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The Latin American & Latino Studies Institute

BOLETíNF O R DH A M U NIV E R S I TY

Vol. XII, No. 2 The Latin American & Latino Studies Institute New York, Spring 2007

LALSI FACULTY

Elizabeth PenryAssistant Professor of History

Director (RH)

Arnaldo Cruz-MalavéAssociate Professor of Spanish

Associate Director (LC)

Hugo BenavidesAssistant Professor of Anthropology

Susan BergerAssociate Professor of Political Science

Clive O. DanielAssistant Professor of EconomicsNorma Fuentes-MayorgaAssistant Professor of SociologyJavier Jiménez-BelmonteAssistant Professor of Spanish

Carey KastenAssistant Professor of Spanish

Michael LeeAssistant Professor of Theology

Sarah LehmanAssistant Professor of Spanish

Luz LenisAssistant Dean for Sophomores

Héctor Lindo-FuentesProfessor of HistoryJohn Macisco

Professor of SociologyViviane Mahieux

Assistant Professor of SpanishClaude J. Mangum

Associate Professor of African &African American Studies

Gioconda MarúnProfessor of Spanish

Ronald Méndez-ClarkAssociate Professor of Spanish

Barbara MundyAssociate Professor of Art History

Susan NorrisAssistant Professor of Anthropology

Ivette Rivera-GiustiAssistant Professor of HistoryMonica Rivera-Mindt

Assistant Professor of PsychologyClara RodríguezProfessor of Sociology

Orlando RodríguezProfessor of Sociology

Christopher Schmidt-NowaraAssociate Professor of History

Janet SternbergAssoc. Professor of Communications and Media Studies

Cynthia VichAssociate Professor of Spanish

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D I R E C T O R’S C O R N E R

This year has been an exciting one for LALSI. As we go to press, we areputting the final touches on the proposal for our new Master’s Degree in Latin American and Latino Studies. The proposal will go to the New York State Office ofHigher Education this spring and by this time next year, we will begin admittingstudents to the graduate program. The program will be unique to the New York Cityarea, as it will be the only one to combine study of US Latino issues with LatinAmerican studies, and offer a hands-on learning experience. As part of our new MAprogram, we will offer an accelerated Master’s Degree. Outstanding undergraduate students, with grade point averages of 3.2 or better, may submit their applications inthe spring of their junior year. If accepted, they enter the program in the senior yearwhen they take two graduate courses. These courses count toward the BA and the MAat Fordham. With credit for the two courses, students are able to complete a MA intwo terms of full-time study in their fifth year. We’ll report more on our new graduate program in our fall issue.

We also are happy to welcome two newly affiliated faculty members toLALSI, Dr. Carey Kasten from Modern Languages and Literature and Dr. JanetSternberg, Associate Chair of the Department of Communications and Media Studies.Dr. Kasten received her Ph.D. in Spanish from Columbia University this past year. Herdissertation, titled “TraditionalIconoclasm: The Auto Sacramental in Twentieth-Century Spain” studies the way in which the classic theatrical genre of the autosacramental provides twentieth-century writers a formal and ideological vantage pointfrom which to engage their historical circumstances. Dr. Sternberg is a native NewYorker who grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her native fluency in Portuguese led toher selection for NASA’s Voyager Interstellar Record Project directed by the late Carl Sagan of Cornell University, for which she recorded greetings in Portuguese carried onthe “Golden Record” now traveling through outer space on the Voyager spacecraft. Currently, Dr. Sternberg is involved in a project with the Universidade Federal doParaná and the Pontifica Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro to provide US andBrazilian business students a truly global education through an exchange program thatemphasizes cross-cultural ethics, social responsibility, sustainable growth andgovernance topics.

Our faculty profile section this issue focuses on two faculty members, Dr.Norma Fuentes-Mayorga (Sociology) and Mr. Emilio Estela. Inside read about Dr.Fuentes-Mayorga’s current research on immigrant women in Amsterdam. Mr. Estela, a Deputy Bureau Chief in the New York District Attorney’s office, tells us how he came to teach classes in criminal law at Lincoln Center. We also want to welcome backDavid Aliano, FCRH ’00, now a Ph.D. candidate at CUNY who is teaching Introduction to Latin American History this semester at FCLC. Finally, wecongratulate Dr. Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé and Dr. Susan Berger who have completedtwenty years of service to Fordham University. More on these stories and other facultynews is inside.

We also have exciting news from our students. Maggie Hargrave (FCRH ’07) is a finalist for a Fulbright Fellowship in Bolivia; a synopsis of her research proposal isinside. Matt Garstka (FCRH ’07) is this year’s Bernardo Vega-Rigoberta MenchúAward winner. Also inside: students writing honors theses on Latin American topics,reports from study abroad adventures, and much on Community Service, includingGlobal Outreach and the Sojourners Ministry which pairs Fordham students withimmigrants who are seeking political asylum.

Beth Penry and Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé

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Faculty NewsProfessor Susan Berger (PoliticalScience) gave a talk on April 2, 2007 atConcordia College on the "Rise of theLeft in Latin America." She will bechairing a panel entitled, Liberty andJustice for All? The Law and LGBT

communities in Latin America, Spain and the U.S at the LatinAmerican Studies Association (LASA) conference inSeptember. Also at LASA, she will give a talk entitled,"Domesticating the Queer: Immigration, Sexuality andLatinas in the United States." This year, Dr. Berger wasalso a recipient of Fordham’s Bene Merenti Medal for 20years of service to the university (please see article page 12).

Professor Viviane Mahieux (Spanish) taught a course onthe Latin American urban chronicle last fall, in whichstudents both analyzed this Latin American literarytradition and had the chance to be creative by writing oftheir own experiences in New York City. She was thrilledwhen Confabulario, the cultural supplement of Mexicannewspaper El Universal made her article "Cube Bonifant:una flapper en la crónica mexicana" the main feature oftheir issue in November, and even gave it the cover! Thiswas a huge step for Professor Mahieux's research on thisprolific but little known journalist of the early 20thcentury. Relatives of Cube Bonifant read the article andcontacted her, giving her a chance to fill in the manybiographical blanks that were still missing. She is nowpreparing an edition of the many chronicles of thisforgotten writer, arguably one of the first women tobecome prominent in Mexican journalism. The edition istentatively titled: Una pequeña marquesa de Sade: crónicasreunidas de Cube Bonifant.

Professor Barbara Mundy (Art History) is on sabbaticalleave; in February, she spoke to the International MapCollectors Society at the Universidad Francisco Marroquínin Guatemala City, and was able to see the ancient Mayacity of Copán in Honduras. The photograph shows herwith the portrait of the Copán ruler Smoke Shell carved asa commemorative stela. She is continuing work on a newproject on 17th century Mexico City.

Professor Clara Rodríguez (Sociology) has beennominated for the Mujeres Destacadas award from El DiarioLa Prensa and was featured in their April 29, 2007 issue.She had a one-hour interview on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Talk show, “Here on Earth” on February 14, 2007. She spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations’ Roundtable Series on “Latin America, America Latin” on March 2, 2007. In Paris, France she presented a paper titled“Comparative Perspectives: Latinos, the Census and Racein the United States,” at the Centre National de laRecherche Scientifique Conference, “Des catégories et de

leurs usages dans la construction sociale d’un groupe de référence: « Race », « ethnie » et « communauté » auxAmériques, December 13-15, 2006. Her paper “Discursive (De-)constructions of Nation and Gender in Early FilmicTexts: Dolores Del Rio and Lupe Velez, 1924-1944” was presented by a colleague at an international conference inBielefeld, Germany, on “Of Fatherlands and ‘Motherlands’, Gender and Nation in the Americas/De Patrias y Matrias. Género y Nación en las Américas,” November 29-December 2, 2006.

