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Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)BRASA is an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who support and promote Brazilian studies in all fields, especially in the humanities and social sciences. BRASA is dedicated to the promotion of Brazilian studies around the world in general, and in the United States in particular. » More information about BRASAFIPSE-CAPESThe U.S.-Brazil Program is administrated jointly by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, and the Fundacao Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), Brazilian Ministry of Education. » More information about FIPSE-CAPESGuatemalan Scholars NetworkThe Guatemala Scholars Network is an organization of over 300 academics and professionals whose major research field is Guatemala. This homepage is presented as part of the GSN mission to foster communication among scholars; to share information and stay informed about the situation in Guatemala; to provide a forum for Guatemalan voices to be heard in North America; and to support the renaissance of Mayan intellectual and academic activity taking place in Guatemala. » More information about GSNLatin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)LAPOP's research efforts to date have produced more than 60 surveys analyzing major topics of great interest to political and social scientists, Latin Americanists, government officials, and interested citizens. » More information about LAPOPEcclesiastical Sources for Slave SocietiesThe ESSS project is producing and disseminating important new research in the humanities while establishing international facilities and collaborations designed to continue the research beyond the life of the project. As part of that effort, the project has incorporated and trained undergraduate and graduate students from the United States, Brazil, and Canada, many of whom are using the project data, and the databases they are creating from it, in their these and dissertations. » More information about ESSSHealth Consequences of Mexican Migration to the United States (MexMaH)The Health and Migration Survey (HMS) project examines child health outcomes and maternal reproductive behavior using new longitudinal data. Its objective is to resolve some of the contradictory results found in prior studies of migrant health and to assess the effects of migration on health among current U.S. migrants, prior migrants, and non-migrants in Mexico. » More information about MexMaHInstitute for Coffee Studies (ICS)The Institute for Coffee Studies is dedicated to investigate the health effects of coffee consumption and to promote anthropological, historical, sociological, literary and economic research into coffee production and consumption. Conexión GuatemalaConexión Guatemala is a new group of Nashville churches, schools, private organizations, and individuals with connections to Guatemala. Created by the Shalom Foundation, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and CLAS, Conexión Guatemala meetings provide an opportunity for all of these groups to meet together in an informal setting, without a rigid agenda, to share what they are doing in Guatemala, talk about the problems and possibilities facing the country, and to learn from one another. To be added to the Conexión Guatemala listserv, please contact CLAS at CLAIS@vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt Children's Hospital projects in Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica, and HaitiChildren's Hospital is committed to helping children Around the World. This is evidenced by the number of our physicians and surgeons who travel to developing countries to offer health care services. Vanderbilt University Press» Information about Latin American titles recently published by Vanderbilt University Press |