José Cuervo Tequila Talk:
Challenges and opportunities in the Mexico-China economic relationship, by Enrique Dussels.
November 6, 2008 • 6:30 – 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the Americas Weaver Conference Center, UC San Diego campus
The event is free to the public but please REGISTER
Dr. Enrique Dussel Peters is a preeminent scholar on China, which is now Mexico’s second-largest trading partner after the United States. As director of the Center for Chinese-Mexican Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Dr. Dussel leads a team of Mexican scholars who study and report on Mexico-China economic trends. Dr. Dussel is a professor at UNAM‘s Graduate School of Economics and coordinates the area of political economy. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame and his M.A. and B.A. degrees in political science from the Free University of Berlin. His Tequila Talk is part of a regional visit that takes him to the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) on November 7.
Baja California Masters art exhibit
November 20, 2008 • 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Institute of the Americas Complex, UC San Diego campus
As part of the 25th anniversary celebration, the Institute of the Americas will display the paintings of Baja California Masters such as Ruben Garcia Benavides, Ramon Carillo, Juan Angel Castillo, Francisco Merino, Manuel Aguilar, Alvaro Blancart, and Roberto Rosique.
The paintings, on loan from Gallery Eclipse of Rancho Santa Fe, reflect a unique period in the history of the Californias. As global economic, political and cultural forces affect every level of society, the artists‘ vision is one of worlds colliding, melding and shaping a new reality. The artists mix their own cultural insights with the influence of a neighboring culture. Transferred on a canvas and charged with meaning, these visions range from realism to abstraction, from impressionism to expressionism and even the imaginary or surrealistic. By exhibiting the works of the Baja Masters, the Institute celebrates the border‘s cultural diversity.