Carlos Fuentes Speaking on Globalization at UCSD Tonight

Carlos Fuentes, one of Mexico’s best known writers and novelists, will be speaking at UCSD tonight. UC San Diego’s Center for the Humanities in conjunction with the Consulado de Mexico en San Diego,
present Carlos Fuentes: “Globalization: A New Deal For A New Age” at the Mandeville Auditorium at 7pm.

For more than 40 years, as a novelist, essayist, scholar and diplomat, Fuentes has focused on the identity of his home country and on its relationship with the United States and the world. His lectures are as current as daily newspaper headlines and imbued with a marvelous sense of history. “Culture is the product of many races and many traditions.,” he has written. “We are all descendants of Greeks and Romans, Arabs and Jews. We must examine those roots to discover who we are today.”

In speaking on the new world order in the age of globalization, Fuentes explores responsibilities and opportunities for all on either side of the economic divide. A self-described optimist, Fuentes will bring a new perspective to current debates.

Fuentes is an independent political voice with an instinct for social justice. As the son of a Mexican diplomat, he spent most of his childhood in Washington, DC. After earning his law degree, he served in a number of governmental posts, including Mexican Ambassador to France. Fuentes has been a visiting professor at Princeton and is currently professor-at-large at Brown University.

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