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3 CLASicos • Winter 2006 Conference Schedule Friday, October 21 Gabriel Riera (Assistant Professor of Comparative Litera- 2:15 p.m. ture, Princeton University): “‘Regia Victoria’: Saer or for an Panel I. Ethics of the Event? Ethics of Writing” Gabriela Basterra (Associate Professor of Spanish and Por- Chair: Emily Maguire (Department of Spanish and tuguese Languages and Literatures, New York University; Portuguese, Indiana University) Directeur de Programme, Collège International de Philoso- phie, Paris): “Ethics, Perhaps?” 10:45 a.m. Bruno Bosteels (Associate Professor of Spanish Literature, Panel IV. Reading lo popular, Reading the Particular Cornell University): “The Ethical Superstition” Francine Masiello (Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Chair: Joshua Lund (Assistant Professor of Hispanic University of California, Berkeley): “Getting There First: The Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh) Experience of Reading” Doris Sommer (Ira Jewell Williams, Jr. Professor of 4:00 p.m. Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University): Panel II. Ethics and Cultural Studies “Slaps and Embraces: The Ethical Erotics of Particularism,” Idelber Avelar (Associate Professor of Spanish and Portu- Chair: Jerome Branche (Associate Professor of Latin Ameri- guese, Tulane University): “Cultural Studies in the Blo- can and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh) gosphere: Academics Meet New Technologies of Online Publication” 1:30 p.m. Alberto Moreiras (Professor of Spanish and Literature, Duke Roundtable Discussion University): “Infrapolitics and the Thriller: An Alternative John Beverley (Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literary History” Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh) Esther Gabara (Assistant Professor of Romance Studies and Ronald A.T. Judy (Professor of English, University of Art and Art History, Duke University): “‘I Promise She Is a Pittsburgh) Woman’: Balmoreadas, Acciones, and the Gendering of Giuseppina Mecchia (Department of French and Italian Ethics” Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh) Chair: Bobby Chamberlain (Associate Professor of Brazilian Doris Sommer (Harvard University) Culture and Literature, University of Pittsburgh) 2:45 p.m. Closing Remarks Saturday, October 22 9:00 a.m. Panel III. The Limits of Literature Sergio Chejfec (Autor, Poet, and Editor, Buenos Aires/New York): “Apuntes sobre mundos construidos” 11th Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference The Eleventh Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference was held on February 16 and 17, 2006. Teresa Caldeira, the 2006 Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Latin American Social and Public Policy Lecturer, delivered the keynote address on “Re-Imagining Inequality: Hip-Hop, Periphery, and Spatial Segregation in São Paulo.” The annual Latin American Social and Public Policy conference features presentations on social and public policy research in Latin America by graduate students from the University of Pittsburgh and other universities, with com- ments by University of Pittsburgh faculty. For the eleventh conference, 16 students from seven departments and schools at the University of Pittsburgh and seven non-Pitt students (from Arizona State University, Georgetown Uni- versity/Universidad Nacional de General San Martín, Argentina, the Korean Development Institute School, the Uni- versity of Chicago, the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison) presented papers and eight Pitt faculty members provided discussion. The 2006 conference was organized by Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellows María José Alvarez (Sociology), Stuart Easterling (History), Verónica Lifrieri (Linguistics), Laura Macia Vergara (Anthropology), Marilia Mochel (Political Science), Gabriela Núñez (Communication), Oscar de la Torre (History), and Javier Vázquez (Political Science), with direction and support from Luis Bravo (Coordinator of International Relations and Fellowships). The organizers and the Center would like to thank everyone involved in the conference. The conference was sponsored by the Latin American Social and Public Policy Program of the Center for Latin American Studies, with supplementary support from a U.S. Department of Education (Title VI) grant to the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh/Cornell University Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. A list of the conference panels, presenters, and discussants follows. 