Scholars to discuss binational effects of
Mexican emigration
by
Ana Paus
EFE
CHICAGO - 2/18/2002 - Mexican and U.S. scholars plan
to meet in Chicago in several seminars during the next
several months to discuss the impact of both
emigration and immigration on Mexico and the United
States.
The discussions are being organized by the University of Chicago, the Mexican Consulate and the Mexican Institute.
"It is a project to review the past century in Mexico, which must be made known to the North American public," said Mexican cultural attaché in Chicago and project head Luz del Amo.
"Migratory movements and their effects on the culture of this country (the U.S.) and on Mexico are vitally important," she said.
"The University of Chicago is the world's most important advanced Mexican studies center outside Mexico," said Javier Garciadiego, director general of the National Institute for Historical Studies of the Mexican Revolution (INEHRM) and participant in the seminar.
"Academics from the National Autonomous and Metropolitan universities of Mexico, the College of Mexico and the most noted experts on these issues will participate in the event," he added.
"The project focuses on Mexico, not just for being an emigration-producing country but also for its willingness to receive exiles and asylum seekers," he said.
Mexican Consul in Chicago, Carlos Sada, underscored the importance of realizing that Mexico also has received tens of thousands of immigrants in recent decades.
"Since we are always talking about the large number of Mexicans who come to this country (the U.S.), you get the feeling that Mexico is only an emigrant-producing country. The seminar will show the other side of the coin," he concluded
