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When Daniel H. Levine arrived in Venezuela in 1967, the study of religion in Latin America-never mind its scholarship in political science-hardly existed.

Despite the Catholic Church's 500-year institutional presence in Latin America and the rising tide of change among the clergy and the faithful after Vatican II, few scholars had bothered to study religion in the region.

Read more: Deconstructing Dan Levine: Popular Religion and Civil Society in Latin America

Maria Otero, president and CEO of ACCION international, will be awarded the 2007 Notre Dame Prize for Distinguished Public service in Latin America at a ceremony at the university of Notre Dame on Nov. 19, 2007. As laureate, she will receive a $15,000 cash award, with a matching amount donated to a charitable organization of her choice.

Read more: To Her Credit: Otero Receives Notre Dame Prize

Presidentialism, Party Politics and the Travails of Democracy

When Kellogg's first directors, REV. ERNEST P. BARTELL, CSC, and GUILLERMO O'DONNELL began looking to recruit the institute's first postdoctoral fellow in 1982, they called Alfred Stepan, who was then professor of political science at Yale.

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For freshman and sophomore students interested in conducting research projects abroad, the world grew a little bigger this summer.

For 2007, the "Experiencing Latin America Fellowships" expanded from funding only those traveling to Latin America to offering awards for projects in Africa and Asia.

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