January 2007 Events

Present to 01/28/2007 Art Exhibit: Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture

The Bronx Museum of the Arts’ current exhibit focuses on the Brazilian Tropicália movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Though Tropicália is most associated with the music of the likes of Caetano Veloso and Os Mutantes, it influenced modern Brazilian art through the works of Lygia Clark, Nelson Leriner, and others. info

01/02/07 Proposal Deadline: 32nd Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association

The CSA’S conference has as its theme “Alternative Interpretations of the Circum-Caribbean: Interrogating Connections across History, Society, Culture, and Performance.” Proposals can be done by either individuals or as part of a panel and should be “spanning the broadest disciplinary and methodological range whose work focuses upon the Caribbean and its Diaspora”. Do note that the conference will take place in Salvador do Bahia, Brazil from May 28 to June 1, 2007. info

01/15/07 Application Deadline: Corpolíticas / Body Politics in the Americas:
Formations of Race, Class and Gender

This June 2007 conference in Buenos Aires will focus on body politics; more specifically, the formations of race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, and gender articulated through body politics in different eras, geographies and imaginaries in the Americas. Info

01/27/07 Concert: globalFest

For one night only, New York’s Webster Hall will host a unique concert featuring 13 acts from around the world including Lucia Pulido from Colombia and Lenine from Brazil. Tickets can be procured via ticketweb.com. info

01/31/07 Proposal Deadline: Third International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Colonial Studies in the Americas

This event- which will be held in Quito, Ecuador, from June 5 to 8, 2007- aims to explore the multiple colonial experiences in the Americas and to promote interdisciplinary debate among specialists in the colonial histories of the Americas. Proposals should deal with the colonial empires in North and South America.

Applicants must give their names and institutional affiliations and proposals must specify the general themes to which they ascribe, (e.g. identities, political culture, religion), and should be sent to caso@usfq.edu.ec. Info