Oaxaca Summer Institute

For the thirteenth 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 other
disciplines, including especially public health and geography. We plan to
admit two or three outstanding undergraduate students.

Professor Guillermo Palacios of El Colegio de M=E9xico will open the
seminar with an introductory lecture on national patrimony and culture and
the challenges facing scholars when taking up these themes.


Seminar XIII will focus on five major themes, each directed by scholars fro=
m Mexico, the United States or Canada.=20

History of public health and medicine
Gabriela Soto Laveaga
(UC-Santa Barbara)

Gender, Sexuality and Power
Ann Blum
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)=20
William French=20
(University of British Columbia)

Environment in history and culture
Christopher Boyer
(University of Illinois-Chicago

A People's History of Mexico, the popular, visual, and musical heritage of
Mexico
William Beezley
(University of Arizona)

Monica Rankin
(University of Texas at Dallas)
With support of Ricardo P=E9rez Montfort (CIESA-Tlalpan)

A concluding workshop will examine violence, migration, and drugs with
Mexican and US participants from Ford Mexico Foundation project.

Other featured seminars will be offered by Deborah Dorotinsky, Instituto
de Investigaciones Est=E9ticas, UNAM; Raquel Para=EDso, Veracruz;
Guillermo
Palacios (El Colegio de M=E9xico), Deborah Poole (Johns Hopkins), Jurgen
Buchenau (UNC-Charlotte), Ana Paulo de Teresa (UAM-Iztapalapa), Mary Kay
Vaughan (University of Maryland), Francie Chassen-L=F3pez (University of
Kentucky), Daniela Traffano (CIESAS-Oaxaca), Ethelia Ruiz (INAH) and
others. The seminar sessions are conducted in both Spanish and English.
Several other scholars have been invited and will be announced shortly.


The 2011 seminar will also include weekly viewings and discussions of
feature films and documentaries, with a particular focus on the role of
film in the study of history and culture.


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. Participants may enroll in language classes for an additional
cost. 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 April 15, 2011.

Participants will be notified within one week after the application
deadline. Final payment and additional paperwork are due May 15 and
students will be provided with a syllabus and additional materials at that
time.

Seminar directors:
William H. Beezley (beezley@u.arizona.edu)
Gabriela Soto-Laveaga (gsotolaveaga@history.ucsb.edu

)
William E. French (wfrench@interchange.ubc.ca)
Monica Rankin (mrankin@utdallas.edu)

For additional updated information, applications, and last year's syllabus =
see the Oaxaca Summer Institute website www.oaxacainstitute.com or contact =
one of the seminar directors.