Society for Latin American Studies Conference 2012

Ines Varela-Silva and Barry Bogin will be presenting their research with the Maya at the Society for Latin American Studies Conference 2012 (18-20 April, 2012 in Sheffield).
Check details of registration and programme here

Human experiments: Guatemala, 1940s

In the 1940s, US doctors deliberately infected thousands of Guatemalans with venereal diseases. The wound is still raw. (By Matthew Walter)

http://www.nature.com/news/human-experiments-first-do-harm-1.9980

Research humour



Research is an amazing phenomenon! Happy Valentine to all of you!



Trader Joe's signs Fair Food Agreement. Some Maya will benefit

  But a lot more needs to be done!

		Trader Joe's Relents To Pressure, Signs Fair Food Agreement
	Trader Joe's relented this week and signed a Fair Food Agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based organization of mainly Latino, Mayan...

Working with Latino families

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/pdfs/fcs-521-01-web-1.pdf

New blog with jobs and conferences information

I just created a new blog, linked with this one, in which I will be posting job adverts, conferences, studenships and anything I think it is relevant for our kind of research. Feel free to spread the word and check it out...http://jobsbemicelu.blogspot.com

Grant proposal submitted to the British Academy

Just submitted a grant proposal to the British Academy.
Title: Migration, nutrition and health among the Maya in Yucatan".
Fingers crossed now!