The Southwest Seminar on Colonial Latin America will host its annual meeting in lovely San Diego at the University of California, San Diego from October 5-7, 2017.
Itinerary of Public Events
Thursday, 5-October
6:00 – 8:30 Seminar Talk: How Do We Commemorate First Contacts in the Americas? From Indigenous Peoples to Columbus and Cabrillo
Speakers: Kevin Terraciano (UC Los Angeles)
Raymond Ashley (President, San Diego Maritime Museum)
Frank J. Salazar (Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Cultural Collections and Program Manager/Native American Intern Program Director)
Location: Hojel Auditorium of the Americas
Friday, 6-October Seuss Room, Geisel Library
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Introductions
9:30 – 10:25 Marcy Norton, “”The Quetzal and The Ornithology of Francis Willughby: Microhistory, Mesoamerican Knowledge and Early Modern Natural History”
Alex Hidalgo, Discussant
10:25 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:40 Mark Dries, “The Indios Mineros of Colonial Huancavelica: Collaboration and Resistance in Peru’s Most Infamous Mine
José Carlos de la Puente, Discussant
11:40 – 12:00 Special Collections Presentation, Lynda Classen
12:00: 1:30 Lunch at UCSD Faculty Club
1:30 – 2:25 Christina Villarreal, “Compromised Integrity: Slavery and Indigenous Communities in New Spain’s Northern Borderland”
Jay Harrison, Discussant
2:25 – 3:20 Zeb Tortorici, “Abortion, Infanticide, and Miscarriage in New Spain”
Martha Few, Discussant
3:20 – 3:40 Break
3:45 – 4:35 Shawn Michael Austin, “Resplendent Prophets: Guaraní Resistance to Colonial Rule”
Mark Lentz, Discussant
4:35 – 5:30 Ananda Cohen-Aponte, “Insurgent Imaginaries: Visual Culture and Anticolonial Movements in South America, 1750-1800”
Juliet Wiersema, Discussant
Saturday, 7-October
Seuss Room, UC San Diego Geisel Library
9:00 – 9:50 Mackenzie Cooley, “The Ancient Giants of America: Extermination, Inheritance, and the History of Nature”
Ryan Kashanipour, Discussant
9:50 – 10:40 Kevin Terraciano, “The Politics of Translation: Book XII of the Florentine Codex”
Kevin Gosner, Discussant
10:40 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:50 Daniel Santana, “Indigenous Masculinities in the Tarascan Borderlands during the Early Colonial Period”
Jody Blanco, Discussant
11:50 – 1:00 Special Collection’s Hosted Lunch: Seuss Room
1:00 – 1:50 Santiago Muñoz, “En la Frontera de los Pijaos: The Making of an Andean Borderland in Northern South America”
Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, Discussant
1:50 – 2:40 Matthew Vitz, “The Tropical Coasts of New Spain: From Colonial Space to Post-Colonial Development”
Ignacio Martínez, Discussant
2:40 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 General Comments: Eric Van Young
Group Discussion
Registration
The seminar is open to scholars and interested members of the academic community.
UC San Diego community: All talks are free and open to students, staff, faculty, and the general public. Meals and receptions are by invitation only.
Non-UCSD participants: To cover the meeting costs, the registration costs will be $50 for basic participation or $120 with meals (alcohol not included).
Please register before Friday, September 22, 2017. To register, please visit https://thesouthwestseminar.org/annual-meeting/registration/
Conference Accommodations
Sheraton La Jolla Hotel
Address: 3299 Holiday Ct, La Jolla, CA
Phone: 858-452-4012
Contact: Mark Kuper, mkuper@sheratonlj.com
San Diego Marriott La Jolla
Address: 4240 La Jolla Village Dr, La Jolla, CA
Phone: +1 858-587-1414
Residence Inn by Marriott, San Diego La Jolla
Address: 8901 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA
Phone: +1 858-587-1770
Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa
Address: 9700 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA
Phone: +1 855-430-7503
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