[Aztlan] Maya Meetings' Schedule 2007

[Elaine Day Schele]

The River Cities:
Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, Pomona

9-14 March 2007

The focus of the 2007 Maya Meetings at Texas is the Usumacinta River region (Southern Mexico, Western Guatemala), looking at both ancient sites and contemporary issues. 

New Research & Reports from the Field

Friday, 9 March 2007

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Speakers include Mary Miller, Yale University; Simon Martin, Penn Museum, on the Paintings of Calakmul; Karl Taube, UC Riverside.

2:00 - 5:30 p.m. Megan O'Neil, University of Southern California; R. Jon McGee, Texas State University, on the contemporary Lacandon; Joel Palka , University of Illinois, Chicago, on Lacandon archaeology; David Pentecost, independent filmmaker & The Daily Glyph editor, on the Usumacinta region today.

Keynote Address & Bienvenida Reception:
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.  Friday evening Professor Peter Mathews will share experiences from his career, including working along the Río Usumacinta . A welcoming reception follows in the future UT Visual Arts Center (VAC) galleries; house the future administrative home of The Mesoamerica Center and Maya Meetings at Texas.  Delectables & cash bar.  ( Note to the longtime attendees:  Prof. Mathews's keynote is not the general introduction, which he has given in a similar time slot in the past.)

Maya Hieroglyphic and Research Forum:

Saturday, 10 March 2007:  9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 2 - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, 11 March 2007:  9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 2 - 5 p.m.

The Forum on will focus on sites along the Usumacinta.  The list of speakers includes: Armando Anaya Hernández , Universidad Autónoma de Campeche; Charles Golden, Brandeis University;  Steve Houston, Brown University, on Piedras Negras archaeology & inscriptions; and David Stuart, UT Austin.  Other presenters will be announced at the conference.   Please visit the selection of book displays & other exhibitors in lobby area.

Specialized Workshops:
Monday - Wednesday, 12-14 March, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Specialized Workshops will meet in the future UT VAC in the Art Building, on the corner of 23rd and San Jacinto.

1   Introduction to Maya Glyphs - Peter Mathews, Latrobe University Victoria, & Nick Carter, UT-Austin.

2   Introducción a los jeroglifos mayas -
[N.B.:  meets partly with 1 above and as a breakout group in Spanish;
parte del tiempo se reune con el taller 1 arriba, y parte en su propio grupo español;]

3   Northern Inscriptions, Maya Codices, and the Books of the Chilam Balam - Bruce Love.

4   Iconography of Maya Painted Vases - Justin Kerr, Kerr Gallery.

5   The Mixtec Codex Workshop -Robert Williams, UT Austin & Texas State University, and John Pohl, Princeton University.

6   Yaxchilan Inscriptions [Intermediate Level] -
Erik Böot, Independent Scholar,  & Alex Tokovinine, Harvard University.
[Pre-requisite:  Introduction to Maya Glyphs or previous Maya decipherment]

7   Advanced Maya Glyphs & Grammar -  Marc Zender, Harvard University, & Barbara Mcleod, Independent Scholar.

All beginners are strongly advised to enroll in the entry-level workshop, "Introduction to Maya Glyphs."

Information on meeting locations will be updated at: www.utmaya.org, www.utmesoamerica.org, and on the University of Texas Mesoamerica Center discussion list, utmesoamerica at googlegroups.com.

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