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Groundbreaking scholarship on Mexican history


The Katz Center for Mexican Studies was founded and named in honor of Professor Friedrich Katz, one of the world's leading scholars of Mexican history. Read more »

Announcements

Adrián Lajous, former Pemex CEO, on Mexican oil and gas policies

Former Pemex CEO and current chairman of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Adrián Lajous came to campus last quarter to give a talk on oil and gas policies in contemporary Mexico. A 2003-04 Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Mr. Lajous holds degrees in Economics from the UNAM and Cambridge University. A video recording of this lecture will soon be available on CHIASMOS! Check back soon to watch Mr. Lajous' presentation.


Mexican Seminar Series, Spring 2009

This spring, the Mexican Seminar Series will welcome speakers Professor Emeritus Friedrich Katz; Judith A. Boruchoff, a research associate at the Katz Center; Ariel Rodríguez Kuri, director of the Centro de Estudios Históricos at El Colegio de México; and John Tutino, Professor of History at Georgetown University. Click here to learn more about the Seminar Series this spring.


 
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