IMS Events

IMS AND NutMEG GUEST SPEAKERS AND EVENTS

IMS Guest Speakers

The Institute for Mesoamerican Studies proudly hosts a number of guest speakers and events every semester. Unless otherwise notified, guest talks are held in the Humanities 354 lecture room. A reception in Arts and Sciences 243 follows. The following guest speakers are scheduled to present at the University of Albany in 2007-2008:

IMS Speakers for 2007-2008 Academic Year

November 9, 2007: Chris Pool. "Polity and Placemaking at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz Mexico." Dr. Pool is a Professor of Anthropology at University of Kentucky.

IMS Events for 2007-2008

Nahuatl Studies Symposium: Organized by Dr. Louise M. Burkhart, this symposium will take place April 18th at the University at Albany in the Humanities Building, room 354. The symposium will be followed by a Nahuatl language workshop on Saturday, April 19th in the Arts and Sciences building, room 104. Click to see a full List of speakers and Topics.

After the Handshakes: Rethinking Democracy and Living Transition in Central America. An international workshop organized by IMS Faculty Board Member Jennifer Burrell and Ellen Moodie, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. This event will be held at UAlbany from September 11th to 13th. Twenty international scholars will gather to participate in the event, sponsored by Wenner Gren, UAlbany and UIUC. Please continue visiting the IMS events webpage as full details of this workshop become available.

Previous IMS Speakers and Events

NutMeg: The Northeast Mesoamerican Epigraphy Group

The Northeast Mesoamerican Epigraphy Group (NutMEG) normally meets once a month during the academic year, usually on Friday afternoons but sometimes on Saturday mornings, at the discretion of the presenter. Specific times, dates, and directions are posted in advance of each meeting. About half of the meetings are held at SUNY, Albany, and about half are held elsewhere in the northeast; in the past, sessions have been held at Brown, Colgate, Harvard, Williams, and Yale. Attendance is open to anyone interested.

At most sessions, a speaker makes a presentation on a topic of their own research; usually the participation of attendees is welcome throughout these presentations. Some sessions are more freewheeling discussions of an issue. Meetings normally last about 2 and a half hours, give or take half an hour, with a break toward the middle. This length is intended to allow speakers and other participants to get into more depth and substance than in a colloquium-type presentation. After the session, all participants are invited to get together at a local restaurant.

For further information about NutMEG, please send email to John Justeson at Justeson@gmail.com or justeson@earthlink.net.

Previous NutMEG Speakers and Events

A list of other Anthropology Lectures

DIRECTIONS TO SUNY, Albany:

From the NY State Thruway -- I-87 north to Albany from NYC, I-90 east to Albany from Buffalo -- take exit 24. After the toll, follow I-90 east toward Boston, leaving at exit 2. Stay in the rightmost of the two exiting lanes. It will split just before the traffic light, yielding 3 exit lanes; stay in the middle lane. At the green light, you will cross over Washington Avenue onto the SUNY campus; turn right onto the loop road around campus.

Taking I-90 west to Albany from Boston, take exit 2. From this direction, you will come to a traffic light at Fuller Road. You will want to be in the middle lane. Take a left turn onto Fuller, and stay in the third lane from the left (the two leftmost lanes must turn left). Cross over Washington Avenue; you will be in the leftmost of two lanes on Fuller Avenue. Take a left turn at the next traffic light, one block later; this street dead ends into the loop road around campus after one block. You will be facing the Dutch Quad parking lot.

PARKING:

The parking areas have been renovated, and as a result the parking situation is different from what it was in years past. Do NOT park in Dutch Quad, where we used to park! You will get a ticket! Instead, parking is available at the Visitors Lot. Enter the campus from the main, Washington Avenue entrance. Enter the loop leading to the main quadrangle. At the head of the loop, you drive up onto the flagstone area toward a traffic control booth; pass by to park in the Visitors Lot. In that lot, parking should be free after 4pm (and probably all day on Saturdays).

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Updated November 7, 2005