Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda will discuss Mexican-American relations and U.S. immigration policy on Thursday, April 26, Ostrander Auditorium, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Castañeda, foreign minister under former President Vincente Fox, will speak at 9 a.m. in Ostrander Auditorium of Centennial Student Union. He also will meet with students, faculty and staff during his visit to the University. His lecture is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public.
The Department of Political Science & Law Enforcement is primary sponsor of the visit. Castañeda was scheduled to speak at Minnesota State Mankato on April 2, but that trip was canceled due to mechanical problems with his aircraft.
In the Fox administration Castañeda specialized in U.S.-Mexican relations, including immigration, trade, security and narcotics control; joint diplomatic initiatives by Latin American nations; and global Mexican economic and trade promotion.
A renowned intellectual, political scientist and writer, Castañeda has taught at Mexico’s National Autonomous University, Princeton, the University of California-Berkley and, currently, at New York University. His expertise is Latin American politics, comparative politics and U.S.-Latin American relations.
He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Institute for International Peace in Washington, D.C., and a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant recipient.
Born in Mexico City, Castañeda earned B.A. degrees from Princeton University and the Universite de Paris-I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), an M.A. from Ecole Pratique de Hautes Etudes, Paris I, and a Ph. D. in Economic History from the University of Paris.
He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Utopia Unarmed: The Latin American Left after the Cold War (Knopf, 1993), The Mexican Shock (New Press, 1995), Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara (Knopf, 1997), and Perpetuating Power: How Mexican Presidents Were Chosen (New Press, 2000). He is a regular columnist for the Mexican daily Reforma, and Newsweek International.
Other sponsors of Castañeda’s visit are the International Relations Program, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, College of Business, Institutional Diversity, International Programs, the IMPACT Team and student organizations. The visit was co-sponsored by a number of other programs, including the College of Graduate Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Economics, Geography, Social Studies and Modern Languages.
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