Oaxaca Summer Institute XI, June 21 to July 19, 2009
For the
eleventh year, the Oaxaca Summer Institute will provide graduate students the
opportunity to participate in a month-long analysis of modern Mexican history
and culture. The seminar is intended primarily for graduate students in history
and anthropology, but is open to those in others disciplines, including
especially cultural geography and public health.
Seminar XI
will focus on four major themes, each directed by two scholars from Mexico the
United States or Canada. The themes and directors are: history of public health
and medicine, Claudia Agostoni (UNAM, IIH) and
Gabriela Soto-Laveaga (UCSB); gender in Mexican
history and culture, Ann Blum, (University of Massachusetts-Boston) and William
French (University of British Colombia); environment in history and culture,
Christopher Boyer (University of Illinois-Chicago and TBA), and Mexican popular
culture, Ricardo Pérez Monfort
(CIESA-Tlalpan) and William Beezley, University of
Arizona). Individual seminars will be offered
Guillermo Palacios (El Colegio de México),
Elisa Speckman Guerra (UNAM, IIH), Debra Poole (Johns
Hopkins), Jurgen
Buchenau (UNC-Charlotte), Ana Paulo de Teresa (UAM-Itzapala), John Hart (University of Houston), Mary Kay Vaughan (University of Maryland), Francie Chassen-López (University
of Kentucky), Daniela Trafano (CIESAS-Oaxaca), Ethelia Ruiz (INAH) and others. The seminar
sessions are conducted in both Spanish and English.
The cost of
the seminar is $2200 US, with a $25 application fee. The fee includes the cost
of the seminar, housing with a family in Oaxaca, breakfasts (other meals can be
arrangement at minimal cost), and weekly field trips. Alternative housing in
apartments or hotels can be arranged. Limited financial aid is available on a
competitive basis. Graduate credit can be arranged. The deadline for
applications is February 28, 2009. For applications or questions, contact
William H. Beezley, beezley@u.arizona.edu Participants will be notified in early April,
and will be provided a syllabus and additional materials at that time.
Seminar directors:
William H. Beezley beezley@u.arizona.edu
Guillermo
Palacios gpalacio@colmex.mx
William
E. French wfrench@interchange.ubc.ca