About The Katz Center

The Katz Center for Mexican Studies was named after Professor Friedrich Katz
on Wednesday June 16, 2004.
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The University has named its Mexican Studies program the Friedrich Katz Center for Mexican Studies, in honor of Katz, one of the world’s leading scholars of Mexican history….
continue reading the article by William Harms in the University of Chicago Chronicle, click here.

In 2000, Katz received three more book awards for his book
The Life and Times of Pancho Villa (1998): the Albert J. Beveridge
Award, given annually from the American Historical Association for
the best work in American History from 1492 to the present; a second
Bolton Prize; and the Bryce Wood Award for the best book on
Latin American studies from the Latin American Studies Association….
Read entire article by William Harms, click here.

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Professor Friedrich Katz

In November 2002, Friedrich Katz was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Freie Universität Berlin. John Coatsworth delivered the introductory lecture, which describes Katz' career and scholarly accomplishments. Read Professor Coatsworth's LAUDATIO



	Katz Center for Mexican Studies at The University of Chicago

Home About The Katz Center The Katz Center for Mexican Studies was named after Professor Friedrich Katz on Wednesday June 16, 2004. *** The University has named its Mexican Studies program the Friedrich Katz Center for Mexican Studies, in honor of Katz, one of the world’s leading scholars of Mexican history…. continue reading the article by William Harms in the University of Chicago Chronicle, click here. In 2000, Katz received three more book awards for his book The Life and Times of Pancho Villa (1998): the Albert J. Beveridge Award, given annually from the American Historical Association for the best work in American History from 1492 to the present; a second Bolton Prize; and the Bryce Wood Award for the best book on Latin American studies from the Latin American Studies Association…. Read entire article by William Harms, click here. *** Professor Friedrich Katz In November 2002, Friedrich Katz was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Freie Universität Berlin. John Coatsworth delivered the introductory lecture, which describes Katz' career and scholarly accomplishments. Read Professor Coatsworth's LAUDATIO
Contact Us: Katz Center for Mexican Studies 5848 S. University Avenue Kelly Hall 112 Chicago, IL. 60637 Tel. 773.834.1987 Fax. 773.702.1755 Email: mexican-studies@uchicago.edu		Related Links: Center for Latin American Studies Latin American History Workshop University of Chicago Copyright 2006 The University of Chicago

Katz Center for Mexican Studies

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