Though the newly elected presidents of Mexico and the United States started their terms mere months apart, both signaled the importance of the border to their agenda. As Mexico's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum has voiced longstanding concerns about the border and U.S. overreach, as well as a range of issues and treaties — from NAFTA to water sharing to nearshoring and energy challenges. In the first weeks of his second term, Donald Trump's swift imposition of tariffs, building of a holding camp for migrants at the border, and targeting Latin Americans for deportation seem to have set an agenda of aggression as opposed to diplomacy. What will the coming months and years bring to these two neighboring nations? We take these historic transitions as a starting point for reflecting on the nature and future of U.S.-Mexico relations, understood not just through policies and dialogues but also with a focus on the ways that bodies, resources, and ideas unite or divide the two nations. The conference features panelists from academia, public service, and the private sector, who share their views on these matters in a series of four panels, a curated luncheon discussion with mayors from border cities, and a keynote from a prominent journalist.
This is a two-day conference, see here the programming for the second day.
This conference is presented in collaboration with the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University and the Department of the History of Science.
Title: Love despite barriers
The Image of the symposium was the winning entry of a design competition among Mexican design students organized by the Harvard University Mexican Association of Students. The winner was Isis Yoasiry Pérez Hernández, an undergraduate student majoring in Graphic Design at the Ibero-American University, Puebla, Mexico.
LOCATION:CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20250327T213000Z DTEND:20250327T230000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR