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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,…
Marcello Canuto and Francisco Estrada-Belli Featured in National Geographic Story
A story about governance among the ancient Maya, In Search of the Lost Empire of the Maya, published in the…
LARC Master Teacher Awarded Louisiana Teacher of the Year 2017!!
Torrence Williams, a teacher in West Feliciana Parish and a LARC Master Teacher, was awarded the 2017 Louisiana Teacher of…
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…
From the New Wave "Lighten up"
The New Wave’s ‘In Focus’ photograph for September 30th featured Middle American Research Institute Director Marcello Canuto showing students around…
Latin American Library Welcomes Back its Collections: A New Wave Article
By Carol J. Schlueter. “For more than a decade, the Latin American Library at Tulane University has held an open…
From the New Wave: Maya Symposium focuses on Royal Tombs
By Mary Sparacello New archaeological approaches and discoveries have helped scholars understand how the ancient Maya viewed death and the…
Educators, Scholars, and Enthusiasts Learn about the Maya
The 12th annual Tulane Maya Symposium “Royal Chambers Unsealed: Tombs of the Classic Maya” informed educators, students, and scholars about…
Local Students Exposed to Maya Culture
The Latin American Resource Center (LARC) organized visits to local schools by Ixnal Cuma Chávez and Baldomero Cuma Chávez, teachers…
School Visits Expose Students to Maya Culture and Language
Ixnal Cuma Chávez, a scholar and teacher of the Kaqchikel Maya language from Guatemala, visits Tulane as the native speaker…
LARC Releases New K-12 Curriculum on the Modern Maya
The Latin American Resource Center, the outreach education wing of the Stone Center, has released a new K-12 curriculum focusing…
K-12 Educators Become Cultural Anthropologists
This past July ten educators travelled to Guatemala with archaeologist, Diane Davies and program manager Denise Woltering to learn more…

