David Carey, University of Maine, gave a lecture on “Qué es Indio si la Nación es Indígena?: Ethnic Violence, Gender, and Nationalism in Guatemala, 1944-1967” on October 22, 2004.

Martín Antonio Mondragón, Insituto Mexiquense de Cultura in Toluca, Mexico, spoke on the Mexican archaeological site of Teotenango on October 5, 2004.

Annabeth Headrick, Vanderbilt University, presented “A Masterplan for Success: Another Look at the Tepantitla Murals of Teotihuacan” on September 10, 2004.

Miguel Astor Aguilera, SUNY Albany and Associate Professor at Arizona State University, offered a Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium on Mayan Communicating Crosses on Monday, March 29, 2004.

Dominique Raby, Université de Montréal and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Albany, presented "The Wrath of the Cave-Dweller Maiden: Gender, Violence and Oral Literature in a Nahua Community of Guerrero, Mexico," on Friday, March 5, 2004.

Javier Urcid, Brandeis University, presented a colloquium on the evidence for Aztec ritual sacrifice on Friday, December 5, 2003.

Peter Kröfges presented a lecture on the archaeology and ethnohistory of the Chontalpa region of southeastern Oaxaca on Friday September 12, 2003.

Terence Kaufman of the University of Pittsburgh presented two seminars on the influences of Mesoamerican languages on Nahua and the influence of Mije-Sokean languages on Mesoamerican languages on Friday April 25, 2003, and Saturday April 26, 2003.

Patricia Gabany, Visiting scholar at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Connecticut and Director of the Mexican Environmental and Cultural Research Institute, spoke on "New Research on the Ethnohistory and Archaeology of the Sierra Purépecha" on Friday February 14, 2003.

June Nash spoke on "The Maya Quest for Autonomy Across the Mexico-Guatemala Border" on Friday November 8, 2002.

Marcello Canuto, Yale University, presented a lecture entitled "Living on the Edge: The Study of Ethnicity in the Southeastern Classic Maya Periphery" on Friday October 18, 2002.

Michael Blake of the University of British Columbia gave a talk on "Mesoamerica's Oldest Ball court" on Wednesday October 9, 2002.

Kay Warren and Timothy J. Smith presented a lecture entitled "Shaping Democracy: Identity and Politics in and Beyond the Defeat of the 1999 Indigenous Rights Referendum in Gutemala" on Friday October 4, 2002.

Dominique Raby of the Université de Montréal spoke at the University at Albany on Friday November 9, 2001. She presented a lecture on "Gender Symbolism in Pre-hispanic Nahuatl Literature."

Dorie Reents-Budet conducted an informal workshop on issues in Maya Economic Organization on Saturday October 13, 2001.

Richard Trexler of Binghamton University spoke at the University of Albany on September 21, 2001. He discussed "The Passion Play of Iztapalapa Mexico."

Mark Child, Yale University, The Medicinal and Political Ideology of Ancient Maya Sweatbaths.

Michael Smith and Jennifer Wharton, University at Albany, SUNY: Material Culture in the Aztec Codices

Jan Olson, University at Albany, SUNY Dissertation Colloquium

Marilyn Masson, University at Albany, SUNY: K'uk'ulkan's Realm: A Perspective on the Late Postclassic Maya World from the Provinces of Northern Belize

Christopher De Cormier Scholarship Award Ceremony- Recipients of this award for 2001 are Stewart Brewer, PhD Candidate, Department of History and Elizabeth Hoag, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology. Congratulations to both Stewart and Elizabeth.

Walter Zenner, University at Albany- Arabs and 'Turks' in Mesoamerica: The Jews from Aleppo, Syria

David F. Mora-Marin, University at Albany- Late Preclassic Mayan Texts: Gift-Giving, Shape-Shifting and Rulership, A Dissertation Colloquium

David Tavarez, Nicachi Songs: Idolatry Extirpation and the Social Reproduction of a Colonial Zapotec Ritual Genre

Randall McGuire, Frontiers and Boundaries, Ancient and Modern in Northern Mexico: What is the Difference between Mesoamerica and the Southwest and Why Does it Matter?"

Rudd van Akkeren, Discourse on Mayan Ethnohistory: Rab'inal Achi and the Great Shield Dance

John Chuchiak, The Images Speak: The Survival and Production of Hieroglyphic Codices and Their Use in Post-Conquest Maya Religion, 1580-1720

Ken Hirth, Militarism and City-States Before the Aztecs: Archaeological Investigations at Xochicalco, Mexico. Hirth also gave an informal lecture on his recent work in Puebla at 2PM in HU 354 on the same day.

Robert Rosenwig, The Emergence of Complexity in the Soconusco: Settlement Patterns and the Quest for Power

Abigail Adams, Trances, Talking Crosses and Caste Wars: The Gendered Tradition of Maya Spirit Possession in Mesoamerica

Carol Hendrickson, Marlboro College, 25 July 1924: Scholarship, Civilization, National Agendas, and the Place of Indians in Guatemala’s IV Centenario Celebrations

Frances F. Berdan, California State University, San Bernadino "Reconstructing Aztec Super Glue"

Postclassic Mini-Conference: WRITING HISTORY: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Postclassic Mesoamerica.
Presenters included: Robert Carmack, John Fox, Michael Smith, Marilyn Masson, and John Justeson. Following the presentation, with a discussion lead by graduate student panelists Elizabeth Hoag, Brad Russell, Miguel Aguilera, David Mora Marin, Annette McCleod, and Timothy Smith.

Carlos Ororio Chen, Rights Action, "Rio Negro: A Worst Case Scenario". Co-sponsored with the AGSO, LACS and SALA.

Karl Taube, UC Riverside. The Writing System of Teotihuacan

Michael Ennis-McMilion, Skidmore University. Suffering from Water: Social Origins of Bodily Distress in a Mexican Community

Jaime Awe, University of New Hampshire. Investigating the Mouth of the Underworld: Maya Cave Rituals in Belize.

Bertha Cáceres, Lenca Indigenous Leader of COPIN and CONPAH. Hurricane Mitch – One Year Later. Sponsored by: Anthropology Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Organization, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, Latin American-Caribbean Studies, and SALA

John Clark, Brigham Young University. Maya are from Venus, Olmec are from Mars: A Brief History of Mesoamerican Civilization

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