Mesoamerican Mythologies
Symposium
October 18, 2008
Beckman Center of the
National Academies of Sciences and Engineering
Irvine, California
This one-day conference brings together some of the foremost
scholars to present their research on and knowledge about
ancient Mesoamerican Mythological belief systems and
to discuss how these mythologies are reflected
in their art, architecture, and sacred texts.
The symposium guest speakers include
Karl Taube, Michael Coe, Wendy Ashmore,
David Stuart, John Pohl, and Leonardo Lopez Lujan
Speakers' Reception and Banquet are open to the public
(with separate registration) featuring our Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mary Ellen Miller, Yale University
Only 90 seats available - register early!
The prior symposium on Maya Murals, held at the same venue,
sold out very quickly, so keep Saturday, October 18 on your calendar and
watch for updates on this website at
mesoamericanmythologies.info.
Note: Seating in the Beckman Auditorium is very limited. Symposium
registration will be "cut-off" after receiving the first 200 registrants.
| 7:30am Breakfast & Registration | |
| 8:45am Introduction & Opening Event | |
| Karl
Taube University of California Riverside | Maya Mythology and the Ancient Mesoamerican World |
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| Michael Coe Yale University | Izapa: Mixe-Zoquean or Maya? |
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| Wendy Ashmore University of California Riverside | Encountering Maya Mythic Space |
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| David Stuart University of Texas, Austin | The Jeweled Eagle and the One King: New Insights Into the "Principal Bird Deity" in Pre-Classic and Classic Maya Mythology |
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| John Pohl Fowler Museum, University of California Los Angeles | Nahua, Mixtec, and Zapotec Religious Practices |
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| Leonardo Lopez Lujan INAH | Tlaltecuhtli, the Aztec Earth Goddess: Recent Discoveries in Downtown Mexico City |
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| All Panelists | Mesoamerican Roundtable |
followed by Speaker Reception & Keynote Dinner | |
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Maya Women & Men - |
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Mary Ellen Miller is an American art historian and academic at Yale University. In 1998, she was appointed
as the Vincent Scully, Jr. Professor of the History of Art. In 2008, she was appointed as Sterling Professor
at Yale. She is the master of Yale's Saybrook College. Dr. Miller studies and lectures on the art and
architecture of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, on which she has authored or co-authored a number of important works. Our Keynote event will start with a three-course dinner, featuring the popular Chilean Sea Bass (a signature entrée of the Beckman Center), and will again include a fine selection of California wines. Our speaker, Dr. Mary Ellen Miller, will highlight the evening. |
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National Academies of Sciences & Engineering 100 Academy Irvine CA 92617 |
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Located on seven acres adjacent to the University of California at
Irvine, the Beckman Center is ideally suited to host what again should be a most
memorable symposium. The facility operates under the ownership of the National Academy
of Sciences and Engineering and offers a retreat-like venue for
collaboration in a wide range of pursuits. |
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Presented by the New World Archaeology Council in conjunction with |
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Navigate the Mesoamerican Mythologies web pages:
[ Symposium Schedule | Keynote Dinner | Location ]
[ Symposium Brochure (coming soon!) |
Registration Form
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2008 - New World Archaology Council [] Last Update: 21 June 2008Revised intermittently