The Monkey Scribe On-Line

Volume XXXII, Number 1

Fall 2010

 

Updated: August 27, 2010


Welcome to our new fall 2010 Newsletter of the Maya Society of Minnesota – the Monkey Scribe On-Line!  This year's lineup of speakers and workshops once again will bring a series of noted Mayanists to the Twin Cities.  See details below under Lectures and Workshops FALL 2010 – SPRING 2011.



 BE SURE AND MARK YOUR CALENDERS FOR OUR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2010 SPEAKERS!

SEPTEMBER 2010

  • September 17, Friday Lecture -- Gabrielle Vail (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Research Scholar in the Division of Social Sciences at the New College of Florida), "Divination, Venus Warriors and Feathered Serpents: The Celestial World of the Prehispanic Maya" at 7:00 pm at the University of St. Thomas in the OEC auditorium (O'Shaughnessy Education Center) located at the corner of Cleveland and Portland, a half block or so down from Summit Ave. There will be a reception following the talk.

  • September 18, Saturday workshop -- Gabrielle Vaile "Understanding the Maya Codices: Deities, Rituals, and Sacred Time" from 9:00 am to Noon in Giddens Learning Center 6S (Anthropology Lab), Hamline University.

OCTOBER 2010

  • October 29, Friday Lecture -- Arthur Demarest (Vanderbilt University), “Disaster and Apogee:  The Dramatic and Complex Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization” at 7:30 pm in Giddens Learning Center 100E, Hamline University.

  • OCTOBER 30, SATURDAY Workshop --"Disintegration in the Petexbatun: A Regional View of the Terminal Collapse" from 9:00 am to Noon in the Giddens Learning Center 6S (Anthropology Lab), Hamline University.

NOVEMBER 2010

  • November 5, Friday Lecture -- "Kiuic: The Rise and Fall of a Maya Kingdom in the southern Puuc region” by George J. Bey III, Chisholm Chair in Arts and Sciences, Millsaps College at 7:30 pm in Giddens Learning Center 100E, Hamline University.

  • November 6, Saturday Workshop -- "Three topics in Northern Maya Archaeology: Revisiting, Revision and Rethinking” by George Bey from 9:00-Noon in Giddens Learning Center 6S (Anthropology Lab), Hamline University.

 More details and descriptions of this upcoming year's offerings can be found by clicking on the months above, or here, on Maya Society of Minnesota 2010-2011 schedule.


The Maya Society of Minnesota (MSM) for over 30 years has promoted personal study of the ancient and modern Maya. Our vision is that people have the opportunity to appreciate the Maya and to celebrate and respect their culture and history. Monthly programs and lectures on the Maya and other Mesoamerican cultures are supported by annual memberships and are open to the public. The society also cooperates with and supports schools and other arts and cultural organizations in community education programs.  The Maya Society of Minnesota adheres to the Society for American Archaeology Principles of Archaeological Ethics.

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