After a short voting process among the members of the MexSoc UK, the proposal of the Cambridge University Mexican Society to host the 7th Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies has been selected [Proposal Cambridge].
We congratulate the Cambridge University Mexican Society for hosting the 2009 event. The calling for participation will be made by April, 2009.
St. Catharine’s College, the Cambridge University Mexican Society and the MexSocUK have the pleasure to invite you to a special gathering with the internationally renowned Mexican author and intellectual
CARLOS FUENTES
in a conversation with students in occasion to celebrate his eightieth birthday and to acknowledge his involvement in the foundation of the Mexican Students Society in the UK.
Carlos Fuentes has long been acclaimed as one of the greatest literary and political figures of the Spanish-speaking world. The leading figure of Latin America’s literary boom of the 1960s and 1970s, his novels, including the classics Terra Nostra, The Death of Artemio Cruz and The Old Gringo, are passionate explorations of the history and identity of the Latin American nations, and of their contentious relationship with the United States of America.
Monday, 29th September 2008, 1 pm
Senior Common Room, St. Catharine’s College
Cambridge CB2 1RL
Map: http://tinyurl.com/6quxhz
Free Entrance (but booking is essential: jbr28@cam.ac.uk)
Subsequently, in a joint event organised by Emmanuel College and the Mexican Embassy in the UK, we would like to invite you to the seminar:
“A Conversation with Carlos Fuentes”
with Carlos Monsiváis, Jorge Volpi, and Ignacio Padilla as special guests
The Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College, 5 pm (the event will be followed by drinks).
For those interested in learning about the panorama of Latin American history and literature, this is a unique opportunity to listen to these renowned and talented figures.
We hope to have the pleasure of your company and enjoy a great evening, see you all there!
More info: http://www.cumexsoc.org.uk/
Facebook event: http://tinyurl.com/5rty9q
Carlos Fuentes
The son of a Mexican diplomat, Fuentes spent much of his childhood in Washington, D.C. and in various Latin American cities, returning every summer to his grandmother’s home in Mexico. As Mexico’s best-known public intellectual, he served as Ambassador to France in the 1970s. He has actively participated in the academic life of Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Columbia and Cambridge universities. His work has been distinguished with the most prestigious awards, including the following: the National Prize in Literature in Mexico (1984); the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1987), awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language; France’s Legion of Honour Award (1992); Italy’s Cavour Award (1994); Spain’s Príncipe de Asturias Award (1994); and the inaugural Latin Civilization Award (1999), presented jointly by the Presidents of Brazil, Mexico and France.
The Mexican Society at Imperial College London (MexSoc IC) and the Society of Mexican Students in the United Kingdom (MexSoc UK) are proud to invite you to the 6th Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies.
The Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies is an annual meeting associated with the MexSoc UK. The aim of this meeting is to provide a forum for Mexican students to present their work, exchange knowledge and ideas. Also, the symposium is an opportunity for students from all nationalities working on Mexico-related projects to share and discuss their research with Mexican nationals. Finally, the event is an excellent opportunity for networking.
This year the Symposium is organized by the MexSoc IC and will take place at the South Kensington Campus. The event will consist of an academic program which includes oral presentations, workshop sessions and a meeting with Mexican personalities of the scientific community. If you are interested in presenting your work and/or participating in the workshops follow the registration process:
1) Go on the web site: http://www.mexsoc.org.uk/php
2) Sign up as a student.
3) Register for the Symposium by sending an abstract about your research/topic (~300 words)
The deadline for registering is on June, 15th 2008. Any questions related to the event, please send an e-mail to mexsocuk@yahoo.co.uk
We look forward to see you at what has always been a very exciting event
Our event on Facebook! 
Here you can download the complete 2008 Programme
More information at http://www.mexsoc.org.uk/symposium2008
As some of you know, the tournament, was totally a success, there were 6 enthusiastic teams from
Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield and Southampton.
The day was warm and sunny, which basically made our day!
Complete Results:
11:00 Birmingham 0-0 Nottingham
Southampton 4-4 Sheffield
11:30 Oxford 0-4 Sheffield
11:30 Manchester 0-1 Nottingham
12:00 Manchester 0-3 Birmingham
12:00 Oxford 0-4 Southampton
12:30 Sheffield 0-0 Southampton
12:30 Nottingham 0-2 Birmingham
13:00 Nottingham 1-1 Manchester
13:00 Sheffield 5-0 Oxford
13:30 Southampton 6-0 Oxford
13:30 Birmingham 2-1 Manchester
Semifinals
14:10 Birmingham 2-1 Sheffield
14:10 Nottingham 1(4)-1(3) Southampton - penalties
Third place
14:50 Sheffield 1(3)-1(1) Southampton - penalties
Final
15:20 Birmingham 1-0 Nottingham
We hope to see you all on our next tournament!
This year, the MexSoc UK tournament is being hosted by the MexSoc at Birmingham, the 2007 runners up.
The tournament will be a one-day event on April, 26th starting at 10am. Everyone is invited to come.
This year, six teams have registered:
Goog luck to all the teams and we look forward to see you in Birmingham!
The next link includes a call from the SEMARNAT for the Premio al Merito Ecologico 2008
http://www.mexsoc.org.uk/ecologico2008/ (spanish)
Please feel free to apply
The Embassy of Mexico in the UK is requesting the name of five Mexican students in the area of Environmental Science. The British Council will contact them regarding an event to be held in London to reward the winners of a competition in Mexico in that specific area. Three students -between 16 and 18 years old- will be awarded and come to London to receive their prize by the end of this month.
Anyone interested in participating, please contact us and include the following information:
Name
Dept/School
Degree
Address
Telephone
Mobile
Email
This is a great opportunity for you guys as well as for those coming to the UK to receive their prize.
Every year the Mexican Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosts an event called the Mexico Week, which is becoming very interesting every year.
You can download the programme here: Mexican Week 2008
Here are overall details:
25-29th February, 2008
London School of Economics
London, UK
Facebook Group:
http://manchester.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10941511833
For further information please contact the guys of the LSE MexSoc at su.soc.mexican@lse.ac.uk
UPDATE:
The following talk was cancelled:
Lecture on the Reform of the state
Thu Feb, 28th 12:00 D502
Senator Alejandro Gonzalez Alcocer, President of the committee for Justice, Mexican Senate
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