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The Institute for the Study of the Americas invites you to the following events in March: 01/03/2006 14:00 : Symposium (We regret to inform that this event is fully booked) Beyond the Multiculturalism Debate: Immigrant incorporation in the US and Britain Main speaker: Mary C. Waters, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Panel and Commentary: Sarah Spencer, Commissioner on Britain’s Commission for Racial Equality, and Director of COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society) at University of Oxford. Steven Vertovec, Professor of Anthropology and Director of COMPAS at University of Oxford. Miri Song, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent Seminar Room 12, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=777 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/03/2006 17:00 : Research Seminar on Latin America & the Caribbean Class and Mass in the Origins of Peronism Samuel E. Amaral, Academia Nacional de Historia y Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina Old Library Room, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/03/2006 17:00 : Caribbean Societies in Regional Context Seminar Are We British Subjects or British Objects? British West Indians in Cuba, 1900-1960 Robert Whitney, University of New Brunswick (co-author with Graciella Chailloux Laffita, University of Havana) Convenors: Mary Turner, Institute of Commonwealth Studies & Kate Quinn, Institute for the Study of the Americas Menzies Room, Institute of Commonwealth Studies http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=778 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/03/2006 17:00 : United States Seminar West Side Storys: Perspectives on an American Musical Elizabeth A. Wells, Mount Allison University Old Library Room, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=871 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/03/2006 17:00 : Comparative Seminar / Informal Talk Literature from the US-Mexico Border Cristina Rivera Garza (Poet and historian) Eduardo Antonio Parra (Essay writer) and Sergio González Rodríguez (Writer and journalist) Round Table In collaboration with the Mexican Embassy Seminar Room 12, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=1178 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/03/2006 17:00 - 19:00 : Research Seminar on Latin America & the Caribbean Democratic Disenchantment and Political Institutions in Contemporary Latin America Jonathan Hartlyn, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Seminar Room 12, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/03/2006 17:00 : Canada Seminar Acceptance: Relations Between Immigrants and the Long-Settled in Winnipeg 1940-1990 Gerry Friesen, University of Manitoba Convenors: Philip Buckner, Institute of Commonwealth Studies & Christopher Dummitt, Institute for the Study of the Americas Seminar Room 12, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=872 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/03/2006 17:30 : Seminar / Informal Talk Unfree Labour After Emancipation: Anomaly or Necessity? Louisiana's Sugar Workforce Richard Follett, University of Sussex The Pollard Room, Institute of Historical Research http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=1170 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13/03/2006 17:30 : Harry Allen Memorial Lecture Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Civil War Presidents: A Comparison Richard Carwardine, Oxford University Convenor: Iwan Morgan, Institute for the Study of the Americas Lecture Theatre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15/03/2006 17:00 : Research Seminar on Latin America & the Caribbean Roads to Development? Uneven Modernities, the Politics of Knowledge, and Road Building in Contemporary Peru Penelope Harvey, University of Manchester Old Library Room, Institute for the Study of the Americas http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23/03/2006 17:30 : Seminar / Informal Talk The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines Paul A. Kramer, Johns Hopkins University The Pollard Room, Institute of Historical Research http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=1171 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANCELLED 24/03/2006 17:00 : Caribbean Societies in Regional Context Seminar Debate on Haiti - The Downfall of Aristide: Implications & Aftermath Caribbean Societies in Regional Context Seminar Convenors: Mary Turner, Institute of Commonwealth Studies & Kate Quinn, Institute for the Study of the Americas Seminar Room 12, ISA http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30/03/2006 17:00 : Seminar / Informal Talk Looking at the Quebec Act (1774) in a Family Way Brian Young, McGill University Institute of Commonwealth Studies - Russell Square http://americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php?id=873 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31/03/06 - 1/04/06 Special invitation to conference organised by Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies The Transnational in Iberian and Latin American cinemas Organised by Peter W. Evans (QMUL), Chris Perriam (Manchester) and Isabel Santaolalla (Roehampton). http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/events_sas.php?id=793 Contact: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For full programme please visit http://www.americas.sas.ac.uk/events/events.php. If you would like to receive a printed version of the programme, please email your details to [log in to unmask] or call us on 020 7862 8870 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You have received this mail because you are on the SAS Events System. To remove yourself follow the link bellow http:[log in to unmask]