Nahuatl programs throughout the world

[David Wright]

John:

The conference sounds like a great idea. It would be very useful to hear
what others are doing and have a chance to share publications and other
materials. I'd like to suggest the University of Guanajuato as one of the
possible host institutions, being centrally located, having a pleasant
setting, and being relatively secure in these troubled times. A location
south of the border would eliminate potential visa problems for Latin
American participants. I can't guarantee anything right now (especially
considering that we're in the process of an administration change), but I
can look into the possibility in the not-too-distant future.

Good luck with your negotiations with the folks at Yale!

Best wishes,

David

P.S. Following up on the secondary thread about Latin American attendance at
U.S. conferences, at a colloquium in Florida a couple of years ago I
suggested leaving the scholars who couldn't get visas on the program, and
having empty chairs with their name cards displayed in the corresponding
sessions, as a silent protest, but the idea didn't go over well with my
colleagues on the organizing committee; they were concerned about the
possibility of offending our gracious hosts.

-----Mensaje original-----
De: IDIEZ [mailto:idiez at me.com] 
Enviado el: viernes, 02 de septiembre de 2011 19:24
Para: David Wright
CC: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
Asunto: Re: Nahuatl programs throughout the world

David,
	The reason I asked the question is that Yale is considering making a
greater commitment to the Nahuatl Program (wish me luck), and the
administrators want a broad vision of the state of teaching of Nahuatl in
the US. Quiet another less practical, and more important issue is what the
state of Nahuatl teaching is in the world and what all of us who participate
in this activity can do to develop it qualitatively and quantitatively. An
interesting conference/workshop would be for all Nahuatl instructors to get
together and discuss the present and future of our endeavor. For a start, we
could begin this discussion on the list.
	And good luck with the new edition of your grammar!
P.S. One problem issue is the denial of visas for Latin American scholars
who wish to participate in US conferences. Another more fundamental problem
is that Latin American scholars are usually not present at US conferences on
Latin America because they aren't invited. I can't count how many
conferences in the US I've participated in where I was the only Latin
American academic, and I'm a gringo!
Mohuampoh,
John
 

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