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From Tulane Today: Dr. Elizabeth Boone offers her perspective on recent Aztec discovery
These stories originally appeared in Reuters and Raw Story entitled Exclusive: Aztec war sacrifices found in Mexico may point to…From Tulane News: Tulane anthropologist John Verano's work at child sacrifice site published in major journal
This story originally appeared in Tulane News entitled Tulane professor’s work at “unthinkable sacrifice” site published in major journal on…From Tulane News and National Geographic: Lasers reveal Maya war ruins
This story originally appeared on the Tulane News and National Geographic entitled Lasers reveal Maya war ruins on March 1,…From Nature: Tulane alumna combines medical and archeological training to study the ancient Maya
A recent news item from Nature featured Tulane University alumna Dr. Vera Tiesler, bioarchaeologist and professor at the Autonomous University…From National Geographic: Tulane anthropologist John Verano shares insight on child sacrifices from the north coast of Peru
Dr. John Verano, professor of anthropology at Tulane University, was recently featured for his biological anthropology research in National Geographic.…Top of Mind with Julie Rose interviews Tulane anthropologist Chris Rodning
Tulane School of Liberal Arts Professor of Anthropology and affiliate to the Stone Center for Latin American Studies Chris Rodning…Call for papers: Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS)
The 66th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies will be held in Santa Fe, New…From Tulane News: Tulane archaeologist co-authors first details on remains of 450-year-old Spanish fort
This story originally appeared in the Tulane News titled Tulane archaeologist co-authors first details on remains of 450-year-old Spanish fort,…From Talyor Hub: Changemaker Catalyst Award recipient Ryan Hechler provides archaeological training to Ecuadorian students
This story originally appeared in :Taylor Hub”:https://tuchangemakers.tulane.edu/about-us/ entitled “Digging into the Past and Preparing for the Future ‘” Student Involvement…Call for papers: The 2019 Mesoamerica Meetings
The 2019 Mesoamerica Meetings will be held at the University of Texas, Austin, from January 15 though January 19, 2019.…From Tulane New Wave: Unprecedented study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization
This story originally appeared in Tulane New Wave entitled Unprecedented study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization, on September…Call for Abstracts: 59th annual Institute of Andean Studies conference
The University of California, Berkeley, is proud to announce the dates and call for abstracts for the 59th annual meeting…From Tulane New Wave: Team co-led by Tulane archaeologist discovers carved altar from Classic Maya site
This story originally appeared in Tulane New Wave entitled Tulane archaeologist leads team to major Maya find, on September 12,…Call for Abstracts: Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Binghamton University is pleased to host the 37th Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory from October 20-21,…SLA annual magazine Reflections features discoveries in Guatemala and Peru by Tulane archaeologists
Reflections is published annually to hallmark events at Tulane’s School of Liberal Arts. In the fifth annual publication, Tulane archaeologists…From Tulane New Wave: Students get hands-on experience with Latin American artifacts
This story originally appeared in Tulane New Wave entitled Students get hands-on experience with Latin American artifacts, on July 13,…From Tulane New Wave: Tulane anthropologist makes major discovery of ancient mass sacrifice in Peru
A team led by Tulane University professor of anthropology John Verano and Gabriel Prieto of the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo…From Tulane New Wave: Newcomb Art Museum exhibit EMPIRE examines Caribbean and Latin American influences on New Orleans
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News entitled, New Orleans Tricentennial exhibit set to open at Newcomb…From Tulane New Wave: Graduate student Rachel Johnson studies obsidian flakes from prehistoric Peru
This story originally appeared in Tulane New Wave entitled Shear Study, on March 27, 2018. Photo by New Wave staff…From Tulane New Wave: Students from Lithic Analysis course examine artifacts from Middle American Research Institute collection
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News entitled, School Rocks, on March 14, 2018. Story by New…From Tulane New Wave: Tulane Archaeologist Uncovers History of Conquistadors in American South
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News entitled, Archaeologist uncovers hidden history of conquistadors in American South,…Grand Opening of the New Orleans Mexican Culture Institute
The Foreign Ministry in Mexico recently appointed New Orleans with the fifth Cultural Institute in the United States. The Consulate…From Tulane New Wave: MARI Researchs central to LiDAR-discovered Maya "Megalopolis"
