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Curriculum
Vitae
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Publications
Education
Schedule
Course Syllabi
SLIDE ARCHIVES
Mesoamerican
Art Slide Collection
Colonial
Mexican Art Slide Collection
Early
Christian and Byzantine Art Slide Collection
ART 101B (World
Art Slide Collection)
Mexican Muralists and Frida Kahlo Slide Collection (ART
457H)
ULAMA
PROJECT
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College of Arts & Letters
Manuel Aguilar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: FA228
Phone: (323) 343-4054
FAX: (323) 343-4045
Email: maguila2@calstatela.edu
TEACHING INTERESTS
One of the main goals of my life is to be a "Maestro" (a
Professor with the ability to be an inspiring force in my students and to
give them part of my heart and soul), through sharing with them relevant
knowledge that will help them to be better human beings and discover the
meaning of life. As tools for my goal, I have traveled in four continents
doing interdisciplinary studies of Art, History, Anthropology and Philosophy.
Also I have taught many different subjects that combine diverse disciplines
with the intention to know and understand the reality in an integral
way.
My main teaching area at present is the Art and Culture of Latin
America, with specialties in Pre-Columbian, Colonial and Modern Mexico.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I have been conducting research in diverse topics of Pre-Columbian and
Colonial History and Art of Latin America, comparative studies of art,
history and mythology of diverse ancient cultures of the world such as India, Egypt,
Mesopotamia, Israel,
Greece, and Rome. At present, as a professor
of California State
University, Los
Angeles, I am conducting research in diverse areas of the Art and
History of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America with emphasis in Mexico,
and specifically Aztec Art and ULAMA (survival of the Mesoamerican Ballgame).
PUBLICATIONS
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Books & Articles
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2009
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Ulama: The
Survival of the Pre-Columbian Ballgame.
Manuscript in progress, co-edited with Dr. James Brady (expected for
publication in 2009).
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2009
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“Malinalco: A place Between Heaven and
Earth”. In Landscapes of Origin. Edited by Jessica Christie (In press at
Alabama University Press).
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2008
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“Reflexiones sobre la Guerra entre Estados Unidos
y Mexico (1846-1848).”
Proceedings of the Third International Simposium of Military History
of Mexico
(2005). Dr. Martin González de la
Vara and Gral. Clever A. Chávez Marín (Eds.). Zamora:
El Colegio de Michoacán and Asociación Internacional de Historia Militar.
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2007
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Handbook to Life in
the Aztec World. Oxford: Oxford
University
Press. Foreword by Dr. John M.D.
Pohl, Curator of the Pre-Columbian collection of the Princeton University
Museum.
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2007 |
“Reflexiones sobre la invasion de Estados Unidos a Mexico
(1846-1848).” Praesidium. Interdisciplinary Journal of
the University of San Diego. Vol. IV, 2007.
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2006
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“The Concepts of Life and Death in Aztec
Art.” Praesidium. Interdisciplinary Journal of the University of San Diego. Vol. III, 2006.
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2006
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“The
Good and Evil of Cacao in Colonial Mexico.” In
Chocolate in Mesoamerica. Edited by Cameron McNeil. Gainesville:
University Press of Florida.
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2006
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“El Concepto de la Guerra en la Cultura
Maya.” Proceedings of the
Second International Simposium of Military History of Mexico (2003). Gral. Clever A. Chávez Marín (Ed.). Guadalajara:
Asociación Internacional de Historia Militar.
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2006
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Handbook
to Life in the Ancient Aztec World.
New York:
Facts on File. Foreword by Dr. John
M.D. Pohl, Curator of the Pre-Columbian collection of the Princeton University
Museum.
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2006
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Magical Towns of Latin America. 2006 Calendar for MASECA
Corporation. It presents a selection
of picturesque and historical towns of Latin America
and their traditional foods. I was
invited to write the text for this calendar and work in the design
committee.
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2005
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“We
have come only to dream: Aztec Poetry” and “Let’s
Play Ball: Ullamaliztli.” Calliope. Exploring World History.
Volume 16, No. 4, December 2005.
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2005
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Utopía de Piedra:
El Arte Tequitqui de México (Stone Utopia: The Tequitqui Art of
Mexico). Guadalajara:
Conexión Gráfica. The book was presented
at ITESO-Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico by Dr. Salvador de Alba,
vice-minister of Culture of the State of Jalisco and Professor Ignacio Castiello.
November 2005.
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2005
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Philip Mackowiak, Vera Tiesler Blos, Manuel Aguilar,
Jane Buikstra
“On
the Origin of American Tuberculosis.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005, 41:515-8.
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2005
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“Tepeyolotl in the Cave of Chalcatzingo.” Proceedings of the Pacific Coast
Council on Latin American Studies Conference: 2002-2003, Vol. 20,
pp.:21-34. Edited by Irene Vásquez
and Doreen O’Connor-Gómez. Los
Angeles: Xlibris Corp., 2005.
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2005
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Manuel Aguilar, Miguel Medina Jaen,
Tim Tucker and James Brady
“Origin
Caves and Cosmology: A Man-Made Chicomoztoc Complex at Acatzingo
Viejo.” In In the Maw of the
Earth Monster: Studies in Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use.
Edited by Jim Brady and Keith Prufer. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005.
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2004-2005
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“The Temple
of Kinich Kak Mo
in Izamal” Praesidium. Interdisciplinary Journal of the University
of San Diego. Vol. II, 2004-2005, pp.: 59-71.
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2004
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Ulama
(The Survival of the Ancient Mesoamerican Ballgame). Edited by
Manuel Aguilar and James E. Brady. Estudios Jaliscienses No. 56. Guadalajara:
Colegio de Jalisco, May 2004.
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2004
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“Filosofía y Simbolismo del Juego de Pelota
Mesoamericano.” In Ulama. Estudios
Jaliscienses No. 56. Manuel
Aguilar and James E. Brady (Eds.). Guadalajara:
Colegio de Jalisco. May 2004.
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2003
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“El
Venerable Juan de Palafox y Mendoza: ¿Santo o Villano?” Praesidium. Interdisciplinary Journal of the University
of San Diego. Vol. I, December 2003.
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2003
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La
Perfección del Silencio: El Panteón de Belén y el Culto a la Muerte en
México (The Perfection of Silence. The
Cemetery of Belén and the Cult of Death in Mexico.) Guadalajara:
Secretaría de Cultura de Jalisco, 2003.
Bilingual Edition. The book was released with a ceremony in the
cemetery, words by the historian Enrique Florescano, the archaeologist Otto
Schondube, the anthropologist Guillermo de la Peña, the Director of
Cultural Patrimony of Guadalajara Salvador de Alba, and a lecture by the author. March 17, 2003.
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2003
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Notebook for the
Mixtec Pictographic Writing workshop at Texas.
Codex Nuttall: The Zapotec Dynasty of Zaachila together with an
English Translation of Alfonso Caso’s 1949 Study of the Mapa de
Teozacoalco. Co-authored with John M.D. Pohl. Austin: Texas Mesoamerican
Meetings Editions.
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2003
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El
Sentido de la Biblia (The Meaning of the
Bible) (2nd Edition). Mexico: Buena Prensa,
2003. A book on interpretation of
Biblical Literary Genres and
History. Foreword by Dr.Luis Alonso Schoekel.
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2003
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The
Indio Ladino as a Cultural
Mediator in the Mexican Colonial Society. Estudios
de Cultura Nahuatl. Vol 33, May
2003. Mexico: UNAM.
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2003
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Etnomedicina en Mesoamerica. Arqueología
Mexicana. Vol. X, No. 59, January-February 2003 (Bilingual edition).
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2002-2003
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The
Mesoamerican Ballgame as a portal to the Underworld. Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute
(PARI) Journal. San Francisco.
Vol. III, Nos. 2 and 3, 2002-2003.
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2002
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The
Stelae of Xochicalco and Quetzalcoatl.
Mexicon. Vol. XXIV, No. 6, December 2002.
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2002
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Cultural Encounters in Mexico: Identity and Religion. Praesidium. Interdisciplinary
Journal of the University
of San Diego.
Introductory Vol., November 2002.
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2002
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“Semblanza
del Ejercito Azteca.” Proceedings of the First International
Symposium of Military History of Mexico (2001). Gral. Clever A. Chávez Marín (Ed.).
Guadalajara:
Asociación Internacional de Historia Militar.
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2001
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The
Tequitqui Baroque of the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Ventana
Interior, Year 3, V. III, 13, September-October 2001. Mexico: National Council for Culture and Art
of Mexico
(CONACULTA).
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2001
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Documentos
Coloniales Mexicanos resguardados en La Universidad de Texas en Austin.
Memorias de la Benemérita Sociedad de
Geografía y Estadística del Estado de Jalisco. Guadalajara.
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2001
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The
Skeleton that Eats Maize: The Day of the Dead among the Ancient and Classic
Maya. Pre-Columbian Art Research
Institute (PARI) Journal. San
Francisco. Vol.II, No.3, Summer 2001.
