CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES STANFORD UNIVERSITY enlace 2006-07 Year in Review

Inside this issue: Letter from the Director 2 Democracy & Indigenous Peoples 3 Faculty-led Conferences 3 Special Event Highlights 6 Language Instruction 7 A Spring Quarter at Stanford 8 Tinker & Visiting Scholars 8 Tinker-supported Conferences 10 Co-sponsored Activities 11 BoHo Film Series Highlights 11 2006-07 Lecture Series 12 Photo Exhibition Highlights 13 2007 MA, Honors & Minor Students 13 2007-08 MA Students 13 Working Groups 14 Walsh Grant Recipients 15 Staff News 16 Library Report 16 Alumni News 16 Spring 2008 Events 18 Affiliated Faculty 19 Advisory Board 20 

Letter from the Director

This year has been an unusually vibrant the U.S. and Latin America. Professor Ernesto Schargrodsky has one for the Center. Geraldine Slean over 50 students taking his economy of Latin America course, while became our Program Coordinator at the his wife Karina Galperín is a Visiting Scholar at the Center, and the beginning of the academic year and as two of them have become a very active couple at the Center. This a result of her efforts we have run new year we also inaugurated visiting Nabuco Fellows – young scholars conferences for students on future careers from Brazil who come to work at Stanford for a month or two. The (with talks given by outstanding alumni), first Nabuco Fellows were Marco Antonio Pamplona from PUC-Rio on research agendas for working overseas, and Mariza Soares from Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niteroi. and just recently on fascinating reports Both are young historians who have already become internationally by our Miller Walsh grant recipients on known in their areas of research. As is obvious, we are rather heavy on their summer internships. This last event Cariocas this quarter. However, our newly appointed Tinker Professor was attended by Monica Miller and David Mauro Galetti (who was able to replace Milton Hatoum who could not Walsh themselves. Our second class of M.A. students is now well into take up his Tinker appointment) is from UNESP-Rio Claro, so we do their courses and had an extremely successful first quarter. As expected, have one Paulista as a balance. Also, our Argentine continent will be our program has increased in size and we are even able to send the reinforced with the arrival of Professor Ana María González de Tobia entire class of nine students for field research in Veracruz in the coming from the Universidad de La Plata who will be teaching Greek poetry quarter intersession as part of their ecology core course under the in the Classics Department in the Spring Quarter. We will even have a direction of Professor Rodolfo Dirzo. Third-year Portuguese, which was Chilean again with the film director Cristián Sánchez who also will be funded by the Center for two years, was so successful that we hope the having a major conference related to his work. I would add that Bolívar University will agree to take it over as a normal part of the curriculum. House (or good old BOHO as everyone calls it) was saved once again This year we have had an increase in both outside applicants for our this past year, so we were able to make needed repairs and to expand third class of the new M.A., and from Stanford co-terms, some ten the kitchen facilities thanks to the excellent work of Omar Ochoa, who of whom have applied for admission for next year. Half of this year’s doubles as our interior designer when he is not working as our Business Tinker Professors have arrived and are already organizing conferences. and Operations Administrator, Tinker administrator and house hunting Professor Guillermo Solorzano of PUC-Rio, in conjunction with Robert specialist. As always, Associate Director Megan Gorman has kept us all Sinclair, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Geballe running on an even keel with her calm assurance that all will work out Laboratory for Advanced Materials, is organizing an international in the end, and who then makes sure that this will occur. n conference on “Remote Electron Microscopy for In Situ Studies” from March 31-April 1, 2008, with some 20 invited scholars from Europe, —Herb Klein

The Center for Latin American Studies supports Produced and edited by research and teaching on Latin America by the Geraldine Slean faculty and students of Stanford in all fields of study. Designed by Pat Brito and Director: Geraldine Slean Herbert S. Klein Photos are courtesy of Associate Director: H. Klein, J. Mosqueda, Megan Gorman and G. Slean. Program Coordinator: Enlace is published Geraldine Slean annually and is available Business & Operations Administrator: in an electronic format on Omar Ochoa the Center’s website. Student Assistants: © 2008 Leland Stanford Amy Bonilla, Thais Hernández, Jr. University. Danielle Lostaunau, Juan Mateos 2007 M.A. graduates and LAS staff. 

Why do Latin American Indigenous Peoples Matter in Today’s Democracy?

By Eliane Karp de Toledo | [email protected]

America today, after 500 years of successful goods that democracy promises to deliver to resistance. all citizens. By doing so, Indigenous Peoples are fighting against the exclusion of sectors In many countries, Indigenous Peoples have of society, not just themselves. What they already successfully managed to incorporate are requesting are new terms of partnership the use of native languages for educational between the State and its Indigenous subjects and official uses, transforming traditional as equals. bilingual educational materials using an intercultural focus. This intercultural approach The region today cannot afford to turn away aims at reformulating educational contents from the general demands for less poverty so that a larger sector of the population can and more economic opportunities. It is the participate in the Indigenous cultural and nature of democracy, itself, which is at stake linguistic worldview. today along with its capacity to deliver a more effective inclusive type of citizenship. A new agenda (also promoted by the UN This is why the claims of Indigenous Peoples Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous today are so crucial and should be given Peoples in September 2007) focuses on a ample space in public debates and in our day- series of new collective rights that would to-day work in specialized and international enable Indigenous communities to benefit institutions. n from territorial ownership and direct access to their much-valued natural resources. While the strong correlation that exists between poverty and Indigenous communities is common knowledge and well documented More than ever, this question is becoming by multinational organizations and academia, increasingly relevant. During the past little emphasis has been given to the wealth Eliane Karp de Toledo served as the First Lady of the decade, Indigenous organizations have they are literally sitting on. By allowing Republic of Peru from July 2001-2006. The main perceived themselves as capable of promoting Indigenous Peoples to become the actors objective of her office was to promote the social and real change in terms of their inclusion to the of their own development and by inviting economic empowerment of people living in extreme democratic processes. The issues surrounding them to participate in part of the revenues poverty and promote the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Since then, she has continued advocating for the rights their own rights, as well as the dynamics of that extractive activities generate, a new kind of the Indigenous through different organizations and their participation, are profoundly changing of social right could indeed be promoted to capacities. She has also worked as a project officer for the socio-political challenges faced by achieve more inclusive citizenship. Today, the World Bank as well as a consultant for USAID, most Latin American nations. Indigenous Indigenous Peoples are eager to participate in OAS, UNICEF, and the UNDP. Since 2006, she organizations today question the kind of the political, social and economic life of their has been a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of democracy they have inherited and promote nations. They hope to achieve a reformulation Anthropology at Stanford University. She teaches a new agenda based on the multiethnic and of public policies and constitutional rights, courses on Indigenous inclusion in today’s democracy multicultural reality that characterizes Latin which would give them better access to the as well as Andean ethnohistory.

Faculty-led Conferences and Events

The faculty-led conference program offers faculty and of ideas and issues that cross the usual disciplinary or Wealth and Poverty in Latin America: students from Stanford as well as other institutions the institutional boundaries and/or themes which have an Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico during opportunity to present their current research and explore international context; 3) the support of collaborative the 19th century topics of common intellectual concern. The core goals of research, particularly in the development of areas of In November of 2006, Dr. Zephyr Frank the program include: 1) the realization and development research that no single researcher or institution could organized a collaborative workshop and of new research ideas or the presentation of major address alone. conference with seven regional experts on research findings in a given area; 2) the exploration

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poverty and living standards in Argentina, 2007–08 Faculty Conferences Brazil, and Mexico in the 19th century. The workshop focused on sources, methods, and future collaboration within the field. Water Policy in the Southern Cone Participants discussed the usage of archival One-fifth of the world’s population lacks access to safe water. In Latin America, population data in social science research and compared growth corresponds to increasing poverty and water demands. Under the guidance of Dr. interpretations of economic growth and Len Ortolano, key researchers and decision-makers came together on January 19, 2008 for inequality between the aforementioned three an interdisciplinary workshop that examined sustainable social, health, and environmental countries and the United States. solutions to this problem. Geophysical Imaging at the Ambato Reimagining Latin American History as Iberian History Valley Archaeological Site, Catamarca, Argentina Under the inspiration of Dr. Tamar Herzog, the founders and coordinators of Red Columnaria will come to Stanford in the 2008 Spring Quarter. Columnaria has traditionally By Laura Chiaramonte, Jeff Shragge and Kyle Spikes fostered interdisciplinary discussions on topics pertinent to the Iberian world. Recently, A multidisciplinary international research however, Columnaria has expressed an interest in incorporating Latin America into its collaboration (between Stanford University’s ongoing analyses. This workshop will examine the advantages and disadvantages of School of Earth Sciences (SES), the National integrating Latin American history into Iberian history. University of Cordoba’s Philosophy and El y Ella Humanities Department, the Argentine National Historic Museum, and the Author Mercedes Pinto published El in 1926 and Ella in 1934. Dr. Jorge Ruffinelli is University of Buenos Aires’ (UBA) Geologic organizing a symposium in the spring to compare these works as well as films that have been Department) performed geophysical based on these novels by directors Luis Buñuel and Valeria Sarmiento. investigations at an archaeological site in the Mexican Politics Ambato Valley, Catamarca, Argentina. The collaboration involved Stanford geophysicists, Within the last decade, Mexican politics have transitioned from a hegemonic party system to Laura Chiaramonte, Jeff Shragge and a multiparty democracy. This change has reformed political science scholarship on Mexico. Kyle Spikes, traveling with Argentine Dr. Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Dr. Beatriz Magaloni are holding a workshop in the spring archaeologists and geologists to the field to discuss recent political and academic changes. In particular, they intend to focus on site and performing total magnetic field and institutional division of powers, changes in distributive politics, and political participation ground penetrating radar surveys to generate and conflict. reliable pre-excavation site characterization. Intellectual History The project focused on the Aguada culture Dr. Ivan Jaksic organized a conference to evaluate the importance of Liberalism within Latin at the Piedras Blancas site. Previous research American history. Six internationally recognized scholars convened in Santiago in December suggested that the Aguada economy consisted 2007 to discuss papers and presentations on this topic. of cultivation based on hillside and valley bottom hydro-agricultural systems, as well as hunting and cattle rearing. Previous site excavations at the Piedras Blancas site provided evidence for day-to-day activities, including cooking and food storage, use of wild and domestic camelids, pottery and yarn spinning, metallurgy, human and animal sacrifices, and tombs. We collected two types of geophysical data to help archeologists prioritize future investigation locations: total magnetic field (MAG) and ground penetrating radar (GPR). MAG measurements reveal spatial differences in the total magnetic field, helping geophysicists identify locations where the magnetic field intensity is noticeably Roundtable discussion in Santiago, Chile on Liberalism. higher or lower than the surrounding areas. GPR analysis, where an electromagnetic

