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The goal of the U.S.-MEXICO
FUTURES FORUM is to generate fresh perspectives on a critical
set of issues that will be important for each country and central
to their relationship. In collaboration with the International
Studies Department at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de
México (ITAM), we will bring together scholars as well as
social and political actors who will be shaping policies, ideas
and U.S. Mexican relations in the future.
Sponsored by the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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"The Politics of Petroleum and the Future of the U.S.-Mexico Relationship"
A
discussion featuring:
-José Alberro,
director of LECG, an economic consulting firm, and former
CEO of Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica.
- Michael J. Economides, professor of engineering at the University
of Houston, and formerly chief scientist of the Global Petroleum Research
Institute (GPRI).
-Sandy Tolan,
journalist and visiting lecturer at UC Berkeley; teaching "Politics
and Petroleum," a course co-sponsored by the Center
for Latin American Studies.
Moderated by Harley
Shaiken, professor of education at UC Berkeley
Thursday, September
12, 1:30-3:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Photos
and analysis of the event
Comments by • Mr.
Alberro • Mr.
Tolan
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"Perspectives
on the United States and Mexico: A Journalists' Forum"
A discussion featuring:
-Dolia Estevez, El
Financiero
-Mary Beth Sheridan, The
Washington Post
-Ginger Thompson, The
New York Times
Moderated by Harley
Shaiken, professor of education at UC Berkeley
and chair of the Center for Latin American Studies.
Thursday, September
26, 4:00-6:00 pm
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall (map)
Photos
and analysis of the event
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Jeffrey Davidow
“Possibilities and Challenges for the U.S. and Mexico”
Jeffrey
Davidow is the former ambassador from the United States
to Mexico. Davidow, who previously served as Ambassador
to Zambia (1988-90) and Venezuela (1993-96), was Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1996
until 1998, when he assumed his post in Mexico and served
until 2002.
Monday,
October 14, 4:00-6:00 pm
Lounge in the Women’s Faculty Club
Photos
and analysis of the event
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Bruce
Cain
"Voting Rights and Mexican Americans: New Tactics for a Changing Context"
Bruce
Cain is Robson Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley
and the director of the Institute of Governmental Studies.
He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1976, and was co-editor
of the series Developments in American Politics.
Monday,
October 21, 12:00-1:15 pm
CLAS Conference Room
Photos
and analysis of the event
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"States, Domestic Politics, and the U.S.-Mexico
Relationship"
-Alejandra Barrales,
Secretary for Social Development, State of Michoacan,
Mexico
-Richard D. Polanco,
Majority Leader of the California State Senate
POSTPONED: Due
to political developments in Michoacan, Secretary Barrales
has had to postpone her trip to the Center. We hope
to reschedule for a date in November; please check
back on this site for updates.
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"Democracy: Perceptions in Mexico and the U.S."
-Roderic Camp,
Professor of Government at the Claremont McKenna College (website)
-Alejandro Moreno, Professor at the Departamento de Ciencias
Sociales, ITAM
Moderated by Professor
Harley Shaiken
Monday, October
28, 4:00-6:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room
Summary
and photos of the event
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Dr. Philip Martin
"Mexico-US Migration Ten Years After NAFTA"
Dr.
Philip Martin studied Labor Economics and Agricultural
Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where
he earned a Ph.D. in 1975. Martin does research on farm
labor, labor migration, economic development, and immigration
issues, and has testified before Congress and state and
local agencies numerous times on these issues. Dr. Martin
is currently a professor in the Agricultural and Resource
Economic department at UC Davis. He is the chair of the
UC Comparative Immigration and Integration Program and
the editor of the monthly Migration News and the
quarterly Rural Migration News.
Dr.
Martin's recent publications
Monday,
November 4, 12:00-1:15pm
CLAS Conference Room
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 Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser
"Mexico in the Security Council"
Ambassador Zinser
is the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United
Nations. He served as National Security Advisor to President
Fox until January 2002. Mr. Zinser has also been a visiting
faculty member here at the Center for Latin American
Studies.
-Recent New
York Times article on Mr. Zinser's role in the
UN Iraq resolution
NOTE DAY and LOCATION
CHANGE
Monday,
November 18, 4:00-6:00 pm
Moses Hall, Room 224 (map)
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 David
Bonior, U.S. House of Representatives
(D-Michigan)
Congressman
David E. Bonior represents Michigan's 10th Congressional
District. He served as Democratic Whip, the second-ranking
person in the House Democratic Leadership, from 1991
until this year.
Date: TBA
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 Albert
Fishlow, Columbia University
Professor Albert
Fishlow teaches at Columbia University's School of International
and Public Affairs. Previously Dr. Fishlow was Professor
of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
and Dean of International and Area Studies. He served
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
Affairs from 1975 to 1976.
Postponed until
February 2003
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