Love and Despair: How Catholic Activism Shaped Politics and the Counterculture in Modern Mexico
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Join the Kellogg Institute and the Department of History as we launch the latest book by Faculty Fellow Jaime Pensado, Love and Despair: How Catholic Activism Shaped Politics and the Counterculture in Modern Mexico (University of California Press, 2023).
Presenters offering commentary include:
Deborah Cohen
Associate Professor of History
University of Missouri–St. Louis
Massimo De Giuseppe
Professor, Department of Humanities
University Institute for Modern Languages (IULM), Milan
Lessie Jo Frazier
Professor of American Studies & Gender Studies
Indiana University
Moderated by:
Vanesa Miseres
Associate Professor of Spanish
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Cosponsored with the Department of History.
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Jaime M. Pensado
Jaime M. Pensado is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Pensado’s main interests include modern Mexican history with a particular emphasis in student politics, youth culture, and the Cold War. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2008...![](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/miseres.jpg?itok=4EJ7_tuZ)