A Video From the Vault: Riverside Newman Center 2012
I made this video for “Ethnographic Field Methods,” a course in the department of Anthropology at UC Riverside in 2012. I spent three months at the Newman Center conducting ethnographic research. In this video you hear clips of an interview I conducted with Pepsai regarding the Holy Spirit and the Host.
Midwives in Chiapas
I recently came across this awesome video about “traditional” midwives in Chiapas.
Empires of the Sun – Culture and Power in Mesoamerica, in Homage to Dr. Patricia Anawalt on April 4-5, 2014
The Art History Society of California State University Los Angeles invites you to our 2014 Symposium. Our honoree for the 2014 Mesoamerican Symposium is Dr. Patricia Reiff Anawalt. Dr. Anawalt is world renowned for her expertise in the regalia of ritual, power and quotidian life of Mesoamerican civilizations as well as for her interpretative reading of the Codex Mendoza. […]
Jaguars, Eagles and Feathered Serpents: Mesoamerica Re-explored An Homage to Michael Coe
This conference will be held at California State University Los Angeles. I will update with more details as they become available. Friday, April 12, 2013 8:00 am Registration 9:30 am Opening Remarks 9:45 am Leonardo López Luján (INAH) Urban Archaeology in Downtown Mexico City and the Proyecto Templo Mayor 10:15 am Saburo Sugiyama (Arizona State […]
Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries Across the Americas – 2/1/2013 at the University of Arizona
Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries Across the Americas University of Arizona, Center for Latin American Studies Human Rights Initiative and Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, Rogers College of Law Friday, February 1, 2013 8:30am – 6pm Arizona Historical Society 949 E. 2nd Street The objective of this one day conference is to bring to the […]
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. […]
Facsimiles of Mexican Codices at the University of Arizona
The University of Arizona’s library has a collection of Mexican codices that researchers can consult. The list includes: Mendoza Matrícula de Tributos Borbonicus Azcatitlan Vaticanus A Xicotepec Jump to the UA’s library for more info.