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Ulrich Gumbrecht. In the spring of 2008, Stanford faculty will visit UIA in Mexico City to conduct future research.

Mexican Migration and Human Development Conference This conference took place April 13-14, 2007 and was co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), the Division of International Comparative and Area Studies (ICA), the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, Mexico). The speakers included Rodolfo de la Torre The archaeological team in the Ambato Valley, Argentina. (UIA and UNDP), Francisca Antman (Stanford University), Gerardo Esquivel (Continued from page 4) (COLMEX), David Fitzgerald (UCSD), Hyejin Ku (Cornell University), Philip wave propagates through the ground and Historicization of the Second-order Martin (UC Davis), David McKenzie (WB), is reflected back to the surface, allows Observer Hillel Rappoport (Bar-Ilan University), geophysicists to map the spatial variations in Introduced by the German philosopher and Mark R. Rosenzweig (Yale University), subsurface layering, including disruptions by sociologist, Niklas Luhmann, the “second- Francisco Alba (COLMEX). The keynote either artificial or natural causes. order observer” is a systemic concept, speaker was Michoacán Congressman Jesus The acquired geophysical data contained replacing the traditional Western concept Martinez Saldaña, the first Congressman to numerous anomalies that are consistent of “self-reflexivity.” Collaborations between legally represent migrant communities from with archaeological artifacts; however, the the Department of Comparative Literature at California in the Michoacán State Congress. signatures of these anomalies are by no means Stanford University and the Department of Other participants included Katherine M. unique. Thus, although MAG and GPR History at the Universidad Iberoamericana Donato (Vanderbilt University), Raymundo variations often point to archaeologically (UIA) in Mexico City concluded that the M. Campos-Vazquez (UC Berkeley), Graciela significant locations, it is difficult to “second-order observer” concept has great Teruel (UIA), David Card (UC Berkeley and discriminate between natural (e.g. buried potential for comparative studies in the field NBER), Gordon Hanson (UC Santa Barbara rocks or tree roots) and anthropogenic of cultural history. and NBER) and Alfredo Cuecuecha (ITAM). (e.g. human settlements) anomalies. Only To explore this concept, Han Ulrich Discussion focused on whether low- excavation can reveal the true cause of these Gumbrecht taught a graduate seminar skilled labor accounts for a large share of signatures. during the 2007 Winter Quarter entitled, international labor flows, with an eye towards Our analysis of the acquired geophysical data “Histories of Self-Reflexivity.” This seminar the impacts of immigration policy. Evidence highlighted five archaeologically interesting also incorporated three additional workshops suggests that immigration restrictions affect targets within the shallowest 0.5 to 1.5 m and lengthy discussions offered by colleagues the cost and conditions of migration and have of subsurface. We recommended that these from the Universidad Iberoamericana little impact on size of migration. Speakers locations be labeled as priorities for the during February of 2007. Alfonso Mendiola also highlighted migration effects on family upcoming archaeological excavation field traced the development of “Second-order arrangements and children’s well-being. season (Fall 2008). More generally, excavation Observation” in the theory of history since Researchers demonstrated that children’s results should provide insight into the the late 20th-century. Ilán Semo discussed the financial contributions function as strategic utility of using geophysics in archaeological “Second-order Observer” within present-day complements while time contributions prospecting. epistemology. And, Perla Chinchilla discussed operate as strategic substitutes. specific problems in the application of this The Archaeology of the Basin of The people that participated in this project concept to historical research. are: Laura Chiaramonte, Jeff Shragge and Mexico in the Early 21st Century: Kyle Spikes (Stanford University); José The seminars and ensuing conversations Assessing the State of Current Perez Gollán (Argentine National Historic produced many positive results. Currently, Understanding and Charting Future a volume of contributions towards Museum); Andrés Laguens, Marcos Gastaldi Research and team (National University of Cordoba, “Historicization of the Second-order In September of 2007, Dr. Ian Robertson Argentina); and Guillermo Ré and Javier Observer” is now in the making under the and Dr. L.J. Gorenflo held a conference Peroni (Universidad de Buenos Aires). editorship of Perla Chinchilla and Hans (Continued on page 6) 

(Continued from page 5) on cultural evolution in the Basin of Mexico Special Event Highlights from Teotihuacán to Tenochtitlán. This event gathered 15 well-renowned archaeologists for an in-depth discussion on research to The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South Pedro Lemebel Came, Saw, and date and an evaluation of unexplored topics American Paintings 1600–1825 from Seduced for future investigation. Sessions examined the Thoma Collection By Dr. Jorge Ruffinelli temporal changes in: regional settlements and From September 20, 2006 through December their associated risks and sustainability; the The Chilean writer and performer was in 31, 2006, the Cantor Arts Center exhibited organization and structure of Teotihuacán; Stanford for three days, from May 22 to May 55 Andean works of art from the Colonial state-level administration; and the role 24. On the first day he read his chronicles of Period. The paintings displayed the mixing of economic specialization and exchange love and seduction, on the second his political of pictorial traditions that accompanied the systems. chronicles, and on the last day he traveled to introduction of European mediums, religious San Francisco. He took photographs on the iconography, and cultures. The exhibition was Golden Gate Bridge and bought an exemplary divided according to various themes: early- paperback version of his novel My Tender European-influenced images; proselytizing Matador at City Light Books that he thought tools for Christianity; cult images; and only existed in hardback. portraits. CLAS-sponsored lectures during the 2006 Fall Quarter examined these and He was invited to Stanford by the Center for other topics relating to cultural representation Latin American Studies and the Department throughout various Andean cities at this time. of Spanish and Portuguese. With the support of the Division of Literature and Languages, Venezuelan Poet Julieta León Lemebel confirmed the strong popularity of Thanks to a generous gift from the Gran his literary masterpieces and his personality Mariscal de Ayacucho Foundation, Julieta Dr. Ian Robertson speaks about in his native country, the United States and research at Teotihuacán. León visited Bolívar House on March 13, the rest of the world. (He recently won 2007 and gave a public reading of poems, an important literary prize in Germany.) Tropical Dry Forests of Western Mexico: followed by a conversation with the audience. Professors and students from UC Berkeley, Understanding Species Interactions Ms. León is the latest winner of the Poetry UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz and UCLA and Their Relationships to Forest Prize of the XV Literary Biennial José Antonio attended his talk. One professor even drove Regeneration Ramos Sucre, one of the most prestigious from Los Angeles on May 22 just to listen literary awards in Venezuela and all of Latin Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo led six Stanford graduate to Lemebel talk, and later drove the 400 America. Her recent publications include students from the Department of Biological miles back to Los Angeles. So strong was her Arena del Desierto (1999), Eterna Sed (2005), and Sciences on a scientific field expedition in desire to listen to the magnificent author of Mall (2006). September of 2007. The field site was the extremely successful books, such as La Esquina es mi Corazón: Crónica Urbana (1995), Loco Afán: dry forest of the Chamela Biological Station Argentine Filmmaker Crónicas del Sidario (1996), De Perlas y Cicatrices (UNAM), located in Western Mexico Andres Di Tella between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo. The (1998), Zanjón de la Aguada (2003), and Adiós With the joint sponsorship of the Department scientific program of this field trip included Mariquita Linda (2004). of Spanish and Portuguese, filmmaker Andres a basic science component and an applied Di Tella visited Bolívar House on March The conference was entitled “Pedro Lemebel: component. Both components were related 7, 2007 and gave a talk on “The Political Literature, Body Performance and Political to the overall question of herbivory and its and Autobiographical in Film.” Di Tella, Resistance in High Heels,” alluding to the relationship with plant (and therefore forest) one of the most exciting young film artists militant Chilean homosexual and transvestite regeneration. n working in Latin America today, has directed writer-performer. Montoneros: Una Historia (1995), Prohibido Acting as one of the founders of the Chilean (1997), and La Televisión y Yo (2002). He cultural and political resistance against has served as director of Princeton’s annual Pinochet’s dictatorship, Lemebel was part of documentary film festival for the past four the famous group Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis years. in the 1980s. Together with Francisco Casas, Lemebel participated in many performances with the purpose of denouncing the abuse and atrocities of the military regime in his country. At the same time, he fought for the civil rights of gays and lesbians in Chile.