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News website entitled Tulane researchers central to laser-discovered Maya cities, February…From Tulane New Wave: Tulane Alumna and Archaeologist Genie Robinson Tracks Obsidian Changes in Postclassic Guatemala
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News website entitled Blade Runner, on December 5, 2017. Story by…From Tulane New Wave: Conference on Mesoamerica Draws Scholars to Tulane
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News website titled Conference on Mesoamerica draws scholars to Tulane on…John W. Hoopes Joins the Stone Center as a Greenleaf Distinguished Visitor for Fall 2017
Written by John W. Hoopes My research focuses on pre-Hispanic indigenous peoples of the Isthmo-Colombian Area, a territory stretching from…From Tulane New Wave: 1,700-year-old mummy faces future with new look
This story originally appeared on the Tulane New Wave News website titled 1,700-year-old mummy faces future with new look on…From the Tulane SLA Newsletter: Prestigious Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships Awarded to SLA Students
“An institute based in Washington, D.C. and affiliated with Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection and its community…Tulane archaeologists help unearth Maya monuments
Article from the Tulane University News By Carolyn Scofield cscofiel@tulane.edu Archaeologists with the La Corona Regional Archaeological Project in Guatemala,…Educators, Scholars, and Enthusiasts Learn about Maya Women
The 13th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium, Ixiktaak: Ancient Maya Women, organized by the Middle American Research Institute with support from…Rise & Fall of an Ancient Civilization: An Article by Jason Nesbitt
From the School of Liberal Arts newsletter by Jason Nesbitt. “Situated high in the Andes Mountains lies Chavín de Huántar,…
MARI Brown Bag Series to host Borizlava Simova for talk titled "Floors, Platforms, Earth Offerings? Excavations in the Actuncan E-Group Plaza"
The Middle American Research Institute is proud to announce the next talk of the 2018-2019 Brown Bag talk series. Borizlava…Tulane Anthropology Colloquium Series to host Tiffiny A. Tung for talk on the bioarchaeology of Peru
The 2018-2019 Tulane Anthropology colloquium series An Exploration of Power Through Practice, will continue on Friday, March 29, 3:30 PM.…MARI Brown Bag Series to host Caroline A. Parris for talk on feasting assemblages in the Maya area
The Middle American Research Institute is proud to announce the next talk of the 2018-2019 Brown Bag talk series. Caroline…MARI Brown Bag Series to host Luke Auld-Thomas for talk on landscape data in archaeology
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the third talk of the 2018-2019 Brown Bag talk series. Luke…Tulane Ph.D. student Diego Matadamas Gomora to present on the history of the Aztecs at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans will be hosting a presentation titled…16th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium: The Ancient Maya and Collapse
The Middle American Research Institute, in collaboration with Tulane’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, New Orleans Museum of Art,…MARI Brown Bag Series to host talk on Ancient Lowland Maya Complexity as Revealed by Airborne Laser Scanning of Northern Guatemala
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the second talk of the 2018-2019 Brown Bag talk series. Director…Louisiana Archaeological Society to host talk by Francisco Estrada-Belli on the use of LiDAR in Maya archaelology
The Louisiana Archaeological Society/Delta Chapter guest speaker series will be hosting Francisco Estrada-Belli, Research Assistant Professor in the Tulane University…9th Annual South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica
The 9th annual South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica will be hosted by the University of Texas San Antonio and the San…Louisiana Archaeological Society to host talk by PhD Candidate Evan Parker on the Ancient Maya
The Louisiana Archaeological Society/Delta Chapter guest speaker series will be hosting Even Parker, PhD candidate at the Tulane University Department…MARI Brown Bag series to host talk by Ryan Hechler on the archaeology of Ecuador
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the twelfth talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Ryan…Bioanthropologist John Verano to give a talk about his research in Peru
Join the Anthropology Student Union of Tulane (ASUT) and the Tulane Anthropology Club to hear a talk by Dr. John…MARI Brown Bag to Host Erlend Johnson for a talk on the archaeology of Copán Frontier, Western Honduras
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the tenth talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Erlend…Anthropology Colloquium Series to host José Oliver for talk on ancient Caribbean migrations
