Colby-Sawyer College Hosts “Books Sandwiched In” Lecture: Is Mexico at Risk of Becoming a Failed State?
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Bring your lunch for the latest in the Books Sandwiched In lecture series and listen as Colby-Sawyer Professor of Social Sciences and Education Randy Hanson discusses the intriguing topic of Mexico's state of well-being.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at noon in the Hicks Alumni Lounge of the Ware Campus Center. This event, sponsored by The Friends of the Colby-Sawyer College Library, The World Affairs Council of N.H., and the League of Women Voters of Kearsarge/Sunapee, is free and open to the public.
Professor Hanson holds Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University in Modern Mexico and Latin America. He joined the Colby-Sawyer faculty in 1996 and holds the David H. Winton Endowed Teaching Chair. He was the 1999 winner of the Jack Jenson Award for Teaching Excellence at Colby-Sawyer, and in 2000 was named the CASE Outstanding Teacher for New Hampshire.
Professor Hanson, whose research interests include the Catholic Church and popular religion in Mexico, U.S. foreign relations, and photography in Mexico, has been visiting the country for 22 years. He taught at the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla for four years, spent another year and a half there working on a Fulbright dissertation, and has recently returned from a year-long sabbatical in Mexico. He is currently working on a book about the Catholic Church during the Mexican Revolution.
Colby-Sawyer, founded in 1837, is a comprehensive liberal arts college located in the scenic Lake Sunapee Region of central New Hampshire. Students learn in small classes through a select array of programs that integrate the liberal arts and sciences with -professional experience. Visit us on the World Wide Web at www.colby-sawyer.edu.
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