MARI Brown Bag: Olivia Navarro-Farr "Statecraft and Sorcery: Lady K'abel; Princess of Kan and Queen of Wak'"
Dr. Olivia Navarro-Farr, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Wooster, will present a talk “Statecraft…
MARI Brown Bag: Nathan J. Meissner "Exploring the Role of Ethnopolities and Postclassic Maya Lithic Technology"
Dr. Nathan J. Meissner, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi will present a talk on his…
"Ixtz'unun: Making Stories from Maya History" Opening Reception
Join the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans and the Middle American Research Institute for an opening reception for the…
MARI Brown Bag: Rachel Horowitz "Understanding Ancient Maya Economic Variability: Lithic Technological Organization in the Mopan Valley, Belize"
Rachel Horowitz, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Tulane University, will present a talk on her recent research…
Ancient Maya Landscapes: K-16 Educator Workshop
In conjunction with the Middle American Research Institute’s 14th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium “Monumental Landscapes: How the Maya Shaped Their…
14th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium Monumental Landscapes: How the Maya Shaped Their World
The Middle American Research Institute, the Alphawood Foundation, and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies are proud to present…
MARI Brown Bag: Jeb Card "The Haunted History of the Middle American Research Institute: Maya Archaeology at Tulane, Lost Continents, and the Secret Origins of Ancient Aliens"
Dr. Jeb Card, Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Miami and a Tulane Ph.D., will present a talk on…
MARI Brown Bag: Timothy Beach "The Re-Enchantment of Maya Wetland Fields from Earth and Sky"
Dr. Timothy Beach, the Centennial Professor of Geography and Environment at the University of Texas at Austin, will present a…
MARI Brown Bag: Francisco Estrada-Belli "Investigations on Classic Maya Dynastic Relations. An Update from Holmul"
Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, will present on talk on his recent research in…
MARI Brown Bag: Eugenia Robinson "Utatlan, A Late Postclassic Guatemalan Highland Capital: MARI Collections Research"
Dr. Eugenia Robinson, Professor of Anthropology at Montgomery College and a Research Affiliate of the Middle American Research Institute, will…
Ixcanul Screening and Educator Reception
The Latin American Resource Center and the Broad Theater are hosting a screening of Ixcanul, an educator reception, and discussion…
MARI Brown Bag - Erin Patterson "Mobility in the Central Maya Lowlands: Strontium, Oxygen, and Carbon Isotope Values from La Corona and El Perú-Waka'"
MARI is pleased to announce the 16th Brown Bag of the 2015-2016 academic year. Erin Patterson, Ph.D. Candidate in the…
MARI Brown Bag: Erlend Johnson "Excavations at Sesalapa:exploring unresolved questions from an enigmatic, Late Classic residential site in the Sensenti valley of Western Honduras"
MARI is pleased to announce the 14th Brown Bag of the 2015-2016 academic year. Erlend Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate in the…
MARI Brown Bag: Caroline Parris "Lunching with the Maya: A Discussion of Maya Feasting and Special Deposits from La Corona, Guatemala"
MARI is pleased to announce the 12th Brown Bag of the 2015-2016 academic year. Caroline Parris, graduate student in the…
MARI Brown Bag: David Chatelain "Politics in the Northwest Petén from the Preclassic to the Classic: The View from La Cariba"
In the 9th talk of the 2015-2016 MARI Brown Bag talk series, David Chatelain, Graduate Student in the Department of…
MARI Brown Bag: Francisco Estrada-Belli "History, Archaeology, and Remote Sensing at Holmul 2015"
In the 7th talk of the 2015-2016 MARI Brown Bag talk series, Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli, Research Assistant Professor in the…
MARI Brown Bag: Luke Auld-Thomas "The 2015 Season at El Achiotal, Peten, Guatemala: New Data on the Early Classic Maya Political Landscape"
In the 6th talk of the 2015-2016 MARI Brown Bag series, Tulane Anthropology Department graduate student Luke Auld-Thomas will present…
Ancient Maya Women: K-16 Educator Workshop
LARC, in conjunction with the Middle American Research Institute’s Annual Tulane Maya Symposium and the New Orleans Museum of Art,…
13th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium "Ixiktaak: Ancient Maya Women"
The Middle American Research Institute, in conjunction with Far Horizons, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, The Consulate of…
MARI Brown Bag: Evan Parker "The Middle Preclassic of the Puuc Maya: Preliminary Excavations at Paso del Macho, Yucatan, Mexico"
MARI is pleased to present the fifth brown bag of the 2015-2016 year. Evan Parker, a Graduate Student in the…
MARI Brown Bag: Maxime Lamoureux St. Hilaire "Changes and Continuities at the La Corona Regal Palace during the Late-Late Classic Period"
MARI is pleased to announce the 4th Brown Bag talk of the 2015-2016 school year. Maxime Lamoureux St. Hilaire, Ph.D.…
MARI Brown Bag: Bobbie Simova "Public Ritual and the Changing Cultural Landscape of Actuncan, Belize"
The Middle American Research institute is happy to present the third Brown Bag of the 2015-2016 academic year. Bobbie Simova,…
MARI Brown Bag: David Freidel "Kaanul and Waka', Some Informal Thoughts"
The Middle American Research institute is happy to present the second Brown Bag of the 2015-2016 academic year. David Freidel,…
Pre-Columbian Heritage and Indigenous Communities in Central America: The Role of Archaeology in the 21st Century
Dr. Tomas Barrientos Q., Director of the Archaeology Department at the Universidad del Valle, Guatemala and co-director of the Proyecto…
A Tale of Two Cities: Recent Investigations at Xunantunich, Belize
The Tulane Anthropology Student Association (TASA) presents a talk by Dr. M. Kathryn Brown, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at…
Reading Early Maya Cities: Interpreting the Role of Writing in Urbanization
The Tulane Anthropology Student ASsociation (TASA) presents a talk by Dr. Danny Law of the University of Texas at Austin…
MARI Brown Bag: Marcello Canuto "A Multi-scalar Approach to the Collapse of the Classic Maya Political System: New Data, New Paradigm?"
Dr. Marcello A. Canuto, Director of the Middle-American Research Institute, will present on his recent research in a talk titled:…
Opening Reception "Maya Ruins and the Passage of Time: The Stephens and Catherwood Project"
The opening reception for the exhibit “Maya Ruins and the Passage of Time: The Stephens and Catherwood Project” by Jay…
MARI Brown Bag: Rachel Horowitz "Production at the Source: Lithic Extraction and Production at Callar Creek Quarry, Belize"
Rachel Horowitz, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, will present a talk entitled “Production at the Source: Lithic…
MARI Brown Bag: Chloé Andrieu "The Organization of Lithic Production in the Maya Lowlands: Implications for Centralized vs. Decentralized Economic Power"
Chloé Andrieu, a researcher at the Chargée de Recherche, CRNS Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, will present on her…
MARI Brown Bag: Maxime Lamoureux-St. Hilaire "An Architectural Approach to the Economic and Political Organization of Ancient Maya Regal Courts"
Maxime Lamoureux-St. Hilaire, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology, will present a talk about his on-going dissertation research…
When superstrate becomes substrate: Spanish grammar taking over Kaqchikel syntax
The linguistics program presents a talk by Dr. Judith Maxwell, Professor of Anthropology, entitled “When superstrate becomes substrate: Spanish grammar…
MARI Brown Bag: David Chatelain "Ay Cariba!: Changing Political Strategies at La Cariba, Guatemala"
David Chatelain, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology, will present a talk on his dissertation research at the…
2015 Maya Teacher Workshop
The Stone Center for Latin American Studies, in collaboration with the Middle American Research Institute, and the Consulate of Mexico…
12th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium: Royal Chambers Unsealed: Tombs of the Classic Maya
Tulane University’s Middle American Research Institute and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies along with Far Horizons and the…
MARI Brown Bag: Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown "Maya Boomtown Archaeology? Recent and Future Investigations at Alabama, Belize"
Dr. Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, a visiting scholar at MARI, will present new information about her research at the site of Alabama…
MARI Brown Bag: Marcello Canuto, "The Tombs of La Corona: La Noblesse Oblige"
Marcello Canuto, Director of the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University, will present about his recent investigations at La…
MARI Brown Bag: Keith Eppich, "Maya Ceramics and the Maya Collapse: the last three centuries of the potting tradition at el Perú-Waka', Guatemala."
Keith Eppich, Associate Faculty in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Collin College, will present his recent research…
Application Deadlines for Summer in Latin America Programs 2014
Application Deadlines: February 21, 2014 March 7, 2014 March 31, 2014 The deadlines for the Stone Center’s Summer in Latin…
Faces of the Maya: Profiles in Continuity and Resilience Exhibit Opening
The Middle American Research Institute and the School of Liberal Arts invite you to the opening of the exhibit, “Faces…
Summer Teacher Institute on the Maya
Signs of Change: A Glimpse of Past & Present Cultural Landscapes of Guatemala Explore and learn about the diversity of…
Indigeneity, Classic Maya Astronomy, and the Calendar
A presentation by Dr. Gerardo Aldana. What did “science” mean to the ancient Maya? Did their impressive advances in understanding…
Book Talk by David Carey Jr.
David Carey Jr., Ph.D., (1999) will be presenting research from his forthcoming book, “Susceptible to Crime”: Maya, Dictators, and the…
Guest Lecture by Dr. Bruce Love: "The Maya Calendar and the True Meaning of 2012"
The Middle American Research Institute is pleased to announce a special guest lecture by Dr. Bruce Love, entitled: “The Maya…
The 8th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium & the Maya LARC Teacher Workshops
Image courtesy of Michael Paul Sauder. Classroom archaeology: Methods used to understand the lives of the ancient Maya Diane Davies…
Roxanne Dávila Lecture: "Encounters with American Antiquity"
Please join us for an exhibit opening and talk by Roxanne Dávila, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, titled “Encounters with…
Teaching the Maya: A K12 Teacher Workshop on the Maya
Become a Master Teacher of the Maya and receive ongoing training about Mayan culture and society. To see the full…

