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SMU-IN-TAOS SUMMER 2009 EVENTS

The SMU-IN-TAOS Colloquia Lectures are free and open to the public.

All lectures begin at 7:30 PM and are held in the Fort Burgwin Dining Hall on the SMU-in-Taos Campus, Hwy 518, 6 miles south of Talpa

For directions to the campus:

https://smu.edu/taos/gettingthere.asp

or call 575-758-8322

Colloquium Lecture Series 2009

May 19

On the Edge of Imperialism:  Provincial Chancay of the North Central Coast, Peru, AD 1100-1600

Kit Nelson

Department of Anthropology

Tulane University

 

May 26

Mystics and Self-Proclaimed Holy Men in New Mexico 

Larry Torres

Academy of Liberal Arts and Professions

University of New Mexico - Taos

 

June 2

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Teaching Evolution    

Ron Wetherington

Department of Anthropology

Southern Methodist University

 

June 9

Sustaining Land and Culture in Northern New Mexico

Ernie Atencio

Taos Land Trust

 

June 16

The Best of Navajo Textiles

Ray Trotter, RB Raven Gallery

Taos

 

June 18

Visiting Artist Lecture:  Title to be Announced

 

June 23

Defining the American Southwest, Botanically

John Ubelaker

Department of Biology

Southern Methodist University

 

June 30

The Invisible Sex:  Some Thoughts on the Role of Women in Prehistory

James Adovasio

Provost

Mercyhurst College

Southern Methodist University

 

June 30 (8:30 p.m., Auditorium)

Art Exhibit:  Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Mixed Media

Students of Jay Sullivan and Philip Van Keuren

Southern Methodist University

 

July 7

A Brief Introduction to Traditional American Indian Music

Tony Isaacs

Indian House

Taos

 

July 14

Mabel Dodge Lujan, John Collier and the Bursam Bill Battle:  A True Story of Bohemian Politics

Flannery Burke

Department of History

St. Louis University

 

July 21

All My Eyes See:  Icons and Images

Father William Hart McNichols

Taos