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On the first day of the conference three Cultural Studies and author of Literatura Chilena The roundtable on the second day consisted critics participated in a roundtable discussion del Siglo XIX: Entre Públicos Lectores y Figuras of Fernando Blanco (Kenyon College), M.A. entitled, “Why Read Lemebel?” The first was Autoriales (Santiago, 2003). In the meantime, in Literature in the Department of Philosophy Jean Franco (Columbia University), a student Lemebel read his poem-manifesto “Hablo por and Humanities at the Universidad de Chile and critic of Latin American literature since mi Diferencia” and some of his chronicles and editor of the first book published about the 1960s and author of influential books such were made into videos related to his work. Lemebel’s work, Reinas de Otro Cielo: Modernidad as Plotting Women (1989) and The Decline and y Autoritarismo en la Obra de Pedro Lemebel The second day of the conference featured Fall of the Lettered City (2001). The second critic (Chile, 2004); Jovana Skarmeta, journalist politically-themed videos: “Mi Amiga Gladys” was Francine Massiello (UC Berkeley), Sidney and personal friend of the author; and Jorge is a notable 5-minute film that describes the and Margaret Ancker Distinguished Professor Ruffinelli, a Stanford professor who read the powerful friendship between Lemebel and in Humanities, Professor in the Department text sent by author Carlos Monsiváis, who Gladys Marin, the late Secretary General of of Spanish and Portuguese as well as could not attend the conference but asked his the Communist Party of Chile. Shown to the Comparative Literature, and author of the essay be read publicly. public for the first time, the second video books Lenguaje e Ideologia: Las Escuelas Argentinas “Pisagua” is a 7-minute film that pays homage Lemebel’s visit has been recorded in the de Vanguardia (1986) and Between Civilization and to the victims of the dictatorship and was memories of those who received him. Upon Barbarism: Women, Nation, and Literary Culture in filmed in Pisagua Beach, where dozens of his return to Chile, the writer published one Modern Argentina (1992). Lastly, the third critic executed victims were buried under Pinochet’s of his chronicles about his trip to the Bay was Juan Poblete (UC Santa Cruz), Associate regime. Area. He has not forgotten his experience. n Professor of Literature and Latin American

Language Instruction

As a way of offering advanced level Portuguese Three advanced classes were offered last year academic lectures in Portuguese originally language courses, the Center supported three third-year and are being taught again in 2007-2008: given in the Middlebury Language School by Portuguese courses. PortLang 101, “Reading Brazil”; PortLang experts in Political Science, Anthropology, 102, “Brazil in Text: Advanced Grammar and Literature, and Musicology. This set of soon- CLAS Supports Advanced Composition”; and PortLang 103: “Brazil to-be-published materials is the result of a Portuguese Classes Today: Advanced Level Conversation.” 5-year project sponsored by the NIH, and The courses emphasize, respectively, high- Stanford was one of a very small group of By Dr. Lyris Wiedemann competence-level reading, writing, and schools chosen to test it. 2006-2007 marked discussions/presentations based on current In PortLang 103, we used the brand-new the first time that the events. This year’s emphasis on content- installations in the Stanford Digital Lab’s Portuguese Language based courses reflects last year’s experience studio, with its two giant screens that Program at Stanford and the interest of students. The three allow you not only to view a simultaneous offered advanced classes had a total enrollment of 20 students, exhibition of two different sets of materials, language classes, with “Brazil Today” attracting the most but also to highlight words, move text around thanks to a two-year grant from CLAS. students. Evaluations from the 3 courses and add handwritten notes to the screen, Unlike larger programs such as Spanish, were overwhelmingly positive, with students among other resources. This class made the Italian, German, and French, Portuguese clearly expressing their enthusiasm. As a best possible use of the Internet, keeping had only 1st and 2nd year language courses whole, students valued the opportunity to up to date with current topics through the due to budgetary constraints. From these pursue their own interests while developing weekly reading of Brazilian government sites, courses, students could move on to literature higher-level linguistic competence. newspapers and magazines. classes. As a result, professors of Brazilian/ The three classes included both native Portuguese literature often had to accept Based on a two-year record, we hope to and non-native guest speakers who gave papers in English. Moreover, students whose convince the Stanford Language Center and academic lectures in Portuguese in their interests are in areas other than literature the Department of Spanish and Portuguese field of expertise, with topics varying from (such as some CLAS students entering the to make these classes permanent. Needless to cinematography to the use of object pronouns M.A. program or GSB students) did not have say, we would have never gotten to this point in Portuguese to biofuels to the Farroupilha courses available that would allow them to without CLAS’ encouragement and support, revolution. In addition to innovative content, further develop their language competence. which allowed us to test these courses two of the courses included new materials. without reducing the classes that we normally PortLang 102 used a set of DVDs containing offer. n 

A Spring Quarter at Stanford

By Dr. Hilda Sabato which I finally finished twoTinker days before flyingand back. Visiting The book focuses An invigorating half-hour bicycle ride from our rented apartment on a key episode in the politicalScholars history of nineteenth-century Argentina, in Menlo Park to Bolívar House followed by a freshly brewed cup the above mentioned “revolution” of 1880, and explores the role of of coffee: thus started my days at Stanford last spring. The House violence in the political struggles around nation-building, the figure was just waking-up: Omar was an early starter; a bit later Megan and of the citizen in arms in the political culture of Buenos Aires, and the Geraldine arrived, and little by little the visiting scholars occupied relationship between the militia and the professional army at a period their offices. Mine was a spacious corner room and benefited from a of State consolidation. These concerns were also at the center of my garden view and a lot of light. I enjoyed those mornings at my desk, initiative to organize, together with Prof. Tamar Herzog, a conference on reading, writing, doing my emails... “Citizenships, Revolutions, and Political Violence in the Formation of the Latin American Republics,” which took place at Bolívar House on April 20 Tuesdays and Thursdays I had my class. The course on “Political (see page 10). Citizenship in the Formation of the Latin American Republics” was attended by four graduate students: Alberto, Laura and Sofía, from The convivial atmosphere at the Center stimulates sociability. It was a the CLAS master’s program, and Robert, an anthropology Ph.D. They great place to contact, and dialogue with, colleagues, graduate students, were a very active, intelligent, and friendly group, which made my and visitors. The seminar room, the kitchen, and the wonderful garden all teaching experience at Stanford both interesting and enjoyable. After provide great space for everyday encounters. There were also the parties, class, Tuesday was also Lecture Series day, with talks by guest scholars joyfully organized by the efficient and good-humored staff, and attended on different topics regarding Latin America’s past and present. When by a crowd of Latin Americans and students, scholars, and friends of Latin invited to participate in the series, I was careful enough to leave it America. Asado with caipirinhas makes an unforgettable combination! almost to the end of my stay. Then, I could present some of the work Outside the limits of Bolívar House, I enjoyed the campus to walk, bike, I had been doing while in my corner-room: “Citizens in Arms: The attend lectures and concerts, and meet for lunch or coffee with colleagues. Revolution of 1880 in Buenos Aires.” Above all, I took advantage of the excellent library resources offered This is the topic of a book that I am laboriously trying to write! I by the University. For someone who comes from a country where such devoted part of the research time at Stanford to work on a chapter, resources are rather scant, Stanford library is a treat!! n

Tinker and Visiting Scholars

Tinker Visiting Professors Linda Manzanilla Hilda Sabato is a 2006-07 is a researcher at Professor of History the Institute of at the Universidad Under the auspices of a generous endowment from the Anthropological de Buenos Aires Edward Laroque Tinker Foundation that was awarded Research and Professor (Argentina). She is to Stanford and four other universities in 1978, of Archaeology at the primarily concerned CLAS has had the honor and distinction of hosting National Autonomous with political history, an impressive roster of prominent senior scholars from University of Mexico. emphasizing nation- Latin America, Iberia and Canada as Tinker Visiting She received a Ph.D. from the University of building, the development of republican Professors in Latin American Studies. Each year, these Paris (Sorbonne). She is the author and editor institutional frameworks, and the shaping scholars are selected from candidates nominated by of 14 books and 112 articles and chapters on of citizenship in Latin America. Her current faculty in any department or professional school at subjects related to the emergence and change research project looks at political violence in Stanford. While at CLAS, Tinker Visiting Professors of early urban societies in Mesoamerica, 19th-century Argentina. Her past research teach classes in their areas of expertise, give lectures Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Andean Region. projects examined agrarian capitalism and the to Stanford audiences, and share their knowledge and She has excavated in Mexico, Bolivia, Egypt, formation of labor markets in Buenos Aires, as research on a wide range of topics that focus on Latin and Eastern Anatolia. She is a member of El well as the study of immigration to Argentina. America. Colegio Nacional (Mexico). She is a foreign She has been a Fellow at the Princeton member of both the U.S. National Academy Institute for Advanced Study, the Center for of Sciences and the American Philosophical Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Society. At Stanford, she taught two courses in Stanford, and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu “Early State Formation” and “Methodological Berlin. Her books include, among others, Issues of Domestic Archaeology Research.” (Continued on page 9) 

