<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Listeros,<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I have a few announcements.<br></div><div>1. We will no longer be using the web address "<a href="http://www.idiez.org.mx">www.idiez.org.mx</a>". Both "Macehualli Educational Research", our US non-profit corporation, and "Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas", our Mexican non-profit corporation, will now be accessible at <a href="http://www.macehualli.org">www.macehualli.org</a>.</div><div>2. Yale Summer Programs has approved our 2009 Summer Intensive Course in Older and Modern Nahuatl. It will be up on their website, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.yale.edu/summer/">http://www.yale.edu/summer</a>/, </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; ">next week. Meanwhile, I am copying the official announcement below. A pdf. may also be downloaded now at <a href="http://www.macehualli.org">www.macehualli.org</a>. FLAS funding is available, and please note that the Yale Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies and its parters will make every effort to ensure that financial constraints are not an obstacle to participation.</span></span></div><div>3. Lastly, beginning Fall 2009 we will offer academic year distance courses Nahuatl taught live by native speakers.</div><div>John</div><div><br></div><!--StartFragment--><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">John Sullivan, Ph.D.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Professor of Nahua language and culture</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Zacatecas Institute of Teaching and Research in Ethnology</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Tacuba 152, int. 47</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Centro Histórico</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Zacatecas, Zac. 98000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Mexico</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Work: +52 (492) 925-3415</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Home: +52 (492) 768-6048</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Mobile: +52 (492) 103-0195</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:idiez@me.com">idiez@me.com</a></font></p></span></span><span><a href="http://www.macehualli.org">www.macehualli.org</a></span><br></span></span></span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpFirst" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">2009
SUMMER INTENSIVE COURSE IN OLDER AND MODERN NAHUATL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Zacatecas
and Tepecxitla, June 22 - July 31<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri">Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian
Studies (CLAIS), in collaboration with the Institute of Latin American American
Studies at Columbia, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New
York University, and the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de
Zacatecas will offer an intensive course in Older and Modern Nahuatl at the
beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. The course is offered through Yale
Summer Sessions as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">NHTL 125</b> (See <a href="http://www.yale.edu/summer/)">http://www.yale.edu/summer/)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The course seeks to: 1. develop students' oral
comprehension, speaking, reading, writing and knowledge of language structure,
as well as their cultural wisdom and sensibility, in order to facilitate their
ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in everyday
situations; 2. provide students with instruments and experiences that
demonstrate the continuity between past and present Nahua culture, through the
study of colonial and modern texts, conversation with native speakers, and an
optional residency in a Nahua community; 3. penetrate</span><span lang="ES" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:ES"> into the historical,
economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Nahua civilization; 4.
prepare </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">students to take university
level humanities courses taught in Nahuatl alongside native speakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Beginning students will have class five hours per
day, Monday through Friday: two hours of Modern Nahuatl immersion and
introductory grammar with native speaking instructors; two hours of Older
Nahuatl taught by John Sullivan; and an additional hour of individual work on a
research project of the student’s choice with a native speaking tutor.
Intermediate students will study specific topics drawn from Older and Modern
sources, using Nahuatl as the sole language of class discussion, and continue
to work with individual tutors. Advanced students will design and implement a
research project in collaboration with the native speaking tutors, and will
write a short paper in Modern Nahuatl.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Six weeks of
class will be held in Zacatecas from June 22 to July 31, 2009. Full class
attendance is required. Students who are absent for reasons other than illness
will be asked to withdraw from the Institute. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Students may elect to spend an optional seventh
week in the village of Tepecxitla, Veracruz where they will reside with an
indigenous family and participate in the Chicomexochitl ceremony. A decision
regarding the viability of this homestay option will be made two months prior
to the beginning of the program after the pertinent regional security issues
have been evaluated. This visit, however, will not be under CLAIS auspices, and
those students who wish to participate must cover the additional costs (see
below).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><u><span style="font-family:Calibri">Tentative course costs</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">1. Tuition for three credits, $4,000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">2. Room for six weeks in Zacatecas (one or two
adults per room): a) studio with private bath and kitchenette, $600; b) studio
with private bath and shared kitchen, $525; c) studio with shared bath and
kitchen, $450.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">3. Food
for six weeks in Zacatecas: between $400 (preparing your own food) and $600
(eating out).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Tuition is payable to Yale; all other costs
including travel between the United States and Mexico are paid by the student
directly to the provider).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:
Calibri">5. (Optional) Students who travel to the village of Tepecxitla at the
end of the course will pay $550 for transportation, room and board, and
financing of the Chicomexochitl ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Course materials</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri">: All students must have personal copies of the
following texts:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Karttunen,
Francis. 1983. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">An Analytical Dictionary
of Nahuatl.</i> Texas Linguistics Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. $26.95
@ amazon.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Lockhart,
James. 2001. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Nahuatl as Written. Lessons
in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts</i>. Stanford:
Stanford University Press. $25.43 @ amazon.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Molina, Alonso
de. 1977(1555-1571). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Vocabulario en
lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Colección “Biblioteca Porrúa” 44.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>México: Porrúa. $25 (The work is out of
print, so a bound photocopy can be purchased at the Institute).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Two weeks
before class begins students will be sent, free of charge, electronic copies of
the exercise manuals, grammar charts, vocabulary lists and manuscripts which
will be studied.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Funding
availability: <u>CLAIS and its partners make every effort to ensure that
financial constraints are not an obstacle for participating in the Summer
Nahuatl Language program</u>. Financial aid is available to graduate students
in the form of FLAS fellowships through your own institution or CLAIS at Yale.
Undergraduates may be eligible for partial scholarships. Once paid, tuition is
non-refundable. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>For more
information , contact Jean Silk at <a href="mailto:jean.silk@yale.edu"><span style="color:#2552A7">jean.silk@yale.edu</span></a> or by phone at 203/432-3420
or John Sullivan at <a href="mailto:idiez@me.com"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">idiez@me.com</span></a> or by phone at +52 (492) 925-3415.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>To Register
for the course, go to Yale Summer Sessions online at <a href="http://www.yale.edu/summer/">http://www.yale.edu/summer/</a>.
Please also contact Jean Silk, Assistant Chair, Council on Latin American and
Iberian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206 to
inform CLAIS that you are planning to enroll in the course. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in">We
anticipate offering Nahuatl language courses during the academic year through
distance learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Interested
students should contact Thomas Trebat (<a href="mailto:tt2166@columbia.edu">tt2166@columbia.edu</a>)
or Jean Silk (<a href="mailto:jean.silk@yale.edu">jean.silk@yale.edu</a>) for further information. <span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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