Mexican Center
October Events
| Title | Date & Time | Location | Description | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture ''Problems with Development in Rural Mexico'' | October 2, 2008 12:15 PM-1:15 PM | Hackett Room, SRH 1.313 | Alejandro Natal, El Colegio Mexiquense-Toluca For more information, contact Gail Sanders at 512.232.2423. | Mexican Center, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, LLILAS |
| Symposium ''The African Presence in Mexico'' | October 22-23, 2008 | Texas A and M University, College Station, TX | Featuring Jean-Philibert Mobwa Mobwa N'Djoli, Arturo Motta, Fr. Glyn Jemmot Nelson, Juan Manuel de la Serna, Maria Elisa Velazquez, Herman L. Bennett, Joan Bristol, Patrick J. Carroll, and others. | Texas A and M University, Johns Hopkins University |
| Book Presentation ''El Lindero que Definio a la Nacion/The Border That Defined a Nation'' | October 22, 2008 6:00 PM-7:00 PM | Rare Books Room, Benson Latin American Collection | Octavio Herrera, Department of History, will read selections from his award-winning history of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Presented in English and Spanish. For more information, contact the Mexican Center at 512.232.2423. | Consulate of Mexico in Austin, Mexican Center, LLILAS |
Event Archives
April 18, 2008
Symposium
"Pistols, Pens, and Guitars: Celebrating 50 Years of Americo Paredes' 'With His Pistol in His Hand"'
April 18, 2008
Lecture
"Migration Trends and Migratory Policies on the Southern Border of Mexico"
April 18, 2008
Conference
"An American Story: Mexican American Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation"
April 17, 2008
Lecture
"The Nationalization of Banks in Mexico, 25 Years Later: The Story as Told from the Inside"
April 16, 2008
Performance
"Mariachi Ensemble/South American Ensemble"
April 9, 2008
Conference
"Mexico-U.S. Migration: Rural Transformation and Development"
April 4, 2008
Lecture
"Black Mexicans and Assimilation Theory: What Strivers, Thugs, and Good Girls Can Teach Us About Immigration, Race, and Upward Mobility"
April 2, 2008
Lecture
"Niñez migrante repatriada no acompañada en la frontera norte de Mexico"
March 30, 2008
Book Signing
"The Mass Media and Latino Politics"
March 30, 2008
Open House
"Hecho a Mano/Made by Hand"
March 24, 2008
Lecture
"The Gospel of Health: The Public's Health and Preventative Medicine in Mexico, 1890s-1940s"
March 21, 2008
Film Screening
"Ya Basta!: Kidnapped in Mexico"
March 20, 2008
LLILAS Faculty Speaker Series
"Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas"
March 18, 2008
Lecture
"The Incorporation of Mexicans into the U.S. Labor Market and the Management of International Migration"
February 28, 2008
Reception
"Mexican Alumni of the College of Liberal Arts"
February 27, 2008
Film Screening
"En el hoyo"
February 21, 2008
Conference
"Abriendo Brecha V: Activist Scholarship at the Tejas Global Crossroads"
January 31, 2008
LLILAS Faculty Speaker Series
"Why Dominant Parties Lose: Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective"
December 12, 2007
Exhibit Opening
"From Popular Culture to the Sacred: Representations of La Virgen de Guadalupe from the Collection of Gilberto Cardenas"
December 12, 2007
Exhibit Opening and Concert
"From the Sacred to Popular Culture: Representations of La Virgen de Guadalupe"
November 27, 2007
Film Screening
"Frida"
November 9, 2007
Lecture
"Political Humor in Mexico: Social Resistance and Participation"
November 1, 2007
Exhibition
"Las Calacas: A Dia de los Muertos Exhibition"
October 30, 2007
Film Screening
"Performing the Border"
October 21, 2007
Forum
"Our Choices, Global Impact: A Forum on Fair Trade and Latin America"
October 11, 2007
Dia de la Raza Fiesta 2007
"¡Que Viva Nuestra Cultura!"
October 10, 2007
Lecture
"Immigrant Narratives: Painting as Fiction"
October 5, 2007
Lecture
"Poverty in Mexico and the Government's Response"
September 27, 2007
Exhibit and Opening Reception
"Guerrero Viejo Revealed"
September 20, 2007
Lecture
"Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration"
September 18, 2007
Reception and Book Signing
"'Colored Men' and 'Hombres Aqui': 'Hernandez v. Texas' and the Emergence of Mexican-American Lawyering"
September 18, 2007
Book Lecture
"'Colored Men' and 'Hombres Aqui': 'Hernandez v. Texas' and the Emergence of Mexican-American Lawyering"
September 15, 2007
Grand Opening Ceremony
"Mexican American Cultural Center"
May 4, 2007
Panel
"Cinco de Mayo and the Forging of Two Nations"
May 3, 2007
Lecture
"Mexican Immigration: The Poverty of Policy"
April 30, 2007
Film Screening
"Undocumented: Our Voice. Our Stuggle. Our Movement."