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Agrarian Capitalism and the World Market: Visiting Scholars Carlos Reboratti is Buenos Aires in the Pastoral Age, 1850-1890 Felicia Fahey is an a geographer (Ph. (Albuquerque, 1989); and The Many and the Assistant Professor D., U. of Buenos Few: Political Participation in Republican Buenos of Latin American Aires, 1973). His Aires (Stanford, 2001). She was also the editor Literature at Bates main fields of interest for Ciudadanía Política y Formación de Naciones: College. Her are rural geography Perspectivas Históricas de América Latina (Mexico, publications have and environmental 1999). At Stanford, she taught “Political focused on travel, conflicts. His most Citizenship and the Formation of the Latin diaspora, nationality, recent books are La Quebrada (La Colmena, American Republics.” n and representations of identity in twentieth Buenos Aires, 2003) and Ambiente y Sociedad (Ariel, Buenos Aires, 2002). He has been Visiting Professors century Latin American narratives. Professor Fahey is the author of The Will to Heal: a Visiting Professor at Wisconsin-Madison Laird Bergad is Professor of Latin American Psychological Recovery in the Novels of Latina (2004), Cantabrica (Spain, 2002), Berkeley and Caribbean History in the Department Writers, forthcoming. Her book examines (1999) and Tubingen (Germany, 1996). of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies representations of trauma and recovery in the María Aparecida at Lehman College, and the Ph.D. Program autobiographical fictions of Latin American de S. Lopes is in History at the Graduate Center of the and U.S. Latina women authors. Professor of History City University of New York. A member of of the Americas at CUNY’s faculty since 1980, Professor Bergad Enrique Hernández Universidade Estadual is the founding director of the CUNY Center Laos is Professor of Paulista. She graduated for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Economics at the with a B.A. from the Studies. He did his undergraduate work at the Universidad Autónoma Pontifícia Universidade University of Wisconsin where he received a Metropolitana (Mexico Católica de São Paulo (Brazil, 1993) and B.A. degree in History in 1970. An M.A. was City). He is currently obtained her Ph.D. from El Colegio de completed at the University of Pittsburgh a member of the México (Mexico City, 1999). The results of in 1974 and a Ph.D. was conferred in Latin Sistema Nacional de her Ph.D. dissertation have been published American and Caribbean History in 1980. Investigadores in Mexico. He is the author by El Colegio de México and El Colegio Dr. Bergad has written widely on the social, of more than 25 books and 60 specialized de Michoacán in 2005 under the title De economic, and demographic history of slave- papers published on economic and social Costumbres y Leyes: Abigeato y Derechos de Propiedad based plantation societies in the 18th and issues in Mexico and Latin America. His en Chihuahua Durante el Porfiriato. In 2001 she 19th centuries. His books include Coffee and current research focuses on productivity spent one semester at the University of the Growth of Agrarian Capitalism in Nineteenth- growth performance of the Mexican economy California in San Diego as a Research Fellow Century Puerto Rico, Cuban Rural Society in the and its effects on economic growth. Dr. in the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, Nineteenth Century: The Social and Economic History Laos earned a degree in Economics from the where she started her present research of Monoculture in Matanzas, The Cuban Slave Monterrey Institute of Technology, an M.A. that deals with livestock trade relations Market, 1790-1880, The Demographic and Economic in Economics at El Colegio de Mexico and a between the United States and Mexico in History of Slavery in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1720- Ph.D. in Economics from the University of the nineteenth century. Most of her findings 1888, and The Comparative Histories of Slavery East Anglia. have been published in several journals in in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States. While at Dora Isabel Paiva da Brazil and Mexico. She has also done work Stanford, Dr. Bergad taught two courses: Costa is a Professor comparing the Brazilian and the Mexican “Comparative Histories of the Hispanic in the Department independence movements; on the creation Caribbean” and “Slavery in the Americas.” of Economics of the and evolution of urban centers in South Nathan Wachtel is a Professor in the Collège Universidade Estadual America during the Colonial period; and de France, where he is the Chair of History Paulista (São Paulo, on the Brazilian land laws in the nineteenth and Anthropology. Born in Metz in 1936, he Brazil). She received century. Her most recent paper is entitled is a French citizen and obtained his degrees her M.A. from the “Del Taller a la Fábrica: Vida Cotidiana de los at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Universidade Estadual de Campinas and her Trabajadores Chihuahuenses en la Primera Sociale and the Sorbonne. While at Stanford, Ph.D. from Universidade Federal Fluminense Mitad del Siglo XX.” Dr. Wachtel delivered the Aaron-Roland (Rio de Janeiro). She has written many Lecture in Jewish Studies and taught a course articles looking at the history of Brazil in on “Marranos, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews the 1700s and 1800s. Her main interests are in Latin America, 16th-20th Centuries.” Some frontier history, family history, population of his books include Jewish Memories (with and demographic history, and also social and Lucette Valensi), Gods and Vampires and Faith of economic history. the Memory. n (Continued on page 10) 10

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Cecilia Taiana Based on her research on the transatlantic Harold Trinkunas is (Ph.D., Psychology) migration of psychoanalytical discourse, an Associate Professor was trained in Buenos she contributed a chapter to Internationalizing in the Department Aires, Paris, London the History of Psychology (Adrian Brock, Ed. of National Security and Ottawa. A region 2006) entitled “Transatlantic Migration of Affairs at the Naval of central interest to the Disciplines of the Mind: An Examination Postgraduate School Dr. Taiana is Argentina, of the Reception of Wundt’s and Freud’s in Monterey, CA. His a country marked Theories in Argentina” and an article “The research and writing by political trauma and dictatorships. In Emergence of Freud’s Theories in Argentina: focus on Latin American politics, particularly 1995, Dr. Taiana co-edited The Reordering of Towards A Comparison with the U.S.” democratization and civil-military relations. Culture: Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada to the Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis He recently authored Crafting Civilian Control in the Hood, an interdisciplinary book by (November 2006). Last winter, Cecilia wrote of the Military in Venezuela (University of sociologists, historians and cultural theorists a biographical note on Jacques Lacan for the North Carolina, 2005). He received a B.S. that explores the vicissitudes of north–south editors of the Dictionary of Medical Biography in Economics and a B.A. in Political Science cultural identities. In the area of trauma and published by Greenwood Publishers in 2006. from the University of Pennsylvania in memory, she is the author of “Confession and She will continue her work on Jacques Lacan 1991, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political its Twin, Torture: Re-thinking the Therapeutic during her next sabbatical (2007-2008), when Science from Stanford University in 1999 Alliance,” an article published in 1995. More she plans to document the role of Lacanian after conducting extensive field research recently, she published an article in the History study groups in Argentina during the period in Argentina and Venezuela. He also of Psychology (November 2005), entitled of the last dictatorship (1976-83). served as the field officer for the Carter “Conceptual Resistance in the Disciplines Center electoral observation mission in of the Mind: The Buenos Aires-Leipzig Venezuela during the highly contested 1998 Connection at the Turn of the Twentieth congressional and presidential elections. n Century.”

Tinker-supported Conferences

Citizenship, Revolutions, and Political together select international scholars who revolutionary events. The discussants and Violence in the Formation of the Latin are addressing these issues in their current commentators – José Murilo de Carvalho, American Republics research, in order to discuss their findings, as Tulio Halperin Donghi, Friedrich Katz, and well as to explore the potential and the limits Jaime E. Rogríguez O. – did a wonderful job By Hilda Sabato of this renewed field of study. not only analyzing each paper in particular, On April 20, 2007, Dr. Tamar Herzog and but also comparing papers, and proposing The result was a most thought-provoking Dr. Hilda Sabato convened an international matters for debate and ideas for future work. meeting. During two sessions of paper conference at the Center for Latin American presentations and discussions, plus a final The conference showed that the field is Studies. Both organizers were interested in closing session with two commentators, very much alive and is producing new a relatively recent and growing academic all participants engaged in lively and and challenging research. Also, that concern with the problem of political productive exchanges. Although the papers it is open to different theoretical and violence in historical perspective, and more had a common broad thematic focus, they methodological perspectives, and therefore, specifically, with its role in the political addressed different issues, and proposed to experimentation and controversy as well as culture of the Latin American republics. In the different theoretical and research approaches, to further research. Our day at Bolívar House last ten years, books and articles that explore all of which stimulated discussion. Initial was exhausting but it was also inspiring after nation-building in nineteenth-century Latin concerns were also diverse. Thus, while n America have put forward the theme of the those intense discussions. political citizenship was the point of “citizen in arms,” showing that it played a departure for Clément Thibaud’s and Hilda key role in the republican language of the Sabato’s work, the social dimensions of the age, as well as in the actual institutional militia (and the army) were key to the studies organization of the new republics. They have by Guy Thomson and Peter Guardino. Cecilia also shed new light upon revolutions and Méndez’s paper, in turn, combined both “pronunciamientos,” by connecting them with dimensions in a long-term interpretation of the building of citizenship and the disputes the relationship between the army and the regarding rights and obligations in the polity. peasants in Peru. Nils Jacobsen, on the other In view of these academic developments, hand, chose the very short-term, and so did the conference’s main purpose was to bring Hilda Sabato: both focused on very specific Potosi, Bolivia. 11

