{"id":10582,"date":"2018-10-09T12:56:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundoitam.com\/2018\/10\/09\/itam-honors-owen-fiss-with-the-distinguished-visiting-professor-title\/"},"modified":"2018-10-09T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T18:12:14","slug":"itam-honors-owen-fiss-with-the-distinguished-visiting-professor-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mundoitam.com\/en\/2018\/10\/09\/itam-honors-owen-fiss-with-the-distinguished-visiting-professor-title\/","title":{"rendered":"ITAM honors Owen Fiss with the Distinguished Visiting Professor Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Law in Times of Terrorism, Populism, and Social Injustice<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

During ITAM\u2019s conference series \u201cConversations with Owen Fiss\u201d, our Academic Department of Law, awarded Owen Fiss, Yale\u2019s emeritus professor, with the title of Distinguished Visiting Professor. He has been involved with various academic law programs both in Latin American and the Middle East for many years. Among the participants included Dr. Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez, ITAM\u2019s Provost; Jorge Cerdio, ITAM\u2019s Chair of the Academic Department of Law, and Rodolfo V\u00e1zquez, emeritus professor. Dr. Francisca Pou, member of our faculty, gave the congratulatory speech recognizing Prof. Fiss\u2019 significance to various law schools worldwide and those professional career achievements that made him worthy of this recognition. She pointed out his academic influence on communities of law students from different countries, among those Mexico. Finally, she also spoke about her personal experience as one of Prof. Fiss\u2019 students: \u201cHe would treat us as if we were the person we ultimately wanted to become,\u201d she stated.<\/p>