FALL
2001 CALENDAR
OF EVENTS |
September | October | November | December
Enrique
de la Garza
"New Directions for Union Organizing in Mexico"
Enrique
de la Garza, CLAS Visiting Scholar for the 2001-02 academic
year, is a professor of Sociology from the Universidad Autonoma
Metropolitana (Iztapalapa). He is the author of Cambio en
las Relaciones Laborales (1999) and Tratado Latinamericano
de Sociologia del Trabajo (2000).
Friday,
September 28, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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 Alan
Knight
"The U.S. and Latin America: Does Culture Really
Matter?"
Alan
Knight is a professor of History and Director of the Centre
for Latin American Studies at Oxford University. He is a scholar
of modern history and politics in Latin America, especially
Mexico. His research interests include revolutions, state-building
and peasant movements, and British-U.S. relations with Latin
America.
Tuesday,
October 2, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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 Hector
Villarroel
Art
Opening - "Crossing"
Chilean
artist Héctor Villarroel exhibits his most recent works, paintings
from a series entitled 'Crossing'.
"Nomadism
is central to Villarroel's process of constructing the body
of his work; each brush stroke speaking to his many crossings
and each one far from the mainstream, transformed into an
act of survival and an expression of a political voice." --Soledad
Novoa, Art Historian.
August
23 - December 20, 2001
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.-12:00 p.m.,
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Join
us for the artist's talk, followed by a reception:
Wednesday,
October 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Opening
- Photos and Artist's Statement
 Panel
Discussion
"Historical
Perspectives on Contemporary Mexico"
Panelists
include:
- Professor Adolfo Gilly (UNAM) [Speech]
- Professor Alicia Hernandez Chavez (Colegio de Mexico) [Speech]
- Professor Alan Knight (Oxford University) [Speech]
Moderated
by Professor Margaret Chowning, Deptartment of History, UC
Berkeley
Thursday,
October 4, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Adolfo
Perez Esquivel, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
"A
Global View of Human Rights"
 Adolfo
Perez Esquivel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980. Though
an architect and sculptor by trade, Mr. Perez Esquivel has
spent the last 27 years promoting peace and human rights in
Latin America and around the world. Throughout the body of
his work, he insists that this struggle must be waged through
non-violent action. To this end, he co-founded Servicio
Paz y Justicia, an organization that promotes awareness
and solidarity as a means of challenging the multiple violences
that characterize society. In his own words, he strives "to
be a voice for those who have no voice."
Moderated
by Professor Francine Masiello, Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
UC Berkeley
(In
Spanish with translation)
Co-sponsored
with Human Rights
Center, International
Human Rights Law Clinic of the Boalt Hall School of Law, and the Department
of African American Studies
Wednesday,
October 10, 4:00 p.m.
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall (map)
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Panel
Discussion
"Writing
the Amazon: A Conversation on Contemporary Literature by Amazonians"
-
Márcio Souza, Amazonian writer and President of FUNARTE
- Professor Nicomedes Suarez Araúz, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Smith
College
- Professor Lúcia de Sá, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University
Moderated
by Professor Candace Slater, Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
UC Berkeley
Monday,
October 15, 3:00-5:00 pm
Geballe
Room, 220 Stephens Hall (map)
Cosponsored
by the Townsend Center for the Humanities
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"Binational
Forum on Migrant Health: Tenemos Historia... Hacemos Futuro"
The
Binational Forum will convene top health researchers from both
sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to assess the current status
of research on migrant health issues. Twenty scholars from
each country have been invited to present before an interdisciplinary
audience of policymakers, academics, and health practitioners.
The goal of the Binational Forum is to stimulate collaboration
on migrant health studies and to strategize on new health research
lines to fill in gaps in migrant health research.
This event is part of a series of bilateral activities conducted in coordination
with Mexican and California institutions as part of the Binational Health Week.
Please
note the event is by invitation only.
For more information, please contact Jaime Garcia at (510) 643-3140 or Ruth
Patiño Martinez at (510) 642-6903.
Cosponsored
by the California-Mexico Health Initiative (CMHI)
Thursday-
Friday, October 18-19, 2001
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Alcida
Ramos
"Old
Ethics Die Hard: The Yanomami and Scientific Writing" Alcida
Ramos is Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University
of Brasilia and author of Indigenism: Ethnic Politics in
Brazil (1998), Yanomami Ethnography in Times of Crisis (1995),
and Indian Rights and Indian Policy in Brazil Today (1979).
