Deadline: November 1, 2008
The Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship is offered at
each LASA International Congress to an outstanding individual who combines
Professor Diskin’s commitment to both activism and scholarship.
This distinguished lectureship is made possible largely by a generous contribution from Oxfam America, an organization committed to grassroots work–and one with which Martin Diskin was closely associated. Past Oxfam America Martin Diskin Lecturers were Ricardo Falla, S.J. (1998); Gonzalo Sánchez Gómez, (2000); Elizabeth Lira Kornfeld (2001); Rodolfo Stavenhagen and Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo (2003); Jonathan Fox (2004); William Leogrande (2006); Orlando Fals Borda (2007).
Nominations, including self-nominations, are welcome.
A nomination should include a statement justifying the nomination, the
complete mailing address of the nominee, telephone and fax numbers, and
email address.
To nominate a candidate, send these materials no later than November 1, 2008,
to:
Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
LASA Executive Director
LASA Secretariat
416 Bellefield Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
E-mail: lasa@pitt.edu
Members of the 2009 Martin Diskin Memorial Lectureship Committee are Kimberly Theidon, Harvard University, chair; Jonathan Fox, University
of California, Santa Cruz; Brinton Lykes, Boston
College; Seemin Qayum, Independent Scholar, and Margarita López Maya, Universidad Central de Venezuela.
