The publication of a new journal, Ethnicity, has been announced. Devoted to the study of ethnic diversity and integration, it will be concerned with understanding both the persistence of ethnic consciousness and interaction of ethnic groups within a society. The journal will be edited by the Center for the Study of American Pluralism. Although the journal is primarily concerned with ethnic diversity within the United States, it will deal with ethnic relations throughout the world. Information can be obtained through Academic Press, Inc., 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003.
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The Oral History Association is holding its National Colloquium on September 12-15, 1974 at Jackson, Wyoming. Forms for the Workshop and/or Colloquium may be obtained by writing George Ellsworth, Editor, Western Historical Quarterly, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321.
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The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles will sponsor an international conference to consider the multiple ways in which the discovery of the New World affected the thought, modes of life, and institutions of the Old. The projected program, to be held February 6-9, 1975, includes twenty-two panels, broadly divided into three areas: the impact on the European imagination (art and literature); the impact on political institutions, legal concepts, and historiography; and the impact on economics, agriculture, science, and technology. For further information write to The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Bunch Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024.
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The Southwest Labor History Conference will be held on April 24-26, 1975 at the Pacific Center for Western Historical Studies. The sessions will be divided into two general areas: 1) southwest labor history, and 2) national and international labor history. Scholars and trade unionists are invited to submit session proposals in areas including press, labor and politics, labor and race, women and labor, agricultural labor, comparative trade union movements, Chicano labor, labor and socialism, international labor, and labor in Mexico. Address all program inquiries to: Professor Sally M. Miller, Department of History, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95204.
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The Guía Para Investigaciones Históricas en la Argentina, an archive and library guide, is scheduled for publication in 1974-1975. The guide is being prepared under the editorship of Rolando Ariel Perez, Director of the Centro para Investigaciones Históricas en la Argentina. Scholars are invited to make use of the guide and the archives of the Centro in planning and executing of their research projects. Information can be obtained by writing the director, Guía Para Investigaciones Históricas en la Argentina, Sarmiento 643, 80p., Of. 822, Capital Federal, República Argentina.
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The Ford Foundation has announced the following grants:
$408,000 to the Brookings Institution, to support research by twenty-one Latin American institutions on economic development and regional integration.
$83,000 to the Colombian Institute of Social Development for social science training and research on mass communications.
$124,000 to the University of Costa Rica for a graduate program in sociology in collaboration with the Superior Central American University Council.
$163,000 to the Federal University of Pernambuco for graduate training in sociology and economics.
$198,000 to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile for the Center for National Planning Studies.
$1,080,000 to the Social Science Research Council for research awards, conferences, and seminars on Latin America and the Caribbean.
$223,500 to the University of the West Indies for policy-related research at the Institute of Social and Economic Research.
$150,000 for a Foundation-managed project on population-related issues in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
$120,000 to Tufts University for the Latin American Teaching Fellowships Program.
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Information Services on Latin America, a nonprofit corporation, offers reseachers and libraries a clipping and indexing service on Latin America. The service provides a monthly mailing of all the articles on Latin American political, economic, and social developments (and some cultural and other events) appearing in eight selected English-language newspapers. Clippings are organized by country and topic and are reproduced on pages that can be either loose-leaf or separately bound. A detailed country and subject index is published every six months. The service is also available on microfilm. The cost is $190 per year to libraries, although specific countries/areas may be covered for less. Back issues are available from July 1970. Further information may be secured from Information Services on Latin America (ISLA), Box 4267, Berkeley, California 94704.
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