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Prof. Judit Bokser Misses- Liwerant
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has lived in Mexico since 1968.
BA and MA studies in Political Science and Sociology, Hebrew University of Jeursalem
(1967)
PhD in Political Science, (Cum Laude), UNAM, (1968- 1982; 1991)
Full Senior Professor of Political Science, at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico (UNAM) since 1985.
Head of the Graduate School of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM, 1996- 2012
Coordinator of the Jewish Studies Program, Universidad Iberoamericana-International
Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Jerusalem 1980-1995.
Senior Full Time Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences,
UNAM, since 1985
Associate Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences,
UNAM, 1975-1985.
Part Time Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences,
UNAM, 1970-1974.
Senior Researcher, Center of Political Studies, UNAM, 1974-1982.
Senior Researcher, Center for Social Theory (UNAM), since 1983.
Head of the Department of Political Science, 1976-1982.
Head of the Academic Committee, Universidad Hebraica, since 2002.
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Member of the Mexican Academy of Science, since 1999.
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Member of the National Research System (Fellowship at the highest level) since
1991.
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Appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, 2013.
Associate Director of the Mexican Journal of Political and Social Science, since 1996.
Director and Editor of the Mexican Journal of Political and Social Science, New Epoch,
2012.
Co-editor with Eliezer Ben Rafael and Yossi Gorny of the Klal Yisrael Brill Serie, since
2009.
Visiting professor at national and international universities.
Among others:Beatty Chair, McGill University, Canada; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales, Paris; Eckstein Scholar in Residence, Arizona State University;
San Martin Chair and Research Fellow at the Institute fir Advanced Studies, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Selected National and International Research Projects
1973-1975: Mexican Political System and the Working Class, Institutional Research
Project, Center of Political Studies, UNAM
1987 -1990 " Socio-Political Movements, Organization and Institutionalization
Processes”. Center of Political Studies, UNAM.
1996-1998 The Challenges of Modernity: Otherness and Tolerance. Institutional
Research Project. Graduate School. UNAM
2001-2002 Identity and Community. Jewish Life in Latin America, Institute of
Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1999-2001 Social Sciences Facing 21 Century: Changing frontiers. Institutional Research
Project. UNAM
2005-2008. Globalization, Democracy and Diversity: collective identities and
citizenship. Macroproyecto- CONACYT.
2004-2006 Comunidades Judías de América Latina- UNAM.
2007- Contemporary Jewish Peoplehood. (Klal Yisrael), Tel Aviv University
2009-2010 Contesting Liberal Citizenship: New Debates and Alternative Forms of
Democracy and State Power in Latin America”, The Institute for Advanced Studies, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2009. Institutional Research Project:
“La construcción de una nueva institucionalidad para las ciencias sociales II: Posgrados y
sistemas tutorales, globalización y coyunturas” (Building a New Institutional Framework
for the Social Sciences)
2010. Institutional Research Project :
“La construcción de una nueva institucionalidad para las Ciencias Sociales 3: I. Sistemas
Tutorales y eficiencia terminal. II. Globalización y coyunturas políticas: tópicos
regionales y transnacionales” (Building a New Institutional Framework for the Social
Sciences)
2010-2014. International Research Project
Latin American Jews in a Transnational World. Redefining experience and identities on
four continents. Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén-UNAM
Coordinado con Sergio DellaPergola y Leonardo Senkman
2011-II.Institutional Research Project:
“Espacios de encuentros temáticos y convergencias disciplinarias: hacia la consolidación
de grupos de trabajo y redes académicas en migración, procesos de globalización y
transnacionalismo” (Thematic Topics and Disciplinary Convergences: academic
netwroks on migration, globalization processes and transnationalism)
2011-II. Institutional Research Project:
“Orientación para la Especialización en Gerencia Social y Ética Pública del Programa de
Posgrado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales”
2011-2013 International Research Project:
El Educador Judío Latinoamericano en un mundo transnacional- Israel, México,
Argentina (The Transnational Jewsih Educator)
Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalem; UNAM, Universidad Hebraica; Fondo de Educacion
Pinkus
Investigadora Principal con Sergio DellaPergola, Leonardo Senkman, Yosi Goldstein
Awards and Recognitions
Academic Merit, UNAM, 1996; 2005; for outstanding teaching and research
contributions.
Academic of the Year, Instituto Cultural México-Israel 1999,
Raúl Cardiel Reyes to Academic Merit in Political Science, 2004.
Award Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, UNAM, 2007.
Fisher Prize in Education, Jerusalem, 2008.
Academic Merit, UNAM 2011.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013.
Member of the National Commission Against Discrimination, 2001;
Member of the Council of the Commission of Human Rights, 2005;
Currently a member of the National Council Against Discrimination (CONAPRED)
PUBLICATIONS
She has authored and edited 14 books and close to 140 scientific articles and chapters in
books in the field of Political Sociology, Political Science and Contemporary Jewry.
Main research topics are
Jewish responses to Modernity- migration and national movements; ethnic and national
identities; citizenship building and minorities; collective identities and multiculturalism;
globalization processes and transnationalism; discrimination processes and antiSemitism.
BOOKS
Formas de Producción Teórica y Formas de Producción Ideológica.(Theroretical and
Ideological Forms of Production) Antología, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales,
UNAM, 1981.
Historia del Movimiento Nacional Judío,(History of the Jewish National Movement)
Antología, Edición Exp., México, Universidad Iberoamericana y el Centro para los
Estudios Universitarios de la Cultura Judía, 1984.
El Movimiento Nacional Judío. El sionismo en México 1922-1947.)The Jewish National
Movement. Zionism in Mexico 1922-1947) UNAM, 1991.
Imágenes de un Encuentro. La Presencia Judía en México durante la primera mitad del
siglo XX, (Images of an Encounter. The Jewish Presence in Mexico During the First
Half of the 20 Century México, UNAM, Comité Central Israelita, MBM, 1991.
Entre Tierras de Promisión. Respuestas Judías a la Modernidad (Between Promised
Lands. Jewish Responses to Modernity) (accepted for publication)
Estado Actual de la Ciencia Política, (Political Science Today) Coordinadora, Colegio
Nacional de Ciencia Política, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Instituto Federal
Electoral, 1997.
Encuentro y Alteridad. La vida y la cultura judía en América Latina, (Encounter and
Otherness. Jewish Life and Culture in Latin America), en colaboración con Alicia
Backal, Editoras y estudio introductorio, Fondo de Cultura Económica, UNAM,
Universidad de Tel Aviv , Universidad de Jerusalén, 1999.
Léxico de la Política, (Political Lexicon ), en colaboración con Isidro Cisneros, Laura
Baca, Germán Pérez, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000.
Agendas de Investigación y Docencia en Ciencia Política, (Research Agendas in Political
Science) Coordinadora, Colegio Nacional de Ciencia Política, UNAM, UAM, 1999.
Las Ciencias Sociales, Universidad y Sociedad, (Social Sciences, University and Society),
Coordinadora, Introductory Study, UNAM, 2003.
The Middle East Conflict, ( with Felipe Pozo, Eds. ) , Universidad Hebraica, 2006.
Jewish Identities in an Era of Globalization and Multiculturalism, (Ed.) with Eli Ben
Rafael and Yosef Gorni, Brill Editorial House, 2008.
Sociedad, Política e Identidades (Society, Politics and Identities)
Velasco, UNAM-Siglo XXI ( UNAM-Siglo Veintiuno, 2009.
(Ed.) with Saúl
Transnationalism (Ed.) with Eliezer Ben Rafael, Yitshak Shterenber abd Yossi Gorny,
Brill, 2009.
Pensar la Globalización, la Democracia y la Diversidad (Thinking Globalization,
Dmocracy and Diversity) ( Ed.) with Felipe Pozo and Gilda Waldman, México, UNAM,
2009.
Pertenencia y alteridad. Judíos en/de América Latina: cuarenta años de cambios.
(Editora con Haim Avni, et al.) Berlín-Madrid, Editorial Iberoamérica-, 2011. 870 p.
Community, Society and Politics. Past and Present Paths of Latin American Jews.
Leiden-London, Brill, 2013 (submitted).
Eliezer Ben Rafael y Yosi Gorni (Eds) Reconsidering Israel-Diaspora
Relations, Boston and Leiden: Brill (Forthcoming, 2014)
ARTICLES. Among others:
“Los trabajadores en el Estado Mexicano” (Workers in the Mexican State) , Deslinde, N°
37, México, UNAM, 1973, pp. 24.
"Parsons y Dahl: dos tentativas de confinar la realidad política” (Parsons and Dahl: Two
Formalyzing Approaches to Politics) , Estudios Políticos, N° 2, México, F.C.P y S.,1975,
pp. 65-83.
"Tendencias de la realidad argentina" ( Current Trends in Argentinian Society), Estudios
Políticos, N° 5, México, F.C.P y S., 1976, pp. 77-93.
"Apuntes sobre una Teoría Crítica de la sociedad" (Reflections on Critical Theory),
Estudios Políticos, N° 10, México, F.C.P y S., 1977, pp. 19-29.
"La estabilidad en transición"(Stability in Transition), Estudios Políticos, Nº. 8, México,
FCPYS, CEP, 1977 , pp 163- 176.
"La universidad en México" ( The Mexican University), Estudios Políticos, N° 9,
México, FCPYS, CEP, marzo de 1977, pp 173-185.
"La Reforma Política"(Political Reform in Mexico), Estudios Políticos, N° 11, México,
FCPYS, CEP, julio de 1977, pp. 144-164.
Zionism in Mexico, Encyclopaedia of Zionism and Israel, Herzl Press and McGraw
Hill, New York-Jerusalén, 1989.
"Reencontrando identidad. Apuntes metodológicos para el estudio de los judíos en
América Latina"( Encounters with Identity. Methodological Notes on Jews in Latin
America) Secuencia, N° 13, Revista Americana de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Mora,
México, 1989, pp. 207-215.
"Estado actual de la Ciencia Política"(Political Science: the State of the Art), Revista
Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, N° 136-137, F.C.P.yS., México, abrilseptiembre de 1989, pp. 43-50.
"El movimiento sionista y México frente a la creación del Estado de Israel", (Zionism and
Mexican Society vis-a-vis the Establishment of the State of Israel) Proceedings of the
Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalén, 1990, pp. 543-550.
