Paleography Conference at Mexico’s Archivo General de la Nación
The conference begins on February 17 and ends on the 19th. The content will be very diverse ranging from conventions for transcription to how the AGN is a promoter and keeper of culture. Check out the official website at: http://www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/3coloquio-paleodiplo/
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 […]
Big-H Graduate Student Conference at UC Berkeley
Second Annual Berkeley International and Global History (Big-H) Graduate Student Conference Call for Papers “Actors and Agency in the International Past” The Berkeley International and Global History (Big-H) committee invites graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to submit proposals for the Second Annual Berkeley International and Global History (Big-H) Graduate Student Conference to take […]
Pancho Villa at Mexico's National Archive
A colloquium and exposition at the AGN: “El Archivo General de la Nación, Enlace Cultural Villa-Zapata (ECVIZA) le invitan cordialmente al coloquio y exposición titulados Pancho Villa en Lecumberri A cien años de su reclusión el la Penitenciaría del D.F. Jueves 7 de junio de 2012 Archivo General de la Nación Entrada Libre Exposición: 15:30 horas Cafetería […]
CFP: Evangelization and Cultural Change in Colonial Mexico
A CFP has been sent out for a conference to be held in Mexico City November 23-24, 2012. The conference will be held at the Mexico City campus of Alliant International University. “Paper proposals (title and abstract along with cv) should be submitted to Dr. Robert Jackson at rjackson4@alliant.edu. Papers should deal with Evangelization and cultural change or continuity in […]
AGN (Mexico) Remembers Mexico's First Military Victory Against an Invading Army
El Archivo General de la Nación y Fomento Cultural Banamex, A. C. tienen el honor de invitarlo a la inauguración de la magna exposición: “A 150 años de la Batalla de Puebla” Esta muestra hace un recorrido histórico por los sucesos y personajes que dieron la primera gran victoria a México contra un ejército extranjero […]
Cuba Today Conference – 5/22/12
Cuba Today Conference Conference 05/22/2012, 08:30am-06:00pm Location: UC San Diego, Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center Open to: Public Featuring presentations from top scholars, policy analysts, and officials from Cuba and the U.S., the Cuba Today conference will focus on important economic and political developments on the island and bilateral relations. Topics of discussion will include […]
Call for Graduate Participation: "Indisciplines of Enlightenment: Firsts, Origins, Foundations" (seminar, July 19-22, 2012)
Call for Graduate Participants: “Indisciplines of Enlightenment: Firsts, Origins, Foundations” (seminar, July 19-22, 2012) We seek graduate student participants in an interdisciplinary summer seminar co-organized by Adriana Craciun (UC Riverside) and Ian Duncan (UC Berkeley) at UC Berkeley, July 19-22, 2012. The seminar, “Indisciplines of Enlightenment: Firsts, Origins, Foundations,” is part of the UC Multi-Campus […]
1940 US Census + Other Documents from 1940s Availble Online (Free)
Ancestry.com has unlocked access to “billions” of documents from the 1940s. These documents include Puerto Rico and thus might be useful for people doing research on Latin America or Latinos/Hispanics/Chicanos in the US. CLICK HERE TO JUMP TO ANCESTRY.COM