April 25, 2007
Exhibit and Reception
"A Viva Voz"
April 23, 2007
Lecture
"Jarocho Sol: Excavating the Afro in Mexico"
April 22, 2007
Forum
"Immigration: A Dilemma for American Democracy, Two Christian Perspectives"
April 20, 2007
Performance
"Plump Jack"
April 18, 2007
Lecture
"Autonomy Road: The Cultural Politics of Chicano Transfrontera Organizing in Los Angeles, California"
April 16, 2007
Lecture
"The 'Third Wave' of the Latin American Lefts: Between Populism and Social Democracy"
April 13, 2007
Conference
"President Felipe Calderón's First 100 Days in Office"
April 12, 2007
Lecture
"The Role of TRIFE in Mexico's Democratic Consolidation"
April 6, 2007
Book Party
"Reflections"
March 30, 2007
Colloquium
"Inquiring into Hate: Homophobic Violence in Mexico"
March 30, 2007
Conference
"The Future of Health Care for U.S. Retirees in Mexico"
March 27, 2007
Lecture
"Central American Migrants and Mexico's Southern Border: Human Rights and the Criminalization of Poor Workers"
March 23, 2007
Lecture
"Necessary Theater: The Role of Chicano Theater in a Society in Crisis"
March 21, 2007
Panel
"The Next Stages of U.S.-Mexico Collaboration on Science and Technology Initiatives"
March 7, 2007
Lecture
"Bilocation to the Borderlands: From 17th Century History to 21st Century Literature"
February 26, 2007
Conference
"Cross-Border Environemtnal Management"
February 25, 2007
Lecture
"From the Bottom! John Ross Reports Back from the Mexican Upheaval"
February 23, 2007
Discussion
"Census-taking and the Working of Colonial Power in the Mexican North, 1790-1825"
February 23, 2007
Lecture
"The Doodling Assistant and the Elusive Truths of the Census: Gender, Calidad, and the Workings of Colonial Power in the Mexican North, 1790-1825"
February 22, 2007
Conference
"NAFTA and U.S.-Mexico Relations: In Retrospect and Prospect"
February 13, 2007
Lecture
"Touring Mexico: The Neoliberal Turn and the Decomposition of the Mexican Imaginary"
February 2, 2007
Lecture
"The debate over the construction of democracy in Latin America"
February 1, 2007
Conference
XXVII Annual ILASSA Student Conference
January 25, 2007
Lecture
"Political Economics? Technocrats, the World Bank, and the Contested Inevitability of Pension Reform in Mexico"
December 8, 2006
Exhibit
"The Rug Hooking Project"
December 1, 2006
Holiday Celebration and Fundraiser
"Noche Navideña 2006"
December 1, 2006
Lecture
"Looking North: Mexican Images of Immigration"
December 1, 2006
Lecture
"Uprising in Oaxaca: What does it mean and what can you do?"
November 27, 2006
Symposium
"Mexican Civil Society Research Symposium"
November 20, 2006
Lecture
"Indigenous Peoples of Mexico and their Struggles for Rights: Gender Perspective on Cultural Citizenship"
November 14, 2006
Panel
"Los Retos de la Centroamérica Contemporánea y el Papel de la Integración Regional"
November 9, 2006
Lecture
"Weaving Consciousness: Women and Indigenous Identity in Chiapas, Mexico"
October 27, 2006
Conference
"Justification"
October 24, 2006
Lecture
"The Aztec House of Eagles: Digging the Underworld in Downtown Mexico City"
October 3, 2006
Lecture
"State Repression in Mexico: Recent Social Crisis and Popular Insurrection in Oaxaca and Atenco"
September 27, 2006
Lecture
"The Aftermath of the 2006 Mexican Elections"
September 25, 2006
Bienvenida and Exhibit Opening
"Serie XIII"
September 24, 2006
Concert
"Tardeada con Santiago"
September 15, 2006
Panel, Film, and Reception
"Mexican Immigration to the U.S.: Gender, Women, and Independence?"
