Mexico Symposium

September 15, 2006 at La Trobe University
Programme
Venue: John Scott Meeting House: Room 4, La Trobe University: Bundoora
Campus

8.45-9:00 Registration (with coffee and tea provided)

9.00-9.30 Inauguration of the Centre (by the VC¹s representative) along with
an intervention by the Ambassador of Mexico, Martha Ortiz and Professor
David De Vaus (Dean Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

9:30 -11.00 Panel #1

1. Gabriela Coronado (UWS)
³The Mexican Socio-Communicative System in a Bi-national Framework: The
Fuzziness of Spanish-English Interlingualism²

2. Diana Palaversich (UNSW_Spanish)
³The Impact of Privatisation in Recent Mexican Cinema²

3.Jeff Browitt [UTS]
'Translating Carlos Monsivais's Nuevo catecismo para indios remisos'

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11.00-11.15 Morning Tea & Coffee
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11.15 -12:15 CMS Visiting Mexicanist 2006: Guillermo Palacios (El Colegio de
México)

ŒIntellectuals, The Agrarian Question & Social Sciences in
Post-revolutionary Mexico'

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1.15-2.15 Keynote Speaker: Dr Margo Glantz (UNAM)
³A Metaphor for Mexican Politics: Martin Luis Guzmán¹s La Sombra del
Caudillo¹

Break

2:30-4:00 Panel #2

1. Ana Lanyon (La Trobe: History]
'Malinche and Truganini¹

2. Nathanial Gardner (Spanish: University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
³'Elena Poniatowska: Snobism in Reverse²

3. Peter Mathews (Archaeology: La Trobe)
³The (Long) Life and (Exciting) Times of K'inich Janab' Pakal I, King of
Palenque²

4:00-4:15 Afternoon Tea & Coffee

4:15-5:45 Panel #3

1. Barry Carr [History/LAS: La Trobe]
³From Acapulco to Cancun: An Agenda for Doing Mexican Tourism History²

2. Steve Niblo [History/LAS: La Trobe]
ŒImmigration Wars Mexico-United States in the Twenty First Century²

3.Blanca Tovias [History/LAS: UNSW]

³Claiming the High Moral Ground During the Cristero Rebellion²
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5.45-6.15 Conclusion