"Los Judíos en México. Entre el exilio y la inmigración"(Jews in Mexico: Between
Immigration and Exile), Anuario del Instituto de Investigaciones Interculturales
Germano-Mexicanas, Vol. II, No. 3 y 4, México, 1991.
“La Escuela de Frankfurt" (The Francfurt School), en Revista Mexicana de Ciencia
Política, No. 150, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, 1992.
“Identidad nacional, religión y pertenencia”(National Identity, Religion and Belonging),
CEREM-FLACSO, México, 1993.
"Antisemitism in Mexico", Antisemitism: World Report 1993; 1994; 1995; London,
Institute of Jewish Affairs.
“De la Guerra a la Paz en el Medio Oriente: política, economía y cultura” (From War to
Peace in the Middle East: politics, economy and culture), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias
Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, vol. 159, pp. 53-72, 1995.
"Etica y diversidad: el desafío de la sociedad civil" (Ethics and Diversity: Civil Society’s
Challenge) , Estudios, No. 42, México, ITAM, 1995, pp.31-49 .
“Cárdenas y los Judíos: entre el exilio y la inmigración" (Cardenas and the Jews: Exile
and Immigration), en Canadian Journal Of Latin American and Caribbbean Studies, Vol
20, No. 39-40, Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
Canadá, 1996, pp. 13-38.
“Los rostros del Antisemitismo”, (The Faces of Antisemitism) Coloquio, vol 27, Buenos
Aires, 1996, pp. 33-45.
“Hacia un nuevo modelo de posgrado en ciencias sociales” (Towards a New Model of
Graduate Studies in Social Sciences), en colaboración con miembros de la DEP, OMNIA,
UNAM, 1997.
“Juan Pablo II y México: reflexiones en torno a los encuentros”( John Paul II and
Mexico: Reflections on their encounters), Religiones y Sociedad, N. 5, México, eneroabril 1999, pp. 9-20.
“El Ghetto: historia y memoria” (The Ghetto: History and Memory), en colaboración con
Gilda Waldman, Acta Sociológica, noviembre 1999, FCPYS, UNAM, pp. 55-86.
“Globalización, identidades colectivas y ciudadanía”(Globalization, Collective Identities
and Citizenship), en colaboración con Alejandra Salas P., Política y Cultura, N.12,
invierno 99, UAM Xochimilco, pp. 25-52.
“De convergencias disciplinarias e interacciones institucionales: el Programa de
Posgrado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la UNAM” (Disciplinary Convergences and
Institucional Interactions: The Political and Social Sciences Graduate Program), OMNIA,
N. 40, UNAM, 2000, pp. 131-145.
“Ciudadanía e identidades colectivas”(Citizenship and Collective Identities), Pluralitas,
N.4, UNAM-Posgrado (revista electrónica), junio 2001.
“Reflexiones sobre la laicidad” (Reflections on Laicisim), en Revista de la Subsecretaría
de Asuntos Religiosos, agosto 2001 (en línea)
“Racismo y Antisemitismo”(Racism and Antisemitism) Tolerancia (memoria Seminario
Internacional), Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, 2001, pp. 257-276.
El Antisemitismo: recurrencias y cambios históricos”(Antisemitism: persistence and
historical change), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, N. 182-1831,
mayo-diciembre 2001, pp. 101-132
“Globalization and Collective Identities”, Social Compass 49(2), 2002.
“2001: un año que termina, un siglo que comienza en la lucha contra la discriminación y
la intolerancia”(2001. A Year that Finishes, a Century that Starts in the Fight Against
Discrimination and Intolerance) , Gaceta, N1, Comisión de Derechos Humanos del D.F.,
enero de 2002, pp. 43-50.
“Las dos caras de la individuación: inclusión y exclusión”(The Two Faces of
Individualization: Inclusion and Exclusion), Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y
Sociales, N. 184, enero-junio de 2002, pp. 243-249
“Modernidad y Holocausto. Algunas reflexiones críticas en torno a Bauman” (Modernity
and Holocaust. Critical Reflections on Bauman), con Gilda Waldman, Acta Sociológica,
N.35, mayo-agosto 2002, pp. 31-60.
“The Middle East: Between War and Peace”, Journal of American Studies, Jesús Velazco
(ed.), Turquía, 2005.
“El Antisemitismo en la historia” (Antisemitism in History) en Bien Común, N. 107,
noviembre 2003, pp. 36-54.
“La cuestión judía hoy: del ¿socialismo de los tontos? A la recurrencia del prejuicio”,
(The Jewsih Question Today)Metapolítica, septiembre 2004, 212-219.
“El Holocausto: memoria, víctimas y moralidad. Un acercamiento a Zygmunt
Bauman”,(The Holocaust: Memory, Victims and Morality. On Zygmunt Bauman)
Madrid, Anthropos, N.206, 2005, pp.168-183.
“Globalización y regionalismos: el Medio Oriente en la perspectiva de vuelta de siglo”
( Globalization and Regionalism: The Middle East on the Turn of the Century)Memoria
del Coloquio de Primavera en Relaciones Internacionales, México, UNAM, Centro de
Estudios Internacionales, 2006; en línea.
“Jewish Women in México”, en Jewish Women. A Comprehensive Historical
Encyclopedia, Jerusalem, Shalvi Publishing Inc, 2007 .
“Challenges and Alternatives of Latin America Jewish Communities”, Annual
Assessment 2006, Jewish Public Policy Planning Institute, Jerusalem, 2006
“El conflicto palestino-israelí. Los altibajos de una década” (The Israelí-Palestine
Conflict. A Decade of Ups and Downs) , Revista de la Universidad Hebraica, México,
2006.
“Los retos de la Democracia Hoy: Estado de Derecho, Ciudadanía y Derechos
Humanos”,(The Challenges of Democracy Today: State of Law, Citizenship and Human
Rights) DFensor, Comisión de Derechos Humanos del DF, número 6, año IV, junio de
2006.
“Género y nuevos saberes. Una fructífera interacción” (Gender and New Knowledge. A
fruuitful Interaction) en www.pueg.unam.mx, del Programa Universitario de Estudios de
Género, UNAM, 2008.
“Ciudadanía y democracia. Notas en torno a un binomio” (Citizenship and Democracy.
Notes on eh Binomial) en Memoria del VII Encuentro Internacional sobre Cultura
Democrática “Democracia, ciudadanía y cultura”, CUCS-Universidad de Guadalajara,
2008.
“La Discriminación. Un fenómeno Difuso. Reflexiones a partir de la Primera Encuesta
Nacional sobre Discriminación en México” (Discrimination. A difussed scoial
expression) Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, N° 200, mayoagosto de 2008,
“Jewish Civilization Today: A World of Identities”, in extenso, Bronfman Forum, 2008.
“Jewish Women in Latin America”, Annual Assesment, Jewish Public Policy Planning
Institute, Jerusalem, 2008.
“Fronteras y convergencias disciplinarias”, Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Instituto de
Investigaciones Sociales (Frotniers and Disciplinary Convergences) , UNAM, Año 71,
Número Especial, diciembre de 2009, pp. 51-74.
“The Jewish World. A World of Diversity”, en Index of Jewish Peoplehood, Beith
Hatfuzot Journal, 2010.
“Latin American Jewry Today”, Journal of Annual Assessments, 2010, Jerusalem, JPPI ,
2011
“Mexico in a Region under Change”, Journal for the Study of Antisemitism, Vermont,
USA, volume 3, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 27-49.
“Discriminación y minorías religiosas”,
Discriminación, 2012, electrónico.
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“Latin American Jewish Social Studies: the Evolution of Cross-Disciplinary Field” en
Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 27 Science and Ideology in Contemporary Jewish
Research, Uzi Rebhun (Editor) (The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Oxford University Press), 2014, pp. 178-193.
“Latin American Jews in the United States. Community and Belonging in Times of
Transnationalism” in Contemporary Jewry, Len Saxe and Sergio DellaPergola (Editors),
2013. p.p. 121-143
“Diásporas y transnacionalismo: nuevas indagaciones sobre los judíos latinoamericanos
hoy”, en colaboración con Leonardo Senkman, Judaica Latinoamericana, Magness
Press, Vol. 8, 2013.
“Latin American Jewish Life in the 21st Century: the paradox of shrinking communities,
and expanded-revitalized Jewish life”, Annual Assesment, The Jewish People Policy
Institute, 2013.
“Discriminación y minorías religiosas: a propósito de las Encuestas Nacionales sobre la
Discriminación en México”, Revista México Social, CEIDAS, México, 2013 (entregado)
“Encuentros, dilemas y proyectos en la historia. Modernidad y Movimiento Nacional
Judío”, Revista Istor, CIDE, México, 2013
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS. Among others:
Especialización en Estudios Judaicos ( The Jewish Studies Program) en Haim Avni Ed.,
Estudios Judaicos en Universidades Latinoamericanas, Centro para los Estudios
Universitarios de la Cultura Judía, Jerusalén, 1985, pp. 173-218.
Jewish Emancipation in the Context of the Modern State and Society, en The Teaching of
Jewish Emancipation, International Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization, Jerusalén, 1987, pp. 15-37.
Integración y Modelos de Identificación, (Integration and Identification Models) La
Presencia Judía en México Memorias, México, UNAM, 1987, pp. 35-47.
Zionism and its Struggle with the Left. Zionism and Its Opponents. The Srtuggle for
Hegemony in the Jewish World, Jerusalem, Magness Press, 1990, pp. 191-203
[Hebrew].
Judaísmo, Modernización y Democracia en México (Judaism, Modernization and
Democracy), en Religión, Iglesias y Democracia en México, Roberto Blancarte,
editor, UNAM, CIICH-La Jornada, 1995, pp. 265-291.
De Exilios, Migraciones y Encuentros Culturales (On Exiles, Migrations and Cultural
Encounters), en México: el Exilio Bien Temperado, Ranatta von Haffesntangel (Ed.),
UNAM, Insituto de Investigaciones Culturales Germano Mexicanas, 1995, pp.
La Identidad Nacional: Unidad y Alteridad (National Identity: Unity and Otherness) en
México: Identidad y Cultura Nacional, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana,
Memoria Mexicana, 1994, pp. 71-84.
Los Derroteros de la Tolerancia en el Fin de Siglo ( Fin de Siecle’s Paths of Tolerance) ,
en La Universidad y la Tolerancia, Rafael Cordera y Eugenia Huerta (ed)., UNAM,
1996.