Co-sponsored Activities

Latin American Studies commonly co-sponsors events Justice for Women on the Border Push and Pull: Free Trade and the and lectures with other departments and student Former maquiladora worker and longtime Immigration Debate organizations. Our aim is to facilitate a growing Juárez activist, Veronica Leyva, gave a Juan Manuel Sandoval and David Bacon spoke Latin American community at Stanford and to spread special talk at Bolívar House on October 18, in White Plaza on April 18, 2007 about the awareness about issues pertaining to the region. 2007. For more than a decade, the cities of complex and controversial issues surrounding Juárez and Chihuahua have been the sites Documentary and Talk on Resisting free trade and immigration using photos and of over 400 unsolved, brutal murders of stories from their years of organizing. This Oil Development in the Ecuadorian women. This event highlighted the impact of event was co-sponsored with the Stanford Amazon neoliberal economic policies, drug trafficking, student groups SLAC, SAAAC, SEAS, and Patricia Gualinga, indigenous leader from militarization, and the maquiladora sector of MEChA, and the San Francisco-based non- the Kichwa community of Sarayaku, visited the femicides. This event was co-sponsored profit Global Exchange. Bolívar House on October 16, 2007 for with the Stanford Women’s Community the screening of and discussion of the Center in conjunction with the Mexico Spring Concert: Noches Latinas award-winning documentary Soy Defensor Solidarity Network. The Center was one of the campus de la Selva, filmed by Sarayaku community- supporters, along with El Centro Chicano member Eriberto Gualinga. This event and MEChA de Stanford, of the student- was co-sponsored with the Department of organized concert featuring reggaeton artist Anthropological Sciences and the Stanford Divino and cumbia band La Colectiva on June American Indian Organization. 2, 2007. n

BoHo Film Series Highlights from 2006-07

Casa de Areia / House of Sand Colombia as well as the bloody aftermath. La Segunda Conquista / The Second (Brazil; Drama; 2005; 115 min.) – Directed by María Valencia Gaitán Conquest (Argentina; Documentary; 2007; 68 min.) Three generations of women struggle to adapt 800 Balas / 800 Bullets (Spain; Comedy; to life in the deserts of the State of Maranhão, 2002; 124 min.) As land values in Patagonia, Argentina Brazil in the early 20th century. – Directed have skyrocketed in recent years, large This anarchic comedy from Spain’s reigning by Andrucha Waddington corporations and wealthy individuals (from master of cinematic mayhem centers on a within Argentina as well as from overseas) El Espinazo Del Diablo / The Devil’s 12-year old boy who sneaks off to find the have been appropriating enormous tracts of Backbone (Mexico/Spain; Fantasy/ Spanish setting of a number of Hollywood land at the expense of those who have lived westerns in hopes of finding his grandfather, a Horror; 2001; 106 min.) there for decades or centuries. This film former stuntman, who he’s just learned is still Set in 1939 after three years of civil war in documents and analyzes the growing land alive and performing at the run-down theme Spain, the movie follows the orphaned son conflicts in Patagonia through the voices of park. – Directed by Álex de la Iglesia of a Republican hero as he enters an ominous its original inhabitants and commentary by orphanage and is plagued by the ghost of a El Arbolito de mis Sueños / The Tree of other locals involved in the issue. – Directed former orphan. Yet more eerie and deadly is my Dreams (Mexico; Documentary; by Denali DeGraf and João Dujon Pereira n General Franco’s increasing influence over 2006; 87 min.) Spain. – Directed by Guillermo del Toro The village of Mazunte is located on virgin Sinking Magic (Mexico; Documentary; coastline property and is very attractive 1998; 52 min.) to foreign travelers, and fixed in the eye This film examines the social and economic of mega-investors interested in tourism conditions that exist today in Mexico City. and development. The movie follows the – Directed by Dirk Vandersypen economic history of this village from the slaughter and sale of millions of marine April 9, 1948 (Colombia; Documentary; turtles to tourism. Villagers now interact with 2001; 60 min.) tourists on many levels: business, friendship, and sexual. – Directed by Derek Johnson This film portrays events leading up to Squirrel Monkey. Courtesy of Alex Markham, the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in Monica Miller Walsh grant recipient. 12

2006-07 Lecture Series

Fall Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter With a number of Latin American presidential On January 30, Bolívar To continue with elections taking place in 2006-07, the House was privileged previous events, Bolívar Center for Latin American Studies organized to welcome New York House held a heated discussions to take a closer look at these Times reporter Anthony discussion about events. On November 21, 2006, Bolívar DePalma to give his the results of recent House sponsored a panel discussion on “The talk, entitled: “The presidential elections Nicaraguan Election: Is Latin America Turning Beginning and End of in Latin America on Left?” Distinguished panelists included Castro’s Cuba.” The May 16, 2007. Alejandro Toledo, Former President of Peru, talk itself revolved Two-time Pulitzer- Shelley A. McConnell, Senior Associate around reporter winning journalist Tyler Director of the Americas Program at The Herbert Matthews and his now infamous trip Bridges moderated debates on definitions of Carter Center, and William Ratliff, Research to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro in 1957, the political “left” in Latin America as well Fellow and Curator of the Latin American just before the revolution when Castro was as a discussion on political shifts that have Collections at the Hoover Institution. presumed dead. Matthews’ interview launched occured in the last few decades. Castro back into the limelight, including the On October 20, 2006, Bolívar House also Other spring speakers included: Rodolfo front page of the NYTimes, and, some argue, hosted a panel disscusion on the Brazilian Dirzo (“Assessing the Natural Capital of helped the notorious dictator gain ultimate elections that included Herbert Klein, Latin America: Mexico as a Case Study”); power in Cuba. Matthews is now a legendary Director of the Center for Latin American Karen Sue Rolph; María Luisa Ruiz (“Baile figure in Cuba. Studies, Dora Paiva da Costa, Visiting de Máscaras: Luchadoras, Spectacle, and Scholar at the Center for Latin American Other speakers included: Joan Ramon Resina Performance in the Photographs of Lourdes Studies, Fabiola Puerta, former journalist (“And Then They Became Democrats: Grobet”); Lyris Wiedemann (“European and for Agence France Presse in Uruguay, Peru, The Transition’s Myth and the Pragmatic Brazilian Portuguese: Differences, Policies and Brazil, and Ruy de Queiroz, Associate Approach to History in Spain”); Zephyr and Politics”); Carlos Reboratti (“A Paper Professor of Computer Science at the Federal Frank (“Corrupting Vapors: Public Health Conflict: Paper Mills and Environmental University of Pernambuco, Brazil. and Disease in Nineteenth-Century Rio Movements in the Uruguay River”); Cecilia de Janeiro”); Ronald Ahnen (“Explaining Taiana (“Reading Lacan in Buenos Aires: Other talks spanned numerous disciplines Brazil’s Persistent Police Violence Under The A(r)mour of Words in Lacanian and regions in Latin America. Guest lecturers Democracy”); María Aparecida de S. Lopes Psychoanalysis During the Last Argentinean included Eric Holt-Gimenez (“Campesino (“Criminality and Property Rights: Cattle Dictatorship (1976-83)”); Linda Manzanilla a Campesino: Voices from Latin America’s Rustling in Chihuahua During the Porfiriato”); (“Interdisciplinary Approach to Unveil Life Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable William Durham and Geraldine Slean in an Exceptional City: Teotihuacán in Agriculture”); Ruy de Queiroz (“Science (“Intiruna: Indigenous Peoples and Ecotourism Central Mexico During the First Centuries Policy in Brazil”); Enrique Hernandez Laos Certification”); Lynn Meisch, (“Ecuador’s A.D.”); Hilda Sabato (“Citizens in Arms: (“Comparing Growth in Mexico and the Indigenous Rights Movement and Non- The Revolution of 1880 in Buenos Aires”); U.S. in the 20th Century”); Ian Robertson Violence”); Judy Shevelev (“Globalization: María Aparecida S. Lopes (“Livestock on the (“Teotihuacán: Venerable Beginnings and Struggles to Maintain Cultural Identity in and Border: Mexican-U.S. Economic Relations Fiery Ends”); Harold Trinkunas (“Attention around Cuernavaca, Mexico”); Roquinaldo During the 19th Century”). n Deficits: Why Politicians Ignore Defense Ferreira (“Microhistory from Below: The Policy in Latin America”); Felicia Fahey (“The Social and Cultural Landscapes of Slaving and Will to Heal in the Novels of Latin American Resistance to Slaving in Angola, 17th-19th and Latina Women Authors”); Luis López- Centuries”); Dora Paiva Da Costa (“Frontier, Calva (“Inequality, Human Development Regional Economy, and Wealth Growth in and Migration in Mexico”); Oliver Kozlarek 19th-Century Brazil: Araraquara, São Paulo”); (“Adorno and Paz: Towards a Comparative Eliane Karp gave a Sebastian Etchemendy (“Between Moderation Critique of Modernity”); and Myrna I. Monday noontime and Defiance: The Kirchner Government in talk on Choquequirao, Santiago (“The Ecology of Oil: Environment, Comparative Perspective”). Peru. Labor, and the Mexican Revolution”). 13