Dr. Barbara Mundy poses with the commemorative “Stela N” depicting the Copán rulerKing K’ac Yipyaj Chan K’awiil

(“Smoke Shell”).

This semester Professor Javier Jiménez-Belmonte(Spanish) is team teaching a graduate course titled“Medieval Iberian Literature and Society” which considers Iberian pluralism through discussions of works and studieson the literature and societies of the Iberian Peninsulafrom the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. Of special noteis the publication of his latest book (forthcoming), Las"Obras en Verso" del Principe de Esquilache: Amateurismo yConciencia Literaria en la Espana del XVII (English title:Amateurism and Literary Conscience in 17th century Spain). Itwill be published by Tamesis Books (UK and USA).

Professor Chris Schmidt-Nowara (History) spent thesemester in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he offered agraduate class in the Center for Latin American Studiesentitled "Afro-Latin America.” He attended several conferences, including the Consortium on theRevolutionary Era (George Mason University) and theSociety for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies(Miami). He also did some research in Arizona at theArizona Historical Society and the University of Arizona'sSpecial Collections Library. This research concentrated on


appropriations of the Spanish colonial past in theAmerican Southwest in the early twentieth century.Particularly rewarding were the two large personalcollections of the historian, writer and collector CharlesFletcher Lummis, one of the major figures in the foundingof Latin American historiography in the United States.

This semester Professor Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé (Spanish)published "The Oxymoron of Sexual Sovereignty: SomePuerto Rican Literary Reflections" in Centro: The Journalof the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, presented theanthology edited by Frances Negron-Muntaner “None ofthe Above:Puerto Ricans in the Global Era”at New YorkUniversity, and submitted the manuscript of hisforthcoming book on New York Latino popular culture,“Queer Latino Testimonio, Keith Haring, and JuanitoXtravaganza: Hard Tails,”which will be released byPalgrave Macmillan in October. He was also awarded theBene Merenti Medal for his 20 years of service to Fordham(please see article page 12).

He organized a talk with filmmaker Iris Morales onthe making of the documentary, "Palante, Siempre Palante:The Young Lords," for his course, "U.S. LatinoFilmmaking.” And he continued to represent the programin his capacity as Associate Director and as advisor to theLatino student club, SOL.

Professor Elizabeth Penry (History) continues her workas a Contributing Editor of the Handbook of Latin AmericanStudies, an internationally recognized source for scholars ofLatin America, published by the Library of Congress. TheHandbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting ofworks selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by theHispanic Division of the Library of Congress, themultidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between thesocial sciences and the humanities and offers LatinAmericanists an essential guide to available resources. Dr.Penry reviews articles and books to write annotations ofthe most significant publications on the histories ofcolonial Peru and Bolivia (1530-1825) and an introductoryessay contextualizing those works. Her latest work on theHandbook has been published on line athttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ and is scheduled forhardcopy publication by the University of Texas in 2007.

Over the Thanksgiving break, Dr. Penry made abrief research trip to Buenos Aires to work in theArgentine national archives (the Archivo General de laNación). In the late colonial period, the territory that todayis Bolivia was part of the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata,with its capital at Buenos Aires. Much detaileddemographic information from 16th to 18th century Boliviacan be found in the Argentine archives. Often described asthe “Paris of South America,” Buenos Aires has a vibrant café culture, making it a very entertaining researchlocation.

This summer, Dr. Penry will accompany a group ofFordham students on a two-week hike along the SantiagoPilgrimage trail in northern Spain. The group, led byFordham University historian, Dr. Richard Gyug will walkfrom León to Santiago de Compostela, a trip of about 200miles. Although Dr. Penry lived in northern Spain for ayear, and has traveled there frequently for research, thiswill be her first time to walk the nearly 1000-year-oldpilgrimage route of Spain’s patron saint.

Dr. Gioconda Marún lectures on her new book at theUniversidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

(UMCE) in Santiago, Chile

Professor Gioconda Marún (Spanish) tells us her latestbook represents a complete change in her previousscholarly focus on Argentine literature. La narrativa deRoberto Ampuero en la globalización cultural. Santiago de Chile:Mare Nostrum, 2006, is a study of Chilean author RobertoAmpuero and his nine novels which reflect the era ofChilean globalization. Dr. Marún’s analysis opens up pathways for future studies on globalization and LatinAmerican Literature. The book was presented at theChilean International Book Fair held in Santiago onNovember 5, 2006 and at National University of Chile onNovember 6, 2006. She was also interviewed by twoChilean newspapers regarding the content and scope ofthe book: “Libro revisa la obra de Ampuero,” La Tercera,Santiago de Chile, Nov. 11, 2006; and “Ampuero bajo una mirada global,” El Mercurio, Valparaíso, Nov. 14 2006.Back in New York, she was invited by the Latin AmericaSeminar at Columbia University to give a presentation on“Globalización chilena y la narrativa de Roberto Ampuero,” October 5, 2006. (For the UMCE article onher research and her lecture there, please visithttp://www.umce.cl/enlinea/noticias/20061108_gioconda_marun.htm)


New Professors

This spring LALSI welcomed David Aliano to the program.Teaching at Fordham, where he earned his undergraduatedegree, has been a return home for him. Here he shares histhoughts on the experience:

David AlianoAdjunct Professor of History“Coming Home to Fordham”

This past January I walked into the lobby of FordhamUniversity at Lincoln Center as I had done so many timesbefore as a student. Even though I had not been back for anumber of years, everything felt oddly familiar. Withoutthinking, I headed right up the usual escalator and to theelevator to the usual floor. My return to Fordham had reallybegun a week earlier when I received an e-mail fromProfessor Héctor Lindo-Fuentes asking if I would like toteach the Introduction to Latin American History course. Iagreed without hesitation. I could not possibly pass up theopportunity to teach the same course that had inspired meto pursue a career in Latin American history some ten yearsearlier. Everything it seems has come full circle.

David Aliano, Adjunct Professor of History

After I graduated Fordham University in May 2000, Ienrolled in the Graduate Center of the City University ofNew York. As I worked towards my advanced degrees Iwas able to publish two articles in peer-reviewed journals:“Curing the Ills of Central America: The United Fruit Company Medical Department and Corporate America’s Mission to Civilize,” in Estudios Interdisciplinarios deAmerica Latina y el Caribe (July-December 2006), and“Brazil through Italian Eyes:The Debate over Emigration toSão Paulo during the 1920s,” in Altreitalie (July-December2005). Before returning to Fordham, I also taught courses inLatin American and European history at QueensCollege/CUNY and York College/CUNY, as well as,Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent.I am now an M. Phil. and a Ph.D. Candidate almost finishedwith my dissertation, entitled, “Propaganda and the Politics of Identity: Italy in Argentina (1922-1945).”

Pursuing a Ph.D. degree can be long and arduous, but alsoextremely rewarding, especially if you love what you aredoing. It is well worth the effort. I would encourage allstudents considering graduate school to follow theirinterests and make contact with as many professors as theycan in the field. Just as has happened to me, you neverknow when your phone might ring with an opportunity. Nowthat I find myself on the other side of the classroom, myonly hope is that I will inspire someone to follow a career inthe field, as Professor Lindo-Fuentes had inspired me.

