Calendar
Events for 2009
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
Journalist and author Richard Grant shares his research, insight and stories on his travels into the Sierra Madre.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
YRL Presentation Room
Ainda Orangotangos (Still Orangutans)
Screening of Still Orangutans (2008), directed by Gustavo Spolidoro
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Launching Event UCLA Center for Mexican Studies
Opening event for the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies with a special address by Jorge Durand, Professor of Anthropology, University of Guadalajara and Music by zocaloZe.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fowler Museum Terrace
Patrones y procesos migratorios en America Latina
A bilingual seminar presented by The Migration Study Group, the Center for Mexican Studies and the International Institute.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
279 Haines Hall
Mexicanos en Chicago: Diario de Campo de Robert Redfield. 1924-1925
Mexicans in Chicago: the Working Diary of Robert Redfield 1924-1925.
Friday, April 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines Hall 279
Globalization Southern Style: Low-Wage Labor, Race, and Migration in the Nuevo South
Lecture by Angela C. Stuesse, IRLE, UCLA.
Friday, April 17, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
Migration, Work and Health in Times of Economic Crisis
Preliminary findings of a study of migrant women in Hermosillo and Los Angeles. Presentation by Jane R. Rubin-Kurtzman, CCPR, UCLA
Friday, May 15, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
Discussion about Son Jarocho with Gilberto Gutierrez Silva
A conversation with Master Laudero Gilberto Gutierrez Silva.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Haines Hall 144
A Limited Engagement: Mexico and 'its' Diaspora
Hosted by the Migration Study Group. Lecture by Professor Roger Waldinger.
Friday, September 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
NGO and Immigrant Organizations Binational Panel on Alternatives to Emigration
Lecture hosted by the Migration Study Group.
Friday, September 25, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
Alumnos Transnacionales: Escuelas Mexicanas Frente a la Globalización
Authors meet critics panel on the book, "Alumnos Transnacionales: Escuelas Mexicanas Frente a la Globalización".
Lecture hosted by the Migration Study Group.
Friday, October 09, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
3340 Moore Hall
Cheap labor? How the minimum wage affects Mexican immigrants settlement patterns, 1988-2000.
Colloquium with Ivan Light and Elsa von Sheven, UCLA
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Haines 279
Labor Markets and Workplace Dynamics in New Destinations of Mexican and Latino Immigration
An all day workshop hosted by the UCLA Migration Study Group.
Friday, October 23, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Caminos del cine Mexicano
Presentations by Professors Cecilia Navarro and Carmen Gomez from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Monday, October 26, 2009
2:30 PM
Dodd 170
The Mexican Revolution at 100: Historical and Literary Perspectives
An inaugural symposium commemorating the centennial of the revolution.
Monday, November 16, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Los herederos (The Inheritors)
A documentary by Eugenio Polgovsky.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater