The Southwest Seminar on Colonial Latin America will host its annual meeting at the Zermatt Resort in Midway Utah November 1 – 3, 2018. Nestled amidst the inspirational scenery, seminar participants can expect rich scholarly engagement. Autumn will be on full display in the picturesque Heber Valley of the Wasatch Mountain Range.
Seminar Program 

Thursday, 1-November                                                                   TBA – Zermatt Resort

Welcome Reception

 

Friday, 2-November                                                                                   Zermatt Davos Room  

8:45 – 9:00                  Coffee Reception

9:00 – 9:30                  Welcome and Introductions

9:30 – 10:25                Max Deardorff, “‘Todos los indios casados que tuvieren casas por si’: indios vecinos in Santafé and Tunja, 1568-1667”

Ryan Crewe, Discussant

10:25 – 10:45              Break

10:45 – 11:40              Kittiya Lee, “What is Communion? Early Translation Strategies for the Sacrament of the Eucharist among the Tupi-Guarani Peoples of Eastern South America, 1549-1618”

Mark Christensen, Discussant

12:00: 1:30                 Lunch

1:30 – 2:25                  Jessica Criales, “‘Las que abajo firmamos, Colegialas todas’: Ethnic identity at Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Mexico City, 1754-1811”

Martha Few, Discussant

 

2:25 – 3:20                  Eva Mehl, “Expanding (and Raveling) Boundaries in the Catholic Spanish Empire: Spanish Augustinian Missionaries in China, 1680-1724”

Jay Harrison, Discussant

3:20 – 3:40                  Break

3:40 – 4:35                  Meghan McDonie, “A Mountain of Sustenance: Ash Fall and Nahua Litigants in Sixteenth-Century Conflicts surrounding Popocatepetl”

Ryan Kashanipour, Discussant

4:35 – 5:30                  Christoph Rosenmüller, “Native Lawsuits Against Alcaldes Mayores: Local and Atlantic Perspectives (1650-1750)”

José Carlos de la Puente, Discussant

Evening                       Dinner – Location TBA

 

Saturday, 3-November                                                                               Zermatt Davos Room

8:45 – 9:00                  Coffee Reception

9:00 – 9:55                   Dana Velasco Murillo, “Reducción and the Aftermath of the Chichimec War, 1590 – 1595”

Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, Discussant

9:55 – 10:50                Juan José Ponce-Vázquez, “Suppressing Smugglers: The Depopulations and Reshaping of Colonial Hispaniola, 1604-1606”

Mark Hanna, Discussant

10:50 – 11:05              Break

11:05– 12:00               Juliet Wiersema, “Far from the Crown: Currents of Opportunity along the Dagua River, Nueva Granada, during the Eighteenth Century”

Alex Hidalgo, Discussant

12:05 – 1:00                Kevin Gosner, “Reflections on Class Formation and the Historiography of Colonial Rebellions”

Kendall Brown, Discussant

1:00 – 2:30                  Lunch

2:30 – 3:30                  Bianca Premo, Reflections & General Discussion

4:00                             Executive Committee Meeting

Evening                       Event TBA