Faculty ProfilesNorma Fuentes Mayorga has spent the academic year 2006-2007 as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University ofAmsterdam’s Center for International Migration and EthnicStudies (IMES). She is sponsored by the Social ScienceResearch Council to participate on a new, collaborative andcross-national research project on the education and labormarket integration of the second generation of immigrantchildren (CIS) in Europe and the US. The Children ofImmigrant Study is headed by Dr. Richard Alba of theUniversity of Albany and involves an interdisciplinary teamof scholars conducting parallel research within fiveEuropean countries and two major US cities. The CIS projectseeks to understand and compare the role of schools, publicpolicies and families in the integration to school and worktransition of the second generation of youths. The fellowshipsponsors junior, postdoctoral fellows to conduct independentresearch on a subject that overlaps with the larger, CISproject’s research goals. Dr. Fuentes’ postdoctoral research on “The Role of Mothers on the School Choices and Labor Market Transitions of Moroccan Daughters,” includes a qualitative component, using in-depth interviews andethnography among a selected number of Moroccan andDominican girls (ages 25-35) who have already participatedin a larger, longitudinal study in Amsterdam and in NewYork City conducted by the University of Amsterdam (UVA)in Netherlands and the CUNY’s Graduate Center in New York City. The University of Amsterdam has set up a page ontheir website for Dr. Fuentes:http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/imes/staff/fuentes.html

Dr. Fuentes Mayorga conducting an interview at the home of aMoroccan immigrant family in Amsterdam. Her interviewees are not

identified to protect their confidentiality.


Faculty Profiles (continued from previous page)

Dr. Fuentes is a tenured-track, Assistant Professor inthe Department of Sociology and Anthropology at FordhamUniversity, New York. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology fromColumbia University in 2005 with a thesis titled, “Gender, Racialization and the Incorporation to Work among Dominicanand Mexican Women in New York City.” Her most recent publication, “The Immigrant Experiences of Dominican and Mexican women in the 1990s: Crossing Boundaries orTemporary Work Spaces (Caroline Brettell, editor) waspublished this March, 2007 as a book chapter in, CrossingBorders and Immigration Boundaries: Immigration, Race andEthnicity. Lexington Books Press.

She was also recently honored for her work as aneducator and a role model for Latinas by the AlianzaDominicana.The citation for her award reads in part, “You have been a proactive contributor to the advancement ofLatinas in education. You are an exemplary role model forwomen in our community.”

Before her training as a sociologist, Dr. Fuentesworked as a social worker and a community and public healthresearcher and educator. She emigrated from the DominicanRepublic to the US with her mother at the age of 14 and nowlives with her husband and daughters in Yonkers, New York.

Emilio Estela has been an adjunct professor of Latin American

& Latino Studies at Lincoln Center for the past 18 years. Hisclasses cover issues of criminal law and procedure as well as

police practices, and the interrelated issues of race and poverty.Most recently, in a first of its kind course at Fordham, he

explored the relationship between crime, literature and the artof story telling. His courses include visits from noteworthy New

Yorkers like the honorable Justice Edwin Torres author ofCarlito's Way, After Hours and Q & A as well as from police

officers, prosecutors and distinguished members of theCriminal Defense Bar.

Professor Estela was born in a suburb of Puerto Rico, alsoknown as the South Bronx, to Puerto Rican parents. While his

mother moved around a lot, they did finally settle in the LowerEast Side. Before that time, however, he lived at 70 Amsterdam

Avenue, the project at 62nd Street and Amsterdam.

While enrolled in St. Paul the Apostle, the grade schoolassociated with St. Paul’s Church, he used to play on 60th Streetalong the walls of Fordham and within the university grounds.

He remembers looking out at Fordham from the ninth floorhallway of his building and resolving to attend Fordham when

the time came for college.

A 1982 graduate of the College at Lincoln Center,Professor Estela then studied law at Cornell Law School (Class

of 1985). He joined the New York County District Attorney'sOffice in 1985 as an Assistant District Attorney. In that

capacity, he has investigated and prosecuted many cases,including homicides. In addition, he has served as a Criminal

Court Supervisor, Attorney-in-Charge and law professor of theProsecution Clinic at the NYU School of Law and as a Senior

Supervising Attorney.

Dr. Fuentes Mayorga poses with her daughters in front of theTrompen Museum Amsterdam.

He currently serves as a Deputy Bureau Chief of a TrialBureau within the New York County District Attorney's Office,

where he supervises over 45 prosecutors in all areas ofcriminal law, including investigations, Grand Jury

presentations, pre-trial hearings and trials.

Recalling how he ended up teaching at Fordham as anadjunct for LALS at Lincoln Center, Professor Estela explained

that this was partly a result of his experience as anundergraduate: “I took classes by Professor Manuel del Valle

who taught law courses for LALS at Lincoln Center; I took everyclass he taught. He was a great teacher and a tremendous

source of inspiration and I learned so much from him. WhenProfessor Del Valle decided to leave the school to start his own

practice, he called me and asked me to apply for his spot,which I did. The director of the program at that time happenedto be my old Spanish professor, so needless to say the interview

was not that difficult. The director, and consequently theschool, took a chance on me and I will be forever thankful.”

Professor Estela is the proud father of three children andthe husband of another Fordham graduate. He has served on

several community organizations and is a frequent speaker atcommunity events and schools regarding the criminal justice

system, the role of the prosecutor and other issues of criminallaw. He was one of the founding members of the Latino

American Law Students Association at Cornell Law School. Hehelped create the Legal Eagles mock trial program at the Boy's

Club in the East Village. He received a number of awards forwork in various mock trial programs, including one from

Aspira of New York, Inc. /Project L.E.Y.E.S. Moreover, in 2003he was recognized by the New York County Lawyers’

Association for Outstanding Public Service. He is also afounding member and former Region I president of the

National Hispanic Prosecutors Association.


Student News

Lupita Colón (FCRH ’08) sends us greetings from Madridwhere she has been studying this semester: “I am taking some very interesting courses on Latin America and Spain,such as La Reforma del Estado en América Latina (StateReform in Latin America) and Escritoras Contemporáneas deEspaña y Latino America (Contemporary Spanish and LatinAmerican Women Writers). My roommate and I live in ahomestay with a wonderful señora who cooks deliciously,loves to interact with us and always makes sure we’re having a good time in Madrid. The IES program offers specialopportunities to their students such as taking flamencolessons and learning to cook popular Spanish dishes. IES hasalso taken us to visit such places as Segovia, Toledo andGranada. I’m having a wonderful time appreciating the beauty of Spain’s cities, its people and culture.

Although I did not know what to expect of Madridbecause I hadn’t heard as much about it as I had other European cities, living here has been amazing. Before Iarrived I could think only of Spain’s Catholic background and its customs of siesta, bullfighting and flamenco. In my timehere I have come to realize that there is a lot more to Madridthan what most think. There is no siesta, but stores do closedown for three hours during in the middle of each day;flamenco is still popular and glorified and the performances Ihave seen so far have been amazing; the bullfighting seasondoesn’t start until May so I’ll have to wait until then to witness it. And as for the church going, only people above 50 usuallygo in herds. The greatest thing about Madrid is the waypeople live: Madrileños do not live to work, they work to live.

View of Toledo and the River Tagus (Tajo), thelargest river on the Iberian Peninsula

Congratulations Class of 2006!