The Tulane Anthropology Student Association and the Graduate Studies Student Association are proud to welcome Dr. José R Oliver, Senior…Exploring the Mythology of Disaster in Mexican and Maya Codices
Join us at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library for a hands-on workshop that will introduce attendees to the painted divinatory screenfolds…The 2018 Maya Symposium Examines How the Maya Waged War
Professors, graduate students, and scholars, join us at the 15th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium beginning March 8, through March 11,…Excavators of the Past: Archaeology in Action
Join us for a special photographic exhibition in collaboration with the Middle American Research Institute at the Stone Center for…MARI Brown Bag Series to Host Chris Rodning for a talk on Spanish Contact in North Carolina
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the seventh talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Dr.…MARI Brown Bag Series to host John Verano for talk on Sacrifice in Pre-Columbian Peru
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the seventh talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Dr.…MARI Brown Bag Series to Host Talk by Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz on Ethical Uses of LiDAR in Honduras
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the sixth talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Dr.…John Hoopes to Give Talk on Migration in the Americas for Anthropology Colloquium Series
The Tulane Anthropology Student Association and the Graduate Studies Student Association are proud to present a talk by Dr. John…MARI Brown Bag Series to Host John Hoopes for talk on Earliest Ceramics in the Americas
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the fifth talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Dr.…MARI Brown Bag Series to Host Talk by Jason Nesbitt on the Archaeology of Chavín de Huantar
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the fourth talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Dr.…MARI Brown Bag Series to Host Talk by Mark Zender on Writing in Mesoamerica
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the third talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series. Dr.…MARI to Host Talk on Polished Greenstone Caches from Middle Preclassic Paso del Macho, Yucatán
The Middle American Research Institute is happy to announce the second talk of the 2017-18 Brown Bag talk series. Evan…Tulane to host MET Curator Dr. Joanne Pillsbury for talk on Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas
Dr. Joanne Pillsbury, the Andrall E. Pearson Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas at the The Metropolitan Museum…MARI Brown Bag: Dan Healan to give a talk titled "Prehispanic Obsidian Exploitation in Near West Mexico"
The Middle American Research Institute (MARI) is pleased to announce the first talk of the 2017-2018 Brown Bag talk series.…Tulane University to Host South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica
The 8th annual South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica will be hosted by Tulane University in New Orleans from Friday, October 13th…
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Storytelling in the Language Classroom K-12 Educator Workshop
This online workshop focuses on books for the Spanish language classroom and highlights interdisciplinary connections for the language, arts and science classrooms. Increase the diversity of books in your school library with these stories from Latin America.
Registration closes on February 12, 2021.
The pandemic this past year has challenged educators in unimaginable ways. Learning environments have been reinvented as teachers constantly struggle to connect with students in meaningful ways. This presentation shows how storytelling can create learning environments that nurture as well as educate.
Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of education, entertainment, and cultural preservation. Given its natural and universal appeal, storytelling can be particularly valuable as an instructional strategy in the language classroom. Attendees will learn how to harness the benefits of storytelling, from creating a more nurturing learning environment that encourages active participation to increasing verbal proficiency among all students.
The presenter, an award-winning children’s books author and teacher, will provide examples from her own books and classroom.
Registration is $10 and includes a copy of a book presented, ready-made lessons to introduce into your teaching, and a certificate of completion. Confirmation of your registration will be sent via email within 2 days to provide access to the Zoom Workshop. Space is limited.
REGISTER TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Deadline to register is February 12, 2021
Sponsored by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Pebbles Center in partnership with the New Orleans Public Library.
