What are LASA Sections?

LASA Sections exist to promote the common interest of Association members in specific areas of Latin American Studies. They are a means of increasing communication and interaction among persons of similar interests within the framework of the larger organization. They help to broaden involvement in LASA, and to make the Association more participatory and responsive to constituencies.

The following statements reflecting the mission and activities of each Section are provided by the Section chairs. The name of the current chair, his/her email address and office telephone number are also provided. Please feel free to contact that individual directly if you have specific questions related to a Section and to contact the LASA Secretariat if you wish to join a particular Section.

Brazil Section

The mission of the Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is to promote Brazilian studies in an interdisciplinary manner and from a multinational perspective and to provide a space within LASA for scholars and others interested in Brazil to share knowledge and expertise. To these ends we sponsor a number of activities: a moderated listserv, the awarding of book and essay prizes. the holding of a business meeting and a reception during lasa congresses, the selection of special section panels for the congresses, the election or officers who deliberate on section matters, and the maintenance of a blog.

A missão da Seção Brasil da Associação de Estudos Latino-Americanos (LASA) é promover os estudos brasileiros de uma maneira interdisciplinar e de uma perspectiva multinacional. A Seção também promove um espaço dentro da LASA a acadêmicos e demais interessados no Brasil, que desejam compartilhar seus conhecimentos e experiências. Com este fim, nos responsabilizamos por várias atividades: listserv presidido, prêmios para livros e ensaios, recepção durante os congressos da LASA, reunião de trabalhos, sessão de painéis especiais para os congressistas, eleição dos colaboradores que deliberam sobre a Seção e alimentação do blog.

3.07.2008

LASA 2006 Meeting Minutes

LASA-Brazil Business Meeting

Thursday, March 16 8:00 pm
San Cristobal A
Caribe Hilton Hotel
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Co-Chairs Kenneth Serbin of the University of San Diego and Tânia Pelligrini of the Universidade Estadual de São Carlos, São Paulo opened the LASA-Brazil Section meeting at 8:10 pm by welcoming all the participants (80+).

Ken Serbin announced the 2005-06 prizes
1. The essay prize went to Dr. Tracy Devine-Guzman from the University of Miami for her essay "Diacuí killed Iracema: Indigenism, Nationalism and the Struggle for Brazilianess." (Bulletin of Latin American Research Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 92-122, 2005.)

2. The prize for the best Book in English went to Edward E. Telles from UCLA for his book. Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil. (Princeton University Press, 2004.)

Ken Serbin announced that the prize for the best book in Portuguese about Brazil was not awarded this year due to lack of submissions. There was only one volume to be considered and the Book prize committee decided to hold the book until the next competition. Some discussion ensued and Dr. Serbin reiterated the criteria for the awarding of prizes, namely being a member of the LASA-Brazil Section

Ken Serbin announced that the LASA-Brazil web page will be up and functioning shortly and thanked Irina Feldman and Georgetown University for all their help and the offer to host the page.

Travel grants for participants in Brazil section panels were awarded to Douglas Libby and to Nelson Viana. Viana was unable to attend.

Questions from the floor asked about what the section does and Dr. Serbin responded by stating that the LASA-Brazil section organizes panels. Awards prizes for essay and book about Brazil, sponsors travel grants, sponsors human rights and funding initiatives and hosts a reception.

The treasures report was read by Susan C. Quinlan (report accompanying).

Elections for Co-chairs for three yea terms were held with nominations form the floor.
Susan Canty Quinlan (susieq@uga.edu) from the University of Georgia was elected as the US co-chair and Hélio Seixas Guimarães (hsg@usp.br) from the Universidade de São Paulo was elected as the Brazilian co-chair.

Elections were held to replace Susan C. Quinlan as secretary-treasurer for a three year term. Sonia Roncador (roncador@mail.utexas.edu ) from the University of Texas, Austin was elected.

Elections were held to fill two vacancies on the Executive committee for three year terms. Those elected were Christina Mehrtens (cmehrtens@umassd.edu ) from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and Ana Paula Pereira de Gama Alves Ribeiro (anapalvesribeiro@uol.com.br, apalvesribeiro@ims.uerj.br)

Continuing board members include César Braga Pinto (cpinto@imap.fas.rutgers.edu) David Fleischer (Fleischer@uol.com.br) from the Universidade de Brasília, Karl Monsama (karlmonsma@uol.com.br), Micol Seigel (micol@mindspring.com, mseigel@calstatela.edu), and Judith M. Williams (jmwill@ku.edu) at the University of Kansas.

Heartfelt thank you’s were offered to outgoing co-chairs Ken Serbin and Tânia Pelligrini for all of their hard work.

Several announcements were made and the section meeting closed with an invitation to the reception immediately following.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Canty Quinlan
Secretary-treasurer

Postado por às

Call for Papers to Brazil Section

Lasa-Brazil will sponsor 4 section panels. Calls for complete panels will be accepted until March 20th, 2008. Please submit travel requests at the same time Proposals can be sent to me or to or Hélio Guimarães. The section generally offers two partial subventions of $250.00 (more if we have more money). Other requests should be sent directly to LASA

All panel information is located on the LASA home page
LASA -Brasil está solicitando painéis para a Seção até dia 20 de março de 2008. Todas as informações podem ser encontrados na homepage da LASA em português. Favor de incluir solicitações para subvenções de viagem juntos com as propostas.
A Seção geralmente aceita 2 propostas de $250,00 (mais se tivermos mais dinheiro). Outras solitações podem ser enviadas diretamente a LASA.

Dr. Susan C. Quinlan

Department of Romance Languages

University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602-1815

706-542-3161 office

706-542-3287 fax

Past President, Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)

Current Chair, LASA-Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association

BRAZIL SECTION REPORT 2007

The Brazil Section had its meeting on September 5th, at 7 pm. The meeting was conducted by the co-chairs, Susan Quinlan and Hélio Guimarães.

Regarding the election, three new members for the Brazil Section Council were elected for the period 2007-2010 – Eduardo Gomes (UFF), Elisabete Leal (UFRGS) e Ana Beatriz Gonçalves (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora) – among six candidates, including Luiza Franco Moreira, May Bletz and Regina Felix.

Ana Paula Alves Ribeiro (UERJ), César Braga-Pinto (Rutgers University) and the treasurer Sônia Roncador (University of Texas) are in the Executive Council till 2009, when new elections will be held for three new members of the Executive Council and the two co-chairs. As far as treasurer’s report, as of August 2007, our Operating Account had US $ 6.500, with a membership of 331. The expenditures were US$ 2.000 for the reception; US$ 500 for the two book prizes; US$ 500 for the two essay prizes. The total balance was US $ 3.700.

The prizes for best books and essays were also announced during the meeting. The best book about Brazil, published in English, was Needs of the Heart: A Social And Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy And Seminaries, by Ken Serbin; the best book in Portuguese was FHC, Forças Armadas e Polícia: Entre o Autoritarismo e a Democracia, by Jorge Zaverucha. The prizes for best essays went to “Inventing the ‘mulher paulista’ ”, by Bárbara Weinstein, and to “Elsewhere in contemporary art: topologies of artists’s works, writings, and archives”, by Simone Osthoff.

During the meeting, adjourned at 9:10 pm, Emanuelle Oliveira volunteered to help with it the Brazil’s Section Webpage.