History Seminar: THE MEXICAN INTELLECTUALS LOBBY IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S

Thursday 29 January, 5:00pm
Main Seminar Room, Latin American Centre, 1 Church Walk, Oxford and Zoom

 

 

Convener(s): Eduardo Posada-Carbo

Speaker(s): Jesús Velasco, LAC and Tarleton State University

To join online, please register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WWqjr8SgT_WrzTodI65cdg 

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Jesus Velasco is an associate professor in the Department of Government at Tarleton State University, and an Academic Visitor at the LAC this year. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. After completing his doctorate, he worked at the Center for Teaching and Research in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City where he served as Chair of the Division of International Studies from 1998 to 200. He is a former visiting scholar, at the Woodrow Wilson Center and Harvard University. Velasco is the author of four books: with Rodolfo de la Garza. Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-US Relation, Boulder, Rowman and Littlefield, 1997; Neoconservatives in US Foreign Policy Under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush: Voices Behind the Throne. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press and The Wilson Center, 2010 (the book was published in 2016 in Spanish by El Fondo de Cultura Economica); American Presidential Elections in Comparative Perspective: The World is Watching, Lanham, Maryland, Lexington Books, 2019, and with Tony Payan and Adolfo Lopez de la Osa of The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Foresight to 2040, Arte Publico press, 2020. Currently, he is finishing a book on the relationship between the Mexican government and US Intellectuals, 1920-2006.pe in part of the page/PDF's title in the 'Search for content' field then choose the correct page/PDF from the drop-down and click 'Insert link')