September 8, 2006
Exhibit
"Corazón a Corazón: From Mexican Heart to Latino Heart"
September 3, 2006
Exhibit
"YLA11:Juventud Desenfranada"
August 15, 2006
Luncheon and Lecture
"U.S.-Mexico Border Health Problems Past and Present"
July 18, 2006
International Good Neighbor Council Luncheon and Lecture
"The National University of Mexico"
June 9, 2006
Exhibit Opening
"New Paintings by Jorge Puron"
May 8, 2006
Conference
"Comparative Seminar in Community Informatics"
May 5, 2006
Lecture Series
"Am©rico Paredes Distinguished Lectures"
May 1, 2006
Art Exhibit
"Presente Perfecto/Perfect Present (Homage to a Land and Its History)"
April 28, 2006
Lecture
"Drug-Induced: The Ethics, Risks, and Challanges of Journalism on the U.S.-Mexico Border"
April 23, 2006
Workshop and Discussion
"Zapatista's Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign"
April 19, 2006
Silent Auction
"Fotos de mi Alma"
April 18, 2006
Lecture
"Crossing into Yucatan"
April 18, 2006
Luncheon and Lecture
"Border Health ¢ÂÂThen and Now"
April 13, 2006
Lecture
"Mexican American Women's Health Behaviors During Pregnancy and Postpartum"
April 9, 2006
Discussion
"La Otra Campa±a en el Otro Lado/The Other Campaign on the Other Side"
April 7, 2006
Panel
"The Imagining of Communities: The Uses of Nationalism"
April 4, 2006
Lecture
"Patriotism and Nationalism in Mexico and Peru: An Historical Approach"
April 1, 2006
Symposium
"Consumer Cultures Meet the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands"
March 24, 2006
Panel
"Science and Technology Policy in the Americas"
March 22, 2006
Lecture
"Remembering Indigenous Futures"
March 8, 2006
Lecture
"Prisons, Social Movements, and Human Rights"
March 8, 2006
Lecture
"Decolonizing the Americas"
February 13, 2006
Exhibit and Opening Reception
"Thirty-Five Years of Struggle and Triumph: Mexican Americans in Tejas"
February 9, 2006
Book Presentation
"Trail of Feathers: Searching for Philip True"
February 9, 2006
Exhibit
"Embrujo mexicano"
February 3, 2006
Conference
"Political Parties and Voters in the Mexico 2006 Elections"
January 23, 2006
Lecture
"Guadalupe: A History of Interpretation and Devotion"
January 23, 2006
Information Session
"Civil Society Summer Institute 2006 - Puebla, M©xico"
January 19, 2006
Lecture
"Who is Going to be Mexico's Next President?"
December 12, 2005
Roundtable Discussion
"Guadalupe is Her Name, 1531-2005"
December 8, 2005
Exhibit and Opening Reception
"Guadalupe is Her Name"
November 11, 2005
Fundraiser
"A Community Radio Benefit"
November 3, 2005
Book Signing and Reception
"Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants and Their Sex Lives"
October 18, 2005
Forum
"Workers' Rights are Human Rights"
October 17, 2005
Online Seminar
"Mexico News Seminar"
October 13, 2005
Celebration
"2nd Annual Dia de la Raza Celebration"
September 30, 2005
Lecture
"In Excess: Sergei Eisenstein's 'Que Viva Mexico!"'
September 20, 2005
Lecture
"U.S.-Mexico Political Relations: Immigration, Drugs, and Related Issues"
September 16, 2005
Celebration and Panel Discussion
"Mexico: Independence and the Future"
September 15, 2005
Celebration
"Diez y Seis de Septiembre"
September 8, 2005
Conference
"Accountability and the Rule of Law in Mexico on the Threshold of the 2006 Elections"
April 28, 2005
Symposium
"Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative Perspective"
April 28, 2005
Book Presentation
"Democracy in Latin America"
Dr. Peter H. Smith
Sim³n BolÂvar Professor, University of California, San Diego
April 12, 2005
Conference
"Dialogues on the Mexico-U.S. Border Violence"
April 7, 2005
Conference
"Transnational Exchanges in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands"
March 31, 2005
International Conference Workshop
"The Metropolitan Question: Governance and Decentralization in the Americas"
March 23, 2005
Lecture
"Security and Justice in Mexico"
Alejandro Gertz Manero
Former Secretary of Federal Public Security Fox Administration, Mexico
March 7, 2005
Lecture
"Democracy, Transparency, and Mexico's IFAI"
Dr. Maria Marvan Laborder
IFAI
January 28, 2005
Lecture
"Women, Gender, and Democratic Consolidation in Mexico"
Luz Lajous Vargas
President of the Board for Pro Mujer in Mexico City
September 15, 2004
A Celebration of Mexico's Independence
"El Grito de la Independencia."
September 1, 2004
Beginning of Mexico Month
"Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Law in Mexico: Chiapas Plus 10"