El Racismo Hoy (Racism Today), en VI Jornadas Lascanianas. La Problemática del
Racismo en los Umbrales del Siglo XXI, México, UNAM/Instituto Investigaciones
Jurídicas, 1997, pp. 309-321.
Alteridad en la Historia y en la Memoria: México frente a los Refugiados Judíos,
(Otherness in History and Memory: Mexico and the Jewish Refugees) , en Judit
Bokser y Alicia Backal, Editoras, Encuentro y Alteridad. Vida y la cultura judía en
América Latina, Fondo de Cultura Económica, UNAM, Universidad de Tel Aviv ,
Universidad de Jerusalén, 1999.
Estado Actual de la Ciencia Política (Political Science Today), en Mauricio Merino
(Editor), La Ciencia Política Mexicana, Biblioteca Mexicana del Siglo XXI. Primer
Volumen de Ciencia Política, 1999, pp. 23-35.
Cómo ser Otro sin Dejar de Ser Uno Mismo: Respuestas Judías a la Modernidad (How to
be Other Without giving up being Oneself: Jewish Responses to Modernity )en Varios
autores, Humanismo y Cultura Judía, UNAM, 1999, pp. 59-76.
Mexico and Palestine’s Partititon: Society, Politics and Diplomacy(Hebrew), en Zvi
Medin y Raanan Reins Mexico Alter the Revolution, Eds. México, Universidad de
Tel Aviv, Israel, 1999, pp. 235-262.
Teoría Política (Political Theory), en Léxico de la Política, México, Fondo de Cultura
Económica, 2000, pp. 717-726
Derechos Humanos (Human Rights), con Isidro Cisneros, en Léxico de la Política,
México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000, pp. 153-156.
The Six Day War and its Impact on the Mexican Jewish Community, Universidad Hebrea
de Jerusalén, en Eli Lederhendler (ed.)The Six Day War and World Jewry, University
Press of Maryland, 2000, pp. 187-204.
De-legitimation of the Jewish Presence. Mexico’s Vote Zionsim=Racism, Latin
American Judaism, A Book in Honor of Haim Avni, (Hebrew) Jerusalem, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, AMILAT, 2001, pp.160-184.
Los Desafíos del Posgrado en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (The
Challenges of the Graduate Program in Political and Social Sciences) en Ricardo Sánchez
Puentes y Martiniano Arredondo (eds.) La Eficiencia Terminal en Ciencias Sociales y
Humanidades, UNAM, CESU, 2001.
Las Relaciones de la UNAM con los Partidos Políticos (The University and Political
Paties) and , en La UNAM. El Debate Pendiente, Pablo Latapí, Roberto Rodríguez et
al, (Eds.) Plaza y Valdés, UNAM-CESU, 2001, pp. 255-272.
Judit Bokser et al. Propuesta para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y las
Humanidades en México.(A Proposal for the Development of the Social Sciences and
Humanities) México, Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y Humanidades, marzo 2001.
Racismo y Antisemitismo (Racism and Antisemitism), en La Discriminación en México.
Ciudadanía, Procesos de Globalización y Democracia (Citizenship, Globalization and
Democracy), en Democracia y Formación Ciudadana, México, IEDF, Colección
Sinergia, 2002, pp. 13-552.
Lugar del posgrado en el desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales: Interacciones disciplinarias,
conocimiento y realidad social”(The Role of Graduate Studies in Fostering the Social
Sciences: Disciplinary Interactions, Knowledge and Social Reality) ( en Judit Bokser
(ed.) Las Ciencias Sociales, Universidad y Sociedad. Temas para una Agenda de
Posgrado, UNAM, 2003
Libertades religiosas en México hoy(Religious Freedom in Mexico Today), en Ética y
Reforma del Estado en México en Tiempos de la Democracia”, Universidad Pontificia,
México, 2003
El lugar cambiante de Israel en la comunidad judía de México: centralidad y procesos de
globalización (The Changing Place of Israel in theJewish Community of Mexico:
centrality and globalization processes), Judaica Latinoamericana V, Jerusalem, Magness
Press-AMILAT, 2005, pp. 185-208.
Poder Político y ética pública (Political Power and Public Ethics), UNAM, Facultad de
Derecho, Serie Estudios, 2005
Discriminación, cultura y sociedad. Las identidades etno-religiosas entre el discurso y las
prácticas (Discrimination, Culture and Society. Ethno-religious Identities Between
Discourse and Reality) (forthcoming)
Semitas en el espacio público mexicano (Semites in the Mexican Public Sphere), en
Ignacio Klich, ed. Arabes y Judíos en América Latina, Siglo Veintiuno, Bs. As., 2006.
Globalización, diversidad y pluralismo (Globalization, Diversity and Pluralism), en
Diversidad y Multicutluralismo-Perspectivas y Desafíos, Daniel Gutiérrez M. (coord.),
Siglo Veintiuno- UNAM, 2006.
El México de los años Treinta: Cardenismo, Inmigración Judía y Antisemitismo (Mexico
During the Thirties: Jewsih Immigration and Antisemitism), en Xenofobias y Xenofilia en
la historia de México siglos XVIII y XIX, Dirección de Estudios Históricos, 2006.
Identidad y Alteridad. Los dilemas del judaísmo en la modernidad (Identity and
Otherness. Modrnity’s Dilemas of Judaism), en Benjamín Meyer Foulkes (Ed.),
Ateologías, 2006.
“Entre la historia y la memoria, la modernidad y la alteridad. Ejes de identificación
judía” (Bewteen History and Memory. Modernity, Changing Axws of Identification) en
Gilda Waldman y Maya Aguiluz (Coords), Memoria (in)cógnitas. Contiendas en la
historia, en, UNAM-CIICH, México, 2007.
“Los retos del Estado y la sociedad civil en la educación” en Juan Antonio Flores (Ed),
Estado, Metrópoli y Políticas Sociales, Edit. Plaza y Valdés, México, 2007
“Mexico nos Anos 1930: Cardenismo, Imigracao Judaica e Anti-Semitismo (Cardenism,
Jewsih Immigration and Anti-Semitism in Mexico) en Maria Luisa Tucci Carneiro
(Coordinadora) O Anti-Semitismo nas Américas, Memoria e Historia, Brazil, Universidad
de so Paulo, 2007,
“Multiculturalismo” (Multiculturalism) en Germán Pérez Fernández del Castillo (Comp),
El Léxico de la Política en la Globalización. Nuevas Realidades, Viejos Referentes,
Mexico, Ed. Porrua, 2009.
La religión en el espacio público: los procesos de desecularización” (Religion in the
Public Sphere: De-Seculariation Processes), en Roberto Blancarte (ed.) Modernidad y
Religiones, El Colegio de México, 2008.
“Identidad, diversidad y democracia: oportunidades y desafíos” (Identity, Diversity and
Democracy: opportunities and challenges) en Martha Singer (Coord.) Participación
política desde la diversidad. México, 2008.
Identidades colectivas y esfera pública: judíos y libaneses en México (Collective
Idnetities and Public Sphere: Jews and Arabs in Mexico) en Raanan Rein (Editor)
Árabes y Judíos en el Iberoamérica, Fundación Tres Culturas, Colección Anfora, 2008,
La religión en el espacio público: los procesos de desecularización (Religion in the Public
Sphere) en Roberto Blancarte (Editor) Los Retos de la Laicidad y la Secularización en el
Mundo Contemporáneo, El Colegio de México, 2008.
Latin American Jews- A Transnational Diaspora, en Transnationalism (Editores Eliezer
Ben Rafael, Yitzhak Sternberg, Judit Bokser Liwerant, Yossi Gorny), Brill, LeidenBoston, 2009.
Trayectorias colectivas en el México Contemporáneo (Collective Idetnities in
Contemporary Mexico) en Liz Hamui (Coordinadora) Judíos Sirios en Américas Latina,
2009 .
Identidades colectivas y esfera pública en México. Transformaciones y recurrencias
(Collective Identities Publis Sphere in Mexico. Transformations and Permanence)
Judaica Latinoamericana VI, Jerusalem, Magness Press-AMILAT, 2009, pp. 305-336.
Identidad, diversidad y democracia: oportunidades y desafíos (Identity, Diversity and
Democracy: opportunities and challenges) en Martha Singer (Coordinadora.)
Participación política desde la diversidad. UNAM-Plaza y Valdés, México, 2009. pp.
21-37.
Trayectorias colectivas en el México Contemporáneo (Collective Trajectories in
Contemporary Mexico) in Liz Hamui (Coordinadora) Judíos Sirios en Américas Latina,
On line, 2009.
Notas reflexivas sobre los desafíos contemporáneos: globalización, diversidad y
Democracia (Reflexive Notes on Current Challenges: Globalization, Diversity and
Democracy) in Judit Bokser Liwerant, Felipe Pozo y Gilda Waldman (Coordinadoras)
Pensar la Globalización, la Democracia y la Diversidad, UNAM, Colección Posgrado,
2009, pp. 25-58.
El conflicto palestino-israelí. Recurrencias históricas; nuevos dilemas (The PalestineIsraeli Conflict: Historical Continuities, New Dilemmas) in Manuel Ferez Gil
(Compilador) El Conflicto en Gaza e Israel 2008-2009. Una visión desde América
Latina, México, Senado de la República, 2009, pp. 95-126.
Multiculturalismo (Multiculturalism) en Araceli Mondragón y Francisco Monroy
(Coordinadores) Interculturalidad. Historias, experiencia y utopías, UIEM-Plaza y
Valdés, 2010, pp. 83-98.
Klal Ysrael Today. Unity and Diversity: Reflections on Europe and Latin America in a
Globalized World (en colaboración con Eliezer Ben Rafael), en Julius Schoeps, et al. A
road to nowhere ¿jewish experiences unifying Europe?, Leiden y London: Brill, 2010.
Cuarenta años de cambio: transiciones y paradigmas(Forty Years of Change: Trasntions
and Paradygms) con Haim Avni, Sergio DellaPergola et al, en Pertenencia y alteridad.
Judíos en/de América Latina: Cuarenta años de cambios, Editorial Iberoamérica-BerlínMadrid, 2011, pp. 13-83.
Los judíos de América Latina: los signos de las tendencias. Juegos y contrafuegos (Jews
in Latin America: Sygns, Trends and Counter-curents) en Pertenencia y alteridad.
Judíos en/de América Latina: Cuarenta años de cambios, Editorial Iberoamérica-BerlínMadrid, 2011, pp. 115-164.
