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Katzworth Years Conference Program

The Katz Center is pleased to announce the program for the upcoming conference Latin American History in Chicago: The Katzworth Years. 

FRIDAY MAY 3 2:00 PM Inauguration: Emilio Kourí, Mario Small, Mauricio Tenorio, Charles Walker

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Save the Date:Katzworth Conference

Latin American History at Chicago: The Katzworth Years

In the 1970s, under the expert guidance of John Coatsworth and Friedrich Katz, the University of Chicago emerged as one of the world's leading centers for advanced training in the study of Latin American history. This conference brings back some of the prominent scholars who received their PhDs at Chicago (from the 1970s through the early 1990s) to reflect upon and celebrate that living legacy. 

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Convocatoria

The Katz Center is pleased to announce the call for papers for the XIV Reunión de Historiadores de México is now open. Please visit the conference's dedicated website for more information at historiadoresdemexico.uchicago.edu.

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Paul Gillingham at the Mexican Studies Seminar

Please join the Katz Center for its second Mexican Studies Seminar:

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 12:00-1:30 PM

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Homenaje a Carlos Fuentes

 

The Katz Center for Mexican Studies, in collaboration with the Consulado General de México en Chicago, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Chicago, Loyola University, and DePaul University, will be paying homage to Carlos Fuentes as a part of Homenaje a Carlos Fuentes—a series of lectures and events offered from October 18th - November 12th to honor the illustrious career of the author.

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Katz Center will host XIV International Reunion of Historians of Mexico

The Katz Center for Mexican Studies will host the XIV International Reunion of Historians of Mexico, in 2014. The event will take place from Thursday, September 18th to Sunday, September 21st, at the Gleacher Center of the University of Chicago.

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Conference on Friedrich Katz and the Mexican Revolution

On Monday, July 16th, the University of Vienna hosted a conference on Friedrich Katz and the Mexican Revolution. The keynote lecture was given by Claudio Lomnitz (Columbia University). Other speakers included Marianne Braig (FU Berlin), Javier Garciadiego (El Colegio de México), Emilio Kourí (University of Chicago), Enrique Semo (Columbia University), and Berthold Molden (University of Vienna).

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Memorial conference for Katz, Berlin 2011

On December 12th, 2011 in Berlin, the Latin American Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin organized a memorial conference for Friedrich Katz.

Among the scholars who participated in the conference were Walther Bernecker, Marianne Braig, John Coatsworth, Claudio Lomnitz, Leo Katz, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Stefan Rinke, Enrique Semo, Stephanie Schütze, Hans Werner Tobler, and Emilio Kourí.

Click here to watch the videos of the presentations.

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Katz Center Publications on the Work of Friedrich Katz

The Katz Center and El Colegio de México recently co-published Revolución y exilio en la historia de México: Del amor de un historiador a su patria adoptiva, an homage to the life and work of Professor Katz. The Katz Center and the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio have co-produced a compact disk featuring recordings of a series of interviews of Professor Friedrich Katz, by Columbia University anthropologist and historian Claudio Lomnitz. Click here to learn more.

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