4 CLASicos • Winter 2006 Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference (continued) Thursday, February 16 Teresa Caldeira is Associate 9:30 a.m. Professor of Anthropology at the Welcome: James A. Craft (Acting Director, Center for Latin University of California, Irvine, American Studies) and author of the award-winning 10:00 a.m. book, City of Walls:Crime, Seg- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Labor Inequality regation, and Citizenship in São Moderator: Marilia Mochel Paulo (Berkeley: University of R. Spencer Foster (Sociology, University of Pittsburgh): California Press, 2000). In her “The Influence of Gender and Race on Occupational Segrega- research, Dr. Caldeira has ad- tion in Urban Brazilian Workers” dressed questions of (a) social Ligia Diaz-Román (Education, University of Pittsburgh): discrimination, spatial segrega- “Racial and Gender Inequalities in Education, Urban São tion, and urban change; (b) urban Paulo Workers, Brazil, 2000” violence; (c) citizenship, democ- Verónica Lifrieri (Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh): racy, and individual rights; (d) social movements and “Language at Work: English Proficiency among Hispanic popular political participation; (e) gender relations; Workers in the U.S.” and (f) youth cultures in the context of neoliberalism. Jared Coopersmith (Sociology, University of Pittsburgh): She has carried out research on these topics through “Inequality among Professionals: The Case of Brazilian extended fieldwork projects in São Paulo, Brazil. Her Schoolteachers” work is notably interdisciplinary—combining meth- Discussants: G. Reid Andrews (UCIS Research Professor of odologies, theories, and approaches from the different History) and Peggy A. Lovell (Associate Professor of social sciences. Sociology) Professor Caldeira’s current research focuses on young men and women from all social classes living in São Paulo and investigates the paradoxical and unprecedented ways in which they are recreating gen- der roles. This recreation is paradoxical because it simultaneously breaks with past models and repro- duces, in almost caricature fashion, some traditional attributes of these roles—especially male aggressive- ness and female sensuality. The most emblematic expressions of these trends are, on the one hand, male involvement with guns, crime, and artistic-stylistic expressions valorizing risk and aggressiveness (such as hip-hop). On the other hand, these trends are pre- sent in young girls’ preference for styles and careers that valorize the exposure of a sexualized body. The recreation of gender roles is unprecedented because it Left to right: Verónica Lifrieri, Marilia Mochel, R. Spencer Foster, articulates in explicit ways two issues that tradition- Ligia Diaz-Román, Jared Coopersmith, and Reid Andrews. ally have been either silenced or disguised in Brazil- ian society—racism and class antagonism. 1:00 p.m. Economic Integration Moderator: Laura Macia Vergara Justin M. Rivas (University of Wisconsin- Madison): “CAFTA and Central American Im- plications: A New Development Model, Trade Pact Changes, and Comparisons to NAFTA” Ana Carolina Garriga (Political Science, Uni- versity of Pittsburgh): “Latin America 1950- 1979: A Corollary of ‘Autocratic Peace’” Discussant: James Cassing (Professor of Economics) Left to right: James Cassing, Laura Macia Vergara, Ana Carolina Garriga, and Justin M. Rivas. 5 CLASicos • Winter 2006 Marilia Mochel (Political Science, University of Pittsburgh): “The Stability of Party Identification in Less Institutionalized Party Systems: The Case of Brazil” Amy Erica Smith (Political Science, University of Pitts- burgh): “Democratic Legitimacy and Regime Stability: What is the Connection?” Laura Coward (Georgetown University/Universidad Na- cional de General San Martín, Argentina): “Clientelism in Left to right: Kavin Paulraj, María José Alvarez, Lars Peterson, Argentina: A Bipartite Case Study From the ‘Conurbano Christina M. Robinson, Laura Wills, and John Markoff. Bonaerense’” 2:50 p.m. Discussant: Scott Morgenstern (Associate Professor of Democracy: Stability, Reform and Crisis Political Science) Moderator: María José Alvarez Laura Wills (Political Science, University of Pittsburgh): “Electoral Systems in Latin America: Explaining the Adop- tion of Electoral Proportional Systems during the 20th Century” Lars Peterson (History, University of Pittsburgh): “Democracy in Question: Uruguayan Elite Discourse, 1966-1973” Christina M. Robinson (University of Arizona): “Killing Injustice: Lynching Prevention Programs in Huehuetenango, Guatemala” Kavin Paulraj (History, University of Pittsburgh): “How Left to right: Laura Coward, Scott Morgenstern, Miguel García, Liberationist Catholics Politicized the Countryside and Built Amy Erica Smith, and Marilia Mochel. the Brazilian Land Reform Movement, 1968-1988” 11:30 a.m. Discussant: John Markoff (Professor of Sociology, History Reforming Education in Latin America and Political Science and UCIS Research Professor) Moderator: Gabriela Núñez Yadira García (Education, University of Pittsburgh) and Luis F. Vivaldi (Public and International Affairs,