Tres modelos de Innovación Educativa en México. Un análisis a tres voces (Three
Models of Innovation in Education. A three Voices Analysis), con Haim Avni y Daniel
Fainstein, en Pertenencia y alteridad. Judíos en/de América Latina: Cuarenta años de
cambios. Editorial Iberoamérica-Berlín-Madrid, 2011, pp. 563-600.
Prácticas y discursos de exclusión. Aproximaciones a la construcción identitaria judía en
México (Praxis and Discuorses of Exclusion. Approaches to Jewish Identity Construction
in Mexico) en Alicia Gojman de Backal (Coordinadora) Memorias Archivadas, México,
UNAM, 2011
con Yael Siman, El Medio Oriente Hoy: Nuevas Tendencias e Interrogantes (The Middle
East Today: New Trends and Quandaries) in Manuel Ferez and Elisenda Ballesté (Edit)
Medio Oriente y Norte de Africa: Reforma, Revolución o Continuidad, México, Senado
de la República, 2011.
Identidad, cultura y diversidad como parámetros reflexivos, en Rosalba Casas Guerrero y
Hubert Carton de Grammont (Compiladores), Democracia, conocimiento y cultura,
Bonilla Artigas Editores-IISUNAM, 2012, pp. 389-406.
Being National/Being Transnational: Snapshots of Belonging and Citizenship, en Shifting
Frontiers of Citizenship: the Latin America experience, Leiden y London, Brill, 2013, pp.
343-365.
Expanding Latin American Jewish Life in Times of Transnationalism. A mosaic of
experiences in the United States, in Festrischrift to Sergio DellaPergolla, 2013 (en
prensa).
El Estado de Israel y su Impacto sobre la Vida Institucional de la Comunidad Judía en
México, en Cien Años de Vida Institucional Judía en México, Alicia Gojman de Backal
(coord.) , México, UNAM, 2013, pp. 103- 136.
Ciencias Sociales y Políticas de Estado en México, en Retos de las Humanidades y las
Ciencias Sociales, UNAM, Coordinación de Humanidades, 2013, p.p. 56-96.
Jewish Diaspora and Transnationalism: Awkward (Dance) Partners, en Eliezer Ben
Rafael, Judit Bokser Liwerant y Yosi Gorni (Eds) Reconsidering Israel-Diaspora
Relations, Bosotn and Leiden: Brill (en prensa) 2014
Thinking “Múltiples Modernities” from Latin America’s Perspectives: complexity,
periphery and diversity, en Multiple Modernities in the Contemporary Scene. A
continuation of the Multiple Modernities Research Program, Michael Sussman y Gerhard
Preyer (Editores), (en edición), 2013.
With Yael Siman, Approaching Recurrences and Changes of Antisemitism in Latin
America: the case of Mexico en Tolerance or True Acceptance? North American
Antisemitism ,Steven K. Baum, Steven L. Jacobs and Florette Cohen (eds), Bosotn and
Leiden: Brill ( forthcoming 2014)
Penser Global: Globalization and transnationalism: facing new realities, narratives and
conceptual challenges, Maison des Sciences de L’Homme, (forthcoming, 2014).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES, REVIEWS, PROLOGUES, DOCUMENTS
"Vuelve el Tango a la Argentina" (The Tango comes back to Argentina), Los
Universitarios, México, UNAM, septiembre de 1979, pp. 1-9.
"El Judaísmo en México" (Judaism in Mexico), Revista América, España, 1991.
"Humor, sencillez y profundidad en Tiempo de Vivir de Marcelo Rittner" (Humor,
Simplicty and In-depth Thought in Rabbi Marcelo Rtner’s book- Time of Live) , Kol
Bet-El, septiembre-noviembre de 1989.
"Identidad Nacional y Políticas Migratorias. El Encuentro con el Grupo Judío" (National
Identity and Migration Policies), La Jornada Semanal, 7 de febrero de 1993, pp. 2936.
"¿Tiene México futuro sin la ciencia? (Does Mexico have a Future Without Science)",
Excélsior, Sección Ideas, 21 de abril de 1995.
Conversación con Claus Offe (Conversations with Clauss Offe), realizada con Francisco
Galván y Rafael Farfán, en Sociológica, año 8, número 22, mayo-agosto de 1993, pp.
251-267.
"El Placer del Aprendizaje de las Ciencias Sociales" (The Pleasure of Learning), en
Políticas, No. 159, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, agosto-septiembre de
1995.
“Modernización, modernidad y postmodernidad. Introducción” (Modernization,
Modernity and Posmodernity), en García Viveros, M y Pulido, A., Comp.,
Humanismo. Mujer, Familia y Sociedad, VII Simposio Internacional, México, Soc.
Int. Pro-Valores E. Fromm-Zubirán, COLMEX, 1996, pp. 247-252.
"El Posgrado en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales", en Enlaces, Boletín de la
Coordinación de Humanidades, tres partes: primera: No. 16, segunda No.17, tercera,
No. 18 (enero-febrero de 1997).
“El exilio argentino y las ciencias sociales en México” (Argentinian Exile and its
Contribution to the Social Sciences in Mexico), en Entre Mate y Mate la Revista
Argentina, año 1 No. 8, México, mayo de 1998.
“Judaísmo ante el nuevo milenio”(Judaism in the New Millenium) en Religiones del
Mundo, Bernardo Barranco edit., (en prensa)
“El antisemitismo y su recurrencia en la historia” (Antisemitism in History), en Maguen
David, México, Primera parte: N.74, enero 2004 ; Segunda parte: No.75,
“La convivencia en la diversidad ¿afecta la continuidad de una comunidad judía? (Does
Diversity Affect the Continuity of Jewish Communities?) ”, www.encuentro-jdcla.org
“Recreando comunidades: procesos de cambio y transformación desde el
liderazgo”(Redisigning Communities: Changing Processes and Leadership),
www.encuentro-jdcla.org, 2003
“Tiempos de guerra de nuevo”(Times of War), Enfoque, Reforma, 14 de agosto de 2006.
“Los retos de la Democracia Hoy: Estado de Derecho, Ciudadanía y Derechos
Humanos” (Democracy’s Challenges Today: State of Law, Citizenship and Human
Rights) DFensor, Comisión de Derechos Humanos del DF, número 6, año IV, junio de
2006.
“Times of Transition” con Sergio DellaPergola, SPME-YNET, junio 2007.
“Pensar en Sor Juana”, Revista e la Universidad de México, N.41, julio 2007, pp 98-100.
“Cuando la Memoria es proyecto”, www.lapaginadebetobuzali.com, noviembre de 2007.
“Paradigmas de la Memoria”, www.lapaginadebetobuzali.com, octubre 2007.
“Los Derechos Humanos Hoy”, XIV Aniversario de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos
del D.F., 2007.
“A la luz/sombra de la singularidad del Holocausto”, en Suplemento Especial 60 años de
la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, CNDH-Tribuna Israelita, Reforma,
México, 2008.
“Humanismo, derecho y diplomacia. México frente a la partición de Palestina”,
Suplemento 60 Aniversario de la independencia de Israel, Reforma, 7 de mayo de 2008.
“El terrorismo hoy”, in extenso, American Jewish Committee. 2008.
(Presentación de la Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Reflections on
The Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Politicas) División de Estudios de Posgrado, Facultad
de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales UNAM, Nº 168, abril-junio de 1997.
Prefacio al libro Historia de las Ideas Políticas. Fundamentos Filosóficos y Dilemas
Metodológicos ( Prologue to History of Political Ideas)de Cesar Cansino, ediciones
CEPCOM, 1998.
“Transformaciones del poder” (Power’s Transformation) con Rafael Segovia, Alberto
Aziz Nassif en José Gutiérrez Vivó (Coordinador), El Mexicano y su Siglo, Océano,
1999.
Presentación a la Sección “Vislumbres de espejos”, ( “A Century of Wars”)en Un Siglo
de Guerra, Universidad de México, UNAM, Nº 625-626, agosto de 2003, pp. 80-83.
Review."Cultura e identidad Nacional" (“Culture and National Identity”) Roberto
Blancarte, Cultura e Identidad Nacional, México, FCE, 1994 en Revista Mexicana de
Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Nº 165, DEP, FCPYS, julio-sept. 1996, pp. 221-226.
Review:"De encuentros humanos y de diálogos entre culturas" (On Dialogue Among
Cultures”). Ikram Antaki El Espíritu de Córdoba, México, Planeta, 1994. Revista
Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, No. 167, enero-marzo de 1997, pp. 263269.
Review of the Journal Social Research. An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences,
Arien Mack, editor, Nueva York, New School for Social Research, Vol 62, Nº4,
invierno de 1995, en Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, FCPYS,
UNAM, No. 166.
Review of Haim Avni, Judíos en América, Madrid, Editorial Mapfre, 1992, 328 p. en La
Jornada Semanal, febrero de 1994.
Review: “Reflexiones sobre la laicidad” (“Reflections on Laicism”) Roberto Blancarte,
Laicidad y valores en un Estado democrático, México, Colmex, 2000, en RMCP, N.
Review: (“ When the Recovery of the Past becomes Future…”)“Cuando el rescate del
pasado es futuro; cuando la memoria es proyecto”. Reseña a Revista Blanco Móvil,
N. 84, octubre 2001, Número dedicado a la poesía Yidish (prensa comunitaria)
Review :“Ética y diversidad en los tiempos de la globalización”(“ Ethics and Diversity
in Times of Globalization”) Norbert Bilbeny Por una Causa Común. Ética para la
Diversidad, Barcelona, Gedisa, 2002, UNAM, Revista Mexicana de Ciencia Política,
Nº 187.
Review: “Reflexiones en torno a un siglo complejo” (“Thinking
a Complex
century”)Angelina Muñiz El Siglo del Desencanto, Fondo de Cultura Económica,
2002.
Review: Paulette Dieterlen La Pobreza. Un estudio filosófico,(“Poverty. A philosophical
Study) México, FCE, 2003.
Review: “Problemas vigentes, temas contemporáneos” (“Current Problems,
Contemporary Subjects”),Fernando Pérez Correa. Temas del Federalismo ¿De la
descentralización a la fragmentación?, UNAM, 2003.
