and other Latin American countries. During the August opening, an exact reproduction of the door of the Cathedral of Leon in Nicaragua was exhibited. The building itself, located in Madrid's University City near the Institute of Hispanic Culture, consists of 24 rooms on three floors.The first floor is devoted to native objects brought back by the various scientific expeditions organized by Spain over the centuries. The most notable are those of Malasipina and Celestino Mutis. The second floor features the "Laws of the Indies," the work of Isabel the Catholic, as well as efforts in labor, culture and co-existence with the natives. The third floor is devoted entirely to Christopher Columbus. Pre-Columbian Ceramics"Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: The Nathan Cummings Collection" an exhibition of Pre-Columbian pottery was placed on exhibit September 26, 1965, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Nearly all of the approximately 300 objects on view were given or lent to the Museum by Mr. Cummings. Also included, however, were 20 works from the National Museum in Lima especially lent to the Museum by the Government of Peru, and a number of Peruvian textiles from the Metropolitan Museum's collection. The exhibition covers a chronological range of some 2,500 years, from 1000 BC to AD 1500. It traces the development of ceramic styles and techniques from dark, heavy bowls and bottles with simple elegant shapes to a variety of forms showing complete mastery of the craft.
Comprehensive listings and descriptions of postdoctoral fellowships that could be applied to research and study of the Latin American area may be found in at least two useful sources. The American Council on Education, in cooperation with the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States, prepares an annual edition of Fellowships in the Arts and Sciences, edited by Robert Quick. It may be obtained from the ACE, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Intercultural Education is a new booklet published for the first time in September1965 by Education and World Affairs.
has a number of professors resident in Quito under the AID-financed contract between the University of Pittsburgh and the Central University of Quito. Participating professors are D. Jay Doubleday, department of public administration; Thomas A. Hart, department of education; Murdo MacLeod, history department; Roger Nett, department of sociology; Wendell G. Schaeffer, dean of the University of Pittsburgh faculties in Ecuador; and Paul E. Watson, department of education.
on Images of Colombia: 1970. The topic was based on a study conducted in Colombia in 1964-65.Western hemisphere international law scholars participating in the meeting examined three major topics pertaining to the theme: 1) Institutional Aspects-structure, functions, and attributes of LAFTA organs; possible structures of a Latin American common market; the processes of Latin American integration and the inter-American system; 2) Juridical Aspects-the necessity of unifying and harmonizing the juridical order of the member countries of LAFTA; and 3) International Cooperation on the Subject of Studies of Integration. For documents of the meeting, write the sponsoring agency: Secretariat, Inter-
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