Respondents:
- Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
- Candace Slater, Department Spanish and Portuguese, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored
by the Townsend Center for the Humanities Monday,
October 22, 3:00 p.m.
220 Stephens Hall
Photo
of the event
 Sam
Quinones
"Telethons, Talk Shows,
and Dead Dinosaurs: The Unnoticed Moments of Mexico's Transition
to Democracy"
Sam
Quinones is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City.
Cosponsored
by the Graduate School of Journalism Wednesday,
October 31, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Library at the Graduate School of Journalism, North Gate Hall
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Denise
Dresser
"Mexico: From PRI Predominance to Divided Democracy"
Denise
Dresser is Visiting Fellow at the Pacific Council on International
Policy at the University of Southern California, on leave from
her post as professor of political science at the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). She has written
extensively on Mexican affairs and U.S.-Mexico relations for
the editorial page of The Los Angeles Times, The
New York Times, and La Opinión. Dr. Dresser received
her Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Wednesday,
November 7, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Paper
by Denise Dresser
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Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser
"Security in the Americas: A New Era"
Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser is National Security Advisor and Commissioner
of Law and Order to Mexico's President, Vicente Fox.
Friday,
November 16, 4:00 p.m.
141 McCone Hall (map)
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of the event
 Alex Saragoza
"1910 Mexican Revolution"Alex
Saragoza is a UC Berkeley professor in the Department of Ethnic
Studies. He will deliver a lecture on the Mexican Revolution
in celebration of November 20, 1910, the Day of the Mexican
Revolution. Accompanying will be a reception and an exhibit
of historical documentation.
Cosponsored
with the Consulate General of Mexico, Instituto Mexicano de
Cultura, and the Bancroft Library
Monday,
November 19, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Heller Reading Room, the Bancroft Library
(Adjacent to the Doe Memorial Library opposite the Clock Tower)
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Ambassador
Andrés Rozental
"U.S.-Mexico Relations: A Post-September 11
Scenario"
Andrés
Rozental is Ambassador at Large and Special Presidential Envoy
for President Vicente Fox. He is former Deputy Foreign Minister
of Mexico (1988-1994), and Ambassador to Sweden, the United
Kingdom, and the United Nations in Geneva.
Tuesday,
November 27, 4:00 p.m.
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall (map)
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Maria
Filomena Gregori
"Street
Children and Circulation: A Case Study in São Paulo, Brazil"
CLAS
visiting scholar María Gregori is a professor of anthropology
at the University of Campinas, Brazil. Her past research has
focused on violence against women, street children, citizenship,
and social policy. While at Berkeley, she will be focusing
on her current research project--articulating subjects as new
forms of erotism and gender violence.
Thursday,
November 29, 4:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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 Film
Presentation
"Like Water for Chocolate"
Free and open
to the public.
Cosponsored
by Chaitanya, the Berkeley International Development Group
Thursday,
November 29, 8:00 p.m.
William Nestrick Room, 141 Dwinelle
 Panel
Discussion
"From Sweatshop Labor to Worker Power"
Participants
include:
-
Marcela Munoz Tepepa, Kukdong worker and the founding General
Secretary of the Independent Union of Mexmode Workers.
- Ivan De Erick Diaz Xolo, Kukdong worker and another leader in the reform
effort at Kukdong.
- Catalina Guzman Albafull, Research Assistant in Economics at the Autonomous
University of Puebla.
- Scott Nova, Executive Director of the Worker Rights Consortium.
- Katie Quan, Director of the Henning Center for International Labor Relations,
UC Berkeley.
Cosponsored
with:
- UC Berkeley Henning Center for International Labor Relations
- UC Berkeley Peace and Conflict Studies Program
- UC Berkeley Human Rights Center
- San Francisco Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
- Global Exchange
- Sweatshop Watch
- Students Organizing for Justice in the Americas
- Farm Worker Support Committee
- Student Labor Action Coalition
Wednesday,
December 5, 7:00 p.m.
Director's Lounge, Institute for Industrial Relations, 2521 Channing Way
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