Review: “El pensamiento y, acaso la palabra” (“Thoughts and …words”) Beatriz Paredes
Acaso la Palabra, México, Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2005 (en prensa)
“Educación, Democracia y Ciudadanía”, (“Education, Democracy and Citizenship)
Gloria Ramírez , La Educación Ciudadana en México, México, Cátedra UNESCO de
Derechos Humanos, 2005
Review:“Del legado del autoritarismo a los retos de la democracia hoy” (“ From the
Legacy of Authoritarism to Democracy”), Luis Roniger y Mario Sznajder El legado
de las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos en el Cono Sur, Buenos Aires,
Ediciones Al Margen, 2005, Dfensor, 2006.
“Israel: un proyecto en la historia; un proyecto hecho historia”, (Israel: Project; History)
2009
“De desafíos, saberes y convergencias. La Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y
Sociales”, Editorial del Número 217, Nueva Época, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias
Políticas y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, enero-abril de
2013, pp. 9-28.
“México y América Latina. La investigación social como puente entre lo universal y lo
particular”, Editorial del Número 218, Nueva Época, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias
Políticas y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, mayo-agosto de
2013, pp. .
Editorial del Número 219, Nueva Época, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y
Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, septiembre-diciembre de
2013.
Membership in National and International scientific and academic institutions and
associations. Among others:
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Member of the Board, International Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, since 1997.
Member of the Board, Jewish People Public Policy Institute, Jerusalem, since 2002.
Member of the Edelstein Center for Social Research, Sao Paulo University, since
2006.
Member of the Academic Committee, Latin American Jewish Studies Association,
since 2000.
Member of the Board, Brandeis Institute, 2007
Member of the Academic Committee of the Association for the Social Scientific
Study of Judaism, since 2007.
Member of the Academic Committee of the Center of the Study of Latin America,
Spain, Portugal and their Jewish Communities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
2009
Member and Chair, Comité Académico Acaédmico de la Universidad Hebraica,
México
Member del Interdisciplinary Center of Judaic Studies, Rio de Janeiro Federal
University, desde 2008.
Member of Editorial Committees
Journal on Religions and Society, Mexico, 1998-2003.
Research Series: Seminar of High Education, since 2004.
Metapolítica, since 1996.
Revista de Estudios sobre Genocidio ( Studies in Genocide), since 2007.
The International Journal of Jewish Education Research (IJJER), 2009
Serie Jews in Society, Springer, 2011
Latin American Research Review, 2010
Hagira-Israel Journal of Migration, 2012
Socio, Journal of the Maison des Sciences de L´Homme, 2012
Professional and Advisory Committees
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Member of the Advisory Committee, Tribuna Israelita, since1994.
Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Social Sciences, National Council of
Research and Technology, 1996-1998.
Member of the Advisory Committee, General Direction of the Historical Archive and
Library of the Matias Romero Institute, Foreign Affaires Ministry, 1998-1999.
Member of the Academic Board, Mexican Fund for Education and Development,
since 1999.
Evaluation Committee, National Council of Science and Technology, since1996.
Member of the Academic Board, Instituto José María Luis Mora, 2001.-2005.
Member of the Board, Cultural Institute Mexico-Israel, since 2001.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES
1972
Colloquium: Ruling Classes in Mexico; Center for Political Studies; Faculty of Political
and Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(UNAM)
Paper: Mexico’s Working Class.
1973
vjhResearch Colloquium: Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM.
Paper: Workers and the Mexican State.
1979
Seminar: Recovering Political Theory; Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales;
Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Mexico.
Paper: Political Theory or History of Political Ideas.
1980
Colloquium : Herbert Marcuse and Critical Theory, Faculty of Political and Social
Sciences, UNAM.CPyS, UNAM.
Paper: From Critical Theory to Political Theory.
1981
Simposium: State of the Art and Perspectives of Political Theory, General Dierction of
Academic Research Projects, UNAM:
Paper: Teaching Political Science.
1982
World Congress of Political Science “Democracy in the Modern World”, Mexican
Association of Political Science, México, January
Paper: Democracy and Politics.
International Colloquium on Contemporary Jewry, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, July
Paper: The Disciplinary Approach of Political Science in the Field of Contemporary
Jewry.
1984
International Conference “ Jewish Studies in the Framework of University Programs”,
International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization (Jerusalem),
Buenos Aires, June
Paper: The Mexican Jewish Studies Program.
Colloquium: 1984: Utopia and Anti-Utopia, Political and Social Science Faculty,
September
Paper: Prefiguring Terror
1985
9th World Congress of Jewish Studies, World Union of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, August
Paper: Zionism and the Mexican Jewish Community.
International Colloquium, International Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization, Jerusalem, July
Paper: Teaching Jewish Emancipation from the Political Science perspective.
Plenary session: Objectivity and Ideology in Jewish Studies.
International Workshop on Jewish Studies in Latin America, International Center for
University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Jerusalem, July
Paper: Teaching Jewish National Movements.
Paper: Teaching Contemporary Jewry: the Mexican Experience.
Second Research Colloquium, Center of Social Theory, Faculty of Political and Social
Sciences, October
Paper: Ideology, Social Movements and Institutions.
1986
International Conference “Zionism and its Opponents",The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, December
Paper: Zionism and its opponents on the left: the Mexican case.
International Seminar “Jewish Education in the Diaspora”, Study Circle of the Presidency
of Israel, Jerusalem, January
Paper: Contemporary Jewry: Teaching and Research
1987
Simposium “The Jewish Presence in Mexico”, UNAM, Tribuna Israelita, May
Paper: Social Integration and Models of Identification.
III Research Colloquium, Center for Social Theory, UNAM; June
Paper: Political Movements, Organization and Institutionalization: The Zionist
Movement.
Discussant: West-East in Political Thought.
International Seminar on Contemporary Jewry; International Center for University
Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Jerusalem, June
1988
V International Research Congress on Latina-American Judaism, Latin American Jewish
Studies Association, Buenos Aires, August
Paper: The Origins of Zionism in Mexico
I Encounter of Oral Historians in Latin America and Spain, Institute Mora, Mexico,
September
Paper: Recovering Identity: Methodological Considerations on the Research of Latin
American Jews.
IV Research Colloquium, Center for Social Theory, Faculty of Political and Social
Sciences, UNAM, September
Paper: Jews in Mexico: Encounter and Interactions with Society.
1989
Seminar” History, Identity and Crisis of the Social Sciences in Mexico”, Faculty of
Political and Social Sciences, Center for Political Studies, UNAM, January
Paper: Political Science Today.
Colloquium “Political and Cultural Life in the Mexican Thirties”, UNAM, February
Paper: Jews in Mexico during the Thirties.
X World Jewish Studies Congress, World Union of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, August
Paper: The Zionist Movement and the Mexican Government Facing the Partition of
Palestine.
1991
Sixth Conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association, Latin American
Studies Center, University of Maryland, Washington, October
Paper: Identity and National Integration: Mexico vis-à-vis Jewish Immigration.
1992
Colloquium “National Identity Facing The Third Millenium”, Metropolitan University,
Mexico, March.
Paper: Identities and Pluralism
1993
International Simposium on Jewish Education, Council for Jewis h Education, Mexico,
February
Paper: Mexican-Jewish Identity and Bicultural Institutions
XI World Congress of Jewish Studies, World Union of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, July
Paper: Sources of Legitimacy: The Jewish Presence in Mexico 1975-1993.
Colloquium “Religion in Mexico. Trends and Changes Facing the 21st Century”,
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales,
Paper: Judaism at the Turning of the Century
Colloquium “¿Aguila o Sol? History of the Migratory Experiences in Mexico, 19th and
20th Century” National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), September
Paper: Foreigner in Mexico. Comments on Moisés González Navarro’s work.
International Simposium “The German Speaking Exile in Mexico”, Research Institute on
German-Mexican Culture, UNAM, Goethe Institute, November.
Paper: On Exiles, Migrations and Cultural Encounters.
International Seminar “The Pace Process in the Middle East”, Tel Aviv University,
November
Paper: Political and Cultural Aspects of the Peace Process
VII International Simposium on Humanism and the Elderly, National Nutrition Institute
Salvador Zubirán, University of Grenoble, March.
Paper: The Elderly in the Jewish Culture
1994
Colloquium “The Future of Science in Mexico and the Project of a Nation”, Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco, April.
Paper: Scientific Policies and the National Project.
Conference on Jewish Communities in Latin America, Latin-American Jewish Congress,
Central Committee of Mexico, Mexico, November.
Paper: The Faces of anti-Semitism in Latin America.
International Colloquium “Karl Popper”, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences,
UNAM, November.
Paper: Popper and Political Theory.
International Conference “The Six-Day War and its Impact on Communal Dynamics in
the Diaspora”, Jerusalem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, December.
Paper: The Impact of the Six Day War on the Mexican Jewish Community.
1995
VIII International Simposium “Humanism: Women, Family and Society”, The National
Nutrition Institute, El Colegio de México, March.
Paper: Modernity, Modernization and Post-modernity.
XVII International Congress on History of Religions, Mexico, August.
Paper: Ethics and Diversity: Old Issues and New Challenges.
Seminar “Combating Racism” National Commission of Human Rights, Mexican
Academy of Human Rights, Tribuna Israelita, September
Paper: The Faces of Racism and anti-Semitism.
8th International Research Conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Mexico City, November
Paper: Exile and Otherness. Jewish Refugees: History and Memory.
VI Lascanian Seminar “The Question of Racism on the Threshold of the 21st Century”,
Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas,, UNAM, May
Paper: Racism Today.
1996
National Congress of Political Science, National Association of Political Science,
Mexico, September,
Member of the Academic Committee
Paper: Political Science Today.
Chair of the panel: State of the Art: Proposals, Conclusions
XI National Congress of Graduate Studies “The Contribution of Graduate Studies to
National Development”, University of Colima, October
Paper: Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. Figures and
Realities.
Forum on Culture and Democracy in Latin America, Center of Latin American Studies,
University of Maryland and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Organization of
American States (OEA), Washington, December
Papers: The Dualities of Modernity
1997
Colloquium of Contemporary Jewish Studies, Universidad Iberoamericana; The
international Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, March
Paper: Jewish Studies in Mexico.
International Seminar “Questions Facing the Processes of Globalization and Change:
Integration or Transformation of Social Knowledge?”, School of Political and Social
Sciences, UNAM, March.
Comments to the paper delivered by Beat Sitter-Liver: “Unity in Diversity”
International Postgraduate Colloquium “Thinking the 21st Century: from Sarajevo to
Sarajevo (1917-1997)”, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, UNAM, April.
