he Venezuelan economy has descended into ever-worsening chaos since the beginning of the administration of Nicolás Maduro. U.S. economic sanctions, which began with financial sanctions in 2017 and expanded to the country’s vital oil sector this year, have exacerbated an already precarious economic and humanitarian crisis.

The "Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS)":http://ilas.columbia.edu/ at Columbia University is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday afternoon (registration required at the link below). 

Landa's "Alphabet" is one of the best known items in Maya studies. A testimony of the collision of cultures and a stockpile of misunderstandings, the "Alphabet" has been labeled everything from a Spanish fabrication to a "Rosetta Stone." While we have a good grasp of what happened when the manuscript was written in the 16th century, there are still some vexing gaps in our understanding of the "Alphabet." In this workshop, we will take a look at the hieroglyphic signs on the pages of Landa's manuscript, based on new detailed photos.

The Stone Center Summer Research Symposium will be held on Saturday, October 17th from 8:30 am-4:30 pm via Zoom at the following ID: 980 3523 0965. There are six panels of presenters, and after each panel, there will be a 15 minutes Q&A session. We hope you can join us in supporting our students who conducted valuable research this summer in creative, unconventional ways!