Student Events
Spanish and Portuguese and Latin American Studies Major Week
Monday, February 9 - Friday, February 13, 2009
Majors on the Majors Luncheon: What Can a Degree in Spanish and Portuguese or Latin
American Studies Do For You?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Tulane University, Jones Hall 100a
Did that Really Happen?! Study Abroad Stories from Latin America and the Spain
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 , 5 pm - 6 PM
Tulane University, Jones Hall 100a
Study Abroad Speed Dating: Find your Perfect Match
Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 6:00 - 6:30 PM
Tulane University, Jones Hall 100a
For the Love, For the Money, For the Adventure: Where Can a Degree in Spanish and
Portuguese or Latin American Studies Take You?
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Tulane University, Jones Hall 100a
Pachanga en el Patio: Carnival Brazilian Style with Casa Samba Pagode
Friday, February 13, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Tulane University, Jones Hall Patio
Tulane Undergraduate Student Conference
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 9:00 am - 3:00 PM
Tulane University
Please join us for panel presentations and discussion of a wide variety of Latin American topics
hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies.
Session I 9:00-10:30
Panel 1: Encounter (Jones 102)
New Perspectives on Civil Society and Grassroots Organizing in Latin America
Andy Menking, “Civil Society and Civil Disobedience: The Influence of the Zapatista Uprising
on Grassroots Organizations”
Amanda Earley, “Revealing the ‘Real Rio’ or Packaging a Myth? The Challenges of Rio de
Janeiro’s Favela Tourism”
Will Faulkner, “Unlikely Seeds of Change: Rethinking the Influence of the Summer Institute of
Linguistics and Indigenous Mobilization”
Discussant: Dr. David Ortiz, Dept. of Sociology
Panel 2: Exchange (Jones 108)
Questioning Cooperation: The Promises and Problems of Transnational Policy
Alex Reed, “Is Free Trade Really Free? The Effects of Free Trade on Small Economies”
L. Paige Purdy, “Solving Gang Violence in El Salvador: Rehabilitation and Prevention Reforms
in Mano Dura Legislation"
Hannah Malashock, "Welcome to Tijuana: Human Trafficking on the U.S.- Mexico Border"
Discussant: Dr. Aaron Schneider, Dept. of Political Science
Session II: 10:45-12:30
Panel 3: Creativity (Jones 102)
Staying Local in a Global World: Icons and Iconographies of Latin America in the New
Millennium
Gabriella LaRocca, "Afro-Peruvian Music: Is Susana Baca Turning her Back on Tradition?"
Emily Naser-Hall, “Reimagining Hamlet: Subcommandante Marcos as Mexico's Modern-Day
Antihero"
Whitney Raynor, “ Haiti’s Sculptors of Grand Rue”
Ileana Caceres, “Gender and Mexican Telenovelas”
Discussant: Dr. Dan Sharp, Dept. of Music
Session II: 10:45-12:30
Panel 4: Nation (Jones 108)
Presidential Campaigns and Campaigns of Violence: (De)Constructing Legitimacy in Latin
America’s New Political Landscape
Max Lantz, “ Lugo of San Pedro: The 2008 Inauguration of Paraguay's President”
Eugenie Laurent, “The 2009 Salvadorian Campaign: Challenging the Guerilla Leader Image”
Andrea Pinto, “ Ecuador on the Eve of New Socialism: Can Correa Fulfill his Promise?”
Jonathan Kim, “Subculture of Violence”: Government Repression and the Rise of Guerrilla
States during Colombia’sla Violencia”
Discussant: Dr. Justin Wolfe, Dept. of History
Session III: 1:30-3:00
Panel 5: Land (Jones 102)
The Great Divide? Changing Urban-Rural Relations and Cultural Landscapes
Claire Learmonth, “Reorienting the Revolution: Agricultural Adjustment Following the Cuban
Food Crisis”
R. Doug Dickson, “Globalization or (Old) Westernization: Brazilian Music and the Changing
Rural Imaginary (1960 – 2008)”
Lilly Reed, “Campo against Ciudad: Resonances of Old Dichotomies in Discussions of the 2007
Argentine Growers’ Conflict”
Discussant: Dr. Maureen Long, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Panel 6: Welfare (Jones 108)
The Politics of People: Health, Education and Labor in the Latino and Latin American Context
Kadhiresan Raja Murugappan, “Persecuting the Solution: Latino Migrant Workers in New
Orleans”
Adriana Hernandez , “Public Health as a Battleground: Imperialism, Health and State Legitimacy
in Cuba (1868-1933)”
Andy Fritzshall, "Bolsa Escola: A Simple Solution to Brazil's Educational Woes or More Empty
Rhetoric?"
