Approaching the Mexican Revolution: Books, Maps, Documents

Posted on Sunday, October 17

Approaching the Mexican Revolution: Books, Maps, Documents

Opening Reception
Tuesday, October 19, 5:00 pm

David Spadafora, President of the Newberry Library, and Javier Laguna, Director of UNAM Chicago, and will officially open this exhibition on the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.

Reflections on and Consequences of the Mexican Revolution (in Spanish or English)

Tuesday, October 19, 5:45 pm
Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library

Panelists: Salvador Rueda, Museo Nacional de Historia, Castillo de Chapultepec; Juan Mora, DePaul University; and Cesáreo Moreno, National Museum of Mexican Art

Chairs: Esther Quintero, DePaul University and Oscar Alatriste, UNAM Chicago

Scholars from Mexico and the United States will consider the legacies of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Salvador Rueda, who will give his talk in Spanish, will consider how Emiliano Zapata attained the support of peasants in the revolutionary cause. Juan Mora, who will present his talk in English, will examine Mexican immigration around the 1910 Revolution. Lecturing in English, Cesáreo Moreno will describe how the Mexican muralist movement influenced artists in the United States.