For more information, please call 504.865.5164 or email crcrts@tulane.edu.
Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality Exhibit K-12 Educator Orientation
Join us for an evening with Tom Friel, Coordinator for Interpretation and Public Engagement as he walks through an innovative tool developed to share the Newcomb Art Museum’s latest exhibit, Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality. The program is designed to introduce K-12 educators to Laura Anderson Barbata’s work and focus on specific elements of the exhibit that connect deeply to the K-12 classroom. While the exhibit is open to limited public access, it plans to open to the public and school visits by Fall 2021. Educators from across the country will find this online introduction to Barbata’s work a valuable resource as the virtual exhibit serves as a unique tool for online learning.
Read more about this exhibit from the Newcomb Gallery of Art About the Exhibit page below:
“The process-driven conceptual practices of artist Laura Anderson Barbata (b. 1958, Mexico City, Mexico) engage a wide variety of platforms and geographies. Centered on issues of cultural diversity, ethnography, and sustainability, her work blends political activism, street theater, traditional techniques, and arts education. Since the early 1990s, she has initiated projects with people living in the Amazon of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and New York. The results from these collaborations range from public processional performances, artist books and handmade paper, textiles, countless garments, and the repatriation of an exploited 19thcentury Mexican woman ‘” each designed to bring public attention to issues of civil, indigenous, and environmental rights.
In Transcommunality, work from five of Barbata‘s previous collaborations across the Americas are presented together for the first time. Though varying in process, tradition, and message, each of these projects emphasize Barbata‘s understanding of art as a system of shared practical actions that has the capacity to increase connection. The majority of the works presented are costumed sculptures typically worn by stilt-dancing communities. Through the design and presentation of these sculptures, Barbata fosters a social exchange that activates stilt-dancing‘s improvisational magic and world history. At the core of this creative practice is the concept of reciprocity: the balanced exchange of ideas and knowledge.
The events of this past year ‘” from the uprisings across the country in response to fatal police shootings to the disproportionate impacts of Covid-19 among Black and brown communities to the bitter divisiveness of the 2020 presidential election ‘” have renewed the urgency for Barbata‘s multifaceted practice. In featured projects such as Intervention: Indigo, participants from various backgrounds reckon with the past to address systemic violence and human rights abuses, calling attention to specific instances of social justice. In The Repatriation of Julia Pastrana, Barbata‘s efforts critically shift the narratives of human worth and cultural memory. The paper and mask works presented in the show demonstrate the impact of individual and community reciprocity, both intentional and organic. Through her performance partnerships in Trinidad and Tobago, New York, and Oaxaca, represented throughout the museum, onlookers are invited to connect to the traditions of West Africa, the Amazon, Mexico, and the Caribbean and the narratives these costume sculptures reflect on the environment, indigenous cultures, folklore, and religious cosmologies.
By encouraging diverse collaborators to resist homogenization and deploy the creative skills inherent to authentic local expressions and their survival, Barbata promotes the revival of intangible cultural heritage. Transcommunality horizontally values the systems of oral history and folklore, spirituality, and interdisciplinary academic thought that shape Barbata‘s engaging creations, celebrating the dignity, creativity, and vibrancy of the human spirit.”
An Evening with Multi-Award Winning Author Elizabeth Acevedo
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Join us for an evening with Elizabeth Acevedo. Acevedo presents her third book, Clap When You Land, and discusses her writing process and performance background. The discussion will be followed by a reading.
Poet, novelist, and National Poetry Slam Champion, Elizabeth Acevedo was born and raised in New York City, the only daughter of Dominican immigrants. She is the author of Clap When You Land, (Quill Tree Books, 2020); With the Fire On High, (Harper, 2019); the New York Times best-selling and award-winning novel, The Poet X. (HarperCollins, 2018), winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Young Adult Fiction, the 2019 Michael L. Printz Award, and the Carnegie Medal; and the poetry chapbook Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths. (YesYes Books, 2016), a collection of folkloric poems centered on the historical, mythological, gendered and geographic experiences of a first-generation American woman. From the border in the Dominican Republic, to the bustling streets of New York City, Acevedo’s writing celebrates a rich cultural heritage from the island, inherited and adapted by its diaspora, while at the same time rages against its colonial legacies of oppression and exploitation. The beauty and power of much of her work lies at the tensioned crossroads of these competing, yet complementary, desires.
