Sociological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites you to the spring cycle of SOCIOTÉKA
The Business of Migration in Transit: Smuggling and Corruption in Early Twentieth-Century Mexico
Abraham Trejo Terreros
Immigration historians often think about countries of origin and destination. Historian Abraham Trejo Terreros offers a fresh perspective on immigration, focusing instead on the places migrants pass through on the way to their ultimate destination. Specifically, he looks at Mexico as a stopover country for Chinese, Italian, and Jewish immigrants as they sought entry into the United States in the 1920s. As U.S. immigration laws tightened, many migrants first went to Mexico before crossing the U.S. -Mexico border. These migrants faced different restrictions depending on their race and nationality. Some were eventually able to enter the U.S. legally, while others relied on networks of smugglers, corrupt officials, or their own cultural communities to help them cross the border.
Abraham Trejo Terreros is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash University. He holds a PhD in History from El Colegio de México. His research focuses on the history of migration in twentieth-century Mexico and the transnational circulation of expert knowledge, with particular attention to medicine and public health in Latin America. He has also been a visiting researcher at universities in Mexico, the United States, and Poland.
Seminar will be held in English.
No registration is needed.
