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1-CLAS and Other Events at SDSU<\/span><\/h2>\n
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LASSO Happy Hour \u2013 Last one of the semester! <\/span><\/h3>\n

Please join CLAS and LASSO as we celebrate the end of the Fall 2011 semester. The Happy Hour will be held at El Zarape on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 4:30PM. <\/span><\/p>\n

El Zarape is located at 3201 Adams Ave, San Diego CA 92116 <\/span><\/p>\n

Their happy hour is until 7pm daily. Come enjoy some delicious food and drinks with your fellow Latin American students and faculty. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nThe Comprehensive Examination for Latin American Studies schedule for Fall 2011 is as follows: <\/span><\/h3>\n

Date 6: Monday, November 21 through Tuesday, December 6, 2011 \u2013 oral exams <\/span><\/p>\n

Date 7: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 \u2013 last day for faculty to submit CE results to the Center for Latin American Studies <\/span><\/p>\n

For more information: Procedures and Dates for the Comprehensive Exams (CE)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thesis Information<\/span><\/h3>\n

December 16th (noon) is the deadline to submit thesis for final clearance by Montezuma Publishing assuring fall 2011 graduation. If this deadline is not met, you will need to reapply for spring 2012 graduation. <\/span><\/p>\n

December 30th \u2013 Noon deadline \u2013 This is the final day to submit thesis to Montezuma Publishing for review, without having to reenroll in Thesis 799B the following semester. However, you will need to reapply for spring 2012 graduation. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nGraduation<\/span><\/h3>\n

Application deadline for Spring\/Summer February 2, 2012 <\/span><\/p>\n

Please note the applications for Spring\/Summer graduation are now available on students \u00abWeb Portal\u00bb accounts. Graduate students who are planning to graduate either Spring or Summer 2012 semester \u00abMUST\u00bb apply by the February 2, 2012 deadline. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nNative Peoples of Mexico: A Glimpse of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya, and Nahua Cultures \/ Pueblos Originarios de M\u00e9xico: Una Mirada a Las Culturas Mixteca, Zapoteca, Maya, y Nahua
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San Diego State University
\nSDSU Love Library, Donor Hallway
\nSeptember 8, 2011 \u2013 December 9, 2011
\nFree to the public
\nVisiting hours: 8 \u2013 5 <\/span><\/p>\n

Come explore \u201cNative Peoples of Mexico: A Glimpse of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya, and Nahua Cultures,\u201d a fascinating exhibit presented by SDSU\u2019s Center for Latin American Studies.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The Latin American Studies Department created \u201ccultural discovery boxes\u201d to educate K-12 level school children about Mexico\u2019s four largest ancient indigenous communities through the introduction of everyday objects. The artifacts contained in the cultural discovery boxes\u2014which are all on display\u2014are available on a loan basis to educators following the exhibition.\u00a0 Although these boxes were put together with school children in mind, their artifacts will intrigue adults as well.\u00a0Please join us in witnessing the emergence of extraordinary cultures through the exploration of everyday objects.
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For more information, please contact:<\/span><\/p>\n

Cynthia Rodriguez<\/span>
\nSpecial Events Coordinator<\/span>
\nCenter for Latin American Studies <\/span>
\nEmail: classtdy@mail.sdsu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2 – Events Outside SDSU<\/span>
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Events with Fernando F. S\u00e1nchez from the Languages and Literatures Department at USD <\/span><\/h3>\n

Talk by Fernando F. S\u00e1nchez, an Asst. Professor at California Polytechnic State University and author of Artful Assassins: Murder as Art in Modern Mexico (Vanderbilt UP, 2010). A detailed biography can be found at http:\/\/web.pdx.edu\/~ffs\/<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

It will be an informal discussion in Spanish of his short story, \u00abLilith,\u00bb that treats the topic of the femicides in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez. The short story was published in his collection, De la escritura a la evidencia. Siete historias (seudo)policiales, published in 2009 by the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Coahuila. This event will take place at 5:30pm, on Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 in Loma 302. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nPresentation of books in the FIL <\/span><\/h3>\n

On December 2 at 18:30 in the same space, will present the International Migration Review No. 20, on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. Dr. Olga Odgers, coordinator of the publication and Dr. Alejandro Canales (U of G), will be responsible for the presentation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, on December 3rd at 16:30 pm, is presented in the classroom Alatorre, the book Baja California a hundred years of the Mexican Revolution (1910-2010) coordinated by Dr. Jorge Carrillo and Dr. David Pi\u00f1era (UABC). Discussants: Dr. Jose Maria Muria (El Colegio de Jalisco) and Dr. Maria Eugenia de la O. Martinez (CIESAS West) <\/span><\/p>\n

Major reports FIL 2011: http:\/\/www.fil.com.mx <\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nCultural boundaries, otherness and conflict (also available via Livestreaming) <\/span><\/h3>\n

Monday, December 5, 2011 <\/span><\/p>\n

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, through the Department of Cultural Studies, the seminar presented cultural boundaries, otherness and conflict, the 5 and December 6 at 9:30 pm in the auditorium of The Colef Raul Rangel, Tijuana. Transmitted by videoconference to regional headquarters in Monterrey Colef and Colef House, Mexico City, and live on the Internet. <\/span><\/p>\n

The seminar aims to account for the cultural dimension of reality border and take stock of cultural research conducted in recent decades, both within the Colef and regional institutions and abroad, similar epistemic contexts. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the border between Mexico and the EU interact various socio-cultural universes lifestyles claim arising out of their memory, their history, their duty being and knowing \/ doing in their environment. Under different forms of symbolic appropriation, this reality often leads to frontier survival in a conflicted and complex representation of the experiences of individuals and communities, including migrant groups, indigenous communities, youth, men and women seeking to participate in the wider cultural conglomerate. <\/span><\/p>\n

The event will feature keynote speakers and workshops that address topics such as: migration and conflict, cultural violence, history and cultural boundaries, and Otherness and gender violence. <\/span><\/p>\n

The seminar is divided into 4 working groups under the following themes: Migration and Conflict, Otherness and gender violence history and cultural boundaries, and cultural violence. Participants included leading experts and external Colef.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the workshops will be held the following lectures: <\/span><\/p>\n