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            <title>"Looking Beyond the Incumbent: Exposing Corruption and the Effect on Electoral Outcomes"</title>            <description>No registration required&#13;&#10;Democratic theory often assumes that offering more information to  voters will enhance electoral accountability. However, it is unclear  whether corruption information translates into higher political  participation and increased support for challengers. For example,  information on corruption could lower the utility one gets from  participating in elections at all. De La O will provide experimental  evidence that such information not only decreases incumbent support in  local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout and  challengers' votes, as well as erodes partisan attachments.&#13;&#10;Ana De La O is the Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale.  Her research relates to the political economy of poverty alleviation,  clientelism and the provision of public goods. She has also done work on  factors that shape preferences for income redistribution, such as  religion, and factors influencing political participation such as  political interest and access to information about local governments&#38;rsquo;  performance. She recently completed a book manuscript that explores the  causes and political consequences of the proliferation of Conditional  Cash Transfers in Latin America.&#13;&#10;Lunch will be provided for the first 25 attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.&#13;&#10;Special thanks to the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies for  co-sponsoring this event. Part of the UC San Diego Political Science  Comparative Politics Speaker Series.</description>            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130424106849.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130424106849.php</link>            
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            <title>"Drug Violence Shaping Prostitution on the Border"</title>            <description>Registration is requiredIn this talk, Sarah Luna, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Chicago, will examine how various economic and sociocultural values are transformed by the U.S./Mexico borders. She will also tackle issues of gender, sexuality, sex work, sovereignty and subjectivity, regional and national identity, and racialization in border zones.Luna received her BA in anthropology from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2003 and her MA in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2005.Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130410.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130410.php</link>            
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            <title> "Improving on Economic Voting Measurements: Evidence from Mexico and the U.S."</title>            <description>Registration is requiredOver 50 years of  research on economic voting - the relationship between economic  conditions and vote choice - in the U.S. and abroad has produced few  consistent results. Based on survey experiments conducted in Mexico and  the U.S. during the previous two presidential elections, evidence is  presented as the basis of a recalibrated measure that reduces  measurement error, allowing us to get a cleaner measure for economic  evaluation assessments in surveys as a stepping stone to improve  survey-based economic voting analyses.Marco Morales is a  political science PhD candidate at New York University. He received his  BA in political science from the Instituto Tecnol&#243;gico Aut&#243;nomo de  M&#233;xico. His current research focuses on refining the tools that have  traditionally been used to measure and model economic voting. Morales  has served as director general for political analysis in the office of  Mexican presidency, and as spokesman for the Permanent Mission of Mexico  to the UN.Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130429107221.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130429107221.php</link>            
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            <title>"More than Winning: Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections"</title>            <description>No registration required&#13;&#10;Why do parties and governments manipulate elections? Electoral manipulation is frequently utilized excessively and perpetrated blatantly, even when it does not contribute to winning. Widespread practice of electoral manipulation is not only a tool used to gain votes, but also a means of distorting information. In this talk, Alberto Simpser will expand upon this and argue that there&#38;rsquo;s more at stake in manipulating elections than simply winning.&#13;&#10;Alberto Simpser is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago. His recent research work has focused on the topics of the political economy of development, elections, democracy, and corruption. His current book manuscript, "More than Winning: Why Parties and Governments Manipulate Elections," is a comparative study of the incentives underpinning electoral manipulation around the world.&#13;&#10;Lunch will be provided for the first 25 attendees on a first come, first serve basis.Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.&#13;&#10;Special thanks to the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies for co-sponsoring this event. Part of the UC San Diego Political Science Comparative Politics Speaker Series.</description>            <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130424.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130424.php</link>            
