activist scholarship conference on crisis, politics, and performance in the Americas

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Subject: Fwd: PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE -- Abriendo Brecha III: Activist Conference on Crisis, Politics & Performance in the Americas

The Center for Mexican American Studies, Office of Inclusion and  
Cross-Cultural Effectiveness, College of Liberal Arts, Teresa Lozano- 
Long Institute for Latin American Studies,
the Mexican Center, the Center for African and African American Studies
and the Zachary T. Scott Family Chair in Drama at the Department of  
Theatre and Dance
of the University of Texas at Austin

cordially invite you to attend

Abriendo Brecha III:
ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE ON CRISIS, POLITICS & PERFORMANCE IN  
THE AMERICAS

February 16 - 18, 2005
San Jacinto Conference Facility
The University of Texas at Austin

We understand activist scholarship to be research and creative  
intellectual work in alignment with communities, organizations,  
movements or networks working for social justice. The themes of this  
year's conference are Crisis, Politics and Performance and reflect  
immediate and long-term trends in current activism.

The preliminary conference schedule is attached.
For more information about this conference and/or other CMAS public  
programming events, please contact either Dolores García or Clarisa  
Hernández at 512-471-4557 or visit our website at www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas.


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Dolores García
The University of Texas at Austin
Center for Mexican American Studies
1 University Station F9200
Austin, TX 78712-0526

Tel. (512) 475-6973
Fax. (512) 471-9639