Photo Exhibition Highlights 2007-08 M.A. Students

As part of the Center’s rotating art program, work as a freelance artist. Her art is colorful, Ikira Di Lorenzo, born Latin American Studies was proud to present imaginative, unique, exquisite, and extremely in Caracas, Venezuela, The Life of a Traveling Circus by artist Norma passionate. n moved to Los Angeles I. Quintana. Ms. Quintana spent nine years at 7 years of age. She following and photographing the circus, moved to Miami, Florida earning the trust and respect of her subjects. two years later where she The hauntingly beautiful black and white eventually pursued her images capture the performers off stage in degree in International contemplative or playful moments. The Studies and a double exhibition included sixteen prints. Her minor in Latin American Studies and Political photographs were displayed from October Science. In 2006 she had a summer abroad through December of 2007. experience with the ACC accredited program through the University of Maryland. She From April through July of 2008, the Center traveled in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and exhibited works by Xiomara Salinas. Xiomara studied social movements in these countries, was born and raised in Colombia. She became examining first-hand and from a comparative involved in the arts at a very young age perspective the contemporary politics of and earned a B.A. in Fine Arts in Colombia. globalization. This experience included Since coming to the U.S., she continues to investigations with the NGO Action Aid in win art competitions, hold art exhibits, and Painting by Xiomara Salinas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and an internship at the Instituto Nacional de Administración. Her main focus is social movements and human rights and she is looking forward to an 2007 LAS M.A., Honors and Minor exciting year at Stanford. She loves to dance, Students read, travel, learn and have fun with friends. Elizabeth Dumford Graduates with Master’s in Latin American Studies graduated from Miami Sofía Castillo Morales (Caracas, Venezuela) University of Ohio with Laura Duros (St. Louis, MO) a major in Zoology and Alberto García Maldonado (Winters, CA) minors in Neuroscience and Latin American Marta Fabiola Puerta (Lima, Perú) Studies. After graduating, Gillian Fergerson Quandt (Chappaqua, NY) she worked with VIDA, an international healthcare Graduates with Interdisciplinary Honors in Latin American Studies nonprofit that sends medical supplies to Nicolas Palazzo (B.A. Political Science, Minor French) clinics in Latin America. She later traveled Thesis: “Pension Reform in Argentina: The Politics of Conflict, Compensation, and to Ecuador to study Amazon community Compromise” medicine. During the past year, she has spent much time in Ecuador living in Shuar and Richard Osbourne Welsh (B.A. Economics, Minor Spanish) Kichwa communities while teaching various Thesis: “Taking the Leap: Latin American Societies, Policies, and Economic Growth” subjects and studying the Ecuadorian Kichwa Graduates with the Minor in Latin American Studies language. Sasha Beth Buscho (B.A. Human Biology, Honors Feminist Studies) MaryKate Hanlon Leigh Kathryn Davenport (B.A. International Relations) became enamored of Latin America while studying Leslie Kundar Finger (B.A. Honors International Relations) issues of population Mike Ángel Gradilla (B.A. Honors History) and environment as Mariana Guadalupe Huerta (B.A. Feminist Studies) an undergraduate in Salvador Ernan Pérez Gómez (B.A. History) Anthropological Sciences at Stanford (class of Argenia Torres (B.A. Human Biology) 2007). She spent two (Continued on page 14) 14

(Continued from page 13) summers in social science and ecological to his hometown of Napa and worked at the Working Groups research in a corner of the Peruvian Amazon Napa Valley Adult School as an assistant called Tambopata. Her research interests teacher in the ESL department. He hopes to 2006-07 include ecotourism as a land use strategy, focus on education in Latin America while at ethnoprimatology, rights of Amazonian Stanford. He enjoys running and watching The Working Group Program allows graduate peoples, and indigenous natural resource movies during his spare time. students, in consultation with faculty sponsors, to management. She enjoys exploring the organize lectures, speaker series, symposia, exchange Nathan Lubetkin grew connections among biology, anthropology, of working papers, collaborative research efforts, etc. up in Woodinville, and Latin America. MaryKate is excited to be Faculty, visiting scholars, graduate and professional Washington. He returning to Stanford and joining the Bolívar school students, and undergraduates come together in completed his House family. multidisciplinary scholarly exchange of research-in- undergraduate work at progress, culture, and perspectives on current events on Cristina Hung grew up Claremont McKenna Latin American topics. mostly in Iquique and College where he Santiago, Chile. She graduated with a degree This past year, Latin American studies had obtained her B.A. from in International Relations in 2002. Nathan is five working groups. During the 2007 Spring New York University very excited to be returning to school after Quarter, the Andean Archaeology group in 2006 with a double spending the past three-and-a-half years invited prestigious archaeologists to give major in Spanish and living and working in South America. He was weekly lectures and lead discussions. Guests French Literatures and a Peace Corps small business development included: Dr. Dan Sandweiss (University Cultures. She is looking forward to the Latin volunteer in Paraguay from 2003-2005 and of Maine), Dr. Kurt Rademaker (University American studies program and learning more then worked in the technology industry in of Maine), Dr. John Verano (Tulane about Latin America’s culture through an Buenos Aires, Argentina. His hobbies include University), Dr. Izumi Shimada (Southern interdisciplinary perspective. Her interests are reading, traveling, skiing, and Brazilian jiu- Illinois University, Carbondale), Dr. Luis national identity formation and individualism jitsu. Lumbreras, Dr. Dennis Ogburn (University in the Southern Cone and transatlantic of California, Berkeley), and Dr. Bruce Owen Alicia Riley graduated studies. She plans on working in South (Sonoma State University). Topics ranged with a B.A. in Human America after completing the master’s degree from prehistoric impacts of El Niño to human Biology from Stanford in and then continuing on to a doctoral program sacrifice in pre-Hispanic Peru to mortuary June. As an undergrad, in 2009. archaeology on the North Coast of Peru, she conducted research among others. Daniel Lasaga hails from and wrote a thesis New York, where he focusing on tuberculosis The Education and Policy in Latin received a bachelor's in in the San Diego- America group organized a panel discussion Music Composition, with Tijuana border region. She also had a great on education as a tool for sustainable a minor in History, from time living in co-ops at Stanford which development and environmental awareness NYU. Daniel has worked involved a lot of cooking, costume parties, in January 2007. Participants included: Ileana as an Internet Developer and fountain-hopping. Alicia grew up in Jiménez de Terán, Ricardo C. Lankester, Dr. and Software Engineer Chula Vista, California, and since leaving Alejandro Toledo, Eliane Karp de Toledo, and for Barnes&Noble, Rockefeller University, the area for college, has been able to Dr. Martin Carnoy. Ms. Jiménez de Terán, and Genergy. Most recently, he worked for appreciate the uniqueness of border culture President of the SACRO Foundation in AOL Time Warner as a Systems Analyst. and how it has influenced her. Alicia hopes Costa Rica, described the present condition His interest in Latin America was reinforced to explore how economic and immigration of environmental preservation in Costa Rica. during the summer of 2005 when he taught policies that impact the Americas, in turn, Ms. Karp de Toledo, former First Lady of music and English classes to children in Puno, affect community health. She is especially Peru, followed by highlighting environmental Peru. Now at Stanford, he hopes to deepen interested in infectious diseases and the use education in Peru, particularly in the country’s these interests by studying history and of traditional medicine. Alicia enjoys live highland and Amazon regions. Other events economics of South America. music, dancing, days at the beach, and warm included a roundtable discussion with Ms. weather. Jiménez de Terán and a research presentation Daniel Lopez is originally by Ph.D. candidate Brooke W. Ricalde from Tacna, Peru. He Born and raised in entitled, “The Role of Human Capital, Social graduated from the Kingston, Jamaica, Richard Capital, and Microcredit: The Case of the University of California Welsh graduated from Peruvian Microenterprise Sector.” - Los Angeles in 2006 with Stanford in June 2007 with a degree in History. After a B.A. in Economics and The Law and Policy in Latin America graduation he traveled to a minor in Spanish, with group organized film screenings and panel Spain and France with a discussions to increase on-campus awareness study abroad program. Afterwards he returned (Continued on page 18) (Continued on page 16) 15

Walsh Grant Recipients

Elena Fuetsch (B.A., ’10) Alex Markham (B.A., ’09 in Earth Systems) Internships: health education to women with and Chelsea Barabas (B.A., ’09 in Sociology) WINGS in Guatemala; and participatory Internship: research on the possibility of development projects with Behrhorst Partners sustainable ornamental fish export at the for Development in Guatemala Wasai Lodge in Peru

Bailey McRae (B.A., ‘09 in Political Science) Internship: teaching English in Sinaloa with 2007 grant recipients. Learning Enterprises in Mexico

Monica Miller Walsh grants consist of awards Melissa Morales (B.A., ‘09 in International of up to $3,000 to undertake an internship Relations) in Latin America. For the 3rd annual Internship: women’s rights advocacy with competition of the Monica Miller Walsh Semillas in Mexico undergraduate summer internship grants, The Lauren Peate (B.A., ‘09 in Human Biology) Center for Latin American Studies awarded eight grants. We would like to congratulate Internship: assist with health provision at the following students: Centro de Salud Monimbo in Nicaragua through the Foundation for Sustainable Danny Karp paddles silently in search Development of hoatzins. At the end of the summer, students beamed Daniel Karp (B.A., ‘09 in Biological Sciences) about their time abroad: “This was the Internship: research on the effects of best summer of my life.” Across the board, Rainforest Expedition’s ecotourism on hoatzin students agreed that their summers in Latin behavior and population density America improved their Spanish language ability: “My [Spanish] vocabulary grew almost by the hour.” More importantly, students felt that they learned a great deal about themselves as well as the work environment: “My experience in Guatemala this summer allowed me to learn and grow as a student, Devyn Brown with Luz del Mundo kids. a world citizen, and as a person.” “I didn’t realize how much experience and knowledge I Devyn Brown (B.A., ‘07 in Psychology, would gain after just six weeks.” Students also Health and Development) found their experiences deeply rewarding: “I Internship: coordinating summer cannot think of an interaction I had...that was programs and curricula for orphaned and not rewarding in every way.” Furthermore, underprivileged children with Luz Del Mundo internships helped students with career in Bolivia decisions: “Living in Nicaragua changed my whole view of development, how to help others, and where I want to go with my life.” If you are interested in this exciting undergraduate opportunity, please contact Geraldine Slean ([email protected]) or Megan Gorman ([email protected]). n

Alex Markham nets fish in Peru.