Jacqueline Adorno, FCLCLuisanne Alvarez, FCLC

Benjamin Bowman, FCRHMatthew Garstka, FCRH

Margaret Hargrave, FCRHPaul Loor, FCLC

Elizabeth McInnes, FCRHCristina Morais, FCRHMiriam Morales, FCLCEmely Orellana, FCRH

Catherine Ruiz Sandoval, FCLCSuneyda Sandoval, FCLCNatallie Santana, FCLC

Erin Scott, FCLCElise Sonray, FCLC

Rachel Tutera, FCRH

At all times of the day will you find people filling seatsin restaurants and tapas bars just chatting away aboutanything and everything. When it comes time to eating andspending time with friends, Madrileños believe there is plentyof time to spend and no need for hurry. To leave a restaurantor a bar in a rush can be interpreted as a sign ofdissatisfaction, and it might even seem rude to leave sosuddenly! Fans of coffee on the go would be surprised toknow that such a thing is unheard of in Spain. Here if youwant coffee you should have time or make time to enjoy it. Ihave also found Madrid to be a fashion metropolis, as I justhave returned from visiting Paris and it just does not compareto the fashion trends you encounter here. Madrileños are alsovery politically active, their topics of protest ranging from ETAto their hatred of parking meters.

There is not a dull moment here, regardless of thetime or day because Madrileños always find a way to enjoythemselves. They have learned how to appreciate life. Ialways anticipate the next adventure in another corner ofSpain filled with history, architectural and natural beauty andanother group of friendly, unique people. My time here so farhas been memorable and stress-free. So much so, that I candefinitely wait to return to the rushed and agitated life thatawaits me back in New York. Until then I will sit back andenjoy the café.”

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Student News

Senior Theses and Honors Essays

As a culmination of their work at Fordham, LALS seniorscan choose to write a senior paper under the guidance ofone of the program’s faculty members. Marco Silva and Catriona Schlosser shared with us details of their HistoryHonors theses:

Catriona Schlosser (FCLC ’07)Thesis advisor: Beth Penry

Che Guevara is one of the most recognized symbols in theworld. How and why has this occurred? How much of Che’s popularity as an image is a result of the events in his life, andhow much of it is fictionalized?

This thesis will discuss Che Guevara as an image andicon from the time of his death in 1967 to the present. I willconsider the historical Ernesto “Che” Guevara in relation to the image presented by art, movies and the ever-presentmerchandise. I would like to compare the way people receivethe Che Guevara image in different parts of the world, inparticular the United States and Latin America, where verydifferent interpretations are assigned to it. In some parts ofLatin America, specifically in Vallegrande, Bolivia where hedied, Che is revered as a saint. Presidents Evo Morales andHugo Chávez both use the image of Che Guevara as a meansof rallying support for their cause in their respective countries.However, in the US Che is portrayed as a symbol of rebellion.In some cases, Che does not have a deeper meaning apart fromthat as a fashion symbol.

The power of the Che Guevara image brings up issues asto whether or not the historical figure can be separated fromthe image, and whether or not the actual events of his lifematter. Some argue that the historical figure of Che Guevarawas born after his death. Some argue that the historical figureof Che Guevara was born after his death, and that historianswould not write about him if the image had not become sopopular. How much of our history is shaped by actual events,and how much of it is shaped by myth, imagery and popculture?

Marco Silva (FCLC ’07)Thesis advisor: Barry Goldberg

During WWII, the United States and Latin America had lostthe European markets for their imports and exports. The USsought to fuel its war machine in case of possible involvementin the war, and to this end turned to its southern neighbors, inparticular Peru. During this period, the United States andPeru collaborated to spread ideas of democracy and freedomand fuel the war machine against the Axis powers. PresidentsFDR and Manuel Prado worked together to spread their anti-fascist ideology, but their economic collaboration, (trade ofrubber, oil, metals and minerals) is of special importance. Mythesis will address the workings of this economic relationshipand its effect on US/Latin American relations.

Matt Garstka (FCRH ’07) at the ruins of Machu Picchu.

The Bernardo Vega- Rigoberta Menchú Tum AwardEach year at Encaenia LALS gives the Bernardo

Vega Rigoberta Menchú Tum Award to a FordhamCollege at Rose Hill senior. We are pleased to announcethat this year’s award recipient is Matthew Garstka.The award, named for a pioneering Puerto Ricanworker-intellectual and a Nobel Prize winning author, isgiven annually to the graduating senior who has in thejudgment of the Latin American and Latino Studiesprogram demonstrated excellence in the study of LatinAmerican and Latino culture.

Matt has been an enthusiastic student of LatinAmerican and Latino studies since he arrived atFordham. He has also been an avid traveler to LatinAmerica, visiting the Dominican Republic, Honduras,México, Guatemala and Perú. During his junior year,Matt traveled to the Yucatán peninsula of México wherehe studied anthropology and the Yucatec Mayalanguage at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán.After his semester in México ended, he traveled to SanPedro Sula, Honduras where he took part in anarchaeological field school study of the Lenca culture.Matt has decided to purse a career as an anthropologistand has been accepted to the Ph.D. program inanthropology at the New School for Social research herein New York. Congratulations Matt!


Student NewsCongratulations to LALS minor Maggie Hargrave (FCRH ’07) who has been named a finalist in the Fulbright Programcompetition. As wego to press, she awaits the committee’s final decision. Best of luck Maggie! Here she shares with us part ofher grant proposal:

Quechua Market Women: Traditional Andean Medicines andEthnic Identity

The purpose of my study is to investigate the interplay ofrace and gender faced by Quechua woman in the context of theinterchange of the global market and the local market of traditionalmedicines in Bolivia. Due to the nature of their trade, Quechuamarket women have come to play a major role in a vital piece ofBolivia’s intangible heritage. In a proclamation made in 2003, UNESCO started an initiative to protect and preserve collectionsof unique indigenous knowledge and tradition. The Kallawayas,indigenous practitioners of traditional medicines in Bolivia,appeared on the list of cultural spaces or forms of culturalexpression. By raising awareness of the unique and threatenedculture of the Kallawayas, UNESCO hoped to bring more attentionto the necessity of protecting Bolivia's intangible heritage and thepeople involved in the passing of that tradition. A discussion oftraditional medicine could not be complete without aninvestigation of the Kallawaya tradition; however, the importanceof the role of market women in the presentation and mediation oftraditional medicines is often overlooked. My project seeks tocontribute to the understanding of Bolivian intangible heritage byfocusing on the role of Quechua market women in the culture oftraditional medicines.

Posing with a local woman in the house where she lived.

Over the years, Andean traditional medicines have grown inpopularity among consumers of European heritage, creating ademand and opportunity for Quechua women. Through theirparticipation in the national economy, the vendors of traditionalmedicines have taken on a unique role as intermediaries betweentraditional Quechua cultural practices and the western world.Quechua market women act as agents in a capitalist market and,simultaneously, as representatives of their own culture, tradition,and ethnicity. On one hand, they are the businesswomen andentrepreneurs of the Andes and as such they are participants in the

westernized economy. On the other hand, their business requires

them not only to keep, but also, to market their traditional ethnicidentity. As such, their trade involves the portrayal of an expectedethnic image, which the women constantly have to reaffirm andrecreate through their daily interactions with the outside world.

Looking over the city

The research involved in the completion of this project is splitinto four components: an archival component, an urban component, arural component, and a processing and writing component. In order tocompare the lifestyles of Quechua market women in rural and urbansettings, I intend to spend a portion of my time living in the city ofSucre, and another living in the countryside of the rural town ofTarabuco, where there is a renowned local market. For thesecomponents of the project, my research will be carried out throughinterviews with vendors and customers in the rural and urbanmarketplaces, as well as insights made through participantobservation.

Trying to ride a horse

Maggie’s interest in Latin America, and especially in Boliviawas sparked by her parents, who were missionaries there when

she was a child. These pictures are from a recentcommunity service oriented trip to Bolivia.


Faculty Publications

Congratulations to our faculty who havepublished books in 2006-2007. Here is a samplingof their work:

Christopher Schmidt-NowaraThe Conquest of History: Spanish Colonialism and National

Histories in the Nineteenth CenturyPittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.

