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HIA SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas granted twenty-one fellowships to graduate students working on Latin America for research in Summer 2008. The awards ranged from $500 to $1,500. As the list of projects and awardees suggests, HIA is intent on funding research in Latin America across disciplines. The high quality and number of applications indicate the broad interest in Latin America across campus. The summer research program was made possible through the contributions of the Deans of Graduate Studies, Social Sciences, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, and the office of University Outreach and International Programs.

HIA FILM COLLECTION

SUMMER READING
_{^{Some of the books that we featured in the Americas' Issues Series
(Co-sponsored with the Davis Humanities Institute) and other venues}}

	Robert Irwin (Spanish) Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints: Cultural Icons of Mexico's Northwest Borderlands						Angie Chabram (Chicano Studies) The Chicana/o Cultural Studies Reader
	Andrés Reséndez (History) A Land So Strange: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwreked Spaniard Who Walked Across America in the Sixteenth Century (Cabeza de Vaca)						Bettina Ng'weno (African American and African Studies) Turf Wars: Territory and Citizenship in the Contemporary State
	Julie Sze (American Studies) Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice						Zoila Mendoza (Native American Studies) Creating Our Own: Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru
	William Skuban (Fresno State University) Lines in the Sand: Nationalism and Identity on the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier						Charles Walker (History) Shaky Colonialism: The 1746 Earthquake-tsunami in Lima, Peru and Its Long Aftermath

Past Events

Symposium
The History Project presents
"Marking the Bicentennial:
The Challenges of Latin America, Past and Present"

Picnic Day Parade

^{HIA-sponsored Latin groups dancing in parade.}		^{Many countries were represented.}

^{Festival Latinoamericano, ChileCAD, UEPAGE and Club Latino all joined in the festivities.}		^{The youth community participated as well.}

Fri, May 2, 3pm John Beverley "The Neoconservative Turn in Latin American Literary and Cultural Criticism" Wed, April 2, noon SSH 5214 ^{Brown Bag Series} Marco Curatola Petrocchi, (History, PUC, Lima) "La extraña abjuración del último soberano Inca" (The Strange Abjuration of the Last Inca Sovereign) _{Lecture in Spanish} (Tupac Amaru, 1572) In-House Talent Series/ ^{Brown Bag Series} Wed, May 21, noon, SSH 5214 Jelmer Eerkens (Anthropology) "Mining and Pigment Production in Ancient Nasca Society"		In-House Talent Series/ ^{Brown Bag Series} Wed, April 16, noon, SSH 5214 Claudia Darrigrandi (Spanish Department) "Latin American Urban Representations" Wed, April 23, noon SSH 5214 _{Brown Bag Series} Astrid Stensrud "Negotiating life through economic and ritual activities in Cusco, Peru" Tue, April 29, noon, SSH 5214 Centolia Maldonado Vásquez and Bernardo Ramírez Bautista "Indigenous Mexican Migration to the U.S. and its Impact on the Communities of Origin" Video Presentation: Mujeres que se organizan avanzan Mon, May 5, noon, SSH 5214 Julieta Paredes, Bolivian anarcho-feminist with Mujeres Creando "With our bodies and our souls: thinking feminism from the Andes" (Presentation in Spanish)

Feb. 12-April 1, Buehler Alumni Center
and The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center
for the Performing Arts

Photo Exhibition

Yuyanapaq - To Remember

Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

_{A compelling look at political violence in Peru between 1980 and 2000.
The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought together
250 photographs in a powerful exhibit.
Now, 40 of these striking and touching photos that shed light
on the human dimensions of a war-torn society will be shown at UCD.}

_{^{Presented with the support of the
Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas
and the Department of Religious Studies}}

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

_T_{o arrange a guided tour for your class,
contact casiracusa@ucdavis.edu}

^{_{Yuyanapaq: Reception and Director's Talk, Tuesday, February 12}}


_{^{Christina Siracusa, Program Coordinator}}	_{^{Cristián Castro and HIA Director Charles Walker discuss details about some photographs.}}

_{^{UCD Professor Yvette Flores studies the pictures to plan a tour for her class.}}	_{^{Visitors study the pictures that depict violence in metropolitan areas.}}

^{_{Norwegian visiting scholar Astrid Bredholt Stensrud}}^{_{visited the exhibit.}}	^{_{Kim Davis examines one of the photographs.}}

_{^{HIA Director provides context on the origins of the photographic exhibit.}}	_{^{Many visitors attended lecture and reception.}}