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FALL 2009
All events are free and open to the public |
Wednesday, September 02
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Overview and the Center’s Self-study and 2010 External Evaluation
Robert Blake
Wednesday, September 09
1220 Engineering Bldg., 3:00 pm
Historical Aspects of Regional Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panelists: Peter Beattie, Ben Smith and David Wheat, History |
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Welcome Reception
303 & 305 International Center, 4:30-6:00 pm
Sponsored by the Center and the Chicano Latino Studies Program
Wednesday, September 16
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Health-related Behaviors and Well-being in Latin America: Public Health Training and Research Needs
Panelists: Libby Bogdan-Lovis, Center for Ethics & Humanities in the Life Sciences; Fred Gifford, Philosophy; Michael Rip, Program in Public Health; and Patricia Obando, College of Human Medicine
Wednesday, September 23
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Costa Rican Health Services: Health System Challenges in Latin America
Dr. Carlos Castro, National Co-director, Postgraduate Unit in Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Costa Rica; Host: Patricia Obando, Human Medicine
Wednesday, September 30
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities
Rubén Martínez, Julian Samora Institute
Tuesday, October 06
W449 Main Library, 4:00 pm
Eloisa Cartonera: Publisher of Avante Gard Latin American Writers
María Soledad Gómez and Washington Cucurto. Presentation and exhibition; Host: Maria Mudrovcic
Wednesday, October 07
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Two Fronts of the Michigan State Brazil Initiative: The Bioeconomy and Race, Nation-building and Globalization
Panelists: Cynthia Simmons, Geography; Robert Walker, Geography; Nathan Moore, Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, and Geography; and Anthony D. Kendall, Geological Sciences
Wednesday, October 14
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Community Engagement Service Learning in Peru
Irv Widders, Horticulture; and Brian Thompson, Mechanical Engineering
Thursday, October 15
303-305 International Center, 4:00 pm
Borges and Michigan State
Donald Yates, MSU Libraries´ Special Lecture
Reception
303-305 International Center, 5:15-6:30 pm
Sponsored by MSU Libraries and the Center
Wednesday, October 21
1220 Engineering Bldg., 4:00 pm
Territorial Development in Northeast Brazil: A Case for Semi-arid Northern Bahia
Videoconferenced panel presentation from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and the Bahia Secretariat of Planning; Coordinators: Jonas Zoninsein, James Madison College; and Gilberto Almeida, UFBA |
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Wednesday, October 28
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Indigenous Issues in the Americas
Panelists: Laurie Medina, Anthropology; Rocío Quispe-Agnoli and Eduardo Guizar-Álvarez, Spanish and Portuguese
Wednesday, November 4
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Value-adding technologies in the farming of fresh produce: Biodegradable mulch film
Thitisilp (Turk) Kijchavengkul, Doctoral Candidate, School of Packaging
Wednesday, November 11
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Development, Democracy and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panelists: Paulette Stenzel, International Business Law; Ed Murphy, History; and Lindon Robison, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Wednesday, November 18
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Fair-traded, Organic-certified Beans Produced by Smallholders in Honduras
Rick Bernsten, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Wednesday, December 02
201 International Center, 3:00 pm
Dark Earths and their Implications for Development in the Amazon
Antoinette WinklerPrins, Geography