The Conquest of History examines how historians, officials, andcivic groups in Spain and its colonies forged national histories outof the ruins and relics of the imperial past. By exploringcontroversies over the veracity of the Black Legend, the locationof Christopher Columbus’s mortal remains, and the survival of indigenous cultures, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara’s richly documented study shows how history became implicated in thestruggles over empire. (www.upress.pitt.edu/)

Congratulations to Dr. Javier Jiménez Belmonte on thecompletion of his book, Las "Obras en Verso" del Principe deEsquilache: Amateurismo y Conciencia Literaria en la España delXVII (English title: Amateurism and Literary Conscience in 17thcentury Spain). It will be published by Tamesis books (USand UK), later this year.

Congratulations to Dr. Norma Fuentes Mayorga, whosework, “The Immigrant Experiences of Dominican andMexican women in the 1990s: Crossing Boundaries orTemporary Work Spaces,” will be published as a book chapter in Crossing Borders and Immigration Boundaries:Immigration, Race and Ethnicity. Caroline Brettell, ed. Lanham,MD: Lexington Books Press.

Gioconda MarúnLa narrativa de Roberto Ampuero en la globalización cultural.

Santiago de Chile: Mare Nostrum, 2006.

Globalization has permeated the cultural productions in LatinAmerica and a new literature dealing with economic, political andcultural globalization has emerged. Professor Marún’s analysis of Chilean author Roberto Ampuero’s nine novels and their reflection of the era of Chilean globalization has opened up pathways forfuture studies on globalization and Latin American literature.

O. Hugo BenavidesThe Politics of Sentiment: Imagining and Remembering Guayaquil.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.

Between 1890 and 1930, the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador,experienced a liberal revolution and a worker's movement—keyelements in shaping the Ecuadorian national identity. In this book,O. Hugo Benavides examines these and other pivotal features inshaping Guayaquilean identity and immigrant identity formation ingeneral in transnational communities such as those found in NewYork City.

Comprising one of the first case studies of RaymondWilliams' hypothesis on the relationship between structures offeeling and hegemony, this is an illuminating illustration of thepowerful relationships between historically informed memoriesand contemporary national life.


In the last issue of the Boletín we reported on thisyear’s GO! Nicaragua program. Erin Scott(FCLC ’07), who helped organize the program and participated inthe spring break trip to Nicaragua shared with us herexperience:

The 2007 Global Outreach trip to Nicaragua returned onMarch 17 after an intensively educational week.Partnering with MADRE, an international women's humanrights organization, we spent spring break meeting with awide range of agencies and individuals working indifferent areas to confront issues of social, personal, andeconomic violence against women in Nicaragua.

Spending most of the week on the North Atlantic Coast,Nicaragua's poorest region and home to most of itsindigenous and African-descent communities, the groupstayed two days in the city of Puerto Cabezas and twodays in the smaller community of Waspam. While inWaspam we were afforded the incredible privilege ofspeaking with Rose Cunningham, advocate andorganizer in the community and a key figure in achievingrecognition for indigenous women's rights since theSandinista Revolution. Other highlights of the tripincluded traditional dance performances by Miskitu youthin Waspam, dinner with Mirna Cunningham in Managua(Rose's sister and fellow advocate), speaking with afemale judge in Puerto Cabezas on issues of domesticviolence and meeting with the Central AmericanWomen's Fund to learn about their anti-violenceprogramming in the region.

As a team, we continue to be inspired by the strength,effectiveness, and commitment of so many of theindividuals wemet this past week-- from Rose Cunningham, to ourMADRE coordinator Irene, to the health care workers inthe clinic in Waspam. We look forward to sustainedpartnership with all of them, as well as futureopportunities to share our experiences and newunderstanding within the Fordham community. Keep aneye out for campus events in the near future.

For more information on the Global Outreach Program,please visit their webpage by logging on tohttp://www.fordham.edu/student_affairs/campus_ministry/index.asp and follow thelinks to “Global Outreach and Social Justice”

Community ServiceGlobal Outreach El Salvador is a culturalimmersion trip that is aimed at giving students anexperience of the Salvadoran reality through theeyes of the poor and the marginalized. This year'sgroup of 12 Fordham students spent their winterbreak visiting with cooperatives, an AIDS clinic, achildren's orphanage/boarding school and livingfor a few days with farming families in ruralvillages. This year’s participants included Theresa Moran, Christina Ponsaron, Gabby Ehlers, RichOhanian, Stephen McGowan, Emily Rodríguez,Annie Overfield, Jordann Conaboy, Laura Michner,Alyson Kelly, Daria Moringello (chaperone) andMaggie Hargrave.

The GO! El Salvador delegation with some of the local children.Maggie Hargrave is first from the right in the front row.

Community involvement:Sojourners Ministry to detained immigrants

This volunteer opportunity pairs Fordham students withimmigrants who are seeking political asylum. Whilethey are waiting for their cases to be reviewed, morethan 300 non-criminal immigrants are held at adetention center in Elizabeth, NJ. The detainees are notpermitted to go outside, are required to wear prisonuniforms, and have no privacy at all. Many of thedetainees have no friends or relatives nearby, so the“social visit” provides a small break from the monotony of their days. The Community Service Program providestransportation to Elizabeth every Saturday and pairsFordham students one-on-one with a detainee who hasrequested a visitor.For more information on this and other serviceopportunities please contact the Community ServiceProgram office.


A message from the Community Service Office

The Community Service Program is grounded in theJesuit philosophy of homines pro aliis, men and women forothers. At Fordham, we want our students to reach their fullpotential of mind and heart beyond the self by serving inunder-served, marginalized and struggling communities. Weoffer reflection programs that challenge students to exploretheir experiences together with other volunteers to drawconnections between service, justice, community andspirituality. Seeking the faith that does justice, we encourageour students to use their two feet of social action, learningsolidarity through serving directly and seeking social change.

The Community Service Program serves as a liaisonbetween the Fordham community and the local community.We believe that a well-rounded Jesuit education includeslearning outside our Fordham classrooms, walls, gates and intothe streets of our local community. Therefore, we providesupport and resources to students interested in volunteerismand social justice by offering ongoing and one-time serviceopportunities, various service-learning options, non-profit andpublic service internships, and social justice experiences. Weoffer support and resources to faculty members who want toconnect their research or courses to community-based issues.

Lastly, the CSP offers resources to local community-basedorganizations including volunteer and internship recruitment,job advertisements, connections to faculty and academicdepartments, and access to university facilities and athleticgames.

Volunteer opportunities range from tutoring andmentoring youth to serving in soup kitchens; from visitingdetained immigrants who are seeking political asylum tovisiting with elderly individuals who have no family; fromworking with Bronx residents who are trying to enter the jobmarket to working on sustainable development initiatives inour community; the list goes on and on. If students areinterested in working with a particular population or on aparticular issue, there is a good chance that one of our morethan 200 community partners would be a good match for theirtalents and interests. For more information or to get involved,contact the Community Service Program Office at 718-817-4510, email us at [email protected] or stop by McGinley 101.

New Courses

Summer 2007LLGA 5908 Brazil and the WorldTTh 6:00-9:00pmSchmidt-Nowara

This course will examine key themes in Brazilian history and culturefrom an interdisciplinary perspective, ranging from the colonial periodto independence. Topics include the Portuguese conquest of nativeBrazilians, the introduction of African slavery; religious life;explorations of the frontier; and nationalism.

