SOUTHWEST SEMINARS PRESENTS
MOTHER EARTH, FATHER SKY 2014

MONDAY NIGHTS AT 6 PM AT HOTEL SANTA FE

TO HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER A PUBLIC PROGRAM GRACIOUSLY ASSISTED BY HOTEL SANTA FE, A PICURIS PUEBLO ENTERPRISE

October 13 Dr. Pekka Hamalainen
Rhodes Professor of American History, Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University
Recipient, European Research Council Grant for ‘Nomadic Empires: A World Historical Perspective’
Author, The Comanche Empire, (winner 2009 Bancroft Ptize)
The Comanche Empire

October 20 Juan Esteven Arellano
Historian and Traditional Mayordomo, Author, Enduring Acequias: Wisdom of the Land, Knowledge of the Water; Co-Author, (w/G.A. de Herrera & B. Romero) Ancient Agriculture: Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming.
New Mexico’s Lifeblood: Acequias and Their Origins

October 27 Steve Fadden (Akwesasne Mohawk) and Robin Easton
Stephen: Faculty, Institute of American Indian Arts, Musician, Storyteller, Actor, and Performance Artist;
Robin: Musician, Nature Photographer, Adventurer and Author, Naked in Eden; My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rain Forest
Mohawk Stories of Our Natural World and Naked in Eden: A Personal Awakening

November 3 Dr. Gary Huckleberry
Geoarchaeologist, Geomorphologist and Independent Consultant; Former professor of Anthropology, Washington State University; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Arizona
Water Control in an Uncontrolled Environment: Lessons of the Ancient Hohokam

November 10 Hampton Sides
Historian and Author, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette;
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West;
A Forgotten Tragedy of American Arctic Exploration

November 17 Dr. Kirt Kempter
Volcanologist and Field Geologist; Study Leader, Smithsonian Journeys to Antarctica and Iceland;
Former Fulbright Scholar; Field research in Costa Rica, Mexico and New Mexico;
Field Geologic Training for NASA Astronaut Candidate Program in New Mexico
Amazing Geologic Story of Oz (Australia)

November 24 Dr. Richard I. Ford
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Botany, University of Michigan (Ret.); Research Associate, Museum of New Mexico and Laboratory of Anthropology
Feeding the Spirits: The Ethnobotany of Combustible Plants in Northern New Mexico

December 1 Charles Mann
Lecturer, Author, and Photographer, featured in (M. Tatroe),Cutting Edge Gardening in the Intermountain West; (S. LeBlanc) Secret Gardens of Santa Fe;(J. Orsini) Viva Guadalupe and Celebrating Guadalupe.
Santa Fe and Beyond: Gardens, Art, and Photography

December 8 Craig Varjabedian
Photographer and Author, Landscape Dreams, A New Mexico Portrait; Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby;
Co-Author (w/ M. Wallis), En Divina Luz: The Penitente Moradas of New Mexico
Eloquent Photographs of the Enchanted Lands and Peoples of the American West

December 15 Dr. Tom Chavez
Former Director, Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico and former Executive Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center; Historian and Author, A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of New Mexico’s Segesser Hides; Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift; New Mexico, Past and Future; An Illustrated History of New Mexico
New Mexico’s Cultural History Lesson to the World

$12 at the Door or $100 for the Series of 10 Lectures
Lectures – 50 Mondays a Year

Photo: Courtesty of Dr. Kirt Kempter