Migration, Identity, and U.S.-Mexican Relations
A panel discussion with the recipients of the
2012 William M. LeoGrande Award and Prize
3:30-5:00 PM, Monday, April 29
Mary Graydon Center 245
How has Mexico’s relationship with its migrant population changed over the past 150 years? What role
do migrants and indigenous groups play in shaping Mexican identity? Join the Center for Latin American
and Latino Studies (CLALS) and the School of Public Affairs for a conversation honoring the recipients
of the inaugural William M. LeoGrande Prize for the best book on U.S.-Latin America relations, and the
William M. LeoGrande Award for the best book or article on Latin America or Latinos published by an
AU community member.
Panelists
Alexandra Délano, recipient of the 2012 William M. LeoGrande Prize for the book Mexico and Its
Diaspora in the United States: Policies of Emigration since 1848, and Assistant Professor of Global
Studies, The New School, New York.
Todd A. Eisenstadt, recipient of the 2012 William M. LeoGrande Award for the book Politics, Identity,
and Mexico’s Indigenous Rights Movements, and Professor of Government, AU School of Public Affairs.
José Ángel Hernández, recipient of the 2012 William M. LeoGrande Prize for the book Mexican
American Colonization during the Nineteenth Century: A History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and
Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
John Mill Ackerman, discussant, Associate Professor, Institute for Legal Research at the National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Research Fellow, AU CLALS.
Moderated by William M. LeoGrande, Professor of Government, AU School of Public Affairs