Discussant: Dr. Jana Lipman, Dept. of History
"Violence and Desire: Performances and Movements in Latin America" Graduate Student
Conference
Friday & Saturday, November 14-15, 2008
Tulane University
Please join us for panel presentations and discussion of a wide variety of Latin American topics
hosted by the Latin American Studies and Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Association.
PACHANGA
Friday, November 14 , 2008, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Jones Hall Patio
Please join us for the final Pachanga of the fall semester in the patio of Jones
Hall. The event, hosted by Latin American Studies and Spanish and
Portuguese Graduate Association and TULASO (Tulane University Latin
American Student Organization) is free and open to the public. Come and
enjoy music by E.O.E who received the 2008 Best of the Big Easy Award.
Food and drinks will be available.
¡Mesa de conversación! Speak Spanish
Thursdays, 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lavin Bernick Center
Want to practice your Spanish? Want to help others improve their Spanish? Come eat lunch and
speak Spanish every Thursday in the LBC. Meet under the big umbrellas on warm days or on
cold days in the open area next to the bookstore or on the second floor of the LBC. Look for the
Mexican Flag. This event is sponsored by TULASO, the Department of Spanish & Portuguese
and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. For more information contact Edie Wolfe at
ewolfe@tulane.edu or Maria Zalduondo at mzalduon@tulane.edu.
Bate Papo! Speak Portuguese
Tuesdays, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lavin Bernick Center LBC
Come eat lunch and speak Portuguese every Tuesday, in the LBC. Meet under the big white
umbrellas or in the open area next to the bookstore. Look for the Brazilian Flag. This event
is sponsored by TULASO and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. For more
information contact Edie Wolfe at ewolfe@tulane.edu.
Summer Research Grant Symposium
Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Greenleaf Conference Room, Jones Hall 100A
Graduate students who received summer research grants through the Stone Center will
present their experiences. The event is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored
by The Stone Center for Latin American Studies. For more information please contact Derek
Burdette at dburdett@tulane.edu.
LAGO's Annual Soccer Tournament
Sunday October 19, 2008 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
LBC Quad
LAGO's Annual Soccer Tournament is on Sunday, October 19 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in the LBC
Quad. This event is open to the public. This event is being sponsored by the Latin
American Graduate Organization (LAGO). For more information, please contact Anna
Frachou at afrachou@tulane.edu.
Model OAS Informational Meeting
Monday October 13, 2008 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Jones Hall 100A
Join Model OAS! (Organization of American States). Interested in Diplomacy? Interested in
how countries interact? Interested in Latin America? Want to participate in a hemispheric
debate over contemporary Latin American Society and politics with other universities from
the U.S. and Latin America? Tulane will send a team of student delegates to represent the
nation of Jamaica at the Model OAS Washington, D.C. this spring (April 7-11, 2009). Don’t
miss out on your chance to participate in a unique educational and intercultural experience!
Model OAS will be a club in the Fall and a 3-credit class (LAST 396) in the Spring of 2009.
This event is sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. For more
information, please contact Edith Wolfe, ewolfe@tulane.edu.
PACHANGA
Friday October 10, 2008 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Jones Hall Patio
Please join us for the first Pachanga of the fall semester in the patio of Jones Hall. The
event, hosted by TULASO (Tulane University Latin American Student Organization) is free
and open to the public. Come and enjoy music by one of New Orleans' finest latin musicans,
Fredy Omar. Food and drinks will be available.
TULASO Organizational Meeting
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The Tulane Undergraduate Latin American Studies Organization (TULASO) is a student
organization that brings together Tulane Students with an interest in Latin America to explore
aspects of Latin American culture here in New Orleans. Activities include social outings, group
participation in extracurricular academic events and community service. Admission is free of
charge. This event is sponsored by TULASO and is being hosted by The Stone Center for Latin
American Studies. For more information contact: Edie Wolfe at lastadv@tulane.edu, TULASO
Faculty Advisor.
New Graduate Student Orientation
August 25-26, 2008
Please see schedule for more information or contact the Stone Center.