Background
Florescano (Mayet), Enrique was born on July 8, 1937 in San Juan Coscomatepec, Veracruz, Mexico. Son of a normal school teacher active in the Mexican left; grandparents were farmers.
director Department of Historical Research
Florescano (Mayet), Enrique was born on July 8, 1937 in San Juan Coscomatepec, Veracruz, Mexico. Son of a normal school teacher active in the Mexican left; grandparents were farmers.
Primary studies in several schools in Córdoba, Veracruz, 1943-1950; secondary and preparatory studies at the Secondary School of Bachilleres, Artes y Oficios, Córdoba, 1951-1955; legal studies, University of Veracruz, Jalapa, 1956-1960; studies in history, School of Philosophy and Letters, University of Veracruz, 1958; M.A. studies in history, Colegio de México, 1962-1964, graduating in 1965; Ph.D. in history, Sorbonne, June 21, 1967, with an honorable mention; Professor of World History, Secondary School Antonio María de Rivera, Jalapa, 1959-1960; Fellow, Colegio de México and the Bank of Mexico, University of Veracruz, 1965-1967; Fellow, French Government, post graduate work, Sorbonne, Paris, 1967; Professor of Economic History of Mexico, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University, since 1969; Full-time researcher, Center for Historical Studies, Colegio de México, 1968-1971; Codirector, with Jean Meyer, Seminar of Social and Economic History, Colegio de México, 1968.
Director, Department of Historical Research, National Institute of Anthropology and History, 1971-1982. Director General, National Institute of Anthropology and History, since 1982. Director, Cultural Supplement, Diario de Jalapa, 1958-1960.
Editor, Historia Mexicana, 1971-1973. Contributor to Historia Mexicana, Cuadernos Americanos, Revista de la Universidad de México, Nexos, UnoMásUno, Siempre, etc.
Roman Catholic.