Somos Muchos: Population Politics and Social Distinctions in Mexican Fertility Clinics
Research Seminar
Lara Braff
USMEX Visiting Fellow
Date: April 27, 2011
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: UCSD, Institute of the Americas Complex, Deutz Conference Room
Open to: Public
Discussant: Valerie Hartouni, Associate Professor of Communications, UC San Diego
Lara Braff is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. Lara received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Comparative Human Development, specializing in cultural anthropology. She received her B.A. with honors in Anthropology and Spanish from the University of California at Berkeley. Her dissertation research, based in Mexico City, was funded by Fulbright-Hays and University of Chicago’s Center for Latin American Studies grants. Currently, she is revising her dissertation for publication as a monograph and journal articles.
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The Phenomenon of International Migration: The Case of Mexico
Public Lecture
Ambassador
Carlos García de Alba
Date: April 28, 2011
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: UCSD, Institute of the Americas Complex, Weaver Center
Open to: Public
This talk will be held off the record. Reception to follow talk.
Discussant: Kathy Kopinak, Joint Guest Scholar with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
Ambassador Carlos García de Alba, is member of the Foreign Service for Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has served as Executive Director of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME by its Spanish acronym); as Mexico’s Alternate Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; as Consul General of Mexico in Dallas, Texas; as Trade Advisor at Mexico’s Embassy in Italy; and as Advisor and Permanent Delegate of Mexico to the Food and Agricultural Organization. He also served as Director General of International Affairs at Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education. Additionally, he served as Director General responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ regional offices throughout Mexico, and as Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Pacific Region.
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