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The CLAS Field Research Grant supports master's, doctoral, and professional school students conducting preliminary fieldwork in Latin America or Iberia, providing them with the opportunity to establish professional and institutional contacts, assess research sites, and refine their projects. Financial support covers international airfare and in-country transportation expenses.
Awardees are selected from among all divisions and professional schools of the University of Chicago. Students returning from research trips advance scholarship on Latin America through presentations of their findings in the Center for Latin American Studies weekly Brown Bag colloquium.
Recipients of the CLAS Field Research Grant have enjoyed notable success in obtaining subsequent dissertation research support as well as placement in key teaching, research, and other professional positions.
This program is funded with the generous support of the Divisions of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Chicago.
2006 CLAS Field Research Grant winners
- Braff, Lara. Human Development, Mexico, "The localization of reproductive medicine in Mexico City: A cultural study of class, ethnicity and family".
- Bravo, Carlos. History, Mexico, "The Electoral Bond: For a Social History of Porfirian Politics".
- Chase, Zachary. Anthropology/History, Chile/Peru, "Historical Archaeology in Huarochiri, Peru".
- Cooper, Amy. Human Development, Venezuela, "Barrio Adentro: Transnational healthcare and '21st century Socialism' in Venezuela".
- Friedman, Matt. Evolutionary Biology, Peru, "Fossil fish faunas of the Pisco Basin, Peru: A unique perspective on the origins of modern acanthomorph biodiversity".
- Goncalves, Joao Felipe. Anthropology, Cuba, "The commemoration of Jose Marti in Revolutionary Cuba".
- Green-Mercado, Marya T. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Spain, "Morisco Jofores: Apocalyptic Prophecies in Sixteenth-Century Spain".
- Grey, Erin. Ecology and Evolution, Panama, "A comparison of the diversity/invasability relationship in temperate and tropical fouling communities".
- Hartikainen, Elina. Anthropology, Brazil, "Religious mobility and motivations for becoming involved in Candomble".
- Iber, Patrick. History, Argentina /Uruguay/ Chile, "The Spanish Diaspora in Southern ConePolitics and Culture".
- Johnson, Bejamin. History, Mexico, "Native Mexicanists in New Spain, 1570-1640".
- Kahn, Jeffrey. Anthropology, Haiti, "Sovereign exclusions and states of exception: US immigration and refugee policy towards Haiti".
- Kone, Mzilikazi. CLAS, Dominican Republic, "Health status of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic".
- Leighton, Mary. Anthropology, Peru/Chile, "The creation and manipulation of archeology in the Andes".
- Malandrucco, Gregory. History, Mexico, "The 'Underbelly' of Progress: Pepenadores, Unstable Waste, and the Radically Informal Economy in Mexico City/Guadalajara, 1870-1950".
- Melnysyn, Shana. CLAS, Brazil, "Echoes of Reggae in Brazil: Diaspora music, politics, and identity in Pernambuco."
- Mendoza, Marcos. Anthropology, Argentina, "The Argetine State, the Consumption Aesthetics of 'Adventure', & the National Park Communities of Patagonia-Austral".
- Mottier, Nicole. History, Mexico, "Political and Civil Society in the State of Vercruz from the Late 1930s through the 1940s".
- Osten, Sarah. History, Mexico, "Callismo and Southeastern Mexican Radicalism, 1920-1929".
- Proffit, Anna Min-hee. Romance Languages and Literatures, Spain, "Children and Adolescents: Self and National Identity Formation in Contemporary Spanish Film and Literature".
- Punyasena, Surangi. Evolutionary Biology, Bolivia, "Vegetation response to Late Quaternary climate change at a Bolivian rainforest dry forest ecotone".
- Robinson, Gabriel. Divinity, Spain, "Spanish bullfighting as a tirual locus for disputes over the nature of masculinity, leisure, and sacred time."
- Santana, Rafael. Sociology, Mexico, "The Borders of Emotional Bonds: Culture and Assimilation among Immigrants from Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco".
- Shih, Tien-Ann. Anthropology, Peru, "Pilgrimage and Ritual Circuits in Early Colonial Vilcashuaman, Peru".