Organizer of the Colloquium
Chair of the Panel: “Antinomies of the 20th Century”
Research Seminar “Regimes of Our Times – Democratization, Patterns of Political
Change and Transformations of Citizenship”, FLACSO, May.
Paper: The Subjects of Politics within Democracy and Authoritarianism.
XII National Congress of Graduate Studies “Alternatives Models of Graduate
Programs”, San Luis Potosí, November
Paper: Towards a New Model of Social Sciences Graduate Program.
Colloquium “The Argentine Exile in Mexico” XI Guadalajara Book Fair, December.
Paper: The Argentine Exile and its contribution to Social Sciences in Mexico.
First International research Conference on Jewish Woman; Brandeis University, Boston,
December.
Paper: Between Tradition and Modernity: The Jewish Woman in Mexico.
1998
First Jewish-Latin American Cultural Congress “Retrospective Views and Contemporary
Dimensions”, Confederation of Israeli Association of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela,
March.
Paper: Encounters and Otherness: the Changing Dynamics of Jewish Life and Culture in
Latin America.
International Seminar “The Lexicon of Politics: Concepts and Categories of the Social
Sciences within an Intercultural Dialogue”, FLACSO, June
Paper: Citizenship
Seminar “The Merchant of Venice. The Jew, the Villain of the Story”, Pedagogical
University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June
Paper: The Jew, the Villain.
International Seminar “Cultural Heritage of the Polish-Jewish People”, Antiguo Colegio
de San Ildefonso, Ashkenazí Center for Documentation and Research, Polish Embassy,
July.
Paper: On Migrations, Encounters and Otherness.
Second National Congress of Political Science, National College of Political Science and
Public Administration, October.
Paper and Chair of the panel: An Agenda for Research and Teaching in Political Science.
Colloquium on Human Rights, UNAM, United Nations, Commission of Human Rights,
October.
Member of the Organizing Committee
Paper: Human Rights at the End of the Millennium, Lights and Shades.
International Congress “The State of Israel: 50 years”, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
December.
Paper: The Relationships Israel-Diaspora. A Latin American View.
Tenth International Research Conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies
Association,“ Migrations, Borders and Displacement: The Jewish Diaspora in Latin
America”, Princeton University, March.
Paper: On Borders and Encounters. The Jewish Community in Mexico facing New
Challenges.
1999
First National Congress of Social Sciences, Mexican Council of Social Sciences, Mexico,
April.
Paper: Political Science Today: The State of the Art.
XXIV Spring International Colloquium “Cultural Diversity, Economy and Politics in a
Global World”, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences-UNAM, National Institute of
Anthropology and History (INAH), et al, April.
Paper: Globalization, Collective Identities and Citizenship.
International Congress on Hebrew Language and Literature (NAPH), UNAM, Hebrew
University, Mexico, June.
Opening Paper: Cultural Encounters and Otherness. The Jewish-Mexican Cultural Realm.
5th International Congress: Economic Issues and Globalization. International Society for
Intercommunication of New Ideas, México, August
Opening Remarks: Globalization and Knowledge.
First International Congress of Latin American Experts on United States-Canada Studies,
Centro de Investigación sobre América del Norte- Mexico, November.
Chair of the panel: Politics, Economy and Society. The United States Facing Global
Restructuring Processes.
Colloquium “An Agenda for the Year 2000. Dialogues with the University of Essex”,
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, November.
Discussant of the paper “Beyond the Impasse of Development Sociology” (Jane Handley)
International Colloquium “The Agricultural Reform and Development in the 21st
Century”, Secretary of Agricultural Reform, Puebla, November-December.
Chair and discussant of the panel: Public Policies of Redistribution in the New Global
Context.
2000
7th Meeting Latin American Jewish Communities, Joint, March.
Paper: The Transmission of the Jewish Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century.
The President’s Conference on Jewish Culture and Identity In the 21st Century, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May.
Paper: Living with Multiple Identities.
International Seminar “Foreign Policies of the United States, Canada and Mexico on the
Threshold of the 21st Century”, CISAN, UNAM, August.
Introductory Remarks and Chair of the panel “Multilateral Diplomacies”.
XIV National Congress of Postgraduate Studies “Postgraduate Studies in the 21st
Centuries”, UNAM, IPN, UAM.
Paper: Of Disciplinary Convergences and Institutional Interactions.
First World Congress of Non Formal Jewish Education, Jewish Agency, Israel, Dead Sea,
September.
Key Note Speaker: Globalization and Jewish Identity.
VII Annual Congress of The Mexican Association for Canadian Studies “Mexico and
Canada: Democracy, Human and Sustainable Development in the Third Millennium”,
October.
Paper: Reflections on Democracy
International Seminar “Citizenship, Identities and Multiculturalism”, FLACSO, UNAM,
October.
Paper: Citizenship and Identity
Colloquium “Tradition of Asylum and Refuge in Mexico”, UNHCR United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, COMES, November.
Paper: The European Refugees in Mexico: Jews between Exile and Migration.
Colloquium “Public Power and Public Ethics”, School of Law, UNAM, November.
Paper: Political Power and Public Ethics
Seminar “The New Horizon of the Mexican Government. Public Policy and
Entrepreneurial Administration”, Project PAPPIT Proffesionalization of Public Service in
Mexico., December.
Paper: New Agents of the Public Space.
2001
Latino-Jewish Leadership Summit, organized by Bnai Brith International, New American
Alliance, Washington, March.
Paper: Jews in Latin America.
Colloquium “Social Sciences facing the 21st Centruy”, Graduate Studies School,
February.
Introductory remarks and chair of the panel.
International Seminar on Tolerance, National Commission of Human Rights, Mexico,
April.
Paper: Recurrences and Changes in History: Racism and Antisemitism.
Colloquium “Ateologies: Hints of Laicism, Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis”, July.
Paper: Judaism, Modernity and Secularization,
XIII World Congress of Jewish Studies, World Union of Jewish Studies, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, August.
Paper: The Changing Role of Israel in the Jewish Community in Mexico. Globalization
and decentralization.
Chair of the panel: Diplomacy, Politics and anti-Semitism in Latin America.
XXVI International Conference “Current Interpretations of Religions”, International
Society of Sociology of Religions, Ixtapan de la Sal, August.
Paper: Globalization and Collective Identities.
Forum “Social Sciences, University and Society. Selected Topics for an Graduate Studies
Agenda” UNAM, Graduate Program in Political and Social Sciences, August.
Paper: On Borders and Interactions. The place of the Graduate Studies in the
Development of the Social Sciences.
International Colloquium on Social Exclusion, UNAM, Faculty of Political and Social
Sciences, Center for Basic Studies in Social Theory, September.
Paper: The two faces of individuality: inclusion vs. Exclusion.
International Colloquium “The New Challenges of Globalization”, UIA, Center for
Comparative Politics, October.
Paper: Beyond the Clash of Civilizations?
Colloquium “Xenophobia and Xenophilia in the History of Mexico. 19th and 20th
Centuries”. Honoring Moisés González Navarro, Direction of Historical Studies,
National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), November.
Paper: Mexico in the 30’s: Cardenism, Immigration and anti-Semitism.
2002
International Seminar “The Challenges of Laicism and Secularization in Today’s World”
El Colegio de México, CONACYT, Mac Arthur Foundation, February.
Paper: Processes of De-secularization Today
International Meeting of Directors of Hebrew Colleges of North America,.
Department of Jewish Education, Jewish Agency in Israel, Mexico, March
Key Note Speaker: Topics for a Jewish Agenda in the Globalization Era.
XXVII International Spring Colloquium “A World in Chaos? Between Governance and
New Hegemonies, School of Political and Social Sciences, May.
Paper: Between Civilizations and Politics: The Middle-East after 9/11
VI International Seminar on anti-Semitism, Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of
Racism and anti-Semitism , University of Tel Aviv, September-October.
Paper: Laws against Discrimination and anti-Semitism. The Mexican case
International Conference “Mexico: Land of Exiles”, University of Chicago, October.
Paper: Culture, Integration and Memory of the Jewish Exile in Mexico.
XVI National Congress of Graduate Studies, Mexican Council of Postgraduate Studies,
Morelia, October.
Paper: Globalization Processes and Knowledge: the Challenges and Strategic responses
of the UNAM Graduate Program in Political and Social Sciences.
Study Circle of the Presidency of Israel, Jerusalem, October
Paper: Latin American Judaism Today
Seminar “Diversity and Multiculturalism. Pesrpectives and Challenges”, UNAM, El
Colegio de México-Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, November.
Paper: Diversity. Between Pluralism and Multiculturalism
2003
International Colloquium “Mestizaje and Racism”, UNAM, February.
Paper: National Identity, Mestizaje and anti-Semitism
International Seminar on Higher Education in Human Rights in Latin America and the
Caribbean, United Nations, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UIA, UNAM, May.
Chair of the panel on Minority Rights
International Seminar for Educators in Latin America, Universidad Hebraica, Mexico,
May-June.
Key Note Speaker: Educational Challenges for the Latin American Jewish Communities
International Seminar “Hemispheric Human Security and Global Insecurity”, UNAM,
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, September.
Paper and Chair of the panel “Human Security in the Agendas of International and
Hemispheric Security”.
XVII National Congress of Graduate Studies, UNAM, October.
Paper: Boundaries of Knowledge and Disciplinary Convergences
First Congress of Methodologies for Political Research, UNAM, Center for Political
Studies, November.
Paper: The Construction of the Political Realm: New Challenges.

2004
International Beatty Memorial Chair, McGill University, Canada, April.
Paper: Collective Identities in a Globalized World
Paper: Challenging present of Latin American Jewish communities
International Research Conference of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association,
Dartmouth College, June.
Paper: Contested Identity Building: Zionism in Mexico between the Future and the Past”
Latin American Meeting of Jewish Educators, Universidad Hebraica, Jewish Agency,
Mexico, September.
Paper: Transformations and Challenges of the Jewish Communities in Latin America
Second Latinamerican Congress of Political Science, ALACIP, Mexico, SeptemberOctober.
Paper: Diversity and Pluralism.
International Colloquium “History and Memory”, CEICH, UNAM, Mexico, November.
Paper: Times of Identity: Between History and Memory.
International Colloquium “Identity, (In)Tolerance, Political Irony and Historical Poetic in
Heinrich Heine”, UNAM, November.
Paper presented in collaboration with Felipe Pozo: Jewish Identity and Modernity in
Heinrich Heine.