This online program is free and open to the public. It is part of our ongoing series of public engagement programs with Latinx writers that explore Latin America, race, and identity. Read more about Acevedo’s work in this recent article from The Atlantic.
Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Newcomb Institute.
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For more information, please email crcrts@tulane.edu or call 504.865.5164.
Global Read Webinar Series Spring 2021
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies coordinates the annual CLASP Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature and is excited to collaborate with other world area book awards on this exciting online program. Join us this spring 2021 as we invite award winning authors to join us in an online conversation about social justice, the writing process and an exploration of culture and identity across world regions. This annual Global Read Webinar series invites readers of all ages to join us as we explore books for the K-12 classroom recognized by world area book awards such as the Africana Book Award, the Américas Award, the Freeman Book Award, the Middle East Outreach Council Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award.
Each webinar features a presentation by an award-winning author with discussion on how to incorporate multicultural literature into the classroom. Be sure to join the conversation with our webinar hashtag #2021ReadingAcrossCultures.
SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE – Read more about the program here.
All webinars are at 7:00 PM EST.
- January 12 – The Américas Award highlights the 2020 Honor Book, The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
- February 3 – The Children’s Africana Book Award highlights the 2020 book award winning, Hector by Adrienne Wright
- March 11 – The Middle East Outreach Award presents 2020 Picture Book award winner, Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan, illustrated by Anna Bron
- April – Freeman Book Award, a project of the National Consortium for Teaching Asia will present a book TBD.
- May 13 – South Asia Book Award presents The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
All sessions are free and open to the public. All times listed refer to Eastern Standard Time (EST). Sponsored by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, the South Asia National Outreach Consortium, the Middle East Outreach Council, and African Studies Outreach Council, The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.
Reading Latina Voices Online Book Group for High School Educators
This spring 2021 we invite all K-12 educators to join us once a month in an online book group. This past year has been a challenging one for everyone but especially K-12 educators. Sign up and join us as we explore the stories of women confronting identity as Latinas in the United States. Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, AfterCLASS and the New Orleans Public Library partner to host this online book group. The books selected are recognized by the Américas Award and focus on the Latina experience. The group begins with the work of award-winning author and poet, Elizabeth Acevedo who will speak in a unique online format on March 23rd presented by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Newcomb Institute.
You have the option of registering in two methods:
- A) $15 includes your own complete set of books for the series mailed to your home;
- B) Free – you find your own copies of the books at your local library.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 29, 2021
Reading Schedule – Thursdays at 6:00 PM CST
- February 11 – Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- March 18 – The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- April 15 – American Street by Ibi Zoboi
- May 13 – The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano
Sponsored by AfterCLASS and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University and the New Orleans Public Library.
Central America, People and the Environment Educator Institute 2021
This summer educator institute is the third institute in a series being offered by Tulane University, The University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University. This series of institutes is designed to enhance the presence of Central America in the K-12 classroom. Each year, participants engage with presenters, resources and other K-12 colleagues to explore diverse topics in Central America with a focus on people and the environment. It is not required to have participated in past institutes to join us.
While at Tulane, the institute will explore the historic connections between the United States and Central America focusing on indigenous communities and environment while highlighting topics of social justice and environmental conservation. Join us to explore Central America and teaching strategies to implement into the classroom. This year’s institute will be a blended online learning environment incorporating both asynchronous and synchronous sessions. All synchronous activities occur between 4 – 7 pm CST Monday through Thursday.
Early registration is now open and will end on May 3, 2021. Early registration is $15. Starting May 4 registration will increase to $30. AfFor more information, please email dwolteri@tulane.edu or call 504.865.5164.

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