lasaforum summer 2013 : volume xliv : issue 3 calling all members Nominations Invited
Nominations Invited for 2013 Slate Kalman Silvert Award Bryce Wood Book Award Call for Nominations Call for Nominations Deadline: September 3, 2013 Deadline: September 7, 2013 Deadline: September 7, 2013 LASA members are invited to suggest nominees for vice president and three The Kalman Silvert Award Committee At each International Congress, the Latin members of the Executive Council, for invites nominations of candidates for the American Studies Association presents the terms beginning June 1, 2014. Criteria for year 2014 award. The Silvert Award Bryce Wood Book Award to the nomination include professional credentials recognizes senior members of the outstanding book on Latin America in the and previous service to LASA. Each profession who have made distinguished social sciences and humanities published in candidate must have been a member of the lifetime contributions to the study of Latin English. Eligible books for the 2014 LASA Association in good standing for at least America. The award is given at each LASA International Congress will be those one year prior to nomination. Biographic International Congress. Past recipients of published between July 1, 2012, and June data and the rationale for nomination must the award were: John J. Johnson (1983); 30, 2013. Although no book may compete be sent by September 3, 2013, to LASA Federico Gil (1985); Albert O. Hirschman more than once, translations may be Executive Director Milagros Pereyra-Rojas (1986); Charles Wagley (1988); Lewis considered. Anthologies of selections by
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Members of the 2014 committee are: or USPS: Premio Iberoamericano Book Award Bryan McCann Call for Nominations Kurt Weyland (chair) Georgetown University 4126 Batts H History Dept Deadline: September 7, 2013 1 University Station A1800 Box 571035 Austin, TX 78712 Washington DC, 20057 The Premio Iberoamericano is presented at USA USA each of LASA’s International Congresses for the outstanding book on Latin America in César A Braga-Pinto Eva-Lynn Jagoe the social sciences and humanities Department of Spanish and Portuguese Comparative Literature published in Spanish or Portuguese in any Northwestern University 93 Charles St., 3rd floor country. Eligible books for the 2014 award Crowe 2-163 University of Toronto must have been published between July 1, 1860 Campus Dr. Toronto, ON M5S 1K9 2012, and June 30, 2013. No book may Evanston, IL 60208 CANADA compete more than once. Normally not in USA contention for the award are anthologies of Mark Overmyer-Velázquez selections by several authors or reprints or Natalia Brizuela El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, re-editions of works published previously. Department of Spanish & Portuguese Caribbean and Latin American Studies Books will be judged on the quality of the 5319 Dwinelle Hall University of Connecticut research, analysis, and writing, and the University of California, Berkeley Ryan Building, 2nd floor significance of their contribution to Latin Berkeley, CA 94720-2590 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1161 American studies. Books may be USA Storrs, CT 06269-1161 nominated by authors, LASA members, or USA publishers. Individuals who nominate Ana Lucia Araujo books are responsible for confirming the Department of History publication date and for forwarding one Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall copy directly to each member of the award 2441 6th Street N.W., Room 316B Latin American Studies Association committee, at the expense of those Washington, DC 20059 Attn: Bryce Wood Book Award submitting the books. USA Nominations University of Pittsburgh All books must reach each member of the Rachel Sarah O’Toole 315 South Bellefield Avenue committee by September 7, 2013. LASA Department of History 416 Bellefield Hall membership is not a requirement for University of California, Irvine Pittsburgh, PA 15260 receiving the award. The award will be 200 Krieger Hall USA announced at the 2014 Welcoming Irvine, CA 92697-3275 Reception, and the awardee will be publicly USA honored.