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            <title> "What Happens when a Weak Executive Branch Interacts with Decentralized Parties in Congress?"</title>            <description>Registration is required&#13;&#10;Please note: This talk will be held in Spanish.&#13;&#10;Discussant: Francisco Cantu, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UC San Diego&#13;&#10;Can the Mexican congress substitute a weak executive as the main  promoter of federal of laws when decentralization of parties stimulates  the promotion of legislative projects focused on local or  particularistic jurisdictions? If so, what types of institutional  arrangements can restrain this outcome? In order to answer these  questions, the level of aggregation of the proposed and approved  initiatives of the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico during the last three  legislatures are analyzed.&#13;&#10;Luisa Bejar holds a Ph.D. in political science from the National  Autonomous University of Mexico, where she is a now a political science  professor. Her research aims to understand the Mexican legislative  process with a government lacking majority support from on both the  chambers and decentralized parties.&#13;&#10;Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.&#13;&#10;--------------------------------------------------------&#13;&#10;&#191;Puede el Congreso sustituir a un Ejecutivo d&#233;bil como el principal  promotor de leyes con cobertura nacional cuando la descentralizaci&#243;n de  los partidos alienta la promoci&#243;n de proyectos legislativos con  beneficios destinados a espacios territoriales reducidos? &#191;De ser as&#237;,  qu&#233; arreglos institucionales pueden inhibir ese desenlace? Para  responder a esas preguntas, se analiza el nivel de agregaci&#243;n de las  iniciativas presentadas y aprobadas en la C&#225;mara de Diputados en M&#233;xico  durante las tres Legislaturas posteriores a la alternancia del 2000.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130501.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130501.php</link>            
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            <title>"Mexico&#226;&#128;&#153;s Future: Education, Entrepreneurship and Legal Reforms"</title>            <description>Registration is required&#13;&#10;Alejandro Poir&#233; will argue that the future of Mexico&#38;rsquo;s prosperity lies in its capacity to simultaneously consolidate the rule of law reforms promoted in the last few years, enhance legal transformations in several areas of economic activity, and systematically open up its democratic institutions. But above and beyond these politically-driven reforms, Mexico&#38;rsquo;s future depends on its ability to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of a growing cadre of young professionals who are going through the ranks of Mexico&#38;rsquo;s higher education system.&#13;&#10;Mexico's former Secretary of Interior Alejandro Poir&#233; holds a Ph.D. in  political science from Harvard University and is currently a Visiting  Fellow at Stanford&#38;rsquo;s Hoover Institution, teaching governance and  security in Latin America. He has been both a scholar and a senior  security adviser in Mexico. He has also held top positions under the  Calder&#243;n Administration, including national security spokesman and chief  of national intelligence agency. Poir&#233; is also heading a social  startup, M&#233;xico Crece, devoted to finding scalable and high impact  solutions to help Mexican students identify and pursue their dreams.&#13;&#10;Light refreshments will be provided. Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.&#13;&#10;Special thanks to the International Affairs Group and U.S.-Mexican Studies for co-sponsoring this Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies event.</description>            <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130424106925.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130424106925.php</link>            
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            <title>"Transparency, Democracy, and Reform: New Perspectives on Corruption in Mexico"</title>            <description>&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Registration is required&#13;&#10;2013 USMEX Corruption Symposium&#13;&#10;With February&#38;rsquo;s arrest of powerful union leader Elba Esther Gordillo on charges of embezzlement, the question of government action on issues of transparency and corruption has come to the forefront of Mexican political discussions. Thirteen years after the end of the Institutional Revolution Party (PRI) regime, the challenge of improving transparency has remained a vexing issue for politicians and civil society alike in the new era of democracy. With the return of the PRI to the presidency last summer, many feared the revival of its legacy of corruption. Incoming President Enrique Pe&#241;a Nieto, however, has placed the creation of a new national anticorruption agency at the center of his government&#38;rsquo;s plans and has pushed for reforms to the national transparency agency, the Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Informaci&#243;n (IFAI). If the idea of corruption has exerted outsized influence on Mexico&#38;rsquo;s political imaginary, few attempts have been made to contextualize or understand its meanings and impacts. This event will bring together scholars working on different aspects of corruption to provide valuable new perspectives on both the history and implications of PRI and PAN-era venality in the 20th and 21st centuries.&#13;&#10;Please register above to choose the date you would like to attend.See below for more a detailed description of the conference schedule.