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Dr. Larry Nyland
Dr. Larry Nyland was appointed by the School Board as the Interim Superintendent in August 2014 and was hired as the permanent Superintendent in January 2015. He leads Washington state's largest K-12 school district, with 8,000 employees and 52,000 students.
Dr. Nyland retired in June 2013 after nine years as the Marysville School District Superintendent, where he transformed a challenging climate. When he began in 2004, a 49-day teachers' strike had resulted in declining enrollment, graduation rates were low and the community hadn't approved a school bond issue in 16 years.
Through strengthening relationships with teachers and staff, community engagement with families, building partnerships with the business community, local service organizations and the Tulalip Tribes, he was able to rebuild the Marysville district into one that saw stabilized enrollment after the strike, win voter approval for a $118 million bond issue for new schools in 2006 and work with staff to raise graduation rates by 22 percent.
In 2007, Dr. Nyland was named Superintendent of the Year by the Washington School Administrators Association, and he was also a finalist for National Superintendent of the Year in 2007. The School Board of Marysville was named Board of the Year in 2012.
This is not Dr. Nyland's first interim appointment. He served as Interim Superintendent for the Shoreline School District in 1997, where he stepped in during a difficult time and helped renew trust and relationships with labor groups, won voter approval for renewal of a local tax initiative to support schools and created a district focused on school improvement around literacy.
Before that, he was the Chief Academic Officer and Human Resources Director for six years at Highline Public Schools, and also served as Director of the Superintendent Program at Seattle Pacific University, where he also served as an adjunct professor from 1997-2013.
He started his career as a high school teacher in Gig Harbor, spent time as a principal and Superintendent in Alaska, and then returned to Washington to become the Superintendent of the Pasco School District from 1982-1992.
Dr. Nyland says his personal mission has always been to bring people together to do what it takes to improve student success. He will bring that same mission to his work overseeing the 52,000 Seattle Public Schools students.
A 1966 Roosevelt High School graduate, Dr. Nyland received his Bachelor of Arts, Master's degree and Doctorate in Education Administration from the University of Washington. He also served on the Dean's Advisory Council at the UW from 2009-2011.
Since retiring from the Marysville School District, Dr. Nyland has spent the past year as a leadership coach, work that he has done through most of his career. This past year he has been in more than 100 classrooms working with more than 40 districts in the areas of Superintendent evaluation training, Superintendent coaching, student assessment consulting and as a leadership coach for principal evaluations. In fall of 2013, he worked with the Seattle School Board to facilitate a meeting on the Superintendent evaluation process.
Dr. Nyland and his wife Kathy have a grown son and daughter. In his spare time, he is an avid reader, works on genealogy, does volunteer work and jokes that he may be one of the "world's slowest runners."


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MARCH 10, 2006--The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Dance Theatre
will present its annual spring concert on March 28-April 1 at the Blanche
Davis Theatre of the Kleinpell Fine Arts Building. All performances will
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On May 8, 2014, HUD issued a Proposed Rule meant to align HUD rules governing FHA-insured ARMs with the recent CFPB rules regarding ARM interest rate adjustment and disclosures under Regulation Z (ARM Rules). Comments on the Proposed Rule are due June 9, 2014. HUD notes that the shorter 30-day comment period is appropriate here because the industry has had ample time to adjust to the ARM Rules.
Under the ARM Rules, when the interest rate adjusts based on index movement, servicers are required to notify borrowers of an impending payment change between 60 and 120 days before the new payment amount is first due. However, for loans that have rate adjustments every 60 days or more frequently, or are originated before January 10, 2015, and have look-back periods for the index value of less than 45 days, the notice may be provided between 25 and 120 days before the adjusted payment amount is first due. HUD interprets the ARM Rules as actually setting the look-back period for the index value as 45 days, which is not the case. Under present HUD rules, any ARM insured by the FHA requires a 30-day look-back period. The Proposed Rule would amend 24 C.F.R. § 203.49(d)(2) to require FHA-insured mortgages to use the most recent index figure available 45 days before an interest rate change becomes effective.
The Proposed Rule also amends 24 C.F.R. § 203.49(h) to align directly with the ARM Rules under Regulation Z. HUD accomplishes this by cross-referencing 12 C.F.R. § 1026.20 to "not only avoid repetition of regulatory text, but help to ensure that HUD's codified regulations remain current" in the event that the CFPB amends Regulation Z. Under the Proposed Rule, lenders and servicers of FHA-insured ARM loans would be required to make the initial adjustment disclosures and subsequent adjustment disclosures as required under the ARM Rules. HUD states that it does not insure ARMs with rate adjustment terms less than 12 months, thus the shorter-term exemption found in the ARM Rules is not applicable to FHA-insured ARMs.
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In Outlook for Mac 2011 Essential Training, author Alicia Katz Pollock provides a comprehensive overview of the full-featured email, calendar, and scheduling application from Microsoft. The course covers the key fundamentals of the program, including sending and receiving email, creating and managing contacts, and scheduling tasks and appointments. It also covers Outlook 2011 organizational features such as the Media Browser, Conversation view, My Day, the Scrapbook, and more.
Receiving emails that expand your worldview is one thing, but sharing them with others is what makes email practical. You can reply to an email to continue the conversation or forward it on to other people. Here's how. Click on one of the messages in your Inbox. To reply to the sender click on the Reply button up here on the toolbar. The original message will appear below this line with the email's header, showing who it was from, when you received it, which of your email addresses it went to, and the original subject. The insertion point will be blinking at the top waiting for you to type.
Type in your answer and then click Send. Now here's a useful tip. If you're only replying to part of the previous message, you can highlight it first. Then when you click Reply, instead of resending the entire message you will cut out all the irrelevant content, so the conversation can stay focused. Now after you have replied to the message, you will see a purple arrow to the left of the message matching the icon above and then in the message itself, there is a new gray bar with that same purple arrow, showing you when you replied to it and giving you a Show Reply button on the far right, that you can click to instantly find out exactly what you said.
I will close that reply. If you receive a message addressed to several people and you going to reply to it, you can choose to reply to just the sender or use this Reply To All button to send it to everybody, but choose wisely. Do all the people from the original email need to hear your response or just the sender? If everybody really needs your answer, click the Reply to All button and your message will be automatically addressed to everybody on the original emails list.
Now what if you don't want to reply to the sender, but instead you want to send that message to a third person. This is why email has become so popular. If someone sends me something interesting I may have a friend who would also be interested too. I can forward the email to them, click on the Forward button, and instead of being addressed the To field will be blank. You can then put new address in the To line, write an explanation at the top, and send it. Now out of etiquette, do think about whether your new recipient really would like to read that message. Most people get a lot of email and might not be interested in pictures of cats wearing hats.
Also be respectful of people's political and religious leanings. After you have forwarded message, you'll see a blue arrow to its left just like the icon and a gray bar at the top of the message showing when you forwarded it and as before allowing you to see the forward that you sent. Now here is another good etiquette tip. If you're forwarding an email that was originally sent to multiple people, highlight and delete the names off of the email message. That way you can help maintain people's privacy by not including their email addresses without their permission.
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KOLKATA: At least one person was killed and nearly 2,000 people were rendered homeless in a major fire which broke out in a slum, Basanti Colony, in the north-eastern part of the city and raged for four hours on Tuesday afternoon razing 450 shanties. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee visited the scene of devastation and issued instructions for provision of shelter and cooked and dry food and medicines to the affected families.
The situation was made worse as fire engines and vehicles of emergency services took a long time to reach the site since they were held up in several road blockades put up in the city by some political parties and their allied trade unions since afternoon. While initially only three engines could reach the spot, later 22 more joined in to control the fire.
While emergency services were held up at the road blockades, the fire spread to a platform of the nearby Bidhannagar Road station although it was brought under control quickly.
An Eastern Railway release said 12 pairs of EMU trains had to be cancelled and a long-distance train was stopped short of Bidhannagar Road Station. Water shortage in the area further hindered the firemen, who brought the fire under control after about two hours.
Confusion reigned as local residents desperately tried to trace their loved ones. Anxious mothers, unsure of their children's whereabouts, jostled through the crowds. Once the fire was brought under control, some of the residents rushed to their ravaged shanties, with the embers still simmering, to locate family members or salvage any belongings.
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Three more bodies found Sunday raised the death toll from a Chinese coal mine gas explosion to 26, officials said.
Rescuers searching the Yaotou mine in China's Shaanxi Province found the additional victims in a mine shaft and were still searching for the last three trapped underground, a county government official told Xinhua, the state-run Chinese news service.
