Supported by: Center for International Cooperation Freie Universität Berlin Conference in Commemoration International Research Training Group of Friedrich Katz Entre Espacios (1927-2010) desiguALdades.net Research Network on Interdependent Inequalities in Latin America An Intellectual between Spaces Un intelectual entre espacios Hosted by: December 12, 2011 Marianne Braig 10 am to 6 pm Stefan Rinke Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56 Stephanie Schütze 14197 Berlin Lateinamerika-Institut Friedrich Katz (1927-2010) Freie Universität Berlin Rüdersheimer Str. 54-56 14197 Berlin 10:00 - 10:30 15:30 - 18:00 Friedrich Katz, one of the world’s leading scholars Welcome/ Bienvenida Friedrich Katz and the Writing of Latin American of Latin American history and the foremost scholar History/ Friedrich Katz y la investigación histórica of Mexican history of his time, died on October 16, 10:30 - 13:30 sobre América Latina 2010. As professor of history at the University of Life and Work between Spaces/ Vida y obra Chicago for forty years, he received – along with entre espacios Stefan Rinke (Lateinamerika-Institut): many other international awards and recognitions Germany and Latin America: Friedrich Katz’ Contri- – a doctorate honoris causa by the Freie Universität Marianne Braig (Lateinamerika-Institut): bution Berlin in 2002. Friedrich Katz’ Importance for Latin American Both during his time at the Humboldt University Studies in Berlin and World-wide Emilio Kouri (University of Chicago): of Berlin (1956-68) and later when he taught at Chi- Friedrich Katz’ Agrarian Mexico cago, Katz’ work has been a great inspiration for John Coatsworth (Columbia University): younger German historians and students of Latin Homage Walther Bernecker (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg): American affairs, or those interested in compar- Los alemanes en México: un tema recurrente en la ing revolutions, peasant uprisings or other social Enrique Semo (Universidad Nacional Autóno- historiogafía de Friedrich Katz movements, not to speak of pre-Columbian cul- ma de México): tures and, of course, of Mexican politics and so- Life and Work between East-Germany and Hans-Jürgen Puhle (Johann Wolfgang Goethe- ciety. Mexico Universität, Frankfurt): His books that covered a wide range of topics Friedrich Katz and Latin American Studies in the Two have served as eye-openers in crucial moments Javier Garciadiego (El Colegio de México): Germanys of debate and fascinated more than one scien- Friedrich Katz y la historiografía mexicana tific community: The path-breaking dissertation Hans Werner Tobler (Eidgenössische Technische Die sozioökonomischen Verhältnisse bei den Azteken; Claudio Lomnitz (Columbia University) : Hochschule Zürich): the comparative ; the On the Improbable Popularity of Friedrich Katz Revolting Peasants in Mexico...and elsewhere: a Re- Ancient American Civilizations current Theme in the Work of Friedrich Katz seminal Berliner Habilitationsschrift Deutschland, Stephanie Schütze (Lateinamerika- Institut): Díaz und die mexikanische Revolution (and the many Friedrich Katz as Political Thinker: 18:00 articles in German that accompanied it); the mag- Mexican Migrant Organizations in Chicago Tapas y vino isterial Secret War in Mexico; the indispensable vol- ume on Riot, Rebellion, and Revolution, and finally the incomparable The Life and Times of Pancho Villa..