Bryan McCann Members of the 2014 committee are: Georgetown University History Department Gerardo Luis Munck (chair) ICC 601 Univ. of Southern California 3700 O St, NW School of International Relations Washington DC 20057 3518 Trousdale Parkway VKC 330 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0043 USA
38 38 Sol Serrano LASA Media Award Members of the Media Award committee Las Hualtatas 4717, Vitacura Call for Nominations are Cecilia Alvear (chair), independent Código postal 7630000 multimedia journalist; June Carolyn Erlick, Santiago Deadline: September 7, 2013 David Rockefeller Center for Latin CHILE American Studies, Harvard University; Elio The Latin American Studies Association is Gaspari, journalist and writer; Alfredo Soledad Loaeza Tovar pleased to announce its competition for the Corchado, Dallas Morning News; Maria El Colegio de México year 2014 LASA Media Awards for Teresa Ronderos, Semana.com; and Camino al Ajusco 20 outstanding media coverage of Latin Carolyn Curiel, Purdue University. Pedregal de Santa Teresa America. These awards are made at every México, DF 10740 LASA Congress to recognize long-term MEXICO journalistic contributions to analysis and public debate about Latin America in the United States and in Latin America, as well as breakthrough journalism. Nominations Latin American Studies Association are invited from LASA members and from Attn: Premio Iberoamericano Book Award journalists. Journalists from both the print Nominations and electronic media are eligible. The University of Pittsburgh committee will carefully review each 315 South Bellefield Avenue nominee’s work and select an award 416 Bellefield Hall recipient. The award will be announced at Pittsburgh, PA 15260 the LASA2014 Welcoming Reception, and USA the awardee will be publicly honored. LASA may invite the awardee to submit materials for possible publication in the LASA Forum. Recent recipients of the awards include: Marcela Turati, Periodistas de a Pie (2013), José Vales, El Universal de Mexico (2012); Carlos Dada, El Faro (2010); Mario Osava, América Latina Inter Press Service (2009); Hollman Morris, Colombia (2007); Maria Ester Gilio (2006); Julio Scherer, journalist, Mexico (2004); Eduardo Anguita, freelance journalist, Buenos Aires (2003); Guillermo González Uribe, Número, Bogotá (2001); Patricia Verdugo Aguirre, Conama, Chile, and Diario 16, Spain (2000); Gustavo Gorriti, Caretas, Lima, Peru (1998).
To make a nomination, please send one copy of the journalist’s portfolio of recent relevant work to LASA Executive Director Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
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LASA/Oxfam America Martin Diskin William LeoGrande, American University, LASA/Oxfam America Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship 2006; Orlando Fals Borda, 2007; Terry Dissertation Award Call for Nominations Karl, Stanford University, 2009; Carlos Ivan Degregori, Instituto de Estudios Application deadline: September 7, 2013 Deadline: September 7, 2013 Peruanos, 2010; Claudia Paz y Paz, Instituto de Estudios Comparados y The Martin Diskin Dissertation Award is The Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship Ciencias Penales, 2012; and Stefano Varese, made possible through the generosity of is offered at each LASA International University of California, Davis, 2013. Oxfam America, LASA, and LASA Congress to an outstanding individual who members. This award is offered at each combines commitments to activism and Nominations, including self-nominations, LASA International Congress to an scholarship. This distinguished lectureship are welcome. A nomination should include outstanding advanced junior scholar who is made possible largely by a generous a statement justifying the nomination, the embodies Professor Diskin’s commitment contribution from Oxfam America, an complete mailing address of the nominee, to the creative combination of activism and organization committed to grassroots telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail scholarship. The award will be presented work, and one with which Martin Diskin address. To nominate a candidate, send to an advanced doctoral student or recent was closely associated. these materials no later than September 7, PhD. Advanced PhD candidates pursuing 2013, to LASA Executive Director this award must demonstrate that they will Past Lecturers were Ricardo Falla, S.J., Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
Proposed Changes to the LASA Bylaws Article 7 (second paragraph, lines 5–8)
On August 2, 2013, the Executive Council approved the following proposed change in the Bylaws of the Association:
Amendments to resolutions may be presented at the LASA Business Meeting, and if accepted as a friendly amendment by a duly empowered person present at the meeting, the resolution as amended will be sent out for a vote to the membership. If not accepted, the resolution will be sent out for a vote in the form presented to the Business Meeting.
