SOUTHWEST SEMINARS PRESENTS
VOICES FROM THE PAST 2008

MONDAY EVENINGS AT 6 PM 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

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

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 BeyondCompare; 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

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