The changes in Mexico are strongly influenced by plurality, the transformation of existing structures within the context of globalisation and decentralisation in society. The diversity within modernity, here culturally defined as the prevailing future-orientated mentality in any given era, comprises a wide range of players and areas that are to be discussed during this ADLAF conference.

The working language is Spanish. Introductory and concluding panel with simultaneous interpreting.

Wed 13.11.02, 15.OO
INTRODUCTORY PANEL

Opening and Introductory Panel

Friedrich Katz, University of Chicago, Jean Franco, Columbia University, New York, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Mexico D.F.

Thu 14.11.02, 9.00
WORKING GROUPS 1 AND 2

Spaces of Modernity

Keynote Speaker: Enrique Dussel Peters, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico D.F.

Processes and Structures of Modernity

Keynote Speaker: Jaqueline Peschard, Instituto Federal Electoral, Mexico D.F.

Thu 14.11.02, 14.00
WORKING GROUPS 3 AND 4

Fragmented Modernity

Keynote Speaker: Margo Glantz, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico D.F.

Collective Identities

Keynote Speaker : Claudio Lomnitz, University of Chicago

Fri 15.11.02, 9.00
WORKING GROUPS 5 AND 6

Bearers of Modernity /Modernities

Keynote Speaker: Sergio Zermeño, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico D.F.

Foreign Policy and Integration

Keynote Speaker: Víctor López Villafañe, ITESM, México, Viviane Brachet-Marquez, El Colegio de México

Fri 15.11.02, 14.00
LECTURE

Concluding panel:
Mexico's Global Context

Keynote Speaker: Jorge Eduardo Navarrete, Mexico's Ambassador to Germany, Juan J. Palacios, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mauricio Tenorio, University of Texas, Austin