Another Boycott of Arizona

This just in from the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies:

FYI: In Boulder, the RMCLAS Executive Committee decided that the 2012 meeting (remember the the 2011 meeting will be in Santa Fe) would be held in Tucson, Arizona, but last week the Executive Committee voted unanimously to revoke that decision according to the following motion:

That the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies (RMCLAS) Executive Committee revoke its previous decision to hold the RMCLAS 2012 meeting in Tucscon, AZ. RMCLAS strongly opposes Arizona legislation SB 1070. We support our Arizona univeristy colleagues who protest this as an unjust law and we agree to boycott Arizona venues until the law is repealed.

The Executive Committee is investigating alternative sites and we look forward to successful meetings in 2011 and 2012.

Historians, Stay Out of Arizona

One of the largest history conferences for Latin Americanists in the United States is the Rocky Mountain Conference of Latin American Studies (RMCLAS) held anywhere in the Mountain West between Montana and Arizona. Last year Santa Fe, this year Boulder, next year, Park City. But in years past Flagstaff and Tucson have been very popular locations for the conference (the Bill Beezley folks out of Tucson do a great job of organizing, same with the NAU folks). However, if Arizona signs and maintains the racial profiling law, RMCLAS needs to follow the example of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and resort to the boycott. Since 2006 (or somewhere in there) LASA has boycotted the United States for regressive policies regarding visas for scholars from outside the US.

Perhaps it is time for the hundreds of members of RMCLAS to vote with their feet and wallets regarding Arizona.

Hey, What Happened?

Secret History has taken a little down time (it may kill the already small readership) because:
1) We had a baby earlier this week.
2) I have to run off to the RMCLAS in Santa Fe.

I'll be back at it soon...and probably pounding the net pavement for readers once more.