&#13;&#10;Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013Time:&#160;1:30 &#38;ndash; 6:00pmLocation:&#160;UC San Diego Campus, Institute of the Americas, Weaver CenterOpen to:&#160;Public---------------------------------------------------------------------&#13;&#10;1:30 &#38;ndash; 2:00pm | Registration&#13;&#10;2:00 &#38;ndash; 3:45pm | Panel 1: "Excavating the Prinosaurio: Historical Perspectives"&#13;&#10;Discussants&#160;Barbara Zepeda (UC San Diego) and Maria Lorena Cook (Cornell)&#13;&#10;Panelists&#38;ldquo;Kickbacks, Collusion, and Cooptation: Mexico City&#38;rsquo;s Trash Industry, 1940-1980&#38;rdquo;- Michael Lettieri, UC San Diego&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;The Functions of Corruption: Bartolom&#233; Garc&#237;a Correa and the Foundation of Mexico&#38;rsquo;s Postrevolutionary State, 1924-1935&#38;rdquo;- Ben Fallaw, Colby College&#13;&#10;"Peculados and Politics: Mexico City's Markets, 1943-1958"- Ingrid Bleynat,&#160;King&#38;rsquo;s College London&#13;&#10;3:45 &#38;ndash; 4:00pm | Coffee Break&#13;&#10;4:00 &#38;ndash; 5:00pm | Keynote AddressAlejandro Poir&#233;, Visiting Fellow, Stanford&#38;rsquo;s Hoover Institution and Upcoming EmPac Fellow&#13;&#10;5:00 &#38;ndash; 6:00pm | Reception&#13;&#10;Date: Friday, May 17, 2013Time:&#160;9:00am &#38;ndash; 1:00pmLocation:&#160;UC San Diego Campus, Faculty Club, Conference Rooms 1-3Open to:&#160;Public---------------------------------------------------------------------&#13;&#10;9:00am &#38;ndash; 11:00am | Panel 2: "Measuring the Mythical: the Political Economy of Corruption"&#13;&#10;Discussants&#160;Alberto D&#237;az-Cayeros&#160;(UC San Diego)&#13;&#10;Panelists&#38;ldquo;The Watchful Eye and the Cracking Whip: A Study on Corruption Monitoring&#38;rdquo;- Paul Lagunes, Yale University&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;Local Supreme Audit Institutions in Mexico: Regulations, Practices and Transparency Assessment&#38;rdquo;- Jana Palacios, Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad&#13;&#10;&#38;ldquo;Finding Irregularities in Mexican Local Elections&#38;rdquo;- Francisco Cant&#250;, UC San Diego&#13;&#10;11:00 &#38;ndash; 11:15am | Coffee Break&#13;&#10;11:15am &#38;ndash; 1:00pm | Panel 3: "Comparative Perspectives"&#13;&#10;PanelistsCorruption in Italy- Miriam Golden, UCLA&#13;&#10;Corruption in&#160;Malawi and Zambia- Brigitte Zimmerman, UC San Diego&#13;&#10;Corruption in Korea- Jong-sung You, UC San Diego&#13;&#10;Corruption in India- Devesh Tiwari, UC San Diego</description>            <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130501107395.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130501107395.php</link>            
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            <title>"Mexican Migration to the United States: Underlying Economic Factors and Possible Scenarios for Future Flows"</title>            <description>&#13;&#10;Registration is required&#13;&#10;What factors influence Mexican migration to the United States? Daniel Chiquiar will examine some economic factors that have influenced migration flows from Mexico to the U.S., for the purpose of constructing scenarios on how such flows could evolve in the near term. To understand the evolution of migration flows, he will look at three different periods in the recent history of migration and will link the behavior of such flows to change in sectoral growth in the U.S., as well as to a heterogeneous participation of Mexican workers in employment by sector.&#13;&#10;Daniel Chiquiar, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from UC San Diego, is currently the Director of Economic Measurement in the research department of Mexico's Central Bank. He has worked on economic research concerning the Mexican economy, both in the private and public sectors. He has held policy-related positions in Mexico, such as Director of Economic Policy in the Finance Ministry from 1997 to1999. He also taught at several Mexican universities and has published several papers in top economics academic journals.&#13;&#10;Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130501107386.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130501107386.php</link>            
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            <title>"The Age-Effect of Delaying Formal Education in Mexico"</title>            <description>Registration is required&#13;&#10;This research analyses the age-effect on children&#38;rsquo;s ability to  learn math in Mexico. The study exploits the exogenous variation in  education as it is related to date of birth. This talk will examine  Mexico&#38;rsquo;s school start age policy, delayed enrollment and how it affects  students&#38;rsquo; schooling outcomes.&#13;&#10;Garc&#237;a Moreno received his BA in economics from Universidad de las  Americas in Puebla, Mexico. His research interests include education,  indigenous education, poverty, social capital, and economic growth in  Mexico. Moreno has worked as a consultant for human development at the  World Bank's headquarters in Washington, DC and its branch in&#160; in Mexico  City. Prior to that, Garc&#237;a Moreno worked for the Ministry of Education  in Mexico.&#13;&#10;Please contact Lisa Lee for event information.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130429.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130429.php</link>            
