Media Advisory:
Mesoamerica
meets modern times, May 15-16
Cal State L.A. free
event gathers experts, public to explore culture,
Experts available for advance interviews in English and
Spanish
Note to editors
and news directors:
Consider just a few of the ways the ancient Mesoamerican world shows up
in modern culture, society and architecture:
What drives this
fascination and durability? Where do myths diverge from reality? How do
we know what we know—and what can we do with it? And what’s the big deal
about this Tatiana woman born 100 years ago in Siberia?
To find out
more, reporters are invited to the 2009 Conference on Mesoamerica -
Continuity and Change in Mesoamerican History, From the Pre-Classic to
the Colonial Era,” to be held at Cal State L.A. Friday and
Saturday, May 15-16.
Journalists may
also arrange advance interviews
with conference organizer Roberto Cantú (in English or Spanish) and
other key individuals.
The conference –
free and open to the public – offers more than a dozen lectures,
workshops, panels and a showing of the film “Breaking the Maya Code.”
Presenters will include some of the world’s top Mesoamerican scholars.
They are also convening to celebrate the centennial of the birth of
Tatiana A. Proskouriakoff (1909-1985), a pioneering
ethnologist/archaeologist whose work revised modern understanding of the
ancient Mayans.
For details, see
the accompanying news release here:
http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/mesoamer-conf2009.htm
WHAT:
2009 Conference on Mesoamerica - Continuity and Change in Mesoamerican
History, From the Pre-Classic to the Colonial Era
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, May 15-16.
See schedule for details:
WHERE:
University-Student Union (major events), other buildings,
California State University, Los Angeles.
The University is located at the intersection of the 10 and 710 freeway.
WHO:
Experts on a myriad of aspects of Mesoamerica (including
hieroglyphics, ancient sports, modern culture), for example:
Pre-conference
interview options with Cal State L.A. scholars/organizers:
Roberto Cantú,
professor of Chicano studies, expert on Latin American literature.
Manuel
Aguilar-Moreno,
professor of art history, author of “Handbook to Life in the Aztec
World” (2006), expert on ancient game of ulama.
Key conference
presenters (among more than 30): David Carrasco,
founder and director of the Mesoamerican Archive, Harvard University;
presenting Saturday, May 16, from 6 to 8 p.m.
John Pohl,
curator of the Arts of the Americas, Fowler Museum, UCLA; presenting
Friday, May 15, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Additional
resources:
Conference news
release:
http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/mesoamer-conf2009.htm
Conference
program:
http://calstatela2009conferenceonmesoamerica.blogspot.com/
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