Amendments proposed by the Executive Council go into effect 90 days after the LASA membership is notified provided that no more than 100 persons object in writing to the Executive Director within the interim period. Objections can be directed to LASA Executive Director, LASA, 416 Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH PA 15260. E‑mail
40 the quality of the dissertation writing, Charles A. Hale Fellowship for Mexican Luciano Tomassini Latin American research, and analysis as determined by the History International Relations Book Award dissertation outline and sample chapter Call for Nominations Call for Nominations submitted; (3) the primary advisor’s letter of recommendation. The definition of Deadline: September 7, 2013 Deadline: September 7, 2013 activist scholarship shall remain broad and pluralist, to be discussed and interpreted by This fellowship will reward excellence in The Latin American Studies Association each selection committee. historical research on Mexico at the presents the Luciano Tomassini Latin dissertation level. It will be awarded at American International Relations Book Applicants should submit a current each LASA International Congress to a Award to the author(s) of an outstanding curriculum vitae; a dissertation abstract of Mexican graduate student in the final phase book on Latin American foreign policies 250 words; the dissertation outline or table of his or her doctoral research in Mexican and international relations published in of contents; one sample chapter, which history, broadly defined. Selection will be English, Spanish, or Portuguese in any exemplifies the author’s approach to based on the scholarly merit and on the country. Books eligible for the 2014 award activist scholarship; and a letter of candidate’s potential contribution to the must have been published between July 1, recommendation from the candidate’s advancement of humanist understanding 2012, and June 30, 2013. Anthologies of primary advisor that focuses explicitly on between Mexico and its global neighbors. selections by several authors are not the candidate’s qualifications for the eligible. Books will be judged on the Martin Diskin Dissertation Award. Members of the 2014 selection committee originality of the research, the quality of are Javier Garciadiego (chair), El Colegio the analysis and writing, and the All application materials must be submitted de México; Halbert Jones, Oxford significance of their contribution to the electronically to LASA Executive Director University; Sergio Silva Castañeda, Instituto study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
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lasa’s 50th anniversary
Kalman Silvert and LASA’s 50th Anniversary
by Martin Weinstein | Professor Emeritus, William Paterson University | [email protected]
Members of the 2014 committee are: The 50th anniversary of LASA is an appropriate time to recall Kalman Silvert’s Monica Herz extraordinary life and contributions to R. Marquês de São Vicente, Latin American studies. Silvert served as 225 - Gávea, LASA’s first president; was the program Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22451-900, advisor for the social sciences in Latin BRAZIL America at the Ford Foundation from 1967 until his untimely death in 1976; and was Rut Diamint teacher, mentor, and institution builder at Universidad Torcuato di Tella universities in the United States and Latin Miñones 2177 America. During the darkest days in Latin C1428ATG America in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Buenos Aires accompanied by the tumult and ARGENTINA constitutional crisis in the United States, he turned his energy, intellect, and his Francisco Monaldi institutional position to saving lives and IESA institutions in Latin America, and Avenida IESA defending democracy and strengthening San Bernardino democratic theory and practice throughout Caracas 1010 the Americas. VENEZUELA Abe Lowenthal and I have been coordinating a project on Kal’s many roles and contributions. We invite you to read Latin American Studies Association the following interviews conducted by Peter Attn: Luciano Tomassini Book Award Cleaves with his fellow Dartmouth alumni University of Pittsburgh concerning Kal Silvert and the influence he 315 South Bellefield Avenue had on them personally and professionally. 416 Bellefield Hall If the spirit moves you, send some thoughts Pittsburgh, PA 15260 or reminiscences of your own to the email USA above. All of the material will be published on the LASA website in the 50th year.
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