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2nd
Annual intensive summer institute for instructors of Spanish, conducted in Spanish!
Dates: July 7-11, 2008
Not your typical professional development program! More info

ACTFL Modified Oral Proficiency Interview (MOPI)

Dates: August 18 - 20, 2008
Three-day Workshop for Instructors of Spanish and Less Commonly Taught Languages of Latin America. More info

Spr '08 Internships in Tijuana and San Diego -
(flyer) CLAS offers a variety of internship experiences in Tijuana and San Diego: Download Application Forms
Pro-Salud in Tijuana

Mixtec Community Center in SD
Others in San Diego


A Virtual Mixtec Culture Box
Presenting the rich and proud heritage of the Mixtec online
More info

Office Hours Spring 2008
New office hours for graduate and undergraduate advising are already available. More Info

CLAS e-Bulletin
Listing of Latin America related events, programs, conferences, fellowships, and scholarships. More Info

Comprehensive Exam Procedures
The Center has instituted new procedures for completing the comprehensive exams. More Info

Fair Trade Coffee from Chiapas, Mexico available at the Center. The coffee from the Mutz Vitz co-operative is organic and shade grown More Info

 

Reopening it FLAS fellowship competition for the
Academic Year 2008-2009
Deadline: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
View flier

CLAS Film Library
CLAS has a number of theatrical and documentary films available for use by students and faculty. Here
New:
Autonomy Under Attack /
The Last Zapatistas: Forgotten Heroes /
A Place Called Chiapas

Human Rights and US Security Policy in Latin America

In collaboration with SDSU's Language Acquisition Resource Center, Dr. Nora Strejilevich has developed a variety of web-based resources on Argentina's Dirty War and the Disappeared in the Southern Cone. Dr. Brian Loveman has developed an extensive bibliography with internet resources on Human Rights in Latin America and US Security Policy in the Andean Region.

Literature of Baja California
Dr Mario Martin Flores teaches on the literature of Baja California. More Info

America's Award
America's Award is an annual award for the best Latino/Latin American literature for children or young adults. More Info


US Student Fulbright Program Applicants may propose to do research, attend courses, teach English or participate in a business internship in one of about 150 countries around the world. More info

Border Data - "Fifty Years of Change on the US-Mexico Border"
Economic and demographic data on the U.S.-Mexican border regions 1950-2005. Link to more info and data

 

   
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Link to SDSU MyGap
We invite prospective graduate
students to visit our Graduate Access Page, or MyGAP. Using MyGAP you can build a customized web page containing personalized information about SDSU graduate programs of specific interest to you. Please click on the icon above to create your own MyGAP web site


Mixtec Oaxaca Language Program
SDSU's program offers beginning and intermediate instruction in Mixtec, an indigenous language spoken in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. more
Summer 2008 Flyer

Summer 2007 Ethnographic Field Methods in Oaxaca, Mexico with Dr. Ramona Perez. More info

New! Oaxaca Summer Website

 

Summer Program in Costa Rica

Spanish Immersion Program in Costa Rica for Students, Faculty and Staff. more

New! Costa Rica 2006 Photos

Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UCSD
The Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University and the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of California, San Diego jointly comprise the San Diego Consortium for Latin American Studies.

Center for Latin American Studies:
Arts and Letters, 377 San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-6038 (619) 594-1103 or 4
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