Anteater Historical Reflections on Latin America: A Gathering in Honor of Steven Topik

Department: History

Date and Time: June 7, 2019 | 9:30 AM-6:00 PM

Event Location: HG 1010

Event Details


The UCI Department of History presents:

Anteater Historical Reflections on Latin America: A Gathering in Honor of  Steven Topik

A celebration of the career of Professor Steven Topik, featuring the voices of UCI History alums.

Friday, June 7, 2019
Humanities Gateway 1030


9:30am: Coffee, Tea, Pastries

10:15am: Welcome from Professor Alex Borucki, Director of Latin American Studies

10:30am: Panel 1: Latin America's Legendary Wealth and the Law
    Dr. Richard Weiner ('99), Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, "The Rise and Fall of Mexico's Legendary Wealth: A Cultural Interpretation."
    Dr. Elbra David ('18), independent scholar, “Recasting American Credit: Merchants , Constitutionalism and Spanish Law in the Lower Mississippi Valley."
    Comments by Dr. Rachel O'Toole, UCI
    General Discussion.

12:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm: Welcome by Professor Jeff Wasserstrom, Chair, UCI Department of History

1:15pm: Panel 2: The Domestic World: Marriage, Families, and Nutrition
    Dr. Paulo Simoes ('09), CSU Fullerton, "Marriage Equality, Christian Polemics, and the Fall of the American Empire."
    Dr. Nichole Sanders ('03), University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg VA, "Restoring the Mexican Family: Women, Sex, and Catholicism in 1940s Mexico."
    Dr. Corinne Pernet ('96), University of Geneva, Switzerland, "Made in Guatemala? The Institute of Nutrition of Central America (INCAP) and the Development of Global Nutrition Expertise, 1950-1980."
    Comments by Dr. Heidi Tinsman, UCI
    General Discussion

3:00pm: Coffee Break

3:30pm: Panel 3: A Strange Brew: Travelers, Heavy Metal, and Coca Cola
    Dr. Dennis Kortheuer ('01), CSU Long Beach, Chair
    Dr. Robert Duncan ('92), UCI, “'Beneath a Rich Blaze of Golden Sunlight': The Travels of Archduke Maximilian through Brazil, 1860."
    Dr. Giovanni Hortua ('13), CSU Los Angeles and Golden West College, "Keep on Rockin' in the Neo-Liberal World: Colombia in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries."
    Dr. Julio Moreno ('98), University of San Francisco, "Coca-Cola, Latin America, and Global Capitalism."
    Comment by Dr. Alex Borucki
    General Discussion

Final Words and Gratitude, Steve Topik, UCI

(Panel titles and lineups are subject to change. Stay tuned for updates!)