Today marks the beginning of UNM’s Institute for Medieval Studies’ 2008 Spring Lecture Series. This year’s theme is “Medieval New Mexico: A Celebration of Tradition and Cultural Interaction in the Land of Enchantment.” The lectures have been held annually as a public service since 1989. This year the speakers are from the University of California, Los Angeles; Brown University; and the University of New Mexico, as well as from the local Indian Pueblo Center. Also featured are esteemed scholars who have formerly held the positions of New Mexico State Historian and Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

All the lectures will be held in Woodward Hall, Room 101; Monday night there will be only one lecture, held at 7:15 PM, but Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, there will be two lectures, one at 5:15 and one at 7:15 PM.

Tonight’s opening lecture will be given by Dr. Teofilo F. Ruiz of UCLA and is titled: “The Old World and the New: Sites of Encounters and Cultural Production.”

Keep an eye on our weblog for posts about the different lectures later this week.

Link to 2008 SLS Program Schedule.

Link to UNM Campus Map.

Link to Past Lecture Series’ Programs.

Link to 2006 Lecture Series available for viewing online. The Lecture Series was videotaped and archived, and can be accessed freely online by the public. Its theme was “Medieval Innovations: How the Middle Ages Changed Western Culture,” and featured lectures by the following scholars Michelle P. Brown, Virginia Chieffo Raguin, C. Stephen Jaeger, Michael T. Davis, and John H. Van Engen.

Labels: 2008 Spring Lecture Series: Medieval New Mexico, Campus Events

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