Human Trafficking Awareness Week

On Friday, April 9 from 6:30pm - 9:30pm, the Human Trafficking Clinic (HTC)'s Human Trafficking Awareness Week will culminate in a silent art auction at the Access Gallery (http://accessgallery.org/). Come enjoy some free wine and local music while you check out and bid on all the eclectic and creative submissions. We are currently soliciting artwork in any medium from local artists and students.

The Access Gallery/VSA arts of Colorado is located at 909 Santa Fe Drive.

African Extravaganza 2010

For more information visit www.africancommunitycenter.net.

Elephant Energy Volunteer Opportunity

Elephant Energy is looking for volunteers to work on small-scale renewable energy projects in Namibia, Africa, starting in May 2010. Elephant Energy works to distribute and market small-scale renewable energy technologies in wildlife-rich conservancy areas in rural Namibia. Volunteers should be able to start quickly, think independently, and run projects on the ground relating to small-scale renewable energy distribution with the support of the World Wildlife Fund in Namibia and associated NGOs.

For more information, visit www.elephantenergy.org

A History of Slavery: From Past to Present

Please join us this Wednesday, March 24th for a very special event. The Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action welcomes guest speaker, Francis Bok, an escaped slave from the Sudan, to speak about his experience.

Included will be a panel discussion focusing on three different slaveries throughout history: the Jewish exodus, the African slave trade, and modern-day slavery in Darfur. Speakers will include: Francis Bok, Barbara Shannon-Banister, Rabbi Selwyn Franklin, and Pastor Heidi McGinness.

The event will be held on March 24th, 2010 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm in Sturm Hall, Room 281 (Lindsay Auditorium) at the University of Denver, 2000 East Asbury Avenue.

Congratulations, Grads!

Congratulations to all IIC students, including Jenny, who graduated this winter! We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Kelly Burt and I am the new communications assistant to the IIC program. I will be taking the reigns on all IIC social networking. Please bear with me as I attempt to navigate the incredibly big shoes left for me to fill.

Thanks and here's to another productive quarter!

Islam Awareness Week

Funding for study in London!

FUNDING FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY ON
LATIN AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES AND THE CARIBBEAN

The Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of London) is now calling for applications from well-qualified candidates for its postgraduate degrees.

The following funding opportunities are available for students wishing to study one of the degrees below:

• AHRC studentships, for students with a history focus (deadline 8 March 2010)
• School of Advanced Study Studentships (deadline 8 March if also applying for an AHRC award, or 12 April 2010 if only applying for a SAS Studentship)
• Institute bursaries (deadline 24 May 2010)

For more details about funding opportunities go to: www.americas.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate_study/grants.htm

Degrees on offer:

• MA in Caribbean and Latin American Studies
• MA in Latin American Studies
• MSc in Globalisation and Latin American Development
• MSc in Latin American Politics
• MSc in Latin American Studies (Development)
• MA in United States Studies
• MSc in US Foreign Policy
• MSc in US Politics and Contemporary History
• MA in Comparative American Studies
• Research degrees (MPhil/PhD)

Reasons to study at the Institute for the Study of the Americas:

• We are the only postgraduate centre in Europe to offer degrees on comparative Americas as well as each sector of the hemisphere.
• We were the only American studies department in the UK to be awarded the top rating of 5* in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
• We offer the largest Latin American programme in the UK.
• Our academic staff are world leaders in their specialist fields.
• Our students have access to over 3 million volumes in the library collections of the University of London. More information about the Library.
• We offer an unequalled programme of events presenting current research in the field, with free entry to our students. Information about forthcoming events.
• We publish highly topical research in-house and through Palgrave Macmillan. Information about publications.
• See our frequently asked questions and quality assurance information for more details.

Further information
For more details of postgraduate study at the Institute, please see www.americas.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate_study.htm or
contact the School of Advanced Study Registry by emailing sas.registry@sas.ac.uk or calling +44 (0)20 7862 8662 or 8661

The Institute for the Study of the Americas is a member-institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study.