New Graduate Course for Fall 2007LLGA 5005 Contemporary Cuban Cultural HistoryMondays 3:30-5:30pmCruz-MalavéOpen to undergraduates

A history of the cultural transformations that have shaped Cubansociety from the Revolution of 1959 to the present-day "specialperiod" of economic change through the examination of its literatureand film. Discussion of race, gender, sexuality and migration as theyhave impacted the representation of Cuban society in literature andfilm of this period. To include writers such as Lezama Lima,Piñera, Padilla, Barnet, Arenas, Padura Fuentes, and Valdés. Andfilmmakers such as Gómez, Gutiérrez Alea, and Pérez.

ANRU 3391 Vampires and KinshipTF 11:30-12:45Benavides

Vampire stories have been around for at least a century, during whichtime they have been used transculturally to express different ideasabout life and death, mortality and divinity. In recent decades, thereseems to have been a new resurgence of vampire stories both in filmand literature, i.e., Blade, Interview with the Vampire, Cronos, TheHistorian, etc. The course will explore these modern blood narrativesas they express contrasting ideas about how kinship, community, andultimately modern ideas about the global self are being articulated andreworked.

CORU 3434 The Avant-Gardes: Europe and Latin AmericaTF 2:30-3:45MahieuxAn in-depth introduction to the various collective literary and artisticmovements that prevailed in 1920s and 1930s Europe, Spanish-America and Brazil. We will read poems, manifestoes, chronicles,essays and short stories by the like of Breton, Picabia, Marinetti,Carrington, Borges, Girondo, Huidobro, Maples Arce, de Andrade.Course material will also draw from the visual arts, especially painting,photography and film (Dali, Magritte, Buñuel, Rivera, Xul Solar,Amaral). This course will delve into the culturaland political implications of the avant-gardes in a transatlantic context,with particular emphasis on a comparative exploration of notions ofcenter and periphery, imitation and parody, art and politics

SPRU 3510 Spain at WarMR 2:30-3:45Jiménez-Belmonte

How does a war conflict affect and determine the construction of anation? How do writers and artists help and/or resist the officialdiscourse behind every war conflict? This course proposes andexploration of the impact of war in Spanish literature and art duringfour major historical conflicts: the confrontations between ImperialSpain and his American and European colonies in 16th and 17th

centuries; the French invasion of Spain in early 19th century; theCuban war in late 19th century; and the Spanish Civil War in the 30’s. Works by Cervantes, Catalina de Eráuso, Goya or Picasso, amongmany others, will be discussed. New course for Fall 2007.


"? and the Mysterians" Mexican ImmigrantRockers Who Produced #1 Hit in 1966

by Dr. Mark Naison

Dr. Mark Naison (African and African-AmericanStudies) shared with us an experience he hadearlier this spring at a dinner dance for Fordhamalumni:

“Last night was one of those great moments which remindedme why ‘teachers’must always be ready to be students.

The Graduate School of Arts and Science and the FordhamAlumni Office had asked me to give a talk on the history ofBronx music to a dinner dance of graduate alumni, and to finda DJ to who could get the crowd moving. I gave my usualspeech, illustrated with music, on how the mingling of peoplefrom different cultural traditions in Bronx neighborhoods wasresponsible for the borough’s unique level of musical creativityand then turned the evening over to a great DJ named PabloSalinas who had the crowd rocking.

Well, as often happens when I give my Bronx presentation atFordham, the bartenders and waiters were feeling the music asmuch as the students and faculty, and one of the bartenderscame up to me with an incredible story. He said that one of thegreatest

rock and roll hits of the Sixties- "96 Tears"- was produced by aLatino band that didn't want to reveal its ethnic origins andcalled itself "Question Mark and the Mysterians." He askedPablo to put on the song, which had the whole room rocking,but my curiosity was whetted and as soon as I woke up the nextday, I started doing a little research

The bartender was right "? and the Mysterians" were childrenof Mexican migrant workers living in Michigan. Like RichieValens (born Richard Valenzuela) who produced the great 50'shits "Donna" and "La Bomba," the group hid their Mexicanancestry when they began their recording their career

Recovering the hidden Latin influence in American popularmusic is something that has become an increasingly importantpart of my research and pedagogy and last night I learnedsomething from a bartender which will become an importantpart of my lectures for years to come.

Below is the information about the group, and their hit song,which I got from the internet

Enjoy!!

Dr Naison

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“? and the Mysterians”

Saginaw, Michigan, 1962... an out-of-work bass playersits at home, watching a three-year-old Japanese sci-fimovie on television. It's about invaders who try to takeover Earth after their own planet has been destroyed.The title of the movie is "The Mysterians.”

Thus, a band was born in the mind of Larry Borjas.He contacted a cousin, guitarist Bobby Balderrama, anda drummer, Robert Marinez. Together they startedplaying at teen clubs around central Michigan.Eventually, they added a fourth member, organistFranklin Rodriguez.

One night, while appearing at the Mount Holly SkiLodge, the band was approached by a stranger whosaid he wanted to become their manager. They agreedand later found out that he could sing so well that theymade him their lead vocalist.It was said that not even the members of the band newhis real name or anything about his past. He neverremoved his sunglasses and was known only by thepseudonym, "?" (Question Mark). He even tried to givethe other members a secret initial such as Y, X andother letters. The boys were grateful, but decided tokeep their own names.

When the Vietnam War escalated, bassist LarryBorjas was drafted and drummer Robert Marinezenlisted. They were replaced by Frank Lugo and EddieSerrato. Soon after, Question Mark revealed that hehad written a poem, entitled "Too Many Teardrops.”Heinvited the group to set his words to music and they didso. Eddie, however, wasn't happy with the title andsuggested they call it "69 Tears". "We can't use that"said another band member. "If we call it that, it willnever get played on the radio." Another suggested thatthey turn the numbers around and call it "96 Tears.”Allthe Mysterians thought that was a good idea.

"96 Tears" became a great crown pleaser at theMount Holly dance hall and before long word hadreached Lilly González, the owner of Pa-Go-Go Records.She agreed to financially back the group in recordingthe song. The session took place in a makeshift two-track "studio" in Lilly's living room. Afterward, therewas a disagreement as to which side of the record topromote. Some Mysterians opted for the flip side,"Midnight Hour,”because it was "more funky.”

Question Mark, though, pushed "96 Tears,”andwhen the tune began to do well locally, he took copiesto Bob Dell, the program director of radio station WTACin Flint, Michigan. Dell helped the group get betterbookings and before long "96 Tears" was the numberone request item at the station. Air play spread toDetroit, and when radio giant CKLW across theborder in Windsor added the record to its play list,Cameo Records stepped in and bought the master tape.

"96 Tears" broke coast-to-coast in earlySeptember 1966, and by October, it was the top-sellingrecord in America. In November, twelve weeks afterCameo picked it up, Question Mark and the Mysterianswere presented with a gold record, signifying over amillion dollars in sales. In all, their tune spent nearlyfour months on the US hit parade.


(“? and the Mysterians,” continued. . . )

Question Mark wore sunglasses whenperforming, recording, or being interviewed orphotographed. Popular rumor says that he went tocourt and had his name changed legally to "?"

The band made several TV appearances onshows like Where the Action Is, and AmericanBandstand. They also managed a follow up hit called"I Need Somebody,”which made it to #22 on theBillboard Pop chart. After that, Cameo Records wentdown the drain, taking most of their roster withthem. Subsequent 45 releases and an album,"Action,”did not have strong sales. The singles"Can't Get Enough of You Baby,”"Girl, You Captivate Me" and "Do Something to Me"all failed to match the group's earlier success. Theydrifted to other labels such as 'Capitol', 'Super' and'Chicory' and by 1968, the band had run its course.Over the years, they made various attemptedreformations. A single was issued in 1973 and newdemos were recorded in 1978. They also played are-union concert at the Dallas Arcadia in 1984 andworked as the opening act for Joe "King" Carrasco.The Michigan band, Inflight also included ex-members of The Mysterians.

