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Between South and North: Mexico and migration in the Trump era DATE AND TIME: T HURSDAY ,7 M ARCH 2019, 6-7:15 PM VENUE: R OOM B105, B UILDING ΧΩΔ 02, U NIVERSITY C AMPUS SPEAKER: Dr Yael Siman Anahuac University, Mexico City Leventis Chair on Cyprus Studies COORDINATOR: Antonis A. Ellinas Associate Professor Department of Social and Political Sciences About the speaker: Dr Yael Siman has a B.A. in International Relations from the Iberoamericana University in Mexico City and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. She was a Fulbright scholar while conducting her doctoral studies. She has been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation, Institute for the Study of World Politics, University of Southern California Shoah Foundation and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She has been a lecturer of the Middle East, Genocide and International Relations for 10 years in different Mexican universities. Since 2017 she is the Head of the A.G. Leventis-Anáhuac Chair on Cyprus Studies. About the topic: In the Trump and AMLO era, Mexico faces mounting pressure to deter Latin American migrants from crossing to the United States. This creates new challenges and dilemmas for both the Mexican government and civil society. This talk will explore the current migration situation in Mexico’s southern and northern borders as well as the humanitarian and political national responses. Tle lecture will be held in English and is open to the public

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BetweenSouthandNorth:Mexicoand

migrationintheTrumpera

DATEANDTIME:THURSDAY,7MARCH2019,6-7:15PMVENUE:ROOMB105,BUILDING

ΧΩΔ02,UNIVERSITYCAMPUS

SPEAKER: DrYaelSiman AnahuacUniversity,MexicoCity LeventisChaironCyprusStudiesCOORDINATOR:AntonisA.Ellinas

AssociateProfessorDepartmentofSocialandPoliticalSciences

About the speaker: Dr Yael Siman has a B.A. in International Relations from the IberoamericanaUniversity in Mexico City and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. She was aFulbrightscholarwhileconductingherdoctoralstudies.ShehasbeenawardedgrantsfromtheNationalScienceFoundation, Institute for theStudyofWorldPolitics,UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaShoahFoundationandtheUnitedStatesHolocaustMemorialMuseum.ShehasbeenalectureroftheMiddleEast,GenocideandInternationalRelationsfor10yearsindifferentMexicanuniversities.Since2017sheistheHeadoftheA.G.Leventis-AnáhuacChaironCyprusStudies.

Aboutthetopic:IntheTrumpandAMLOera,MexicofacesmountingpressuretodeterLatinAmericanmigrants fromcrossing to theUnitedStates.This createsnewchallengesanddilemmas forboth theMexicangovernmentandcivilsociety.ThistalkwillexplorethecurrentmigrationsituationinMexico’ssouthernandnorthernbordersaswellasthehumanitarianandpoliticalnationalresponses.

TlelecturewillbeheldinEnglishandisopentothepublic