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            <title>"Tequila Talk: 'Two Nations Invisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead'"</title>            <description>Registration is requiredPlease note that all guests must be over the age of 21 since alcohol will be served.In  light of the upcoming President Obama&#38;rsquo;s visit to Mexico in May, Dr.  O&#38;rsquo;Neil- an expert on U.S. policy towards Mexico&#38;ndash; will share her  prospects in regards to this awaited official visit. In addition, Dr.  O&#38;rsquo;Neill will introduce her latest book, "Two Nations Indivisible," which  tells the story of the making of modern Mexico, and what it means for  the United States. At the end of the talk she will be available for book  signing.O'Neil expertise includes U.S.-Latin America relations,  trade, energy, and immigration. She was a Fulbright scholar; a Justice,  Welfare, and Economics Fellow at Harvard University; and has taught  Latin American politics at Columbia University. She holds a BA from Yale  University, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, and a  PhD in Government from Harvard University.Special thanks to the Institute of the Americas for co-sponsoring this event.</description>            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130412106567.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130412106567.php</link>            
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            <title>2013 USMEX Associate's Conference</title>            <description>Registration is requiredThe purpose of this meeting is to promote discussion and dissemination of some of the most promising new scholarship on Mexico, bringing together young scholars to present their work and have it commented on and discussed by faculty within the network of USMEX Associates. It is also an opportunity for USMEX Associates to connect with each other and have the opportunity to share their scholarship with other Mexico scholars in the UC campus-wide system. Each panel will hear presentations from young scholars with a USMEX Associate as a discussant. We will also hold a UC Associates Roundtable Discussion analyzing the recent comparisons in the general media and policy debates between Mexico and China.Please register above to choose the date you would like to attend.See below for more a detailed description of the conference schedule.Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013Time: 12:45 &#38;ndash; 7:00pmLocation: UC San Diego Campus, Institute of the Americas, Weaver CenterOpen to: Public---------------------------------------------------------------------12:45 &#38;ndash; 1:00pm | Welcoming Remarks1:00 &#38;ndash; 3:30pm | Panel 1: "Political Economy of Land Distribution and the Mexican State"Discussants Alain de Janvry, UC Berkeley and Emilio Kouri, University of Chicago will speak of the following:"Path Dependence in Development: Evidence from the Mexican Revolution"- Melissa Dell, Harvard University"Monitoring Political Brokers: Evidence from Clientelistic Networks in Mexico"- Horacio Larreguy, MIT"The Politics of Ejidal Credit and Debt in the Comarca Lagunera"- Nicole Mottier, University of Chicago3:30 &#38;ndash; 4:00pm | Break4:00 &#38;ndash; 6:00pm | UC Associate's Roundtable Discussion &#38;ndash; "Is Mexico the New China?"Alberto D&#237;az-Cayeros, UC San Diego; Lei Guang, UC San Diego; and Marco Morales, New York University6:00 &#38;ndash; 7:00pm | ReceptionDate: Friday, April 26, 2013Time: 9:00am &#38;ndash; 2:30pmLocation: UC San Diego Campus, RIMAC Annex, Dugout RoomOpen to: Public---------------------------------------------------------------------9:00am &#38;ndash; 11:00am | Panel 2: "Violence, State Authority and the Challenge of Governance"Discussants Tonatiuh Guillen, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University will speak of the following:"Agricultural Shocks, Crime and the Drug Trade in Mexico"- Oeindrila Dube, New York University"Choosing between Corruption and Violence: A Survey on Drug-War Violence and Political Behavior in Mexico"- Omar Garcia Ponce, New York University"Support for Torture: Experimental Evidence from the Mexican War on Drugs"- Javier Osorio, University of Notre Dame&#160;11:00 &#38;ndash; 11:15am | Break11:15am &#38;ndash; 12:30pm | Panel 3: "Territoriality of Violence"Discussants Vidal Romero, Instituto Tecnol&#243;gico Aut&#243;nomo de M&#233;xico and David Shirk, University of San Diego will speak of the following:"The Economic Consequences of Violence in Mexico"- Gabriela Calderon, Stanford University"The Spatial Variation of the Initial Conditions of Crime Prevention Programs"- Carlos Vilalta, CIDE12:30 &#38;ndash; 1:00pm | Lunch1:00 &#38;ndash; 2:15pm | Panel 4: "Urban Spaces and Tensions in the Social Fabric"Discussants Rolando Cordera, Universidad Nacional Aut&#243;noma de M&#233;xico and Exequiel Ezcurra, UC Riverside will speak of the following:"Urban Sociality and Youth Networks: Thickening the Social Fabric Through Grassroots Activism in Oaxaca"- Maurice Maga&#241;a, University of Oregon"Two Types of Traffic in Tijuana: Authorship and Accident"- Rihan Yeh, Colegio de Michoac&#225;n&#160;2:15 &#38;ndash; 2:30pm | Closing Remarks</description>            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130422106700.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130422106700.php</link>            
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            <title>"Fidelity to Disagreement: Jacques Ranci&#232;re and Politics without Ontology"</title>            <description>Registration is required&#13;&#10;Recent research and publications of Benjamin Arditi, an author  and political theorist, are focused on post-hegemony and post-liberal  politics. He is editor of "Taking on the Political," a book series on  Continental political thought published by Edinburgh University Press.  His most current works include Occupy Wall Street, the Spanish indignadas,  the Mexican #YoSoy132 and other forms of viral politics and  connectivity. His most recent book is "Politics on the Edges of  Liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation" (Edinburgh,  2007).&#13;&#10;Special thanks to the UC San Diego Anthropology Department, the  Center for Iberian &#38; Latin American Studies, and the  Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies for  co-sponsoring this event.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130412.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130412.php</link>            
