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Hopefully, you did not miss...July-December, 2006 |
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Friday, December 1st. |
POSTPONEDDepartment of Romance Languages and Literatures Faculty & Graduate Student Seminar SeriesAfrocuban religions: Syncretism or De-AfricanizationA presentation by Mamadou Badiane, Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures 114 Arts & Sciences Building, MU More info: Iván R. Reyna, Assistant Professor of Spanish, 573-882-4565, reynai@missouri.edu. |
Wednesday, November 29th |
Agricultural Economics Lunch & Learn SeminarsFocus on BrazilKristin Perry will discuss her experiences with the ALOT (Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow) group that went to Brazil this summer. Free and open to the public. Contact: Jody Pestle, Agricultural Economics, , 882-3747. |
Monday, November 27th |
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An HLAFSA event
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November 16 - 18 |
Mid-America Conference on Hispanic LiteraturesA multi-state academic conference to be held at MU. Organized and hosted by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, MU. The sessions are free to MU students, faculty and staff. Persons from outside the University can register by downloading the form at the conference website. Up-to-date information at the conference's Web site. Sponsors: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost, Office of the Dean of Arts and Science, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, Office of the Vice Provost for International Programs, Center for Arts and Humanities, Center for Literary Arts, and the Campus Lectures Committee. More info: machl@mail.com |
Friday, November 17th |
Agricultural Economics Lunch & Learn Seminars"Credit Contracts and Institutional Environment: An overview of the Brazilian soybean market"Luciana Florêncio de Almeida, Brazilian doctoral student of the Universidade de São Paulo, visiting the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI).Free and open to the public. Contact: Jody Pestle, Agricultural Economics, , 882-3747. |
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"Building a Global Community"International Education WeekInternational Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.IEW Flyer available (PDF). Brief list of events:
More info: Event web page |
Friday, November 10th |
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Faculty & Graduate Student Seminar SeriesCiberayllu.org: Ten Years of a Latin American Humanities Webzine, Made in Columbia, MO. A presentation by Domingo Martínez Castilla, editor of Ciberayllu The webzine (in Spanish): www.ciberayllu.org. 114 Arts & Sciences Building, MU More info: Iván R. Reyna, Assistant Professor of Spanish, 573-882-4565, reynai@missouri.edu. |
Saturday, November 4th |
Centro Latino presents:
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Wednesday, November 1st |
2006 Fall Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society, MU Chapter) Lecture"The Archaeology of El Niño in Ancient Peru"A lecture by Dr. Daniel SandweissDean and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies; Professor of Anthropology and Quaternary and Climate Studies; member of the Climate Change Institute; The University of Maine 154 William Stringer Wing, Eckles Hall, MU (On Rollins St., east of College Ave.) More info: Event web page, or |
Wednesday, October 25th, 7 p.m.
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Sigma Lambda Gamma presents:Bobby González: Lecture on Cultural RelationsFollowed by a brief question and answer session. Latina-based, Multicultural Sorority Sigma Lambda Gamma presents: Famous Latino poet, writer, and lecturer Bobby Gonzalez, who will be speaking on various issues dealing with and surrounding diversity and cultural issues. Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union (main floor), MU The event is free and open to the public.
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Tuesday October 17
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Wildlife Society - 19th Dummire Lecture"Avian Diseases on the Galapagos Islands: International Collaboration of Veterinarians and Wildlife Biologists"Patricia Parker, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Des Lee Professor of Zoological Studies, and Senior Scientist, Saint Louis ZooFree and open to the public. Monsanto Auditorium, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, MU Campus |
Saturday October 14th
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A HALO Hispanic Heritage Month activityHispanic Heritage Month Benefit Dance for Orphanage in the Dominican RepublicA portion of the proceeds will go to the orphanage Fundación/Hogar Emiliano Tardif in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The Spanish Fly, 808 Cherry Street Co-Sponsored by: Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center; Target HOPE; The Sisters of the Scarlet Camellia; MU International Club; Sigma Phi Lambda; Asian American Association; MU-NAACP; National Society of Black Engineers; Cuban American Undergraduate Student Association; National Association of Hispanic Journalists; Latin Dance Club; SASA; MISC |
Tuesday, October 10th |
Center for Arts & Humanities - Faculty Colloquia"Working-Class Nationalism in Bolivia, 1899-1929"Robert Smale, Department of History, MUProf. Smale has spent over two and a half years living and studying in the land-locked Andean republic of Bolivia. He has also traveled widely in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Chile. His research focuses on the political, economic, and cultural struggles of South America's popular classes: the rural peasantry and the urban working class. He is currently drafting a book on peasant and worker political mobilization in early twentieth-century Bolivia. That country experienced one of Latin America’s more substantial social revolutions of the modern era. In 1952, the country's labor unions defeated the conservative military in three days of street battles and imposed a significant socialist reform. Open to the MU faculty and graduate students. More info: CAH web site |
Sunday October 8th
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An HLAFSA Hispanic Heritage Month activity
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Friday, October 6th |
Agricultural Economics Lunch & Learn Seminars"Transitioning to climate resilient development: Perspectives from communities in Peru"Corinne Valdivia, Research Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics; Cambio Center fellow.A talk about the recently started project "Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-Eco Systems," part of the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM-CRSP). The project is a research and development collaboration between rural communities in the Altiplano and high valleys of Bolivia and Peru, universities and non governmental organizations in the region and the US, and institutions that formulate policy. Free and open to the public. Contact: Jody Pestle, Agricultural Economics, , 882-3747. |
Thursday, October 5th |
A Hispanic Heritage Month activityBilingual Poetry JamHosted by the MU Chapter of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO). Both the Columbia and MU communities are invited to attend and participate. Free and Open to the public. All are invited. Speaker's Circle, MU (Corner of 9th St. and Conley Ave., near Arts & Sciences Building and Ellis Library) Sponsored by the Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO). More information: Daniel V. Botello, 573-882-5838. |
Friday, September 29th
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Monday, September 25th
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LET'S TALK COLUMBIA!What does the American dream mean to you? Columbia Public Library Friends Room “LET'S TALK, COLUMBIA!” is an opportunity for citizen involvement in dialogues on diversity. The program is sponsored by the Commission on Human Rights. The Commission’s goal is that through personal interaction, understanding is fostered and relationships are strengthened, creating a greater community-wide appreciation for human diversity. Immigrants from around the world and other local citizens are invited to share in open, honest dialogue. This month’s topic addresses questions such as:
Hear and share personal perspectives and action ideas for change. Learn more at the Columbia Study Circles web site. Flyers available in English and in Spanish. (PDF format.) An activity of the City of Columbia's Commission of Human Rights. |
Friday, September 22nd |
English Department Colloquium"Nations and Critical Regions in Mid-Nineteenth Century Texas: History, Women and the Romance Novel"José E. Limón, Director of the Center for Mexican-American Studies and also Professor of English, Mexican-American Studies, and Anthropology at the University of Texas at AustinThis talk will discuss two authors looking at Texas: Mexican-American writer Jovita González (1903-1983) and Anglo writer Laura Krey (1890-1985) José E. Limón is author of Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems: History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry (1992), Dancing with the Devil: Society and Cultural Poetics in Mexican-American South Texas (1994), and American Encounters: Greater Mexico, the United States and the Erotics of Culture (1998). 104 Tate Hall, MU Contact: Samuel Cohen, cohenss@missouri.edu, Phone: 573-882-9729 |
Wednesday, September 20th |
Author Reception & LectureT.C. Boyle, Author of The Tortilla Curtain, the selected book of MU's Summer Reading programThis book, about the very current issue of immigrants, has been selected by both MU's Summer Reading Program, and the Daniel Boone Regional Library's One Read Task Force. 3 p.m., Reception at Ellis Library (first floor colonnade) 7 p.m., Lecture at Jesse Auditorium More information: |
Thursday, September 7th |
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