Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

 
 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

—CALL FOR PAPERS—

Regional Inequality in Times of Globalization

An interdisciplinary symposium focused on issues of vital importance to the human condition

April 21-22, 2010

Michigan State University
3rd floor, International Center
East Lansing, Michigan


Keynote Address - Wed., April 21
3:00 pm, 303 International Center


The Opportunity Gap: Comprehensive
Development Platforms in Latin America

by
Alejandro Villanueva
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Regional Director
for Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean



Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Call for Papers (PDF)

Deadline: February 10, 2010 (extended)

For more information contact: Kristin Janka Millar (kristin@msu.edu) or Robert Blake (rwblake@msu.edu)


Conference Description:

Inequality is possibly the key global social issue of our time, especially in the Americas. Unmet challenges and complex dynamics that are misunderstood, or underrated, help distinguish Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as the most unequal region on the planet. Increasingly, the tentacles of inequality not only run through rural and urban society, but cross borders to other regions. Thus, problems reciprocated by processes of globalization also accompany their benefits. For example, among the worst-hit by the current global crisis, and further impaired from a diminished rural production structure, “free” trade that is not, and trivial investment from the private sector, Mexico’s economic dependence on the US is being paid by its poor.
Global and LAC environments alike carry a set of cross-cutting, dynamically complex problems requiring interdisciplinary undertakings. These challenges also require multinational collaborations to learn, for example, how better to foster a healthier human and environmental welfare continuum.

Consequently, the Center invites participation from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and practitioners to examine the issues, challenges and opportunities for a Latin American and Caribbean cultural space with greater social equality. This symposium is a forum for examining some of the issues related to this goal through several means. In addition to a plenary keynote address and invited presentations by an international panel, student and faculty submissions will be selected for presentation in oral and (especially) poster sessions.

This symposium is especially intended for Michigan State students and faculty to present and discuss works in progress. More polished works are also welcome.

 
   


Wednesday, February 10
“Spiral of Silence: Women, Hope and Warfare in Colombia,” Elvira Sánchez-Blake, Spanish and Portuguese
201 International Center, 3 pm

flyer (PDF)


CLACS External Review

February 24-26
Self-assessment of Key Issues and Goals (PDF)

Study Abroad Scholarship
Deadline March 1, 2010
download application (PDF)



Spring Seminar Series
Faculty Retreats
New Program

Experience Latin America I & II
Chiapas, Mexico
Program

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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
300 International Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1035   USA
Ph: 517/353-1690
FAX: 517/432-7471

E-mail: clacs@msu.edu