Traveling Trunks Program: The “Brazil: Music and Culture” trunk includes musical instruments, dolls, music CD’s, books, lesson plans, and much more. Educators in the South Bend area are able to check out the trunk free of charge. Go to our website for more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/trunks.shtml

Video Lending Library: Four videos are available, free of charge. They are Cidade das Mulheres, Mandinga em Manhattan, Orixas da Bahia, and Spirit of Samba: Black Music of Brazil.
Go to http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/vinventory.shtml for more information.

Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellows

Daniel M. Brinks (PhD University of Notre Dame, 2004) 
Associate Professor of Political Science 
433 Decio 
574-631-3807 
email: dbrinks@nd.edu
Geographic focus: Latin America
Thematic interests: Law and politics; democracy; rights and justice; judicial politics and judicial institutions

Allert Brown-Gort (MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1998) 
Associate Director, Institute for Latino Studies 
230 McKenna Hall 
574-631-3787 
email: abrowngo@nd.edu
http://latinostudies.nd.edu/people/
Geographic focus: Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Southern Cone)
Thematic interests: Role of culture in shaping values and political systems; civil service reform; political views of Mexican nationals in the United States.

Isabel Ferreira Gould (PhD, Brown University, 2004) 
Assistant Professor of Portuguese
Director, Portuguese Language Program 
343 O'Shaughnessy 
574-631-0460
email: Ferreira.5@nd.edu 
http://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/ferreira-gould-isabel/index.shtml
Geographic focus: Portugal, Lusophone Africa, and Brazil
Thematic interests: Literatures and cultures of Portugal, Lusophone Africa, and Brazil: 20th and 21st centuries; empire, colonialism, and colonial wars; comparative perspectives on dictatorships; theorizations of and Lusophone perspectives on colonialism, post-imperialism, and post colonialism; family and intergenerational memory; migration, immigration, and exile; life-writing and theory of autobiography; the new cinema of Brazil, Lusophone Africa, and Portugal.

Frances Hagopian (PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
 Associate Professor of Political Science 
237 Hesburgh Center 
574-631-8529 
email: fhagopia@nd.edu 
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/francis-hagopian/
Geographic focus: Latin America (Brazil, Southern Cone)
Thematic interests: Democratization; political economy; religion and politics; comparative politics and political development.

Molly Lipscomb (PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder)
Assistant Professor of Economics & Econometrics
 442 Flanner 
574-631-1369 
email: mlipscomb@nd.edu
Geographic focus: International; India, Brazil
Thematic interests: Development economics, environmental economics, international trade

Scott P. Mainwaring (PhD, Stanford University, 1983) 
Eugene P. and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science
 Director, Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies 
130G Hesburgh Center Notre Dame, IN 46556-5677 
574-631-8530 
email: smainwar@nd.edu 
http://www.nd.edu/~smainwar
Geographic focus: Latin America (Brazil, Southern Cone, Andean region)
Thematic interests: Democratic institutions and democratization; political parties; the Catholic Church in Latin America.

Vineeta Yadav (PhD, Yale University, 2007) 
Assistant Professor of Political Science 
460 Decio 
574-631-7214 
email: Yadav.2@nd.edu 
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/vineeta-yadave/index.shtml
Geographic focus: India, China, Brazil, International
Thematic interests: Comparative politics, international economics, and the political economy of economic development.

El Salvador

Music of El Salvador

Find a large selection of music from El Salvador for preview or purchase.

Listen to music live from radio stations in El Salvador.

Download a variety of free music from this site.

Recipes of El Salvador

The photos and recipes look delicious on this international cooking site.

You can link to many Latin American cuisines from this site.

Food is listed by meals throughout the day, including desserts and drinks.

General Information about El Salvador

Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government, and geography.

Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about El Salvador.

The Library of Congress has an extensive page with many details about El Salvador.

The State Department has a long list of basic facts.

PBS’s “Wideangle” examines the Salvadoran gang, Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13, in this article from 2008.

Human Rights Watch has updates on problems in El Salvador and many other countries.

The BBC provides a timeline of El Salvador’s history.

This profile of El Salvador by the BBC also includes links to current events.

Follow all the links for complete coverage of the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests that eventually led to an end to the civil war in El Salvador.