"It was more than 80 hours after the accident," the official said. "The concentration of poisonous gas is high and their chances of survival are slim."
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Ben Chu has been a leader writer at The Independent since 2004. Before that he worked at the paper on the comment desk, letters department and the personal finance pages. He studied history at Jesus College, Oxford between 1997 and 2000.
Remember those classic cartoons in which a character would run over the edge a cliff and keep going on thin air without realising the ground had disappeared? That reminds me of all these poor saps sent in to defend the transparently over-inflated salaries of executives.
Take this from David Clark, the director general of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, asked about the fact that executive pay for council heads has risen by more than a third in the past four years: "These are big, complex organisations and particularly at a time of economic downturn, you want the most competent people to do those jobs. It is not true that salaries are spiralling out of control... The public sector needs great managers because we are heading for a bad time and the public will want good services without an increase in taxes."
Pay the market rate or miss out on "great managers". We heard this argument ad nauseam during the boom years. It was always self-serving nonsense. But now it sounds positively loopy. Mr Clark clearly hasn't noticed, but the market rate for executive "talent" has fallen through the floor. To which private company is a council executive going to flee if not offered a ridiculous £200,000 per annum salary package?


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Retail Sign - Fish Boats, Old Lolly Shop, Carlton North, circa 1955-1966 Reg. No: SH 921120 6
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- Celluloid retail sign for fish boats, used at the Old Lolly Shop, Carlton North, circa 1955-1966. The sign became obsolete with the introduction of decimal currency in 1966.
The Old Lolly Shop was a milk bar opened and run by Elizabeth and Henry Cohen at 314 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North, from 1939 to 1975.
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- Celluloid sign rectangular in shape, cream in colour with steel pin attached.
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Maryann Plunkett (born ca. 1953) is an American actress who in 1987 won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Sally Smith" in Me and My Girl.
Additional Broadway credits include Bernadette Peters' replacement in Sunday in the Park with George and the 1991 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, in which she played Elizabeth Proctor opposite Martin Sheen as John Proctor, in an all-star cast including Michael York and Fritz Weaver. Plunkett has appeared in film in Breaking the Silence and on television in as guest star on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Law & Order. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire.
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Does Venezuela's Globovision News Coverage Show Bias?: Independent Study to Report Findings
May 19, 2015 | National Press Club
On May 19, CLALS released a new media report, Bias or Neutrality? An Assessment of Television News Coverage in Venezuela by Globovision. The briefing and Q and A at the National Press Club were led by CLALS Director Eric Hershberg and the team of researchers who carried out the study. Voice of America reported on the release.
Background: The issue of press freedom and ownership is a pressing one globally. Globovision, one of the most important media groups in Venezuela where stringent media laws operate, offers 24/7 television media coverage. The issue of independence and editorial policy over the last two years under new ownership has been questioned.
Please click on the following links to read the press release in English or in Spanish.
Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Safe and Inclusive Cities in Latin America*
May 14, 2015 | Washington Office on Latin America
Scholars involved in three projects supported by the Safe and Inclusive Cities program discussed conceptual and methodological advances to address pressing urban issues in Latin America. Key findings were presented of recent work in Central America; Chile, Colombia, and Peru; and Venezuela.
- Roberto Briceño-León, Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia
- Larissa Brioso, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales-El Salvador
- Rodolfo Calderón, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales-Costa Rica
- Hugo Frühling, Centro de Estudios de Seguridad Ciudadana en la Universidad de Chile
Co-hosted by the Washington Office on Latin America and American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies.
*This event were part of the Safe and Inclusive Cities program of the International Development Research Centre and the UK's Department for International Development, in which CLALS participated in Central American research undertaken by FLACSO-Costa Rica and FLACSO-El Salvador.
Policy Implications of Recent Research on Building Safe and Inclusive Cities in Latin America*
May 13, 2015 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Over 55 guests joined us for a panel discussion on policy implications of recent studies of urban violence in Latin America and their relevance for building safe and inclusive cities throughout the region.
- Jennifer Salahub, International Development Research Centre
- Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales-Costa Rica
- Roberto Briceño-León, Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia
- Hugo Frühling, Centro de Estudios de Seguridad Ciudadana en la Universidad de Chile
- Adriana Beltrán,Washington Office on Latin America
- Adam Blackwell, Organization of American States
Co-hosted by the Wilson Center's Urban Sustainability Laboratory and Latin American Program, and American University's CLALS and Metropolitan Studies Center.
Event webcast and presentations via the Wilson Center
*This event were part of the Safe and Inclusive Cities program of the International Development Research Centre and the UK's Department for International Development, in which CLALS participated in Central American research undertaken by FLACSO-Costa Rica and FLACSO-El Salvador.
January-February 2015
Presented by the AU School of Communications (SOC), the National Gallery of Art, and the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies.
Cruzamentos featured both recent and historic works representing the remarkable wave of documentary filming that occurred after the fall of Brazil's military dictatorship. Cruzamentos translates as "intersections," a nod to the fusion of influences that makes Brazilian culture so distinctive.
CLALS extends our thanks to the following Affiliated Faculty and Doctoral Students who offered their expertise presenting films during the series: Renato Alvim, Jeff Middents, Paula Orlando, and Ana Serra.
Friday, January 23 - Iracema, directed by Jorge Brodanzky and Orlando Senna (1974, 90mins)
Sunday, January 25 - Housemaids, directed by Gabriel Mascaro (2013, 76mins) and Santiago, directed by Joao Moreira Salles (1992-2007, 80mins)
Friday, January 30 - Like Water Through Stone, directed by Marilia Rocha (2009, 85mins)
Friday, February 20 - Black Orpheus, directed by Marcel Camus (1959, 100mins)
Sunday, February 22 - Isle of Flowers, directed by Jorge Furtado (1989, 13mins) and ABC of a Strike, directed by Leon Hirszman (1979-1990, 86mins)
Friday, February 27 - Socorro Nobre, directed by Walter Salles (1996, 23mins) and Central Station, directed by Walter Salles (1998, 113mins)
Seminario: Globalización, Élites, Estados y Reconfiguración del Poder en Centroamérica
February 19, 2015 | Guatemala City
At a conference on globalization, elites, and the reconfiguration of power in Central America, Director Eric Hershberg joined distinguished scholars from the U.S., Europe, and Central America to present two newly-published books featuring findings from the Center's project "The Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America."
The event was jointly sponsored by CLALS, the Instituto de Investigaciones y Gerencia Política (INGEP) at the Universidad Rafael Landívar, and the Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales (ICEFI).
ALPAF 2015: Prospects & Implications of Immigration Reform Policies 2015-2016
January 15, 2015
The inaugural Annual Latino Public Affairs Forum (ALPAF) considered the prospects and possibilities for immigration policy during the last two years of the Obama administration. The half-day event featured panels of academics, political analysts, advocates, and other stakeholders. Further information about ALPAF 2015, along with a video recording of the Forum panels, is available on the ALPAF webpage.
December 4, 2014
CLALS researchers presented findings from a Center study exploring the factors behind the migration of Central American children and families from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The report is part of a Ford Foundation-supported initiative to inform advocates and practitioners working on behalf of these new arrivals, and focuses on three key topics:
- The unprecedented expansion in the number of youth and family border crossings in the context of long-term migration trends from the region;
- The country conditions ("push factors") driving the exodus of Central American minors and families; and
- The new arrivals' prospects for remaining in the U.S. in light of available forms of deportation relief as well as current policy and advocacy responses.
Over 65 guests were in attendance, including representatives from several Central American embassies, Amnesty International, and D.C.-based immigrant advocacy organizations.
November 14, 2014
CLALS and the College of Arts and Sciences joined students, staff and faculty at a panel discussion on emerging directions in Latino Studies. An interactive Q&A session and reception followed presentations by three distinguished panelists:
- Ali Valenzuela, Department of Politics, Princeton University;
- Lázaro Lima, Department of American Studies and Department of Latin American & Iberian Studies, University of Richmond; and
- Patricia Foxen, Department of Research, National Council on La Raza (NCLR).
Social Justice Movements: Religion, Sex, and Nature in Latin America
November 7, 2014
The panel discussion featured U.S. and Latin American experts and addressed religious engagement with two sets of contentious issues across the region: environmental justice, climate change, and the exploitation of natural resources, on the one hand, and gender, women's reproductive rights, and sexual identity rights, on the other. Moderated by American University professors Evan Berry and Macarena Sáez, the panel explored religious responses to questions of the environment and gender as well as religion's role in regional contestation around these questions. This event was part of a two-year CLALS project on Religion and Democratic Contestation in Latin America, generously funded by the Henry R. Luce Foundation's Initiative on Religion and International Affairs.
