MEXICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
Fall - 2008

 

 • 9.17.08 – The Mexican Oil Reform: Without a Dancing Partner: 1 Step to the Right and 2 Steps Backward
HUMA Seminar with: Adrian Lajous, Chairman, OIES; Former CEO, Petroleos Mexicanos.

• 10.01.08 – Direct Faith and Direct Sales in Mexico
¡Mexico Hoy! with: Peter Cahn, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma; Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Moderated by: Merilee Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development; Director of DRCLAS
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

• 10.09.08 – The Coyote’s Trail presents:  Guest Worker (Hill, 2006)
The Coyote’s Trail film series presents: The story of 66-year-old Candelario, who has been coming to the United States for 40 years in order to provide for his family.
Moderated by: Jennifer Burtner Rangel, Lecturer in Anthropology, Tufts University
Screening starts at 6:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street in the Tsai Auditorium (CGIS – S010)

• 10.15.08 – Does Migration Improve Educational Opportunity for those that Stay Behind?: Evidence from Mexico's Mixteca Baja
¡México Hoy! with: Adam Sawyer, EdD Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC-San Diego; Moderated by: TBA
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

 • 10.20.08 – Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration
¡México Hoy! with: Sam Quiñones, author and journalist
Moderated by: Edward Schumacher-Matos, Fellow of the Shorenstein Center
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.
 
• 10.23.08 – The Coyote’s Trail presents: Romántico (Hill, 2006)
The Coyote’s Trail film series presents: Romántico is a documentary about a Mexican musician, Carmelo Muñiz Sánchez, who returns home to his beloved daughters after years spent playing San Francisco’s taquerías and hipster joints. But once Carmelo arrives in his hometown – over a thousand miles south of the border – he finds himself immediately confronted with the struggles that led to his first border crossing.
Moderated by: Jennifer Burtner Rangel, Lecturer in Anthropology, Tufts University
Screening starts at 6:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street in the Tsai Auditorium (CGIS – S010)
 
• 10.29.08 – Nuestra Familia, Our Family: California’s Prison Gangs
¡México Hoy! with: Julia Reynolds, Neiman Fellow and journalist for Monterey County Herald
Moderated by: Edward Schumacher-Matos, Fellow of the Shorenstein Center
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

 • 11.13.08 – The Coyote’s Trail presents:  La Misma Luna (Riggen, 2008)
The Coyote’s Trail film series presents: Even across thousands of miles, the special bond between a mother and son can never be broken.  It gives hope to Carlitos, a scrappy nine-year-old boy whose mother, Rosario, has gone to the US to build a better life for both of them.  While Rosario struggles for a brighter future, fate forces Carlitos to embark on an extraordinary journey to find her.
Screening starts at 6:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street in the Tsai Auditorium (CGIS – S010)

• 12.10.08 – Covering the Border and Living to Tell About It
¡México Hoy! with: Alfredo Corchado, Neiman Fellow; Reporter for the Dallas Morning News, Mexico City Bureau
Moderated by: Edward Schumacher-Matos, Fellow of the Shorenstein Center
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.