The Mexican Revolution 1910-2010: Historical and Cultural Perspectives  

Wednesday 17 November 2010
The King's Fund, 11 - 13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN
 

See the programme (including audio recordings of the event)

Mexico has double cause for commemoration and reflection in 2010, when the bicentenary of the nation's Independence and the centenary of the Mexican Revolution coincide.  Whilst countries across the region will be marking anniversaries of independence from European rule throughout the coming years, the Revolution is by contrast a uniquely Mexican experience and the British Academy and Embassy of Mexico the UK have collaborated to organise an international event which offers new perspectives on this pivotal process in Mexican history.

Professor Alan Knight, a world authority on the Mexican Revolution, heads a programme of leading academics and commentators from the UK and Mexico who will explore this seminal event through various aspects of history and culture. 

Recordings of the event and the presentations given by the speakers are now available online and can be accessed via the programme. 
 

If you were unable to purchase a copy of the publication Mexico City through History and Culture featuring a prologue by Carlos Monsivais, please note that copies are available through Oxford University Press and other online booksellers.

About the Speakers

Professor Roberto Blancarte, Professor of Sociology, is the director of the Centre for Sociological Studies at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, and has written extensively on Church-state relations and the sociology of religion in Mexico and Latin America.

Professor Enrique Cardenas is one of the leading economic historians of modern Mexico, author of several major studies in that field, most recently a general economic history of Mexico since the colonial period.  He was the Rector of the Universidad de las Americas and is now Director of the Centro Espinosa Iglesias in Mexico City.

Minsiter Ignacio Duran is the Minister for cultural affairs in the Mexican Embassy to the UK.  He is a much respected figure in the Mexican film industry, a former director of the Mexican Film Institute, and co-producer of several films, including the highly acclaimed "Como Agua para Chocolate".

Professor Alan Knight is Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of Oxford.  He is the author of a two-volume history of the Mexican Revolution and two further volumes of a general history of Mexico.

HE Eduardo Medina Mora became Mexican Ambassador to the UK in November 2009.  Prior to his appointment as Ambassador he had an illustrious career as a lawyer in Mexico, and served as Attorney-General in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderon. 

Dr Dominic Moran is tutor and lecturer in Spanish at Christ Church, Oxford.  He works principally on twentieth century Spanish American poetry and prose fiction.

Professor Linda Newson, FBA is Professor of Geography at King's College London, and works in the field of historical geography with particular interest in explaining geographical variations in the impact of colonial rule on indigenous peoples and more recently on the African slave trade to Peru.  She was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2000 and currently chairs its Latin America and the Caribbean Panel.

Professor Andrea Noble is a Latin Americanist with research interests in visual cultural studies, particularly film and photography, and Mexican cultural history, on which she has published extensively.  Her current project is a history of tears and crying in Mexican culture.  She is professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Durham.

Dr Patience Schell is Senior Lecturer in Latin American and Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester.  Her research interests include the Catholic Church, women's history and the history of science, particularly in Mexico and Chile in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

For further information, please contact the International Relations Department