CLALS Faculty Affiliate William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh talked about their new book chronicling the untold history of attempts at rapprochement and reconciliation between the United States and Cuba. From John F. Kennedy's offering of an olive branch to Fidel Castro after the missile crisis, to Henry Kissinger's top secret quest for normalization, to Barack Obama's promise of a "new approach," LeoGrande and Kornbluh revealed a fifty-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive, indicating a path toward better relations in the future.
Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Central America: Context, Causes, & Advocacy Responses
September 22, 2014 | New York City
As part of the Center's Ford Foundation-supported initiative aimed at informing advocates engaged in protecting the rights and welfare of unaccompanied minors from Central America, CLALS Director Eric Hershberg and Program Manager Dennis Stinchcomb presented an overview of the factors driving the recent wave of children and families from the region to an audience of over 50 advocates, social workers, and lawyers. Particular attention was paid to those contextual push factors that could be used as the basis for seeking deportation relief. CLALS staff were joined by WCL Professor Jayesh Rathod, who discussed U.S. jurisprudence on gang-based asylum claims and the state of due process and right-to-counsel litigation for unaccompanied minors.
In this effort, CLALS partnered with The Door, a NYC-based youth development agency at the forefront of advocating for unaccompanied migrant children in the metropolitan area.
Writing Isn't Solitude: Cristina Rivera Garza
September 17, 2014
Through its partnership with the Mexican Ministry of Culture, CLALS was pleased to welcome award-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza for a panel discussion on the place of writing and community in the context of contemporary violence. She was joined by Professor Jeff Middents from the Department of Literature and by Professors Núria Vilanova and Brenda Werth from the Department of World Languages and Cultures. More than 50 guests were in attendance.
Cristina Rivera Garza was born in northeast Mexico, received her doctorate in Latin American History at the University of Houston, and currently directs the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Rivera Garza is the only author who has won the prestigious Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize twice, first for her novel Nadie me verá llorar (2001) and again for her novel La muerte me da (2009). Her writing embodies various approaches (novels, short stories, essays, prose, blogs, and criticism), and her texts have been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Korean.
Speaking about Writing Isn't Solitude: Dis/appropriation and Necrowriting Today, Dr. Rivera Garza explains, "We write with others. If today's technology has proven the communal foundation inherent to the writing process, then the context of horrifying violence characteristic of our time forces us to think critically about the always tense and meaningful relationships established between writing and community. Writing Isn't Solitude is a comparative exploration of contemporary productions of North American conceptualism, the new Mexican political poetry, the Spanish Mutant Fictioneers, and the post-exotic French. It is a journey out of the ivory tower of romantic stereotypes about writing. It is a dwelling in the commonality promised by our own words."
Cuba, the 2015 Americas Summit, and Beyond: Obstacles and Opportunities
September 4, 2014 | Ottawa, Canada
On the threshold of the 2015 Presidential Summit in Panama, a group of distinguished scholars, diplomats and practitioners gathered in Ottawa on September 4 to discuss the much-debated participation of Cuba in the upcoming OAS assembly. Sponsored by the University of Ottawa, American University, the Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Economicas y Sociales and the Latin America Study Group of the Canadian International Council, with funding from the Christopher Reynolds Foundation, the discussion analyzed past and present U.S.-Cuba relations in the context of an increasingly multipolar hemisphere and examined ways in which third-party stakeholders like Canada might encourage policy change to benefit long-term inter-American dynamics. During the discussion, the obstacles raised concerning Cuba's integration into the OAS included not only U.S. and Canadian objections about the country's noncompliance with the Inter-American Democratic Charter, but also the lack of coordinated political will in both Cuba and Washington to overcome tensions regarding Cuba's position in the hemisphere. Alternatively, points in favor of Cuba's inclusion in the Summit included the recognition that many OAS member states will not participate in a Summit that excludes Cuba and indications that Cuba would accept an invitation to the Summit if it were extended without conditions.
PANELISTS: Robert Fox, Executive Director, Oxfam-Canada; Eric Hershberg, Director of the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) at American University; William LeoGrande, Dean Emeritus, American University; Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS); Arch Ritter, Carleton University & CIC LASG; Andres Serbin, Director of the Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Economicas y Sociales (CRIES); Geoff Thale, Senior Program Officer at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); Stephen Baranyi, Associate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa.
Book Launch and Discussion: Police and Organized Crime in El Salvador
May 19, 2014
The infiltration of public institutions in Central America by organized criminal groups is a critical issue that has posed an increasing risk to democracy and the rule of law in various parts of the region over the last decade. This is among the many challenges awaiting the new administration in El Salvador that begins on June 1st.
A new book by Salvadoran journalist, former diplomat, and CLALS Senior Fellow Héctor Silva Ávalos illuminates a particular aspect of this problem. Silva shared the main findings of Infiltrators: A Chronicle of Corruption in the National Civil Police of El Salvador. The book's findings are based on archival and field research supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
We were delighted that Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), who has a longstanding interest in human rights and El Salvador's political process during the past three decades, and Steven Dudley, Co-Director of InSight Crime, provided commentary on Silva's book, which was available for purchase at the session. A wide-ranging conversation followed opening comments. A video of the event is available here.
A Conversation with the President of Uruguay
On Tuesday, May 13, American University had the honor of welcoming Uruguayan President José Mujica to campus. A video of the conversation with President Mujica is available here. Read more about his visit here.
Creative and Cultural Industries Symposium
May 9, 2014 | Fort Lauderdale, FL
On May 9, 2014 the Broward County Cultural Division convened a panel discussion on the contribution of creativity as a key element of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The panel was comprised of members from the Inter-American Development Bank's Culture, Creativity, and Solidarity Affairs Division and from CLALS, including Director Eric Hershberg, Research Associate Professor Robert Albro, and Faculty Affiliates Andrew Taylor and Ximena Varela. More information about the event and the panelists is available here. Further information on the Center's project on Creative and Cultural Industries in Latin America can be found here.
Contemporary Mexican Literature: Mario Bellatin
April 16, 2014
Through its partnership with the Mexican Ministry of Culture, CLALS was pleased to welcome acclaimed novelist Mario Bellatin for a panel discussion on contemporary Mexican literature. He was joined by panelists Yuri Herrera, also a distinguished Mexican author, and Professors Ana Serra and Juliana Martínez from the Department of World Languages and Cultures. The event was held in Spanish with 90 people in attendance.
Mario Bellatin's approach to an experimental consciousness marks the standard of convex writing in contemporary Latin American literature. Bellatin was born in Mexico, grew up in Peru, and studied screenwriting in Cuba. Among his more well-known works is his book Flowers, which won the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 2001. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim grant in 2002, and Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa described him as "one of the most interesting writers that have arisen in Latin America in recent years." Read the New York Times profile of Bellatin here.
Élites, Estados y Reconfiguraciones del Poder en Centroamérica
April 9, 2014 | San Salvador
As part of its multi-year project on the Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America, CLALS convened a panel discussion to present project findings in San Salvador, El Salvador. Panelists discussed the principal changes and continuities in elite configurations and identified the mechanisms through which elites are currently engaging the economic, political, and social orders throughout the Central American isthmus. Based on project conclusions, panelists reflected on how these new elite configurations and the ways in which they wield their power impact issues of democratic governance for new and incoming administrations in El Salvador, Honduras, and Costa Rica. Over 120 people were in attendance.
Panelists included:
Eric Hershberg, Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University
Benedicte Bull, Associate Professor at the Center for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo
Ricardo Barrientos, Senior Economist and specialist in fiscal policy at the Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (Icefi)
Hugo Noé Pino, Economist of Honduras at the Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (Icefi)
The Republicans' Latino Problem and How It Can Be Fixed
March 7, 2014
CLALS convened two panels of experts to discuss the future of Latino voters' relationship with the Republican Party. The first panel addressed the main issues complicating Latino support of the GOP, and the second panel presented how the party might seek to connect with Latino voters. Academics, analysts, and political strategists included Jason Casellas, Eric Hershberg, Sylvia Manzano, Ali Valenzuela, Jordan Fabian, Glen Bolger, Leslie Sanchez, and David Winston.
C-SPAN video coverage of Panel 1 and Panel 2
Religion and Justice in Latin America Today
February 28, 2014
Scholars from the U.S. and Latin America gathered for a panel discussion about the engagement between religious actors in Latin American democracies and contentious issues of environmental justice, the exploitation of natural resources, and gender and sexuality-based rights.
A 20 años del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte: viejos problemas nuevos desafíos
January 23-24, 2014
Scholars gathered in Mexico City for a two-day conference exploring the past and future challenges of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), twenty years after its implementation. This conference was sponsored by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and co-sponsored by CLALS.
The Creative and Cultural Industries and the Future of Latin America's Economy
November 25, 2013
Participants from across academic, policy, and practitioner communities concerned with the creative industries, as well as from the private sector, gathered for a symposium to address the relevance of Latin America's creative and cultural industries to the region's economy as a whole. The symposium consisted of two panels, the first analyzed new data for Latin America's creative industries and the second, connected data to broader trends within the region. This was the first of a series of events that aim to generate a framework for future research.
"From the Mines to the Streets: A Bolivian Activist's Life" A Conversation with Félix Muruchi
November 6, 2013
Félix Muruchi Poma is a prominent indigenous rights activist. His personal history as a miner, activist, political prisoner and exile, and most recently indigenous rights lawyer provides an extraordinary lens into Bolivian struggles for social justice. Muruchi Poma discussed the evolving nature of Bolivia's processes of social change and his new book, From the Mines to the Streets: A Bolivian Activist's Life. Discussion after the presentation was led by Professors Robert Albro and Kevin Healy.
Tinker Field Research Grant Recipient Presentations
October 23, 2013
This year's Tinker Field Research Grant recipients traveled to Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico and Peru over the summer to conduct exploratory field research for their dissertation, thesis, or SRP. Three recipients, Michael Baney, Emma Fawcett, and Rachel Nadelman presented their findings and how their exploratory field research influenced their projects moving forward.
Passing as a Man: A Discussion of Gender and Identity in Cuba
October 1, 2013
Dr. Julio César González Pagés, an historian at the University of Havana, visited AU as part of the Center's ongoing Cuba Initiative. Dr. González Pagés discussed his book Por andar vestida de hombre and also touched on an innovative project on masculinities, which he coordinates. His visit builds upon CLALS-sponsored collaboration between the Washington College of Law and the University of Havana around research addressing gender and sexuality in legal practice and law school curricula.
The Cinema of Mexican Filmmaker Arturo Ripstein
September 24, 2013
Through its partnership with the Mexican Ministry of Culture, CLALS welcomed acclaimed Mexican film director Arturo Ripstein to campus on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Maestro Ripstein discussed his career and answered questions from a panel of CAS professors, including Jeffrey Middents, Ludy Grandas, Núria Vilanova, and Brenda Werth. Over 85 people were in attendance.
Global Ramifications of the Chilean Coup: 40 Years After
September 16, 2013
To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup, CLALS and the Washington College of Law (WCL) hosted a public event on September 16 to discuss the global ramifications of the coup forty years after.
Panelists included:
Carlos Portales, Director, Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy, Washington College of Law. Portales provided historical context and moderated the discussion.
Eric Hershberg, Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and Professor of Government, American University. Hershberg discussed the ramifications of the coup for the political left in Spain and South America.
Barbara Stallings, William R. Rhodes Research Professor and Director, Political Economy of Development Program, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. Stallings provided an analysis of how the coup affected economic development models.
Claudio Grossman, Professor of Law, Dean, and Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law. Grossman discussed the role of the coup in the development of the international human rights regime.
The Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America
June 3, 2013
Selected findings of an ambitious two-year research project analyzing the composition and role of Central American elites were discussed across two panels: one assessing changes in the make-up and interests of elite groups in light of shifts in the economic order in Central America and the second focusing on how elites today interact with and influence the economic, political, and social orders. Special attention was paid to the role of elites in shaping state finances and in responding to elected governments identified with the left. The discussion assessed implications of project findings for U.S. foreign policy in the core countries of the isthmus.
This event was co-sponsored by and held at the Washington Office on Latin America.
2013 LASA Congress: CLALS Project-Sponsored Panels
May 29-June 1, 2013
CLALS projects sponsored five panels at LASA's 2013 Congress: The Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America, Fiscal Policy and Elite-State Interactions in Contemporary Central America, Religion and Violence in Central America, Re-thinking Catholic Responses to Human Rights, and Hemisphere in Flux: New Roles, New Institutions, and New Agendas in Inter-American Relations.
Migration, Identity, and U.S.-Mexican Relations
April 29, 2013
CLALS and SPA hosted a panel discussion honoring the recipients of the inaugural William M. LeoGrande Prize for the best book on U.S.-Latin American relations, and the William M. LeoGrande Award for the best book or article on Latin America or Latinos published by an AU community member. Panelists included Alexandra Délano of The New School, Todd Eisenstadt of SPA, and José Ángel Hernández of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Mexico's Future: In Search of a New Democratic Equilibrium
April 1-2, 2013
This two-day symposium brought together a diverse group of leading international scholars with the objective of challenging conventional thinking about Mexico's future. Mexico continues to make decisions and govern in ways inherited from its authoritarian past. Panels addressed what a new democratic equilibrium would look like, and what key levers for intervention (policies, reforms, coalitions, movements etc.) might move the country in the right direction.
This event was co-organized by CLALS and the Institute for Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (IIJ-UNAM) in Mexico City.
The event was streamed live and the videos are available here.
One Year after the Gang Truce in El Salvador: Challenges and Opportunities
March 29, 2013
This panel discussion focused on the political context and implications of the gang truce in El Salvador, what role the Catholic Church or actors within the Church have played in launching or sustaining the truce, and what opportunities the truce may provide for implementing long-term programs for communities most affected by violence. The panel also addressed the outcomes of previous gang truces in the Caribbean and the U.S. Panelists included CLALS Research Fellows, Héctor Silva Ávalos and Steven Dudley; AU Professor, Ed Maguire; and social development specialist at the World Bank, Alys Willman. The discussion was moderated by WOLA's Program Director, Geoff Thale.
This event was co-organized by CLALS and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the video is available here.
Book Presentation: Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America by Stephen B. Kaplan
February 27, 2013
Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America examines how relations between international creditors and national debtors affect economic policy changes. The book also evaluates the role of technocratic advisors on government choices, showing how severe economic shocks have a transformative effect on policy. Beyond Latin America's borders, the book offers important lessons for understanding the ongoing economic crises in the U.S. and Europe, as well as the politics of reform in developing democracies.
Presentation and Discussion with Ambassador Altschul
February 12, 2013
His Excellency Francisco Altschul, Ambassador of El Salvador, spoke to an audience of 50 AU and DC community members about immigration reforms that are of great importance to Salvadoran citizens. Salvadorans make up the largest percentage of 300,000 Central Americans legally residing in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS was first extended to citizens of Nicaragua and Honduras due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, and was extended to Salvadorans in 2001 after a series of destructive earthquakes. Officials in the region are interested in the normalization of the 300,000 Latinos under TPS, some of whom have resided in the U.S. for over 15 years.
TPS status needs to be renewed every 18 months. Ambassador Altschul noted that Salvadorans alone have paid $600 million to the U.S. government in registration fees.
Lecture by Mexican Author ?lmer Mendoza
January 31, 2013
As part of an agreement between AU and the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), CLALS welcomed Mexican playwright, storyteller, novelist and Sinaloa native Élmer Mendoza who delivered a lecture on his work. Winner of the 2007 Tusquets Award for his novel Balas de plata, Mendoza is widely considered the foremost figure in the new crime fiction genre known as "narcoliterature." AU faculty participated with Mendoza in a panel discussion following his address.
Impacts of Parental Deportation on U.S. Citizen Youth of Salvadoran Origin
January 30, 2013
A CLALS research team presented an in-progress NIH proposal that aims to examine the social and health ramifications produced by the rising rate of deportations which disproportionately affect Latino communities. The presentation was part of the CHRS seminar series.
Workshop: Religious Responses to Violence
January 14-15, 2013
In mid-January 2013 CLALS convened a workshop at AU to present initial research findings from its project studying Religious Responses to Violence in Latin America. The agenda for the meeting can be downloaded here. A moderated discussion open to the public was held on Tuesday, January 15 from 4:30-6:00pm. Click here to view the event flyer.
The Rippling Effects of Deportations on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families
December 5, 2012
As part of the Center on Health, Risk, and Society's Seminar Series and in conjunction with the CLALS initiative on Deportation and the Health of U.S. Latino Communities, Joanna Dreby, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany-SUNY, offered a talk entitled, "The Rippling Effects of Deportations on Children in Mexican Immigrant Families."