International Seminar “Civil Society, Democracy and Human Rights”, UNAM, UNESCO
Chair of Human Rights, Mexico City Commission of Human Rights, NovemberDecember.
Paper: Civil Society and Democracy facing Human Rights
Seminar “Sociology, Modernity and Conceptual Change”, Faculty of Political and Social
Sciences, Center for Social Theory, November.
Paper: The Concept of Stranger and the Tragedy of culture
International Seminar “Arabs and Jews in Latin America”, Ford Foundation, University
of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, December.
Paper: Semites in the Mexican Public Realm
 2005
International Seminar “Jews and Jewish Identity in Latin America”, The Israeli Historical
Society and the Dinur Research Center on Jewish History, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, January.
Paper: National Identity and Collective Belonging in Latin America: the Jewish
Community in Mexico.
First Congress on Research in Faculties and Schools, Secretary of Institutional
Development, Council of Directors, UNA;
Paper: Research in the Framework of the Graduate Program in Political and Social
Sciences: Actual and Potential Achievements.
International Meeting of the Amitei Yerushalaim Program, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Mexico, March.
Key Note Speaker: Jewish Communities in Latin America: social integration and
legitimacy processes
International Seminar “The Public Sphere in Latin America”, Wake Forest University,
North Carolina, April
Paper: Democratization, Diversity and the Public Sphere: Mexico and some comparative
notes.
International Conference “Le Deficit du Politique”, Ecole Des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales, Chateau de Chatenay, Francia, May
Paper: “Le déficit du politique: Mexico and Latin America”
XXX International Spring Colloquium “Evaluation and perspectives of International
Relations” UNAM, FCPYS, May
Paper: World Globalization and Regionalization: the Peace Process in the Middle-East
4th Permanent Discussion Seminar on Cientific, Technologic and Innovation Policies,
Scientific and Technological Advisory Forum, Mexico, June
Paper: Approaches for University Education of Social Scientists
V Research Colloquium of the Mora Institute “Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary
Approaches in the Social Sciences”, Instituto Mora, June
Paper:Social Sciences Today: crossing disciplinary boundaries
International Colloquium Klal Israel-“Jewish Identities in an Era of Globalization and
Multiculturalism”, Te Aviv University, UNAM, September
Paper: “Globalization and Latin American Jewish Identities”
International Seminar of the Center for Sociological Intervention, Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, November
Conference: “Democratie, Mondialization et Diversité Culturelle”
International Chair Distribuendum, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales,
November
Paper: Diversity and Pluralism

2006
Seminar on Democracy, Tolerance and Pluralism, Facyulty of Political and Social
Sciences, Mexico, March
Paper: Discrimination, Culture and Society. Ethno-religious Identities between discurse
and practice.
World Rabbinic Assembly of the Conservatory Movement, Mexico, March
Key Note Speaker: “A Unique Reality: the Jews of Latin America”
Seminar “Political Participation and Diversity” organized by the Center for Political
Studies in the framework of the Research Project “Right of Difference and Political
Participation”, May
Paper: Cultural Pluralism and Democracy
International Colloquium “Social Policies in Big Cities”, IPN, Government of Mexico
City, April.
Paper: State and Civil Society Facing Education Challenges.
International Workshop on the Social Sciences in Developing Countries, organized by the
International Social Research Council, UNESCO, Paris, July
Paper: Social Sciences in Mexico Today: Trends and Challenges.
International Seminar “Institutions and Processes of the Mexican Democracy”, organized
by the Fcaulty of Political and Social Sciences, the Federal Electoral Court and the
United Nations Program for Development, June
Introductory Speech: Electoral Justice
52nd World Congress of Americanists, Sevilla, Spain, July
Coordinator of the Simposium MOV 21 “The Latinamerican Jews facing Continental
Trends Towards Pluralism in the Era of Globalization”
Paper: Public Space, Citizenship and Identity in the Globalization Era: Contemporary
Transformations of the Jewish Community in Mexico
Seminar “Social Space and Self-Organized Emergent Systems in Mexico”, Mexican
Association of Communication Research, UNAM, October
Discussant: Social Spaces, and Pluralism
2007
Simposium in Honor of Pablo Gonzalez Casanova, UNAM, February
Paper: Social Knowledge and its Institutionalization Pattern.
International Conference, “Jewish Identities, Nationalism and Ethnicity”,
Maimonides University-Tel Aviv University, Moscow, April
Paper: Being Latin American Jew Today: Between Ethnicity and Nationalism.
International Congress “Arabs and Jews in Latin America”, Tel Aviv University,
April
Paper: Collective Identities in the Public Sphere: Jews and Arabs in Mexico.
Albert & Liese Eckstein Scholar in Residence, Arizona State University, 21 de marzo.
Latin America Jewish Communities & Their Present Challenges
National Conference on Prejudice and Genocida. C Conferencia Internacional de
Investigación de Albert & Liese Eckstein Scholar in Residence, Arizona State University,
21 de marzo.
Ponencia Magistral: Latin America Jewish Communities & Their Present Challenges
Ontemporary Thought on the Shoah
Universidad Hebraica, March.
Paper: Shoa and Modernity.
Simposium del International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization and
Chais Center for Jewish Studies in Russian. The Hebrew University of Jerusale, June
Paper:: Fulfilling Our Mission in a Changing World. A Latin American Perspective.
International Conference on the Future of the Jewish People 2007, The Jewish People
Policy Planing Institute,
Jerusalem, July.
XIII Internacional research Conference of the Latin American Jewsih Studies
Association,
Buenos Aires, July.
Paper at the Opening Plenary Session:
Teaching and research of Latin American Jewry. Relfections on the 40 anniversary of the
Latin American Division at the Herman Contemporary Jewry Institute, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
Plenary session: Regional comditions: convergences and divergences; reality and
representations.
Paper: Des-centered Diasporas? Rethinking the model of relation between Israel and
Latin American Jewsih Communities.
Coloquium Diversity and Multiculturalism
UNAM, Iberoamericana University, August.
Paper: New Debates on Multiculturalism
International Conference: The Social Sciences. Their Future and Challenges.
Mexico, Institute of Social Research, August.
Paper: Disciplinary Frontiers and Overlapping.
International Workshop Transnational Diasporas in Comparative Perspective. Tel Aviv
University, September
Paper: Transnational Latin-America Jews
Simposium on Transdiciplinary Research
UNAM, October
Paper: Diversity, National Culture and democracy in the Times of Globalization.
2008
International Research Conference. Latin American Jewry en a World in Transition; The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Paper:“Four Decades of Reconfigurations: The Making of Latin American Jewry”.
Conference: Faces of Francophony, Coloquio Universitario Rostros de la Francofonía,
UNAM, Mexico, March.
Paper: Collective Identities Today.
Second LAJSA NYC Symposium, The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, March
Paper: “Intercepting and Overlapping of Axes: Definig the Field of Study of Latin
American Jewry”.
International Conference Facing Tomorrow, Jerusalem,
Presidency of Israel. May
Session: Judaism as a Civilization.
Latinoamerican Colloquium, Buenos Aires University- UNAM, May:
Paper: Argentine Exile and the Social Sciences.
International Seminar Judaism as Civilization, Bronfman Forum, USA, JUne.
Paper: “Jewish Civilization Today. A World of Identities”
70 Annual Meeting, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Religion Crossing
Boundaries, Boston, July
Papers: “Redefining Boundaries: New Identity’s Referents and Institutional Borders. The
Mexican Case.”
International Conference: Syrian Jews and theri Disporas. Universidad Iberoamericana.
México, Septiembre.
Paper;: Jews and Lebanese in Mexico. Changing Dynamics.
International Seminar on Jewsih Identities, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, October
Conference:Jewsih Identities in Latin America.
International Seminar on State and Citizenship. Méxcio, FLACSO-UACM-UNAMNovember
Key Note Conference: Citizenship and Democracy Today. New Challenges.
Congress of Association of Jewsih Studies,
Washington, December
Paper: “Latin American Jews as a Transnational Diaspora”

2009
Research Conference. Theoretical Debates, Natinonal Council for Science and
Technology, March
Session: Itineraries, institutions and social sciences”
International Workshop: Contesting Liberal Citizenship, Institute for Advanced Studies
Jerusalem, July
Paper: Being National; Being Transantional. Latin American Jews Today
Research Conference, Latin American Jewish Studies Association, Tel Aviv University,
July.
Paper. Latin American Jews: a transnational Diaspora.
International Conference of the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization and the Chais Center for Jewish Studies in Russian, April.
Paper: Jewish Studies in Times of Crisis.
Joint International Research Workshop of the Institute for Advanced Studies and the
Israel Science Foundation on Contesting Liberal Citizenship: New Debates on
Alternative Forms of Democracy and State Power in Latin America, Jerusalem, July 6 – 9
Paper: Being National, Being Transnational: Constructive Ambivalences and Perplexities
in Times of Change.
The Israeli Presidential Conference 2009. Facing Tomorrow, Israel, October 20-22
Paper:: “Is Jewish Continuity” Just A Slogan?
XIV International Research Conference of LAJSA: Latin American Jewish Experiences
trough Plural Lenses, Universidad de Tel Aviv, July 26-28.
Paper: Commective Identities in teh Public Sphere: Jews and Lebanese in Mexico.
XV World Congress od Jewish Studies. Israel, August 2-6
Paper: Jewish Life and Transantionalism. Redefining Social and Conceptual Frontiers.
Colloquium: Secularism and The Mexican State.UNAM, October 15-16.
Paper: Secularims, Education and Politics.
International Colloquium: On History. In Hommage of Adolfo Gilly. November 16-19.
Paper:
Subaltern Civilizations. Experiences, Cultures and Rebelions.
International Conference l The Global Economic crisis and its Consequences: Latin
America in a Comparative perspective, Jerusalem, 2 de diciembre.
Paper: Jewish Communities Facing Transnationalism and the Global Economic Crisis

2010
International Confrence: Memory and Archives. Jews in Todays’ Mexico. FES AcatlánCentro de Documentación e Investigación de la Comunidad Ashkenazi de México.
Memoria del Mundo. UNESCO.March 9-11
Paper: Praxis and Narrative sof Exclusion.
International Conference: Thinking Social Sciences Today. Social Sicence Research
Institute, April 15-18
Paper: Identity and Culture
International Conference The First Half-Century of the Avraham Harman Institute of
Contemporany Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-The Avraham Harman
Institute of Contemporany Jewry, May 3 - 6
Paper: Latin American Jewry- 50 years.
