Nahua Workshop #3 Announcement

[James Maffie]

The Latin American Studies Center of the University of Maryland, College Park, is pleased to announce that it will sponsor the third Nahua Workshop on Friday, March 7 - Saturday, March 8, 2014 on the College Park campus. As in years past, its focus is defined broadly as "Recent Work in Nahua Studies." It is meant to be an interdisciplinary workshop that explores current research in Nahua studies including pre-contact, colonial, and contemporary topics. The workshop is free and open to all. What follows is an early draft of the program.


Nahuatl Workshop #3
Recent Work in Nahua Studies
Multi-purpose Room, St. Mary's Hall

University of Maryland, College Park
Friday, March 7 - Saturday, March 8, 2014

Schedule
Friday, March 7
3:00 pm                  John Millhauser, "Salt, soda, and saltpeter: ephemeral goods, ambiguous language, and the challenge of studying of Aztec commodity chains"

3:30 pm                   Janice Robertson, “On the Workings of the Codex Mendoza's Place-Name Signs: Decolonizing
                                                      Aztec Picture-Writing”

4:00 pm              Jerome Offner, “Cognitive Landscapes in the Codex Xolotl:  Reading an Authentic Nahua(tl)                  Text”

4:30 pm             Comment, Ralph Bauer
Saturday, March 8
8:45 am             Breakfast

9:15 am             Pete Sigal, TBA

9:45 am             John F. Schwaller, “The Mexican Marathon: Running as a Feature of Pre-Columbian Ritual”

10:15 am           Comment, Juan Daneri

10:30 am           Break

10:45 am           Willard Gingerich, TBA

11:15 am           Ann De Léon, TBA

11:45 am           Comment, Alan Sandstrom

12:30 pm           Lunch


All inquiries should be directed to Jim Maffie at  maffiej at umd.edu


Jim Maffie
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Affiliate, Latin American Studies Center, Religious Studies & Department of American Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-4318
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