Hemisphere in Flux Workshop—Sao Paulo, Brazil
November 12-14, 2012
After a successful workshop in Washington, D.C. last October, participants in the Hemisphere in Flux project convened again in Sao Paulo to present their work on various aspects of hemispheric relations. Presentations addressed trends in inter-American affairs and in foreign policies of major states in the hemisphere. Please click here to download the full program. A public Round Table was held on November 12 at 7:00pm; view the invitation.
Workshop on Religion and Violence—Phoenix, AZ
November 10, 2012
As part of the 2012 annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) hosted in Phoenix, AZ, CLALS sponsored a workshop on Religion and Violence in Latin America. The panel highlighted select pieces of cutting-edge research carried out by participants in the CLALS project on Religious Responses to Violence in Latin America.
Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America
November 1-3, 2012
The Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America held its second substantive workshop in Costa Rica. Participants discussed papers which have been commissioned on how specific phenomena of change (e.g. war, state restructuring, the encounter with globalization) provoked discontinuities in both the composition of elites and their relations to the broader social, political and economic orders. A series of studies of the configuration of today's economic elites in Central America were also presented, and subsequent phases of the project were mapped.
Ambulante: Mexico and Documentary Film
November 1, 2012
With support from the Mexican Cultural Institute, CLALS and the AU Center for Social Media co-sponsored an event highlighting Ambulante on November 1st from 6-10pm at the Abramson Family Recital Hall in the Katzen Arts Center. Founded in 2005 by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Pablo Cruz, Ambulante brings cutting-edge documentary film to audiences around the globle. The public event traced the evolution of Ambulante and the Mexican film festival through screenings of two short films, Nicolás Pereda's "Entrevista con la Tierra" and Ambulante Beyond's "Campo 9." Film screenings were followed by a panel discussion led by Ambulante Co-Founder Pablo Cruz, Executive Director Elena Fortes, Director Carolina Coppel, and SOC Professor Patricia Aufderheide.
Latino Entrepreneurs in the DC Metro Area
October 11-13, 2012
Preliminary findings of the CLALS project "Latino Entrepreneurs in the DC Metro Area," which is undertaken in collaboration with the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC), was presented and discussed in a panel entitled "Latino Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Future Time Perspectives" at the Third Annual International Council for Small Business (ICSB-GWU) Conference.
Toward a Poetics of Wonder: A Lecture by Acclaimed Mexican Author Alberto Ruy Sánchez
September 20, 2012
As part of an agreement between AU and the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), CLALS welcomed prominent Mexican author Alberto Ruy Sánchez who delivered a lecture on the literary journey that led to El Quinteto de Mogador, a five-novel series born out of the author's travels between Mexico and Morocco.
Documentary Film and Social Change in Cuba
September 19, 2012
CLALS hosted two Cuban documentary filmmakers from the Instituto Superior de Arte, María Elisa Pérez and Duniesky Cantón Fernández, to share their compelling documentary on housing conditions in Havana. Their week-long stay included class visits and film screenings at American University, Norfolk State University, the University of Maryland, College Park and the College of William and Mary. Please click here to view the two-part documentary.
Community Disruption and HIV/AIDS in D.C
September 13-14, 2012
The AU Center on Health, Risk, and Society (CHRS) hosted a conference focusing on three specific processes of community disruption particularly relevant to health in D.C.: incarceration and re-entry; neighborhood change and gentrification; and immigration and deportation. The conference was co-sponsored by CLALS and the District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DC D-CFAR). A panel organized in conjunction with the CLALS research initiative on Deportation and Health was held on Thursday, September 13 from 1:00-2:45pm. For more information about the panel, click here.
Violence in Mexico: A Nonviolent Response
September 12, 2012
In coordination with the Kay Spiritual Center and the School of International Service, CLALS brought John Feeley, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State and Eric Olson, Associate Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars to address the current state of violence in Mexico and mechanisms to combat it. The two speakers engaged an audience of 70 students, staff and faculty; the talk was followed by a question and answer session.
The Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America
July 16, 2012, San Salvador
The Reconfiguration of Elites and Power in Central America project held its second public dissemination event in San Salvador. A roundtable discussion took place where the project's initial findings were discussed, and questions fielded from an engaged audience of over 100. The steering committee for the project also met during this time to discuss next steps for the project. (Learn more)
Religion and Violence in Central America
July 11, 2012
Violent crime in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala has reached unprecedented levels. Panelists Josué Alvarado, Robert Brenneman, Timothy Steigenga, Alexander Wilde, and Jon M. Wolseth discussed the role of religious organizations that are frequently on the front lines of efforts to reduce gang violence and get young people out of gangs.
Central American Fiscal Policy in a Time of Crisis
June 5, 2012
Central America is facing a crisis. While issues of violence and security have dominated the Washington agenda on Central America and are of undeniable importance for the region, this narrow lens largely ignores the fundamental dynamics at play. Offering deeper analysis, prominent Central American economists Maynor Cabrera, Ricardo Barrientos, and Hugo Noé Pino of the Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales...(Learn More)
CLALS Reception at the 2012 LASA conference
May 26, 2012
Thank you to all of those who joined us at LASA, making for a productive and successful event.
The Recent Papal Visit to Cuba: What Really Happened?
April 26, 2012
Tom Quigley is the former Latin America policy advisor to the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He discussed the recent Papal visit to Cuba, for which he was present.
Health and Social Impacts of Rising Deportation Rates in the U.S.
April 25, 2012
Lindsay Shade (MA student, International Affairs, and Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, AU) and Dennis Stinchcomb (MA student, Spanish and Latin American Studies, AU) led a work-in-progress seminar on "Health and Social Impacts of Rising Deportation Rates in the U.S." Lindsay and Dennis presented their preliminary research findings and received valuable audience feedback for future research. The seminar was organized as part of the collaborative effort between the CLALS and CHRS.
A Lecture by Maria Antonieta del Tedesco Lins
April 23, 2012
Maria Antonieta Del Tedesco Lins is a Professor at the Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP) and is currently a CLALS Research Fellow. She spoke on "Economic Policy and Financial Integration: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, 1990-2010." The lecture was followed by a question and answer session.
The Drug War: More Harm than Good?
April 18, 2012
Todd Robinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and John Walsh, Senior Associate, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) spoke on the state of the drug war in Latin America and fielded questions on issues of legalization and maintaining the current military strategies of this effort.
Post-Liberal Regionalism in Latin America: New Cooperation Arrangements and Their Impacts on Regional Multilateralism
April 3, 2012.
Tullo Vigevani, Andres Serbin, Corival Carmo, Sebastian Bitar and Marcelo Medeiros, researchers of the Hemisphere in Flux project, participated in a panel discussion at the International Studies Association (ISA) Meeting in San Diego, CA. The panel debated the differences between the new multilateral organizations within the hemisphere, their relationship with the old ones and the impact of this configuration to the region. The panel also assessed the U.S. position towards these new projects and evaluated the post-liberal component of the recent regionalist drive in Latin America.
Churches in Latin America: Dealing with Violence
March 27, 2012
CLALS gathered leading scholars to discuss how churches have responded to state violence in the past and current non-state violence that plagues many countries throughout Latin America. This event took place in conjunction with the first planning meeting for a two-year research project funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. (Learn more)
MACLAS Conference 2012
March 22-25, 2012
CLALS hosted the 33rd Annual MACLAS Conference at American University. The conference kicked off with a keynote speech delivered by President and CEO of the Inter-American Foundation, Dr. Robert Kaplan. He discussed challenges that Latin America faces from a community development perspective and also presented some successful development initiatives in the region. In addition to holding 32 panel discussions, the conference included a silent auction in honor of Jack Child, former AU Professor and dedicated MACLAS member, a musical performance by Patricio Zamorano and a keynote speech by University of Pittsburgh professor, Reid Andrews.
Robert N Kaplan:"Unfinished Business: A community-based perspective to development in Latin America"
Jennifer McCoy: Venezuela: From Political Crisis to Elections
March 6, 2012
Jennifer McCoy, Director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center and Professor at Georgia State University, discussed the upcoming elections in Venezuela and her recent experience with the Carter Center and the OAS in mediating the political crisis following the 2002 attempted coup through the presidential recall referendum in 2004. Professor McCoy emphasized that the results of the opposition primary elections indicated a popular opinion in favor of unity and progress, rather than the polarizing messages that have characterized the Venezuelan political sphere.
