Curriculum Vitae
Olga Magdalena Lazin
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024
olazin@ucla.edu
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., History 2001
M.A., History 1996
B.A., Philology, 1990, Bolyaj University, Cluj, Romania (MA in Romania)
Dissertation: Globalization of Free trade and Civic Society: Latin America and eastern Europe Compared.
Teaching Experience:
Lecturer, California State University, Dominguez Hills,
The Individual, Family and Community in Historical Perspective spring, fall 2006; spring, fall winter 2005; fall 2004; spring, summer, fall 2002; Women in Global Perspective winter 2005; Women and Globalization spring 2002; History of the World summer 2002; Women in World History fall 2001
University of California, Los Angeles
Lecturer, Elitelore and Cinemalore in the 20th Century “Hollywood’s Mexico” winter 2004,
UCLA Extension - The Mexican Films of Luis Buñuel, Issues in Latin American History: Globalization Since 1492 summer 2003, Mexican Film History spring 2003
Co-Lecturer (with James Wilkie) Mexican Film Since 2000 summer 2004,
Many Images of Mexico spring 1999
Teaching Assistant, Colonial Mexico, Classic Travel Accounts of Lain America 1999, Historical Statistics of Latin America 1997-1998, Elitelore and Folklore 1995, Leaders in World Development 1994, Latin American Film and Society 1993-1994
Lecturer, West Los Angeles College
Mexican-American History in the History of the United States Since 1863 summer 2005
Lecturer, El Camino College
History of Mexico spring 2004
Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach
World History Since 1500 spring, summer, fall 2002
Lecturer, Santa Monica College
The Mexican Revolution Since 1910 spring 2002, fall 2001, History of Latin America 2000
History of Mexico, summer 2000
Lecturer, Cerritos College
History of the United States and its Constitution spring 2004, spring 2003
History of the Americas winter 1999
Teaching
Interests:
Fellowships:
University of California, Los Angeles
Visiting Researcher 2006
Post-doctoral Fellow in Latin American Studies and Globalization 2001
Professional Service:
Director, PROFMEX, Pacific Palisades, CA, (Worldwide consortium for research on Mexico)
Managing Editor, Web journal 1997-present
Director, Worldwide Research and Teaching 2005
Program Coordinator, PROFMEX Initiative to Develop Teaching and
Research on North America, University of Baja California, Tijuana 2004
CSUDH Lecturers’ Representative, California Faculty Association, 2004-present
Founder, Feminist Alliance, UCLA Chapter 2000
Director of Globalization Studies, UCLA Program on Mexico, 1995-1999
Publications:
Books:
La Globalización Se Descentraliza:Libre Mercado, Fundaciones, Sociedad Cívica y Gobierno Civil (Guadalajara, Los Ángeles, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX/World, Casa Juan Pablos Cultural, 2006).
(with James W. Wilkie.). La Globalización Se Amplifica: Lados Oscuros y Brillantes en ocho continentes Guadalajara, Los Ángeles, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX/World, Casa Juan Pablos Cultural, 2007).
Articles:
“Revising Wilkies’ Concept of Greater Mexican Los Angeles. (Bounded by Oxnard-Ventura, Riverside and Tijuana-Ensenada)” Mexico and the World 10:5 (Summer 2005).
“La carrera mundial hacia los bloques de libre comercio.” En Alejandro Dabat, Miguel Ángel Rivera Ríos y James W. Wilkie, eds., Globalización y Cambio Tecnológico: México en el Nuevo Ciclo Industrial Mundial,(México, D.F., Guadalajara, Los Ángeles: Universidad de Guadalajara, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX / Juan Pablos Editor, 2004) and Publicationes de UNAM (Número 24): 8-20
“Rise of the U.S. Decentralized Model for Philanthropy: George Soros’
Open Society and National Foundations in Eastern Europe.” Mexico and the World 6:1 (Winter 2001).
“History and Components of Globalization,” Statistical Abstract of Latin America 37 (2001): xxiv-xxvii
“Mexico and Romania Compared,” Mexico and the World :206-233
Olga Magdalena Lazín and James W. Wilkie. “Globalización Fast-Track y el Surgimiento de Áreas de Libre Comercio (ALC) y Corporaciones Transglobales (CTG) Virtuales." En Oscar M. González Cuevas ed., Mexico Frenta a la Modernización de China (México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-
Unidad Azcapotzalco,1999): 307-359.
“Bloques Emergentes de Comercio Internacional: Comparación Entre el Área de Libre Comercio de América del Norte y la Unión Europea,” Carta Económica Regional 48 (May-June, 1998): 29-36.
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Olga Magdalena Lazín and James W. Wilkie. "Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas," Mexicoand the World 31:2 (Fall 1996) and Statistical Abstract of Latin America 31:2 (1994): 1173-1203. Also published as "México Como Punta de Lanza para el Libre Comercio en las Américas.” En Jesús Arroyo
Alejandre y David E. Lorey, eds., Ajustes Desajustes Regionales (Guadalajara y Los Angeles: University of Guadalajara, UCLA Program on Mexico, 1995): 47-112.
