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Concours Salvador Allende | Essay Contest on Salvador Allende and his government

Awards of: Fondation Salvador-Allende-Montréal
3730, avenue du Parc
Montreal, Canada
Application Deadline: 31 May, 2012

(English version below)

Entre 1970 et 1973, Salvador Allende a été le président du Chili. Pendant ses trois années au pouvoir, son gouvernement prit diverses mesures visant à démocratiser la société chilienne, diminuant les inégalités, redistribuant la richesse, stimulant la participation des travailleurs dans leur lieux de travail, nationalisant une partie très importante des richesses naturelles du pays et rendant de plus en plus accessible l’accès à l’éducation supérieure. Son but était de former une société socialiste par des voies démocratiques, expérience unique dans l’histoire mondiale, qui cependant devait tourner court par le coup d’état, orchestré par les militaires et les civils qui s’opposaient à son projet au Chili, action directement appuyée par les États-Unis.

Malgré le temps passé et les changements ayant eu lieu au monde depuis 1973, ceux et celles qui ont connu de près ou qui ont vécu la période d’Allende pensent que les objectifs et les réalisations de son gouvernement continuent d’avoir une grande signification aujourd’hui. Ils croient que dans un monde fortement marqué par les inégalités et par les ratés du système capitaliste, son projet mérite d’être connu par les nouvelles générations.

Ainsi, à Montréal, la Fondation Salvador-Allende-Montréal fut créée en 2008. Il s’agit d’un organisme sans but lucratif, consacré à maintenir la mémoire de l’ancien président du Chili et à promouvoir le sens et la portée de sa conception d’un projet de société plus juste. Elle fut mise sur pied pour aider à récolter les fonds permettant de financer en partie le monument qui fut érigé au Parc Jean-Drapeau de l’île Notre-Dame et inauguré en septembre 2009. Depuis ce temps, elle organise diverses activités qui correspondent à son mandat. André Jacob, ancien professeur de travail social à  l’UQAM est son président.

Cette année, à l’occasion d’une nouvelle commémoration du coup d’état de 1973, lors duquel Salvador Allende perdit la vie, il y a 38 ans, la Fondation lance une nouvelle initiative, un concours dont le sujet est le suivant :

« Le projet du gouvernement de Salvador Allende au Chili et son actualité au XXI siècle »

 

Le concours d’adresse à tous les étudiants et étudiantes inscrits dans les Cégeps et universités du Québec et ailleurs au Canada. Les participants doivent rédiger un essai, en français ou en anglais (de 10 à 15 pages, pour les étudiants du niveau collégial, 15 à 20 au niveau universitaire, double interligne, Times New Roman 12) portant sur un ou sur plusieurs aspects du sujet. Un document incluant la définition détaillée du sujet, des pistes d’étude et une bibliographie est disponible sur demande.

Les participants ont jusqu’au 31 mai 2012 pour faire parvenir un texte aux organisateurs du concours. Les résultats seront rendus publics en septembre 2012. Il y aura un premier prix dans les deux catégories (collégial et universitaire), consistant en un billet d’avion pour le Chili, afin de permettre aux récipiendaires d’approfondir leur connaissance de la réalité de ce pays. Il y aura aussi des prix de 400 $ pour les travaux se classant en deuxième place et des livres pour les travaux méritant la troisième place. Il est possible que les meilleurs travaux soient publiés.

Pour plus d’information, pour se procurer le document et pour envoyer les travaux de niveau universitaire, s’adresser à

José del Pozo, professeur, dép.d’histoire, UQAM

del_pozo.jose@uqam.ca ou  josedelpozo@hotmail.com  

 

Les participants au niveau collégial peuvent s’informer et envoyer leurs travaux  à :

 

Juan Carlos Aguirre, professeur de sociologie, Collège du Vieux-Montréal, jaguirre@ cvm.qc.ca

Caroline Dawson, professeure de sociologie, Collège Edouard-Montpetit,  caroline.dawson@college-em.qc.ca

Manuel Sepúlveda, professeur d’anthropologie, Collège Edouard-Montpetit : manuel.sepulveda@college-em.qc.ca

Toutes les informations sur la Fondation et le concours se trouvent dans le site

http://fondationallende.org

 

La Fondation Allende remercie le département de sociologie du collège du Vieux-Montréal, le département de sciences sociales du collège Edouard-Montpetit et l’Association des professeurs d’histoire des cégeps du Québec pour leur collaboration dans la divulgation de ce concours.

 

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Essay Contest on
Salvador Allende and his government


Communiqué

Salvador Allende was the President of Chile between 1970 and 1973, during the
three years that he was in office his government took various measures aimed to
democratize the Chilean society, to reduce social inequalities, to redistribute
wealth, to promote an active participation of workers in the management of their
workplaces, to nationalize an important part of the country’s natural resources
and to make higher education more accessible. President Allende’s goal was to
establish a socialist society by democratic means, a unique experience in world
history; however, this experience was cut short by a coup d’état orchestrated by
the military and civilians opposed to his project, which were directly backed by
the United States.

