1. Upcoming Events

Events Archive

2020

plan of coffee plantation in Saint Domingue
Guided show-and-tell

First Readings 2020 & the JCB

two images, the first an engraving of Native Americans and Spanish soldiers fighting around Cuzco, the second an illustration of an Indigenous group's village in Santarém, Pará, Brazil
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by André Machado and Fernanda Sposito

chart of the Caribbean islands
Fellow's Talk

The Creole Archipelago: Race and Colonization in the Southern Caribbean, c. 1660-1797

Aztec sacrifice scene in temple surrounded by daily life in ancient Mexico
Fellow's Talk

Educational Orders in Mesoamerica: Toward a View from Five Schools

image of an idol and altar at Copan
Fellow's Talk

Writing in and Between Classic Maya Polities

colored world map
Fellow's Talk

Between God and Darwin: Evading Disorder while Journeying Far from Home

2019

detail of cartouche of a map of northeastern North America
Lecture

Frames that Speak: An Introduction to Cartographic Cartouches

Detailed, colored manuscript plan of the city of Montevideo in present-day Uruguay
Workshop

Viewing Topography Across the Globe

two images, the first showing a view of Préfontaine's plantation in the Guianas, and the second an image showing a runaway enslaved man in a forest
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by Oliver Cussen and Greg O'Malley

two images, the first a title page showing Faith and Religion as pillars upholding the Spanish monarchy within a classical architectural element, and the second a map of the colony of Demerara
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by Angela Ballone and Catherine Peters

painting of Moctezuma
Roundtable

Mexico 1519: 5 centuries, 5 objects, 5 approaches

people in conversation at a library
Workshop

Indigenous Languages Workshop

two images, one of the entrance to the Golden Kingdoms exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the second a wooden deity figure
Panel

Art and Archaeology of the Ancient and Early Modern Americas

classical musicians perform in front of a large audience in the Library's reading room
Concert

Bach and Friends

two images, the first showing a view of Charleston, South Carolina, and the second showing a view of Cartagena in present-day Colombia
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by Samuel Diener and Leonardo Moreno-Álvarez

photo of Herman Bennett
Lecture

Kings and Slaves: Diplomacy, Sovereignty, and Black Subjectivity in the Early Modern World