This news video reports on the election of the FMLN candidate, ending 20-years of rule by the right-wing ARENA.

Schooltube features student work. This is a PowerPoint about the life of Oscar Romero; a little rough around the edges, but written and presented by a student.

Lesson Plans on El Salvador

This is an excellent source to understand gang violence in El Salvador. PBS’s Wideangle presents “18 with a Bullet”, a documentary, and many resources to accompany it.

“Justice and the Generals” is designed for 11th and 12th grade social studies students. There are four lesson plans covering human rights violations and the role of US foreign policy in balancing political interests and justice.

This general lesson plan on immigration to the United States could be used with many countries.

Kellogg Institute Resources on El Salvador

Traveling Trunks Program: The “Mexico and Central America” trunk includes musical instruments, dolls, music CD’s, books, lesson plans, and much more. Educators in the South Bend area are able to check out the trunk free of charge. Go to our website for more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/outreach/trunks.shtml

Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellows

Douglass Cassel (JD Harvard University) 
Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School 
Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights 
301-A Law School 
(574) 631-7895 
Email: Doug.Cassel@nd.edu
Geographic Focus: Latin America (El Salvador)
Thematic interests: international human rights, international criminal law and international humanitarian law.

Rev. Robert Pelton, csc – Emeritus (STD, St. Thomas University, Rome, 1952)
Concurrent Professor, Theology
Director Emeritus, Institute for Pastoral and Social Ministry
Director, Latin American/North American Church Concerns 
215 Hesburgh Center 
574-631-8528 
email: rpelton@nd.edu 
www.nd.edu/~theo
Geographic focus: Latin America
Thematic interests: The Catholic Church; ecclesial base communities; liberation theology; the Cuban Church; Oscar Romero

Guatemala

Stephanie Martinez’s PowerPoint on Guatemala

Music of Guatemala

Visit Amazon for a large selection of Guatemalan CDs.

National Geographic has musical selections categorized by artist, genre, and region.

Learn about marimba music and follow the links to YouTube sites showing marimba bands.

Recipes from Guatemala

Try the featured Guatemalan recipes shown at this international site.

The photos and recipes look delicious on this page.

This is a database specifically for Guatemalan cuisine. It is bilingual.

General Information about Guatemala

Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.

Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about Guatemala.

The State Department has a long list of basic facts.

National Geographic offers a nice article on traditional Guatemalan textiles.

Follow journal entries made during a trip across the Guatemala highlands during Easter week.

The Peace Corps in Guatemala has a webpage with dozens of links to articles about volunteer experiences in the country. These cover a variety of topics, are easy to read, and very interesting.

This is an interactive timeline, “Cracking the Maya Code,” that follows the breakthroughs in reading Maya hieroglyphs. See below for the video.

Online Videos about Guatemala

Spend 55 seconds on top of Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala.

This is on a tourist site, but it is an excellent five-minute walk through the markets of Antigua, Guatemala in search of cardamom.

A one-hour program on cracking the Maya code is presented in five shorter chapters for on-line viewing.

Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages is a fifteen minute examination of a village in Guatemala and the devastation caused by a raid on a meat plant in Iowa where many villagers were illegally employed. The interesting aspect is the effect on the Iowan town, whose own economy is destroyed after the meat plant has to close.

Guatemala: The Secret Files is a fifteen-minute Frontline documentary about the discovery of secret documents revealing details about the 30-year war, during which many disappeared or were executed by the national police. Human rights investigators are shown sifting through the documents.

Lesson Plans on Guatemala

A Mayan creation story from Guatemala is compared to another from a native American tribe in Oklahoma.

This feature on the rise and fall of the Mayans includes an interactive quiz and map from National Geographic, recapping discoveries made over the years in Guatemala and Mexico.

Five lesson plans cover Mayan achievements in Math and time recording, life on a plantation, the history of the US-driven coup of 1965, and forces driving environmental destruction in Guatemala.

From the Women in World History Curriculum, nine women explain why they weave and wear traditional clothing. Students analyze how weaving is important for the cultural and economic survival of Mayan women.

The United Nation’s Cyberschoolbus site has several pages based on Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her work with the rights and well being of indigenous people.