- Wynne, Lauren. Anthropology, Mexico, "Bodies, Objects, and Agency: Ideologies of Eating in Hunuku, Yucatan".
2005 CLAS Field Research Grant winners
- Ablott, Meghan. Anthropology, Brazil, “Soul Searching: Racial Discourse in Brazilian Christian Churches”
- Arellano, Emilia. Anthropology, Mexico, “The Phantom Community of La Estancia in the 3x/Program”
- Baker, J. Ckristafer. Anthropology, Mexico, “Masculinity and Mexicanidad: Sexual Identity at the crossroads of gender”
- Beckett, Greg. Anthropology, Haiti,” Locating History in Haiti”
- Bholat, David. Political Science, Venezuela, “The Revolution will not be Commodified”
- Braff, Lara. Human Development, Mexico, “Making Persons and Family: Infertility and its Treatment in Mexico”
- Bravo Regidor. Carlos, History, Mexico, “Apologies to Don Daniel: On Porfirian Politics in Mexico”
- Chase, Zachary. Anthropology, Peru, “Ethnicity in Huarochiri”
- Fernandez, Tanit. Romance Languages, Cuba, “An Anthology for a Comparative Study of Cuban and Catalan Popular Theater”
- France, Phoebe. Anthropology, Brazil, Exploring Archaeological Field Sites in Brazil”
- Graham, Jessica. History, Brazil, “Cultural Politics, Race, and National Identity in the US and Brazil, 1914-1960”
- Hartikainen, Elina. MAPSS/Anthropology, Brazil, “Religious Mobility and Social Meaning in Brazilian Candomble”
- Jasinevicius, Alaina. CLAS, Mexico, “The Production and Representation of Community in Mexico's Museos Comunitarios”
- Johnson, Benjamin. History, Mexico, “Galleon Trade Social History”
- Levin, Erik. Anthropology & Linguistics, Brazil, “Language Use and World View among the Mehinaku”
- Luna, Sarah. Anthropology, Mexico/ Texas, “Sexuality, Labor, and Value on the Texas/Mexico Border”
- Mendez Goetz, Josue. CLAS, Mexico, “National and Ethnic Identity: Comparing Democratic Attitudes in Yucatan, MX”
- Mitchell, Gladys. Political Science, Brazil, “Racial Politics among Citizens and Local Politicians in Sao Paulo and Salvador”
- Montgomery, Harper. Art History, Mexico/Argentina,” Radical Interventions: Avant-Garde Activities in Mexico City and Buenos Aires”
- Osten, Sarah. History, Mexico, “Symbolic Citizens: Mexican Women and the Meanings of the Electoral Franchise”
- Ponce de Leon, Christian. Political Science, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia,” Political Feasibility of Poverty Alleviation Programs in Latin America”
- Proffit, Anna Min-Hee. Romance Languages, Argentina, “Censorship: Repression and Reaction in Argentine Cinema: 1957-83”
- Reyes, Ana Maria. Art History, Colombia, “Art at the Limites of Modernization: The Artistic Production of Beatriz Gonzalez in Colombia, 1962-1978”
- Rivera, Gustavo. Anthropology, Brazil, “Becoming Rio: Informal and Formal Integration of Favelas in Rio de Janeiro”
- Hughes, Amanda. CLAS, Honduras, “The Honduran Military - An Institutional History of Social Change”
- Schneider, Ann. History, Brazil, "Political Amnesty in Brazil, 1889-1979”
- Shih, Tien-Ann. Anthropology, Spain, “Ritual Movements in Colonial Andes: Archival Evidence”
- Urizar, Rafaela Fiore. Romance Languages, Argentina, “Memory Productions: The Return of Exiles to their Past”
- Wolfe, Mikael. History, Mexico, “Thirsting for Revolution: The Lazaro Cardenas Dam & The Struggle for Water in the Laguna, Mexico, 1926-58”
- Wynne, Lauren. Anthropology, Mexico, “Social/historical conditions of Yucatec Mayan communities”
- Young, Julia. History, Mexico, “Mexican Emigration and the Cristero War, 1926-1929”
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