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K-14 Summer Educator Institute in Cuba

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Havana, Cuba | June 17 – July 1, 2017

The Application Deadline has Passed
$3,500.00 for 15 days

This two-week program through the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Cuban and Caribbean Studies, and in collaboration with Primary Source provides the unique opportunity to work on developing lesson plans while exploring the sights and sounds of a nation and country that remain obscured behind political rhetoric and misinformation. Recent economic changes on the island have provoked a series of social and cultural transformations that have left Cubans and the entire world wondering what could be next for the island and the Revolution. Don’t miss the chance to witness some of these challenges and triumphs firsthand and get the opportunity to bring your experience back to your students in the classroom.

Tulane’s summer program is locally sponsored and supported by the National Union of Writers and Artists. Participants will stay within walking distance of the Malecón, the university, and several cultural venues. In addition to field trips in Havana, there will also be group excursions to the historic cities of Trinidad and Cienfuegos, the Che Guevara monument in Santa Clara, Playa Girón, and Viñales.

For more information and for the institute application, please visit the institute webpage.

Summer Reading at the Pebbles Center Algiers

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Celebrate and learn about Latin America with your kids through the Stone Center’s Pebble Center at the Algiers Regional branch of the New Orleans Public Library for bilingual story time.

Our summer story hour will take place in June, July, and August on the second Tuesday of every month at 10:30 AM. All books are read in English and Spanish and readings are followed by an activity based on the book. Past books include Counting Ovejas, Drum Dream Girl, and Mango, Abuela, and Me. Readings are free and open to the public. Recommended ages 0 5 and parents!

Story Hour Dates/Themes

June 13
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July 11
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August 8
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