The Bay Area Latin American Forum is a series
that seeks to bring together Latin American scholars and observers
from throughout the Bay Area to present their research and
foster discussions about themes impacting the regions. We look forward
to both stimulating discussions and creating a community of
Latin
Americanists.
Thomas Holloway
“The Persistence of ‘Dependency’ as a Useful Framework for
Understanding Latin America”
Thomas
Holloway is Director of the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas
and
Professor of Latin American History at UC Davis. He
is immediate past president of the Latin American Studies Association,
and currently serves as Executive Secretary of the Conference on
Latin American History. Professor Holloway’s main research
field is the social history of Brazil in the National Period. His
major works include Immigrants on the Land: Coffee and Society
in São Paulo, 1886-1934 (Chapel Hill, 1980) and Policing
Rio de Janeiro: Repression and Resistance in a 19th-Century City (Stanford,
1993).
Monday, February 10, 12:00-1:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room
Analysis
and photos of the event
Stephen Haber
“Political Institutions and Economic Development: Lessons from the Economic
Histories of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States”
Stephen
Haber is the A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor of Humanities
and Sciences at Stanford University, where he teaches
political science and history. He is also Peter and Helen Bing
Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow of Stanford's
Center
for International Development, and Director of the Social Science
History Institute. Prof. Haber’s most recent book, The
Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments,
and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929 (co-authored with Armando
Razo and Noel Maurer) will be released from Cambridge University
Press in May 2003.
Monday, February 24, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room
Analysis
and photos of the event
Chappell Lawson
“Is There Public Opinion in Mexico?”
Chappell Lawson is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, where he holds the Class of 1954 Career
Development Chair. His recent book, Building the Fourth Estate, addresses
the role of the mass media in democratization, and his current research
focuses on voting behavior in Mexico.
Monday, March 17, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room
Analysis
and photos of the event
Vinod Aggarwal
“The Strategic Dynamics of Latin American Trade”
Vinod Aggarwal is Professor in the Department of Political Science,
Affiliated Professor of Business and Public Policy in the Haas School
of Business, and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Study Center (BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Aggarwal has been a consultant to the Mexican Government, the
U.S. Department of Commerce, OECD, the Group of Thirty, and the World
Bank. Professor Aggarwal will present with Ralph H. Espach, a doctoral
student in political science.
Monday, April 7, 12:00- 1:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room
Analysis
and photos of the event
Jonathan Fox
“Rethinking Local Governance: Lessons From a Collaborative Research Project
With the Oaxaca Indigenous Binational Front”
Jonathan Fox is Professor and Chair of the Department of Latin American
and Latino Studies at UC Santa Cruz. He has published widely on the
issues of democratization and the strengthening of civil society,
particularly in Mexico. This research has been supported with grants
from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
the Social Science Research Council, the Council on Foreign Relations,
the Heinz
Foundation, and the North-South Center. Of his many publications,
he most recently co-edited Cross-Border
Dialogues: Mexico-U.S. Social Movement Networking (.pdf
file).
Articles by Professor Fox:
-"La
relación recíproca entre la participación ciudadana y
la rendición de cuentas: La experiencia de los fondos municipales en
el México rural" (in Spanish, Acrobat .pdf file)
-"Los
Fondos Municipales de Solidaridad y la participación comunitaria en
Oaxaca" (in Spanish, Acrobat .pdf file)
Monday, May 5, 12:00- 1:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room
Photos
of the event
