Harvard University established the Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series in 2017 in an effort to renew its commitment to closer research and education collaboration with Mexico. This series celebrates the excellence of Mexican archaeology and history, represented by the figure of Professor Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Mexico’s preeminent archaeologist. After an initial year in which Professor Matos Moctezuma himself delivered inaugural lectures in both Mexico City and Cambridge in fall and spring, respectively, two world-renowned experts on Mexican history will be invited to deliver the...

The Cuba Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce that the Harvard Library has begun an important process of digitization of some of its most important Cuba-related resources. The digitization of the José Augusto Escoto Cuban History and Literature collection, ca. 1574-1920, is now underway. The Harvard Library houses the largest collection of unique Cuban monographs in the United States. Over the next two years, Harvard aims to digitize monographs produced in Cuba before 1923 and make them freely accessible....

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma to Deliver Lecture in Cambridge on April 10 Cambridge, MA – March 19, 2018

Harvard University is honored to welcome Professor Eduardo Matos Moctezuma on April 10, 2018 to deliver the lecture, “Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Discovers Himself: Excavations of the Great Aztec Temple,” at 6 pm at the Geological Lecture Hall (24 Oxford Street). This is the first lecture on campus as part of the five-year Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series; the inaugural lecture in the series was delivered at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City this past October...

For decades, stories of drug trafficking and violence associated with illegal drug industries have influenced the international public perception of both Colombia and Mexico. On November 17, 2017, two leading policy analysts and historians, Lina Britto and Froylán Enciso, who center their research on Colombia and Mexico, respectively, convened at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies to consider the longer histories of the two countries that paved the way for the emergence of booming drug industries. With a focus on regional conditions, Britto and Enciso discussed the...

ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin of Latin America, won the New England Council of Latin American Studies (NECLAS) 2017 Multimedia Prize for its "informative and stimulating reads," according to the organization's official citation. June Carolyn Erlick, editor-in-chief of the magazine, accepted the award at the NECLAS annual meeting held at the University of New Hampshire on November 4. NECLAS is a New England (and upstate New York) regional society of scholars, practicioners, students and interested professionals in Latin American and Latino issues. University of New Hampshire...

Throughout the week of October 22-28, 2017, Harvard University will host a series of events covering a range of themes that are united in their larger goal of exploring global impact. The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies would like to call special attention to two events: a premiere screening and Q&A with the director of a film titled Los cubanos de Harvard (The Harvard Cubans), and a panel featuring Harvard University President Drew Faust titled "The Future of Cities."

Monday, October 23, 6pm - Los cubanos de Harvard (The Harvard Cubans) Film Screening...

Leer este comunicado de prensa en español Harvard University announces the Inaugural Lecture of the Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series, to be delivered by its namesake, Professor Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, in Mexico City on October 3rd Mexico City and Cambridge, MA – September 27, 2017.

Harvard University expresses solidarity with the people of Mexico following the earthquake of September 19, and reaffirms its commitment to collaborate alongside the country’s academic community to identify solutions to Mexico’s most pressing problems. As ever, Harvard wholeheartedly supports...