A new album was released on October 29, 1997in commemoration of the 31st anniversary ofQuestion Mark and the Mysterians hitting #1 on theBillboard chart. In November 1999, ? & theMysterians released their first studio album in 33years. All the original members returned for therecording of "More Action", a double CD thatfeatures new material like the raw, rockin' "It's NotEasy" and "I'll Be Back," alongside cover tracks ofBobby Darin's "Beachcomber" and the Stones'"Satisfaction." The band also rehashes "96 Tears"and includes a Spanish version of the track - anatural, considering the band's Mexican heritage. On"More Action", ? & the Mysterians don't miss a beat,integrating the signature organ treble of "96 Tears"into each track. Collectors will covet the inclusion of"Are You for Real?" and "I'll Be Back," the band'sfirst studio recordings ever. This CD could easily bemistaken for a'60s-era follow-up to the 96 Tears album, though itfits in easily with the work of current garagerevivalists.

In 2003, the band toured the United States andrecorded enough new, original material for a newalbum, set to be released in 2004.

? and the Mysterians are truly one of thegreatest 'garage bands' in rock and roll history.

Oh, by the way, that "mystery man" known onlyas "?” .... His real name was Rudy Martinez.

(www.classicbands.com)

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Sophomores/Juniors: Interested inApplying for a Prestigious Fellowship?

If your GPA is 3.5 or higher, and you are in your junioryear or earlier, you may be eligible for one or moreprestigious fellowships. If you are interested in applyingfor prestigious fellowships and scholarships, theOffice for Prestigious Fellowships can help guide youthrough the application process. The Office preparesstudents to compete for a broad range of scholarshipsand fellowships, including the Truman, Rhodes, BritishMarshall, Fulbright, Goldwater, James Madison, andFord fellowships, as well as the National SecurityEducation Program (NSEP) and National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grants.

In addition to an outstanding academic record,prestigious fellowship applicants distinguish themselvesthrough significant intellectual or innovativeprojects/internships or strong evidence of leadershippotential or community/public service; compelling andcomprehensive faculty letters of recommendation; andthe support and official endorsement of the universitythrough the Office for Prestigious Fellowships. LALSstudents have won prestigious fellowships in past years forstudy in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Brazil among othercountries.

The Office of Prestigious Fellowships is here to guide youthrough the process. In addition to helping you seekappropriate scholarships, you will receive guidancethroughout the application process: review of yourapplications, revision of early drafts of personalstatements and essays, and preparation for any personalinterviews.

For more information please log on tohttp://www.fordham.edu/academics/academic_resources/in

dex.aspand follow the link to “Prestigious Fellowships”

The 2006-2007 Angelo Rodríguez AwardEstablished in 1990 by Professor Clara Rodríguez in memory of

her father and brother–and financed by royalties from The PuertoRican Struggle: Essays on Survival in the United States–this award

offers prizes for original work done in the fields of Latino andLatin American Studies. Faculty members are asked to nominatestudents who, based on the production of superior in class work

during the academic year, deserve recognition.Deadline for nominations and submission of

work:May 3, 2007


Events

The Cassamarca Lecture Series:

Debating Immigration in the US

This semester, LALSI and the American Studies Program(along with other cosponsors) hosted the second part of ayearlong series to explore the hotly debated topic ofimmigration.

Students and faculty came together to learn aboutmigration itself, about the present state of immigration inthe US and future of international immigration in our eraof globalization. Each lecture was followed by areception, giving our guests opportunity to mingle andmeet our guest speakers.

Our featured speakers:

Douglas Gurak and Mary Kritz, Cornell University,Polson Institute for Global DevelopmentDepartment of Development PsychologyThursday, March 1“Endless Journeys: The Dispersion of Foreign-Born Migrants to New Destinations”

Mae Ngai, Columbia UniversityProfessor of History and Author of ImpossibleSubjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of ModernAmericaThursday, March 29“Origins of the Illegal Immigration Crisis”

Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Chair inInternational Migration and Director, Institute forthe Study of International MigrationThursday, April 26“U.S. Immigration: Challenges for the 21st

Century”

Many thanks to our consponsors: The CassamarcaFoundation; the Department of Sociology andAnthropology; and the Francis and Ann CurranCenter for American Catholic Studies

The Bene Merenti MedalAward for 20-years of service to the university

On Sunday March 4, 2007 Fordham celebrated its annualUniversity Convocation at the Pope Auditorium at theLincoln Center campus. At this awards ceremony theuniversity acknowledges the distinguished service ofmembers of the faculty, staff and administration.

LALSI takes great pride in announcing that two of itsfaculty members have been honored with the BeneMerenti Medal for 20 years of distinguished service to thelife and mission of the university: Dr. Susan Berger,Associate Professor of Political Science; and Co-Directorof the Women’s Studies Program and Dr. Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé, Associate Professor of Spanish andComparative Literature and Associate Director of LALSI.What follows is the university’s dedication to each of them.

Dr. Susan Berger (left) and Dr. Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé (right)march in the Bene Merenti Procession during

University Convocation, March 4, 2007.

Dr. Susan Berger–Associate Professor of Political Science

Susan Berger is the quiet presence that Fordham cannotdo without. With degrees from Michigan and Columbia,Susan quickly proved herself here as a fine teacher,mentor, and leader. She is the exemplary colleague,always putting aside her convenience for the good ofothers.

Susan is a sophisticated and powerful analyst ofdemocratic activism in Latin America. Grounded infeminist analysis, her most recent book, Guatemaltecas:The Women’s movement, 1986-2003, shows how peoplemarginalized by gender and ethnicity form complexalliances to resist and to struggle for a better life. Arecognized expert on Latin American and comparativepolitics, she is the National Coordinator of the Guatemala


(The Bene Merenti Medal, continued . . .)Scholars Network. Susan brings enthusiasm for her subjectinto the classroom, engaging students and challenging themto see, really see, this other world that she knows so well. Tothat long line that forms at her door, she gives uncommonlygood advice. These commitments also her mark her serviceto Fordham.

Now in her second productive turn as Co-Director ofthe Women’s Studies Program, she has also directed Latin American and Latino Studies, Puerto Rican and LatinAmerican Studies, and been Associate Chair of PoliticalScience. Unfailingly she made each program much stronger.For her sterling service, powerful scholarship, excellentteaching, collegiality and her decency, we are proud tohonor our colleague and our friend, Susan Berger.

Dr. Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé poses with members of the FCLCstudent group SOL, (for whom he is the faculty advisor) at the

Bene Merenti Award ceremony.

Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé–Assoc. Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature

To listen to others attentively is the most rigorous academicas well as ethical practice. For the past 20 years, ArnaldoCruz-Malavé, a recipient of the National Endowment for theHumanities and the Ford Foundation Fellowships, hasdevoted himself to teaching, researching, and writing on thevalue of such intensive practice of listening for diversity, fordifference. He has published books on the role of sexualityin nationalism in Latin American and Latino cultures, theglobalization of lesbian and gay rights, and the interaction ofhigh art with Latino popular culture in New York City duringthat most predatory of decades, the 1980s. Through amixture of attentive critical listening and laughter, he hasinstilled in his students respect and appreciation for others.And in his positions as Associate Director of the LatinAmerican and Latino Studies Institute, Co-Director of theLiterary Studies Program and Associate Chair of theDepartment of Modern Languages and Literatures, he hasfomented interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange. In 2003,he designed a summer course for our students in Havana,Cuba where students learned about contemporary Cubanculture and experienced it first-hand through intensedialogue with Cuban scholars, families and students. Aninspiring mentor, Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé’s students have repeatedly won the Katie Fraser and the Angelo RodríguezAwards for the best essays in comparative literature andLatin American and Latino Studies.