"NAFTA and The European Union Compared," Statistical Abstract of Latin America 31:2 (1995): 1205-1230.
Book Review:
Joseph Love. “Crafting the Third World: Theorizing Under-development in Romania and
Brazil. (Stanford University Press, 1996.) in Mexico and the World 5:2 (2000)
also in UCLA Historical Journal Vol 19 (1999): 89-93.
Course Readers Edited
"Viva Zapata: The Film and the Debate," UCLA Winter 2004
"Mexico's Film History," UCLA 2003
"Multiculturalism and Los Angeles," California State University, Domínguez Hills 2033
"Women in International Advocacy Movements: Globalizing Women in History," California State University, Domínguez Hills 2003
"Frontiers in Elitelore," UCLA 1999
"Issues in Elitelore and Folklore," UCLA 1995
Selected Presentations:
“Health, Education and Communications in Latin America 1994-2000,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 2003.
"The Challenge of Globalization, Civil Society in Latin America and Canada." International Education Association Conference on Latin American Literature and Education, Mexico City,
June 17-24, 2001.
“The Mexico NGO Sector and the Role of Women." PROFMEX-UCLA Conference on Mexico and Public Policy, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, September 14-23, 2000.
"Globalization of Civil Society: "The Open Society Fund in East-Central Europe-International Philanthropy" UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture, 1999
"The Role of Transnational NGOs in Developing Civil Society in Mexico," PROFMEX-Guanajuato Conference on Innovative Ideas for Mexico's Development, Guanajuato City
1999
Affiliations:
American Association of University Professors 2005-present
American Historical Association 1998-present
Mexican Federation of University Women 2003-present
Northern California Translators Association 2002-present
California Faculty Association, Latino Caucus 2001-present
Feminist Majority Foundation (), 2000-present
Languages: English, Romanian, Spanish, French, Italian, Hungarian – speak, read, write;Latin – read, write
References:
Dr. James W. Wilkie, UCLA Professor of Globalization History
and Policy Studies
Chair, UCLA Program on Mexico
President, PROFMEX
1242 Lachman Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272
Tel. office 206-8500
E-mail: wilkie@ucla.edu
Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, UCLA Professor of Education
Director, UCLA Latin American Center
UCLA, Bunche 10343, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6859
Tel. (310) 825-4571, Fax (310) 206 6859
E-mail: torres@gseis.ucla.edu and/or CATNOVOA@aol.com
Dr. Aida Mostkoff-Linares, Professor of Latin American History
Santa Monica College
1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628
Tel: (310) 434 4597
E-mail: MOSTKOFF_AIDA@smc.edu
Dr. Catherine Komisaruk, Professor of Latin American History
California University of Long Beach, CA90840-0106
Tel: office (562) 985 8759, home (562) 961 7745
E-mail: ckomisar@csulb.edu
Dr. Jesús Arroyo Alejandre, Professor and Dean, School of Economics
University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Tel: (011-52-33) 36-33-54-45
E-mail: jesusarr@cucea.udg.mx
Dr. Iván T. Berend, UCLA Professor of East Central European History
Director, UCLA Center for Eastern Europe and Russian Studies
UCLA, 6343 Bunche Hall,405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel. (310) 825 1178
E-mail: iberend @history.ucla.edu
Dr. Richard Weiss, UCLA Professor of U.S. History
UCLA Bunche Hall 7256, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel. (310) 825 1779
E-mail: rweiss@history.ucla.edu
Ana Torres-Bower, Professor of Philosophy
Former Dean of Social Sciences
Cerritos College
11110 Alondra Blvd.
Norwalk, CA 90650
Tel: (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2778
email: TorresBower@cerritos.edu
Dr. Ronald E. Hellman, CUNY Professor of Sociology
Director, CUNY Center for Science and Society in the Americas
City University of New York
365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016
Tel. (516) 477-4011
email: rhellman@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Elena CHiriac
512 veteran Ave, Apt. #102
Los Angeles, CA 90024-8005
Tel; 1 310 824 5077
Dr. Dumitru Pop, Professor of Folklore,
University of Babes-Bolyai,
Str. Mihail Kogalniceanu Nr. 1
Cluj Napoca, 3400, Romania
Tel. (40-64) 134-898
Dr. Gérard Chaliand, Professor of World Geo-Politics
Paris Geo-Political Strategies, Inc.
63 Rue Pascal
Paris, France 75013
Tel. (33-1) 43-31-09-12
Professor Adriana Baban
Department of Psychology
Babes-Bolyai University
400015 Republicii 37
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Tel/Fax: 40.264.599402
email: adrianababan@psychology.ro |
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