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Hemispheric Institute on the Americas

5211 Social Sciences and Humanities, Davis, CA 95616
Charles Walker (Director)
Christina Siracusa (Program Coordinator)
casiracusa@ucdavis.edu

(530) 752-3046 phone
(530) 752-5655 fax

 
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WELCOME TO THE HEMISPHERIC INSTITUTE ON THE AMERICAS



UPCOMING EVENTS


The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas is pleased to announce its first-ever
Undergraduate PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST !
(click here for details)
Entries due September 25, 2009














PIMSA (Programa de Investigación en Migración y Salud) 2009
Request for Dissertations and Proposals on Migration and Health for U.S. and Mexico

Proposals due July 31, 2009, 5 p.m.






















PAST EVENTS (SPRING 2009)






































April 15, 9am – 3pm
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE AMERICAS SYMPOSIUM
(Click title a for detailed schedule of events)

wvergara

WALTER VERGARA,
World Bank Lead Engineer on Environment
in Latin America
Plant and Environmental Science, room 3001














Wed., April 29, noon
HIA Summer Fellows Fieldwork Presentations
- Part II
SSH 5214Brown Bag Series
May 6, noon



ALFONSO VALENZUELA AGUILERA
(Urban Planning, State University of Morelos, Mexico)
"The Electronic Eyes of Justice: Surveillance,
Territory and the Rule of Law in Mexico City"
SSH 5214


















S09filmseries

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
FRIDAY FILMS: 7pm @ Storer 1322

**All Films Shown with English Subtitles**



The Latin American Film Series will continue next Fall with the latest and best releases from Latin America and beyond.  Thank you for your attendance and support!



 














Brown Bag Series
April 22, noon
SSH 5214

CARLOS PUENTE (Land, Air and Water Resources)

“An Ancient Call to Peace via Modern Science"

Bell











Friday, May 8
3 - 4:30 p.m.
From Ghana and Kenya to
St. Lucia:
The Foundational Role of Women's
Economic Rights and a Research Journey

Claire Robertson
Professor of Women's Studies and History
Ohio State University

Andrews Room, SSH



Brown Bag Series

Wed., May 20 - noon
GREGORY WIGMORE (History, UCD)  "Canadian Slavery, American Freedom: Fugitives, the Border, and the State in Early North America"
SSH 5214


Friday, May 29 4 pm
MICHAEL LAZZARA (Spanish)
"Pinochet's Cadaver as Ruin and Palampsest"
912 Sproul

Reception following

Tuesday, June 2 3 pm
GRACE SHIMIZU
"WWII Rendition and the Japanese Latin American Struggle for Justice"
194 Young Hall

























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ZOILA MENDOZA (Native American Studies, UCD)
"Pilgrimage and Performance in Quechua Society"
SSH 5214











GRADFEL09
Deadline for application:
May 18, 2009.
Please see link.