CELEBRA ACADEMIA BRITÁNICA CONFERENCIA SOBRE MÉXICO

CONFERENCE ON MEXICO AT THE BRITISH ACADEMY
<img src="/reinounido/images/stories/reinounido/prensa/2015/british academy.jpg" border="0" width="556" height="352" /> 
 
LONDON, United Kingdom, 10th December 2015.- The <a href="http://www.britac.ac.uk/">British Academy</a> organised a conference entitled “Mexico at the start of the 21st Century”, presented by the top researchers of Mexico and the United Kingdom to discuss subjects such as migration, social security, societies, inequity and economic development perspectives.
As part of the academic programme of the Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom and the Year of the UK in Mexico, with the support of the Embassy of Mexico, the institution accomplished on 20th November an extensive programme from 9:30 to 4:00 p.m. where representatives of the best academic institutions of both countries shared their points of view with different audiences.
Thus, the conference was useful to share with academics, diplomats, students and representatives of public and private institutions the challenges posed in Mexico's social protection and poverty; citizenship and diversity, Mexican economy[y, migration and violence registered in some regions of the country.
With the participation of Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha, Guillermo de la Peña and Agustin Escobar Latafi, from the Research Centre and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology; Enrique Cardenas Sanchez from the Espinosa Yglesias Studies Centre, and Lourdes Arizpe Schlosser, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
On the British side the conferences were addressed by academics Orazio Attanasio and Kevin Middlebrook of University College London; John Gledhill FBA, of the University of Manchester; and Gareth Jones of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
--oo00oo--

Details: Last Updated: 07 April 2016