February 19, 2004

Media Contacts:
Monica Arciga
(858)534-6050
marciga@ucsd.edu

Barry Jagoda
(858) 534-8567
bjagoda@ucsd.edu

A conference on Latin American cultural policy, featuring scholars from the United States and Latin America will be hosted February 20 by the University of California, San Diego Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies to discuss new developments in such fields as literature, television, film, and music and the way these have deeply changed daily life in Latin America.

The Keynote speaker will be:

• George Yudice, Director, Center for Latin American and Carribbean Studies, New York University.

Other panelists include:

• Oswaldo Sanchez, Artistic Director, inSite 2005 / Art Practices in Public Domain, San Diego-Tijuana
• Roberto Tejada, Department of Visual Arts, UCSD
• Milos Kokotovic, Department of Literature, UCSD
• Charles Hale, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin
• Nancy Postero, Department of Anthropology, UCSD
• Jose Manuel Valenzuela, Departamento de Estudios Culturales, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (EL COLEF), Tijuana
• Teresa Caldeira, Department of Anthropology, UC Irvine
• Yolanda Salas, Venezuela
• Neil Larsen, Department of Comparative Literature, UC Davis
• Aníbal Ford, Professor Consulto, Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Dan Hallin, Department of Communication, UCSD
• Charles Briggs, Director, Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, UCSD
• John Beverley, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh

The all-day conference program is presented by the UCSD Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. It is sponsored by a grant from the US Department of Education and is open to the public without charge.

The event will be held in the Deutz Conference Room at the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campus, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Those interested may reserve a seat by sending an email to Monica Arciga, marciga@ucsd.edu or by phoning (858) 534-6050.