Calendar of Events @ FAMSI
2008 Calendar by Lloyd Anderson
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Andean Worlds: New Directions in Scholarship and Teaching
June 29 - July 26, 2008
Application Deadline: March 3, 2008
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The National Endowment for the Humanities announces a new Summer Institute for twenty-four faculty participants from community and four-year colleges and universities to be held from June 29 to July 26, 2008 on the topic of "Andean Worlds: New Directions in Scholarship and Teaching."
This four-week Institute, sponsored by The Community College Humanities Association and held on-site in locations in Peru, is an in-depth survey of Andean culture and history, focusing on pre-Columbian, colonial and contemporary manifestations of Andean culture. Based in Lima, Chiclayo, Pisac, and Cusco in Peru, and with field trips to archaeological and cultural sites in northern Peru, the institute will feature eight U.S. scholars and local Peruvian speakers from a variety of disciplines. The guest scholars will offer seminars and as well as conduct on-site study visits to archaeological sites and contemporary villages for specific ethnographic-related concerns focusing on cultural continuities, particularly in the areas of health care, weaving and textiles and agricultural techniques. Participants will receive all lodging, internal travel and site-visit costs for all scheduled activities during the Institute, as is specified in the detailed Daily Schedule. Participants are responsible for meal expenses, for personal expenses and for their own round trip travel arrangements to and from Peru, arriving by Sunday, June 29, 2008.
Project Directors: Visiting Faculty: Richard Burger (C.M. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Yale University); Chris Donnan (Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology Department, UCLA, Director Emeritus, The Fowler Museum of Cultural History UCL); Regina Harrison (Comparative Literature Program, and Departments of Spanish and Portuguese, and Anthropology, University of Maryland); Sara Castro-Klarén (Professor of Latin American Culture and Literature, The Johns Hopkins University); Michael Moseley (Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida); Susan deFrance (Anthropology, University of Florida);Jeffrey Quilter (Deputy Director Curatorial Affairs and Curator, Intermediate Area Collections, Peabody Museum, Harvard University); Frank Salomon (Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin)
For Application and Information Packet applicants may download the Institution Application Packet directly from our website at
www.ccha-assoc.org/andeanworld08/ or contact project manager David A. Berry, Executive Director Community College Humanities Association |
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"Mesoamerican Mythologies" Symposium
October 18, 2008
Irvine, California
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This one-day conference at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, in Irvine, California, brings together some of the foremost scholars to present their research on and knowledge about
ancient Mesoamerican Mythological belief systems and to discuss how these mythologies are reflected in their art, architecture, and sacred texts.
The symposium guest speakers include Karl Taube, Michael Coe, Wendy Ashmore, David Stuart, John Pohl, and Leonardo Lopez Lujan. Speakers' Reception and Dinner are open to the public (with separate registration) featuring our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mary Miller, Yale University. The prior symposium on Maya Murals, held at the same venue, sold out very quickly, so keep Saturday, October 18 open and watch for an announcement of registration details shortly on our site: Presented by the New World Archaeology Council in conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America - Orange County Society and the Anthropology Department of University of California Riverside Join our mailing list at newworldarch@yahoo.com. Save the date! |
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Maya Exploration Center
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Alumni of the INAH-PARI-CHAAAC Palenque Cross Group Project have started their own institute in Palenque. The Maya Exploration Center offers multimedia presentations to groups traveling through Palenque. MEC staff will handle all the logistics of your group's travel and teach a series of lectures in combination with visits to various ruins in Chiapas. For more information, visit:
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