WELCOME TO THE HEMISPHERIC INSTITUTE ON THE AMERICAS
The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas has moved to SSH 1270-1279. This suite of offices is on the ground floor where International Relations offices used to be.UPCOMING EVENTSWed., Feb. 10, 4 pm26 Wellman Hall JOEL JUAREZ SANCHEZ Director/Producer of Latin American cinema Film screening and discussion with the Director Three award-winning short films. Reception following. For more information, see poster. Thur., Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Arena Theater, Wright Hall Theater and Dance Department BOT I Written and performed by Praba Pilar Directed by Nitza Tenenblat Performance artist Praba Pilar has teamed up with director Nitza Tenenblat to create a contemporary interpretation of the ethos of the technocultural era. BOT I is a situated practice as research performance project exploring the discursive and practical erasures of the technocultural revolution. See http://www.prabapilar.com/
Wed., Feb. 24, Noon SSH 1271 CARLOS FRANCISCO JACKSON "Chicana and Chicano ProtestArte" |
  February 1 - March 15, 2010 Contemporary Mexican Art Exhibit - Reception: February 24, 4pm at the Gorman with the Honorable Consul General of Mexico, Carlos González-Gutiérrez. DESCRIPCIóN DE UN VIAJE: Arte y narrativa contemporáneos DESCRIPTION OF A JOURNEY: Art and contemporary narrative  CN GORMAN MUSEUM Hours: Monday-Friday 12-5pm Located at 1316 Hart Hall, UC Davis (main campus) This event is sponsored by the Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento, the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, and the CN Gorman Museum. |
WINTER FILM SERIES7 pm, 1227 Haring Hall*
All films are free and open to the public. English subtitles. (Please note new venue)* NO FILM FOR VALENTINE'S WEEK-END. ENJOY THE WEEK-END! Feb. 19 "La Teta Asustada" will be postponed until March 5 when a suitable format can be found. In its place we will screen the following film: |
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RECENT EVENTS (WINTER 2010)Thurs., Jan. 28, 11 a.m. SSH 1271 Dialogue with Dr. ZOILA MENDOZA UCDavis Department of Native American Studies "Performance in the Andes" Co-sponsored with the Latin American Cultural Studies Cluster. Thurs., Jan. 28, Noon IGA room, Shields Library LATIN AMERICAN FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Wed., Feb. 3, 4-6pm SSH 1271 HIA SPEAKER SERIES RACHEL SARAH O'TOOLE (History, UC Irvine) "The Rule of Slaveholders and Working Against Slavery's Violence in Colonial Peru" Mon., Feb. 8, 6:30-9 p.m. 2205 Haring Hall "Sleep Dealer" Film Screening & Discussion with Director Alex Rivera Click here for website and trailer. RECENT EVENTS (FALL 2009)Oct. 2, Noon 5214 SSH (HIA/CHSC Conf. room) KIRSTEN SEHNBRUCH "The Quality of Employment: A Missing Link in Development Strategies? The example of the Chilean Labour Market" See poster here. Link to some related work by Prof. Sehnbruch. The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas is pleased to announce its first-ever Oct. 8, 4-6 p.m. 126 Voorhies "Trauma as Durational Performance: A Walk Through Villa Grimaldi" DIANA TAYLOR Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish at NYU Villa Grimaldi was a country estate in suburban Santiago that was turned into a covert prison and torture center during the Pinochet dictatorship. The property, mostly leveled, was rescued as something of a museum of memory al fresco in recent years. Oct. 9, 10 - noon & 1:45 -2:45 p.m. 5214 SSH (HIA/CHSC Conf. room) HIA Summer Fellows Fieldwork Experiences This event highlights graduate student summer research in the Americas funded by HIA, across disciplines. Drop in to hear what's going on in research in Latin America! Click on the link above to see schedule. Oct. 12, 4-6 pm 2203 Social Sciences and Humanities (Andrews Conference Room) "Environmental Citizenship in Latin America: Climate Change, Intermediate Organizations and Political Subjects" BEN ORLOVE, Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, UCD Oct. 14, Noon 5214 SS&H (HIA conf. room) SIMON CASTILLO Visiting Scholar from Catholic University in Chile "Public space, urban transformation and the capital city: the Mapocho River in Santiago, Chile (1885-1920)" Oct. 22, Noon 3201 Hart Hall ROGER MAAKA Prof. of Maori and Indigenous Studies, Taradale, New Zealand "The Politics of Indigeneity: A Maori Perspective" This lecture is part of the 40 year anniversary celebration of Native American Studies as an academic program, and 10 years as a graduate program. Oct. 22, 4-6 p.m. 3201 Hart Hall MARISOL DE LA CADENA Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology, UCD "Taking Indigenous Politics on its Own Terms Requires an Analysis Beyond ‘Politics’" Sponsored by CULTURAL STUDIES GRADUATE GROUP and Latin@American Cultural Studies Research Cluster October 24, 2009
4 - 8 p.m.
412 C Street
Third Annual Dinner for the Women's Bank of the The bank started in 2007 with 35 women and now has 105 women benefiting from micro-loans and rebuilding their lives.