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1999
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Tequitqui
Art of Sixteenth Century Mexico: An Expression of Transculturation.
(Doctoral Dissertation). Supervised by Dr. Karl Butzer, University of Texas
at Austin.
(December, 1999).
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1999
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El Misterio
de Kinich Kak Mo en Izamal. Guadalajara: Sociedad de Geografia y
Estadistica. (See same article in 2004-2005)
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1999
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El
Venerable Juan de Palafox y Mendoza: Santo o Villano?. Guadalajara:
Sociedad de Geografia y Estadistica. (See same article in 2003)
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1998
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Tequitqui Art
in Mexico. Guadalajara: Sociedad de Geografia y Estadistica.
(See 1999 Dissertation)
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1998
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Translation from Spanish to English of the book El Mapa de Teozacoalco by Alfonso
Caso. Austin: Texas Mesoamerican Meetings Editions. (See Notebook for the Mixtec Pictograph Writing article in 2003)
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1998
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The
Cult of the Dead in Mexico: Continuity of a Millenial Tradition. Austin: Mexic-Arte
Museum Publications.
Presentation and Book Signing in Mexic-Arte
Museum, Austin, Tex.
October 31, 1998.
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1997
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The Olmec Humboldt
Axe and the Aztec symbol Atl-Tlachinolli. In U Mut Maya, Vol.VI. Tom and Carolyn Jones (Eds.). Arcata, CA.
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1997
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Nahualism and Ethnomedicine in Latin
America. In U Mut Maya,
Vol. VI. Tom and Carolyn Jones (Eds.). Arcata, CA.
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1997
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El
Panteón de Belén y el Culto a los Muertos in Mexico: Una Búsqueda de lo
Sobrenatural. Architecture
and History of funerary art in Guadalajara
and in several regions of Mexico.
Edition sponsored by the Government of the City of Guadalajara. Foreword by Lic. Efraín
González Morfín, Minister of Education of the State of Jalisco.
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1997
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Architecture and
Ideology in Sixteenth-Century Mexico: Religious Power and Tequitqui Art
(Master Thesis). Supervised by Dr.Linda Schele and Dr.Karl Butzer, University of Texas
at Austin. (See 1999 Dissertation)
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1995
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Quest
for the Atlquiahuitl: Historical and Cultural study of the town of
Cajititlan. Cajititlan: Parish Publications.
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1994
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El Sentido de la
Biblia (The Meaning of the Bible).
A Study of the Historiography and Literary Genres. Foreword by
Dr.Luis Alonso Schoekel. Guadalajara: ITESO University Press.
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1993
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The Cemetery of Belen. The Sacred Land of Silence. Guadalajara:
Unidad Editorial del
Estado de Jalisco. An architectural
and historical study about one of
the finest buildings in Guadalajara.
The book was released with a ceremony in the cemetery, words by the former
Mayor of Guadalajara Don Gabriel Covarrubias, a lecture by the author and a contemporary dance
show.
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APPEARANCES IN MAGAZINES & TELEVISION
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2006
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Appearance in Muy
Interesante Magazine from Spain, September 2006. I am quoted there by my work in the Ulama
Project about the study of the survival of the pre-Columbian Ballgame in Mexico.
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2006
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Participation in a T.V. program for the History Channel with the theme:
“Engineering an Empire: The Aztecs.” The program was produced by Jim Gaffey of
KPITV of New York, and the interviews were filmed in the Anahuacalli Museum
in Mexico City. May 27, 2006
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2006
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Appearance in Smithsonian Magazine, April 2006. I am quoted there by my work in the Ulama
Project about the study of the survival of the pre-Columbian Ballgame in Mexico
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2004
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Appearance in The
Chronicle of Higher Education, December 10, 2004, in the article
“Saving a Mayan Game of Sacrifice” by Marion Lloyd in the
section Notes from Academe. Quoted there
by my work in the Ulama Project about the study of the survival of the
pre-Columbian Ballgame in Mexico. December 10, 2004
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2004
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Appearance in the newspaper Houston Chronicle, November 14, 2004, in the article “Mexico’s
‘original’ sport faces threat of extinction” by Jo
Tuckman. Quoted there by our work in
the Ulama Project about the study of the survival of the pre-Columbian
Ballgame in Mexico. November 14, 2004
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2004
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Appearance in Abenteuer
Archaeologie Magazine, May 24th-30th 2004, in the article “Take me out to the ballgame” in
the section Science and Technology.
