A Talk by Sebastian Quinac, a Kaqchikel Maya, at the University of Arizona

  The Department of History at the University of Arizona Presents:   From Guatemala to the US: One Man’s Story of Social Organization   A talk by Sebastian Quinac  Director of Project Ayuda Tucson, AZ Tuesday November 13, 5:30-6:30 pm Social Sciences 128   Sebastian will share his account of the 1980s Guatemalan Civil War […]

First Meeting of the International Congress on “The Indigenous Peoples of Latin America” — CFP

*First Meeting of the International Congress on** Indigenous Peoples in Latin America, 19th-21st Centuries. **Advances**, Perspectives, and Challenges* * *La Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, El Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, El Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales, A.C., El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., El Colegio de Sonora, El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., […]

Primer Congreso Internacional – Los Pueblos Indigenas de America Latina –CFP

*Los pueblos indígenas de América Latina, siglos XIX-XXI.* *Avances, perspectivas y retos* * * La Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, el Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales, A.C., El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., El Colegio de Sonora, El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., el H. Ayuntamiento de Oaxaca […]

44th Annual Meeting of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies CFP

The 44th Annual Meeting of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies will take place 4-7 April 2013 at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.  The program committee invites 250-word abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on topics on Iberian and Latin American history, literature, art, and religion from the sixth to the twenty-first centuries. […]

(In)security and Violence on the Border at the University of Arizona

The Binational Migration Institute, Mexican American Studies Dept & The Chicano Hispano Student Center  Presents: (In)security and Violence on the Border Wave II of the Migrant Border Crossing Study Thursday, October 25th, 3:30 pm Chavez, 205 A Migration Research Dialogue with: Daniel E. Martinez*, Jeremy Slack**, and Scott Whiteford*** * Ph.D. candidate, Department of Sociology, […]

Art History Graduate Symposium at the University of Arizona

The Art History Graduate Student Association at the University of Arizona is pleased to announce its twenty-third annual symposium,Mapping Discursive Geographies, which will take place February 1, 2013 at the University of Arizona Student Union, Santa Rita Room. Announcement of the keynote speaker is forthcoming.   The goal of this symposium is to explore the relationship between geography […]

Laura Matthew to present on Colonial Guatemala at the University of Arizona

The University of Arizona, History Department Presents:   Memories of Conquest: Becoming Mexicano in Colonial Guatemala   A talk by Professor Laura Matthew  Assistant Professor of Colonial Latin American History Marquette University Wednesday October 17, 3:30-4:30 pm Social Sciences 118   Indigenous allies helped the Spanish gain a foothold in the Americas. What did these Indian conquistadors […]