This website from a magnet school in Texas offers lesson plans in language arts, math, social studies, science, and geography, all related to Guatemala.

Peace Corp’s Worldwise school offers this lesson based on the story, Magic Pablo, a true story about cross-cultural friendship.

Peru

Clarisa Ramos’ PowerPoint on Peru

Music of Peru

Find a large selection of Huayno music from Peru for preview or purchase.

National Geographic has musical selections categorized by artist, genre, and region.

General Information about Peru

Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.

Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about Peru.

The Library of Congress has an extensive page on many Peruvian details.

The CIA provides basic facts about every country.

This is a basic timeline of Peruvian history from 1910-2003.

Readers’ Digest World, sponsored by PBS, presents “Manu, Peru’s Hidden Rainforest.” This site is loaded with beautiful photos and information about plants, animals, and the indigenous tribes that live in this secluded section of Peru.

This site is loaded with basic facts about Peru.

The BBC provides a basic overview of Peru, along with links to Peruvian newspapers, television stations, and radio stations.

For advanced research resources, including Peruvian magazines, use this extensive site. Many of the references are written in Spanish.

Mystery Mummy is the story of a 1600-year-old mummy unearthed in Peru who is thought to be a warrior queen.

Online Videos on Peru

Visit the Amazon river in this two-minute clip. There are some great shots of animals.

See Machu Picchu in this short video postcard.

The “How Stuff Works” website has a series of videos on Peru, including this 8-minute segment about mummies and other ancient artifacts found in Peru.

Lesson Plans on Peru

Making a travel brochure, writing a newspaper, or planning travel routes are just a few lesson suggestions at this great site. It also has good links to sites on Peru.

Lesson plans cover development, traditional art and architecture, and Incan life.

In 1996, Nova accompanied an anthropologist on a search for evidence of child sacrifice in Peru. A teacher’s guide is included for this fascinating series.

Written by a Peace Corps volunteer, this lesson plan on technology in rural Peru can be used in grades 3-8.

Using map reading and critical thinking, students try to discover how the Inca communicated across mountains using couriers. The site, Edsitement, is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

PBS has created an interactive Conquistador lesson that includes the Incas in Peru.

Watch a great interactive version of a myth about Pachacamac. This site also includes information about Inca culture and lesson plan ideas.

Take an interactive expedition to see the Ice Treasures of the Inca at this National Geographic site.

Kellogg Institute Resources on Peru

Traveling Trunks Program: The Andean Trunk includes musical instruments, dolls, weavings, music CD’s, books, lesson plans, and much more. Educators in the South Bend area are able to check out the trunk free of charge. Go to our website for more information.

Lending Library: Two videos, Peru: Land of Incas (VHS) and South America: The Andean Region (VHS), are available free of charge. Go to the Lending Library website for more information.

Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellows

Karen B. Graubart (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2000) 
Associate Professor, History (on leave 2009-2010) 
Director, Latin American Studies Program (LASP)
 219 O'Shaughnessy Hall 
574-631-0377
email: kgraubar@nd.edu 
http://history.nd.edu/people/all/graubart-karen/index.shtml
Geographic focus: Latin America
Thematic interests: Colonial Latin American history, gender and race in Latin America, the history of the Andean region, perspectives on the “other” from Iberia to the New World.

Sabine G. MacCormack (DPhil, Oxford University, 1975)
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, Professor of Arts and Letters
312 Hesburgh Center  Notre Dame, IN 46556-5677 
574-631-9303
email: sgm@nd.edu
http://history.nd.edu/people/all/maccormack-sabine/
Geographic focus: Latin America; Europe
Thematic interests: Roman empire and late antiquity. The Andean region in the 16th and 17th centuries. Interaction between Andean and European cultures and religions.

Juan Vitulli
Assistant Professor of Iberian and Latin American Literature 
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures 
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall 
574-631-7129 
email: jvitulli@nd.edu 
http://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/vitulli-juan/
Geographic focus: Spain, Peru, Mexico (16th and 17th centuries)
Thematic interests: Baroque culture; literatures and ideologies; transatlantic studies; national identities; canon formation; the notion of “Criollo” as a floating signifier in Latin America
Current Interests: Baroque culture in the Hispanic world (Spain and Latin America) and its social/political/ideological implications