I am quoted there by my work in the Ulama Project about the study of
the survival of the pre-Columbian Ballgame in Mexico. May 2004, Germany.
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2004
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Appearance in The
Economist Magazine, April 24th-30th 2004, in the article “Take me out to the ballgame” in
the section Science and Technology.
I am quoted there by my work in the Ulama Project about the study of
the survival of the pre-Columbian Ballgame in Mexico. April, 2004.
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2004
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Participation in a T.V. program for the History Channel with the theme:
“Deep Sea Detectives: Secret Underwater Caves” The program was produced by Rocky Collins
of Lone Wolf Documentary Group, and the interviews were filmed in Cal State
LA. March 12, 2004.
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2003
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Appearance in Archaeology
Magazine, September-October 2003, in
the article “Extreme Sport. Mexico’s Ancient
Ballgame” by Colleen Popson. I
am quoted there by my work in the Ulama Project about the study of the
survival of the pre-Columbian Ballgame in Mexico. Sep-Oct, 2003.
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2002
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Participation in a T.V. program about "The
Encounter of Two Worlds: Spaniards and Indians in the American
Continent", with the noted Mexican historian José María Muriá. Channel 4, Guadalajara,
México. October 14, 2002
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2002
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I was quoted in the book The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works, by Roger
Highfield, Viking Press, October 2002, pgs. 33-34 and 37-38. The author quotes me regarding the relationship
of the Mesoamerican ballgame with the consumption of hallucinogenic
substances and the links with Shamanism since 1500 B.C. This theorizes that Harry Potter’s
Quidditch sport was probably inspired in the Mesoamerican ballgame that had
magic-religious connotations.
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2002
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Appearance in Science
News, V.161, No. 20, in the
article “Openings to the Underworld” by Bruce Bower. I am quoted there by my work on the
finding of a man-made Chicomoztoc, the seven caves of origin of the Nahua
people. May 18, 2002
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2001
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Participation in a T.V. program for the History Channel with the theme:
“A Day in the Life of a Conquistador”. The program was produced by Dr. John Pohl
of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA. December 13, 2001
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1995
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Participation in a T.V. program about "The Painting
of Clemente Orozco", discussing the book “Orozco el Mito”
with famous Mexican scholars like Augusto Orea Marín (author of the book),
Guillermo García Oropeza and Magdalena González Casillas. Channel
6, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1995
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1995
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Participation in culture and history oriented T.V.
programs about “The Shroud of Christ” and “The Monster of
Loch Ness”. Channel
6, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1995
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Latin American Studies: Art, History and Anthropology.
Dissertation: "The Tequitqui Art of Sixteenth Century Mexico: An Expression of
Transculturation. 1999
 University of Texas
at Austin
M.A. Art History of Latin America.
1997
University of Texas
at Austin
DIPLOMA in History of Mexico.
1995
Colegio de Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mex.
Certificate in Education. 1994
ITESO, Jesuit University
Guadalajara,
Mex.
B.S. Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 1983
ITESO, Jesuit University
Guadalajara,
Mex.
Mesoamerican
Art Slide Collection
Colonial
Mexican Art Slide Collection
COURSE SYLLABI
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ART 101B
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World Art (Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque, Gothic,
Indian and Cambodian)
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ART 101C
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World Art (Renaissance to Neoclassic)
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ART 421
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Baroque Art of Europe
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ART 436
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Renaissance Art
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ART 476
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Early Christian and Byzantine Art
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ART
446
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Art of Latin America
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ART 447H
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Art of Mesoamerica and
the Southwest
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ART 450H
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Colonial Art of Mexico: Tequitqui, Baroque and
Churrigueresque
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ART 457H
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Mexican Muralists and Frida Kahlo
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ART 454L
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Art of the Andes
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ART
454L
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Art in Latin American Cinema
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ART 453
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Aztec Art and Culture
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ART
501B-1
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Graduate Seminar: Colonial Art of Latin America (Guatemala, Ecuador,
Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay)
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WINTER 2008 SCHEDULE
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Course
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Sect. No.
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Units
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Day & Time
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Room
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ART 454L
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1
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Aztec Art and Culture
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4
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MW 4:20pm – 6:00pm
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FA223
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ART 101B
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1
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Survey Course: World Art from approximately 500 AD to
1400 AD.
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4
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MW 11:40am – 1:20pm
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FA223
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ART 454L
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1
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Art in the Latin American Cinema
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4
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T 6:10pm –
10:00pm
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FA223
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OFFICE HOURS
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Day
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Time
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Monday –Wednesday
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1:30pm - 3:30pm
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