In addition, LALSI congratulates Michael A. Molina,recipient of the Archbishop Hughes Medal (given tomembers of the administration) and Heriberto Burgos,recipient of the Sursum Corda Award (given to members ofthe staff) for their contributions to the Fordham community.

Michael A. Molina–Director of CSTEP/STEP and ARCC

As a native New Yorker who grew up in East Harlem, Mikeattributes his sense of optimism to growing up during the1960s civil rights era when the world seemed full of endlesspossibilities. Since his arrival at Fordham in 1987 to becomeDirector of CSTEP (Collegiate Science & technology EntryProgram) and STEP (Science & Technology Program), Mikehas constantly conveyed to students the importance ofmaintaining a spirit of optimism and enthusiasm throughouttheir lives. Under Mike’s direction, the CSTEP and STEP programs have experienced continuous growth. CSTEP,located at both Rose Hill and Lincoln Center, providesservices to undergraduates who aspire to graduate careersin scientific, health, mathematics, law and licensed fields.Care and concern are the key words. Students cannot enteror leave the program offices without an embrace and wordsof encouragement from him or a member of his staff.

The STEP program offers educational services tostudents from the surrounding community in grades 7through 12. Hundred of STEP graduates have matriculatedin pre-professional undergraduate programs of selectiveinstitutions throughout the region. Both programs haveplayed an important role in reaching out to educationallyunder-served populations including African-Americans,Latinos, the economically disadvantaged, first generationcollege students and recent immigrants.

Heriberto Burgos–Foreman of Grounds and TransportationRose Hill Campus

Eddie Burgos consistently uplifts our hearts with hisdedication, collegiality and exceptional work ethic. Startingover 15 years ago as a Custodian, Eddie quickly progressedin his responsibilities at Fordham to reach his current role asForeman of Grounds and Transportation for the Rose HillCampus.

As Foreman, he oversees our grounds staff andlandscaping operations. He performs his job seriously,effectively and with passion.

Eddie’s efforts, passion and Leadership speak for themselves. The campus grounds have never looked better.Eddie is an inspiration to the entire grounds operation,setting an example of excellence for his co-workers. Hisexceptional dedication to the Fordham community isrecognized by a grateful university with the Sursum CordaAward.

Fall 2007 CoursesRose Hill Campus

AARP 2005 American Pluralism MangumAARV 4000 Affirmative Action: American Dream NaisonANRG 1100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology BenavidesANRG 3351 Comparative Cultures STAFFANRP 3340 Anthro Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity JoplingANRU 3391 Vampires and Kinship BenavidesCMRG 3681 Media/National Identity GrayCMRP 3601 Class, Taste & Mass Culture GrayCORU 3434 The Avant-Gardes: Europe and Latin America MahieuxECRU 3244 International Economic Policy WinczewskiECRU 3346 International Economics HeppENRU 3677 Latino-American Literature STAFFHSRG 1400 Introduction to Latin American History HayesHSRG 4950 Seminar: Rebellion in Latin America PenryMLRU 1230 History & the Novel: Don Quixote & Mod. Lit HoarPHRP 3417 Race & Moral Recognition MurphyPSRP 3600 Multicultural Issues YipSORP 3140 Old/New Minorities in the US FuentesSORP 3403 Criminality, Race and Gender FlavinSORP 3406 Race/Social Construct JohnsonSPRU 2601 Spanish Conversation and Composition MarúnSPRU 3052 Survey of Spanish American Literature MahieuxSPRU 3401 Modern Spanish Fiction KastenSPRU 3510 Spain at War Jiménez BelmonteWSRP 3010 Feminist Theories in Intercultural Perspective Green

Graduate Courses

CMGA 6250 International Communications STAFFECGA 5015 Economic Developmental Policy SchwalbenbergLLGA 5005 Contemporary Cuban Cultural History Cruz-MalavéPOGA 5500 Comparative Political Analysis EntelisPOGA 5600 Analysis of International Politics AndrewsPOGA 6530 Political Economy of Development BergerSOGA 5806 Religion and Globalization BushSOGA 6701 Immigration and Crime Rodríguez, O.

Lincoln Center CampusAALG 3037 Blacks in the Atlantic World LightfootAALP 2005 African-American History II Watkins-OwensAHLG 2250 Pre-Columbian Art MundyECLG 3240 World Poverty Barry-FigueroaECLU 3346 International Economics DanielHSRG 1400 Introduction to Latin American History Lindo-FuentesHSRG 1400 Introduction to Latin American History Lindo-FuentesLLLP 2005 American Pluralism GoldbergPOLG 3501 Third World Politics BergerPOLG 3610 Political Economy of Development BergerSPLP 3582 New York in Latino Literature Cruz-MalavéSPLU 3426 Modern Hispanic Theatre LamasSPLU 3610 Children’s Gaze in LatinAmerican Literature Vich

Evening CoursesECEU 3563 Labor Economics Barry-FigueroaLLEU 3343 Crime and Minority Rights Estela

Fordham University

BOLETíNThe Latin American & Latino Studies Institute

Faculty Memorial Hall 405G, Bronx, NY 10458(718) 817-4792; 2676 fax (718) 817-3987

www.fordham.edu/[email protected]

LALSI provides an intellectual home for students and faculty who areinterested in Latin America and the Latino Populations of the US. With offices

on both campuses, the Institute acts as a clearinghouse for information,organizes conferences, invites speakers to the university, maintainsvideo/journal collections and sponsors film series and internships.

LALSI’s newsletter BOLETíN is published twice a year.

THE LATIN AMERICAN & LATINO STUDIESCONCENTRATIONThe Latin American and Latino Studies program integrates a seriesof courses in the humanities, social sciences and the arts designedto acquaint students with Latin America and the experiences andcultural expressions of the Latino populations in the United States.The interdisciplinary approach aims at exposing students to themethods, materials, and tools of various disciplines. The majorprepares students for graduate study and to enter the fields ofinternational trade and finance, foreign service, teaching,publishing, and Hispanic media and communications.

The MAJOR consists of ten courses: (a) an introductory course; (b)two courses from the social sciences; (c) two courses from thehumanities/arts; (d) one upper elective in history; (e) one methodsseminar (normally taken in the junior year); (f) one capstoneseminar (normally taken in the senior year); and (g) two electives.Seniors may wish to write a senior essay under the guidance of oneof the program's faculty members.

The MINOR consists of six courses: (a) and introductory course;(b) two courses from the social sciences; (c) two courses from thehumanities/arts; and (d) one elective. Since language competencyin Spanish is expected, majors and minors should take at least oneLatin American/Latino literature course above the 2001 level.Students are encouraged to study in Latin America.

Courses that fulfill College requirements may, where appropriate,be credited toward the major or minor. Students whose particularinterests do not conform to the pattern of electives described aboveare encouraged to consult with the director or the associate directorto work out a program more appropriate to their needs.

STUDY ABROAD: Students interested in studying abroad usually do soin their junior year, Advisory services at Fordham ensure appropriatecourse selection and transfer credit, as well as maintaining quality controlto ensure an educational experience equivalent to Fordham’s standards. During the semester prior to departure, students must have their studyabroad plans approved. At this time, an estimate is also made of thenumber of credits that will be granted upon receipt of transcriptsindicating satisfactory completion of courses. For deadlines and specificinformation about study abroad, contact Dr. Méndez-Clark at 718 817-3464 or 212 636-7135.

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