released photos, detailed archival research
and interviews with key individuals surrounding the violent government repression
of the Mexican student movement in the Plaza de Tlatelolco in Mexico
City.
Monday,
November 23, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Paulo
Renato Souza
Recent Trends
in Brazilian Education
Dr. Paulo Renato
Souza is the Minister of Education of the Federal Republic of Brazil.
He is a former Secretary of Education for the State of Sao Paulo and Rector
at
the
University
of Campinas
(UNICAMP)
in
Sao Paulo.
He
earned
his doctorate
in Economics from the University of Campinas, where he has taught
since 1978.
Tuesday, December
1, 4:30 p.m.
South Hall Annex
Alternatives
for the Americas
A dialogue between political and intellectual leaders from Latin America and
the United States.
The participants
are seeking paths of economic development that both generate growth and look
towards achieving a fairer distribution of income within a democratic context.
The dialogue will focus on long term issues of mutual concern as well as
the current global economic crisis.
Friday,
December 4, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lipman Room, 8th Floor, Barrows Hall
Online Feature
Jaime
Estevez and Bernarda Aguirre
Pinochet's
Extradition
Jaime Estevez
is a former representative and speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in Chile.
He is a key advisor to Ricardo Lagos. Bernarda Aguirre is a professor of
Journalism at the University of Chile.
Monday,
December 7, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street |