Brazil: Sustainability, Global Trade and Investment
Friday, March 2, 2012
CLALS and the Kogod School of Business held a panel discussion with scholars and business leaders to discuss the future of Brazil's economic development and social and environmental sustainability. The event is now available as a podcast on iTunes. (Learn more)
Central American Elites
February 16-18, 2012
Elites and the Reconfiguration of Power in Central America, a project funded by the Ford Foundation, held a three-day seminar in Antigua, Guatemala from February 16-18. Twenty-three scholars convened to debate papers and discuss drafts, which were commissioned after the planning meeting held in Washington, DC in September 2011. A full description of the discussions will be coming soon.
Latinos and U.S. Elections
February 13, 2012
In coordination with the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and the Women & Politics Institute, CLALS convened a luncheon, with keynote speaker, Ruy Teixeira, and a panel discussion on the role of Latinos in the upcoming U.S. elections. The event is now available as a podcast on iTunes and was featured in American University's AU Today. (Learn more)
Louise Rosskam Exhibit - Katzen Arts Center, AU Museum
September 3 - December 14, 2011
This major retrospective examined the work of Louise Rosskam (1910-2003), an elusive pioneer of the "golden age" of American documentary photography. It featured her poignant photographs of a Southwest, Washington, D.C. neighborhood before its destruction for urban renewal projects. It highlighted her compelling images of Puerto Rico, as it developed from an impoverished U.S. possession to an industrialized commonwealth—the political status of which remains a contested issue. Guest curated by James Madison University Professor Laura Katzman and Library of Congress Curator Beverly W. Brannan.
Book Launch: From Protest to Parties, Adrienne LeBas
Friday, December 2, 2011
Why are some opposition parties able to build strong party organizations, while others remain weak or fragment on ethnic lines? From Protest to Parties argues that party differences are explained by both historical and strategic factors. The book is also an in-depth account of opposition politics in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Kenya. Author and AU Professor, Adrienne LeBas was joined by Steven Levitsky, a Latinamericanist of Harvard University and Gina Lambright of George Washington University to discuss Professor LeBas' most recent publication.
Agustina Giraudy: Subnational Democracy in Latin America
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Professor Agustina Giraudy is an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (Harvard University). She obtained her Ph.D. in political science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in August 2009. Her research focuses on subnational democracy in Argentina and Mexico, and subnational institutions and federalism in Latin America. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Politics in Latin America, Latin American Research Review, Journal of Democracy (en Español), Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile), among others. Her dissertation, "Subnational Undemocratic Regime Continuity after National Democratization: Argentina and Mexico in Comparative Perspective," received the 2010 Juan Linz Prize, awarded by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the comparative study of democracy.
Book Launch: Todd Eisenstadt and Guillermo Trejos
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Todd A. Eisenstadt, Professor of Government and Guillermo Trejo, Professor of Political Science, discussed their new respective books, Politics, Identity, and Mexico's Indigenous Rights Movements (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and Popular Movements in Autocracies: Religion, Repression,and Indigenous Collective Action in Mexico (Cambridge University Press forthcoming, 2012). The authors briefly presented their main findings, commented on each other's work, and fielded comments and questions from an engaged audience.
From Structural to Symbolic Dimensions of State Autonomy: Brazil's AIDS Treatment Program and Global Power Dynamics
Monday, November 21, 2011
Matthew Flynn is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed his doctorate in Sociology and was awarded the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Latin American Sociology. Professor Flynn teaches courses on globalization, development, and health in the Department of Sociology and in the Global Policy Studies program at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. His publications include "The Evolution of Brazil's Public Production of AIDS Medicines, 1990–2008" in Development and Change and "Between Subimperialism and Globalization: A Case Study in the Internationalization of Brazilian Capital' in Latin American Perspectives.
New Protagonists in Global Economic Governance: The Rise of Brazilian Agribusiness at the WTO
November 15, 2011
Kristen Hopewell is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan. Hopewell spoke on her dissertation, "Shifting Power in Global Economic Governance: The Rise of Brazil, India and China at the WTO," to an audience of 25 people. Her research is in comparative and global political economy and the emerging BRIICS economies, with a strong focus on Brazil. Hopwell has secured fellowships and grants for her research from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (University of Michigan), Fulbright, National Science Foundation, and a Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship. Hopewell has published a co-authored article examining the social movement response to neoliberalism and the economic crisis in Argentina in the Journal for the Critique of Science.
Naming the Other in North and Latin America: Common and diverging trends in state responses to minority identities
November 11, 2011
Victor Armony is a Fulbright Canada Visiting Fellow at American University with CLALS, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Observatory of the Americas at the Université du Québec a Montréal. In this presentation, he used evidence from various censuses within North America and Latin America to explore state responses to the presence of Latinos and minorities within their borders.
NCLR-CLALS Discrimination Workshop
November 10, 2011
In light of scholarship pioneering new approaches to how we understand discrimination, CLALS and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) jointly convened leading researchers and advocacy professionals for a structured workshop in Washington, DC. Participants identified and discussed synergies, divergences, and noteworthy innovations in social science research on discrimination, and articulated how cutting-edge scholarship might inform advocacy work directed at concrete policy challenges. (Learn more)
Samuel Handlin: Social Protection and the Politicization of Class Cleavages During Latin America's Left Turn
November 10, 2011
Samuel Handlin is a Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He holds degrees in political science from Swarthmore College (B.A.) and the University of California, Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D.). Handlin presented his research to an audience of 20 people, exploring political economy in Latin America with a substantive focus on inequality, market reforms, social policy, and political representation. He is the co-editor and co-author of Reorganizing Popular Politics: Participation and the New Interest Regime in Latin America (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009) and has research forthcoming in the journal Comparative Political Studies.
Tinker Field Research Presentations
November 8, 2011
Graduate student recipients of field research grants from the Tinker Foundation presented their experiences and findings from summer research trips to Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, Brazil and Argentina. AU Professor of Sociology, Salvador Vidal Ortiz, offered comments and suggestions for each participant as they moved forward with their master's or dissertation research.
Book Talk: The Justice Cascade by Kathryn Sikkink
November 7, 2011
A conversation, award presentation, and reception with Kathryn Sikkink, Professor of Political Science and author of The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Tribunals Are Changing World Politics. Commentary was made by Juan Méndez, UN Special Rapporteur, and members of the human rights community.
The Social History of Puerto Rico in the 1930s and 40s
November 3, 2011
Félix Matos is the President of Hostos Community College of The City University of New York (CUNY) and is the former Secretary of the Department of the Family for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Professor Matos is trained as a social scientist and holds a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University. This lecture was held in conjunction with the Louise Rosskam photography exhibit at the Katzen Arts Center.
Reconsidering Wilkinson's Income Inequality Hypothesis: New Evidence from Argentina
November 2, 2011
Wilkinson's income inequality hypothesis asserts that our health is influenced not just by our own income (following ideas of the social gradient in health), but also by how income is distributed in the place in which we live. The hypothesis forms an integral part of the social determinants of health literature. However, a consensus on its validity has not been reached, and much remains contested on methodological and theoretical grounds. This presentation outlined new analyses of the income inequality hypothesis in Argentina and was delivered as part of the AU Center on Health, Risk and Society (CHRS) Fall 2011 Seminar Series. (Learn more)
Photo Exhibition and Panel Discussion on Puerto Rico and the Status Question
October 27, 2011
AU's Katzen Arts Center hosted Louise Rosskam's exhibition of photographs depicting images of Puerto Rico through December 14, 2011. The exhibition was complimented by a panel discussion on the question of Puerto Rico's political status, which was followed by a question and answer session from a highly engaged audience of about 50 people. (Learn more)
Remember Me: Voices of the Silenced in Colombia
Monday, October 24, 2011
The "Remember Me" art exhibit gives a deeply personal voice to the decades-long conflict in Colombia. Through testimonies, art and pictures, viewers experience the violence and loss that Colombians have endured—and witness their courage and persistence. Presentations were made at the event by Colombian human rights defenders and U.S. policy experts.
Human Rights Defender Series: Pedro Pantoja
October 13, 2011
Fr. Pedro Pantoja of Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico), is the recipient of the 2011 Letelier-Moffit International Award. Pantoja spoke of his work at BMS to protect migrants in Mexico from kidnapping, extortion, sexual abuse, and murder. As a voice for the human rights of migrants in transit, it has courageously challenged both organized crime and complicit public officials.
