Southwest Seminars Presents Voices from the Past 2008 In Commemoration of the Cuarto Centenario of the Plaza de Santa Fe: 1607-10 And to acknowledge the peoples of all cultures who made this their community before and after Monday Evenings at 6 p.m. at Hotel Santa Fe Benefit for the Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico A Public Program Graciously Assisted by Hotel Santa Fe, a Picuris Pueblo Enterprise May 26 Dr. Stephen Nash Archaeologist, Department Chair of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology Denver Museum of Nature and Science Time, Trees and Prehistory June 2 Dr. Nasario Garcia Former Professor of History, New Mexico Highlands University and Author, Mas Antes: Hispanic Folklore in the Rio Puerco Valley, Mas Antes: Voices From the Rio Puerco Valley, and Brujos, Bultos, y Brasas: Tales of Witchcraft and the Supernatural New Mexico’s Stories of Superstition, Witchcraft and the Supernatural June 9 Dr. Richard and Shirley Cushing Flint Spanish Paleographers, Historians, Co-directors; the Coronado Expedition, Authors, Great Cruelties Have Been Reported The Coronado Expedition toTierra Nueva: The 1540-1542 Route Across the Southwest No Settlement, No Conquest: A History of the Coronado Entrada When East Was West: The Oriental Aim of the Coronado Expedition June 16 Tara Plewa PhD Cand., Department of Geography University of South Carolina and GIS Analyst, South Carolina National Guard Acequia AgriCulture, Water, Irrigation, and Their Defining Roles in Santa Fe History June 23 Dr. Robert Dello-Russo Deputy Director, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico Archaeologist, Research Affiliate, Maxwell Center for Anthropological Research, UNM Always Different? Santa Fe and Northern Rio Grande in Early Prehistory June 30 Dr. John Kessell Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico & Editor, Vargas Project; Author, Kiva, Cross and Crown; Spain in the Southwest, Co-editor, with Rick Hendricks, et. al. Remote Beyond Compare; To The Royal Crown Restored; Blood on the Boulders Pueblos, Spaniards and the Kingdom of New Mexico July 7 Dr. Tom Chavez Historian, Author, Fulbright Scholar Former Director, The Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico Former Executive Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center Author: Spain and the Independence of the United States Santa Fe: A Town Never Founded July 14 Dr. Joseph Traugott Curator, 20th Century Art, New Mexico Museum of Art Author, The Art of New Mexico: How the West Is One Visions From the Past July 21 Jack Loeffler Aural Ecologist, Producer, and Sound Engineer, and Ethnomusicologist Author, Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey La Musica de los Viejitos: An Historical Sketch of Traditional Hispano Folk Music in New Mexico July 28 Dr. Adrian Bustamante Former Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque Associate Professor of History, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Co., and Dean of Instruction, Santa Fe Community College When New Spain Became Mexican: 1821 Aug. 4 Dr. Frances Levine Director, The Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico Archaeologist, Ethno-Historian and Author, Our Prayers Are In This Place: A History of Pecos Pueblo and its People Life in the Palace of the Governors Aug. 11 Gerald Gonzales Former Santa Fe County Manager, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Tom Udall Governor Bernardo Lopez de Mendizabal, Teresa Aguilera y Roche and Her Defense Against the Charges of Secret Judaism $10 per lecture or $60 Series Subscription for 12 Lectures 10% of the Net Donated to the Palace of the Governors Photo Credit: Dr. Frances Levine Church of Cristo Rey San Ysidro Procession and Blessing of the Fields Southwest Seminars is a 501 (c)3 educational nonprofit organization Southwest Seminars, 219 Ojo de la Vaca, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 Phone: (505) 466-2775 E-mail: Southwestseminar@aol.com Website: SouthwestSeminars.org We are committed to sensitive cultural education and work with those who share the same Return to Lectures Page