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CONTRIBUTORS Libor Brom is an Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Director of Russian Area Studies at the University of Denver. His European education is in Business, Economics, and Law. His Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures is from the University of Colorado. He has published eight foreign-language books dealing with Slavic cultures and Soviet civilization , and has served in the leadership of numerous professional organizations. Donald S. Castro is currently serving as Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research and Sponsored Projects, and International Programs at California State University, Northridge. He is a Professor of History specializing in Latin America. He has published primarily in the area of Argentine Social/ Cultural History. He is interested in the music and culture related to the city of Buenos Aires (porteño). V. L. Hamblin teaches at the Université de Haute Bretagne. Her research interests include mystery plays and teaching methodologies. She has published articles in The French Review and in the Bulletin, a publication of the Centre Jeanne d'Arc in Orléans, France. Brijraj Singh is Associate Professor of English at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. Until 1985 he was Professor of English at Delhi University. He has published Milton: An Introduction (Delhi: Macmillan, 1977) and The Development ofa Critical Traditionfrom Pater to Yeats (Delhi: Macmillan, 1978), as well as several articles on the eighteenth century and on Indian writing in English. ANNOUNCEMENTS Weber Studies: An Interdisciplinary Humanities Journal invites submissions of articles, critical essays, biography, fiction, poetry, and book reviews. Articles should be 3000 to 6000 words, and give a scholarly overview of an important , recent development in art, literature, history, political science, sociology, philosophy, or science. Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate with the author's name appearing on the title sheet only to Neila Seshachari, Editor, Department of English, Weber State College, Ogden, UT 84408-1201. Prospective book reviewers should contact William Mulder, Book Review Editor, Department of English, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. The Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico is offering audiovisual slide sets documenting Brazilian life, and study guides with annotated bibliographies surveying Brazilian history, philosophy, literature, music, arts, and social sciences. Slide sets include 70 slides and a booklet in English or Portuguese and cost $20. An optional bilingual audio cassette costs $4, study guides cost $2.50, and the series is $15. For more information contact Jon M. Tolman, Associate Director for Luso-Brazilian Programs, Latin American Institute , 801 Yale NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131; (505) 277-2961. The Middlebury College Language Schools, the Computer Assisted Language Learning and Instruction Consortium (CALICO), and the Project in International Communication Studies (PICS) will host the 1988 CALICO Summer Institute, tentatively scheduled for July 7 to August 13. The institute is a five- week program concentrating on computer- and video-assisted teaching of Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. For more information contact The New Technologies, Middlebury College Language Schools, Middlebury, VT 05753; (802) 388-3711 ext. 5536. Letras Peninsulares, a new Hispanic Letters journal, invites submissions of critical essays, bibliographies, and book reviews in English or Spanish pertinent to the study of Peninsular Spanish literature from the eighteenth century to the present. Essays should be 12 to 25 double-spaced pages. AU manuscripts should be sent to Mary S. Vasquez, Editor, Letras Peninsulares, Department of Foreign Languages, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-0202. A conference on "The Right to Literacy" will be held September 16-18, 1988, in Columbus, Ohio, sponsored by the Modern Language Association, Ohio State University, and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Conference topics include "The Uses of Literacy," "Literacy and Its Enemies," and "Struggles for Literacy Today." For more information, contact Robert D. Denham, MLA1 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003. The 1988 Colorado Women's Studies Association and the Rocky Mountain/ Southwest Women's Studies Association will hold a conference on "Western Women's Alliances for Social Change" May 6-7, 1988, at Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado. For more information contact Virginia Scharff, Program Chair, Institute for Women's Studies and Services, Metropolitan State College, Box 36, 1006 11th Street...

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