[Aztlan] Maya Meetings 2009

[Lynda Manning-Schwartz]

We are working to get registration set up for the 2009 Maya Meetings. Hopefully soon, participants will be able to register online or download paper forms to send in.

I have been getting requests from people who want to know the topics and speakers for the Symposium, Keynote Address, and the Workshops. 

The following are tentative, but probable:

Symposium topics are Calakmul and La Corona (Serpent Emblem Glyph polities).

Probable Symposium speakers are Simon Martin, University of Pennsylvania Museum; Tomas Barrientos Quezada, Universidad del Valle Guatemala; Antonio Benavides Castillo, Centro INAH Campeche; Stanley Guenter, Southern Methodist University; Ivan Sprajc, Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies Scientific Research Centre / Solvenian Academy of Sciences & Arts; Nikolai Grube, Institut fur Altamerikanistik und Ethnologie / Universitat, Bonn, Germany; and Erik Velasquez Garcia, Instituto de Esteticas, UNAM.

The Keynote Address speaker is Gary Urton. The topic is Quipus.

Workshops for 2009 are
1) Marc Zender and Danny Law, Beginning English Maya Glyphs
2) Stanley Guenter and Barbara MacLeod, Intermediate Maya Glyphs (Topic still undecided)
3) John Justeson and Terry Kaufman, Special Problems in Advanced Linguistics: The Zapotec
4) Erik Velasquez Garcia, Beginning (4.1) and Intermediate (4.2) Spanish Maya Glyphs
5) Justin Kerr, Iconography of Maya Painted Vases
6) Bruce Love, Northern Yucatan Inscriptions, Maya Codices, and Books of Chilam Balam
8) Allen Christenson: Special Topic: Popul Vuh

The meetings will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, 1900 University Avenue, Austin, Texas, near the UT campus. Contact them at (877) 744-8822 to reserve your room. Be sure to let them know that you are with the Maya Meetings. Make note of your confirmation number because you will need it to get a Maya Meeting registration discount through TXShop at http://www.utmaya.org/ OR, if using a paper form to register, write the confirmation number in the box at the bottom of the Registration Payment Form.

Participants staying at the AT&T Hotel must stay a minimum of 3 nights for a discount on Conference fees. Please be aware that there are a limited number of rooms available at the conference room rate of $125 per night plus 15% hotel tax. The regular AT&T hotel room rate is $250 per night plus 15% hotel tax.

Note that the registration fees are now tiered.

General Public Registration
Early Registration discount is available through Tuesday, January 20, 2009.

Early Registration with AT&T registration discount:

4 ½ day specialized Workshop (Monday, Feb 23, through noon, Friday, Feb 27, 2009): $150

Weekend events, Keynote Address, Reception, and Symposium (Friday evening, Feb 27, through Sunday, March 1, 2009): $175
All Events: $300

Early Registration without AT&T registration discount:
4 ½ day specialized Workshop (Monday, Feb 23, through noon, Friday, Feb 27, 2009): $185
Weekend events, Keynote Address, Reception, and Symposium (Friday evening, Feb 27, through Sunday, March 1, 2009): $200
All Events: $380

After Tuesday, January 20, 2009, there is no AT&T discount and the registration rates go up. 

Students currently enrolled and Volunteers get special discounts. 

Please contact me off-list for more information.

Lynda Manning-Schwartz