Hemisphere in Flux Panel Discussion
October 13, 2011
CLALS convened experts throughout the region to explore the policy-making processes that are shaping the contours of the emerging hemispheric order. (Learn More)
Robert Pastor and Jorge Castañeda: Book Presentations and Discussion
October 5, 2011
Robert Pastor is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. He gave a presentation on his book, The North American Idea. Jorge Castañeda is the Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University; he discussed his latest publication, Mañana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans.
Table Talk: Latin American Elections and Human Rights
September 21, 2011
The Kay Spiritual Center and CLALS brought Cynthia McClintock, Professor of Political Science and Director of the GW Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program and Arturo Valenzuela, Professor of Government to speak about the five 2011 presidential elections in Latin America; Argentina, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua and Peru and the ramifications for democracy and human rights.
The Economic Prospects for Bolivia in 2011
April 15, 2011
Mr. Luis Arce Catacora, the Bolivian Minister of Economy and Public Finances, discussed development plans and the evolution of Bolivia's new plurinational economy. The lecture was presented to an audience of 35; it was held in English and followed by a question-answer session.
Extractive Industries in Latin America: Challenges for Environmental Law, Regulation and Enforcement
April 8, 2011
As demand for fossil fuels and minerals has exploded globally in recent years, many Latin American governments have come to see extractive industries as central to their development prospects. Yet critics worry that many countries are failing to strike a balance between the economic benefits of extractive industry growth and the costs in terms of environmental degradation, community displacement and social conflict. To assess these concerns, CLALS and the WCL Program for International and Comparative Environmental Law convened a group of experts on April 8th to discuss the current legal and regulatory landscape and to identify areas of potential research. (Learn more)
Cuban Film Series
March 25, 2011
The Center for Latin American and Latino Studies hosted two documentary filmmakers and a film critic from Cuba as part of a Cuban film series. The documentaries tackled issues of housing, gender, youth, immigration, the arts, and the state of the Revolution in contemporary Cuba. The films were viewed by a full room of 40 attendees and was followed by a discussion moderated by Professor Ana Serra (Department of Language and Foreign Studies).
Economics, Politics and Violence in Contemporary Mexico
March 3, 2011
On March 3, 2011, CLALS convened a dozen leading experts, including AU faculty and graduate students and scholars from the DC area and Mexico, to present their research on economics, politics and society, and violence in contemporary Mexico. The all-day event drew an audience of 71 and included a luncheon with a keynote address by Carlos Hurtado, General Manager for the Southern Cone Countries at the Inter-American Development Bank and former Budget Undersecretary at Mexico's Ministry of Finance (2000-06), Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Mexico (1997-2000) and his country's first ambassador to the OECD (1994-97). Learn More.
Screening of "Protecting Sanctuary," a film by Rebecca Bartola and Kavita Myneni
February 23, 2011
Sarah Menke-Fish, an Associate Professor at the School of Communications is the Director of "Discover the World of Communication" at American University. The short film, "Protecting Sanctuary" explores the implications of the booming ecotourism economy in Costa Rica. Student filmmakers and producers, Professors Menke-Fish and Larry Engel, took viewers on a journey to explore the exotic flora and fauna found in Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park to promote the protection of the forest and its inhabitants.
"Housing, Health and Poverty Alleviation: Challenges to Basic Needs Provision in Cuba"
February 21, 2011
Omar Everleny Perez, Universidad de la Habana; Luisa Iniguez, Universidad de la Habana and Mayra Espina, Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas presented findings on recent research analyzing the state of basic needs provision on the island, with a particular focus on housing, poverty alleviation and health services.
Poems, Paintings, Peace: Three Generations of Argentine Women and their Struggle For Justice
February 18, 2011
Through writings, paintings and poems, three Argentine women from one family shared their experiences of surviving repression and searching for justice. Their work is inspired by, and stands in solidarity with, worldwide movements to stop genocide and all other forms of state terrorism.
Screening of "Potato Heads: Keepers of the Crop,"
a short film by Larry Engel
February 9, 2011
Professor Larry Engel took an audience of 30 AU community members on a journey from the Andes of Peru to the northern plains of Minnesota in pursuit of the culture, science, and history of the marvelous tuber, the potato. The video was followed by a question and answer session in which Professor Engel told of the opportunities and challenges he was faced with while producing the film.
The Changing Cuban Economy
November 23, 2010
Jorge Mario Sánchez is a professor at the University of Havana and a senior scholar at the Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana (CEEC). A specialist on international trade and economic development, he is currently a visiting scholar at Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center where he is examining the impact of U.S.-Cuba trade on Cuba's insertion in global markets.
Urban Development in Cuba: Current and Future Challenges
November 16, 2010
Miguel Coyula is an architect, urban planner, and faculty member at the University of Havana. He is an expert in the redevelopment of Old Havana, the history of Cuban architecture since the Colonial Era, and how the strains and changes of Cuban demography place new and challenging demands on Cuba's housing and transportation.
Miguel provided the audience of 25 people with a deep understanding of the significance of an aging built environment and population on the changes taking place in Cuba today.
The Day After Tomorrow: The Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World
November 9, 2010
"The Day After Tomorrow: the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World" is the title of a presentation by Professor Marcelo Guigale, the World Bank's Director of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management in Latin America and the Caribbean. Giugale reported on key findings of an ambitious Bank study of the development policy landscape in the aftermath of the global recession, highlighting lessons learned and transformations in economic thinking about the prospects for prosperity in the Global South. AU Department of Economics Chair, Robert Blecker and Eric Hershberg, Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies provided commentary and raised pressing questions for discussion.
"A Day After Tomorrow: the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World"
Homenaje a Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize Winner, Literature 2010
November 9, 2010
Three panelists, Consuelo Hernández, Associate Professor of Language and Foreign Studies; Jeffrey Middents, Associate Professor of Literature and Núria Vilanova, Assistant Professor of Language and Foreign Studies recited excerpts of Vargas Llosa's work and provided meaningful reflections and insights.
Graduate Student Lunch
October 28, 2010
Twenty AU graduate students in all Schools and Colleges with interests in Latin America or issues related to Latinos in the U.S. convened for the CLALS Graduate Student Lunch. Eric Hershberg, Director of the Center, provided a brief overview of the Center and sought student feedback concerning several strategies to support the work of graduate students.
What is Happening to Human Rights in Venezuela; A Conversation with Three Human Rights Activists
October 27, 2010
The panel of Venezuelan human rights activists was composed of Liliana Ortega, President of the Venezuelan Committee of Victims of Human Rights Violations (COFAVIC); Jose Gregorio Guarenas, Vicariate for Human Rights of the Archdiocese of Caracas; and Feliciano Reyna of Accion Solidaria contra el SIDA and President of La Red de ONGs de Desarrollo SINERGIA. Panelists discussed the challenges faced by human rights organizations and activists under the current administration, which was followed by a lively discussion with the audience.
InSight - Organized Crime in the Americas
October 20, 2010
Steven Dudley is the former Bureau Chief for The Miami Herald in the Andean Region and the author of Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia (Routledge 2004). Dudley has also reported from Haiti, Brazil, Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela and Miami for National Public Radio, The Washington Post, and the BBC's The World; and written feature articles for The Washington Post Magazine, The Economist, Columbia Journalism Review, The Progressive, and The Nation. Steven was also the recipient of Stanford University's Knight Fellowship in 2007. In his presentation, Steven discussed a new initiative called InSight –a website that monitors, analyzes and investigates organized crime and its increasingly destructive role in Latin America. Dudley is serving as the co-director of this initiative, which is co-sponsored by CLALS. His presentation on the project was followed by an engaging question and answer session. (Learn more)
Transición presidencial en Brasil y perspectivas para las relaciones con Estados Unidos y América Latina
October 11, 2010
Luis Fernando Ayerbe is a Full Professor of Economics and International Relations at the State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Araraquara Campus, and of International Relations at the National University in Campinas and the Catholic University of Sao Paulo. He is Coordinator of the Institute for Economic and International Studies (IEEI), and serves on the Academic Board of Brazil's National Institute for Studies of the United States (INEU). Prof. Ayerbe is a member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Coordination for Economic and Social Research (CRIES) in Buenos Aires, and has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. His book Los Estados Unidos y la América Latina: la construcción de la hegemonía received the 2001 Casa de las Americas Award for socio-historical essay.
