Center for Inter-American and Border Studies (CIBS)

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About CIBS:

The Center provides UTEP's focal point for activities concerning the US-Mexico border, Mexico and Latin America and borders more generally.

LABS News for UTEP and the Border Community

The 9th annual Border Regions in Transition Conference will take place from January 12th through 15th, 2008, in Victoria, BC and Bellingham, WA. The theme of the conference will be “North American and European Border Regions in Comparative Perspective: Markets, States & Border Communities.” Those who are interested in presenting research at the conference should submit a one-page description of the proposed paper to brit2008@uvic.ca by August 15th, 2007. For more information, visit www.publicadmin.uvic.ca/brit_ix/index.htm.

The 2007 U.S. - Mexico Binational Conference on Migration and Social Policy Research will be held at the University of California, San Diego from November 8th through 9th, 2007. Faculty, post-doctoral scholars, and graduate students from economics and sociology are invited to submit extended abstracts along with the complete name(s) of author(s), institutional affiliation, and mail and e-mail addresses. Information and abstracts or completed papers may be submitted by mail to: caaltamirano@ucsd.edu by September 7th, 2007. You may also contact caaltamirano@ucsd.edu for further information.

The XXX Congreso Internacional de Americanística will take place in Perugia, Italy, from May 7th to 11th, 2008. The conference is organized by the Centro Studi Americanistici ''Circolo Amerindiano''. Thematic sessions will cover historical, anthropological, archaeological, political and social topics. For more information, contact Claudia Avitabile, Centro Studi Americanistici ''Circolo Amerindiano'', Via Guardabassi n. 10, 06123 Perugia C.P. 249, Italia (Tel./fax: +39 0755720716/ E-mail: info@amerindiano.org).

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"Quilombo Country," a new film about Afrobrazilian maroon communities is available to institutions and scholars. To acquire or just inquire, go to www.quilombofilm.com, or call 212-260-7540 for immediate assistance.

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