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February 2005
Dear Colleagues,
Happy New Year! 2005 has begun with much activity here at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies as we enter the second half of our 25th anniversary year.
Upcoming Events
| We also hope that you are able to attend a March 4-5 conference on presidentialism and federalism in Mexico organized by UCSD political science professor Matthew Shugart and ITAM professor and former Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies visiting fellow Jeffrey Weldon. The conference, which was preceded by our first Summer Workshop on Politics in Mexico in July 2004, is made possible with support from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) and the Hewlett Foundation. |
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| As previously announced, the Roundtable on Political Changes will take place on May 18, 2005, at the Center, and will involve Wayne Cornelius, Juan Molinar Horcasitas, and Federico Estévez. |
| Cultural Events: Our hallways are currently graced with paintings from the collection of Community Advisory Board member Luz María Dávila. We welcome you to stop by and enjoy the many beautiful works in Luz María's collection. The Center will also sponsor a concert by the Symphony of Baja California, tentatively scheduled for May 5 of this year. |
| Our Winter Quarter Research Seminars on Mexico and U.S.-Mexican Relations will continue on Wednesday March 2 with a talk by Alejandro Anaya Muñoz, director of the Human Rights Program at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Please join us for this and future seminars as we discuss new and interesting social sciences research related to Mexico. |
Recent Events
| We were pleased to host a visit on January 25 by Mexican Treasury Secretary Dr. Francisco Gil Díaz, who spoke about economic developments in Mexico from 2001 to 2004 and the outlook for 2005. You may view his presentation here. Dr. Gil was the most recent presenter in our Distinguished Speakers Series. |
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| The Border Water Conferencetook place January 27-29 here at the Center. Mexican International Boundary Waters Commissioner Arturo Herrera Solís was the keynote speaker in this fascinating conference on a broad variety of topics relating to what is one of the most contentious issues on the binational agenda. This initiative, a collaboration with El Colegio de San Luis, was supported by a seed grant from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS). |
| We are grateful to Mexico Advisory Board chair Jorge de la Rosa for his invaluable assistance in organizing our roundtable discussion, "The Elections in the United States: Implications for Mexico," which was held in Mexico City on November 11. We also appreciate the insightful commentary provided by panelists Louis DeSipio, (UC-Irvine), Richard Feinberg (UCSD), Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (UNAM), and Gabriel Székely Sánchez (Mexican Ministry of Tourism). The Board will continue its excellent work in organizing stimulating and timely events in conjunction with the Center. |
Publications/Outreach
| We are very pleased to announce a new collaboration with Lynne Rienner Publishers (LRP). LRP is an independent publisher known for its high-quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, the social sciences, and the humanities. Through the agreement, LRP will market and distribute most of the Center's publications. I want to make it clear that the Center will retain all of the editorial decision-making with respect to publications, and Sandra del Castillo will continue as editor. The publications will be labeled and marketed as Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies books. |
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| We believe the relationship with Lynne Rienner will result in a wider distribution, to the benefit of the Center, its authors, and readers of our publications. The Center will continue to distribute some older titles, and we will continue to maintain our own publications website displaying and describing all Center publications. Our site will link to the LRP site for those titles being distributed by them. We invite you to contact LRP at (303) 444-6684 or visit them online at http://www.rienner.com/. We are excited to begin this collaboration with such a highly regarded publisher and are certain that customers will appreciate Lynne Rienner's national and international reach in book marketing, distribution, and sales. |
| As you may have noticed, we recently redesigned our website. We appreciate your suggestions on ways to improve the site. |
Support
| The Center's Project on Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico has received a supplemental grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The supplemental funding has supported an effort to analyze judicial reform legislation currently pending in Congress. Project director David Shirk coordinated the work of three reviewers: Layda Negrete (CIDE); Guillermo Zepeda (CIDAC); and Luis González P. (INACIPE). A report will be presented to the Mexican Institute of Legislative Research of the Mexican Senate (IILSEN) later this spring. |
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| The Center also recently received a generous grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development's Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) program. The project will offer scholarships to Mexican students to attend UCSD's Graduate School for International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) as well as the opportunity to participate in field research on rural telecommunications and microfinance issues. In addition to this grant, the Center also recently received commitments from a number of entities to expand the Summer Seminar in U.S. Studies, now in its 17th year (the deadline for receipt of applications to the Summer Seminar is February 15). |
We will update you again in the spring; until then, we look forward to seeing you at the many stimulating events organized by the Center.
Sincerely,
Chris Woodruff
Director
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