Book Presentation and Author Appearance—The Wind Doesn't Need a Passport: Stories from the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
September 28th, 2010
Award-winning journalist Tyche Hendricks brings a fresh perspective to one of the most contested and least understood of regions. Hendricks traveled through the borderlands and gathered remarkable stories from emergency rooms and factory floors, farm kitchens and jail cells. A better understanding of the border—and the way the United States and Mexico are connected there—could help policymakers in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City reach more lasting solutions (University of California Press, June 2010).
Latina/o Politics in the 21st Century: Emerging Issues and Voices
September 27, 2010
An all-day workshop involving academic and practitioner specialists from the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. Sponsored by CLALS and open to the public, the event afforded an opportunity to engage debates about state-of-the-art approaches to the study of Latina/o communities. (Learn More)
Table Talk Lunch Series—Brazil Rising: Impact on the Hemisphere
September 23, 2010
A Table Talk lunch discussion was held at the Kay Spiritual Life Center on the increasingly important geopolitical and economic role of Brazil in the Western Hemisphere. The Office of the University Chaplain sponsored this discussion, with the participation of the Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, Eric Hershberg.
Brazil on the Rise: A Public Lecture by New York Times Latin America Correspondent Larry Rohter
September 20, 2010
Larry Rohter is an award-winning journalist and author of the book Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed. Throughout his reporting career, he has served as the New York Times South American Bureau Chief from 1999-2007 and acted as the Caribbean and Latin America correspondent from 1994-1999. He is the recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize at Columbia University and was also awarded the Brazilian Embratel prize, as the "Melhor Correspondente Estrangeiro (Best foreign correspondent)" in 1998. In his presentation, Rohter addressed Brazil's current political situation and October's presidential election, framing his discussion around the closing chapter of a 16-year period of political stability, economic soundness and sustained growth. He also discussed the challenges and possibilities Brazil faces in the future in light of these elections. The lecture was followed by a dynamic question and answer session.
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Faculty Research Workshop
September 10, 2010
AU Latin Americanist faculty from diverse disciplines presented conference papers emerging from their current research. Topics included: implications of NAFTA; structural violence in Honduras; indigenous politics in Bolivia; geopolitics of Antarctica; the Salvadoran civil war as considered in contemporary poetry; and competing development paradigms in South America.
Participation and Representation in Latin America
June 24, 2010
In a joint project with University of British Columbia's Andean Democracy Research Network scholars from Latin America, the U.S. and Canada came together for a two-day workshop to present case studies on newly-emerging participatory mechanisms in Latin America and to discuss the tensions and complementarities between democratic representative institutions and evolving systems of direct participation in the region. The workshop was preceded by a panel discussion that was open to the public and co-hosted by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).
CLALS Launch Reception
March 16, 2010
Over 150 guests from the university and surrounding DC community attended the CLALS launch reception where U.S. Ambassador to the OAS Carmen Lomellin spoke about the importance of Latin America to the United States and the promise of a Center that will engage issues of pressing significance for Latino communities. (Learn more)


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The war of words in Samajwadi Party showed no signs of abating with its general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday rejecting reports that he had apologised to Amar Singh, who, he said, has lost his "mental balance".
"Amar Singh is not God who should forgive me nor will I ask for forgiveness from him. I have not committed any mistake for which I should seek his forgiveness," he told reporters here.
He was reacting to reports quoting Amar Singh as saying that he had apologised to him on Monday during a telephonic conversation.
Mr. Yadav, a cousin of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, said he was sure Amar Singh "has lost his mental balance".
He said as far as Mr. Singh's resignation is concerned he had already stated that it should be accepted. "I will again request Mulayam Singh Yadav to accept it. 99 per cent of the party workers also want it to be accepted," he said.
Keywords: Samajwadi Party, Amar Singh, Ram Gopal Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav


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Workholding for flexible inspection.
Flexibility like this is making CMMs the fastest-growing segment of the inspection market. As CMMs expand from lab uses to production tasks using direct cOmPuter control (DCC), a new type of tooling is required. This tooling must rigidly support the part in a known location, speed the part-orientation process, and foolproof part loading to avoid crashes of expensive probe heads.
Volume variations
For the job shop, fixturing the CMM usually consists of mounting the part onto the table with tape, clay, or strap clamps with little part-to-part repeatability. With small lots, manual positioning-corrected by the CMM's axis-skewing software-works fine. Flexible clamping systems are an excellent solution for parts in jobshop inspection. These systems, Costing $10,000 and up, provide a variety of fixturing solutions, but setting them up can be quite time-consuming. This makes them more suitable for small to medium-lot production situations.
In high-volume applications, a dedicated fixture can be mounted to the machine and calibrated for position within seconds. Such a tool should locate the part, secure it in a stable manner, and permit the probe to access all of the features required for inspection.
CMM fixturing is quite different from metal-removal fixturing. It more closely resembles that used by EDM or other noncontact machining processes. If fixture design is approached as it would be for machining, the resulting tool will be less than optimal. Part orientation The first decision is part orientation. For bridge or gantry machines, a majority of the inspected features should be on the top or sides of the part. Horizontal-arm machines place inspected features toward the arm, or on the top or sides. Rotary tables or dual-arm machines facilitate inspection on opposite sides of the part and simplify tooling design. Also, an articulating probe head, such as the Renishaw PH9, makes inspection much easier. Access to datum surfaces for part alignment, and the position of locating surfaces that support the part, will also influence part orientation.
Close cooperation between programmer and tool designer will insure that all measurements can be made without interference from the tooling, that the part will be easy to load, and that the part cannot be positioned improperly in the fixture.
Casting or machining datums are not always used for locating the part on a CMM fixture. Our method is to leave the datums exposed and accessible for probing wherever possible. Part geometry can be constructed using CMM software features. We locate the part as square as possible to a machine axis, constructing a plane through which the three point locators will pass. In the remaining axis, we need only position the part within a small range to permit the CMM to find a locating feature. This way, the machine automatically orients the part, providing for part skewing and keeping tooling costs down.
Often, the locating elements can rest on part features adjacent to the datums that remain constant throughout the manufacturing cycle. If no further machining takes place there, the fixture can be used for subsequent measurements.
We regularly produce tooling that will hold parts from the as-cast state right through to finish inspection without any adjustments to fixture or part. Castings sometimes present problems using this method because their surfaces are rough. CMM measurements to locate datums are subject to a small surface-finish error of about 0.005" to 0.015" for sand castings or 0.001 " to 0.005" for investment castings. If this repeatability error is objectionable, we sometimes use oversize locators at the datum positions that permit the probe to touch on the locator, adjacent to the datum surface.
A nest can be used to position a part within range, providing a rough orientation and fool-proofing the fixture against incorrect loading. Point locators-spherical or conical rest buttons, for example-are used to support flat surfaces. To locate surfaces that are not flat, commercial flat rest buttons or pads can be used, or the sides of dowel pins exposed by mounting in a partial mounting hole. Cylindrical shapes can be held in a Vee. Commercial fixturing components should be applied wherever possible to reduce cost-standard handles, clamps, locators, and other stock devices are readily available.
Clamping is required on light or unstable parts, on fixtures that are transported, and on machines with vibration-damping systems (to offset the effect of machine dynamics; i.e., the CMM jumps and the part doesn't). As with conventional tooling, clamping forces should be applied directly over a support or the part will deflect. (It takes very little force to deform a part when you are looking for errors as small as 0.000 05".)
Commercial toggle clamps are quite useful, but don't overlook other solutions. Light clamping is sufficient for stable parts held against stylus forces or machine movement. Unstable parts must be clamped more securely. Commercial clamps are often modified with longer clamp arms to provide probe clearance. Spring-loaded or eccentrically actuated clamping arms are used when a range of part diameters must be held or when machining operations change part diameter.
FMS inspections
In flexible manufacturing systems, fixturing requirements remain the same, but the part is often attached to a pallet that must be loaded onto the CMM table. In such cases, a pallet receiver is installed to accept and clamp the pallet in position, and sensors must be added to verify pallet position. The cell integrator will provide a receiver matching that used on the metalcutting machines, or in some cases, we have designed and built special pneumatic pallet receivers because most CMMs do not have a hydraulic system. These perform the same function, but at a reduced cost and complexity.
Palleted parts and shuttle loading of parts provide safer loading of heavy workpieces, protecting the operator from injury and the machine from accidental damage. Such systems will be increasingly used as CMMs move into high-volume inspection. Complicated solutions are not necessarily required. Simple part-handling devices can permit safe loading by an operator or by standard pallet-handling equipment found in an FMS.
For more information, contact Vitullo & Associates, 25311 Dequindre, Madison Hts, MI 480714241 or circle 174.
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