Elena Fuetsch assists at a clinic. Photos are courtesy of G. Slean, D. Brown, E. Fuetsch, D. Karp, and A. Markham, respectively. 16

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about the intersection of law and policy CLAS is happy to Aaron Bobrow-Strain (M.A., ‘93) came out in Latin America. On December 7, 2006, welcome Geraldine with a book in June. Intimate Enemies: Landowners, Dr. Harold Trinkunas and Manuel Gómez Slean as Program Power, and discussed the implications of re-electing Coordinator. Geraldine Violence in Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. On April 2, received an M.A. in Chiapas (Duke 2007, Dr. Roberto Hernández, Dr. Layda Latin American Studies University Negrete, and Dr. George Fisher commented from the University Press) is the on El Túnel, a short documentary that portrays of Florida, where she first book oral trials within the Mexican judicial system. focused on perceived impacts of cultural to explore Later in the month, this group also convened heritage tourism on the north coast of Peru. conflicts in Dr. Cecilia Cristina Naddeo, Dr. José Miguel She has also received an M.Phil. from the Chiapas from Huerta Molina, and Dr. María José Cordero University of Cambridge in Archaeological the perspective Salas to talk about current legal challenges in Sciences and a B.A. from Harvard University of the landed Argentina, Chile, and Costa Rica. in Anthropology. At both institutions elites, who she concentrated on Peruvian prehistory. are crucial but In May 2007, the Mexican Studies group Recently, she worked as the coordinator for a almost entirely invited Jose Woldenberg, President of the non-profit that views ecotourism as a tool for unexamined General Council of the Federal Electoral sustainable development in Latin America and actors in the state’s violent history. Aaron Institute of Mexico, to speak about the 2006 elsewhere. offers a unique ethnographic and historical Federal Elections. glimpse into conflicts that have been Geraldine is eager to meet more members In cooperation with the Universidad de understood almost exclusively through studies of the CLAS family, so feel free to introduce Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia), Urban of indigenous people and movements. yourself or email her ([email protected]). n Think Tank (Caracas, Venezuela) and the Amy Brooks Gottesfeld (M.A., ‘01) gave Conflict Analysis Resource Center (Bogotá, birth on July 15 to daughter, Raya Aziza. Colombia) the Urban Ecology and Violent Three-year-old son, Kai, is adjusting. Amy Crime in Latin America group prepared three is coordinating the Writing Proficiency case studies on the contrasting situations with Project, an initiative to improve the teaching respect to violence and insecurity in their of writing in Oakland public schools. respective cities. n Courtesy of E. Fuetsch. Information about this intitiative can be found at www.oaklandwrites.org.

Dave Dauphine (Minor, ’01) is currently a Library Report member of the “weenies” at UC Berkeley as 2007-08 Working an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Groups By Adán Griego Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. He is doing his master’s project on Brazil Studies In addition to the more than 10,000 books how different machines compare at measuring (in Spanish and Portuguese) added to air pollution in Guatemalan wood-burning Organizes lectures on Brazil the circulating collections at the Stanford kitchens. He will also be working as a grad Coordinators Camila Donatti & Gabe Novais University Libraries, worthy of note is the student researcher with epidemiologists Allan recent acquisition of ephemera documenting Smith and Craig Steinmaus studying the Latin American Literary Dialogs the 2006 presidential elections in Brazil, relationship between arsenic in drinking water Brings novelists to talk at Stanford Chile and Mexico. All three events proved and lung cancer in Chile and Argentina. Dave Coordinators Francisca González & Angela to be quite significant: in Brazil a candidate is interested in linking public health water Weikel from the left was easily re-elected; in Chile toxicology and sewage issues with aquatic a woman became president for the first wildlife ecology, wildlife epidemiology, and Latin American Microfinance time in the country’s history; and in Mexico animal reservoirs or animal hosts of infectious Examines current research on microfinance the winning candidate was not officially diseases. announced until 30 days after the actual Coordinator Jessica Richman voting took place. Included are posters, Diana Derycz-Kessler (M.A., ’88) attended Harvard Law School after receiving her Mexican Studies flyers, position papers and other election regalia. These collections augment similar master’s degree from Stanford. She then Organizes lectures on Mexico holdings for the 2000 and 2002 Mexican and worked at a law firm in New York, followed Coordinators Carlos Lever & Luis Pérez Brazilian elections, respectively. n (Continued on page 17) 17

(continued from page 16) by a legal counsel position at Occidental of Policy and Leadership, which took place at Denis Minev (M.A., ’99) is currently living in Petroleum where she assisted in the oversight the Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Manaus, Brazil. As of January 2007, he took of their Latin American operations. From Amazonia Peruana. office as Secretary of Planning and Economic there she started her own law practice based Development of the State of Amazonas. It Dana Marie Hornbeak (B.A., Honors, ’05) in Los Angeles, which spearheaded her into is the largest state in Brazil – 2.3 times the finished her second year (a clinical year) at her current activities. Diana is currently size of Texas and 98% conserved Amazon Duke Medical School and has absolutely CEO and partner of two exciting educational rainforest. Denis would like to invite anyone loved it. She has been caring for patients institutions: The Los Angeles Film School to come by to visit. in the hospital every and The Los Angeles Recording School. The day, working in different Suzanne Radotic (M.A., ‘02) married Corey schools are located in Hollywood and will specialties, speaking Woolfolk (Urban Studies, ‘01) last November teach more than 1,000 students this year the Spanish with her Hispanic in Jamaica where they were joined by 80 art of filmmaking and recording engineering. patients, and constantly friends, family and Stanford alums. Her She also partnered with her husband Paul learning hands-on. This husband is a soccer player, and has been Kessler to co-manage a hedge fund dedicated past summer she did playing in the U.S. and for the Puerto Rican to investing in small growing companies. medical work in inner- National Team this year. She also changed They have 5 children and a happy (yet busy) city Manila, Philippines. careers, moving from teaching Spanish in life in Los Angeles. She welcomes others to This coming year (a say hello at [email protected]. research year) Dana will Stephanie Early (Honors, ‘05) finished her be completing a Master’s of Public Health first year at Harvard Law School and worked (M.P.H.) at UNC-Chapel Hill and doing her in the litigation department of a human master’s thesis in Ophthalmology outcomes rights NGO in Buenos Aires called Centro research. de Estudios Legales Sociales (CELS) for Jessica Jenkins (B.A., ‘03) is in her second the summer. At the end of the summer, she year as a graduate student at Fordham traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to do research University in New York City, where she is for a human rights clinical project on the pursuing a joint degree in law and social prison system and gang violence in Brazil. work. She is particularly interested in working Stephanie hopes to continue working with in immigrant and civil rights and spent her issues of human rights law in Latin America the Bay Area to being Assistant Principal of summer interning at an immigration legal at Harvard, where she is participating in the Burlingame High School. Lastly, Suzanne and services agency in Queens (the most diverse HLS Human Rights Clinic. her husband are in the process of selling their county in the country!). She also works first home and moving up to Pacifica for a Erin L. Foley (M.A., ‘92) is enjoying a part-time as the director of tour scheduling much-needed ocean view. career in software development as Director for Divided We Fall, a documentary made by of Development for Rogue Wave Software in fellow Stanford alum, Valarie Kaur. The film, Ana María Stuven (B.A., ’85) has published Corvallis, Oregon. His daughter, Madeleine, which chronicles post 9/11 hate violence two books this year. The first book was co- who was born just after he left Stanford, is against Sikhs, Muslims and South Asians, is edited with Carmen McEvoy and consists now 14 years old. He also has two boys, currently touring university campuses around of a series of articles on the circulation of Logan (11) and Gabriel (9). Although Erin’s the country and will have a theatrical release ideas and persons during the 19th century current profession has widely diverged from in 2008. in republican Hispanic America. (Please see his educational background, the intellectual the book cover below.) The second book Stuart Miller (M.A., ‘01) received his Ph.D. rigor of that background has served him very was co-edited with Javiera Errázuriz, and earlier this year from the London School well in working with software engineering is called Chile Disperso: El País en Fragmentos of Economics. His research focused on the projects. micro-economic impact of natural disasters on (Continued on page 19) Alfonso Gonzales (M.A., ‘02) is an ABD developing countries. student in the Department of Political Science He is currently living at UCLA. He is working on a dissertation on in Boston, working the politics of immigration control between for a catastrophe 1986 and 2006. Alfonso will be on the job risk modeling firm, market next year. Applied Insurance Research. Miguel Hilario (M.A., ’01) is currently working at the Inter-American Development Bank in D.C. In the summer of 2008, he established and directed the Summer School 18