Oct. 26, 4-6 pm 2203 Social Sciences & Humanities (Andrews Conf. room)  LAURA GRAHAM, University of Iowa "Collaborative Ethnography and the making of ‘Owners of the Water’: a film by David Hernández Palmar (Wayuu/Venezuela), Caimi Waiassé (Xavante/Brazil) and Laura Graham viewing to be followed by Q and A with Laura Graham |
Oct. 26, 27 and 28, 4-7 pm 126 Voorhies SIMPOSIO - Estudios culturales en las Américas: compromiso, colaboración, transformación Nov. 7, 8:45 am Garrison room, Memorial Union 5th Annual Colloquium on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures and Culture Department of Spanish and Portuguese Schedule and summaries Nov. 18, Noon SSH 5214 (HIA/CHSC Conf. room) ALMERINDO OJEDA (Linguistics) "De los Flandes a los Andes: Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art" Issuing mostly from Flanders, European engravings traveled throughout the Spanish Empire, leaving an indelible mark on every work of art they encountered in their path. The UC Davis Project on the Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art (PESSCA) is an ongoing online effort to document the effect of European graphic art on the art produced in the Spanish colonies--the Andes and beyond (see http://colonialart.org). Drawing from the large PESSCA Archive, this talk will display a number of important colonial artworks alongside the European engravings that inspired them. SSH 5213 (HIA/CHSC Conf. room) NICK BUXTON and JULIETTE BECK "What could change look like? Learning from Bolivia" Wed., Jan. 13, Noon SSH 2203 (Andrews Conf. room) ARNOLD J. BAUER (History) Book presentation by the author: In Search of the Codex Cardona with commentary by Stefano Varese and Andrés Reséndez. Reception following. Wed., Jan. 20, Noon SSH 5214 ANDRES CONTERIS, embedded reporter, Embassy of Brazil, Honduras Live interview via SKYPE on President Zelaya's asylum and human rights situation, with Prof. Ojeda, director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas. Wed., Jan. 27, Noon SSH 1271 THERESA ALFARO-VELCAMP "Migration History in the Americas: Methodological Challenges, An Arab Case Study" |
WINTER 2010 FILMS
Jan. 22
Meu nome nao e Johnny (Brazil 2008) 
The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young
middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de
Janeiro in the early 1990s.
Jan. 29 Cafundó (Brazil 2005)  Cafundó blends both fact and fiction in the life of former black slave, João de Camargo, who works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil. Feb. 5 Due to international "region" formatting issues "VIDAS PARALELAS"(Peru 2008) and "LA TETA ASUSTADA" (Peru 2009) WILL NOT be shown, Feb. 5 and 19, respectively. Instead on Feb. 5 "El Regalo" (Chile 2008) will be screened. Our apologies. El regalo (Chile 2008)  This Chilean box office hit, translated as The Gift, is a comedy staring Nelson Villagra as Francisco, a depressed widower who is given the gift of a short vacation by his best friends. The trip will yield unexpected turns that will change their lives forever.
FALL 2009 FILMSOctober 9
Nov. 20Cheiro do Ralo (Brazil 2007) 
October 16 Estamira (Brazil 2004/ Documentary)  Oct. 23, 6 - 9:45 pm 26 Wellman New CINEMA IN CHILE with films by Elisa Eliash, Mami te Amo Sebastian Moreno, La Ciudad de los Fotógrafos Roundtable discussion with filmmakers and Carlos Flores Delpino, Director of Chile's Film School Nov. 6, 7 pm Las mantenidas sin sueños (Argentina 2005) 
... “Kept and Dreamless” keeps the banner of Argentine Independent cinema flying high in this tale about a precocious daughter and her junkie mother caught up in the country’s economic crisis. Co-directors Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo make a noteworthy feature film, laced with humor and high drama. -- Variety.comNov. 13 O homem do ano (Brazil 2003)  Maiquel has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This little event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which Maiquel goes from nobody to hero to outlaw--all in 24 hours. American Visa (Bolivia 2005)  Mario wants to emigrate to the United States and begin a new life with
his son in Miami. When his visa application is turned down, he plans a
robbery to pay for a visa in the black market. Fate has an unexpected
turn for Mario when he meets Blanca, a nightclub dancer looking for a
different kind of dream.
DIVERSITY
in the C.N. Gorman Museum Collections featuring Salvador Dalí & Florentino Laime Mantilla
October 2 - December 6 Opening Reception on
California Arts Day
Friday, October 2 from 4-6pm Florentino Laime Mantilla Yawarchanakuson/Ensangrentémonos, 1998
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PAST EVENTS (SPRING 2009)April 15, 9am – 3pmCLIMATE CHANGE IN THE AMERICAS SYMPOSIUM (Click title a for detailed schedule of events) |
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 |
 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!
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| Brown Bag Series April 22, noon SSH 5214 CARLOS PUENTE (Land, Air and Water Resources) “An Ancient Call to Peace via Modern Science"  |
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 |
 Deadline for application: May 18, 2009. Please see link. |
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