Cinco de Mayo symposium set for May 4 at UCSB

The Symposium “Cinco de Mayo: Twenty-First Century Perspectives,” will be presented from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 4 at the University of California, Santa Babara in Mosher House — Alumni Hall.

Presented by 150 De Mayo Puebla Defensa de la Patria Unidad Nacional, the event features welcoming addresses by María Herrera-Sobek, Associate Vice Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara; Rogelio Flores Mejía, Mexican Consul, Oxnard and Laura Romo, director, Chicano Studies Institute.

Lic. Manuel Antonio Díaz Cid, University of Puebla, will present the keynote address: “La Doctrina del Gran Designio, la Intervención Francesa y la Batalla del 5 de Mayo”

Panel discussions are then scheduled with the program concluding with the film screening of : 5 de Mayo. La Batalla de Puebla.”

Co-sponsors: Mexican Consulate, Oxnard, Chicano Studies Institute, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor & Office of the Associate Vice, Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy. Special thanks to the staff of the Chicano Studies Institute at UC Santa Barbara, Theresa Peña and Jazmin Gómez & Claudia Luna Hildalgo of the Mexican Consulate.

Click here for a PDF of the entire program.