Seducing America: The Relationship between the Mexican Government and American Intellectuals in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Seducing America: The Relationship between the Mexican Government and American Intellectuals in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Monday, 10 February 2014 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Venue:
Pavilion Seminar Room, Gateway Building, St Antony's College
Speaker(s):
Jesús Velasco (Tarleton State University)
Convenor:
Dr Halbert Jones
Series:
North American Studies Seminar Series
Jesus Velasco holds the Joe and Teresa Long Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at Tarleton State University (Texas, USA). Prof Velasco received his PhD in political science from the University of Texas – Austin and taught for many years at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE) in Mexico City. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the Wilson Center, and he is the author of Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexican –US Relations. In this presentation, Prof Velasco will examine the ties cultivated by the Mexican government with US intellectuals since the Mexican Revolution, explaining how both Mexican leaders and American experts have benefitted from this relationship over the past century.