UNC Charlotte researcher Jürgen Buchenau explores the causes, dynamics, consequences and legacies of the Mexican Revolution in the work “Mexico’s Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century.”
His most provocative conclusion is that the Mexican Revolution fundamentally reshaped global debates about human rights, in that the revolutionaries posited the existence of a series of social rights including the right to work, housing, food, medical care and education.
Buchenau, professor and chair of the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, will discuss the Mexican Revolution and how he came to write about it during the first presentation in the 2015-16 Personally Speaking series at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 1, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
A dessert reception will follow the talk, where Buchenau will autograph copies of his book. This event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are requested. (Click on the Buchenau title, then REGISTER NOW, or call 704-687-0085.)
The 2015-16 Personally Speaking series is cosponsored by CLAS and the J. Murrey Atkins Library. The other talks in the series are:
- “Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism” by Shannon Sullivan, on Tuesday, Nov. 10
- “Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas” by Jeffrey Leak, Tuesday, Feb. 16
- “Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambitions and the Financing of Majority Control” by Eric Heberlig, Tuesday, March 15