[Aztlan] New Views on the Aztec World Symposium

[michael ruggeri]

MARCH 31-APRIL 4
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO, CAMPUS CHICAGO, THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY CHICAGO  
AND THE MEXICO TOURISM BOARD PRESENT:
“NEW VIEWS ON AZTEC WORLD”
Coordinator: Oscar Alatriste, M A
Academic Dean, Escuela de Extensión de la UNAM en Chicago

Tuesday, March 31, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Venue: The Newberry Library
"PROJECTION OF TWO DOCUMENTARIES"
A) MEXICAN TOURISM (10 min.)
Promotional Film:
Presenter and Commentator: Arq. Rodrigo Esponda C
Director, Midwest USA Mexico Tourism Board
B) ON THE AZTECS (60 min.)
Documentary: “Secrets of the Dead. Aztecs Massacre
Presenter and commentator: Elizabeth Baquedano Ph D
Institute of Archaeology. University College London

Thursday, April 2, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Venue: The Newberry Library
"ROUNDTABLE: GODS, GOLD AND WRITING IN THE AZTEC WORLD"
Speaker: Guilhem Olivier Durand, Ph D
Institute of Historical Research, UNAM

Lecture: Men and Gods in the Aztec World
Speaker: Elizabeth Baquedano, Ph D
Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Lecture: Reevaluating Aztec Gold
Speaker: Ellen T Baird, PhD
Department of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago

Lecture: The will of Don Miguel Damian: An Aztec Family in Colonial  
Mexico, 1576
Moderator: Oscar Alatriste
UNAM campus Chicago

Hors d’oeuvres will be serve

March 31-April 4
EXHIBITION ON COLONIAL MEXICAN NAHUA PICTORIAL WRITING
Venue: The Newberry Library Hall Entrance
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, Il 60610
www.newberry.org

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