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            <title>"Mexico Between Politics and Organized Crime"</title>            <description>Registration is required&#13;&#10;Adela Navarro Bello is co-director of the Tijuana-based weekly "Zeta." She has received numerous awards for her fearless reporting and editorial policy, including the 2007 International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the 2011 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women&#38;rsquo;s Media Foundation. Navarro was also included in Newsweek's 150 "Women Who Shake the World," published in conjunction with International Women's Day. Though 69 of her colleagues have been murdered during Mexico&#38;rsquo;s drug war, she continues to publish investigative news stories about drug trafficking and corruption in Baja California.&#13;&#10;Light refreshments will be provided. Please contact Lisa Lee for event information. Special thanks to the Center of U.S.-Mexican Studies for co-sponsoring this event.</description>            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130330.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130330.php</link>            
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            <title>Mexican Conceptual Art and Commercial Galleries</title>            <description>Registration is required &#13;&#10;Alexis Salas will discuss Galer&#237;a Kurimanzutto's high degree of involvement in Mexican art exhibitions, transition of art practices from the informal or parallel institution of an artist collective to a commercial art gallery with blue chip aspirations, collaborative relationships between artists and the dealer that represents them, and relational aesthetics and participatory art.&#13;&#10;Salas, who is currently working toward a PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, studies modern and contemporary art, visual culture, and design with a particular interest in Latin America. She received her BA in art history and Spanish from Amherst College and her MA in art history from the University of Chicago. Her research interests concern socially engaged art practices and the social role of the artist, particularly in relation to cultural institutions.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130402.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130402.php</link>            
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            <title>Colonial Literacy and Law at Work: The Andean Indigenous Officialdom and the 'Lettered City'</title>            <description>&#13;&#10;Registration is requiredAlcira Due&#241;as will discuss how Spain deployed legal bureaucrats in building its empire across the Atlantic to control Indian subjects through the legal system and used Indian notary or escribano as immediate brokers between the colonial state and the Indian republic. This native official became instrumental in legitimating colonial rule through the formation of a legal culture in America. They engaged alphabetic literacy and their experience as servants of the state and the church, creating alternative legal practices and law interpretation.&#13;&#10;Due&#241;as is an Associate Professor of Latin American History at Ohio State University and a Fulbright scholar. She specializes in the ethnocultural and intellectual history of colonial Andeans. She authored the book "Indians and Mestizos in the Lettered City" (2010), which was awarded the Thomas McGann Prize in 2011 for best monograph on Latin American history.</description>            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130403.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130403.php</link>            
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            <title>Between Traditions and Contemporaneity: The Nahuas' Ritualistic Performances with Mountains and the Devil</title>            <description>Discussant: John Haviland, Professor of Anthropology, UC San Diego Veronica Pacheco is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received an MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Alberta, Canada and a BA in Musicology from Tel Aviv University, Israel. At the last stage of her program, she is writing a dissertation that explores relationships between music and religious rituals within the nahuas of the Huastec region, Mexico. This study brings into the epistemological discussion the relevance of cultural practices for minority social groups in the 21st century, and portrays the manner in which these societies balance their lives with their traditions, other cultural groups, the mainstream Mexican society, and the global world. Veronica has conducted ethnographic research with Bedouins in Israel and Huaves, Chontales and Nahuas in Mexico. Currently, she is actively involved with practice and performance of 'son jarocho' (folk music from Southern Veracruz), and continuing to work on her Nahuatl language skills (Huastec variant).There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130111100662.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130111100662.php</link>            
