University Museum
Events: Lectures
Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
October 2nd, 2009 at 7pm
Dr. Marsha Weisiger will be lecturing and signing copies of her book Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country.
Part of the Centennial Speaker Series, presented by the NMSU Bookstore and the University Museum
Alluring New Mexico: Tourists' Shrine, Strange and Different, Essence of Enchantment
October 16, 2009 at 7:00pm
Dr. Marta Weigle, University Regents Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, is author or co-author of 11 books, including The Lore of New Mexico (with Peter White), and editor or co-editor of 14 books, including Spanish New Mexico: The Spanish Colonial Arts Society Collection, Vol. 1: The Arts of Spanish New Mexico (with Donna Pierce).
The Secret War in El Paso: Mexican Revolutionary Intrigue 1906-1920
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:00pm
NMSU Emeritus professors of history Dr. Ray Sadler and Dr. Charles Harris will be lecturing and signing copies of their new book, The Secret War in El Paso. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Rio Grande Weaving, History and Tradition
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:00pm
Mr. Irvin Trujillo of Centinela Traditional Arts in Chimayó, NM. Mr. Trujillo, a 2007 recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, will be discussing the Rio Grande tradition of Chimayo weaving.
Archaeology in the Underworld: The Ritual Caves of Mesoamerica
Lecture by Dr. Holley Moyes
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:00pm
Caves have been used as ritual spaces in Mesoamerica from as early as 1200BC until today, but archaeologists have only begun to understand the function and meaning of caves within ancient Mesoamerican ritual practice and cosmology. This program discusses our current state of knowledge and illustrates some of the more interesting finds from caves in the last decade.
All lectures are held in the University Museum auditorium in Kent Hall, unless otherwise noted.
For more information, call (575) 646-5161