International Conference The Global Economic Crisis and its Consequences: Latin
America in a Comparative Perspective. Truman Institute, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. June 6-7
Paper: Globalization Processes and Their Multidimensional Impact on Latin American
Jewish Life
XVII World Congress of Sociology. Sociology on the Move. ISA; Gothebourg, July 1117.
Paper: Transnationalism, Religion and Community: crossing boundaries. New conceptual
challenges.
Coloquium: Values for the Contemporary Society. UNAM, México, August 23-25
Paper: Roots of Tradicional Ethics: Judaism.
XII Convención Nacional de Mujeres y Punto A.C., Instituto Cultural México Israel,
Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México, 18 al 20 de noviembre.
Ponencia: Mujer y Sociedad Civil.
Seminario Internacional Ciudades del 2010: entre la Sociedad del Conocimiento y la
desigualdad social, UNAM-Programa Universitario de Estudios sobre la Ciudad, México,
24 al 26 de noviembre.
Ponencia: Ciudad, identidad y desterritorialización
Congreso Internacional del American Jewish Committee, Miami, Florida, 3 al 5 de
diciembre.
Ponencia: Proceso de Deslegitimación de Israel
XLII Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, 19 al 21
de diciembre.
Ponencia: Latin American Jewish Life: New Paths of Interaction and New Worlds of
Identities

2011
International Congress on Migration, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, March.
Paper: Migración. ¿Un Problema Global? (Power Point)
First Congress of Graduate Students, UNAM, May.
Paper: The Graduate Program of Political and Social Sciences.
Discussant of the Session of Graduate Studies Ptrograms
Congress on Education. Challenges of the Jewsih School
Universidad Hebraica, Colegio Israelita de México, May 22 -23
Paper: Th echallenges of jewsih Edcuation in the 21 st Century.
27 Annual International Conference Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State, Brandeis
University, June 13 – 15..
Paper: Changing Patterns of the Diaspora-Israel Relation. New Articulations of the
National, Regional and Global Dimensions as Viewed from Latin America. (power point)
Discussant:: Israel and the Diaspora : New Perspectives?
Conference Latin American Studies Association, Arizona State University, junio.
Paper: Judíos latinoamericanos en un mundo transnacional. Redefiniendo experiencias e
identidades de cuatro continentes. Ser nacional/ser transnacional: reenvíos de identidad.
International Research Conference, Research Project:
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, July
International Conference On Socio-Demography of American Jewry, Steinhardt Social
Research Institute, Brandeis University, October 23- 24
Paper: Latin American Jews in the United States. Community, Identity and Belonging in
an Age of Transnationalism43 Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Washington, D.C. 18 al 20
de diciembre.
Ponencia: Changing Patterns of Latin American Jews in the National/Transnational
Public Sphere

2012
Conference on Science and Humanities of the Mexicna Academy of Sciences México,
January
Papaer. Being Other in History and Memory.
40 World Congress of International Institute of Sociology
New Delhi, 16 a 19 de febrero
Paper: Thinking Multiple Modernities from Latin America’s Perspective: complexity,
periphery and diversity.
Encuentro de la Red Latinoamericana de Universidades por el Emprendurismo Social,
UDUAL, UNAM, UBA, México D.F., 12 y 13 de marzo.
Panel: Gobernabilidad y Desarrollo Incluyente.
Colloquium on Change, Leadership and Values: transformation processes, Universidad
Hebraica, Agencia Judía para Israel, Consejo Directivo de Educación Judía en México,
México, May, 14- 15.
Paper: Research as a planning tool for educational change, with Yossi Goldstein.
XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Toward an
Third Century of Independence in Latin America, San Francisco, California, EU, 23 al 26
de mayo.
Paper: The Binomial and its Challenges: Shifting Social Dynamics and Conceptual
Approaches
Session Organizer: Disapora and Transnationalism: conceptual and historical challenges
Seminar on Religious Diversity, Dialogue and No-Discrimination;
Consejo Nacional para Prevenir la Discriminación, junio.
Paper: Discriminantion and religious minorities.: analysis of the National Survey to
Prevent Discrimination, (ENADIS 2010)
Academic Seminar on the Challenges of Humanities and Social Sciences, Coordinación
de Humanidades-UNAM, 12 al 14 de junio.
Paper: On State Policies for the Huanties and Social Sciences.
The Israeli Presidential Conference, Facing Tomorrow 2012, Israel, 19 al 21 de junio.
Session: “To Be Jewish”: The Challenge of Being Jewish in the Diaspora
Round Table on Tomorrow’s Jewish Discourse: The Challenges and Decisions Facing
The Jewish People
Seminar on Jewish Education in a Transnational World.
Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén-Centro Liwerant para el Estudio de América Latina,
España, Portugal y sus Comunidades Judías, Universidad Hebraica de México, Pincus
Fund for Jewish Education in the Diaspora, AMIA, Buenos Aires, August
Paper: Conceptual and Methodological aspect of the Research Project The Transnational
Jewsih Educator.
Colloqium on Relations Israel-Latin America. Jewsih Communties in a Transantional
World.
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro Liwerant para la Investigación de América Latina,
España, Portugal y sus Comunidades Judías, Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén,
September.
Paper: Latin America and its Jewish Communties: diasporas, globalization and
transnationalism.
International Conference The Jewish Communities of Latin America, University of Sao
Paulo, Brasil, September 3 - 5 .
Paper: Relocation, Redefinition and Interconnectedness of Jewish Life in Times (and
Spaces) of Transnationalism: New Realities, New Analytical Perspectives
Congreso Internacional 100 Años de la Vida Institucional Judía en México, UNAM-FES
Acatlán-COLMEX-Universidad Hebraica-Comunidad Central Judía en México, 23 a 25
de octubre
Conferencia Magistral: El Estado de Israel y el impacto de la vida institucional judía en
México.
Moderadora de la Mesa: Reflexiones en torno a los 100 años de la vida institucional judía
Seventh International Symposium The Klal Yisrael Project Reconsidering IsraelDiaspora Relations, Tel-Aviv University-Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Ben Gurion
University, Israel, October 7 - 9
Ponencia: Jewish Diaspora and Transnationalism: Akward Partners?
International Symposium “ Contemporary Antisemitism in the United Kingdom”
The Journal for the Study of Antisemitism,
Wiener Library
London, December
International Conference The Future of the Jewish People
The Jewish People Policy Institute, Jerusalem, October 30- November
Paper: Conceptual parameters to Approach Identities.
44th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Chicago, December 1618.
Paper: Jewish Cultures in the Americas.

2013
International Conference Contemporary Jewish World of Klal Ysrael, Universidad de Tel
Aviv, January, 2013.
Paper: The multiple facets of Klal Ysrael: national, regional and global configurations. A
Latin American perspective.
International Colloquium on the International Relations Field Today and its Challenges
La Problemática en el Estudio de las Relaciones Internacionales,, Centro de Estudios en
Relaciones Internacionales, April, 15 - 19 FCPyS-UNAM.
Paper: New Analytical Angles: transnationalism and its theories.
International Conference: Penser Global, Maison des Sciences de L’Homme, Paris, May
15 -17.
Paper: Globalization and transnationalism: facing new realities, narratives and conceptual
challenges.
2° International Congress on Edcuation: Jewsih Educators in a Changing Wolrd.
Universidad Hebraica, México, May 26-27.
Round Table: Voices and Reflections. A dialogue with the educational community.
XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Hacia
un nuevo Contrato Social? Washington, D.C., USA, 29 de mayo al 1 de junio.
Paper: Widening the public sphere: new actors for a new social contract
Session organizer.: New social contracts and the diversification of social life
Pre-Congress Workshop: Exploring the Ins and Outs of Academic Publishing: An
Insider’s View.
Taglit-Birthright Israel. An Academic Symposium, Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalem,
Israel, 11 y 12 de junio.
Discussant of session: Taglit’s Impact on Jewish Communities Worldwide.
International Conference: Facing Tomorrow; Israel Presidency; June 18 - 20
Paper:: The Tomorrow of the 20%: Jewish Communities Outside Israel and the United
States
World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Julio 28 al 1 de agosto
a. Ponencia: Latin American Jewish Life: New Paths of Interactions in a Transnational
Moment, en el Panel Diaspora and Transnationalism: Shifting Grounds Among European
and Latin American Jewry
b. Studying Jewish Demography: What did we learn the las 50 years? – A roundtable
c. Nuevas Miradas Transnacionales sobre Experiencias de los Judíos de/en América
Latina: abordajes conceptuales y metodológicos.
Conference on Jewish Educational Tourism: Multiple Origins, Paths and destinations”,
Oranim College, Israel, julio
Ponencia “Expanding Frontiers and Affirming Belongings: Youth Travel to Israel, A
View for Latin America
First International Workshop: Estudios Sobre Judíos en/de América Latina, Universidad
Hebrea de Jeusalem, 26 de Julio
Coordinadora Académica
Coloquio Internacional Construcción de una cultura de paz: Diálogos y experiencias.
CDHDF, ACNUR, CEI, CDI, UNAM, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, UPN,
UNICEF, Cátedra UNESCO, Embajada de España y AECID. México, septiembre
Ponencia: Ciudadanía, democracia, cultura de paz
XXI Conferencia Internacional de Comunidades Seguras. Cultura de la prevención para
construir entornos más seguros. Asociación Nacional de Consejos de Participación
Cívica, A.C., Mérida, Yucatán, México, 21 al 23 de octubre.
Moderadora del Panel: Retos para promover una cultura de la prevención
XXVII International Conference of the Social Sciences:
Un itinerario del pensamiento moderno: la experiencia judía. Universidad de
Guadalajara- Feria Internacional del Libro FIL_Académica, December 3-5 .
Paper: Multiple Modenrities . S.N.E Eisenstadt: his Sociological Thought and his Jewish
Experience
XIII International Conference on Democratic Culture:
El descontento ciudadano en las democracias del siglo XXI, Universidad de Guadalajara,
Flacso, Conapred, UAM, FIL Académica- Guadalajara, December, 3-4
Key Note Speaker: Citizenship and Democracy in Times of Globalization.
XV Coloquium of History. Presencia judía en la Nueva España y México, Universidad de
Guadalajara, FIL- Académica de Guadalajara, December, December 5 - 6 .
Paper: Between Promising Lands: Multiple identities and belonging.
45th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, December 15-17,
Marshall Sklare Memorial Lecture, Respondent