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            <title>Reconfiguring Urban Space: Youth Activism and Cultural Production in Oaxaca, Mexico</title>            <description>Discussant:&#160;Ramona P&#233;rez,&#160;Associate Professor of Anthropology; Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State UniversityMaurice Rafael Magana is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. He received his MA in Anthropology from the University of Oregon in 2008 and his BA in Anthropology from the University of South Florida in 2003. Maurice's current research examines the local political culture of autonomous youth activism in Oaxaca, Mexico and considers how urban youth are experimenting with novel forms of social and political participation in the present context of economic, social and political uncertainty. While at the University of Oregon, he has worked as a research assistant for the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies, and the Center for the Study of Woman in Society's "Latinos in Rural Oregon" and "Gender, Families and Immigration in the Northwest" research initiatives.&#13;&#10;There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20121221.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20121221.php</link>            
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            <title>Collective Remittances and the Program 3x1 For Migrants in Mexico: Investment in Local Development and Labor Market Effects</title>            <description>Discussant: Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics; Director of the&#160;Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies, UC San Diego&#160;Karina C&#243;rdova is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Arizona, where she also got her Master's degree. She received a B.A. in Economics from CIDE (Mexico City) in 2003. Karina has worked as an economic consultant studying the informal sector in Mexico, and as a research assistant in the Mexican Family Life Survey 2002 and 2005. She studies how collective remittances sent by migrant clubs to be invested in community projects can affect local labor markets improving job opportunities. Her research agenda also includes a series of laboratory experiments to analyze the effects of stress and uncertainty on productivity, decision-making and investment choices.&#13;&#10;There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130111.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130111.php</link>            
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            <title>Beyond the U.S.-Mexico Border Buildup:Security, Migrants and Immigration Reform</title>            <description>Registration is required for this event&#13;&#10;Immigration reform promises to be a big topic in Washington in 2013. But reform opponents say they won't give ground until the "dangerous" U.S.-Mexico border has been "secured." They call for more fences, Border Patrol officers, and even soldiers, drones and spies.&#13;&#10;This alarmist rhetoric hides a fact that few in Washington see: the U.S.-Mexico border zone is safer than it has been in decades, cross-border migration has fallen sharply, and our policies have often put migrants at great risk. A further buildup would do little more than endanger those who still attempt to cross into the United States.&#13;&#10;Join Maureen Meyer and Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America, whose 2012 report "Beyond the Border Buildup" documents the incredible growth in the U.S. security apparatus, and the humanitarian crisis of migrants, at the border. Isacson and Meyer have carried out research in six different border zones since 2011, including a November survey of south Texas, and are involved in the fast-moving debate in Washington.&#160; They will be joined by Ren&#233; Zenteno, a professor at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) in Tijuana, Mexico and former Undersecretary for Population, Migration and Religious Affairs at Mexico's Secretary of Interior.&#160; Recent studies by Dr. Zenteno in the&#160;Mexican Migration Monitor&#160;analyze trends in Mexican migration, including an increase in unauthorized Mexican migration in 2012.Speakers:Adam Isacson, Senior Associate for Regional Security Policy, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Washington D.C.Click here for bio. Maureen Meyer, Senior Associate for Mexico and Central America, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Washington D.C.Click here for bio.Rene Zenteno, Professor, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here.&#13;&#10;Event co-sponsored with the Center on Emerging Pacific Economies (EmPac) and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)</description>            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130129.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130129.php</link>            
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            <title>Political Trampolines: the Alianza de Camioneros and the Logic of PRI Corporatism in 20th-Century Mexico</title>            <description>Discussant: Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego&#13;&#10;Michael Lettieri is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at the University of California, San Diego. He received a BA in History and Spanish from Bowdoin College. Prior to beginning his Ph.D., he worked as a Research Fellow at the council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C. and maintains an active interest in contemporary Latin American politics. His research focuses on the informal mechanisms of PRI rule using a case study of the public transportation industry. Through this, he examines the central role intermediaries and mid-level political actors played in sustaining the soft-authoritarian system. He has received support for this project from a Fullbright-Hays grant, as well as several awards from UC San Diego research centers.There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here.&#13;&#10;Registration is required. Please click the REGISTER button above.</description>            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>            <guid isPermaLink="true">/news-events/events/events_20130110100610.php</guid>            <link>/news-events/events/events_20130110100610.php</link>            
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