Despite all the time that has passed and the changes that have taken place in
the world since 1973, those who had known or lived through the period in which
Allende was president think that the legacy of his government is still relevant,
especially in light of a present situation strongly marked by social inequalities and
the failure of the capitalist system. For all of this Allende’s project deserves to be
known by the new generations.

This is why the Montreal-based Salvador Allende Foundation was established in
2008. This is a non-profit organization devoted to remember the former Chilean
president’s legacy and to promote the meaning and principles of his project for a
more just society. The Foundation was established to help in the fundraising
campaign to finance the monument that was erected in the Jean Drapeau Park
and officially inaugurated in September, 2009. Since then the Foundation has
organized various activities within its mandate. André Jacob, a social work
professor at the UQAM, is its current president.

This year, on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the death of President
Allende, the Foundation launches, as a new initiative, an essay contest on the
following subject:

The government of Salvador Allende in Chile and its relevance today

All students registered in cegeps, community colleges and universities in Quebec
and in the rest of Canada are eligible to participate in this contest.

The contestants must write a 2,500 to 3,750 pages-long essay, in the case of
cegep or community college students; and a 3,750 to 4,000 words-long essay, in
the case of university students. The essays must be typed in the Times Roman
font, size 12, double space.


The essays must be submitted in three copies, and signed by a pseudonym. In a
separate, closed envelope the contestants must include their pseudonym, their
real name, and a short description of their academic background.

A detailed description and definition of the subject, research guidelines, and
bibliography is available by request.

Deadline: May 31, 2012.

The results of the contest will be released in September 2012.

Prizes:
There will be one first prize in each category consisting of a plane ticket to Chile
which should allow the students to have a deeper knowledge of the Chilean
reality.
There will be also be prizes for the second and third first works to be announced
later.
There is the possibility that the best works be published.


For more information, go to the site of the Salvador Allende Foundation:
www.fondationallende.org to submit works at the university level or to obtain
additional documentation contact: Mr. José del Pozo, History Professor, UQAM,
del_pozo.jose@uqam.ca or josedelpozo@hotmail.com


College level participants can contact: smartinez175@hotmail.com (English
colleges), or jotace842@hotmail.ca (French colleges).

Wilma Rule Award: IPSA Award for the Best Paper on Gender and Politics

Awards of: International Political Science Association
1590 av Docteur-Penfield
Montreal, Canada
Application Deadline: 1 June, 2012

This award was instituted by the Executive Committee on the recommendation of the Committee on Participation and the Committee on Awards. It was designed to encourage research in the area of gender and politics and was launched at the congress in Québec City in 2000. It is given to the best paper on gender and politics. The IPSA Awards Committee has recommended naming the award in tribute to the work of Wilma Rule.

The purpose of the award is to encourage scholars to write and present excellent papers at the IPSA World Congress. The subject matter of the paper should include issues relating to women’s participation and representation in politics and society, especially the identification of entry barriers to decision making arenas. Any scholar, male or female, who has prepared a written, original paper for the congress, with the intention of presenting it personally, may be recommended for the award by the convenor or chair of his or her panel. The prize of 2012 is of US$1000.

Wilma Rule (1925-2004)

Wilma Rule received a B.A. in Political Science and in Journalism in 1949 and an M.A. in political science in 1950 from the University of California at Berkeley. Her Ph.D. was granted by the University of Hawaii in 1968. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship for the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan and did additional postdoctoral work in organizational behavior at Northwestern University. She was an assistant professor at Northern Illinois University from 1969 to 1975. She served as long-time Secretary Treasurer of the Representation and Electoral Systems Section of the American Political Science Association.

Her study of gender and politics led to a lifetime of research on electoral systems and how they facilitated or hindered the election of women and underrepresented minorities to public office. Wilma Rule was a leading writer and political science researcher whose work resulted in a number of articles and books that challenge conventional notions about the reasons for the lack of political representation by women in the US.

Guidelines for nomination

Chairs and convenors of sessions at the IPSA World Congress are invited to submit nominations of papers prepared for presentation at the world congress for consideration for the Wilma Rule Award for the best paper on gender and politics. Each nomination should be accompanied by (1) a copy of the paper, and (2) a letter of recommendation from the nominating chair or convenor. Each paper nominated will be assessed by a panel drawn from IPSA’s committee on awards and its committee on participation.

Nomination will be accepted until June 1, 2012.

Convenors and chairs are invited to send their nominations:

By email: A PDF copy by email to the attention of Guy Lachapelle, the IPSA Secretary General, to: awards@ipsa.org

Or

By mail: A printed copy by mail (along with a PDF copy) to:

Guy Lachapelle
Secretary General
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
1590, av. Docteur-Penfield, bureau 331
Montréal (QC) H3G 1C5
Canada