Maya Women: Past, Present, Future

Morning Schedule

8:30-9 am: Doors Open, Audience Registration, and Coffee

9 am: Welcome Remarks by Christoph Heinreich, Frederick and Jan Mayer Director

9:10-9:15 am: Introduction

9:15-9:50 am: ¿Cómo se desarrolla la identidad de la mujer maya contemporánea de Chiapas? Una mirada desde la academia, el arte y activismo

Margarita Martínez Pérez (tsotsil maya) — Profesora Investigadora de Tiempo Completo, Universidad de Ciencas y Artes de Chiapas

9:55–10:30 am: Adelante: Las mujeres lideran en Yucatán, México Bianet Castellanos

Distinguished McKnight University Professor of American Studies and the Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota

10:30–10:40 am: Q&A – Coffee Break

10:40-11:25 am: Maya Women and the Art of Rebellion

A conversation with Rita Palacios — Professor of Spanish at Conestoga College, Ontario, Canada & Paul Worley — Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Appalachian State University

11:25-12:00 pm: Toothache and the Old Woman: A Mythical Theme in Ancient Maya Figurines

Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos — Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Archaeology at Yale University

12:00-12:10 pm: Q&A

Afternoon Schedule

12:10 – 1:50 pm: Lunch

1:55 pm: Welcome back

2:00-2:35 pm: Thinking and Rethinking Gender in Prehispanic Mesoamerica

Rosemary Joyce — Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley

2:35-3:20 pm: Unearthing Women's Stories: A Conversation about Maya Archaeology

With Olivia Navarro-Farr — Professor of Archaeology, Sociology, and Anthropology and Program Chair for Archaeology at the College of Wooster, Christina Halperin — Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Université de Montréal & Michelle Rich — Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Associate Curator of Indigenous American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art

3:20-3:30 pm: Q&A – Coffee Break

3:30-4:05 pm: Curandera or Sorcerer? Maya Healer María García Confronts the Inquisition in Colonial Guatemala

Martha Few — Liberal Arts Professor of Latin American History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University

4:05-4:50 pm: In Our Own Words/En nuestras propias palabras

A conversation with Maya Juracán — Curator and Professor of Contemporary Art History at Universidad Francisco Marroquín & Victoria Lyall — Frederick and Jan Mayer Curator of Arts of the Ancient Americas at the Denver Art Museum

4:50-5:20 pm: Abya Yala Lectura de poesía y videoarte

por Rosa Chávez (k’iche’-kaqchikel maya) — Poeta, activista, artista, educadora

5:20-5:30 pm: Q&A

6 pm: Untitled: Artist Takeover, hosted by Moe Gram & Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand. Tickets must be purchased in advance.