Politics and U.S.-Mexico Relations: From the Revolution to Today

February 24-27, 2009

AGENDA

Monday, February 23, 2009

Participants arrive in Austin.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

9:30-10:30 Session I La región fronteriza México-Estados Unidos John McKiernan-González Assistant Professor Department of History College of Liberal Arts

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:45 Session II Intervenciones y intercesiones: Relaciones entre Estados Unidos y México durante la Revolución Anne M. Martínez Assistant Professor Department of History College of Liberal Arts

12:00-2:00
Lunch

2:00-3:30 Session III Como y por qué se nacionalizó la industria petrolera Jonathan Brown Professor Department of History College of Liberal Arts

3:45-4:00
Break

4:00-5:30 Session IV Religión y nacionalismo en el México revolucionario Matthew Butler Associate Professor Department of History College of Liberal Arts

7:00
Dinner

Wednesday, February 25, 2010

9:30-10:30 Session V Violence on the Border during the 2000s Ricardo Ainslie Professor Department of Educational Psychology College of Education

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:45 Session VI The 2008 Presidential Election and U.S. Foreign Policy Peter Trubowitz Associate Professor Department of Government College of Liberal Arts

12:00-2:00
Lunch

2:00-3:30 Session VII Advancement and Inequality: Mexican Workers in the United States Emilio Zamora Professor Department of History College of Liberal Arts

3:45-4:00
Break

4:00-5:30 Session VIII Mexican Politics and Urban Public Policy Peter Ward Professor LBJ School of Public Affairs

7:00
Dinner

Thursday, February 26, 2009

9:30-10:30 Session IX Political Parties and Elections in Mexico Kenneth Greene Assistant Professor Department of Government College of Liberal Arts

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:45 Session X Latinos, Politics, and Public Policy in the United States David Leal Associate Professor Department of Government College of Liberal Arts

12:00-2:00
Lunch

2:00-3:30 Session XI National Security and U.S. Foreign Policy James Lindsey Professor LBJ School of Public Affairs

3:45-4:00
Break

4:00-5:30 Session XII Return Migration to Mexico Bryan Roberts Professor Department of Sociology College of Liberal Arts

7:00
Dinner

Friday, March 27, 2009

9:30-10:30 Session XIII Tres ciclos de migración Mexicana y deportaciones Néstor Rodríguez Professor Department of Sociology College of Liberal Arts

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:45 Session XIV Politics Online: The 2008 Obama Internet Campaign Gary Chapman Senior Lecturer LBJ School of Public Affairs

12:00-2:00
Lunch

2:00-3:30 Session XV U.S. Political Parties Sean Theriault Associate Professor Department of Government College of Liberal Arts

3:30-3:45
Break

4:00-5:30 Session XVI Lobbying and U.S. Politics Manuel Méndez Attorney Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta

Participants depart Austin.