Spring 2008 Events

CLAS has sponsored a weekly lecture series that is a Wednesday, May 7, time-honored tradition at Bolívar House. This series is a 10:00 – 11:00 AM, forum for Stanford faculty and students as well as scholars Bolívar House: Dr. from other universities and organizations to present their Cecilia Taiana, Assistant Professor at Carleton recent research to the public. During the academic year, University, “Ontologies at CLAS hosts these lectures at 12:15 PM each Tuesday in War: The Disappearance, our seminar room at Bolívar House. These lectures provide Incarceration and the Stanford community with the opportunity to learn Exile of Psychologists/ about a diverse pantheon of regions and disciplines, while Psychoanalysts during simultaneously offering leading researchers in wide-ranging the Last Argentinean fields with the opportunity to share their work. For details Dictatorship (1976-83)” on this year’s lectures, please visit our website: las.stanford. edu. Conferences April 24, 4:00 – 7:00 Here is a snapshot of events for Spring Quarter PM, Bolívar House: 2008: Valparaiso, Chile. Panel Discussion on Curanderismo in Northern Visiting Scholar Lecture Series Peru: Dr. John Rick, Associate Professor of Tuesdays at Bolívar House (582 Alvarado Row) June 3: Cristian Sánchez, Tinker Visiting Professor Anthropology at Stanford, “Anthology of Chavín 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM (Cafecito); 12:15 PM in Latin American Studies, on Latin American film around Shamanism in the Northern Andes: - 1:05 PM (Lecture Series) Mesas in Cosmology”; Dr. Douglas Sharon, Ex- April 8: Dr. James Green, Director of the Center Graduate Lecture Series Director of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology of Latin American Studies at Brown University, Mondays at Bolívar House (582 Alvarado Row) at UC Berkeley, “North Peruvian Curers’ Altars “Who is the Macho Who Wants to Kill Me?” 12:00 - 1:00 PM in a Latin American Context”; Dr. Luis Millones, April 15: Dr. Faviola Rivera Castro, Stanford April 14: Luis Pérez Hurtado, Ph.D. student in the Professor Emeritus in Anthropology at the Humanities Fellow, on citizenship in Mexican Law School Universidad de Huamanga (Peru), “Where is Liberalism April 21: Austin Zeiderman, Ph.D. student in Hell?: Current Beliefs of Northern Peruvian April 22: Dr. Greg Grandin, Professor of Anthropology Shamans”; Dr. Rainer Bussman, Curator of History at New York University, on U.S.-Latin May 5: Jennifer Vargas, Ph.D. student in Literature Economic Botany at the Missouri Botanical American relations May 12: Desha Girod, Ph. D. student in Political Garden, “Medicinal Magic: Tracking Two April 29: Dr Carlos Costa Ribeiro, CASBS Science, 2007-08 CDDRL Fellow Thousand Years of Medicinal Plant Use in Fellow, on transitions from adolescence to May 19: Flavio Paniagua, Ph.D. student in Modern Northern Peru” adulthood in Brazil Thought and Literature Thursday, May 8 – Friday, May 9, Bolívar May 6: Dr. Lila Caimari, Tinker Visiting House: Mini-course: “Trauma and Memory: Professor at Columbia University Additional Lectures An Examination of Theoretical Debates and May 13: Dr. Carlos Martín Benavides, CASBS Friday, April 4, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Bolívar House: Treatments of Psychological Trauma,” led by Dr. Fellow, on class mobility and formation in Peru “El Rol de los Intelectuales en la Revolución Cecilia Taiana, Assistant Professor at Carleton May 20: Dr. Ana María González de Tobia, Bolivariana,” Dr. Iraida Casique, Associate Professor University Tinker Visiting Professor in Latin American at the Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela) Studies, “Classics in Latin American Countries” Thursday, April 10, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, Bolívar Cultural Events May 27: Dr. Silvia E. Giorguli, CASBS Fellow, House: Neguinho do Samba and Viviam de Jesus May 29, 5:00 – 8:00 PM, Bolívar House: on labor migration to the U.S. and Mexico’s Quieros talk about their nonprofit work in Brazil PARTY! FIESTA! policies on this issue

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interdisciplinary honors in Latin American Bolivia and Chile. Richard has also worked Studies. During his entire undergraduate as a summer analyst in Latin American experience, he has maintained a strong capital advisory for JP Morgan Chase and interest in the Caribbean and Latin America. has returned to Stanford to explore Latin This interest has manifested itself through American history and culture. His interests participation in Overseas Studies in Santiago, include education, politics and economic Chile as well as continued involvement with development, especially in the developing the Caribbean Students Association. His world. In his spare time, Richard can be found honors thesis examined the impact of ethnic, making music in his home studio, reading, or linguistic and religious disparities on the watching sports. n success of economic policies in Argentina,

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Stanford Affiliated Faculty 2006-07

Anthropological Sciences Economics Samuel LeBaron, Associate Professor Clifford Barnett (Emeritus) Roger Noll, Professor Emeritus Grant Miller, Assistant Professor of Medicine William Durham, Professor Clark M. Reynolds, Professor Emeritus Julie Parsonnet, Professor of Medicine James A. Fox, Associate Professor School of Education Paul Wise, Professor Dominique Irvine, Consulting Associate Martin Carnoy, Professor Political Science Professor Amado M. Padilla, Professor Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Assistant Professor John Winfield Rick, Associate Professor School of Engineering Terry L. Karl, Professor Ian Robertson, Assistant Professor Adrian J. Lew, Assistant Professor Beatriz Magaloni, Assistant Professor Art & Art History Bruce B. Lusignan, Associate Professor Robert Packenham, Professor Emeritus Barbaro Martinez Ruiz, Assistant Professor Leonard Ortolano, Professor Michael A. Tomz, Assistant Professor Biological Sciences English Religious Studies Gretchen Daily, Associate Research Professor Ramón Saldívar, Professor Thomas Sheehan, Professor Rodolfo Dirzo, Professor Sociology History Harold A. Mooney, Professor Alex Inkeles, Professor Emeritus Zephyr Frank, Assistant Professor Peter M. Vitousek, Professor Michael J. Rosenfeld, Assistant Professor Virginia Walbot, Professor Tamar Herzog, Professor Spanish & Portuguese Hoover Institution on War, Graduate School of Business J. Gordon Brotherston, Professor Revolution, & Peace Gerard Padró i Miquel, Assistant Professor of Caridad Kenna, Lecturer Political Economy William Ratliff, Curator Alice Miano, Lecturer Cantor Arts Center Human Biology Otilia Perales, Lecturer Manuel Jordan Pérez, Curator Anne Firth Murray, Consulting Professor Michael P. Predmore, Professor Comparative Literature Joan Ramon Resina, Professor Freman Spogli Institute for Roland Greene, Professor Jorge Ruffinelli, Professor International Studies Johannes Gumbrecht, Professor Ana Sierra, Lecturer Rosamond Naylor, Senior Fellow Lisa Surwillo, Assistant Professor Cultural and Social Anthropology David G. Victor, Senior Fellow George Collier, Professor Emeritus Guadalupe M. Valdés, Professor School of Law Carolyn Duffey, Lecturer Lyris Wiedemann, Senior Lecturer Jonathan Greenberg, Lecturer in Law Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, Professor Dance Thomas C. Heller, Professor Susan Cashion, Senior Lecturer Stanford Language Center Linguistics Jose Carlos Fajardo, Lecturer School of Earth Sciences John R. Rickford, Professor Suki Hoagland, Lecturer and Associate Stanford University Libraries Adán Griego, Director of IPER School of Medicine Roberto Trujillo Pamela Matson, Professor and Dean of the Victor Froelicher Jr., Professor School of Earth Sciences Evaleen K. Jones, Assistant Professor

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(Editorial Cuarto Propio, 2007). This is a adventure. This is explained in the critical discussion on the problem of identity, which evaluation of a series of interviews of people is increasingly becoming a national debate who have made a decision to stay or leave the as the bicentennial of Chilean independence country. The conversations are fragmented approaches. The hypothesis is that there is into ideas, concepts and adjectives. n no essential identity and that the attachment to Chilean nationality is an unfinished

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CLAS Faculty Advisory Board 2006-07

J. Gordon Brotherston, Professor, Adrian Lew, Assistant Professor, Department Department of Spanish & Portuguese of Mechanical Engineering

Martin Carnoy, Professor of Education, Beatriz Magaloni, Assistant Professor, School of Education Department of Political Science

Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Assistant Professor, Hal Mooney, Paul S. Achilles Professor Department of Political Science of Environmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences Rodolfo Dirzo, Bing Professor in Environmental Science, Department of Leonard Ortolano, UPS Foundation Biological Sciences Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Bill Durham, Bing Professor of Human Biology, Department of Anthropological Michael P. Predmore, Professor and Chair, Sciences Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Zephyr Frank, Assistant Professor of Latin John Rick, Associate Professor, Department of American History, Department of History Anthropological Sciences

Adán Griego, Curator for Latin American, Jorge Ruffinelli, Professor, Department of Iberian and Mexican-American Collections, Spanish & Portuguese SUL Paul Wise, Richard E. Behrman Professor Tamar Herzog, Professor, Department of in Child Health and Society, School of History Medicine

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